NJDOL Business Analyst - financial workflows

Need a Business Analyst to capture requirements, synthesizing them with scope and priority and assess the expected behavior and associated risks. Perform GAP analysis and define requirements for procuring a new system.

Please Note: they are looking specifically for a business analyst with experiencein public or private sector tax, finance, audit, or accounting operations, withthe ability to understand complex financial business processes, taxregulations, fiscal reporting requirements, and agency/organizational financialworkflows preferred.

DESCRIPTION OF POSITION: Primary responsibility of the Business Analyst includes facilitating stakeholder meetings to gather functional requirements, identifying current and future business flows, the creation of as-is and to-be business models, and development of functional requirement documentation for a large-scale tax system modernization. Additionally, the Business Analyst will create a requirements traceability matrix which includes performing GAP analysis as needed to validate alignment between approved requirements, current business processes, and the vendor's proposed solution, ensuring seamless transition from procurement to implementation. The role extends through the testing lifecycle, developing comprehensive UAT strategies and test scripts/user stories, coordinating validation activities, and ensuring deployed functionality meets business expectations. The ideal candidate would have a background in finance, accounting or audit system modernization.

As a key member of a project team, the Business Analyst proactively identifies and communicates potential business process re-engineering needs. The Business Analyst will also be responsible for creating and maintaining comprehensive documentation, including user flow diagrams, process models, requirements traceability matrix, and ad-hoc business reports, and forms/correspondence specification documentation.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Conduct user research to assess customer pain point and identify opportunities and risks on improving customer s Digital experience.

Capture requirements from various stakeholders, synthesize them with scope and priority, expected behavior, and risks associated with the request

Work with design team and involved in various brainstorming sessions and sessions to discuss the business scope, provide design feedback in terms of performance, customer experience and security measures before sharing with business stakeholders to finalize the design.

Perform GAP Analysis and document the gap between the existing established business requirements and the as is business model to define requirements for the procurement of a new system

Identify different issues/risks associated with the Epic/Feature/Stories, communicate with business team or Product owner and determine the risk mitigation plan with the team to tackle the challenge

Ensure productivity of the team by creating and maintaining documentation

Responsible for creating various user flow diagrams, data flow diagrams, and various ad-hoc reports as per business request.

Assess various documentations of the project to provide feedback on the team s needs.

Responsible for coordinating between State Agency Project Manager & Vendor to run the process flawless. Create business, logical and physical data model

KNOWLEDGE AND YEARS OF EXPERIENCE - 5 years experience for each

Knowledge of business analysis

Knowledge of requirements traceability

Knowledge of requirements elicitation

Knowledge of developing test cases and scenarios

Knowledge of the software development lifecycle and the implementation of Software as a Service (SaaS) solution

Knowledge of As Is and To Be Modelling

Experience in the standard concepts, practices, and deliverables related to Business Analysis in support of software development projects

Experience: 5 years in business analysis and testing

Experience with all the aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) - Experience with large scale system modernization preferred but not required

Knowledge of business analysis

Knowledge of requirements traceability

Knowledge of requirements elicitation

Knowledge of developing test cases and scenarios

Knowledge of the software development lifecycle and the implementation of Software as a Service (SaaS) solution

Knowledge of As Is and To Be Modelling

Experience in the standard concepts, practices, and deliverables related to Business Analysis in support of software development projects

Experience in the implementation of Salesforce applications preferred

Experience with all the aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) - Experience with large scale system modernization preferred but not required

Collaborate with business partners (State Agency & Vendor) at various levels to research and validate functional requirements, technical requirements and use cases

Create detailed functional designs, process flows and use cases

Review, comment, follow-up and target reported defects and enhancement requests

Participate in user meetings to gain understanding of customer processes, ideas and issues

Work closely with vendors/developers to ensure the product is being built to specifications

Collaborate with team members throughout the Software Development Life Cycle process for requirements gathering, feedback on proposed designs and models, and user acceptance testing

Use best practice risk management, anticipate and assess risks and create mitigation plans

Ensure quality, accuracy and completeness of customer

Ability to translate high-level business and user requirements into functional requirements specifying an appropriate level of detail suitable for use by those must base their work on the requirements.

