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Business Process Consultant

Tallahassee, FL
2017-08-04 13:12:05
Job Type: Full Time only
Budget $: TBD

Candidate must have a minimumof 5 years of experience in transportation business finance and/or productionprocesses which can be leveraged in business process reengineering anddocumentation. This experience must also be in a professional environment in afinancial discipline. Â Candidate will be expected to describe multiple pastexperiences with business process tools and how they were deployed for asuccessful outcome.

 

Facilitates the optimization ofbusiness unit performance by enhancing the alignment between business processesand information technology. Responsible for actively resolving day-to-daytechnology needs of the business unit with a focus on the analysis of processesdissecting problems and suggesting solutions. Includes complex systems processanalysis, design and simulation. Must understand technical problems andsolutions in relation to the current, as well as the future businessenvironment. Must be able to suggest plans to integrate new and existingprocesses. Provides input and supports planning and prioritization for businessprocess engineering related activities, including developing the business unitprocess engineering plan and integrating that plan with the corporate plan.Possesses knowledge and experience leveraging both IT solutions and businessprocess improvements. Participates in continuous review and update to ensurethat processes meet changing business unit conditions. Identifies processes forimprovement, documents existing processes, identifies and analyzes gaps betweencurrent processes and the desired state, designs new processes, developsprocess performance measures and plans the transition to a new process.Provides counsel and leadership on future use of technology and businessprocess improvements. This requires a high level of understanding of the organization'sbusiness systems and processes as well as industry-wide requirements. Mustdemonstrate expertise in strategic planning, tactical execution, projectmanagement, process management and business systems requirements definition.

 

The submitted candidate must beable to perform the following duties and/or tasks:

  • Analyzes business operations to understand their strengths and weaknesses to determine opportunities to improve, streamline or automate processes and functions.
  • Assists in the business process redesign and documentation as needed to support ongoing transformation efforts in the enterprise environment.
  • Work with technical FM support staff during technical assessments of the OWPB's internal systems interfaces with the FM Suite of Applications.
  • Translates high level business requirements into detailed business requirements and/or functional specifications.
  • Uses subject matter expertise to support project development as well as execute complex business processes to bridge gaps when FDOT staff are otherwise deployed.
  • Research financial and procedural best practices, prepare reports, and make recommendations for action.
  • Develop strategy to adjust workforce as necessary to meet changing output demands of Office of Work Program and Budget and recommend methods to tightly integrate processes with external stakeholders.
  • Evaluate critical information gathered from multiple resources. Summarize detailed data into executive level formats, as well as, breaking down aggregate information into meaningful pieces. Successfully engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously.
  • Analyze business units in the Office of Work Program and Budget and across the agency with intent to maximize use of resources and procedures.
  • Analysis should include reports to identify suppliers, inputs, processes, outputs, and customers.
  • Prepare proposed business rules, develop, monitor and implement knowledge transfer activities.
  • Complete other assignments supporting project deliverables within established deadlines.

The submitted candidate must beable to apply common knowledge, skills, and abilities in the following areas:

  • Knowledge of financial management and best practices.
  • Knowledge of the principles, practices and techniques of the system development life cycle.
  • Knowledge of and ability of the FM Suite of Systems and related business rules.
  • Ability to produce legible and complete functional documentation in a way that thoroughly captures all business requirements, processes and inputs/outputs of activities in a financial management office.
  • Ability to analyze and accurately and completely define processes and workflows to design efficient process solutions, including missing or duplicate functionality in existing processes.
  • Ability to work effectively with individual employees and a work unit, to identify and document requirements for the maintenance, enhancement or development of computer application systems, including technical overviews and context diagrams.
  • Ability to develop and manage information systems documentation in accordance with the Department's standards.
  • Advanced skills with Microsoft products: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio.
  • Ability to plan, organize, coordinate and prioritize work assignments.
  • Ability to accurately estimate time requirements for assigned tasks for a project.
  • Ability to evaluate data outputs from computer application and identify system problems.
  • Ability to relate to customers' needs, document their requirements and perform duties in a service oriented manner.
  • Ability to prepare complex computer program specifications.
  • Ability to interpret and communicate technical information related to business processes, computer programming and data processing, both verbally and in writing.
  • Ability to receive and give constructive criticism, and maintain effective work relationships with others.
  • Ability to adjust to changing demands in a dynamic environment with diverse work assignments.
  • Must be able to perform QA reviews and provide valuable feedback in determining that standards are met and that documents are complete and comprehensive.

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