Remote Federal Grants & eRA Systems BA — Impact

GovCIO; Helena (MT); Remote; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Corporate Discounts

Learning & Development platform

Training, Education and Certification

Referral Bonus Program

Internal Mobility Program

Pet Insurance

Flexible Work Environment

Job summary

GovCIO is seeking a remote Business Analyst to support the EPA with Federal Grants & eRA systems. The role focuses on defining roles, documenting processes, and guiding deployments of grant platforms across Pre-Award to Closeout.

You will analyze as-is processes, design-to-be states, and identify automation opportunities while interfacing with clients and project teams. Candidates should have extensive BA experience in federal environments and a Public Trust clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 12+ years of business analysis experience (or commensurate experience)
• Direct Experience: Demonstrated background supporting implementations, migrations, or modernizations of eRA or GrantSolutions in a federal agency environment (e.g., NIH, CDC, HHS, NSF, or USDA)
• Domain Expertise: Thorough understanding of federal grant policies, funding opportunity announcements (FOAs/NOFOs), peer review/application intake, award obligation, financial drawdown, and post-award monitoring
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and SharePoint
• Ability to work independently and as a team member in a hybrid-remote work environment
• Critical Thinking: Proven ability to take ambiguous, complex federal processes and decompose them into structured technical requirements and process maps
• Clearance Required: Ability to maintain a Public Trust clearance

Responsibilities

• Master all aspects of User Roles and Use Cases for the EPA Next Generation Grant System with focus on optimal workstreams for grant products, this includes KB articles, SOPs, and related training documentation
• Serve as an Analyst or Senior Analyst during the development, deployment, migration, or enhancement of enterprise systems such as eRA Commons/modules or GrantSolution
• Analyze and document 'as-is' and 'to-be' business processes across all phases of the federal grant lifecycle (Pre-Award, Award, Post-Award, Closeout, and Audit)
• Identify operational bottlenecks, regulatory compliance gaps, and opportunities for workflow automation.
• Leverage Kaizen artifacts for grants optimization, understand eRA platform offerings, and tailor processes to future state
• Support Gap Analysis, trade-off analysis, and recommendations to migrate from As-Is to To-Be state
• Quickly understand client business issues and data challenges
• Communicate with project team and client about technical and end user issues
• Compare new requirements with prior Kaizen artifacts and identify To-Be opportunities
• Coordinate with implementation team on testing and clarification activities
• Support testing activities (UAT, DR exercises)
• Support meetings with Customer and Business POCs

Skills

Critical thinking

Communication

Independent work

Public Trust clearance

Agile methodologies

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Azure DevOps

Microsoft Office

SharePoint

Job description

GovCIO is seeking a remote Business Analyst to support the EPA with Federal Grants & eRA systems. The role focuses on defining roles, documenting processes, and guiding deployments of grant platforms across Pre-Award to Closeout.

You will analyze as-is processes, design-to-be states, and identify automation opportunities while interfacing with clients and project teams. Candidates should have extensive BA experience in federal environments and a Public Trust clearance.