SOSC - BUSINESS ANALYST - 9753

Goodfit; Cayce (SC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Goodfit is seeking a Business Analyst - Project Lead in Cayce, SC to drive financial and administrative systems projects. You will study system capabilities, gather business requirements, and manage project documentation while coordinating stakeholder communication and risk management.

The role involves creating test plans, supporting testing, and delivering dashboards and reports using Excel and Power BI to inform decision-making. A strong SDLC background is essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with data analysis and data mining using Excel and SQL.
• 5+ years of experience with workflow and process modeling.
• 5+ years of experience with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio) and SharePoint.
• 5+ years of experience in the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and modernization initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Study and learn system capabilities assigned to financial and administrative systems.
• Learn business requirements from Program Area System Owners.
• Prepare and manage project documents and schedules.
• Facilitate stakeholder meetings and communications across the project life cycle.
• Support the project team to complete tasks and monitor progress.
• Create status reports for Finance and Operations and IT.
• Develop test plans and assist with testing and remediation.
• Develop reporting and dashboards using Excel and Power BI.

Skills

Data Analysis & Data Mining

Excel

SQL

Workflow Modeling

MS Office Suite

SDLC

SharePoint

Education

Bachelor's or Master's Degree in a relevant field

Tools

MS Project

MS Planner

MS DevOps

Job description

BUSINESS ANALYST - PROJECT LEAD
Cayce, SC

Public Health Financial and Administrative systems

Specific duties and responsibilities will include but are not limited to the following:

• Study and learn system capabilities assigned associated with Financial and administrative systems

• Work with Program Area System Owners to learn their business requirements and needs

• Prepare and manage project documents.

• Scheduling stakeholder meetings and facilitating communication between the project team an d stakeholders throughout the project life cycle.

• Support project team to help them complete project tasks.

• Monitoring project progress and creating project status reports for Finance and Operations and Office of Information Technology.

• Create supporting work requests in ticketing system when needed to support a project task or other approved solution like DevOps

• Assist with creating future state workflow and digagrams to streamline processes to meet business needs

• Maintain system protocols by writing and updating procedures.

• Problem solving to resolve minor issues without assistance and escalation.

• Develop of test plans and work with program areas to develop their test plans

• Assist with testing and tracking outcomes to include successful results, issues and/or bugs that require remediation

• Assist with ensuring customer and technical needs are met as the project advances.

• Create a positive project outlook to keep the team motivated.

• Managing project management documents such as, without limitation, the project plan, schedule, work breakdown, lessons learned, or scope statement, as assigned.

• Support team members when implementing risk management strategies.

• Develop reporting and dashboard capabilities using excel and Power Bi.

• Adheres to Information Technology application development standards and security requirements.

• Assist with gap analysis of current state to future state to ensure business and process requirements are meet

• Work with Finance Program Area System Owners and Subject Matter experts to learn their business functions, processes, and needs

• Update SharePoint content associated with system collaboration sites

• Assist with system validation to ensure technical requirements are met.

• Assist with production rollout to ensure minimal disruption of services.

• Assist with the system software life cycle process

• Work with Finance Program Area and IT to present key information for improvements.

• Maintain system protocols by writing and updating procedures

Module support of the project.

• DPH will require that selected personnel sign the DPH confidentially agreement and/or Business Associate (BA) agreement if applicable. All web services must be secure.

• DPH will not accept any offers including an “up-lift” charge. The rate paid per consultant must not exceed the maximum rate established for this position described in the State contract terms.

• Contractors must be onsite during each week throughout the term of the contract.

• Follow agency IT Standards, policies, and procedures to include documentation.

• All source code (compiled and un-compiled) will become the sole property of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. Any source code, data, product, or functionality resulting from this SOW or previously owned/developed by DPH will remain the sole property of DPH and is not to be incorporated into the core product of any vendor's application. Any modifications and interfaces developed under said contract will be not be used by the contractor for any independent project of the contractor or published or publicized by the contractor without written permission of DPH.

• DPH has the final say on all programming choices.

Payment Schedule:

All timesheets shall be entered and approved in a timely manner per State contract terms. The State will not pay any extra costs (i.e. Travel, employee benefits, insurance, room and board, etc.) for temporary employees under this contract.

DPH Support:

DPH will provide:

• All required information including formulas, data, and mechanisms to check output.

• Staff to assist with any application or data questions.

• Conference rooms and scheduling for any application demos.

• Workstation and required software.

Required Skills (rank in order of Importance):

1. 5+ Years of Experience with Data Analysis & Data Mining using Excel and SQL

2. 5+ Years of Experience with Workflow and Process modeling

3. 5+ Years of Experience with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio), MS SharePoint

4. 5+ years of experience in the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), driving and supporting modernization initiatives.

Preferred Skills (rank in order of Importance):

1. Experience with security and data classification related to CDC, HIPAA, and CJIS.

2. Experience with NIST industry standard information security practices

3. MS Project, MS Planner, MS DevOps

Additional skills

1. Ability to analyze and document business and system processes using various methods and tools.

2. Knowledgeof Information Technology Field, best practices, organization, and operations

3. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS, VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS.

4. UNDERSTANDING OF IT DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION PROJECTS

5. Ability to deal effectively with the needs of technical peers, technical and user management, users, vendors, and staff members, and to communicate clearly and effectively in spoken and written form

Required Education:Bachelor's or Master's Degree in a relevant field of work or equivalent work experience.

Required Certifications:

NONE

Interview Process(who will conduct i/v, phone or in-person, how many rounds of i/v’s)?

An interview panel will conduct one initial round of in person, video, or phone conference interviews. If no candidate is selected a second round of interviews will be conducted. Potential candidates, not initially selected, will not be disqualified until an offer is made and accepted.

Schedule Interview: How soon can you schedule an interview (date / times)?

After the closing date the top candidates will be notified of scheduled interview times.