Business Analyst (Part Time)

Responsibilities

• Review brownfield documentation drafts produced by the FORGE delivery team and provide annotated business-context corrections, additions, and clarifications.
• Identify gaps, ambiguities, and inaccuracies in documented business rules pertaining to Federal Aid, OA, AC, Schedule A, and related work program processes.
• Explain the federal and state funding rationale, legislative drivers, and historical context underlying legacy system behavior so that the FORGE team can accurately represent it in their documentation.
• Participate in FORGE working sessions and brownfield review meetings to transfer business knowledge directly to the delivery team.
• Respond to ad-hoc questions from the OWPB Systems Support team regarding Federal Aid program assumptions, historical fund allocation decisions, and FM Suite system behavior.
• Review assumptions underlying the Obligation Authority (OA) plan and the Advance Construction (AC) program as they relate to FORGE documentation accuracy.
• Provide guidance on Schedule A state and federal fund allocations and the processes for creating and updating those allocations as relevant to FORGE.

Requirements

• Minimum 15+ years of progressively responsible experience in transportation work program management, financial management, or federal aid program administration.
• Direct hands-on experience with the department's Work Program, Federal Aid reconciliation, Schedule A funds allocation, and the Financial Management Suite of systems.