Role: Bismarck, ND - IT - Job Service - Business Analyst - Senior - 132347
Client: State of ND
Location: Bismarck, ND
Remote Role
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Project Name: Job Service North Dakota Unemployment Insurance Modernization
Key Qualifications:
7+ years of relevant experience
Experience in Unemployment Insurance Tax & Benefits preferred
Top Skills & Years of Experience Required:
Technical Skills:
- Must have Advanced proficiency in Excel (macros, pivot tables, calculations, rate formulas, etc.).
This current tax rate model is a complex Excel spreadsheet with multiple tabs and links to external worksheets. Successful candidate will be able to analyze the current UI Tax Rate process and the
model currently used. Multiple formulas have been applied
- Proficiency with Access Database programming
Candidates selected to interview may be asked to complete or provide an Excel skills test.
Certifications:
CBAP Certification preferred or will qualify to receive certification within 2 years of employment.
Business Analyst Services
• Perform BA Services following best practice IIBA knowledge areas.
• Conduct Elicitation and Collaboration services to define and assess agency needs.
• Plan a business analysis approach for complex situations which identify and leverage the appropriate tools based on the information and purpose of the task.
• Perform requirement analysis, design, and definition services, aligning requirements to solution components and releases to best achieve change objectives.
• Consistently combine complex data from unrelated sources and understand how they impact the enterprise or organization.
• Conduct Solution Assessment and Validation Services by assessing and analyzing design documents provided by development teams to determine if business needs will be met.
• Validate scenarios and results of User Acceptance Testing, verify developer solutions meet the business requirements.
Communication and Collaboration
• Use active listening and discovery skills to understand the real issues and needs and build rapport.
• Fosters a collaborative approach to collect ongoing feedback and opinions with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Able to engage all stakeholder and gain consensus.
• Build and use templates and tools for enabling stakeholder-focused written communication, capturing the motivation, needs and requirements of stakeholders including customer profiles.
• Able to consistently develop effective change strategies, even for complex situations, which drive adoption of tools, templates, and processes.