Business Analyst

Machine Learning Technologies, LLC; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Machine Learning Technologies, LLC in Richmond, VA, USA, seeks a Business Analyst / Product Owner Proxy to lead regulatory reporting discovery, translate needs into epics and user stories, and own the functional backlog.

You will coordinate UAT, collaborate with data engineers and QA, and ensure automated reporting solutions meet regulatory and operational requirements, while engaging stakeholders to deliver compliant reporting.

Qualifications

• Must have experience in reporting, analytics, or automation programs.
• Experience in laboratory, scientific, quality, or regulatory reporting environments.
• Ability to translate complex business processes into actionable requirements and user stories.
• Experience facilitating workshops with business SMEs and technical teams.
• Understanding of data concepts including source systems, mappings, transformations, business rules, data quality, and traceability.
• Familiarity with Power BI, Power Platform, data lakehouse/data platforms, system integrations, and automated reporting solutions.
• Experience with Agile delivery, backlog management, UAT, acceptance criteria, and requirements traceability.
• Experience in regulated environments is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead regulatory reporting requirements and translate into functional requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and automation specifications.
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops and SME interviews to analyze current-state reporting processes and opportunities.
• Develop and prioritize the reporting automation backlog and roadmap based on value, risk, data readiness, complexity, and dependencies.
• Collaborate with architects, data engineers, reporting developers, and QA to define source-to-output mappings, business rules, reporting workflows, validation controls, and target solutions.
• Support UAT and business validation to ensure automated reports meet functional, regulatory, data quality, and traceability requirements.
• Bridge between business stakeholders and delivery teams with clear functional clarification and backlog refinement.

Skills

Business analysis / PO experience

Regulatory reporting

Requirements definition

Workshop facilitation

Data mapping

Data quality

Traceability

Agile delivery

Backlog management

UAT

Acceptance criteria

Requirements traceability

Regulated environments

Tools

Power BI

Power Platform

Data lakehouse

Data platforms

System integrations

Automated reporting

Job description

US Citizen, Green Card, H-1B, OPT-EAD, CPT, Other

Work Authorization:US Citizen, Green Card, OPT-EAD, CPT, H-1B, H4-EAD, Other

Job Description:

Business Analyst / Product Owner Proxy: Leads business and regulatory reporting discovery, stakeholder engagement, requirements definition, process analysis, and report prioritization. Translates business needs into reporting specifications, process flows, source-to-output mappings, epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria. Owns functional backlog refinement, provides business clarification throughout implementation, and coordinates UAT and business validation to ensure automated reporting solutions meet regulatory, laboratory, and operational reporting requirements

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead business and regulatory reporting requirements, translating stakeholder needs into functional requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and automation specifications.
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops and SME interviews to analyze current-state reporting processes, pain points, manual activities, data sources, and automation opportunities.
• Develop and prioritize the reporting automation backlog and roadmap based on business value, regulatory risk, data readiness, complexity, and implementation dependencies.
• Partner with architects, data engineers, reporting developers, and QA to define source-to-output mappings, business rules, reporting workflows, validation controls, and target reporting solutions.
• Support UAT and business validation, ensuring automated reports meet functional, regulatory, data quality, and traceability requirements.
• Serve as the bridge between business stakeholders and delivery teams, providing functional clarification and supporting backlog refinement throughout implementation.

Mandatory Skills:

• Strong Business Analysis / Product Owner experience in reporting, analytics, or automation programs.
• Experience with laboratory, scientific, quality, or regulatory reporting environments.
• Ability to translate complex business processes into requirements and implementable user stories.
• Experience facilitating workshops with business SMEs and technical teams.
• Understanding of reporting/data concepts including source systems, data mappings, transformations, business rules, data quality, and traceability.
• Familiarity with Power BI, Power Platform, data lakehouse/data platforms, system integrations, and automated reporting solutions.
• Experience with Agile delivery, backlog management, UAT, acceptance criteria, and requirements traceability.
• Experience in regulated environments is strongly preferred.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.