About the Role
Allied Consultants, Inc. is seeking an experienced Business System Analyst to be a key resource on a technical services team. This role involves performing senior-level business/systems analysis, coordinating requirements gathering, and improving business processes using best practices.
Responsibilities
- Performs senior-level business/systems analysis work.
- Coordinates gathering, development, and documentation of user requirements.
- Reviews, assesses, and improves business processes.
- Uses best practices in business analysis and process modeling.
- Applies analytical skills to various business and technical processes.
- Works under the direction of the Business Analyst Team Manager.
- Identifies opportunities for improving business processes for efficiency and effectiveness.
- Assists in business case vetting and preparation of proposals for information management efforts.
- Coordinates the analysis of program policies and procedures to determine their effect on automated systems and system functional areas.
- Focuses on business value to develop ideas, including awareness of industry trends, risk assessments, business continuity, and business capability requirements.
- Coordinates and/or analyzes user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate or improve existing systems.
- Coordinates and/or analyzes computer system capabilities, workflow, and scheduling limitations.
- Coordinates the service request life cycle through customer-related service request responses, business requirements coordination, technical specifications and related artifacts review.
- Monitors system integration and user acceptance testing prior to implementation.
- Coordinates with outside vendors and contractors to complete projects and service requests.
- Defines, may assign, and evaluates the work of outside vendors and contractors.
- Identifies potential project risks and difficulties, and designs strategies to mitigate or avoid them.
- Reviews complex project deliverables such as design documentation, test plans, and risk assessment plans.
- Provides comments and suggestions to document owners.
- Leads and coordinates process change requests.
- Manages a project’s scope, acceptance, installation, and deployment.
- Correlates business value and priorities to planning activities and goal setting.
- Develops training curriculum and conducts formal system training.
- Attends all meetings, meets delivery deadlines, and is available during client office hours.
- Logs in and remains on agency Jabber during work hours.
- Attends remote meetings with camera on unless prior arranged for camera off.
- Coordinates leave and vacations with client lead.
- Dresses appropriately for a business/business casual environment.
- Communicates respectfully and works harmoniously with all co-workers, customers, and vendors.
- Provides exceptional customer service.
- Is flexible, able to work under pressure, able to adapt to change, and able to work on multiple problems and tasks.
- Takes initiative to prevent and solve problems.
Requirements
- Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in management information systems or business administration.
- 4 years of experience planning, eliciting, analyzing, and managing business requirements and monitoring throughout the software development life cycle (SDLC) including regression testing.
- 4 years of experience leading simple and complex business process reengineering and transformation efforts that deliver efficiency improvements in quality and customer experience.
- 4 years of experience performing a business relationship manager (liaison) role between functional and technical teams.
- 4 years of experience leading project teams and/or operational and strategic organizational efforts that involved managing changes and stakeholder relationships, tracking and communicating performance, ensuring resource availability and allocation, coordinating third parties/vendors and delegating tasks.
- 4 years of experience with projects addressing data management, data quality, data warehousing, data modeling, data migration and integration.
- 4 years of experience with projects addressing secure file transfers.
- 4 years of experience with projects addressing enterprise system analysis.
- 4 years of experience with projects addressing enterprise architecture.
- 4 years of experience with projects addressing information security principles.
- 4 years of experience working in a scrum master role or in an agile scrum environment.
- 4 years of experience with a variety of system implementations and enhancements supporting business areas that may include building operations, finance, benefits processing, procurement, contract management, legal, audit, human resources, or communications.
- 4 years of experience in a wide range of business environments including business consulting.
- 4 years of experience managing and implementing IT Service Management processes, procedures, and software applications based on ITIL principles to improve delivery of IT services.
- 4 years of experience managing and implementing Centralized Accounting and Payroll/Personnel System CAPPS integrations working with internal stakeholders and CPA staff focusing on financial systems.
- 4 years of technical expertise and experience in business systems analysis, system configuration, information security, and internal control frameworks.
- 4 years of technical expertise and experience with reporting databases, database design development, data modeling, mapping.
- 4 years of technical expertise and experience creating comprehensive system-level documentation, system implementation standards, and training materials for users with varied levels of technical understanding.
- 4 years of experience with MS Azure DevOps for requirements management, and project implementation.
- 4 years of experience with project management software.
Skills
- Business System Analysis
- Requirements Gathering
- Business Process Improvement
- Process Modeling
- Analytical Skills
- Business Value Development
- Industry Trend Awareness
- Risk Assessment
- Business Continuity
- Business Capability Requirements
- User Requirements Analysis
- Computer System Capabilities Analysis
- Workflow Analysis
- Scheduling Limitations Analysis
- Service Request Life Cycle Coordination
- System Integration Testing
- User Acceptance Testing
- Vendor Coordination
- Project Risk Identification
- Project Risk Mitigation Strategies
- Deliverable Review
- Process Change Request Leadership
- Project Scope Management
- Project Acceptance Management
- Project Installation Management
- Project Deployment Management
- Planning Activities
- Goal Setting
- Training Curriculum Development
- System Training
- Troubleshooting Complex Issues
- Systems and Procedures Analysis
- Standards and Procedures Writing/Revision
- Multiple Project Handling
- Effective Communication (Written and Verbal)
- Communication at All Management Levels
- Communication with Technical and Non-Technical Personnel
- Understanding of Business Processes and Dependencies
- Business Analysis Procedures
- Business Process Modeling and Design
- Requirements and Process Modeling Tools
- Meeting Facilitation
- Cooperation of Others
- Customer Service
- Professional Image and Demeanor
- Agile Scrum Environment
- IT Service Management (ITIL)
- MS Azure DevOps
- Project Management Software
Location
- Austin
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior-level
- 4 years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems or Business Administration
- Masters of Business of Administration (MBA)
- CCBA
- CBAP
- CSM
- CSPO
- PMI-PBA
- PMP
- ITIL
- ICGB
Benefits
- Medical insurance (Allied shares a percentage of the cost)
- Life insurance
- Matching 401(k) plan
- Cafeteria plan
About the Company
- Allied Consultants, Inc. is an Austin-based firm which has for 34 years been a premier provider of technical and business professionals to clients in Texas.
Equal Opportunity
- Allied Consultants is an equal opportunities employer.
