JOB TITLE:
Business Analyst VI

JOB #:
2697

DIVISION:
Dependent Children’s Services

HIRING SALARY:
$63,591.00 annualized

CLOSING DATE:
All positions are open until filled.

EMPLOYEE REFERRAL PROGRAM: This position is eligible for an employee referral incentive payment of $1,000.00 (conditions apply).

POSITION SUMMARY:

This position provides business expertise for court-involved child welfare cases, acts as a liaison between the business partners and the data reporting team, and develops and maintains expertise regarding county practices for cases tracked in the juvenile case management systems. This position is responsible for translating business needs through the gathering and definition of report requirements, works with report writers to translate business strategy and goals into requirements for statistical reporting and dashboards, and works collaboratively with the delinquency business analyst, users, and stakeholders to establish, document, and distribute automation process best practices.

Essential functions of the position include but are not limited to:

• Works with county and AOC personnel to identify and document functional and non-functional report requirements using problem-solving techniques, research, analysis and user interviews.
• Performs business process modeling to develop new business workflows necessary for consistent statewide reporting.
• Performs data quality assurance as related to dependency statistical reporting.
• Assists with requirements gathering for data migrations from legacy applications.
• Accountable for project management of dependency business reporting definition and prioritization.
• Develops and maintains working knowledge of report writing tool capabilities to assist with requirements definitions, quality assurance and implementation.
• Conducts testing of new report functionality and format upon report draft completion by the data reporting team.
• Assists the business partners in developing a test strategy, test plan and test cases.
• Publishes data reports and dashboards to web sites and portals.
• Conducts testing of new report functionality and format upon report draft completion by data reporting team.
• Coordinates the execution of user acceptance testing by explaining the report purpose and functionality, answering questions, and facilitating report modification as required.
• Conducts training sessions for DCSD and county dependency staff regarding review and utilization of statistical reporting.
• Reviews user-submitted report requests and provides follow-up report requirements for clarification as needed.
• Participates in Dependency Users Group, including information gathering and the development and delivery of presentations as assigned.

This position may be eligible for a hybrid-telework schedule once the employee has completed three (3) months of employment and has sufficiently proven their ability to perform assigned tasks.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program qualified employer.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
This position requires a bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, management information systems, business administration, or an equivalent or related field. Directly related experience may substitute for the degree requirement. At least five years of experience as a Business Analyst or related experience. This position also requires a thorough understanding of the business analyst role on a systems development project and the role of other team members, excellent teamwork skills, proactive, customer-oriented mindset, strong organization skills, great attention to detail, and strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Additionally, this position requires the ability to multi-task and manage requirements volatility, integrity, and continuity on a large project, elicit business requirements and categorize, format and present requirements in a document, and quickly learn about new business processes, products and systems.

The preferred candidate will have experience in courts, dependency, probation, corrections, or a related field, anda basic understanding of state government and the courts. The preferred candidate will also have experience using MS Project, Visio, and SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS).

Travel level: up to 10%

SELECTION PROCESS:
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Only applicants whose backgrounds most closely meet the needs of the position may be invited to interview. Requests for a special accommodation to participate in the interview process should be made at the time you are contacted to schedule an interview. The Selection Process may include computer testing (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, proofreading, typing, etc.) and first and/or second round panel interviews. This is a Regular, Full-time, Exempt position.

BENEFITS:

The Arizona Supreme Court, Administrative Office of the Courts offers a comprehensive benefits package to include:

• Accrued vacation pay and sick leave
• 10 paid holidays per year
• Health and dental insurance
• Retirement plan
• Life insurance and long-term disability insurance
• Optional employee benefits include short-term disability insurance, deferred compensation plans, and supplemental life insurance
• By providing the option of a full-time or part-time remote work schedule, employees enjoy improved work/life balance, report higher job satisfaction, and are more productive. Remote work is a management option and not an employee entitlement or right. The Court may terminate a remote work agreement at its discretion.

RETIREMENT:

• Positions in this classification participate in the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS).
• Please note, enrollment eligibility will become effective after 27 weeks of employment.

The Arizona Supreme Court is an EOE/ADA Reasonable Accommodation Employer