Business Analyst (Ref: 17432)

Position: Business Analyst (Ref: 17432)
Location: Hartford, CT USA, 06103
Salary: DOE
Duration: 1 Years 1 Months 0 Days - Contract
Openings: 1
Deadline: 06/06/2025

Description:
Remote

We are seeking a Business Analyst with deep grants experience to play a critical role in the analysis, design, and implementation of this new solution. The Business Analyst will work closely with our staff, IT teams, and the selected vendor to define business requirements, evaluate configuration options and workflows, and establish a repeatable playbook to onboard new departments over time. This role requires strong knowledge of grants lifecycle management, enterprise solution analysis, and stakeholder alignment.

Key Responsibilities
Elicit and document detailed business, functional, and non-functional requirements across departments.
Analyze existing grant-related processes and tools to identify commonalities, differences, and opportunities to standardize
Translate complex requirements into clear process flows, user stories, configuration documentation, and other requirement artifacts
Evaluate selected vendor solution capabilities to determine what is configurable vs. standard, communication limitations and trade-offs, and make suggestions on enterprise standards
Act as the primary liaison between business users, technical teams, and the vendor to ensure solution alignment with business needs
Support change management and user adoption by assessing current state business process flows, defining future state process flows, and identifying solution gaps and/or training needs
Assist in testing, validation, and user acceptance efforts to ensure the solution meets business goals
Assist in developing a governance plan and framework for managing enterprise-wide changes
Assist in developing a repeatable implementation and requirements playbook for new departments to onboard onto the grants enterprise level management system
7+ years of business analysis experience with large-scale technology implementations
Experience with public sector grants processes is required, including grant application, review, award, monitoring, and reporting
Experience implementing standardized enterprise solutions across disparate systems, processes, or organizations
Demonstrated success working with or implementing COTS/SaaS platforms
Proven experience coordinating across multiple government agencies or large stakeholder groups
Experience with vendor-driven solutions, including evaluating standard out of the box functionality and configuration/customization options
Exceptional analytical, conceptual, and critical thinking skills, with ability to synthesize large volumes of data and complex processes into clear requirements
Proven ability to lead discovery workshops, surface misalignment, uncover unexpressed dependencies or expectations, and drive clarity on complex or conflicting needs
Ability to build trust, advise stakeholders, and facilitate consensus on acceptable solutions or options
Strong facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills
Ability to zoom in and out balancing a deep understanding of the detailed requirements with understanding the broader enterprise strategy and goals
High level of initiative, ownership, and organization, with expert written and verbal communication skills
Strong documentation skills, with expertise in a variety of business analysis tools (Microsoft Office Suite, JIRA, Confluence, Visio, Miro, etc.)
Familiarity in government or non-profit organizations
IIBA CBAP or similar business analysis certification
Bachelors or Masters degree in business, public administration, information systems, or related field

Required / Desired Skills
Communication skills both verbal and written Required - 7 Years
Consolidation planning and management Required - 7 Years
Contract negotiation Required - 7 Years
Presentation skills Required - 7 Years
Team work Required - 7 Years
Microsoft Office Required - 7 Years