Sr. Business Analyst

About NFF

Since 1996, NFF has designed, architected, and delivered IT network and security solutions to many state, and local government agencies, K-20 educational institutions, federal agencies, and large enterprise businesses across the mid-Atlantic. NFF is a technology services and solutions provider, specializing in next-generation IT infrastructure including networks, data centers, cloud migrations, IT security, collaboration and mobility, and full/part-time staff augmentation services.   Our solutions, professional services and IT staffing portfolio are centered around building more resilient, secure, adaptive, and intelligent IT infrastructure and include comprehensive assessment, architecture, design, integration and installation services, and ongoing performance management services though our Network Operations Center (NOC).  

 

NFF is a Cisco Gold Partner with a Customer Experience Specialization and was a “Cisco Top-5 Mid-Atlantic SLED Partner” in 2019, 2020 and 2022. NFF has maintained Cisco Gold Partnership since 2008, is the only Cisco Gold Partner headquartered in the District of Columbia. In addition to Cisco, NFF has key partnerships with many manufacturers and IT solution providers including, Rapid7, Arctic Wolf, VMware, NetApp and Splunk.

NFF is a District of Columbia (DC) Certified Business Enterprise (CBE) and a SBA Certified Small Business with headquarters in downtown Washington, DC. Our dedication to quality is reflected in our accomplishment of being awarded multiple ISO 9001:2015 certifications.

About this Position / Responsibilities

Formulates and defines systems scope and objectives based on both user needs and a thorough understanding of business systems and industry requirements.

 

Duties:

• The business system analyst is responsible for solving business problems, defining business architecture, process optimization, business rules, business cases, business requirements, organizational change (communications), and UAT.
• The role of Business System Analysis Hyperion Financial Management is to understand and document current business procedures and identify areas for improvement. This person will provide hands-on business process requirements analysis in support of Hyperion Financial Management Suite and related applications. In collaboration with internal departments and external resources, plans, designs and implements financial systems solutions. A thorough understanding of the current state of the organization is necessary prior to recommending changes related to implementing a new business solution.
• Under general supervision, formulate and define system scope and objectives through research; as well as demonstrate expertise with the Hyperion Financial Management suite.
• The Business Systems analyst is responsible for the knowledge transfer of business requirements to the application & database developers and project managers.
• The Business Analyst shall be able to make cogent arguments recommending a course of action.
• The Business Analyst needs to scour through enormous amounts of information in the business area that they support to find the salient points.
• New business patterns happen all the time and detecting them can provide a significant advantage. A business analyst shall be able to identify and address the change in the business process.
• Business analysts shall understand the variety of standard ideas and methods for requirements gathering and elicitation & translate what business wants into IT requirements and design specifications.
• Business analyst shall be able to create trust between Business and IT
• Business analyst shall assist in identifying and implementing various software solutions.
• Business analyst shall provide application support for business users.
• Business analyst shall have ability to write functional design specifications.
• Business analyst shall have experience supporting data cleanup, data conversion and reconciliation activities.
• Business analyst shall be able to review design specification developed by other analysts and provide feedback on design.
• Business analyst shall be able to write white papers and solution recommendations as needed.
• Business analyst shall be able to support testing and training activities.

 

Responsibilities:

• 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 translat