What are the responsibilities and job description for the Business Analyst - Finance (Hybrid) position at DP Professionals?
DPP is seeking a Business Analyst for an opportunity in Columbia, SC.
Work arrangement :
Hybrid : 4 days / week onsite; 1 day remote
W2 position; 12 months
Scope :
Due to the volume of agency financial and administrative systems that need to be migrated to agency standard platforms, upgrade and streamline upgrade aged components, and modernization efforts, additional staff are needed to support these efforts and system implementation.
The team will work to align business needs with current and future state to ensure systems are set up and supported, following the industry's best practices to ensure strategic initiatives and compliance with federal and state regulatory laws and ensure business continuity.
Summary :
The System Business Analyst (BA) will be part of a team focusing on agency efforts to understand current and future state associated with agency financial and administrative systems.
The BA will need to learn system capabilities, analysis data and reports, work with system owner and SME to define business and technical requirements, and work breakdown.
This role supports project team by performing administrative tasks such as taking meeting minutes, developing, and reviewing draft project documents, task tracking, communicating with stakeholders and general assistance for assigned managers.
The BA will work in a team environment with other Information Technology staff and Program Area System Owners and Subject Matter Experts (SME).
Responsibilities and duties include :
Study and learn system capabilities assigned associated with financial and administrative systems
Work with Program Area System Owners to learn their business requirements and needs
Prepare and manage project documents.
Scheduling stakeholder meetings and facilitating communication between the project team and stakeholders throughout the project life cycle.
Support project team to help them complete project tasks.
Monitoring project progress and creating project status reports for Finance and Operations and Office of Information Technology.
Create supporting work requests in ticketing system when needed to support a project task or other approved solution like DevOps
Maintain system protocols by writing and updating procedures.
Problem solving to resolve minor issues without assistance and escalation.
Assist with ensuring customer and technical needs are met as the project advances.
Create a positive project outlook to keep the team motivated.
Managing project management documents such as, without limitation, the project plan, schedule, work breakdown, lessons learned, or scope statement, as assigned.
Support team members when implementing risk management strategies.
Develop reporting and dashboard capabilities using excel and Power Bi.
Adheres to Information Technology application development standards and security requirements.
Assist with gap analysis of current state to future state to ensure business and process requirements are met
Work with Finance Program Area System Owners and Subject Matter experts to learn their business functions, processes, and needs
Update SharePoint content associated with system collaboration sites
Assist with system validation to ensure technical requirements are met.
Assist with production rollout to ensure minimal disruption of services.
Assist with the system software life cycle process
Work with Finance Program Area and IT to present key information for improvements.
Maintain system protocols by writing and updating procedures
Assist with development of policies and procedures to conform and comply with agency standard cyber security policy design related to information risk management, designation of data as to criticality, confidentiality, and protection. (NIST 800-53, FISMA, SC InfoSec Requirements)
Required knowledge, skills, and abilities :
Ability to analyze and document, business and system processes using various methods and tools
Knowledge of Information Technology Field, best practices, organization, and operations
Expertise designing, implementing, and supporting Enterprise-grade technical solutions meeting complex business requirements
Written communications skills, verbal communications skills
Understanding of IT development and implementation projects
MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio), MS SharePoint, MS Office 365
Ability to deal effectively with the needs of technical peers, technical and user management, users, vendors, and staff members, and to communicate clearly and effectively in spoken and written form
Project Methodology
Preferred KSAs :
MS Project, MS DevOps
Experience with security and data classification related to CDC, HIPAA, and CJIS
Experience with industry standard Information Security practices
Required education / equivalency :
Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field or equivalent work experience
Interested? Learn more :
Click the apply button or contact our recruiter Kyle at (url removed) to learn more about this position (#(phone number removed).
DPP offers a range of compensation and benefits packages to our employees and their eligible dependents. Call today to learn more about working with DPP.
Authorized US Worker - US Citizens and those authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time. EOE / AA / V / D
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