Business Analyst Job at Tech Soft Inc. in Washington
Tech Soft Inc., Washington, DC, United States
we are looking for a suitable Budget Analyst/Business Analyst with 6 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.