Business Analyst

Augusta, United States

• Collaborate with the Project Manager to build a path to success and to define risk mitigation strategy when risks arise.
• Development of future-state business process models to address roadblocks, challenges, and opportunities.
• Develop clear and concise functional and technical requirements to be used for solution planning.
• Manage and participate in user acceptance testing to verify functionality and completeness of system changes.

• Experience conducting Facilitated Workshops for requirements analysis.
• Experience creating workflows using formal notation such as the Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN).
• Knowledge of formal requirements gathering methodologies.
• Experience developing Business Requirements - project initiation document, what the needed achievements will be, and the quality measures.
• Experience developing Functional requirements - describe what the system, process, or product/service must do to fulfill the business requirements.
• Experience developing User (stakeholder) requirements - are a very important part of the deliverables; the needs of the stakeholders will have to be correctly interpreted.
• Experience developing Quality-of-service (non-functional) requirements - are requirements that do not perform a specific function for the business requirement but are needed to support the functionality. For example: performance, scalability, quality of service (QoS), security and usability.
• Experience developing Report Specifications - define the purpose of a report, its justification, attributes and columns, owners and runtime parameters.
• Experience developing Requirements Traceability Matrix - a cross matrix for recording the requirements through each stage of the requirements gathering process.
• Strong organization and writing skills. Experienced developing graphic representations of complex business processes.
• Ability to work alone, self-directing. Able to manage their time for maximum efficiency.
• Advanced skills working with customers, including excellent communication skills with all levels of business as well as IT staff.

• Must have experience working within State and Federal projects to support the OCFS management team throughout the project life cycle.
• Highly proficient in business process modeling and analysis.
• Highly proficient in using Excel to perform various data analysis tasks.
• Independently and effectively manages time using common-sense priority setting.
• Preferred - Knowledge of government social services/child welfare programs and systems.
• Writing Test Plans and executing Test Cases.
• Must possess the qualities of a balance between technical analysis and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills are required.

• Extensive experience with State of Maine Child Welfare Systems and other aspects of state government.
• Highly proficient in business process modeling and analysis.
• Highly proficient in using Excel to perform various data analysis tasks.
• Writing Test Plans and executing Test Cases