Tallahassee, FL
Work authorization: any (candidate must be authorized to work in US)
Must-have skills: business and technical requirements analysis, business process modeling/mapping, methodology development, and data modeling; overseeing the design, development, and implementation of software and hardware solutions, systems, or products.
Certification(s) from the IIBA (International Institute of Business Analysis), based on the BABOK (Business Analysis Body of Knowledge); Oracle PL/SQL and/or PHP; database query tools such as TOAD and/or SQL Developer; UML (Unified Modelling Language).standard principles of accounting, such as GAAP or International Financial Reporting Standards.
Requirements:
- Availability to work 100% at the Client’s site in Tallahassee, FL (required);
- Experience with business and technical requirements analysis, business process modeling/mapping, methodology development, and data modeling (8+ years);
- Experience overseeing the design, development, and implementation of software and hardware solutions, systems, or products (5+ years);
- Experience with financial analysis, including the ability to apply complex accounting principles, a working knowledge of accounting processes, procedures and internal controls;
- Experience with importing data for use in report software, spreadsheets, graphs, and flowcharts;
- Experience working within a structured Project Management environment;
- Experience with Agile development, specifically Scrum, Extreme Programming (XP) and Kanban (preferred);
- Experience with standard principles of accounting, such as GAAP or International Financial Reporting Standards (preferred);
- Experience using the Florida Accounting and Information Resource (FLAIR) system or other enterprise accounting systems (preferred);
- Experience with Oracle PL/SQL and/or PHP (preferred);
- Experience with database query tools such as TOAD and/or SQL Developer (preferred);
- Experience with UML (Unified Modelling Language) (preferred);
- Experience with Florida government agencies’ technical environment (preferred);
- Experience with various facilitation techniques to elicit business requirements and drive customer communications (preferred);
- Certification(s) from the IIBA (International Institute of Business Analysis), based on the BABOK (Business Analysis Body of Knowledge) (preferred);
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Management Information Systems, Information Systems, Computer Science, or other Information Technology major, or equivalent work experience.
Responsibilities:
- Gather, analyze, document and validate user requirements;
- Assist in the business process redesign and documentation, as needed;
- Translate high level business requirements into functional specifications and manage changes to such specifications;
- Chart existing business processes in order to define current business activities for the development of procedures and models;
- Meet with decision makers, systems owners, and end users to define business, financial, and operations requirements and systems goals;
- Research, review, and analyze the effectiveness and efficiency of existing processes and develop strategies for enhancing or further leveraging these processes;
- Prototype new procedures for the purpose of enhancing business processes, operations, and information process flow;
- Prepare and deliver reports, recommendations, or alternatives for improving processes in operating systems across the organization;
- Identify and establish scope and parameters of process analysis in order to define impact, outcome criteria, and measure-taking actions;
- Develop, standardize, and maintain new or improved processes based on findings and analysis;
- Communicate process changes, enhancements, and modifications – verbally or through written documentation – to management, peers, staff, and other employees so that issues and solutions are understood;
- Create process models, specifications, diagrams, and charts to provide direction to system programmers;
- Liaise with various business, and IT, groups in the organization to facilitate implementation of new or improved business processes;
- Collaborate in the planning, design, development, and deployment of new applications, and enhancements to existing applications;
- Coordinate and perform in-depth tests, including end-user reviews, for modified and new processes, and other post-implementation support;
- Provide guidance and/or instruction to junior staff members.