Lead Business Analyst - Columbia

About Us
Business is booming in South Carolina! Are you ready to be a part of developing and connecting the next generation of workers in this state? Year after year, experts pick our state as one the best in the country for doing business. Just last year, South Carolina announced more than 14,000 new jobs and $10 billion in capital investment. Entrepreneurs are flocking to cities like Greenville, Charleston, Columbia, and Rock Hill to start and grow their businesses. And our hospitality industry is primed to take off as travelers from around the world continue to discover the beauty and accessibility of South Carolina’s mountains and coast.

Here at the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW), we are laser-focused on connecting every jobseeker who comes through our doors with their next great career opportunity! Are you looking for a meaningful position at an agency brimming with optimism and camaraderie that also offers job security, affordable health insurance, great retirement benefits, and work-life balance? If so, continue reading to discover your chance to make a difference at DEW!

Job Description

Are you skilled with business intelligence tools and project management?

Our Lead Business Analyst serves within the IT division in the Systems Integration in Columbia. This role will analyze business unit needs regarding data from agency mission essential applications. In conjunction with the Director of Systems Integration, aid in streamlining multiple agency processes through system integration and report/dashboard creation. This position will detail what the business units (customers) want in relation to system integration activities. 

An ideal candidate will work effectively with others toward a common goal and be adaptable. This role performs under limited supervision.

Key Responsibilities

The Lead Business Analyst will:

• Plan for and participate in integration projects consisting of technical and non-technical staff to identify business unit needs, functional requirements, and design of reports/dashboards and system integration initiatives.
• Documenting integration testing results according to a prescribed methodology; assuring documentation is clear, logical, and in user-friendly terms.
• In collaboration with various stakeholders, define and establish goals and objectives for system integration activities.
• Develop the department of information technology business requirement process, to include establishing a methodology and required artifacts.
• Performs job delivery and/or performance with positive or appropriate customer service delivery to clients, the public, and co-workers as an integral requirement.
• Ensure data privacy and system security compliance for all operations are integrated into the system integration and reporting function of the department of information technologies.
• Utilize excellent communication (written/verbal), presentation, facilitation, and organizational skills and pay close attention to detail.

If you’re ready to take on this challenge and help support South Carolina’s workforce system, please apply. We look forward to hearing from you!

Education and Experience

A bachelor's degree in communications, business administration, information technology, mathematics, statistics, management information science or a related field and experience in telecommunications, data processing and/or information technology. Relevant experience may substitute for the bachelor's degree on a year-for-year basis.

Additional Requirements

Position may require employee to work evenings and weekends.

Experience with gathering requirements, particularly around Information Technology projects.

Supplemental questions are considered part of your official application. Please complete the State application to include all current and previous work history and education. A resume will not be accepted nor reviewed to determine if an applicant has met the qualifications for the position.

Salary : $56,210 - $104,000