Business Analyst III [AQ-12497]

Aquent Talent connects skilled professionals with leading organizations. Eligible talent gain access to benefits including subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, retirement plans with a match, and free online training through Aquent Gymnasium.

About the role

Join a program team shaping the future of energy delivery through a transformative, multi-year initiative to modernize infrastructure and systems across multiple states. This pivotal role offers the opportunity to drive innovation, optimize processes, and directly influence foundational infrastructure upgrades that enhance service reliability and efficiency for communities.

Responsibilities

• Stay abreast of the latest process and IT advancements to automate and modernize systems.
• Gather and analyze deployment requirements across multiple workstreams.
• Conduct meetings and presentations to share ideas and findings effectively.
• Document and communicate the results of your efforts to stakeholders.
• Effectively communicate insights and plans to cross-functional team members and the program management team.
• Gather critical deployment information from various stakeholders to align deployment interdependencies.
• Collaborate closely with project teams, operations, and managerial staff.
• Ensure deployment solutions meet defined 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 client server applications based on end-user requirements.
• Execute end-user acceptance testing as a key member of the project team.
• Validate data across an IT architecture solution, ensuring end-to-end integrity.
• Update and maintain best practices and procedures for infrastructure.
• Prioritize initiatives based on critical 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.
• Adhere to 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 deployment for long-term program benefit.
• Monitor and report project stakeholder changes across workstreams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business management, economics, finance, accounting, or a relevant field is required.
• 5-7 years of relevant experience is required.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, attention to detail, customer service, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong ability to work independently and manage time effectively.
• Solid 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.