Business Analyst - Level III

SSAI is seeking an experienced Business Analyst to support LAUSD operational and technology-related project initiatives. The selected candidate will analyze current business practices, document workflows and requirements, identify gaps and inefficiencies, support data-informed decisions, and coordinate with stakeholders to improve business processes and outcomes.

• This position is expected to be performed on-site in Los Angeles, CA.
• Candidates must be able to successfully complete fingerprint and criminal background check clearance before working.
• Position is contingent upon customer approval and work order requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate business process analysis to understand current practices and identify improvement opportunities.
• Develop and maintain process documentation, workflows, procedures, reference materials, and supporting documentation.
• Gather, document, and manage business requirements to ensure clarity, completeness, traceability, and alignment with District goals.
• Coordinate with business stakeholders, IT teams, subject matter experts, and leadership on priorities, timelines, risks, issues, and solution options.
• Analyze information and data to support planning, reporting, operational improvement, and data-informed decision-making.
• Prepare findings, recommendations, executive summaries, presentations, status updates, action items, issue summaries, and next steps.
• Support implementation activities, including validation of requirements, deliverable review, action-item tracking, and confirmation of outcomes.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 10+ years of demonstrated experience in business analysis and related services.
• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, public administration, information systems, finance, district management, or a related field.
• Strong experience with process analysis, requirements gathering, stakeholder coordination, data analysis, reporting, documentation, and project coordination.
• Ability to prepare clear management-ready and executive-level materials, including presentations, summaries, reports, and status updates.
• Ability to support data validation, reporting, process improvement analysis, and documentation suitable for operational use, leadership review, and audit support.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience supporting public sector, education, school district, government, or similarly structured organizations.
• Experience aligning business operations with IT capabilities or technology implementation efforts.
• Experience creating dashboards, status materials, executive summaries, action-item trackers, risk/issue logs, and requirements traceability materials.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, SharePoint, and related documentation/collaboration tools.

EEO/AA Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and use hands to touch, handle or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee frequently is required to talk and hear and occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.