Business Systems Consultant-60325-OR-HECC-Need local candidate

Position: Business Systems Consultant-60325Location: Salem, Oregon Duration: 12 MonthsClient: HECC Consultant shall contribute to the business analysis, planning, and artifact preparation work related to the statement of work for procuring and implementing the software solution.Consultant shall:

• Evaluate business processes and requirements to uncover areas for improvement.
• Lead ongoing reviews of business processes with stakeholders and project team.
• Gather customer requirements via workshops, questionnaires, surveys, site visits, workflow storyboards, use cases, scenarios, and other methods.
• Analyze and verify requirements for completeness, consistency, comprehensibility, feasibility, and conformity to standards.
• Assist in reviews and updates to the detailed functional and technical requirement documents for the Project.
• Participate in the Joint Application Design sessions to assist with documentation and elaboration on all functional and technical requirements for each segment of the Project as well as the Project as a whole.
• Translate conceptual customer requirements into functional requirements in a clear manner that is comprehensible to developers/project team.
• Assist with the interpretation of customer requirements into feasible options and communicating these back to the business stakeholders.
• Ensure the parties have a common understanding of what the requirements mean and the priority of those requirements.
• Manage and track the status of requirements throughout the project lifecycle using a Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM); enforce and redefine as necessary. leading HECC stakeholders in the review and finalization of the project business, usability, technical, and security requirements of the RTM.
• Communicate changes, enhancements, and modifications of business requirements to project managers, sponsors, and other stakeholders so that issues and solutions are understood.
• Ensure solutions meet business needs and requirements.
• Perform/coordinate user acceptance testing.
• Assist with developing project plans and monitoring performance.
• Assist in reviews and updates to documentation of the To-Be Business Process Environment Definition.
• Update and maintain procedures.
• Develop meaningful and lasting relationships with partners for optimized systems integration and respond to questions and concerns from stakeholders and program staff.

• A minimum of 5 years of experience with grant management system project implementations. Those years need to be at a BA or higher level. Preference given to those with experience building systems to implementing government grants.
• Proven analytical and conceptual thinking abilities.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and work closely with them to determine acceptable solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with proven ability to translate technical data to program staff and the reverse.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills.
• Ability to effectively present information.
• Excellent documentation skills.
• Fundamental analytical and conceptual thinking skills.
• Excellent planning, organizational, and time management skills.
• A history of supporting successful projects.
• Able to exercise independent judgment and take action on it.
• Logical and efficient, with keen attention to detail.
• Highly self-motivated and directed.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks while under pressure.
• Strong customer service orientation.
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.