Business Analyst (Mid/Senior)

Company Description

Join us and make YOUR mark on the World!

Are you interested in joining some of the brightest talent in the world to strengthen the United States’ security? Come join Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) where our employees apply their expertise to create solutions for BIG ideas that make our world a better place.

We are committed to a diverse and equitable workforce with an inclusive culture that values and celebrates the diversity of our people, talents, ideas, experiences, and perspectives. This is essential to innovation and creativity for continued success of the Laboratory’s mission.

This position may offer a hybrid schedule, which includes the flexibility to work from home one or more days per week, after a probationary period. The specifics of the hybrid schedule, including the exact number of days required in the office and virtual work options may vary based on the needs of the team and the organization.

Pay Range
$107,550 - $133,524 Annual (E01.3)

This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting.  An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

Job Description

We have an opening for a Business Analyst to lead and develop financial processes and product improvement strategies. You will be matrixed to support functional customers and systems in Finance. You will be responsible for partnering with functional area subject matter experts, learning their business processes, identifying strategies for improvement, and developing and executing implementation plans. Our Financial applications span accounts payable, travel accounting, payroll, and TIME and are supported using Oracle EBS, ePay/Infor, OnBase, Service Now, Jira, and Peoplesoft 9.2.  You will report to the Help Desk, Analyze & Test Team, Team Leader.

You Will

• Partner with functional experts to understand and analyze current business processes and workflows, develop alternative approaches, and facilitate implementation of new or enhanced business and technical solutions.
• Identify and evaluate standards to improve process efficiency and work to build fully functional and controlled business processes.
• Perform complex analysis to assess and identify opportunities to improve functional process or system performance. Develop and implement strategies for addressing process gaps.
• Be responsible for end-to-end process maps and create or enhance existing process documentation and mapping.
• Lead cross-functional process improvement project teams, gather and translate complex user requirements, deliver process streamlining methodologies, make recommendations for new system strategies, and communicate solutions to stakeholders.
• Serve as the Product Owner for assigned application to provide in-depth consultation, partnering with functional experts and IT to set a vision that informs technology roadmap prioritization and backlog.
• Present solutions to senior business stakeholders and technical staff that identify requirements and industry best-practice solutions to enhance the efficiency and integrity of Finance systems. Create fit/gap analysis presentations that help facilitate Finance product decisions.
• Perform initial analysis of requests to change, add or enhance existing processes or system functionality, engaging a variety of functional and IT stakeholders as appropriate. Analyze the impacts of change requests, effort needed to implement, and disposition as a bug fix, enhancement, or project with a recommended priority level.
• Write test plans and conduct test cases for system implementations, upgrades, or enhancements.
• Train and mentor others in the development of self-service products and training materials. Conduct training and end-user engagement sessions designed to improve system adoption.

Qualifications

• Ability to secure and maintain a U.S. DOE L-level security clearance which requires U.S. citizenship.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Communications or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Significant experience analyzing current business processes and systems for efficiencies, cost reductions and streamlining of operations.
• Experience developing business process documentation and training materials.
• Knowledge and understanding of financial business principles, regulatory requirements, process efficiency concepts, industry best practices, and standards implementation.
• Experience writing test plans and conducting test cases for system implementations, upgrades, or enhancements.
• Experience performing data analysis, developing metrics to assess functional performance and usage of report information to continually improve reporting capabilities.
• Significant communication skills are necessary to interact effectively with multi-disciplinary team members and negotiation skills to influence outcomes.
• Experience working effectively both independently and as a member of a team.

Qualifications We Desire

• Cross functional finance work experience, preferably in accounts payable.
• Functional knowledge of ImageSoft and OCR products, Financial EBS systems and technology, preferably Oracle, ImageSoft, ServiceNow, or Jira, Oracle, SQL and TOAD.
• Experience working in Shared Services or providing help desk support to business systems.
• Experience supporting ERP transformation and business process re-engineering, Agile Methodologies for software development and project management.
• Significant project management experience preparing project plans including task estimation, dependencies, and deployment schedules including interacting with internal resources to complete required project activities.

Additional Information

#LI-Hybrid

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Position Information

This is a Career Indefinite position, open to Lab employees and external candidates.

Why Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory?

• Included in 2024 Best Places to Work by Glassdoor!
• Flexible Benefits Package
• 401(k)
• Relocation Assistance
• Education Reimbursement Program
• Flexible schedules (*depending on project needs)
• Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accountability (IDEA) - visit https://www.llnl.gov/diversity
• Our core beliefs - visit https://www.llnl.gov/diversity/our-values 
• Employee engagement - visit https://www.llnl.gov/diversity/employee-engagement

Security Clearance

This position requires a Department of Energy (DOE) Q-level clearance.  If you are selected, we will initiate a Federal background investigation to determine if you meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information or matter. Also, all L or Q cleared employees are subject to random drug testing.  Q-level clearance requires U.S. citizenship. 

Pre-Employment Drug Test

External applicant(s) selected for this position must pass a post-offer, pre-employment drug test. This includes testing for use of marijuana as Federal Law applies to us as a Federal Contractor.

Wireless and Medical Devices

Per the Department of Energy (DOE), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory must meet certain restrictions with the use and/or possession of mobile devices in Limited Areas. Depending on your job duties, you may be required to work in a Limited Area where you are not permitted to have a personal and/or laboratory mobile device in your possession.  This includes, but not limited to cell phones, tablets, fitness devices, wireless headphones, and other Bluetooth/wireless enabled devices.  

If you use a medical device, which pairs with a mobile device, you must still follow the rules concerning the mobile device in individual sections within Limited Areas.  Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities require separate approval. Hearing aids without wireless capabilities or wireless that has been disabled are allowed in Limited Areas, Secure Space and Transit/Buffer Space within buildings.

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Equal Employment Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer that is committed to providing all with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status, age, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.

We invite you to review the Equal Employment Opportunity posters which include EEO is the Law and Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision.

Reasonable Accommodation

Our goal is to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all candidates applying and interviewing at the Laboratory.  If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please use our online form to submit a request. 

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