Sr. Business Systems Analyst (Hybrid)
Our client, a leading Pacific Northwest utility provider committed to public service and environmental preservation, is looking for a Sr. Business Systems Analyst for their Vancouver, WA location. This position supports and assists the Business Operations, Integrity & Analytics (TPW) organization. This position is a combination of business and data analysis, business systems analysis, and Power BI report development. The primary focus of this role is to perform data modeling, data analysis, and reporting to provide consumable information, visibility into critical data metrics, and insights that assist data driven decision-making. This position promotes data integrity, monitors data quality, and executes timely reporting. This position also involves assessing customer needs, identifying sources of data, and preparing data models and reports (dashboards, visualizations, tables etc.).
This hybrid position is a one-year renewable contract that includes employee benefits! If you think you’d be a good fit, we want to hear from you!
Key Responsibilities for Sr. Business Systems Analyst:
Reporting & Business Intelligence:
- Design and develop business intelligence solutions with tools such as Microsoft SSRS and Power BI.
- Provide report troubleshooting using tools such as SQL and database analysis.
- Extract, interpret, and disseminate findings from large datasets by employing techniques and theories drawn from the fields of mathematics, statistics, information technology, computer programming, data engineering, pattern recognition, predictive analytics, data science, data architecture, data warehousing, and high-performance computing.
- Work closely with IT groups to coordinate current and future IT plans and activities, including coordination and technical assistance to facilitate specific development projects that involve the computing environment.
- Draft and maintain dashboards and internal reports used by Transmission managers, VPs and Senior VPs. Draft management reporting tools, such as dashboards, PowerPoints, and spreadsheets that document and communicate the progress of financial and risk related activities to verify timely completion.
Supporting Requirements Development:
- Coordinate the collection of the business requirements including business processes, roles and responsibilities, data requirements, and information.
- Evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, deconstruct high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs.
Solution Development and Proposal:
- Provide background information, technical input, solution options and weighted recommendations that facilitate decision making and that will enable key requirements of the subject initiative and/or other projects to be met. This may include arranging, attending, and facilitating decision-making sessions/meetings with management, executives, and key stakeholders, including drafting agendas, answering technical questions, and presenting information, options, and recommendations for decision-makers’ consideration.
Solution Maintenance:
- Provide first line technical support to business users of the developed reports, processes and other solutions.
- Prepare, draft, and recommend changes and updates to user manuals, onboarding, and training documentation.
Requirements/Qualification for Sr. Business Systems Analyst:
- A degree in Information Technology/Systems, Technology Management, Information Management, Engineering, Business Systems, Computer Science or Technology (or related field) is preferred.
- 8 years of experience is required with an applicable bachelor’s degree.
- 12 years of experience is required without a degree or applicable degree.
- 10 years of experience is required with an applicable associate degree.
- Experience should be consistent with the specific requirements of business systems analysis and progressively more technical in nature.
- Experience should include business/process analysis, re-engineering, and optimization in relation to implementing IT systems, Business processes, or Operations Management.
- Experience should also include practical use of modeling languages, technical product life cycle concepts, and requirements engineering,
- 8 years of experience in the following:
- Generating reports from various data repositories.
- Utilizing MS Access database design and administration.
- Utilizing Excel, including pivot tables, charting and reporting
- SSRS and/or SQL.
- 5 years of experience in the following:
- Utilizing Visio and/or other flowchart tools.
- Automating with Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).
- 1 year of experience using Power BI, including ability to write Data Analysis Expressions (DAX).
- Proficient with Power Query Language (M).
- Technical writing skills sufficient to present information in various forms such as textual, graphical and statistical.
- Technical interviewing skills sufficient to:
- Interview in the business environment.
- Elicit and define requirements.
- Facilitate groups through process design and requirements gathering sessions.
**We are unable to accommodate corp. to corp. candidates**
About Motus Recruiting and Staffing, Inc:
Founded in 2006, Motus is an award-winning recruiting and staffing firm in the Pacific Northwest, specializing in professional services and technology solutions. We are a group of people who not only recognize the importance of representation, but actively fight for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the recruitment process. Our goal is to educate organizations on the importance of DEI when hiring, promoting, and supporting diverse employees. We are calling organizations to demonstrate their commitment to DEI by being intentional about who they hire.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability or protected veteran status.
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