<h3>Job Description</h3><div>Job Description<div>Duties & Responsibilities:The State Accounting Office (SAO) is seeking a functional Business Analyst professional to join our Financial Systems Division. The preferred candidate must have experience in one or more finance related modules (preferably accounts payable, and/ or procurement in an Enterprise Resource Planning platform. The candidate will work closely with Functional and Technical Developer teams to support the State Financials system. Leveraging relevant knowledge of accounts payable, reporting and budgeting processes as well as related accounting considerations, the qualified candidate will provide high quality support and leadership for the optimal design and configuration of the system to assure maximum benefit to our customers. This candidate will also be required to work in partnership and independently with the relevant Business Owner organizations and other functional subject matter experts (as required) to identify and refine business requirements and assist in creating the functional design and architecture necessary to support the requirements. It is also expected that this candidate will be familiar with full lifecycle development processes and perform all expected functional procedures as required. Finally, personal commitment to serve the customer with excellence, competence, proficiency, and courtesy will be essential.Responsibilities•Analyzes information to determine nature and extent of customer requirements and concerns.•Changes system configuration(s) to address business needs, regulatory requirements or other functional or legislative requirements•Test configurations to ensure alignment with requirements•Assist in the development training materials•Delivers training as assigned•Works collaboratively with cross-functional team to ensure business processes are effective and efficient•Assist develops and/or executes change management plans for transition to new systems.•Consults with technical and business staff to ensure that functionality is consistent with adherence to laws, regulations, and best practice standards •Tests or coordinates testing of new functionality.•Assists in the development of standards and procedures used in development of new or enhancement of existing systems.•Participates in evaluation of new technologies, enhancements, or solutions to improve service and efficiency of systems.•Researches and analyzes system/user problems by applying a variety of analytical and research techniques.•Translates business needs into functional and technical requirements.•Update relevant training material related to the ERP platform. Technical Competencies•Ability to research, analyze information and make recommendations.•Ability to determine functional needs and system requirements.•Ability to develop solutions based on analysis.•Ability to document project standards and methodologies.•Ability to apply standards and methodologies.•Knowledge of customer needs and gather business requirements.•Knowledge of data extraction methods.•Ability to analyze system and data to determine extent of problem or error.•Ability to work with other IT units/staff to diagnose problem.•Ability to communicate information to stakeholders and customers.•Ability to develop effective and feasible business area solutions.•Ability to create testing plans and scripts.•Ability to execute test scripts.•Ability to conduct training sessions.•Ability to coordinate between multiple workgroups.•Ability to adhere to deadlines.•Demonstrated proficiency in relevant analytical abilities.•Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and effectively in both oral and written formats.•Demonstrated ability to work effectively with functional and technical teams.Preferred Qualifications:•Experience with PeopleSoft, Workday or other ERP financial modules.•Experience in local, state or county government or other public sector entity•Writes and interprets functional and business requirements as an input to application design.•Develops detailed functional designs as needed. Seeks innovative approaches to improve the process of delivering financial accounting and reporting solutions to customers. BenefitsProven work experience with Peoplesoft, Workday, or other ERP financial modules is highly desired (2 years). Writes and interprets functional and business requirements as an input to application design is also highly desired (2 years).</div></div>

Job Summary: The Georgia Dept. of Transportation (GDOT) seeks a Business Analyst (BA) who will primarily assigned to compiling and documenting scope/statement of work and other documentation to facilitate new IT procurements/contracts. **Only candidates with proven working experience with the following will be considered:** A scope/statement of work defines the applicable boundaries, requirements, activities/tasks, deliverables/milestones, terms and conditions, etc. for purchasing goods/services. The BA will incorporate or gather requirements and related exhibits/appendices. BA will collaborate with business, IT, IT Security, Legal, and Procurement/Legal stakeholders. BA will obtain and assess vendor provided agreements and related materials. BA will prepare any additional documents as needed to facilitate procurements. BA will facilitate reconciling any conflicting items between parties. BA will assist in gathering and documenting selection criteria for proposal evaluations. Candidate shall represent GDOT interests and comply with Ethics/Code of Conduct rules