Business Analyst 3

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. This position will support Transmission Engineering and capital and expense projects by gathering and analyzing information, conducting gap analysis, documenting current and future states, identifying, and evaluating solution alternatives, and defining processes.

This position is a one-year renewable contract that includes employee benefits! If you think you’d be a good fit, we want to hear from you!

Pay Range: $55.00 - $60.00/HR

Location: Hybrid in Vancouver, WA (3 days onsite per two-week period)

Key Responsibilities for Business Analyst 3:

• Facilitate large teams in problem-solving and identifying improvement opportunities using methodologies like Kanban or GE Workout.
• Conduct organizational maturity analysis, assess gaps, and create maturity roadmaps.
• Provide analysis in developing tools for organizational alignment, strategic content, and success roadmaps.
• Conduct research and interviews to gather and understand customer/end-user requirements, and present solution recommendations for management approval.
• Collaborate with SMEs, analysts, and technical specialists to perform root cause analysis and identify opportunities for business or process improvement.
• Support, plan, and assist with the development, recommendation, and implementation of approved initiatives, studies, and projects.
• Plan and conduct sessions to analyze and document current and future state processes and value streams.
• Evaluate business process change impacts and recommend appropriate mitigation activities.
• Perform analytical project tasks, including requirements definition, validation, management, and testing.
• Provide information/recommendations to facilitate decision-making and ensure key requirements are met.
• Perform testing of approved solutions, including creating new tools, workflows, processes, and standards.
• Facilitate the definition and documentation of business and functional requirements.
• Draft and review requirements documentation, prioritize them, and obtain user signoff.
• Prepare use cases and process models to support projects, ensuring accuracy with user representatives.
• Collaborate with staff to verify that all user requirements are met and obtain signoff.
• Assist in developing test plans and trace acceptance criteria to requirements.
• Provide input on schedules and plans, focusing on analysis-related activities.
• Document user needs, business rules, and steps required to develop or modify business solutions.
• Maintain effective client and stakeholder relationships, understanding and facilitating requirement changes.
• Translate business requirements into solutions, research options/recommend implementation methods.
• Collaborate with developers and SMEs to balance usability and performance needs.
• Design templates and tools to support project management, tracking progress, milestones, and deliverables.
• Draft project deliverables including requirements, diagrams, plans, and change management documents.
• Develop documentation for process repeatability, training, and business continuity.
• Facilitate resolution of conflicting priorities and build consensus among stakeholders and team members.
• Mark/maintain documents in compliance with security standards for accurate record-keeping for audits.

Requirements for Business Analyst 3:

• A bachelor’s degree in information technology, business systems or a closely related technical discipline is highly desired.
• 8 years of experience is required with an applicable bachelor’s degree.
• 10 years of experience is required with an applicable associate degree.
• 12 years of experience is required without a degree or applicable degree.
• Experience should be consistent with the specific requirements of Information Technology, Business Systems, or other related IT specialty.
• 5 years of experience applying methodology to process improvement and optimization efforts across multiple business units within a defined enterprise.
• Experience with large-scale organizational change efforts.
• Technical interview skills sufficient to facilitate group process design/requirements gathering sessions in a business environment.
• Intermediate proficiency in Visio (flowcharts), MS Project, Access, and SharePoint.

**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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