The Role
The Senior Business Systems Analyst acts as a liaison between stakeholders and technical teams, leading projects, gathering requirements, designing solutions, and providing ongoing support and mentorship.
Summary Generated by Built In
Job Title: Business Systems Analyst (Onsite)
Location: Washington, DC
Duration: 12 Months+
Job Description:
A Senior Business Systems Analyst (BSA) serves as a key liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams, focusing on complex projects to analyze business needs, design innovative systems solutions, and drive process improvements. This role often involves leadership, mentorship, and a high degree of autonomy in managing large, cross-functional projects.
Key Responsibilities and Duties:
Minimum Education/Certification Requirements:
Skills:
SkillsRequired / DesiredAmountof ExperienceBA experienceRequired11YearsSoftware Development Lifecycle experienceRequired11YearsRequirements gathering and documentationRequired11YearsMS Office/PowerPoint experienceRequired11Yearsexperience as a business systems analyst or in a similar role, with demonstrated success in managing complex projects.Required5YearsProficiency in data analysis and reporting tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau), SQL, process modeling tools (e.g., Visio)Required5Yearsexperience with development methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Scrum) and relevant platforms (e.g., Jira, MS Office, Salesforce) are highly valuedHighly desired11YearsBachelor’s degree in business administration, CS, IT or related field or equivalent experienceRequiredExcellent analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills are essential. Strong communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills requiredRequiredProfessional Certification in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA, IIBA CBAP) or Project Management (PMP)Desired
Location: Washington, DC
Duration: 12 Months+
Job Description:
A Senior Business Systems Analyst (BSA) serves as a key liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams, focusing on complex projects to analyze business needs, design innovative systems solutions, and drive process improvements. This role often involves leadership, mentorship, and a high degree of autonomy in managing large, cross-functional projects.
Key Responsibilities and Duties:
- Requirements Gathering & Analysis: Lead workshops and conduct in-depth interviews with stakeholders across various departments to understand, document, and prioritize complex business requirements and objectives.
- Solution Design & Development Support: Translate high-level business needs into detailed functional specifications, user stories, and technical requirements for development teams. Collaborate with solution architects and developers to design and build effective, scalable solutions.
- Project and Process Management: Act as a project lead on moderate to large projects, planning and monitoring timelines, budgets, and resources. Drive continuous improvement by analyzing existing business processes and identifying opportunities for optimization and automation.
- Documentation & Communication: Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation, including data flow diagrams, process maps, user manuals, and training materials. Communicate complex information and project status effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences, including senior management.
- Testing & Quality Assurance: Design and execute thorough test plans and scenarios (e.g., UAT, performance testing) to ensure solutions are accurate, reliable, and compliant with requirements and quality standards.
- Support & Training: Provide ongoing support for implemented systems, troubleshoot complex issues, and conduct user training sessions to ensure user adoption and proficiency.
- Vendor Management: Interface with external vendors and manage their activities, including evaluating vendor submissions and ensuring vendor solutions align with business needs.
- Mentorship & Leadership: Provide guidance and technical leadership to other analysts and team members, contributing to the development of best practices within the organization.
- Formulates and defines systems scope and objectives based on both user needs and a thorough understanding of business systems and industry requirements.
- Devises or modifies procedures to solve complex problems considering computer equipment capacity and limitations, operation time, and form of desired results. Includes analysis of business and user needs, documentation of requirements, and translation into proper system requirements specifications.
- Provides consultation on complex projects and is considered to be the top-level contributor/specialist of most phases of systems analysis, while considering the business implications of the application of technology to the current and future business environment.
Minimum Education/Certification Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience; or a current Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
Skills:
SkillsRequired / DesiredAmountof ExperienceBA experienceRequired11YearsSoftware Development Lifecycle experienceRequired11YearsRequirements gathering and documentationRequired11YearsMS Office/PowerPoint experienceRequired11Yearsexperience as a business systems analyst or in a similar role, with demonstrated success in managing complex projects.Required5YearsProficiency in data analysis and reporting tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau), SQL, process modeling tools (e.g., Visio)Required5Yearsexperience with development methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Scrum) and relevant platforms (e.g., Jira, MS Office, Salesforce) are highly valuedHighly desired11YearsBachelor’s degree in business administration, CS, IT or related field or equivalent experienceRequiredExcellent analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills are essential. Strong communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills requiredRequiredProfessional Certification in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA, IIBA CBAP) or Project Management (PMP)Desired
Top Skills
JIRA
MS Office
Power BI
Salesforce
SQL
Tableau
Visio
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The Company
What We Do
Serigor provides IT Services and IT staffing to Government and Commercial enterprises of all sizes. Serigor has twelve years of proven track record in IT Services, Government Solutions, and Staffing Solutions.
● MBE/WBE/WBENC/WOSB company, headquartered in Baltimore, MD.
● Multiple, multi-year contracts with Government Agencies at State, County, City, and Federal.
● Commercial clients include Fortune 1000 and Start-Ups all over the US.
● Onshore and offshore IT delivery centers.
● IT solutions encompass contracts that are Fixed Price, T&M, Product Development in all technologies.
● Workforce and staffing solutions encompass contract, contract-to-hire, permanent placement and statement of work job assignments.
