Project Description:-
- The Department of Public Safety (DPS) and Office of Technology Services (OTS) are embarking on an Agile Project to modernize DPS’ Financial Module.
- The project will implement various modules, portals, and automated processes including but not limited to the following:
- A DPS Office of Management and Finance portal used for revenue classification, maintaining classification codes, tracking incoming payments and revenue, managing refunds and other accounting transactions, account reconciliation, integration with the State’s LaGov system, and reporting.
- Data conversion from legacy systems currently performing these functions may be required.
- In areas where a phased implementation is needed, short-term integration with legacy systems may be necessary.
- Interfaces and batch processes will be needed to integrate with various State and external systems to manage and oversee the DPS financial process.
- Integration with State Active Directory for single sign on, as well as integration with other State services such as the print shop, customer communication, and electronic data management may be needed.
- A DPS-wide portal for the various DPS agencies and sub-sections to post payments, track payment status, reconcile payments, open invoices, manage invoice settlements, perform refunds and other accounting transactions, and perform end-of-day closeout.
- Data conversion from legacy systems currently performing these functions may be required.
- In areas where a phased implementation may be needed, short term integration with legacy systems may be necessary.
- Interfaces and batch processes will be needed to integrate with various State and external systems to manage and oversee the payment process.
- Integration with State Active Directory for single sign on, as well as integration with other State services, such as the print shop, customer communications, and electronic data management system may be needed.
- Public facing portal(s) may be needed for payment collection.
- Integration with the State’s Identity and Access Management (IAM) services, including My.La.Gov or MyLa Business services, may be required.
- The Office of Technology Services Product Delivery Section is seeking qualified Business Analyst candidates to further document the project requirements and to work with a Product Owner and subject matter experts to produce a backlog of work for a Scrum team.
- The Scrum team will be assembled once a healthy backlog has been built and the Business Analyst will be integrated into the Scrum Team for the duration of the project.
The scope of the proposed services will include the following:
- Using Agile methods to analyze and document business functions and requirements.
- Consult with management and personnel to identify, define and document business functions, needs and objectives, operational procedures, problems, input and output requirements.
- Analyze the integration of business functions with technology.
- Perform and/or facilitate business and technical analysis in support of project design and implementation.
- Identify and document relevant business processes contained in legacy application data systems.
- Build out and support the management and prioritization of the product backlog. Create user stories based on requirements and capture technical requirements as needed.
- Participates in all necessary team meetings and design sessions in accordance with Scrum ceremonies.
Expertise and/or relevant experience in the following areas are mandatory:
- Three (3) years of experience in Business Analysis including eliciting, analyzing, and documenting business functions, processes, and requirements
- Two (2) years of experience in Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, etc.), writing user stories, and maintaining a healthy product backlog
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Experience creating requirements documentation for complex projects
Expertise and/or relevant experience in the following areas are desirable but not mandatory:
- Experience in the Financial and Accounting industry (revenue tracking, transactions, invoicing, reconciliation)
- Experience setting up IT related projects for a team of application programmers.
- Experience prioritizing user stories.
- Experience identifying and documenting business processes contained in legacy application data systems
- Business Analysis certifications such as PMI-PBA or CBAP
- Experience in quality assurance testing of application software
- Experience in creating operating procedures, user guides, and/or training material.
- Experience with wireframe/mockup applications such as Figma to foster initial design for webapps.