Business Analyst (Fraud Analytics & Investigative Support)

Praescient Analytics; Fairfax (VA); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Comprehensive healthcare

401(k) with company match

Annual training allowance

Tuition reimbursement program

Job summary

Praescient Analytics is looking for a Business Analyst in Fairfax, VA, to enhance fraud analytics for federal oversight. The role involves collaborating with Government stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams to convey clear requirements and analytical solutions.

The ideal candidate has strong business analysis and data analytics skills, is familiar with Agile practices, and can engage diverse audiences to ensure the delivery of effective solutions.

This position offers remote flexibility with occasional travel when necessary.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, Product Analyst, or similar role.
• Experience with Fraud Analysis required.
• Strong organizational skills managing multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to analyze and document requirements.
• Translate fraud detection objectives into user stories and business requirements.
• Support Agile software development processes.

Skills

Business analysis skills

Data analytics understanding

Agile delivery practices

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Power BI

SQL

Job description

Location: Remote (Occasional Travel May Be Required) Clearance: Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust

Position Overview

Praescient Analytics is seeking an experienced Business Analyst to support advanced fraud analytics and investigative initiatives for a federal oversight organization. This individual will serve as the bridge between Government stakeholders and multidisciplinary technical teams by gathering requirements, documenting investigative and analytical use cases, and translating mission objectives into actionable technical requirements.

Working closely with Project Managers, Data Scientists, Data Engineers, Investigative Analysts, Forensic Accountants, and Government stakeholders, the Business Analyst will ensure analytical solutions align with operational priorities, support fraud detection and program integrity objectives, and deliver meaningful value to investigators and oversight organizations.

The ideal candidate combines strong business analysis skills with an understanding of data analytics, investigative workflows, and Agile delivery practices. They are comfortable engaging both technical and non‑technical audiences and enjoy transforming complex mission needs into clear, well‑defined requirements that enable successful solution delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Government stakeholders to elicit, analyze, document, and validate business, functional, and analytical requirements.
• Translate fraud detection, investigative, oversight, and program integrity objectives into user stories, acceptance criteria, business requirements, and technical artifacts.
• Support development and refinement of analytic use cases that leverage data science, machine learning, AI, graph analytics, dashboards, and investigative reporting.
• Facilitate requirements workshops, stakeholder meetings, backlog refinement sessions, sprint planning activities, demonstrations, and solution reviews.
• Document business processes, workflows, data flows, process improvements, and operational concepts supporting fraud analytics initiatives.
• Work closely with Data Scientists, Data Engineers, Graph Data Scientists, Investigative Analysts, and Forensic Accountants to clarify requirements and ensure technical solutions align with mission objectives.
• Maintain requirements traceability throughout the project lifecycle and verify delivered capabilities satisfy stakeholder expectations.
• Prepare project documentation, meeting summaries, decision logs, implementation plans, status reports, briefing materials, and stakeholder‑ready deliverables.
• Support quality assurance activities by reviewing deliverables for completeness, consistency, and alignment with documented requirements.
• Assist in evaluating data sources, analytical capabilities, commercial tools, and technology solutions that support fraud detection and investigative missions.

Required Qualifications

• Three (3) or more years of experience as a Business Analyst, Product Analyst, Requirements Analyst, Data Analyst, or similar role supporting analytics, data‑driven solutions, or government technology programs.
• Must have experience with Fraud Analysis.
• Experience gathering, documenting, and managing business and functional requirements for technical or analytical solutions.
• Experience developing user stories, acceptance criteria, business process documentation, workflows, and other project artifacts.
• Experience supporting Agile software development or analytics teams through sprint planning, backlog management, demonstrations, and iterative solution delivery.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities while coordinating across technical and business stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex analytical concepts to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Strong analytical thinking, problem‑solving, and facilitation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Supporting fraud detection, fraud prevention, financial crimes, program integrity, investigative support, or government oversight initiatives.
• Working with federal benefit programs, grants, loans, healthcare, unemployment insurance, emergency assistance, disaster relief, or other large‑scale public‑sector programs.
• Collaborating with Offices of Inspector General (OIGs), law enforcement organizations, auditors, investigators, or government oversight stakeholders.
• Supporting multidisciplinary delivery teams that include Data Scientists, Data Engineers, Investigative Analysts, Forensic Accountants, and Project Managers.
• Working with analytics, business intelligence, machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI), graph analytics, dashboards, or data visualization projects.
• Understanding data sources, data quality, ETL processes, cloud analytics environments, and enterprise data management concepts.
• Utilizing collaboration and project management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Power BI, SQL, or comparable platforms.
• Supporting enterprise data governance, data privacy, information sensitivity, and secure handling of government or investigative information.
• Preparing executive briefings, requirements documentation, implementation plans, process flows, and stakeholder‑facing communications for Government customers.

What We're Looking For

We're looking for a Business Analyst who enjoys bringing people, data, and technology together to solve complex mission challenges. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable facilitating discussions with Government stakeholders, collaborating with technical teams, and documenting requirements that enable innovative fraud analytics solutions. They are curious, organized, and mission‑focused, with the ability to translate investigative and operational needs into actionable work that helps protect the integrity of federal programs.

What you can expect from us

• Real opportunity for career growth in an environment where your achievements will be celebrated.
• Constant collaboration with numerous teams to ensure client success.
• A team that respects and embraces your ideas and expertise.
• Coworkers that are motivated by pursuing excellence, rather than the prospect of personal gain.
• A workplace dedicated to supporting and bettering public safety and government agencies.

Benefits

• Competitive salary based on qualifications and experience.
• Comprehensive, company‑paid healthcare for you (We pay your premiums and deductibles).
• 401(k) with company match.
• Travel & performance incentives.
• 3 weeks paid time off (plus Federal Holidays).
• $5K annual training allowance.
• $500 book allowance.
• Tuition reimbursement program.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Praescient Analytics is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on merit, qualifications, experience, performance, business needs, and applicable contract requirements. Praescient does not unlawfully discriminate or provide disparate treatment based on race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.

Praescient Analytics acknowledges the applicable clause and provision updates implementing Executive Order 14398, addressing DEI discrimination by Federal Contractors, and the related FAR/RFO updates, including FAR 52.222‑90 where applicable. Praescient does not engage in racially discriminatory DEI activities, including disparate treatment based on race or ethnicity in recruitment, hiring, promotion, contracting, program participation, training, mentoring, leadership development, or allocation of company resources. Praescient’s employment and contracting decisions are made based on merit, qualifications, experience, performance, business needs, and applicable contract requirements.

Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. US Citizenship Required