of the State of Georgia. Candidate will be preparing materials to support procurements but will not be participating in the actual GDOT evaluation, selection, or contracting processes. As time permits, BA may be assigned to GDOT IT Project teams to gather and translate business needs into in-house custom developed product/solution requirements. The BA will work hand-in-hand with business, project, and management teams. BA will solicit, understand, and analyze business needs, data, objectives, and processes. BA will translate user need into materials for successful IT initiation, design, and development. BA will conduct user interviews and joint-application-development (JAD) sessions. BA will identify business "pain points" and rank user stories/use cases potential to improve business effectiveness/performance. BA will clarify and document IT project scope, current/future state, business/application workflows, functional/system requirements, system interaction diagrams, reporting and training requirements, data mapping, logical data models, metadata, screen mock-ups, and test cases. BA will actively participate in the software development life cycle (SLDC) and transfer information to IT Project teams. BA will be responsible for demonstrating requirement traceability within work products. BA will validate requirements were met within developed products and facilitate completion of user acceptance testing. BA will assist project manager in getting dates from business units to complete reviews. Responsibilities: <ul> <li>Participates in the demand management process to assist the business in establishing business cases, scope, and requirements relating to requests for new systems or existing system changes</li> <li>Primarily support IT acquisition of products or services by developing scope/statements of work, compliance documents, and procurement documents</li> <li>Consults with project teams and architects to identify currently know solutions or performs market research</li> <li>Gathers information/documentation from vendors or contractors</li> <li>Translates business needs into requirements and functional/non-functional specifications</li> <li>Gather, clarify/define, and document scope, business scenarios, workflows, requirements, etc.</li> <li>Conduct interviews, workshops, and JAD sessions</li> <li>Analyzes and validates business requirements and processes, identifies opportunities for process enhancement to benefit the Department, identifies gaps in information</li> <li>Uses a structured process to define priorities and opportunities and/or works with stakeholders to define the minimum viable product (MVP) and options for improvements via subsequent phases</li> <li>Produces required work artifacts</li> <li>Communicates and presents client's business requirements to implementation teams</li> <li>Creates systems models, specifications, diagrams, and charts to provide direction to developers and system architects </li> <li>Works with the team to define acceptance criteria or other metrics/performance goals for the system</li> <li>Provides status updates, completes weekly work time logs, updates work tickets weekly</li> <li>Provide estimates and target dates for task completion for incorporation into project schedules or work tickets</li> </ul>Work Terms and Conditions:<ul> <li>8 Hour workdays on a fixed schedule (i.e. not a flex-schedule), starting no earlier than 7:00AM Eastern Time, starting no later than 9:00AM Eastern Time, Monday - Friday, 40 hours per week</li> <li>GDOT has NOT specified a number of days onsite vs remote. However, local candidates (i.e. able to come in office) will be preferred over out of state candidates (i.e. remote worker). GDOT prefers candidates who can demonstrate they have the capability to work a hybrid work schedule which is a combination of remote and in-office work. Candidate capacity (i.e. days they could come into the office) to work a hybrid work schedule will be discussed during interviews.</li> <li>The consultant will follow all applicable State of Georgia and GDOT policies, procedures, standards, guidelines, and accepted best practices.</li> <li>The position end date is set for the end of the GDOT Fiscal Year. GDOT may exercise the option to renew contracts in one-year increments. Several successful consultants have continued working for several years with contract extensions. However, GDOT is under no obligation to extend contracts and may terminate employment at any time.</li> <li>When teleworking or working remotely, consultant must have suitable internet connection and environment to comply with GDOT telework policies.</li> <li>GDOT will reimburse authorized travel expense lodging and meals. GDOT will reimburse authorized travel use of a personal vehicle. Any travel expenses to start work or relocate to Georgia or will not be reimbursed. All travel expense reimbursement shall be in accordance with State Accounting Office Travel Policy: https://sao.georgia.gov/travel/state-travel-policy </li> <li>The Department has 13 holidays, which consultants are not allowed to work nor make up any time for those holiday weeks without management's approval. Consultants are not to take extended leave during their first year of service (e.g. greater than 1week).</li> <li>Consultant must have cell phone which can be used for business calls.</li> <li>GDOT does not provide free parking. All routine commuting expenses are the responsibility of the consultant.</li> </ul>

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