SME Executive-Level Business Analyst

calistacorp; Stafford (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

StraitSys Inc. seeks an SME Executive-Level Business Analyst to support the FBI in Quantico, Virginia. You will provide technical, managerial, and administrative advice to the Project Manager concerning the functional area under study.

Leverage process development, reengineering, and performance improvement methods to advise on organizational-wide system improvements and drive performance across multiple lines of business.

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree required.
• Master's or doctorate degree preferred.
• Active TS clearance may be required.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical, managerial, and administrative advice to the PM on the functional area.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across processes, facilities, locations, units, and levels to drive performance.

Skills

SME leadership

Process improvement

Process mapping

Data analysis

Data visualization

JIRA/Confluence

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Leadership coaching

Technology integration

Education

BA/BS degree

Master's or doctorate preferred

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Microsoft Office

Visio

Job description

StraitSys Inc

Regular

PRIMARY FUNCTION

StraitSys is seeking a SME Executive-Level Business Analyst to support the FBI in Quantico, Virginia. In this role, you will provide technical, managerial, and administrative advice to the Project Manager (PM) concerning the functional area under study. Using a working knowledge of process development, business process reengineering, and performance improvement methodologies you will advise and make recommendations on organizational-wide system improvements.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Work independently and/or directly for the PM providing technical, managerial, and administrative expertise.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across processes, facilities, locations, units, and levels (staff to executive) to gain an understanding of business objectives, facilitate defining measurement solutions and implement business processes and techniques that drive performance.
• Contribute to analysis to create a story with themes that clearly show issues and required actions that will improve performance.
• Recognize data variances and trends, research causal factors and recommend possible solutions.
• Support initiatives that track process adherence and performance to improvement plans, including, but is not limited to, the implementation of key performance indicators (KPIs), service level agreements (SLAs) and dashboards to monitor process and drive accountability.
• Research best business practices within and outside the organization to establish benchmark data.
• Analyzes and measures the effectiveness of existing business processes.
• Determines how new information technologies can support reengineering business processes.
• Prepare and analyze management and site-specific reports to meet the needs of program stakeholders, increase risk awareness, and support decision making.
• Complete change management assessments and change management strategies.
• Create actionable deliverables, such as a communication plan, roadmap, coaching plan, training plan, or resistance management plan.
• Apply strong analytical and technical skills to document findings in accordance with approved quality procedures and standards.
• Defining and measuring success metrics and monitor change progress.
• Analyze and document functional requirements, business process drawings/flow charts, functional specifications, requirements roadmap.
• Participate in the validation and traceability of functional requirements to functional specifications, system technical specification.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

No

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES

• Demonstrated experience as a SME/Executive-Level overseeing/managing the delivery of modern and cutting-edge IT across multiple lines of business within the information management/records management domain.
• Advanced knowledge in process development, business process reengineering, and performance improvement methodologies
• Ability to apply process improvement and reengineering methodologies and principles to conduct process modernization projects.
• Proficient experience in process mapping, data analysis and project management.
• Ability to analyze business and technical processes to formulate and develop new and modified business information processing systems.
• Ability to represent business stakeholders to define functional requirements and business cases for the process improvements and technology developments.
• Ability to organize data from multiple sources and turn large data sets into meaningful, actionable information.
• Ability to use data visualization to tell a clear and compelling insight.
• Ability to analyze and interpret complex documents and implementation plans.
• Proven skill in group facilitation, interviewing, training, and additional forms of knowledge transfer.
• Proficient skills in Microsoft Office and Atlassian with advanced skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.
• Adept at working with customers to extract business requirements and preparing documentation.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to communicate effectively with team members, stakeholders, and management on both the business and IT sides.
• Strong leadership skills and coaching/mentoring skills
• Strong business acumen and detail-oriented
• Strong critical thinking skills and a quick learner
• Demonstrated experience and expertise in business models and technology integration.
• Knowledgeable in JIRA and Confluence

QUALIFICATIONS

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Active Top Secret Clearance; may be required to obtain SCI access
• BA/BS degree required.
• Master's or doctorate degree preferred.
• This position requires a minimum of fifteen (15) years of specialized experience in the functional area, education can be substituted.
• Accredited in Lean, Six Sigma or other process improvement technologies.
• Ability to successfully pass a pre-employment drug test.

PREFERENCE STATEMENT

Preference will be given to Calista shareholders and their descendants and to spouses of Calista shareholders, and to shareholders of other corporations crea