Senior Business Analyst

Bethesda, Maryland

MSRcosmos LLC
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Job Description:

  1. Bridging Business and Technical Teams


• Act as a liaison between business stakeholders, developer(s), and data teams to ensure a clear understanding of business needs and technical feasibility.


• Facilitate discussions between non-technical stakeholders and technical teams to ensure alignment on requirements, priorities, and delivery expectations.


• Translate business objectives into technical specifications, ensuring clarity for both parties.

  1. Requirements Gathering and Documentation


• Conduct workshops, stakeholder interviews, and process mapping to gather business requirements.


• Document business processes, functional requirements, user stories, and workflows.


• Ensure all documentation is structured, detailed, and understandable by both business and technical teams.


• Manage requirement changes effectively, ensuring traceability from initial ask to implementation.

  1. Testing and Validation


• Develop test scripts and acceptance criteria based on signed-off requirements.


• Support UAT by coordinating with stakeholders and technical teams.


• Validate developed solutions to ensure they meet business needs before deployment.

  1. App and Data Support


• Collaborate with Power BI developers and data teams to define and validate reports, dashboards, and analytics solutions.


• Work with technical teams to validate data accuracy, transformations, and business logic.


• Collaborate with developers to discuss system integrations and automations.

  1. Process Improvement and Compliance


• Identify gaps and inefficiencies in current business processes, proposing improvements.


• Ensure documentation meets the standards. Key Skills and Competencies

  1. Business and Facilitation Skills


• Strong ability to bridge business and technical discussions


• Experience in financial services
• Understanding of business process modeling (BPMN, UML, or similar)


• Ability to drive collaborative decision-making

2. Technical and Data Skills


• Experience with Power BI (reports, dashboards, DAX)


• Familiarity with Azure cloud services (Logic Apps, Functions, Data Factory, etc.)


• Understanding of high-code C based applications or API (to facilitate discussions, not coding)


• SQL knowledge for data validation and analysis

  1. Testing and Documentation


• Writing functional specs, user stories, and test cases


• Experience in UAT and test script creation


• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies and tools (JIRA, Confluence)

  1. Soft Skills


• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills


• Ability to work cross-functionally with teams


• Strong attention to detail and structured problem-solving Nice-to-Have (Bonus Skills)


• Experience with financial data analytics and reporting


• Knowledge of ETL processes and data warehousing


• Exposure to Azure Data Services (ADF, Synapse, etc.)
• Understanding of API testing tools (Postman, Swagger

Date Posted: 02 May 2025
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