Business Analyst 1/2 (02-4122/02-4123)

Job Description

This position is open for State of Alaska Employees Only.

You must have direct prior experience in Payroll and/or Human Resources and match our Minimum Qualification (MQ) competencies in order to be considered.

What You Will Be Doing

This Division of Finance is excited to announce a career opportunity for a dedicated and motivated State of Alaska (SOA) employee.

This opportunity is open for “in-training” which means that depending on your qualifications and competencies, you may be offered the position at the Business Analyst 1 level with a formal on-the-job training plan to complete within a specific timeframe. Successful completion of the training plan will result in a promotion to the next level in the job class series.

During your training you will participate in the design, review and validation of system upgrades, collaborate with state agencies and system contractors to improve business processes and help shape the future through smart, modern payroll processing. You will become a key contributor to the State’s HR/Payroll system success.

We encourage all qualified interested employees to apply and explore this opportunity for career growth.

Our Organization, Mission, and Culture

The Division of Finance provides the highest quality accounting, payroll and travel services for the State of Alaska.

We are a welcoming community of accountants, analysts, technicians, and payroll specialists who conduct the State's financial business with integrity, accountability, and a spirit of continuous improvement.

The Benefits of Joining Our Team

If you are interested in career growth and are energized by meaningful work, statewide impact, and solving challenges in a supportive and collaborative environment, this is the place for you!

The Working Environment You Can Expect

You will enjoy a workplace in beautiful downtown Juneau. Our office, located on the 8th floor of the State Office Building, is just a short walk from coffee shops, restaurants, and several nature trails.

We maintain a friendly and flexible work culture that prioritizes work/life balance. Partial telework may become an option once the training period is complete and the employee has demonstrated the ability to work effectively in a remote environment. Please note that the duration and frequency of partial telework schedules may change based on policy updates.

Who We Are Looking For

We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position specific competencies:

HR Information Systems: Knowledge of HR management concepts, principles, and practices related to identifying and analyzing HR processes, translating functional requirements into technical requirements, and delivering and maintaining HR information systems.

Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of hiring, classification, benefits, labor relations, negotiation, and Federal, state, and local employment regulations.

Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving: uses a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one’s knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.

Minimum Qualifications

Competency Based Minimum Qualifications Instructions

This job class uses competency based minimum qualifications.

Please ensure your application

(through work history, volunteer experience (duties summary), training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports how you have gained the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors (competencies) and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

Competency Description

The competency description(s) listed below have been designed to promote a common understanding of the essential elements of the job class. They highlight the more general and customary knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), tasks, and behaviors used to describe the competency. They typically list expectations, as opposed to specific tasks, and are to be used only as parameters and guidelines. A competency’s description is not intended to exclusively define every KSA, task, and behavior needed to successfully meet the competency, but rather to provide the manager/agency with a broad reference of options as to how an applicant can meet the job expectation.

Business Analyst 1

Any combination of education, training, and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:

Attention to Detail:

Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.

Oral and Written Communication:

Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.

Quality Assurance:

Knowledge of the principles, methods, and tools of quality assurance and quality control used to ensure a product fulfills functional requirements and standards.

Teamwork:

Encourages and facilitates cooperation, pride, trust, and group identity; fosters commitment and team spirit; works with others to achieve goals.

Technical Competence:

Uses knowledge that is acquired through formal training or extensive on-the-job experience to perform one's job; works with, understands, and evaluates technical information related to the job; advises others on technical issues.

Equivalent to those typically gained by:

Any combination of education or training in accounting, finance, business administration, business management, human resources, marketing, economics, statistics, computer and information science, logistics, or information systems management, or similar coursework, and/or either:

Advanced technical accounting experience; or

Progressively responsible professional experience in an administrative field such as procurement, accounting, human resources, computer and information systems, and so on.

Business Analyst 2

Any combination of education, training, and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:

Attention to Detail:

Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.

Client Engagement/Change Management:

Knowledge of the impact of change on people, processes, procedures, leadership, and organizational culture; knowledge of management principles, strategies, and techniques required for effectively planning, implementing, and evaluating change in the organization.

Oral and Written Communication:

Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.

Quality Assurance:

Knowledge of the principles, methods, and tools of quality assurance and quality control used to ensure a product fulfills functional requirements and standards.

Technical Credibility:

Understands and appropriately applies principles, procedures, requirements, regulations, and policies related to specialized expertise.

Equivalent to those typically gained by:

Any combination of education or training in accounting, finance, business administration, business management, human resources, marketing, economics, statistics, computer and information science, logistics, information systems management, or similar coursework, and/or progressively responsible professional experience in an administrative field such as procurement, accounting, human resources, computer and information systems, and so on.

Special Note:

Recruitment and selection shall be limited to candidates with knowledge and experience in a specific specialized area. Such restriction shall be noted in the recruitment announcement.

“Competencies” means a combination of interrelated