Senior Business Analyst

XLA•Arlington, VA

19h•Onsite

About The Position

XLA is currently seeking a Senior Business Analyst to support our DEA client onsite in Arlington, VA. Candidates must be local to the Arlington area, as this position is onsite in a federal office setting 5 days/week. The Senior Business Analyst competencies will encompass very high-level skills in the following areas: organization; time management; ability to multitask effectively; attention to detail, computer literacy; and well-developed interpersonal skills.

Requirements

Requires experience in business system development or business process re-engineering.
Working knowledge of analytical and quantitative techniques to solve business needs.
Must have demonstrated proficiency in project management methodologies.
Must have strong written and oral communication skills and mastery of Microsoft Office Suite.
Experienced user of Microsoft Office applications/tools; Excel
Requires six plus years in business system development or business process re-engineering.
Bachelor’s degree in computer science preferred OR 8+ years of related experience (with no degree).

Nice To Haves

Project management certification a plus.

Responsibilities

Analyze and process financial and accounting reports, deliverables, accounts payable, cost accruals, and disbursements.
Apply financial reporting and accounting management as related to the federal government accounting standards.
Develop and maintain spreadsheets of obligations, accounts payable, cost accruals, and disbursements.
Assist with financial and accounting audits of complex contracts.
Analyze and prepare financial and accounting program activities.
Develop operating procedures, directives, and/or guides to convey information relating to financial or accounting processes.
Conduct studies improving accumulation, processes, and reporting of financial and accounting data to include development of complex funding documents and ongoing contract administration.
Process funding requests into the DEA’s financial management system for action.
Perform complex fund control activities.
Perform in a respectful and professional manner with employees.
Use analytical techniques and critical thinking to prepare delivery status of accounting, data or financial deliverables; identifies tracks and resolves data discrepancies or recommends solutions; attends meetings, working groups, and briefings.
Process invoices after careful analysis of financial and accounting information.
Track, organize, record, modify, identify, validate, analyze, and report financial and accounting data relating to procurement of commodities or services; reimbursable agreements; intra-agency agreements; account deliverable and receivables.
Guides customer in preparing functional specifications and project plans to assure customer’s objectives are met on time and within cost.
Assists in the development, design, and implementation of strategic planning projects.
Works with customer to define system needs and translate logic diagrams into program statements.
Performs project management, workflow analysis, systems analysis, GAP analysis, integration, process design, user liaison, and systems deployment.
Develops and maintains expertise in the scripting designs of the various platforms.
Prepares test bed requirements and performs system integration testing.