Business Analyst
Guidehouse · Arlington, VA · 3 wk ago
On-siteAnalystFull-time
Travel Required: Up to 10%. Must be able to obtain and maintain a Federal or DoD "Public Trust" clearance; candidates with an active Public Trust or Suitability are preferred. U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency required.
What You Will Do
- Analyze business systems, user needs, and operational processes to develop clear requirements, user stories, use cases, process flows, and supporting documentation.
- Support all aspects of project coordination, including planning, organizing, scheduling, tracking, and reporting activities.
- Provide support for program management activities, including status reporting, risk tracking, meeting coordination, action item management, and performance monitoring.
- Facilitate stakeholder discussions to clarify scope, confirm priorities, and translate requirements into actionable work for development teams.
- Create and maintain documentation, including functional specifications, data flows, test scenarios, requirements traceability, wireframes, mockups, and status materials.
- Present requirements, product features, metrics, and project updates to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Prepare project documentation, presentations, briefing materials, meeting minutes, and executive-level communications.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure timely completion of project milestones and deliverables.
- Analyze program data and provide recommendations to support decision-making and continuous process improvement.
- Maintain project artifacts within enterprise collaboration platforms and support compliance with organizational standards.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree. A Master's degree in an appropriate discipline will be considered equivalent to three (3) years of relevant experience.
- Five (5) years of experience.
- Strong communication, facilitation, interpersonal, and leadership skills.
- Ability to manage competing priorities while balancing strategic objectives with detailed requirements.
- Experience with Jira, ServiceNow, SharePoint.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio or a comparable diagramming tool.
- Must be able to travel to the client office in Washington, DC as needed and the Guidehouse office in Arlington, VA.
What Would Be Nice To Have
- Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences.
- Experience supporting federal projects.
- Experience with all aspects of the software development lifecycle.
- FAA experience is desired.
- Experience with Tableau or PowerBI.
Benefits
- Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
- Parental Leave
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Group Term Life and Travel Assistance
- Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
- Health Savings Account, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Transit and Parking Commuter Benefits
- Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
- Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development, Certifications & Learning Opportunities
- Employee Referral Program
- Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
- Care.com annual membership
- Employee Assistance Program
- Supplemental Benefits via Corestream (Critical Care, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance and ID theft protection, etc.)
- Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus