Short Description:
Need a Business Analyst to capture requirements, synthesizing them with scope and priority and assess the expected behavior and associated risks. Perform GAP analysis and define requirements for procuring a new system.
Complete Description:
Please Note: they are looking specifically for a business analyst with experiencein public or private sector tax, finance, audit, or accounting operations, withthe ability to understand complex financial business processes, taxregulations, fiscal reporting requirements, and agency/organizational financialworkflows preferred.
DESCRIPTION OF POSITION: Primary responsibility of the Business Analyst includes facilitating stakeholder meetings to gather functional requirements, identifying current and future business flows, the creation of as-is and to-be business models, and development of functional requirement documentation for a large-scale tax system modernization. Additionally, the Business Analyst will create a requirements traceability matrix which includes performing GAP analysis as needed to validate alignment between approved requirements, current business processes, and the vendor's proposed solution, ensuring seamless transition from procurement to implementation. The role extends through the testing lifecycle, developing comprehensive UAT strategies and test scripts/user stories, coordinating validation activities, and ensuring deployed functionality meets business expectations. The ideal candidate would have a background in finance, accounting or audit system modernization.
As a key member of a project team, the Business Analyst proactively identifies and communicates potential business process re-engineering needs. The Business Analyst will also be responsible for creating and maintaining comprehensive documentation, including user flow diagrams, process models, requirements traceability matrix, and ad-hoc business reports, and forms/correspondence specification documentation.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Conduct user research to assess customer pain point and identify opportunities and risks on improving customer s Digital experience.
Capture requirements from various stakeholders, synthesize them with scope and priority, expected behavior, and risks associated with the request
Work with design team and involved in various brainstorming sessions and sessions to discuss the business scope, provide design feedback in terms of performance, customer experience and security measures before sharing with business stakeholders to finalize the design.
Perform GAP Analysis and document the gap between the existing established business requirements and the as is business model to define requirements for the procurement of a new system
Identify different issues/risks associated with the Epic/Feature/Stories, communicate with business team or Product owner and determine the risk mitigation plan with the team to tackle the challenge
Ensure productivity of the team by creating and maintaining documentation
Responsible for creating various user flow diagrams, data flow diagrams, and various ad-hoc reports as per business request.
Assess various documentations of the project to provide feedback on the team s needs.
Responsible for coordinating between State Agency Project Manager & Vendor to run the process flawless. Create business, logical and physical data model
KNOWLEDGE AND YEARS OF EXPERIENCE - 5 years experience for each
Knowledge of business analysis
Knowledge of requirements traceability
Knowledge of requirements elicitation
Knowledge of developing test cases and scenarios
Knowledge of the software development lifecycle and the implementation of Software as a Service (SaaS) solution
Knowledge of As Is and To Be Modelling
Experience in the standard concepts, practices, and deliverables related to Business Analysis in support of software development projects
Experience: 5 years in business analysis and testing
Experience with all the aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) - Experience with large scale system modernization preferred but not required
Knowledge of business analysis
Knowledge of requirements traceability
Knowledge of requirements elicitation
Knowledge of developing test cases and scenarios
Knowledge of the software development lifecycle and the implementation of Software as a Service (SaaS) solution
Knowledge of As Is and To Be Modelling
Experience in the standard concepts, practices, and deliverables related to Business Analysis in support of software development projects
Experience in the implementation of Salesforce applications preferred
Experience with all the aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) - Experience with large scale system modernization preferred but not required
Collaborate with business partners (State Agency & Vendor) at various levels to research and validate functional requirements, technical requirements and use cases
Create detailed functional designs, process flows and use cases
Review, comment, follow-up and target reported defects and enhancement requests
Participate in user meetings to gain understanding of customer processes, ideas and issues
Work closely with vendors/developers to ensure the product is being built to specifications
Collaborate with team members throughout the Software Development Life Cycle process for requirements gathering, feedback on proposed designs and models, and user acceptance testing
Use best practice risk management, anticipate and assess risks and create mitigation plans
Ensure quality, accuracy and completeness of customer
Ability to translate high-level business and user requirements into functional requirements specifying an appropriate level of detail suitable for use by those must base their work on the requirements.
Participate in requirements prioritization and facilitate the negotiation of requirements amongst multiple stakeholders.
Manage requirements traceability information and track requirements status throughout the project.
Manage changes to baselined requirements through effective application of change control processes and tools.
Provide updates as required
REQUIRED Skills - 5 years experience for each
Business analysis and testing
Development and documentation of requirements (business needs) for new and existing systems to address legislative changes
Development of Requirements Traceability Matrix to ensure all requirements can be tested
Development of Use Cases and an oversees User Acceptance Test (UAT)
Development of test plans and data, the creation and development of test scenarios performs unit, load and performance testing in addition to integration testing
Create business, logical and physical data models
Create Process and Data Maps
Create As Is and To Be Models
Create Training Manuals
Superior planning skills with the ability to handle large workload and facilitate the activities of dynamic work groups
Strong technical problem-solving skills, with an ability to troubleshoot complex application issues
Exceptional research skills and resourcefulness
Proven ability to lead diverse groups of resources to solution agreement by leveraging influencing skills to drive consensus
Effective communication skills; listening, written and verbal; ability to communicate complex concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Experienced user of MS Excel, MS Word, MS Visio, MS Teams and MS PowerPoint
DESIRED Skills - 2 years experience for each
Knowledge of COT/SaaS large scale implementations/modernizations
Experience with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Experience in the implementation of Salesforce applications preferred
Skill Required / Desired Amount of Experience
Business analysis and testing- Required 5 Years
Development and documentation of requirements (business needs) for new and existing systems- Required 5 Years
Development of Requirements Traceability Matrix to ensure all requirements can be tested- Required 5 Years
Development of Use Cases and an oversees User Acceptance Test (UAT)- Required 5 Years
Development of test plans and data, the creation and development of test scenarios performs unit, load and performance testing in addition- Required 5 Years
Create business, logical and physical data models- Required 5 Years
Create Process and Data Maps- Required 5 Years
Create As Is and To Be Models- Required 5 Years
Create Training Manuals- Required Years
Superior planning skills with the ability to handle large workload and facilitate the activities of dynamic work groups- Required 5 Years
Strong technical problem-solving skills, with an ability to troubleshoot complex application issues Exceptional research skills and resourcefulness- Required 5 Years
Proven ability to lead diverse groups of resources to solution agreement by leveraging influencing skills to drive consensus- Required 5 Years
Effective communication skills; listening, written and verbal; ability to communicate complex concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholder- Required 5 Years
Experienced user of MS Excel, MS Word, MS Visio, MS Teams and MS PowerPoint- Required 5 Years
Exceptional research skills and resourcefulness- Required 5 Years
Knowledge of COT/SaaS large scale implementations/modernizations- Desired 2 Years
Experience with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)- Desired 2 Years
Experience in the implementation of Salesforce applications preferred- Desired 2 Years
Exerience in public or private sector tax, finance, audit or accounting operations- Desired 2 Years
Ability to understand complex financial business processes, tax regulations, fiscal reporting requirements and agency/organizational financial workflow- Desired 2 Years
Experience working in public sector or government- Required 2 Years
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