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Business analyst

Tallahassee, FL
2017-09-28 19:26:23
Job Type: Contract

The selected candidate will be assigned to analyzing anddocumenting the critical business functions and business processes, conductingtest runs of procedures, recommending improvements and communicating changesrelated to operating procedures in the Office of Work Program and Budget(OWPB). The selected candidate will work with a team to identify functionalgaps, develop and document business rules and document processes supportingcritical functions.  The candidate will analyze financial systems and dependentbusiness processes owned by OWPB and assist in re-engineering areas impacted byan ongoing business transformation. This will include analyzing and makingrecommendations for potential solutions to short-term problems based on thebenefits and costs of quick fixes or improvements. Documentation will becompleted with advice from OWPB staff in a format conducive to communicatingthe information.  Deliverables from the analysis efforts should includeprocess flow diagrams, context diagrams and additional documentation detailinginputs/outputs, and any needed functionality. Work completed with the businessunit is supportive of a major integration initiative and will requirecollaboration and communication with the major initiative project team.

 

Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, BusinessAdministration, or other related field or equivalent work experience.  

Special consideration will be given to candidates with knowledge of FDOTbusiness functions, Six Sigma certification or similar business analysis andengineering certifications.

 Candidate must have a minimum of 15 years of hands onexperience in transportation business finance and/or production processes whichcan be leveraged in business process reengineering and documentation. Thisexperience must also be in a professional environment in a financialdiscipline.  Candidate will be expected to describe multiple pastexperiences with business process tools and how they were deployed for asuccessful outcome.


1. Uses subject matter expertise to analyze, make recommendations, develop andexecute complex business processes on behalf of the business unit to bridgegaps when staff are otherwise deployed.
2. Analyzes business operations to understand their strengths and weaknesses,determine opportunities to improve, and to streamline or automate processes andfunctions.
3. Assists in the business process redesign and documentation as needed tosupport ongoing transformation efforts in both the business unit and theenterprise environment.
4. Work with technical Financial Management (FM) Support staff duringtechnical assessments of the OWPB’s internal systems’ interfaces within thelegacy FM Suite of Applications.
5. Translates high level business requirements into detailed businessrequirements and/or functional specifications.
6. Research financial and procedural best practices, prepare reports, and makerecommendations for action.
7. Develop strategy to adjust workforce as necessary to meet changing outputdemands of OWPB organization and recommend methods to tightly integrateprocesses with external stakeholders.
8. Evaluate critical information gathered from multiple resources. Summarizedetailed data into executive level formats, as well as, breaking down aggregateinformation into meaningful pieces. Successfully engage in multiple initiativessimultaneously.
9. Analyze business units in the OWPB and across the agency with intent tomaximize use of resources and procedures. Analysis should include reports toidentify suppliers, inputs, processes, outputs, and customers.
10. Prepare proposed business rules, develop, monitor and implement knowledgetransfer activities.
11. Complete other assignments supporting integration project deliverableswithin established deadlines.

The submitted candidate must be able to apply commonknowledge, skills, and abilities in the following areas:

1. Knowledge of transportation financial management and best practices;
2. Knowledge of the principles, practices and techniques of the system developmentlife cycle;
3. Knowledge of and ability with the FM Suite of Systems and related businessrules;
4. Ability to produce legible and complete functional documentation in a waythat thoroughly captures all business requirements, processes and inputs/outputsof activities in a financial management office;
5. Ability to analyze and accurately define processes and workflows to designefficient process solutions, including missing or duplicate functionality inexisting processes;
6. Ability to work effectively with individual employees and a work unit, toidentify and document requirements for the maintenance, enhancement ordevelopment of computer application systems, including technical overviews andcontext diagrams;
7. Ability to develop and manage information systems documentation inaccordance with the Department’s standards;
8. Advanced skills with Microsoft products: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio.
9. Ability to plan, organize, coordinate and prioritize work assignments;
10. Ability to accurately estimate time requirements for assigned tasks for aproject;
11. Ability to evaluate data outputs from computer application and identifysystem problems;
12. Ability to relate to customers’ needs, document their requirements andperform duties in the absence of staff;
13. Ability to interpret and communicate technical information related tobusiness processes, computer programming and data processing, both verbally andin writing;
14. Ability to receive and give constructive criticism, and maintain effectivework relationships with others;
15. Ability to adjust to changing demands in a dynamic environment with diversework assignments;
16. Must be able to perform QA reviews and provide valuable feedback indetermining that standards are met and that documents are complete andcomprehensive;


Key Skills:
technical Financial Management ,Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio.