Business Analyst in Reston, VA

Full Time - $90-95k Salary + Benefits

Requirements

• Eliciting requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, business process descriptions and maps, use cases, business analysis, task and workflow analysis, etc.
• Critically evaluating information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from granular information to ensure strategic alignment and distinguish user requests from true needs.
• Proactively communicating and collaborating with external and internal resources to analyze business process needs and functional requirements and deliver analysis on the following artifacts as needed:
• Functional requirements, i.e. Business requirements documentation
• A method of detailing requirements, such as Use Cases
• GUI prototypes, screen shots, etc.
• Proactively suggest process improvement where the opportunity exists for optimization.
• Providing process reengineering and improvement support across the organization.
• Gathering, documenting, analyzing, tracing and managing requirements based on business needs. Creating relevant diagrams as needed.
• Developing business requirements and translating them to succinct, measurable, and clearly worded functional/technical requirements and specifications.
• Acting as a liaison between business owners and technology resources for development of new products/toolsets and ongoing maintenance of existing products/toolsets.
• Facilitating meetings, working sessions and workshops.
• Creating strong working relationships with business and IT groups.
• Maintaining project documentation in an orderly and accessible manner.

Required Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in a related field from an accredited college or university
• 5+ years experience in a Business Analyst role
• Proficiency in business analysis and process modeling
• Ability to conceptualize, think creatively and articulate vision
• Ability to communicate business concepts to technical staff and technical concepts to business staff
• Ability to communicate at various staff levels.
• Ability to multi-task effectively
• Solid organizational skills
• Ability to serve as a change agent within the organization
• Professional, service-oriented demeanor
• Strong problem-solving, negotiation and interpersonal skills
• Strong team-building skills

Preferred Qualifications

• CBAP Designation
• Knowledge of fixed income finance and accounting principles
• Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, and Visio and UML

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