Business Analyst

Position: Business Analyst Location: Washington, DC (metro accessible) Rate : $45-48 /hr on C2C Client : World Bank Duration: 12 month contract Hybrid: 4 days a week onsite onsite role Role is not retail bank, it's a non-profit finance corporation . The primary role of the Business Analyst is to elicit, document and analyze business/functional requirements. The Business Analyst will play a vital role in functional and system integration testing. SKILLS/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Finance Role Specific Experience: 3 years of relevant technical and business work experience Banking & Financial domain experience, along with knowledge of risk management, familiarity with concepts of finance and accounting Experience with credit risk and credit ratings in a banking or financial domain is a huge plus Proficiency in MS Excel Experience in defining and implementing technology solutions for a major financial institution Extensive experience as a Business Analyst for a large financial institution Extensive experience in gathering business requirements and developing functional specifications with special emphasis on use cases, defining test cases, and providing user training and support Extensive experience with various system development lifecycle methodologies and tailoring the artifacts to those methodologies Solution-oriented, detailed-focused, showing strong analytical and organization skills Familiarity with relational databases/RDMS Experience with writing simple SQL statements (mostly SELECT - with aim to analyze datasets) Familiarity with any object-oriented programming language is a plus (C# preferred) SCOPE OF WORK: Interface with the business client to understand business needs and requirements, and to help develop and maintain the client relationship Build stakeholder consensus and ensure everyone is on the same page, in agreement, and can visualize the solution being proposed Develop business cases, requirements, use cases, test plans, test strategies, test cases, and operational procedures and plans Document business processes and workflows Craft business cases to evaluate the feasibility of technology initiatives Identify business and functional requirements by working with application end-users, and lead the collection, analysis, documentation, and coordination of those requirements Design and execute test cases for application development and implementation projects Collaborate with IT professionals to determine if solutions currently exist (internally or externally) or whether new solutions are feasible to meet business requirements Leverage rapid prototyping approaches to present as-is/to-be processes/workflows and rough designs of the proposed solution Maintain a comprehensive chronological trail of requirements and agreements and actively contribute to the project change control process. Document and manage issues and actions Provide overall support to ensure the successful design, testing, and implementation of applications that support the business unit, Also, provide support in developing training materials and conducting training Document and manage issues and actions for IT applications and projects Prepare and make presentations using MS PowerPoint and Visio to project stakeholders and management Evaluate applications and IT environments, and analyze gaps between current and desired states