Sr. Business Analyst - Remote

Job Introduction

The Senior Business Analyst will plan, develop, manage, and execute transition-in and transition-out activities for the transfer program operations for a statewide program from an incumbent organization to a new organization. The Senior Business Analyst, along with the Maximus Lead Business Analyst and Project Transition Director, will interface with Maximus and client program and IT resources, management teams and other business partners on a regular basis to maintain good client relations, deliver project outcomes, and resolve any issues.  The Senior Business Analyst will be a member of a team of business analysts, who will be primarily responsible for performing operations transition analysis and developing required contract deliverables.  

 

Available to work remotely in a virtual team and office environment and travel to client locations in California as needed. 

Job Description Summary

Job Summary

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Support leadership in ensuring that the project is delivered to specifications, on time and within budget.

- Develop initiative strategies for provider capacity building such as evaluating business models, creating training, recruitment, events participation, outreach approach, and support activities.

- Work closely with management and work groups to create and maintain work plan documents.

- Track the status and due dates of projects.

- Manage relationships with project staff responsible for projects.

- Produce regular weekly and monthly status reports, work plan status, target dates, budget, resource capacity and other, as well as, ad hoc reports as needed.

- Collaborate with project managers on various initiatives and projects to track progress and provide support as necessary.

- Create and maintain management plans and other deliverables.

- Facilitate regular meetings and reviews.

- Evaluate employee performance and recommend employees' needs and development opportunities to leadership.

- Adhere to contract requirements and comply with all corporate policies and procedures.

- Perform other duties as assigned by management.

Minimum Requirements:

- Bachelor's degree with 5-7 years of experience consulting within designated function.

- Advanced degree preferred.

- Develop solutions to highly complex problems which require a high degree of ingenuity and innovation.

- Ensure solutions are consistent with organization objectives.

- Solutions may serve as precedent for future decisions.

- Develop advanced concepts, techniques, and standards requiring a high level of interpersonal and technical skills.

- Develop new applications based on professional principles and theories.

- Viewed as expert in field within the organization.

Education and Experience Requirements

Essential Duties and Job Responsibilities: 

 

• Be available to work remotely in a virtual team and office environment and travel to client locations in California as needed. 
• Ensure stakeholders are effectively engaged and all project deliverables are completed within budget, scope, and schedule 
• Engage clients and represent Maximus team as a Transition subject matter expert 
• Engage clients and represent Maximus as an operations and business process subject matter expert 
• Contribute as a senior member of a team of business analyst in performing transition planning assessments and analysis. 
• Develops and/or contributes to project deliverables. These include Transition-In Work Plan, Transition-In Master Plan, Administrative Policies and Procedures, Transition Readiness Review Reports, Transition Status Reports, Transition-Out Work Plan, and Transition-Out Master Plan, and other work products and deliverables in accordance with the Project Work Plan 
• Hold and facilitate client encounters 
• Manage relationships with project and client staff. 
• Track and report on project status and results 
• Notifies the Maximus Lead Business Analyst verbally and in writing, when any problem(s) that may jeopardize the successful or timely completion of our contract obligations are discovered 
• Reviews artifacts and other project documents and/or schedules and attends interviews, focus groups, or other meetings necessary to gather information for project deliverables in accordance with the project scope of work 
• Attends and facilitates project meetings with the client, subcontractors, project stakeholders, or other Maximus Team members, as requested by the Project Manager 
• Completes project work in compliance with Maximus standards and procedures 
• Performs other duties as assign