Sr. Business Analyst / Sr. Consultant

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Collaborate with project managers on various initiatives and projects to track progress and provide support as necessary.

- Support leadership in ensuring that the project is delivered to specifications, is on time, and within budget.

- Work closely with management and work groups to create and maintain work plan documents.

- Track the status and due dates of projects.

- Manage relationships with project staff responsible for projects.

- Produce regular weekly and monthly status reports that could include; work plan status, target dates, budget, resource capacity, and other reports as needed.

- Facilitate regular meetings and reviews.

- Adhere to contract requirements and comply with all corporate policies and procedures.

- Perform duties independently under the direction of the direct manager and/or Project Manager on specific projects.

- Lead and support project planning, coordination, and execution activities across one or more Child Support system modernization engagements.

- Gather, document, validate, and analyze business, operational, and functional information from stakeholders to support project objectives, deliverables, and recommendations.

- Develop, review, and maintain project documentation such as work plans, status reports, governance materials, requirements artifacts, issue logs, risk logs, meeting notes, decision logs, and other project deliverables.

- Plan for and facilitate interviews, focus groups, workshops, and other meetings necessary to gather information for project deliverables in accordance with the project scope of work.

- Attend and lead project meetings with the client, subcontractors, project stakeholders, or other Maximus team members, as requested by the Senior Manager or Project Manager.

- Analyze project information, client materials, and working documentation to identify themes, dependencies, risks, issues, gaps, and opportunities for improvement.

- Research alternative solutions to problems, determine appropriate approaches, and make verbal and written recommendations to appropriate parties.

- Review project work products and artifacts for completeness, consistency, quality, and alignment with project objectives, standards, and contract requirements.

- Participate in client meetings and offer observations, analysis, and insight to support decision-making, issue resolution, and project progress.

- Identify risk areas, potential issues, and project dependencies that require proactive attention, and support mitigation and resolution planning.

- Support and contribute to the preparation of weekly, monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc reports in compliance with contract requirements and project needs.

- Support project testing efforts as assigned.

- Track action items, follow-ups, and decisions, and help ensure timely completion of assigned responsibilities and deliverables.

- Work collaboratively with project staff, client representatives, and cross-func...