Business Analyst - Abacus Service Corporation

Date of Request Issuance:

July 30, 2024

Due Date of Responses:

August 9, 2024

Instructions for Responders:
The Metropolitan Council Information Services Department (IS) is seeking candidates to fulfill staff augmentation work. Below is the position title, a brief description of responsibilities, and the estimated start and end dates for an engagement. On the following page, please find the details of the service order request for this position. Instructions are provided for each section of the form.

• Due Date: All responses are due by the date found in the upper right corner of this page.

POSITION TITLE: Business Analyst
Responsibilities: The Business Analyst will assist the Senior Project Manager on the Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) project. The scope of the project is to develop the requirements and strategy to allow the Council to acquire and implement a comprehensive Council wide Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) solution. The solution will provide a fully integrated technology platform able to support full asset lifecycle management and align with organizational policy and process improvements to drive a more consistent, efficient, effective and strategically focused asset management capacity for the Council. This will be done within the framework of the Business Process Systems Integration (BPSI) program and consider the linkages and interactions with the other systems and processes being developed by the program. Responsibilities: Meet regularly with project team members, vendors, and/or stakeholders to analyze, map and document current state of technology systems and business processes. Proven investigative and analytical skills in order to access and yield finding from various sources of information Ability to illicit, drive and facility Joint Application development (JAD) sessions Ability to help drive and/or facility the development of strategic project activities, and artifacts such as: Unified Modeling Language (UML) Diagraming, Business Requirement Document (BRD), Functional Specifications Documentation (FSD), Use Case, Business Case, Feasibility Studies, Gap Analysis, etc., Must understand the Software development lifecycle (SDLC) and be able to work in a waterfall and/or Agile environment Must understand requirement traceability matrix and be able to create and maintain test cases Must be able to build consensus across groups on future state workflows and business processes. Assist with technology strategic roadmap planning ensuring alignment with business capabilities and technology needs. Identify and develop asset performance measures, key performance indicators, quality assurance metrics, and improvement measures across multi-functional teams. Assist in developing and providing operational and regulatory report capabilities (flow charts, statistical trend analysis, dashboard) relating to asset management. Perform functional requirement gathering activities for projects and initiatives, developing standardized use cases that can be utilized by implementation teams ensuring regulatory compliance. Must have data work and/or migration experience to include understanding of ROT (Redundant, Obsolete, and Trivial data) cleansing , Flat File data review, dataset identification and ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) work Consult and coordinate with managers, supervisors, and other departments on business requirements and opportunities to improve asset management business practices.
Estimate Start Date:	September 16, 2024
End Date:	September 16, 2025, with possible extension
Work Location/Type:	Hybrid work environment; 2-3 days in the office per week desired Must be local candidate or cover there own travel expenses. Location: Met Council, 390 Robert St. N., St. Paul 55101

SECTION 1:
Responders provide contact information below and candidate names.

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SECTION 2:
Provide in the right column of the table below how your proposed candidates meet the minimum qualifications. For instance, please place the degree, number of engagements, and years of experience as answers. Please do not just answer Yes/No.

If more than one candidate is being proposed, please copy/paste the table below and complete the responses for each candidate.
Note: Items in BOLD font and having an asterisk are minimum requirements. Items not in bold/asterisk are desirable and do not have defined minimums.

Specifications	Descriptions of Specifications	Responders Identify Qualifications Below
Candidate Name	Please provide the full name of the candidate being proposed.
*Level of Education	* B.S. or B.A. Degree, or 10 years relevant experience
*Certification	* Degree program or relevant certification dependent on role
*Years of experience in Position Title	* Eight years of experience in a Business Analyst role, experience with public sector preferred but not mandatory
SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS
*Certification(s)	* Degree program in computer science or related field or relevant certification in the role.
* *Business Process Analysis	Proven experience in business process engineering / reengineering, improvement, documentation, mapping, workflow analysis, and diagramming
*Experience in complex cross-functional teams	Ability to quickly adapt, and develop strong communication, and working relationships across the board in a fast-pace, complex organization with multiple project team members, and cross-functional stakeholders at various levels
*Communication Skills	Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate with a diverse group of customers and teams at all levels of the Council to accomplish project, team, or work goals. Including: Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of stakeholders.
Work Environment	Must be able to follow instructions and work independently and/or in a collaborative team environment