• Only qualified Senior Business Analyst (Tax & Financial Systems Modernization) candidates currently located in the Trenton, NJ area will be considered due to the position requiring an onsite Presence

• Required Skills:

• Business analysis and testing (5 Years)
• Development and documentation of requirements (business needs) for new and existing systems (5 Years)
• Development of Requirements Traceability Matrix to ensure all requirements can be tested (5 Years)
• Development of Use Cases and an overview of User Acceptance Test (UAT) (5 Years)
• Development of test plans and data, the creation and development of test scenarios, perform unit, load, and performance testing in addition to integration testing (5 Years)
• Create business, logical, and physical data models (5 Years)
• Create Process and Data Maps (5 Years)
• Create "As Is" and "To Be" Models (5 Years)
• Create Training Manuals (5 Years)
• Superior planning skills with the ability to handle a large workload and facilitate the activities of dynamic work groups (5 Years)
• Strong technical problem-solving skills, with an ability to troubleshoot complex application issues; exceptional research skills and resourcefulness (5 Years)
• Proven ability to lead diverse groups of resources to solution agreement by leveraging influencing skills to drive consensus (5 Years)
• Effective communication skills; listening, written and verbal; ability to communicate complex concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders (5 Years)
• Experienced user of MS Excel, MS Word, MS Visio, MS Teams and MS PowerPoint (5 Years)
• Exceptional research skills and resourcefulness (5 Years)

Preferred Skills:

• Knowledge of COT/SaaS large-scale implementations/modernizations (2 Years)
• Experience with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) (2 Years)
• Experience in the implementation of Salesforce applications (2 Years)
• Experience in public or private sector tax, finance, audit or accounting operations (2 Years)
• Ability to understand complex financial business processes, tax regulations, fiscal reporting requirements, and agency/organizational financial workflows (2 Years)
• Experience working in the public sector or government (2 Years)Our client is looking specifically for a business analyst with experience in public or private sector tax, finance, audit, or accounting operations, with the ability to understand complex financial business processes, tax regulations, fiscal reporting requirements, and agency/organizational financial workflows.

The Business Analyst will capture requirements, synthesize them with scope and priority, and assess the expected behavior and associated risks. Perform GAP analysis and define requirements for procuring a new system

Job Duties:

• Primary responsibility of the Business Analyst includes facilitating stakeholder meetings to gather functional requirements, identifying current and future business flows, the creation of as-is and to-be business models, and development of functional requirement documentation for a large-scale tax system modernization
• The Business Analyst will create a requirements traceability matrix, which includes performing GAP analysis as needed to validate alignment between approved requirements, current business processes, and the vendor's proposed solution, ensuring seamless transition from procurement to implementation
• The role extends through the testing lifecycle, developing comprehensive UAT strategies and test scripts/user stories, coordinating validation activities, and ensuring deployed functionality meets business expectations. The ideal candidate would have a background in finance, accounting, or audit system modernization
• As a key member of a project team, the Business Analyst proactively identifies and communicates potential business process re-engineering needs.

The Business Analyst will also be responsible for creating and maintaining comprehensive documentation, including user flow diagrams, process models, requirements traceability matrix, and ad-hoc business reports, and forms/correspondence specification documentation

• Conduct user research to assess customer pain points and identify opportunities and risks for improving customers' digital experience
• Capture requirements from various stakeholders, synthesize them with scope and priority, expected behavior, and risks associated with the request
• Work with the design team and be involved in various brainstorming sessions and sessions to discuss the business scope, provide design feedback in terms of performance, customer experience, and security measures before sharing with business stakeholders to finalize the design
• Perform GAP Analysis and document the gap between the existing established business requirements and the "as-is" business model to define requirements for the procurement of a new system
• Identify different issues/risks associated with the Epic/Feature/Stories, communicate with the business team or Product Owner, and determine the risk mitigation plan with the team to tackle the challenge
• Ensure productivity of the team by creating and maintaining documentation
• Responsible for creating various user flow diagrams, data flow diagrams, and various ad-hoc reports as per business request.
• Assess various documentations of the project to provide feedback on the team's needs.
• Responsible for coordinating between the State Agency Project Manager & Vendor to run the process flawlessly. Create business, logical, and physical data models
• Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.
• Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client's business needs and requirements.

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