Business Analyst
The City of Fishers, IN embraces a data-driven culture where City stakeholders strive to constantly improve performance and deliver the best services to citizens. The City is looking for a self-driven, inquisitive, and passionate team member who enjoys collaborative problem-solving using a variety of technical, analytical, and research skills. This individual will work with a diverse group of stakeholders to identify problems and generate solutions that improve City operations and maximize the effective use of City resources. This individual serves as a valuable resource to City staff and will help guide departments in implementing ambitious yet realistic solutions. A strong background in process improvement is essential, as this role will lead and support initiatives focused on optimizing workflows, increasing efficiency, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement across City departments. This role requires in-person attendance.
Examples of Duties
- Acting as project manager, project coordinator, or project analyst for special and strategic initiatives.
- Producing and translating high-level business needs into specific and concise processes.
- Creation of project documentation to include user manuals, training deliverables, and business requirements.
- Tracking the success of newly implemented solutions and refinement based on measurable and / or defined outcomes.
- Collaborating with stakeholders throughout the city to gain a thorough understanding of their operations and collaboratively identifying opportunities for improvement.
- Leading process improvement initiatives by analyzing existing workflows, identifying inefficiencies, and recommending actionable solutions.
- Articulate and document proposed solutions with underlying analysis and data to support recommendations.
- Working closely with City staff to implement proposed solutions and empower users to independently manage them.
- Independently manage multiple initiatives and support in a timely manner.
- Communicate with 3rd party vendors and partners to address technical questions, issues, and requests.
- Creating and maintaining reports and visualizations from multiple data sources using complex queries.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university required. Masters' Degree a plus;Demonstrated experience in process improvement, including identifying, analyzing, and optimizing business processes to enhance organizational effectiveness;Experience and / or relevant coursework in business process improvement, business intelligence, public administration, change management and / or major analytical or research studies required;Lean Six Sigma, CAPM, and / or PMP certification a plus;Requires valid driver's license and ability to be insured to drive a city vehicle;Experience managing complex projects involving multiple stakeholders required;Ability to quickly learn new technical skills and support software such as financial management systems, human resources systems, asset management systems, etc. required;Ability to communicate highly technical aspects of projects to a non-technical audience required;Ability to collaborate with diverse groups of internal and external stakeholders required;High computer literacy and proficiency with Microsoft Office required;Ability to work both independently and as part of a team in an agile environment required;Excellent and effective verbal and written communication skills with the ability to engage diverse audiences required;This role requires in-person attendance.