* Location: Vancouver, Washington
* Type: Contract
* Job #8620
Overview:
ACS Professional Staffing is looking for an employee to work on-site with our client. This Business Analyst 3 will support complex process improvement and organizational change initiatives by analyzing business needs, facilitating stakeholder alignment, and driving solution development. The role requires expertise in requirements gathering, process mapping, and translating business objectives into effective, scalable solutions. Candidates will contribute to project planning, testing, and implementation while supporting decision-making through data analysis and strategic insights. Success in this role involves strong collaboration, technical documentation, and the ability to guide cross-functional teams through change. Requires 5+ years of progressive business analysis experience, strong change management background, and proficiency with tools such as Visio, MS Project, and SharePoint. This full-time position is located in Vancouver, WA.
Pay Rate: $42.87 - $61.25
Benefits:
* Paid holidays: 11
* PTO: Starting at 10 days
* Sick Leave: Up to 56 hours per year (prorated based on start date)
* EAP: Employee Assistance Program
* Benefit Options Available: Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, DCA, LPFSA, HSA, Group Life/AD&D, Voluntary Life/AD&D, Voluntary Short-Term Disability, Voluntary Long-Term Disability, Voluntary Critical Illness, Voluntary Accident, Hospital Indemnity, 401k (immediately eligible for employee and employer contributions - employer match up to 4%)
* Other benefits include the following: Calm App, LifeBalance Discount Program
Responsibilities:
* Facilitate large teams in problem solving and identifying improvement opportunities using industry methodologies (i.e. Kanban, GE Workout or like tools/models).
* Perform organizational maturity analysis, assess gaps, and draft maturity roadmaps based on management goals and objectives.
* Provide analysis and support in the development / draft and recommendation of tools for organizational alignment, strategic content, alignment of capabilities and work, and a roadmap for success.
* Conduct background research and interview end-users, stakeholders and other interested internal parties (customers) to gather and understand customer / end-user requirements, which may include software solutions and/or business process, procedure or workflow development, present solution recommendations for management, executive, stakeholder consideration and approval.
* Collaborate with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), other analysts, specialists and teams to perform root cause analysis and lessons learned, as part of identifying opportunities to apply business or process improvement strategies.
* Support the structure for, facilitate the planning of, and provide assistance with the development / draft, recommendation and implementation of management approved initiatives, studies, analyses, and projects supporting business and process analysis and continuous improvement efforts.
* Review and assess business process change impacts and recommend appropriate change mitigation activities.
* Plan, facilitate and conduct working sessions to analyze and document/map current state processes and value streams, and future state processes and value streams.
* Facilitate decision making to verify that key requirements of the future state are vetted and agreed to across the Transmission Infrastructure Asset Management Value Chain.
* Perform all analytical tasks related to a project, including requirements definition, validation, management and supporting documentation (i.e. process flows, user stories, use cases) and related testing; assist management with implementation activities that contribute to system, process, and/or busi
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