Job: Business Analyst

Hartford, Connecticut

Lorven Technologies

Job Title: Business Analyst
Location: Hartford, Connecticut 06103 (Remote Job)
Duration: 1+ Year Contract

Job Description:

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 state agencies, IT teams, and the selected vendor to define business requirements, evaluate configuration options and workflows, and establish a repeatable playbook to onboard new agencies 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 state agencies
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, communicate 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 agencies to onboard onto the grants enterprise level management system

Required Experience

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

Required Skills

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.)

Date Posted: 18 May 2025