Accela

Senior Consultant

Accela
Posted 10/21/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSenior💰 $110,000 - $120,000 per yearWebsite
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Demonstrates expertise in business analysis and requirements elicitation, with a strong ability to translate business needs into implementation-ready artifacts. Proficient in configuring enterprise software solutions and facilitating stakeholder alignment through effective communication and documentation.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Business AnalysisRequirements ElicitationEnterprise Software ConfigurationStakeholder FacilitationProcess Modeling

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead requirements elicitation activities, including workshops, interviews, and working sessions with customer stakeholders
  • Facilitate discussions to uncover business goals, pain points, constraints, and success criteria
  • Document and validate functional and non-functional requirements, business rules, assumptions, and dependencies
  • Translate business requirements into implementation-ready artifacts, including process flows, requirements, and user stories
  • Develop current-state and future-state business process flows to identify inefficiencies, gaps, and improvement opportunities
  • Use process flows to facilitate decisions, align stakeholders, and guide solution design and implementation
  • Configure enterprise software according to approved requirements and Accela best practices
  • Partner with technical, data, and integration teams to define, clarify, and coordinate technical requirements and dependencies
  • Bridge business stakeholders and technical teams to ensure intent, constraints, and impacts are understood
  • Guide customers toward standard solutions and best practices while balancing business needs, scope, and technical considerations
  • Collaborate with Project Managers to manage scope, identify risks, and support decision-making
  • Support testing and validation, including UAT planning, defect triage, and resolution coordination
  • Contribute to go-live readiness by validating configuration completeness, business process alignment, and operational readiness

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 3-5 years’ experience in business analysis, requirements elicitation, and stakeholder facilitation within complex implementation projects
  • Experience developing and using current-state and future-state business process flows to facilitate stakeholder alignment and support solution design
  • Hands-on experience configuring enterprise software solutions based on discovery requirements
  • Demonstrated ability to coordinate effectively with cross-functional technical teams
  • Experience documenting requirements using industry-standard techniques such as process modeling, use cases, or user stories
  • Ability to think conceptually while maintaining attention to detail in configuration and documentation
  • Proven problem-solving skills with the ability to recommend practical, best-practice solutions
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence and guide business and technical stakeholders
  • Experience working within defined project scope and supporting change control discussions
  • Comfort operating in fast-paced, multi-stakeholder delivery environments
  • Previous professional services or consulting experience is desired; Big 5 consulting is a plus
  • Government or public-sector domain expertise is desired
  • Mentoring or coaching experience is desired
  • Experience documenting and communicating cross-functional workflows for technical design and integration planning is desired

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Flexible time off
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Family planning benefits
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match
  • Health savings account with company contributions
  • Flexible spending account
  • Life, accident, and disability coverage
  • Business travel insurance
  • Employee assistance programs
  • Other well-being benefits
  • Annual bonus target (discretionary; based on company and individual goal achievement)

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Hard Skills
Requirements DocumentationProcess Flows DevelopmentUser Stories CreationUAT PlanningDefect TriageTechnical Requirements CoordinationBusiness Process ImprovementChange Control SupportProblem-SolvingAttention to Detail
Soft Skills
Strong Communication SkillsInfluencing StakeholdersMentoringCoachingCollaboration
Tools & Technologies
Accela SoftwareEnterprise Software Solutions
Industry Keywords
Public Sector ExpertiseProfessional ServicesBig 5 Consulting ExperienceCross-Functional WorkflowsImplementation Projects