Senior Business Analyst

Federal Hill Consulting; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Federal Hill Consulting in Washington, DC, is hiring a Senior Business Analyst to support various internal projects. The role involves collaborating with policy and operations staff to define system functionality and lead enhancements.

Ideal candidates will have 5-8 years of experience and a background in financial services or regulatory environments. The position requires strong analytical skills and proficiency with Microsoft Office tools.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of experience as a business requirements analyst with demonstrated leadership.
• Experience in financial services industry or regulation is a plus.
• Experience working as an Agile Product Owner desired.

Responsibilities

• Cultivate relationships to understand needs and resolve client issues.
• Develop requirements for major system functionality and improvements.
• Facilitate requirements gathering sessions to document complex business needs.
• Work with vendor program managers and Agile development teams.

Skills

Microsoft Office Tools proficiency

Requirements elicitation techniques

Project management principles

Agile methodology knowledge

SQL proficiency

Collaboration skills

Verbal and written communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

CBAP or PMI-PBA certification

Tools

Rational Doors Next Generation

IBM rational tool suite

Job description

Federal Hill Consulting LLC (FHC), a certified HUBZone and Economically Disadvantaged Women‑Owned Small Business (EDWOSB), provides IT Staffing, Consulting and Project Solutions to the federal government, state governments, non‑profit organizations, corporations and systems integrators. FHC’s primary focus is implementing IT resources in the areas of Cyber Security, Development Services, Integration and Operation Services, Project and Program Management, and Data Management.

FHC was built around the core values of People, Service and Commitment. We provide exceptionally skilled and qualified IT professionals. We pledge to provide first‑class service beyond expectations. We are fully committed to helping our clients and employees achieve their goals. Your success is our success!

Federal Hill Consulting is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/D/V. Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws.

Job Description

Federal Hill Consulting has partnered with a financial regulatory firm to hire a Senior Business Analyst to support internal projects. All candidates should have a financial or regulatory background.

Job Summary The Senior Business Analyst is responsible for working closely with policy staff, operations staff and end users to define system functionality and enhancements. He or she will lead in the identification of enhancements and translate input from end users, policy, operations, and development staff into the high‑level assumptions and high‑level requirements necessary to build the application into an efficient and effective system.

Essential Functions

• Cultivate relationships across departments in order to understand needs and resolve client issues efficiently.
• Articulate the product vision to the development team.
• Develop requirements for major system functionality and minor system improvements to the application with inputs from the appropriate stakeholders.
• Responsible for leading the collection, analysis, documentation and coordination of stakeholder requirements.
• Facilitate requirements gathering sessions to understand and document complex business needs, often eliciting hidden requirements and/or clarifying vague or unclear requirements.
• Creates use cases, high‑level assumptions, business rules, functional and non‑functional requirements documentation to capture business needs.
• Works directly with vendor program managers and Agile development teams on a daily basis to ensure that the needs of end‑users are correctly represented and fulfilled.
• Efficiently manage the process between staff and vendor staff to minimize back and forth and ensure alignment between end‑user needs and system functionality.
• Synthesize requirements from a variety of sources into written form for approval by various internal and external stakeholders as necessary.

Additional Responsibilities

• Conduct necessary research and analysis in support of the development of system enhancements that meet the needs of stakeholder and fulfill regulatory policies and priorities.
• Collaborate with UAT staff and reviews UAT test plans and scripts for completeness and accuracy.
• Apply critical thinking skills to understand the root cause of issues and tracks any relevant risks to resolution.
• Collaborate with various departments on user documentation, external communications, training plan and operations.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Specialized certification CBAP or PMI‑PBA is preferred. Product Ownership certification is a plus.
• Minimum of 5‑8 years of experience as a business requirements analyst with demonstrated leadership on projects or initiatives.
• Experience in financial services industry or regulation is a plus.
• Experience working with internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience working as an Agile Product Owner desired.
• Experience conducting impact analysis, stakeholder analysis, examining requirements that cross multiple systems and creating use cases.
• Experience with Rational Doors Next Generation and IBM rational tool suite requirements management tools.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Proficient with Microsoft Office Tools such as Word, Visio, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Knowledgeable of all requirements elicitation techniques and various types of requirements.
• Knowledgeable of project and product management principles.
• Knowledgeable of software development life cycle methods, including Agile.
• Knowledgeable of relational database management systems with proficiency using SQL.
• Strong facilitation, listening, collaboration skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Organized and detail‑oriented, able to track and work on multiple projects at once.
• Able to use Microsoft office software (Visio, Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Able to effectively interface with various levels of leadership.
• Able to work independently and as part of a team.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.