What are the responsibilities and job description for the Strategic Business Analyst position at JW Affinity IT?
Overview
We are looking for a Strategic Business Analyst to join our team.
Position Overview:
The client is seeking a Strategic Business Analyst (SBA)to join the Business StrategicService team. The position is a contract position to assist in initiative discovery, research,analysis, creation of technology solicitations such as Request for Proposals (RFPs), facilitationand management of business and functional requirements pre-project creation. This positionwill report directly to the Division Director of Business Strategic Services (BSS), which is adivision within the Department of Information Technology. The position is a full-time positionon-site only at client, One Justice Square, in Lawrenceville Georgia,
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead business requirements gathering sessions with a diverse set of stakeholders to generatedetailed solicitation requirements and content using County templates.
- Facilitate business requirements gathering and author the artifacts from that effort such asBusiness Requirements Documents (BRDs).
- Create technology Request for Proposal content in prescribed templates that include extensiveWord documents and accompanying Excel Workbooks.
- Perform assigned primary and secondary research in support of business cases, technologyresearch, and other Business Relationship Management deliverables.
- Create reports, analysis, and visualizations to support technology selections.
- Create technology inventories, business architectures, process Swim Lanes (as is and future state),and technology comparisons.
- Assist BRMs in the creation of project hand-off documentation using County templates.
- Author business cases in support of new technology that includes financial analysis.
- Facilitate customer journey mapping sessions with customer departments.
- Describe and validate solutions that meet business needs, goals, and objects.
Qualifications:
- Education.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, business administration, or related field.
- Job-related work experience at or for technology or government solutions providers or customers.
- Five years conducting technology research and analysis.
- Eight years facilitating and producing business requirements.
- Five years of working experience authoring technology solicitation content such as RFPs.
- Working knowledge and experience in production product comparisons, SWOT analysis, andother artifacts in support of technology selections.
- Communications.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Fluent in English in both written and verbal business and technical communications.
- Ability to create compelling presentations and reports.
- Experience facilitating requirements gathering of business-level requirements.
- Technical Skills.
- Proficient in MS Suite (Word, Excel, Power-Point.).
- Experience in Visio, MS Project, and SharePoint preferred.
- Other Skills.
- Must be a critical thinker with strong problem-solving skills
- Strong organizational skills.
- Interpersonal and collaborative skills with internal and external stakeholders.
Preferred Experience:
- Education.
- ITIL and Business Analysis certifications in requirements gathering.
- Other Experience.
- Stable work history.
- Communications.
- Experience facilitating process improvement engagements.
- Technical Skills.
- Experience facilitating customer-facing requirement gathering and/or journey mapping.
- Working knowledge and experience creating Excel formulas and pivot tables.
- Experience authoring business cases.
- Financial analysis
Benefits
- Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- Retirement Plan (401k, with matching)
- Life Insurance Plan
- PTO
- Short Term & Long-Term Disability
- Internet & Phone Allowance (for applicable roles)
- Wellness Resources (EAP)
- Pet Insurance
- Work-Life balance
- Flexible Hours
- Full-Time Permanent Positions
JW is a full-service IT Solution Provider assisting schools and private organizations with strategic and innovative IT-related projects. We take the time to learn about our clients to develop, implement, and monitor the projects to which we are contracted. JW is a certified small, woman, minority-owned business through the National Minority Supplier Development Council.
