Business Analyst 3 – Change Management (HYBRID)

Our client, a leading Pacific Northwest utility provider committed to public service and environmental preservation, is looking for a Business Analyst for their Vancouver, Washington location. The primary areas of focus for this position will be a broad combination of business analysis, business systems analysis, and change management to include training, development, and implementation services, and cross-functional, and cross-organizational efforts. Also included, SharePoint administration of sites, and documentation support.

This position is a one-year renewable contract that includes employee benefits!

Pay Rate: $56.00 - $60.50/hr. DOE.
Location: Vancouver, WA (HYBRID, only local candidates will be considered!)

Key Responsibilities for Business Analyst:

• Clarify business operations, functions, problems.
• Document/map the current and future state.
• Identify solution alternatives, evaluate the alternatives, and define procedures.
• Serve as the main project POC on process improvement and data analysis initiatives.
• Support the implementation of changes to processes as needed and approved by the manager.
• Facilitate requirements elicitation workshops to analyze and document current state processes, and design or re-engineer future state processes, present findings to manager for review.
• Develop visual artifacts, such as context diagrams and process flow diagrams to support process and solution analysis and definition.
• Evaluate and assess business process change impacts and recommend appropriate change mitigation activities, including implementation of change management plans.
• Produce key project deliverable documents including requirements, process diagrams, project plans, and change management plans for manager review.
• Provide SharePoint administration and maintenance for various SharePoint sites including development and population of sites, lists, libraries, and pages; as well as assisting with site administration, such as granting/revoking permissions, troubleshooting for org staff, assisting IT with upgrades, patches, etc.
• Analyze, collect, organize, and validate data and modeling results; interpret modeling results and propose alternative courses of action to manager.
• Perform gap analysis and propose implementation approaches.
• Develop requirement documents, use cases, configuration documents, and functional design documents as needed.
• Assist managers in developing and implementing change plans and materials in the areas of management of change including sponsorship, training, communication, guidance, resistance management, and organizational adoption/acceptance.
• Collaborate and communicate with a wide variety of internal technical and business experts, including the assigned Project Managers (PMs) in both individual and group settings to facilitate requirements gathering.
• Recommend methods for enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of projects, programs, and procedures through process modification and application of evolving technology.

Requirements for Business Analyst:

• A bachelor’s degree in business administration, business management, accounting, computer science, or organizational development (or closely related field) is preferred.
• 8-12 years of experience is required, BA / AA degree HIGHLY PREFERRED! with an applicable bachelor’s degree.
• Demonstrated analytical, modeling, and process management expertise sufficient to support the improvement of Planning processes.
• A clear understanding of SharePoint out-of-the-box functionality and how to permission site structures is required.
• Skilled in the definition and development of operational governance models to enable programmatic change.
• Strong analytical thinking, critical thinking, and decision-making abilities.
• Advanced proficiency with a variety of Microsoft software and applications to include Visio (flowcharts), MS Project, Access, and SharePoint.
• Change Management Professional designation is preferred.
• Experience with large-scale organizational change efforts is preferred.
• Energy/utility industry experience a huge plus!
• Certification in a known methodology for business process management and organizational design such as: Lean, Six Sigma. (Preferred)
• Experience with Power BI preferred.

**We are unable to accommodate corp. to corp. candidates**

About Motus Recruiting and Staffing, Inc:
Founded in 2006, Motus is an award-winning recruiting and staffing firm in the Pacific Northwest, specializing in professional services and technology solutions. We are a group of people who not only recognize the importance of representation, but actively fight for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the recruitment process. Our goal is to educate organizations on the importance of DEI when hiring, promoting, and supporting diverse employees. We are calling organizations to demonstrate their commitment to DEI by being intentional about who they hire. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability or protected veteran status.

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Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $56.00 - $60.50 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Business analysis: 8 years (Required)
• SharePoint: 1 year (Required)
• planning process improvement and modeling: 1 year (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Vancouver, WA: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person