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Role: Business Process Mapping Business Analyst

Location: Hybrid in St. Paul, MN (2 days onsite)

Rate: $70.92-$76.83/hour W2, dependent on skills and qualifications

Project Overview:

Background

The client is replacing the current Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP system), PeopleSoft with the Workday ERP system. The client implemented its current system in 2000 that contains significant customizations to support internal processes. The client completed a needs assessment of the current system and processes to identify key opportunities for improvement in the new system. Workday was selected after a competitive solicitation process (RFP) was completed.

You can learn more about the Workday ERP system here: https://www.workday.com/

Project Objectives

• Move to a modern, cloud-based system with improved functionality compared to current systems.
• Leverage standard functionality and align processes with best practices, when possible, to minimize customizations.
• Become more efficient in operations and citizen service.
• Develop integrations between the new ERP system and other systems to facilitate efficient data transfers and processes.

In-Scope

• Replacement of current PeopleSoft financials modules including procurement.
• Replacement of current PeopleSoft human capital management modules.
• Conversion of data from PeopleSoft to Workday.
• Establishment of system integrations with Workday that are currently used with PeopleSoft.
• Process improvement where alignment with best practices is required.
• Organizational Change Management (OCM)-related readiness assessments, change strategies and training.

Out-of-Scope

• Workday modules that are not needed to replace existing functionality.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Understands the business drivers and expected business outcomes.
• Builds trust-based relationships with stakeholders.
• Collaborates with key stakeholders.
• Defines approach and performs activities to “discover”, document, and prioritize stakeholder requirements for assigned module(s).
• Optimize current-state business processes, when possible, in future-state design.
• Collaborate to develop a Responsibilities Assignment Matrix (i.e., RACI).
• Collaborate to develop a stakeholder register.
• Collaborate with the vendor to identify application configuration requirements.
• Logs and follows-through to disposition risks, action items, issues, and decisions.
• Collaborates to develop use cases, scenarios, and test scripts.
• Documents and prioritizes defects and drives remediation efforts.
• Develops and submits status reports.
• Other duties as assigned

Primary Deliverables:

• Business Analysis Approach and Schedule
• Stakeholder Register
• RACI Matrix
• (Prioritized) Requirements Documentation
  • Stakeholder Requirements
  • Technical Requirements/Specifications
  • Application Configuration Requirements
• Process Optimization Recommendations
• Use cases and scenarios
• Test Scripts
• Defect tracking/remediation register
• RAID Register
  • Risks
  • Action items
  • Issues
  • Decisions
• Status Reports (with hours burndown)

Mandatory Qualifications:

• B.S. or B.A. degree (4 year) (or Associates degree plus an additional 5 years’ experience)
• Demonstrated competency with mapping Human Resource and Finance business processes that contain steps in and outside of systems
• 5+ years experience in working with multiple stakeholder groups to map, document and optimize business processes.
• Experience with interviewing stakeholders and workshops to extract accurate operational data.
• LOCAL Candidates only

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience as a Business Analyst in state, county, or city governments or non-profit sector
• Experience with Workday system (HCM and FIN)
• CBAP, PMI-PBA, or other business analysis certification
• Lean, Six Sigma, or other business process mapping framework or certification.
• Experience with MS Visio, or other software tools.
• Note: Diverse and bilingual candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

General Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of strategic business analysis processes and techniques; ability to adapt to the needs of the organization.
• Business acumen
• Elicitation skills
• Facilitation skills
• Organizational design and staffing model analytical skills
• Process modeling skills
• Process analysis skills
• Negotiation and conflict resolution skills
• Influencing skills
• Proficient in MS Office suite and collaboration tools.
• Has or can quickly earn trust and credibility with stakeholders through empathy, follow through, and transparency.
• Ability to communicate up-down-and-across.
• Analytical, strategic, creative, and systems thinking skills
• Ability to analyze problems and identify/evaluate options.
• Performs at high levels under pressure, even during organizational chaos.
• Coachable; open and receptive to continual feedback
• A diplomatic facilitator, who navigates sensitive conversations with professionalism.

Project Environment:

• The client is committed to racial equity, diversity and inclusion and the prevention of workplace violence.
• The Project is sponsored by Information Services within the Information and Public Records (IPR) Service Team, and the Finance and Human Resource Departments within the Strategic Service Team.
• The consultant resource for this position will be managed by the Enterprise Project Management Office.
• The client is operating in a flexible workplace environment. This means that interal employees work primarily off-site, but in-office work may be required occasionally.

Project Timeline:

• Project start date: April 1, 2025
• Project go-live date: January 1, 2027
• Current phase: Testing. Finishing end-to-end and beginning Parallel testing. User Experience sessions and training up next.

Resource Duration:

• Anticipated Resource End Date: January 15, 2027
• Estimated Hours: up to 40 hours per week