This program requires US Citizenship **Are you interested in improving and shaping the IT industry?** **We are seeking a Sr. Business Analyst who is motivated by variety, is seeking a challenging environment for professional growth, and is interested in supporting large information technology projects for one of our clients, who is located in Seattle.** **The Business Analyst should have strong domain knowledge of enterprise budget solutions, experience leading workshops, and skilled at engaging stakeholders.** **The Enterprise Budget Management Solution Enhancement Project’s primary goals are to migrate the current budget solution to the cloud, improve business budgetary processes, and close the tool feature gap to meet user needs.** **Location: This position is located in Seattle, WA. Candidates in the area are preferred, but not necessary. Occasional travel may be required if not local.** **Responsibilities:** + **Utilize business analysis industry standard best practices to deliver change for SCL by eliciting needs, documenting requirements, and recommending solutions that provide value to stakeholders** + **Conduct gap analysis workshops with the identified enterprise-wide key stakeholders to:** + **Understand and document the current solution context/persona, business processes, system context** + **Identify the primary business challenges/pain-points** + **Identify improvement opportunities through eliciting primary business challenges/pain-points vs. future business process improvement opportunities** + **Complete gap analysis current state business processes and future solutions** + **Responsible for Business Analysis** **Planning & Monitoring, Elicitation, Requirements Management and Communication, Enterprise Analysis, Requirement Analysis Solution Assessment & Validation** + **Work closely with the Project Manager to identify and ensure alignment of opportunities with the customer Mission and Values** + **Work with Business Relationship Managers (BRMs) to attain alignment with the Utility Technology Roadmap for incremental business opportunities** + **Work with the Solution Architect for alignment of technology and functionality with the customers Blueprint** + **Provide recommendations for priorities, budget use, and sequencing of opportunities** + **Engage and work closely with business customers at all levels from front-line to Executive leadership** + **Develop preliminary and detailed business requirements, use cases/user stories, software requirements, and process/workflow diagrams** + **Gather and evaluate information from multiple sources for project planning, requirements gathering, including interpreting high-level information; abstracting from low-level information to a general understanding; and evaluating user requests to perceive the underlying needs of the business** + **Communicate requirements and opportunities to all levels of the organization and to audiences of varying degrees of technical knowledge** + **Develop and maintain a thorough knowledge of the business processes and the associated IT systems as informed by business staff** + **Business analysis, including completion of deliverables following the customer PMO by project phases** **Required Business Analysis Skill Set** + **In-depth Budgetary Knowledge** + **Stakeholder List, Map or Personas** + **Interviews** + **Workshops** + **Benchmarking and Market Analysis** + **Vendor Assessment** + **Interface Analysis** + **Concept Modeling /Scope Modeling/Process Modeling** + **Functional Decomposition** + **Use Cases and Scenarios** + **Root Cause Analysis** + **User Stories** + **Business Rules Analysis** **Qualifications:** + **Bachelors Degree in Business or Computer Science, or equivalent education and/or experience.** **Equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered for the required qualifications.** + **Minimum of 7 years of business analysis experience implementing technology and business projects** + **In-depth budgetary knowledge** + **Experience with business process modeling, workflows, and data analysis** + **Demonstrated experience of cloud migration and/or replacement of legacy systems** **Desired Qualifications:** + **In-depth budgetary knowledge** + **Business Analyst Certification (CCBA or CBAP)** + **Versed in BABOK standards – inputs, tasks and outputs** + **Working knowledge of Prosci’s ADKAR model** + **Skilled in facilitating requirements gathering sessions with large groups with diverse perspectives; ability to bring groups to consensus** + **Experience writing project documentation and deliverables** + **Experience engaging with all levels of management including senior level executives** + **Ability to build trust and engagement with project team and business stakeholders.** + **Strong communication and interpersonal skills** + **Experience with organizational change management** + **Experience with Performance Metrics, development and monitoring** + **Experience with RFP process (requirements definition, vendor evaluation, etc.)** + Pay Rate / Range: $40-$49.82 _The above salary range represents the range expected for the position; however, final salary offers are based on a number of factors such as the position’s responsibilities; the candidate’s experience, education, and skills; location; travel required; and current market conditions._ + Benefits (Regular, Full Time Employees): + Medical, Dental, and Vision offerings + Weekly Direct Deposit + Paid Holidays and Personal Time Off + 401(k) with match + Voluntary Life and AD&D, Short / Long Term Disability, plus other voluntary coverages + Pre-Paid Legal and Employee Assistance Programs + Northwest Federal Credit Union Membership + BB&T @ Work Program **_ABBTECH is an EOE/Minorities/Women/Disabled Individuals/Veterans_**