Senior Business Analyst (Special Projects)–2023F-0002
Protect our Homeland, Ascend with Us!
We invite you to become an integral part of a rapidly growing and industry-leading organization, where our employees come first! At Ascension, LLC you’ll help protect our national security while working on innovative, mission-focused projects that deliver exceptional business application solutions. Our employees proudly serve as trusted advisors and forward-thinking solution architects for our clients.
Currently, we are seeking a motivated, career and customer-focused Senior Business Analyst (Special Projects). To thrive in this position, you should possess strong organizational skills, a drive to solve business challenges through technology, a deep passion for teamwork and collaboration with both internal team members and external clients, and a passion for exploring and mastering new, skills and intricate technologies. The Senior Business Analyst (Special Projects) must be skilled at anticipating problems, constructing solutions, and managing multiple priorities. The candidate should effectively use agile project management principles and best practices to streamline project workflows, enhance collaboration among cross-functional teams, and rapidly adapt to changing project requirements, thereby ensuring timely and high-quality project delivery.
The Senior Business Analyst (Special Projects) day-to-day functions will be to:
- Liaise with stakeholders and provided support for assigned strategic projects
- Organize and monitor multiple interconnected projects.
- Develop, continuously update, and ensure compliance with PMO processes, methodologies, and best practices.
- Support the development and definition of standard project management processes, templates, and tools, and provide end-user training.
- Consolidate data gathering and automate report generation through dashboards and KPIs.
- Provide program status reports for various stakeholders.
- Facilitate effective program communications.
- Create and maintain the integrated program plan across multiple workstreams.
- Formulate and define scope and objectives through research
- Review and analyze business requirements; make recommendations or draw conclusions based on cited research, and share information with others based on need-to-know
- Analyze business and user needs and document requirements
- Develop and present “As-is” and “To-be” business process flow diagrams
- Develop and/or update standard operating procedures
- Develop and assist in the preparation of presentation materials for divisional and executive leadership
- Develop policy documents, and white papers, as needed
- Work professionally and effectively with stakeholders and executives within the organization to accomplish tasks
- Create and manage associated key performance indicators (KPIs), metrics, and reports for strategic projects supporting the organization’s mission
- Recommend opportunities for improvement or efficiency.
- Oversee the development, revision, and preparation of training materials
- Oversee the development and editing of regularly scheduled status reports, as requested by the Government Task Manager
- Analyze and interpret data, policy, directives, and regulatory decisions to develop program plans
- Maintain confidentiality of information
- Complete other ad hoc assignments, as assigned
Job Features
| MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS | Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills. Demonstrated decision-making, analytical, and problem-solving skills. Effective time management and organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple priorities. Great organizational skills and attention to detail, able to juggle and prioritize multiple tasks simultaneously. Experience using software applications such as Microsoft O365, TEAMS, Project, PowerPoint, Word, Access, Excel, and Visio. Experience with tools such as Visio to develop “As is” and “To be” business process flow diagrams. Experience working with collaboration tools like Jira, SharePoint, and TEAMS. |
| REQUIRED SKILLS | Strong adaptability and capacity to work in fast-paced environments • In-depth understanding of organizational data flow and its use in management decision-making • Ability to deal with ambiguity and competing objectives in a fast-paced environment • Demonstrated facilitation skills for capturing requirements • Experience as a business analyst and/or pr, management analyst, and /or project manager in an information technology or project management environment • Strong analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving abilities • Effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills • Demonstrated decision-making, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with keen attention to detail • Ability to work independently • Effective time management and organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple priorities |
| TECHNICAL SKILLS | 5+ years in schedule development | 5+ year in MS Project | 5+ years in Visio | 5+ years in meeting facilitation | 5+ years in presentation/briefings development for senior executives | 5+ years in project coordination | 8+ years in business and/or technical writing |
| PREFERRED QUALIFICATOINS | PROJECT MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION (e.g., PgMP, PMP, PMI-ACP) | BUSINESS ANALYSIS CERTIFICATION (e.g., PMI-PBA, IIBA CPAP, CCBA, or similar) | AGILE CERTIFICATION (e.g., CSM, CSPO, PMI ACP or similar) |
| SUITABILITY/SECURITY RQMTS | US Citizenship required | Must be able to obtain a Public Trust Suitability Clearance |