IT Business Analysis Senior Associate

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What You Will Do:

Guidehouse is seeking an IT Business Analysis Senior Associate to support federal health clients with IT governance business analysis project and portfolio oversight and technology-enabled process improvement. The successful candidate will work with business program and technical stakeholders to translate mission policy and operational needs into documented requirements governance processes management artifacts and actionable recommendations.

The successful candidate will apply prior experience structured analysis and professional judgment to address business and technology challenges.

Responsibilities include:

• Elicit analyze validate and document business functional technical and operational requirements through interviews workshops document reviews and stakeholder working sessions.
• Translate complex technology policy and program requirements into clear business processes workflows requirements documentation user guidance decision materials and implementation recommendations.
• Develop and maintain business analysis and governance artifacts including requirements documents process maps standard operating procedures governance frameworks project lifecycle documentation decision logs risk and issue registers and performance reports.
• Analyze current-state business and technology processes identify operational or governance gaps and recommend practical future-state improvements.
• Support federal IT governance and oversight activities including project and portfolio reviews lifecycle governance investment planning compliance assessments and project health monitoring.
• Review project plans and management artifacts for completeness consistency traceability and alignment with organizational policies standards and lifecycle requirements.
• Analyze schedule cost risk performance and portfolio information to identify trends dependencies and areas requiring management attention.
• Develop dashboards executive briefings status reports and decision-support materials that communicate performance risks findings and recommended actions.
• Facilitate meetings and working sessions involving business owners program leaders project managers technical teams and other stakeholders.
• Document decisions action items business rules stakeholder needs and follow-up activities while maintaining effective requirements traceability.
• Support Agile Waterfall and hybrid technology initiatives through backlog refinement requirements prioritization acceptance criteria development lifecycle documentation and coordination across business and technical teams.
• Contribute to strategic planning technology modernization change management stakeholder engagement training and knowledge-transfer activities.
• Develop and improve governance guidance templates tools and repeatable processes that strengthen accountability consistency compliance and delivery maturity.
• Manage assigned work independently prioritize competing requirements and deliver accurate timely and client-ready work products.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and provide guidance or knowledge transfer to colleagues within the individuals area of expertise.
• Identify project operational and compliance risks; analyze potential impacts; recommend mitigation options; and escalate concerns appropriately.
• Contribute to internal initiatives proposals capability development and continuous improvement activities as requested.

What You Will Need:

• Bachelors degree
• FIVE (5) or more years of relevant experience in IT business analysis IT governance technology project or portfolio management business process analysis or a related discipline.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Federal Public Trust; Candidates with an active Public Trust or suitability are preferred.
• Experience gathering analyzing validating and documenting business functional operational or technical requirements.
• Experience developing business process maps workflows governance documentation standard operating procedures management plans or related business analysis artifacts.
• Experience supporting IT projects programs investments or portfolios in a complex stakeholder environment.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex information identify gaps or risks and develop practical evidence-based recommendations.
• Knowledge of project and system development lifecycles.
• Experience working in Agile Waterfall or hybrid delivery environments.

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• Bachelors degree in business administration information technology information systems public administration public health management or a related field.
• Masters degree in public health business administration information systems public administration project management or a related field.
• Experience supporting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Department of Health and Human Services or another federal health agency.
• Knowledge of federal IT governance Capital Planning and Investment Control or the HHS Enterprise Performance Life Cycle.
• Experience supporting IT portfolio management investment reviews project health assessments lifecycle stage-gate reviews or technology modernization initiatives.
• Experience analyzing project portfolio schedule cost risk performance or compliance data.
• Experience developing key performance indicators performance dashboards or executive-level reports.
• Experience designing or delivering stakeholder training onboarding materials governance guidance or knowledge-transfer activities.
• Experience with SharePoint Jira Confluence Visio Tableau Power BI SQL or comparable workflow collaboration visualization and reporting tools.
• Familiarity with change management process maturity assessments internal controls data modernization or software lifecycle governance.

What We Offer:

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

• Medical Rx Dental & Vision Insurance

• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays

• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus

• Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance

• 401(k) Retirement Plan

• Basic Life & Supplemental Life

• Health Savings Account Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability

• Student Loan PayDown

• Tuition Reimbursement Personal Development & Learning Opportunities

• Skills Development & Certifications

• Employee Referral Program

• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach

• Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program

• Mobility Stipend

About Guidehouse

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