Lead Business Analyst - Remote / Telecommute

Job Title: Lead Business Analyst - Remote / Telecommute

Job Location: Reston, VA

Job Type: Contract

Pay Range: $64.69hr - $69.69hr

Job Overview:

The Lead Business Analyst ensures that business needs for changes to processes, policies, and information systems are identified, understood, defined, documented, and acted upon by eliciting, analyzing, documenting, validating, specifying, and verifying user needs. The successful candidate leads the gathering and synthesizing of business requirements for high-complexity software, systems, processes, and services, translating them into specifications to meet business objectives. As the functional expert, the candidate serves as a strategic conduit between the business area and technical or software development teams.

Responsibilities:

• Interprets business needs and issues by gathering, eliciting, creating, analyzing, documenting, and validating the business area s user and technical (functional/non-functional) requirements.
• Acts as a key contributor in the creation of project plans to define, organize, and schedule requirements management and development activities.
• Provides oversight and strategic direction to lower-level analysts, including coaching, mentoring, and delegating tasks and deliverables.
• Facilitates requirements analysis and verification sessions.
• Maintains accountability for tracking and managing open issues and assists in planning for resolution.
• Ensures successful development sessions and design reviews so that design meets user requirements.
• Maintains overall responsibility for user acceptance testing success, including documentation, verification, and release.
• Implements practices and procedures for end-user test plans.
• Identifies and documents gaps in requirement adherence or system deficiencies/defects, coordinating appropriate action through issue resolution.
• Leads the creation of formal communications delivered to relevant stakeholders.
• Provides guidance and training to application end users.
• Identifies, documents, and troubleshoots problems using in-depth knowledge of system, software, and process relationships.
• Collaborates with appropriate stakeholders to monitor, report, and resolve issues.
• Participates in developing solutions and workarounds that solve high-complexity technical, system, or business issues.
• Reviews, analyzes, and creates detailed documentation of business systems, processes, software, and user needs written to established standards in a clear, well-organized manner.
• Develops and collaborates on key project and requirement deliverables for high-complexity projects.
• Monitors and reports project status to identify and mitigate risks and to ensure quality and timely deliverables.
• Coordinates assigned projects from concept through implementation.
• Prioritizes and manages new work requests.
• Answers policy-related questions for business processes, systems, and software requiring research and consultation with internal and external parties.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, the candidate must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Education Level:

• Bachelor s Degree.

Education Details:

• Business Administration, Business Management, Finance, or related field.

Experience:

• 8+ years of progressive experience in business analysis, systems analysis, testing, or other analytical roles.

In Lieu of Education:

• In lieu of a Bachelor s degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the base work experience requirement.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master s Degree (MBA).
• Demonstrated ability to lead the delivery of high-quality, effective deliverables on time and contribute significantly to cost-effective solutions.
• Expert understanding of business analysis core competencies.
• Prior business analysis coaching and mentoring experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs):

• Strong time-management and organizational skills (Expert level).
• Strong verbal and written communication skills (Expert level).
• Ability to organize stakeholder meetings (Expert level).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Expert level).
• Ability to train and mentor others (Expert level).

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• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Disability Insurance (Short-Term and Long-Term)
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Paid Sick Leave (where required by applicable state or local law)
• Supplemental Insurance Plans
• Identity Theft Protection
• Pet Insurance
• Employee Wellness Programs
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Career Growth and Professional Development Opportunities