Business Analyst

Job Title:Business Analyst IV

Location: Redmond WA

Duration: 12 Months (Contract)

Summary:

The main function of a business analyst is to support procurement and maintain vendor relationships, act as a business analyst and project manager for non-IT projects; filling organizational roles above an administrative level, but below a management level. Other responsibilities may include maintaining all project management processes and information strategy and structures.

Job Responsibilities:

• Support vendor onboarding and the creation and management of POs (Purchase Orders), SOWs (Statement of Work), and onboarding documents.
• Provide and maintain systems for expense tracking against the budget by delivering an easy-to-use mapping between budget and POs that ensure all PO and invoice approvals are aligned with budget and budget owners expectations.

• Collaborate with our finance manager to manage the team budget decisions and tracking and facilitate setting up or moving budget between teams. If needed, provide updates to visuals, charts, and summaries.
• Support preparation of quarterly forecasts and monthly accruals.
• Create and maintain SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) when processes are created or updated.

Project Management

• Support project teams with budgeting and expense tracking systems
• Run small, non-IT projects aimed at improving team wide processes
• Maintain project management processes and resources

Team Wide Support

• Support onboarding and offboarding for team members
• Help with team wide event logistics
• Support additional areas as needed e.g., ensuring that team wide information is maintained

Top Must have Skills:

• Verbal and written communication skills, attention to detail, customer service and interpersonal skills.
• Expert at using spreadsheet tools (MS Excel, Google sheets), e.g. pivot tables, charts, scripting, customized views, summary sheets.
• Strong ability to work independently and manage ones time.
• Strong knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, and production methods.
• Strong ability to apply accounting and mathematical principles to work as needed.

• Strong ability to analyze business trends and project future expenses.

Education/Experience:

• Needs at least 6 plus years if experience.

• Bachelor's degree in business management, economics, finance, accounting or relevant field required.