Senior Business Analyst

About the role

Join Accenture Federal Services, a technology company within global Accenture, to drive positive, lasting change that moves missions and the government forward.

Responsibilities

• Perform requirements analysis and documentation activities such as: Gather, analyze, and document business requirements through stakeholder interviews, workshops, and process observation; Translate business needs into detailed functional and technical specifications; Create comprehensive documentation including user stories, use cases, process flows, and system requirements; and Maintain requirements traceability throughout project lifecycles
• Conduct Process Analysis and Improvement Activities such as: Conduct gap analysis between current state and desired future state; Develop process maps, workflows, and standard operating procedures; etc.
• Engage in Stakeholder Management Activities such as: Collaborate with business users, project managers, developers, and other key stakeholders, etc.
• Perform Systems Analysis & Testing activities such as: Analyze system functionality and performance to ensure alignment with business requirements
• Conduct Data Analysis & Reporting Activities such as: Create reports, dashboards, and visualizations to support decision-making

Requirements

• 7 years of experience as a Business Analyst supporting Agile software development programs, preferably within federal environments
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience in lieu of a degree
• Proven experience translating mission and business needs into epics, features, and well-defined user stories with acceptance criteria in an Agile environment
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral, and experience facilitating discussions to elicit requirements with business users
• Hands-on experience using JIRA, Confluence, and/or GitHub to manage backlogs, document requirements, and maintain traceability
• Strong ability to collaborate with product owners, engineers, and Scrum teams, supporting backlog refinement, sprint planning, and release activities
• Experience performing gap analyses and workflow analysis to define current vs. future state system capabilities
• Experience supporting user acceptance testing, system testing and validation, ensuring delivered functionality aligns with documented requirements

Qualifications

• An active TS/SCI with polygraph federal security clearance is required

Skills

• Agile methodology
• Business analysis
• Requirements gathering and documentation
• Process analysis and improvement
• Stakeholder management
• Systems analysis and testing
• Data analysis and reporting

Benefits

• Reasonable accommodation for work-related medical conditions or religious observances
• Equal employment opportunity
• Disability and veteran-friendly hiring practices

Pay

• $108,300—$138,700 USD

Schedule

• Full-time