Business Analyst

Seeking a qualified Business Analyst to support the Smart Metering Program, deploying the latest gas metering infrastructure and systems across multiple states. This role is part of a larger program team delivering a 5–7 year roadmap for the next generations of smart metering and devices.

Responsibilities:

• • Staying up to date on the latest process and IT advancements to automate and modernize systems.
• • Performing metering deployment requirements gathering and analysis across multiple workstreams.
• • Conducting meetings and presentations to share ideas and findings via Teams.
• • Documenting and communicating the results of your efforts.
• • Effectively communicating your insights and plans to cross-functional team members and the program management team.
• • Gathering critical metering deployment information from meetings with various stakeholders to align deployment interdependencies.
• • Work closely with project team, operations, and managerial staff.
• • Ensure deployment solutions meet business needs and requirements.
• • Communicate technical meter specification changes and document progress against planned milestones.
• • Developing integration test plans for gas metering systems across internal and external environments.
• • Data mapping from a client server application to SAP from end-user requirements.
• • Performing end-user acceptance testing as part of the project team.
• • Validating meter data across an IT architecture solution, end-to-end.
• • Updating and maintaining metering best practices and procedures.
• • Prioritizing initiatives based on business needs and requirements.
• • Serving as a liaison between program stakeholders and metering end-users.
• • Guiding standardization and IT testing best practices with cross-functional teams.
• • Follow change management and sustainability internal practices.
• • Evaluating business processes related to metering devices, anticipating requirements, uncovering areas for improvement, and developing solutions.
• • Leading ongoing reviews of business processes and developing optimization strategies related to the deployment, to benefit the long-term program.
• • Monitor and report Advanced Metering Project stakeholder changes across workstreams.

Skills:

• • Verbal and written communication skills, attention to detail, customer service and interpersonal skills.
• • Strong ability to work independently and manage one’s 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 revenues and expenses.
• • Previous experience with computer applications, such as MS Office, Power BI, SAP, and Google BigQuery

Education/Experience:

• • Bachelor's degree in business management, economics, finance, accounting or relevant field required.
• • 5-7 years experience required.