Business Analyst job opportunity in Washington, DC

Location: Washington
Posted on: November 20, 2024

Job Description:

Business Analyst job opportunity located in Washington, DC.  
This is a 6 month contract which is likely to extend long term based on performance and budget.
 
Responsibilities:
• Interface with the client to understand and document business needs and requirements relating to the development and maintenance of the systems used for departmental/corporate needs. Further, the Business Analyst is expected to help develop and maintain the client relationship with the line of business staff members
• Identify business and functional requirements by working primarily with the client officer and line of business staff members and end-users, and lead the collection, analysis, documentation and coordination of those requirements.
• Craft business cases/ use cases/ sequence of events/ system interactions if any
• Collaborate with IT professionals to determine if solutions currently exist (internally or externally) or whether new solutions are feasible to meet requirements.
• Provide overall support to ensure the successful design, testing and implementation of QRA applications.
• Document and manage issues and actions during the course of the project and track to closure action items related to scope
• Evaluate applications and analyze gaps between current and desired states.
• Document business and IT processes and workflows as it relates to the business need.
• Participate in the design and development of applications representing the clients perspective
• Good knowledge and experience with banking/ financial services products/ tools.
• Extensive experience in documenting business requirements, developing functional specifications, defining test cases, executing test scripts, and providing user training and support.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Quantitative background would be helpful for mathematical analysis
• Fundamental knowledge of SharePoint and .Net based technologies would be an asset
 
 
SKILLS:
• He/she must have at least years 6 years of experience in being a Business Analyst. Four years Technical degree, preferably in Computer Science or Engineering, or an MBA.  
 
Required Skills:
1. Extensive experience in eliciting requirements using interviews, questionnaires, use cases, scenarios, task and workflow analysis
2. Ability to translate requirements into visual representation with diagrams, flow charts, state diagrams, sequence diagrams, mockups & wireframes.
3. Proactively communicate and collaborate with sponsors to analyze information and prepare detailed business case & functional requirements.  
4. Experience with short cycles and requirements analysis/ definition for rapid application development
5. Work independently and engage in multiple initiatives / projects
6. Strong analytical skills to understand problem statement and help define requirements
7. Serves as a communication channel between sponsor and development team  
8. Subject matter knowledge of financial products & services
9. Excellent written and verbal skills
10. Knowledge and appreciation of technology platforms and assisting the team with preparation of test scenarios
11. Knowledge of Rational / Visio tools is a bonus
12. Ability to understand existing application set and be able to work with the team for re-use / make analysis
 
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