BUSINESS ANALYST
BUSINESS ANALYST
Req # : 219855 Department : UW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Appointing Department Web Address : Job Location : Seattle - Other Job Location Detail : This is a hybrid position in an open office environment.
100% remote work can be considered on an individual basis. Posting Date : 05 / 23 / 2023 Closing Info : Open Until Filled Salary : $7,608 - $10,500 per month Other Compensation : Shift : First Shift Benefits : As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work / life programs.
For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world.
UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem solving skills and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.
UW is Committed to attracting and retaining a diverse staff, your experiences, perspectives and unique identities will be honored at the University of Washington.
Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable, and welcoming.
UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities, and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits, and natural beauty.
All of which has allowed the UW to be nationally recognized as a Great College to Work For for six consecutive years.
UW-IT is the central IT organization for the University of Washington, providing technology solutions to all three campuses, UW medical centers, and global research operations.
UW-IT collaborates with University partners to advance teaching, learning, innovation, and discovery at the UW.
Enterprise Document Management (EDM), a team within UW-IT’s Information Management division, provides and supports the Enterprise Document Management and eSignatures services to the global UW community.
We collaborate with partners in most domains of the University including academic, business, research, and IT groups and our services are used by students, faculty, staff, and researchers across the University of Washington.
These services support enterprise business process modernization and automation, records retention for electronic records, and risk management.
EDM is seeking a Business Analyst with excellent communication skills to lead the functional analysis and discovery for Enterprise Document Management implementation projects.
This person will ensure that the service successfully delivers customer solutions by gathering and organizing requirements, managing functional scope, and effectively mapping business needs to the solution at hand.
The Business Analyst is responsible for understanding compliance demands and the technical solution well enough to accurately analyze customer requests, evaluate those requests for fit with technical capabilities, and advocate for change as needed.
The Business Analyst works closely with EDM team members as well as partner teams within UW-IT and across UW in providing this critical service.
REQUIREMENTS :
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Communications, Information Science, Computer Science, or related field or experience.
- Minimum of four years of experience performing progressively more complex business analysis activities such as scope definition, requirements gathering / discovery, business process re-engineering, requirements management, system configuration, contributing to build cycles, and training.
- Ability to represent business stakeholders effectively, and translate between business and technical requirements.
- Demonstrated excellent written / oral communication skills, technical documentation skills, user liaison skills, and personal interaction abilities.
- Demonstrated collaboration skills with colleagues at all levels and across different organizations.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and with minimal supervision.
- Ability to critically think to solve difficult problems with complex solutions and widespread impact.
- Experience facilitating meetings, constructively addressing input and criticism, and resolving conflicts.
- Ability to present complex technical material to non-technical audiences in an approachable way.
- Comfortable working with diverse teams, and willingness to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.
DESIRED :
- Experience as a functional leader or key contributor in complex, enterprise-wide collaborative technical projects that have required significant business process change.
- Experience as a business analyst and key contributor in both project and operational support environments.
- Knowledge of document management, records management, and / or information management concepts and principles.
- Experience working with both internal and contract resources to solve business problems and implement solutions.
- Experience preparing for and managing organizational change.
- Ability to navigate in a complex technology environment.
- Familiarity with DocFinity, DocuSign, or similar EDM and eSignature applications.
- Experience working at a large Research University.
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies.
- High level understanding of web applications, web services, and databases.
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