Business Analyst III [AQ-11744]

About the Role

Partnering with Aquent, a leading energy company is embarking on a transformative initiative to modernize its infrastructure and systems across multiple states. This is a unique opportunity to join a program team dedicated to delivering a multi-year roadmap for the next generation of energy delivery solutions, impacting countless communities and ensuring future reliability. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring that technical solutions align with critical business needs, directly influencing the success and longevity of this foundational infrastructure upgrade.

Responsibilities

• Stay up to date on the latest process and IT advancements to automate and modernize systems.
• Perform deployment requirements gathering and analysis across multiple workstreams.
• Conduct meetings and presentations to share ideas and findings.
• Document and communicate the results of your efforts.
• Effectively communicate insights and plans to cross-functional team members and the program management team.
• Gather critical deployment information from meetings with various stakeholders to align deployment interdependencies.
• Work closely with project team, operations, and managerial staff.
• Ensure deployment solutions meet business needs and requirements.
• Communicate technical specification changes and document progress against planned milestones.
• Develop integration test plans for infrastructure systems across internal and external environments.
• Perform data mapping from a client server application based on end-user requirements.
• Perform end-user acceptance testing as part of the project team.
• Validate data across an IT architecture solution, end-to-end.
• Update and maintain best practices and procedures for infrastructure.
• Prioritize initiatives based on business needs and requirements.
• Serve as a liaison between program stakeholders and end-users.
• Guide standardization and IT testing best practices with cross-functional teams.
• Follow change management and sustainability internal practices.
• Evaluate business processes related to infrastructure devices, anticipating requirements, uncovering areas for improvement, and developing solutions.
• Lead ongoing reviews of business processes and develop optimization strategies related to the deployment, to benefit the long-term program.
• Monitor and report project stakeholder changes across workstreams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business management, economics, finance, accounting or relevant field required.
• 5-7 years of experience required.

Skills

• Verbal and written communication skills, attention to detail, customer service, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong ability to work independently and manage one’s time.
• Strong knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, and production methods.
• Strong ability to apply accounting and mathematical principles to work as needed.
• Strong ability to analyze business trends and project future revenues and expenses.
• Previous experience with standard business applications and data analysis tools.

Benefits

Eligible talent get access to amazing benefits including:

• Subsidized health, vision, and dental plans.
• Paid sick leave.
• Retirement plans with a match.
• Free online training through Aquent Gymnasium.