Participate in requirements prioritization and facilitate the negotiation of requirements amongst multiple stakeholders.

Manage requirements traceability information and track requirements status throughout the project.

Manage changes to baselined requirements through effective application of change control processes and tools.

Provide updates as required

REQUIRED Skills - 5 years experience for each

Business analysis and testing

Development and documentation of requirements (business needs) for new and existing systems to address legislative changes

Development of Requirements Traceability Matrix to ensure all requirements can be tested

Development of Use Cases and an oversees User Acceptance Test (UAT)

Development of test plans and data, the creation and development of test scenarios performs unit, load and performance testing in addition to integration testing

Create business, logical and physical data models

Create Process and Data Maps

Create As Is and To Be Models

Create Training Manuals

Superior planning skills with the ability to handle large workload and facilitate the activities of dynamic work groups

Strong technical problem-solving skills, with an ability to troubleshoot complex application issues

Exceptional research skills and resourcefulness

Proven ability to lead diverse groups of resources to solution agreement by leveraging influencing skills to drive consensus

Effective communication skills; listening, written and verbal; ability to communicate complex concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Experienced user of MS Excel, MS Word, MS Visio, MS Teams and MS PowerPoint

DESIRED Skills - 2 years experience for each

Knowledge of COT/SaaS large scale implementations/modernizations

Experience with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Experience in the implementation of Salesforce applications preferred

Required/Desired Skills

Skill	Required /Desired	Amount	of Experience
Business analysis and testing	Required	5	Years
Development and documentation of requirements (business needs) for new and existing systems	Required	5	Years
Development of Requirements Traceability Matrix to ensure all requirements can be tested	Required	5	Years
Development of Use Cases and an oversees User Acceptance Test (UAT)	Required	5	Years
Development of test plans and data, the creation and development of test scenarios performs unit, load and performance testing in addition to integrat	Required	5	Years
Create business, logical and physical data models	Required	5	Years
Create Process and Data Maps	Required	5	Years
Create As Is and To Be Models	Required	5	Years
Create Training Manuals	Required	5	Years
Superior planning skills with the ability to handle large workload and facilitate the activities of dynamic work groups	Required	5	Years
Strong technical problem-solving skills, with an ability to troubleshoot complex application issues Exceptional research skills and resourcefulness	Required	5	Years
Proven ability to lead diverse groups of resources to solution agreement by leveraging influencing skills to drive consensus	Required	5	Years
Effective communication skills; listening, written and verbal; ability to communicate complex concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholder	Required	5	Years
Experienced user of MS Excel, MS Word, MS Visio, MS Teams and MS PowerPoint	Required	5	Years
Exceptional research skills and resourcefulness	Required	5	Years
Knowledge of COT/SaaS large scale implementations/modernizations	Desired	2	Years
Experience with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	Desired	2	Years
Experience in the implementation of Salesforce applications preferred	Desired	2	Years
Exerience in public or private sector tax, finance, audit or accounting operations	Desired	2	Years
Ability to understand complex financial business processes, tax regulations, fiscal reporting requirements and agency/organizational financial workflo	Desired	2	Years
Experience working in public sector or government	Required	2	Years

Questions

No.	Question
Question1	Absences greater than two weeks MUST be approved by CAI management in advance, and contact information must be provided to CAI so that the resource can be reached during his or her absence. The Client has the right to dismiss the resource if he or she does not return to work by the agreed upon date. Do you agree to this requirement?
Question2	What is your candidate's email address?
Question3	Where does your candidate currently reside (City & State)?
Question4	If your candidate resides more than 1 hour from the Client site, will your candidate relocate for the position?
Question5	Is your candidate available for a Round 1, in-person interview?
Question6	Do you agree to the maximum hourly Vendor Rate of $$$ (excluding the Efficiency Fee)?