Sr. Business Analyst

Company: Neos Consulting
Location: Austin
Posted on: February 20, 2021

Job Description:

Neos is a leading Austin-based IT Staffing and Consulting firm. Neos was recognized as a 2019 Best Places to Work in Austin by the Austin Business Journal, and recognized as one of the fastest-growing companies in America two years in a row by Inc. Magazine. Neos is currently seeking a Sr. Business Analyst for a multi-year contract with our client in Austin, Texas. *Candidates local to Texas Need Apply Our client is seeking a Business Analyst with strong analytical and communication experience and the ability to assist staff in identifying report requirements, extracting complex data reports, and analyzing and summarizing key data points. Our client's Food and Nutrition Division (FND) has systems that are unique to its duties. To assist FND staff in navigating those systems, it has a Business Analyst position that it has been unable to fill. Staff augmentation is required as the work of the position must be performed. The primary system, Texas Unified Nutrition Programs System (TXUNPS), is a third party system. Originally implemented in 2012, the system has been regularly updated. It receives enhancements as required to meet the expectations of the grant that funds FND, usually annually. The position is the FND program liaison with our client's Information Technology (IT) Department (analysts and developers), and is required to understand the reporting needs of program staff. FND prefers candidates that have experience with federal Food & Nutrition programs. Duties:

• Liaison between FND program staff and Information Technology staff.
• Monitors and manages project quality to ensure that project deliverables fulfill agency expectations.
• Coordinates and analyzes user requirements, procedures, and problems to communicate program issues to responsible staff.
• Queries, analyzes, and provides data.
• Documents relevant data reporting elements
• Works independently and in coordination with TDA staff as assigned, to perform a variety of complicated tasks with a wide degree of creativity and latitude. Qualifications
  • Minimum 10 years of experience in performing the essential functions of SQL analysis and Excel analysis
  • Ability to quickly and clearly communicate technical information to non-technical persons, and getting non- technical persons to identify and communicate business needs.
  • Preferred experience with Federal Nutrition Programs
  • Preferred experience with Colyar-based child nutrition programs software - provided by Dice

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