Business Solution Architect III

DescriptionKforce has a client in Phoenix, AZ that is seeking a Business Solution Architect III.Responsibilities:* Works with key stakeholders within the organization to define and document current business processes, intended business outcomes, and operational challenges related to various operational activities using standard modeling frameworks* Collects, aggregates or disaggregates complex and conflicting information about the business to develop succinct and actionable insights* Recognizes and articulates the implications and interdependencies of new organizational processes, and key IT and business initiatives* Communicates the business process implications of technology implementations to stakeholders* Leads development of a central repository of Business Architecture artifacts, including but not limited to Business Capability Maps and Process Diagrams, to provide traceability through the organization and aid in ongoing governance* Develops and maintains a business capability execution roadmap* Performs impact and risk analysis and identify when initiatives need to be scaled up and adopted more widely* Understands and translates business needs into functional requirements* Defines the external entities (e.g.; customers, suppliers, and external systems) that interact with the business, and the people, resources and controls involved in the processes* Define the data shared across the enterprise and the relationships between those data* Capture the relationships among roles, capabilities and business units, the decomposition of those business units into subunits, and the internal or external management of those units* Performs other job-related duties as assigned or apparentRequirements* 12+ years of direct work experience in a business analyst/architect capacity working with business systems related to systems support, analysis, or development* 5+ years of experience in a lead position providing leadership and mentoring to other Business Analysts* 5+ years of experience in planning and deploying business and IT initiatives* Ability to visualize and create high-level models that can be used in future analysis to extend and mature the business architecture practice* Ability to apply architectural principles to business solutions* Ability to assimilate and correlate disconnected documentation and drawings, and articulate their collective relevance to the organization and to high-priority business issues* Ability to recognize structural issues within the organization, functional interdependencies and cross-silo redundancies* Experience modeling business processes using a variety of tools and techniques* Exceptional communication skills and the ability to communicate appropriately at all levels of the organization; This includes written and verbal communications as well as visualizations* Team player with strong collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively at all levels of an organization* Ability to identify opportunities for process improvement throughout the organization and be able to showcase ideas and get consensus on solutions* Strong situational analysis and decision-making abilitiesJob TypeDirect HireCompensation - $