Sr. Business Analyst

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Job description

Business Technical Analyst - Senior Associate

Position Summary:

Grant Thornton is seeking a Senior Associate to join its Enterprise Technology Strategy (ETS) practice and take an active role in engagement execution, project management and key business development activities.

Grant Thornton's Public Sector helps executives and managers at all levels of government maximize performance and efficiency in the face of ever tightening budgets and increased demand for services. Our public sector team members find solutions that help government leaders with issues including acquisitions, financial management, human capital, information technology and performance management in federal, state, local and international governments.

Essential Duties:

• Interacts with the business stakeholders and subject matter experts in order to understand their problems and needs.
• Gathers and synthesizes as well as analyzes and documents business needs and requirements including, but not limited to, schedules, risks, and issues.
• Critical thinking skills and oral and written communication skills to provide communications project plans as deliverables for DCC marketing and communications campaigns. These project plan deliverables include management of campaign stakeholders, work breakdown structures, and day to day schedules for staff to ensure campaigns go out on time, are of a high quality, and reach over 40M customers with personalized communications.
• Support sequencing view development in collaboration with Project and Program Master Schedulers; providing sequencing meeting support and reporting needs

• Evaluating customer requirements and design compliant, cost-effective architectural solutions that meet customer application, security, technology, and business requirements and seek to reduce the overall cost of sustaining the clients' systems and applications.
• Provide solution and service engineering activities, i.e. proof-of concepts, pilots, use case development, solution validation, workshops, and enablement.
• Proactively identify and implement strategies to improve process.

Required Attributes:

• Bachelor's Degree with a minimum three years experience in public sector consulting, or equivalent.
• Ability to obtain and maintain certain job-related certifications if no job-related advanced degrees.
• U.S. citizenship required. Ability to work in the United States indefinitely required.
• Analytical thinking and problem solving; interpersonal and consultative skills; organizational skills; knowledge of business structure; stakeholder analysis; oral and written communication skills; being detail-oriented and capable of delivering a high level of accuracy
• Maintain knowledge of current features, planned future capabilities, and limitations of leading commercial platforms (AWS, MS Azure, etc.)
• Proficient with Schedule and Cost Maintenance.
• Travel may be required.
• Ability to sit in an office environment for long periods of time.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
• Ability to communicate clearly in writing and verbally.
• Ability to obtain and maintain firm independence and abide by firm ethics requirements.
• Meet or exceed continuing professional education (CPE) requirements.

ABOUT US

Hi. We're Grant Thornton LLP, the U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd (A.K.A. one of the world's leading organizations of independent audit, tax and advisory firms.) Here, we aren't interested in ego or grinding it out alone. We'd rather help others go beyond their expectations. With us, business feels more personal - for our clients and you. It's what makes us different, and we think being different makes us better. What about you?

You know the career you want. So, let's make it happen. Here, every voice is valued and yours makes a difference. Whether it's greater client exposure, a broader scope of responsibility, flexible schedules and location, coworkers who care or our bold, inclusive culture, joining Grant Thornton empowers you with the global scale, opportunities, resources and support to create a career that you love. Our breadth of client sizes, no-silos style and flexibility empowers you to innovate, create and excel for your clients, teams and communities. And that's just day one.

Interested? Get to know us better at gt.com and read on to learn more how you'll help us become even bolder:

ABOUT THE TEAM

Grant Thornton Public Sector helps executives and managers at all levels of government maximize their performance and efficiency in the face of ever tightening budgets and increased demand for services. We give clients creative, cost-effective solutions that enhance their acquisition, financial, human capital, information technology, data analytics, and performance management. For more information visit: Grant Thornton Public Sector.

It is the policy of Grant Thornton to promote equal employment opportunities. All personnel decisions (including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, training, working conditions, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, evaluations, and termination) are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital or civil union status, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship status, veteran status, disability, handicap, genetic predisposition or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

To comply with its obligations as a federal contractor, Grant Thornton requires any individual employed by its Public Sector business to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 on or before December 8, 2021 or as of their first day of employment with Grant Thornton if joining after Dec. 8, 2021, subject to any accommodations required by law. Individuals hired for this Public Sector role will be asked to verify their COVID-19 vaccination status on their first day of employment. Grant Thornton collects, uses and maintains vaccination-related data in accordance with its Privacy Policy, Personnel Privacy Notice, and applicable laws and regulations.

For Los Angeles Applicants only: We will consider for employment all qualified Applicants, including those with Criminal Histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.