Job Title: Senior Business Analyst
Location: 100% Remote
Duration: 6 months
Schedule: 40 hrs/week; 9a to 5p Eastern
Pay Rate: $68 to $70.42/hr, DOE

Black Belt or Master Black Belt REQUIRED

• Black Belt with 3-4 years’ experience facilitating business process improvement activities
  • OR
• Green Belt with 15+ years’ experience driving successful transformation process initiatives may be considered

Primary Role Responsibilities:

• Experience gathering requirements and implementing HR, Finance, and Workflow systems
• Apply a structured methodology and lead process improvement activities for Process project and be the Process Lead in Business and Application Transformational Projects
• Determine the best process and tools to determine root cause, collect pain points, facilitate process improvement, and lead business/application opportunities
• Identify, plan, and implement key projects to improve quality, reduce cost, increase productivity, and improve cycle time by reducing wasted time, rework, etc., resulting in significant business improvement and customer satisfaction
• Complete process improvement projects within a specified time frame while achieving a cost reduction goal
• Achieve buy-in from all decision-makers for the successful application of performance excellence/performance improvement
• Liaise with key stakeholders to ensure buy-in for initiatives
• Liaise with Technology Solution Leads
• Liaise with finance and other members of the organization in assessing, tracking, and reporting the financial benefit of a Performance Excellence project
• Provide management with project status updates, feedback, and appropriate reporting on key responsibilities and objectives

Additional Responsibilities May Include:

• Identify, analyze, and prepare risk mitigation tactics
• Consult and coach project teams
• Support and engage senior leaders
• Coach managers and supervisors
• Support organizational design and definition of roles and responsibilities
• Evaluate and ensure user readiness
• Manage stakeholders
• Track and report issues
• Define and measure success metrics and monitor change progress

Skills & Qualifications:

• Experience with different process improvement methodologies or frameworks
• Proven track record of process improvement delivery
• Ability to develop a process improvement framework tailored for the organization
• Solid communication skills
• Resilient and tenacious with a propensity to persevere
• Forward-looking with a holistic approach
• Organized with a natural inclination for planning strategy and tactics
• Problem-solving and root cause identification skills
• Able to work effectively at all levels in an organization
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, and quality of presentations
• Excellent active listening skills
• Ability to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences
• Ability to establish and maintain strong relationships
• Ability to influence others and move toward a common vision or goal
• Flexible and adaptable; able to work in ambiguous situations
• Must be a team player and able to work collaboratively with and through others
• Acute business acumen and understanding of organizational issues and challenges
• Familiarity with project management approaches, tools, and phases of the project lifecycle
• Experience with large-scale organizational change efforts