RPA Project Analyst

Job Description

Baker Tilly is currently seeking an experienced RPA Project Analyst to support an Advanced Intelligent Automation team delivering solutions for the U.S. Navy Personnel Command (NPC) onsite in Millington, TN. This role focuses on analyzing, documenting, and optimizing business processes related to enlisted performance evaluations, and translating those processes into automation-ready requirements.

The Project Analyst will work closely with RPA and Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) developers to ensure accurate data extraction, normalization, and validation through defined business rules.

• Analyze current-state processes for enlisted performance evaluation workflows (e.g., EVALs/FITREPs)
• Identify inefficiencies, gaps, and opportunities for automation
• Document as-is and to-be process flows, including decision points and exception handling
• Collaborate with Navy stakeholders to validate process understanding and requirements

• Gather and document functional and non-functional requirements for RPA and IDP solutions
• Translate business processes into clear automation logic and rule definitions
• Develop user stories, process maps, and acceptance criteria
• Ensure traceability between requirements, business rules, and implemented automations

• Work with developers to define requirements for data extraction from evaluation documents using IDP tools
• Help establish data normalization standards across extracted fields
• Validate extracted data against expected formats and business context

• Define and document business rules to verify completeness and correctness of enlisted evaluation documents
• Support implementation of rule-based validation (e.g., required fields, formatting, scoring consistency)
• Assist in identifying edge cases and exception scenarios

• Develop and execute UAT test cases focused on evaluation document processing
• Validate that automation outputs meet Navy business standards
• Support defect tracking, triage, and resolution

• Act as liaison between Navy personnel SMEs and automation developers
• Facilitate workshops, working sessions, and demos
• Communicate progress, risks, and requirements clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences

• Clearance:
  Must be able to obtain and maintain an active Secret clearance
• 3‑7 years of experience as a Business Analyst, preferably in RPA or automation initiatives
• Familiarity with Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) concepts and tools
• Strong experience in business process mapping (BPMN, Visio, etc.)
• Strong experience leading software implementation teams
• Strong experience with agile software delivery
• Ability to define business rules and validation logic in structured formats
• Strong knowledge of Navy and DoD PWS and SOWs to ensure delivery compliance
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Familiarity with Navy personnel systems or enlisted evaluation processes (EVALs/FITREPs)
• Experience supporting document-heavy workflows and data extraction solutions
• Knowledge of data normalization and structured/unstructured data handling
• Active or previous security clearance
• Experience leading implementation of automation tools (UiPath, Power Automate, Appian, BP, etc.)

Baker Tilly is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable federal, state or local law.

Compensation range: $85,910 to $162,890. Actual compensation is influenced by a variety of factors including but not limited to skills, experience, qualifications, and geographic location.