Business Analyst

Tech Soft Inc

Business Analyst

Reston, VA
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Benefits:

    Medical Insurance

    Disability Insurance

    401(k)

    Dental insurance

    Vision insurance

    We are looking for a suitable Business Analyst with 5 years of experience with Momentum Financials or similar COTS financial ERP systems (e.g., SAP or Oracle). Responsibilities include requirements development, data analysis and validation, software quality assurance/testing, and interfacing with clients to troubleshoot or research issues. We are looking for candidates with strong analytical skills and a desire to enhance those skills in a challenging, high visibility environment. Analysts will have the opportunity to learn various analysis and testing tools. Due to contract requirements, US citizenship is required. .

    This is a remote position for a very long-term Federal contract.

    US citizenship is required for this position. Some level of security clearance is preferred.

    Responsibilities Include:

    Lead elicitation of requirements from end-users for interface, data conversion, and/or data cleanse activities

    Conduct design reviews

    Establish acceptance criteria

    Understand business processes and create process maps as required

    Provide functional support and assist with documenting requirements, detailed design specifications and/or data conversion and cleanse plans, business processes, and user stories based on requirements

    Analyze legacy and target system data

    Conduct reconciliation activities

    Coordinate across multiple development efforts to ensure system interfaces and/or data conversion and cleanse decisions are consistent with requirements/expectations/regulations

    Work directly with programmers, database administrators, and other technical specialists

    Collaborate with other analysts to understand the organization’s business processes and legacy system data and processes

    Under the guidance of more senior subject matter experts, develop expertise in the COTS tool, Federal financial Management business processes, and ERP implementation best practices

    Lead functional testing

    Develop test scenarios and documentation and perform validation testing for interfaces and/or conversion requirements

    Monitor, track, and troubleshoot application operation and data, analyzing incidents and working with the technical team to resolve issues

    Develop materials, and train end users on interface, data conversion, and/or data cleanse requirements

    Implement quality assurance standards and processes for validation and verification efforts

    Implement software development best practices

    Seek out and implement process improvement initiatives

    May manage and mentor other more junior resources

    Required Skills:

    US citizenship is required

    Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum 5 years of relevant experience

    Additional experience may be substituted in lieu of education

    Must have the ability to pass a Tier 2 MBI background investigation

    Experience working with the Momentum Financials front-end and database

    Strong analytical and written and oral communication skills

    Ability to work both independently and with a team to solve problems

    Self-starter

    Quick to learn and put new skills to use

    Ability to efficiently and effectively handle multiple and shifting priorities while meeting deadlines

    Flexibility to put in hours needed to meet tight deadlines

    Desired Skills:

    Experience supporting the development of interfaces and/or a large-scale data conversion

    Understanding of Agile methodologies

    Experience supporting the development of interfaces and/or a large-scale data conversion

    Ability to write and execute SQL statements

    Preferred Qualifications:

    BA/BS or equivalent and five years of applicable experience

    Some level of current or past Security Clearance is preferred.

    Seniority Level

    Associate

    Industry

    IT Services and IT Consulting

    Employment Type

    Full-time

    Job Functions

    Information Technology

    Skills

    Data Conversion

    Scenario Testing

    Data Analysis

    Analytical Skills

    SQL

    Business Analysis

    User Stories

    Quality Assurance

    IT Integration

    Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

    Screening questions

    Required qualifications

    Are you a US Citizen?

    Ideal Answer: Yes

    How many years of work experience do you have using CGI's Momentum Federal ERP?

    Ideal Answer: Minimum: 2

    How many years of experience do you have with any Enterprise Resource Planning Application?

    Ideal Answer: Minimum: 2

    Preferred qualifications

    How many years of experience do you have with Momentum Performance Budgeting application?

    Ideal Answer: Minimum: 1

    How may years of Data Conversion/Integration experience do you have?

    Ideal Answer: Minimum: 2