Business Analyst - Capital Markets

Agile Partners; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Agile Partners in Washington, D.C. is seeking an experienced Business Analyst to provide direct support for clients including Fannie Mae and the U.S. Treasury. This role involves creating scope documents, analyzing requirements, and documenting system needs under strict deadlines.

The successful candidate will have over 5 years of analytical experience, utilize strong writing and facilitation skills, and work closely with project stakeholders to ensure quality in data management and testing processes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive data analysis, requirements analysis, business process analysis, and testing experience.
• Experience in test planning, leading and conducting test efforts, and documenting/delivering test packages.
• Experience testing software systems/applications with formal knowledge of testing methodology.

Responsibilities

• Define and document scopes of projects.
• Analyze functional requirements and perform fit/gap analysis.
• Ensure quality and integrity of data from conversions/migrations.
• Create UAT scripts and perform testing.

Skills

Data analysis

Requirements analysis

Business process analysis

Testing experience

Strong writing skills

Time management

Tools

Visio

Excel

MS Word

MS Project

Job description

This position will provide direct support for our clients (including Fannie Mae, FDIC, U.S. Treasury, and S.E.C.) in Washington, D.C. The Business Analyst will create scope documents and requirements matrices, analyze requirements that are not yet fully and clearly stated, be able to reverse engineer to identify core business requirements and contribute toward the development of baseline specifications, conduct UAT, and perform certain project management responsibilities.

You will take the lead in identifying, refining, organizing, and documenting system requirements and test documentation. Close, careful, and scrupulous attention to detail under tight deadline and quick turn-around constraints is essential.

Responsibilities

• Scope definition and documentation
• Functional requirements definition and analysis
• Fit/gap analysis, defining approaches, data validation
• Data analysis, conversion requirements, data mapping, specification review
• Ensuring the quality and integrity of data from conversions/migration
• Formulating and defining business transformation objectives through research and fact-finding
• Create UAT scripts and perform testing

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive data analysis, requirements analysis, business process analysis, and testing experience
• Experience in test planning, leading and conducting test efforts, and documenting/delivering test packages
• Experience testing software systems/applications with formal knowledge of testing methodology
• Well-versed in the software development lifecycle
• Strong writing, analysis, and facilitation skills; ability to communicate with individuals at various levels within the organization and across various disciplines
• Experience analyzing and solving complex technical problems; ability to research issues faced by programmers and developers, and creatively seek solutions
• Time management skills for conducting multiple tasks simultaneously, while meeting deadlines
• Visio, Excel and advanced MS Word

Nice to have

• Skill in estimating project schedules/durations
• Previous experience with financial data/systems and risk management processes
• Previous experience working with accounting, mortgage, and/or loan-level data
• MS Project