Sr. Business Analyst - Seattle, WA (Remote)

Sr. Business Analyst Location: This position is located in Seattle, WA. Candidates in the area are preferred, but not necessary. Occasional travel may be required if not local.
6 months/possible extension

Responsibilities:

• Be the ambassador and diplomat for the WAMS Program Opportunities Tool and processes
• Be the analyst, manager and coordinator of WAMS Program Opportunities
• Working with stakeholders to identify and justify increments of improvement to operational problems developing future project definitions through analysis of current state business processes and future solutions
• Responsible for adding detail and justifications for opportunities identified by stakeholders and users through collaboration and industry experience
• Ensure business goals and strategies are reflected in the recommended solution.
• Working closely with the WAMS Program Manager for identifying and ensuring alignment of opportunities with the City Light Mission and Values
• Working with Business Relationship Managers (BRMs) to attain alignment with the Utility Technology Roadmap for incremental business opportunities
• Working with the WAMS Solution Architect for alignment of technology and functionality with the City Light blueprint.

General Responsibilities

• Provide recommendations for priorities, budget use and sequencing of opportunities
• Engage and work closely with business customers at all levels from front-line to Executive leadership.
• Develop preliminary and detailed business requirements, use cases/user stories, software requirements, and process/workflow diagrams.
• Gather and evaluate information from multiple sources for project planning, requirements gathering, including interpreting high-level information; abstracting from low-level information to a general understanding; and evaluating user requests to perceive the underlying needs of the business.
• Communicate requirements and opportunities to all levels of the organization and to audiences of varying degrees of technical knowledge.
• Develop and maintain a thorough knowledge of the business processes and the associated IT systems as informed by business staff.
• Business analysis, including completion of deliverables following the BABOK standards.
• Develop all deliverables according to the SCL standards and practices business process documentation with BPM within Visio, RFP template, requirements gathering to include traceability, etc.
• Support the four-pillar approach to business analysis, including completion of deliverables following the BABOK standards, developing organizational change management plans and deliverables following the Prosci model and ACMP standard, identifying and developing performance metrics, and support continuous improvement objectives.