NJDOL - Business Analyst 2

The existing Trust Fund Accounting System was built in LOTUS. This system is no longer supportable. A new system needs to be put in place that meets current Trust Fund Accounting best practices, including reporting capabilities.

The NJ Department of Labor is replacing the Trust Fund Accounting System. The current system was developed in LOTUS and is no longer supportable. In order to be able to replace this system a business analyst is needed to understand our current system, document Business and Functional Requirements, develop Use Cases, Process Maps, As Is and To Be models and a Requirements Traceability Matrix. The Business Analyst will need to research solution in the public and private arena, compare the requirements to thee features in these systems and present to Senior Management a recommendation for a replacement system. In order to accomplish this, the Business Analyst should have an understanding of basic accounting principles, standards and financial records, and the ability to understand and document general ledger activities. Regular status reporting to Senior management on the status of this project will be required.


DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Conduct research to identify COTS/SaaS solutions that meet the business, functional and technical requirements
Capture requirements from various stakeholders, synthesize them with scope and priority, expected behavior, and risks associated with the request
Work with design team and involved in various brainstorming session and sketch session to discuss the business scope, provide design feedback in terms of performance, customer experience and security measures before sharing with business stakeholders to finalize the design.
Perform GAP Analysis and document the gap between the existing system and new system.
Identify different issues/risk associated with the Epic/Feature/Stories, communicate with business team or Product owner and determine the risk mitigation plan with the team to tackle the challenge
Ensure productivity of the team by creating and maintaining documentation
Responsible for creating various user flow diagram, data flow diagram, and various ad-hoc reports as per business request.
Assess various documentation of the project to provide feedback on the team needs.
Create test cases, coordinate bug meeting and work with QA team to ensure all the scenarios are tested and pass the acceptance criteria before the launch.
Responsible to coordinate between State Agency Project Manager & Vendor to run the process flawless. Create business, logical and physical data model

REQUIRED SKILLS
Experience with Accounting
Knowledge of business analysis and user acceptance testing
Strong technical problem-solving skills
Exceptional research skills and resourcefulness
Effective communication skills, listening, written and verbal; ability to communicate complex concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Bachelor s degree or equivalent

DESIRED
Proven ability to lead diverse groups of resources to solution agreement by leveraging influencing skills to drive consensus
Experience using MS Excel, MS Word, MS Visio, MS Teams and MS PowerPoint
Experience on large-scale modernization efforts
Analytical and customer service skills


KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
Knowledge of Accounting and Accounting systems
Knowledge of Trust Fund Accounting Guide and Best Practices
Knowledge of business analysis
Knowledge of requirements traceability
Knowledge of requirements elicitation
Knowledge of developing test cases and scenarios
Knowledge of the software development lifecycle and the implementation of Software as a Service (SaaS) solution
Knowledge of As Is and To Be Modelling
Experience in the standard concepts, practices, and deliverables related to Business Analysis in support of software development projects
Experience: 5 years in business analysis and testing
Experience with all the aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) - Experience with large scale system modernization preferred but not required
Collaborate with business partners (State Agency & Vendor) at various levels to research and validate functional requirements, technical requirements and use cases
Create detailed functional designs, process flows and use cases
Review, comment, follow-up and target reported defects and enhancement requests
Participate in user meetings to gain understanding of customer processes, ideas and issues
Work closely with vendors/developers to ensure the product is being built to specifications
Collaborate with team members throughout the Software Development Life Cycle process for requirements gathering, feedback on proposed designs and models, and user acceptance testing
Use best practice risk management, anticipate and assess risks and create mitigation plans
Ensure quality, accuracy and completeness of customer
Ability to translate high-level business and user requirements into functional requirements specifying an appropriate level of detail suitable for use by those must base their work on the requirements.
Participate in requirements prioritization and facilitate the negotiation of requirements amongst multiple stakeholders.
Manage requirements traceability information and track requirements status throughout the project.


EDUCATION
Bachelor s Degree or equivalent certification

Required/Desired Skills
SkillRequired /DesiredAmountof ExperienceExperience with AccountingRequired5YearsKnowledge of business analysis and user acceptance testingRequired5YearsStrong technical problem-solving skills, with an ability to troubleshoot complex application issuesRequired5YearsExceptional research skills and resourcefulnessRequired2YearsEffective communication skills; listening, written and verbal; ability to communicate complex concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholdersRequired5YearsBachelor s Degree or equivalent certificationRequired4YearsProven ability to lead diverse groups of resources to solution agreement by leveraging influencing skills to drive consensusDesired5YearsExperience user of MS Excel, MS Word, MS Visio, MS Teams and MS PowerPointDesired5YearsExperience on large-scale modernization effortsDesired2Years
Questions
No.QuestionQuestion1Absences greater than two weeks MUST be approved by CAI management in advance, and contact information must be provided to CAI so that the resource can be reached during his or her absence. The Client has the right to dismiss the resource if he or she does not return to work by the agreed upon date. Do you accept this requirement?Question2Please list candidate's email address HERE Question3Where is the candidate currently geographically located?Question4If the candidate resides outside of New Jersey, will the candidate relocate for the position?Question5Please confirm max vendor rate of NA.Question6Please confirm your candidate is comfortabl with a hybrid work model. Thanks!