Technical Writer Job at Apex Systems in Bellevue

Technical Writer

Location: Bellevue, WA 98006 (on-site 3 days per week)

Target Start Date: February 2025

Contract Duration: 4 months (potential extension)

Pay Rate: up to $42/hr

Qualifications:

• 3+ years relevant experience required

• Bachelor's degree.

• Experience as a Technical Writer and / content creator.

• Experience creating and managing a document repository.

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to effectively convey technical information to non-technical stakeholders.

• previous Finance and ERP based technical writing experience is a big plus.

Job Description:

Our Finance, Procurement & Supply Chain team is on a major transformation journey to establish new operating models and implement new applications, including a new ERP+ suite. We are seeking a Technical Writer to play a crucial role in documenting our new operating model and procedures.

This role will work cross-functionally to identify business reporting needs and develop dynamic outputs to support those needs. This role will be a central figure in establishing the foundation through robust processes to support durable outcomes of our transformation objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with team leadership to determine process documentation and reporting needs. Ideate solutions to clearly communicate desired outcomes.

• Engage with technical team members to develop an understanding of processes, tools and procedures. Leverage this knowledge to develop concise, engaging content.

• Distill complex concepts into coherent documentation including narratives, diagrams or other relevant mediums.

• Develop a diverse set of product content including: end user reporting, procedural work steps, flow charts and architecture diagrams.

• Maintain product content to capture evolving processes and business requirements.

• Manage platforms to support searchable, user-friendly access to content. Platforms include Confluence, SharePoint, Jira and Microsoft Office Suite.

• Contribute to periodic status updates to program leadership and executive management.

• Rationalize administrative workload (materials and meetings) to focus on decision-useful content.

• Maintain awareness of program milestones and deadlines. Anticipate business needs around milestone and progress reporting.

• Capture actionable minutes through attendance of cross-functional meetings.