Equal-Plus is hiring: Business Analyst in Lawrenceville

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Our client is seeking a Strategic Business Analyst (SBA) to join the Business Strategic Service team for a 1 year contract role in Lawrenceville, GA.

Local candidates to Georgia preferred.

No agencies or third parties.

The position is a contract position to assist in initiative discovery, research, analysis, creation of technology solicitations such as Request for Proposals (RFPs), facilitation and management of business and functional requirements pre-project creation. This position will report directly to the Division Director of Business Strategic Services (BSS), which is a division within the Department of Information Technology.

Skills

• 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, and other artifacts in support of technology selections.
• 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.
• Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Experience in Visio, MS Project, and SharePoint preferred.
• Must be a critical thinker with strong problem-solving skills.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Interpersonal and collaborative skills with internal and external stakeholders.

Preferred Experience

• ITIL and Business Analysis certifications in requirements gathering.
• Experience facilitating process improvement engagements.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead business requirements gathering sessions with a diverse set of stakeholders to generate detailed solicitation requirements and content using client templates.
• Facilitate business requirements gathering and author the artifacts from that effort such as Business Requirements Documents (BRDs).
• Create technology RFP content in prescribed templates that include extensive Word documents and accompanying Excel Workbooks.
• Perform assigned primary and secondary research in support of business cases, technology research, 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 client 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.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Information Technology

Industries

• Government Administration

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