Financial Business Analyst, Senior

TISTA Science and Technology Corporation•Remote-United States, UNAVAILABLE

2d•Remote

About The Position

TISTA Science and Technology is seeking a Senior Financial Business Analyst to support financial business analysis, development, and operations. The role involves acting as a liaison between customers and subject matter experts (finance, acquisition, technology stakeholders) to elicit, analyze, communicate, and validate business processes and requirements. The analyst will prepare and maintain documentation related to requirements, operations, and systems, translating business specifications into technical and end-user documentation, and achieving subject matter expertise in relevant functional areas. At TISTA, this role contributes to meaningful, mission-driven work that improves lives, with opportunities for learning and internal mobility. The company emphasizes serving and hiring Veterans, and prioritizes people in its operations.

Requirements

10 yrs relevant experience to include: CGI Momentum experience across federal management domains.
Experience working on Federal programs that are of high priority, visibility, and public facing.
Able to work under minimal supervision, act independently and exercise an expert level of decision-making capability.
Self-starter with the ability to work independently in a complex, fast-evolving environment; proven problem-solving and facilitation capabilities.
Excellent communication skills to interface with finance, acquisition, and IT stakeholders; ability to produce clear process documentation and training materials.
Experience with Accounting Systems/Accounting Data products.
Experience in a customer facing role, including comprehending business needs, solving complex problems, and capturing business requirements to convert them into technical requirements.
Experience with working with developers to translate business needs into user stories.
Must be able to work quickly with a high degree of accuracy with cross-functional teams.
Experience with Agile delivery programs.
Demonstrated ability and experience using Microsoft Office Suite
Bachelor's Degree in finance, accounting, computer science, information systems or other relevant discipline.
Ability to pass a Moderate Background Investigation (MBI).

Nice To Haves

3 additional years of relevant experience may be substituted for education (13 years total).

Responsibilities

Lead business analysis and enhancement of complex financial business processes within VA financial systems.
Analyze upstream/downstream data flows to ensure end-to-end integrity across VA financial systems and interfacing systems.
Elicit, document, and manage business requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and test cases; map requirements to system configuration and federal policy.
Support the design and execution of functional tests (unit, SIT, UAT); support defect triage, root-cause analysis, and remediation planning.
Develop and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs), desk guides, and other artifacts to comply with VA financial policy and federal reporting guidance.
Produce management reports that support audit readiness, internal controls, and performance management.
Advise product owners and leadership on process re-engineering opportunities.
Assist with development of education & outreach materials including user guides and other external communications.
Responsible for creating/updating documents required as part of an agile system development life cycle including user stories, detailed functional specifications, technical design input, process documents (such as SOP's, guidelines, and validation master plans), etc.
Apply SAFe Agile methodologies to improve project delivery and team efficiency.