Sr. Business Analyst

The Financial Information Services Agency (FISA) has a vacancy for a Sr. Business Analyst to support the Financial Management System (FMS). The primary responsibilities of the position are:
- Investigate software issues reported by the Level 1 and 2 end user support or escalated to FISA Business Teams
by our Oversight Agencies. Follow through on reported issues may include some or all of the following actions
below:
- Proposing and authoring refinements to policy and procedure documentation,
- Proposing and authoring refinements to training material,
- Escalating to the development team the need for a programmatic resolution,
- Proposing end user (or oversight) workarounds to the usage issues (when appropriate),
(for complex usage scenarios) providing education and / or guidance when the system is not being used as designed / intended.
- Escalating to the Business team management the need for correction / enhancement to the software.
- Informing the Level 1 and 2 end user support teams of the resolution and communicating to those teams any instructions that need to be relayed to the individual who reported the issue.
- Analyze and document business requirements and the related non-functional requirements of the solution (e.g., operational, security, timing, etc.) as prioritized by the FISA Entity Manager. Solutions are provided that implement new and change existing components of the Financial System - in the form of: new reports, enhancements to existing reports, data fixes, mass data changes (as a substitute for large scale data entry), new batch processes and enhancements to batch processes, Simple and advanced data configuration bundles, definition of new online
transactions and inquiries, changes to existing online transactions and inquiries, etc.
- Under the direction of Sr. team staff, the candidate will author functional design documents that capture the details of the solution in all aspects (e.g., workflow requirements, business validations to be performed on data entry forms, formulas to be applied in calculations on inquiries and reports, presentation layer requirements on inquiries and reports, definition of inputs / outputs and business logic of new / modified batch processes, configuration
profile, application data configuration changes required to enact the business or processing change, etc.,). The documentation produced will follow FISA's standard for functional designs.
- Work with technical analysts to research problems and find and implement solutions as assigned by the FISA Entity Manager.
- During periods of peak testing (e.g., major releases) or as directed by the FISA Entity Manager, the candidate will test software to ensure it meets specifications and identify any defects. This task is done by using the online application, performing data analysis through the use of a reporting tool, and, in certain scenarios, through the execution of batch scripts. The candidate will also be expected to review and expand on business scenarios for the System Test team to test program modifications made to functional processes and Business Events programs.
- The candidate will be expected to take primary testing, coordination and scheduling (i.e., management) responsibilities for business data fix and mass data changes.
- Support and execute functional business events. This task is done by using the online application, performing data analysis through the use of a reporting tool, and, in certain scenarios, through the execution of batch scripts.
- Run simulations of business event processing and provide: detailed status reporting on progress, detailed inventory of defects identified and in the scope of regression testing for the event, very detailed reporting on transactional failures once the event has been simulated.
- Manage business event execution in production, which entails: assignment of tasks to participating parties, collection of status of assigned tasks, execution of tasks assigned to the candidate (e.g., reconciliation via data queries, plotting of numbers from executed reports onto reconciliation worksheets, review of transaction processing success rates, escalation of transaction rejections to individuals assigned for data correction or end users), dissemination of post event processing results (in terms of document counts, dollar value, and qualitative
analysis of document processing results). Business events are generally executed during times when the system is offline for batch processing or maintenance. The candidate is expected to be able to provide evening or weekend support for business event execution.
- Attend scheduled meetings where RM's (change control tracking items) are reviewed with the individuals from the development organization(s) supporting the Financial Management System. The candidate will have an assigned portfolio of RM's assigned and is expected to be prepared to speak to the business need in production date, requirements of the fix requested of the development organization, status of testing (if the candidate is performing user acceptance testing on behalf of the end users).
- Update assigned RM's in a timely and complete manner such that the development organizations and release management staff are able to assess the assign, estimate and schedule the ticket / work item effectively.
- Provide written status reports and timelines for the project management office when work tracks have graduated to the level of a project and require centralized reporting, The candidate may be expected to speak to the status of 'mini-projects' in management meetings as necessary,
- Perform independent research and document findings on topics pertinent to the business of the Financial Systems division - as requested by the FISA Entity Manager. With a fair degree of latitude for independent judgment, the Business Analyst is expected to perform the above activities for simple, medium and problems and complex business problems - with support from Sr. members of the team as necessary.