Role: IT Business Analyst Grants Management Location: Hartford CT REMOTE Duration: 12 Months
We are seeking a Business Analyst with deep grants experience to play a critical role in the analysis design and implementation of this new solution. The Business Analyst will work closely with our agencies IT teams and the selected vendor to define business requirements evaluate configuration options and workflows and establish a repeatable playbook to onboard new agencies over time.This role requires strong knowledge of grants lifecycle management enterprise solution analysis and stakeholder alignment.
Key Responsibilities
Elicit and document detailed business functional and nonfunctional requirements across our agencies
Analyze existing grantrelated processes and tools to identify commonalities differences and opportunities to standardize
Translate complex requirements into clear process flows user stories configuration documentation and other requirement artifacts
Evaluate selected vendor solution capabilities to determine what is configurable vs. standard communicate limitations and tradeoffs and make suggestions on enterprise standards
Act as the primary liaison between business users technical teams and the vendor to ensure solution alignment with business needs
Support change management and user adoption by assessing current state business process flows defining future state process flows and identifying solution gaps and/or training needs
Assist in testing validation and user acceptance efforts to ensure the solution meets business goals
Assist in developing a governance plan and framework for managing enterprisewide changes
Assist in developing a repeatable implementation and requirements playbook for new agencies to onboard onto the grants enterprise level management system
Required Experience
7 years of business analysis experience with largescale technology implementations
Experience with public sector grants processes is required including grant application review award monitoring and reporting
Experience implementing standardized enterprise solutions across disparate systems processes or organizations
Demonstrated success working with or implementing COTS/SaaS platforms
Proven experience coordinating across multiple government agencies or large stakeholder groups
Experience with vendordriven solutions including evaluating standard out of the box functionality and configuration/customization options
Strong documentation skills with expertise in a variety of business analysis tools (Microsoft Office Suite JIRA Confluence Visio Miro etc.)
Preferred Qualifications
Familiarity in government or nonprofit organizations
IIBA CBAP or similar business analysis certification
Bachelors or Masters degree in business public administration information systems or related field
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