Senior Business Architect(Technical)
Krasan Consulting Services Inc
Springfield, ILRemoteFull Time
Job Description
Job Title: Senior Business Architect (Technical)
Work Location: Remote
Employment Type: Full-Time
Position Overview:
The Senior Business Architect(Technical) will play a critical role in documenting current-state business processes and defining future ready functional requirements for the EIT Angel Investment Tax Credit and Film Production Tax Credit systems. This role will lead structured discovery, stakeholder engagement, and requirements definition activities to support platform evaluation, modernization planning, and informed solution selection across multiple technology options.
The ideal candidate brings strong experience in complex business process analysis, regulatory or financial systems, stakeholder facilitation, and requirements governance, with the ability to translate policy and operational needs into clear, traceable, and actionable documentation.
Primary Responsibilities
Business Process Analysis & Documentation
Lead the documentation of current-state (“as-is”) business processes for EIT Angel Investment and Film Tax Credit programs, including application intake, review, approval, compliance, reporting, and audit workflows.
Identify process inefficiencies, manual touchpoints, system limitations, and integration gaps impacting program execution and stakeholder experience.
Develop comprehensive gap analyses to highlight improvement opportunities and inform modernization priorities.
Requirements Elicitation & Validation
Conduct structured stakeholder interviews, workshops, and working sessions with business owners, program administrators, finance teams, compliance staff, and technical stakeholders.
Gather and document comprehensive functional requirements that are solution-agnostic and applicable across multiple platform options.
Validate requirements through iterative review sessions to ensure accuracy, completeness, and alignment with regulatory, policy, and operational needs.
Business Rules & Workflow Definition
Define and document business rules, eligibility criteria, approval thresholds, exception handling, and compliance requirements governing tax credit programs.
Model end-to-end business workflows that clearly represent decision points, roles, handoffs, and dependencies.
Develop decision matrices to support objective platform evaluation and vendor comparison.
User Stories & Traceability
Translate functional requirements into a structured user story library, complete with detailed acceptance criteria and business context.
Ensure requirements are testable, traceable, and aligned to documented business objectives.
Maintain a requirements traceability matrix (RTM) linking business goals, functional requirements, user stories, and evaluation criteria.
Key Deliverables
Current-State Process Documentation
Detailed process maps and narratives for EIT Angel Investment and Film Tax Credit systems
Identified gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities
Comprehensive Functional Requirements Document
Clear, solution-independent functional requirements
Business rules, constraints, and non-functional considerations
Business Process Workflows & Decision Artifacts
End-to-end workflow diagrams
Decision matrices supporting platform selection and evaluation
User Story Library
Well-defined user stories with acceptance criteria
Alignment to business objectives and regulatory requirements
Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM)
Traceability across processes, requirements, user stories, and evaluation criteria
Support for governance, validation, and procurement decision-making
Required Qualifications
Proven experience as a Senior Business Analyst on complex, enterprise-scale systems
Strong expertise in business process modeling, requirements elicitation, and stakeholder facilitation
Experience working with financial, tax, regulatory, or compliance-driven systems
Demonstrated ability to create clear, structured, and audit-ready documentation
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to bridge business, policy, and technical audiences
Preferred Qualifications
Experience supporting government or public-sector modernization initiatives
Familiarity with tax credit programs, grants, or incentive-based systems
Experience supporting platform evaluation, COTS selection, or procurement activities
Proficiency with tools such as Visio, Lucidchart, Jira, Confluence, or similar
Work Location: Remote
Employment Type: Full-Time
Position Overview:
The Senior Business Architect(Technical) will play a critical role in documenting current-state business processes and defining future ready functional requirements for the EIT Angel Investment Tax Credit and Film Production Tax Credit systems. This role will lead structured discovery, stakeholder engagement, and requirements definition activities to support platform evaluation, modernization planning, and informed solution selection across multiple technology options.
The ideal candidate brings strong experience in complex business process analysis, regulatory or financial systems, stakeholder facilitation, and requirements governance, with the ability to translate policy and operational needs into clear, traceable, and actionable documentation.
Primary Responsibilities
Business Process Analysis & Documentation
Lead the documentation of current-state (“as-is”) business processes for EIT Angel Investment and Film Tax Credit programs, including application intake, review, approval, compliance, reporting, and audit workflows.
Identify process inefficiencies, manual touchpoints, system limitations, and integration gaps impacting program execution and stakeholder experience.
Develop comprehensive gap analyses to highlight improvement opportunities and inform modernization priorities.
Requirements Elicitation & Validation
Conduct structured stakeholder interviews, workshops, and working sessions with business owners, program administrators, finance teams, compliance staff, and technical stakeholders.
Gather and document comprehensive functional requirements that are solution-agnostic and applicable across multiple platform options.
Validate requirements through iterative review sessions to ensure accuracy, completeness, and alignment with regulatory, policy, and operational needs.
Business Rules & Workflow Definition
Define and document business rules, eligibility criteria, approval thresholds, exception handling, and compliance requirements governing tax credit programs.
Model end-to-end business workflows that clearly represent decision points, roles, handoffs, and dependencies.
Develop decision matrices to support objective platform evaluation and vendor comparison.
User Stories & Traceability
Translate functional requirements into a structured user story library, complete with detailed acceptance criteria and business context.
Ensure requirements are testable, traceable, and aligned to documented business objectives.
Maintain a requirements traceability matrix (RTM) linking business goals, functional requirements, user stories, and evaluation criteria.
Key Deliverables
Current-State Process Documentation
Detailed process maps and narratives for EIT Angel Investment and Film Tax Credit systems
Identified gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities
Comprehensive Functional Requirements Document
Clear, solution-independent functional requirements
Business rules, constraints, and non-functional considerations
Business Process Workflows & Decision Artifacts
End-to-end workflow diagrams
Decision matrices supporting platform selection and evaluation
User Story Library
Well-defined user stories with acceptance criteria
Alignment to business objectives and regulatory requirements
Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM)
Traceability across processes, requirements, user stories, and evaluation criteria
Support for governance, validation, and procurement decision-making
Required Qualifications
Proven experience as a Senior Business Analyst on complex, enterprise-scale systems
Strong expertise in business process modeling, requirements elicitation, and stakeholder facilitation
Experience working with financial, tax, regulatory, or compliance-driven systems
Demonstrated ability to create clear, structured, and audit-ready documentation
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to bridge business, policy, and technical audiences
Preferred Qualifications
Experience supporting government or public-sector modernization initiatives
Familiarity with tax credit programs, grants, or incentive-based systems
Experience supporting platform evaluation, COTS selection, or procurement activities
Proficiency with tools such as Visio, Lucidchart, Jira, Confluence, or similar