The Business Analyst will gather and maintain business and system requirements, analyze financial data, translate requirements into technical specifications, and conduct workshops and briefings for Federal clients.
cBEYONData + SMX is seeking a highly skilled and experienced team member to join our team in support of Enterprise Data Analytics Platform effort for a Federal customer. The focus across the broader program includes analyzing current data and system interfaces, building and maintaining data pipelines, developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and supporting other IT modernization programmatic activities. If you are interested in joining a high performing team with advancement opportunities, then look no further!
Responsibilities
- Responsible for gathering and maintaining business and system requirements for mid to large enterprise applications
- Provide Financials related business process analysis to identify business process impacts of system changes
- Analyze financial data from legacy systems and determine how the data elements and transactional records should be mapped and migrated into to analytical platform.
- Translate functional requirements into technical specifications to be provided to the technical team for development.
- Test and approve the final developed artifacts as a Business Analyst.
- Determine the integration of financial datasets with that from other domains like Logistics, Human Resources etc.
- Develop a deep understanding of business objectives and strategies to ensure architectural vision is fully aligned with those objectives and strategies
- Conduct workshops with customers to gain a comprehensive understanding of their current data and business processes.
- Prepare and present briefings to the client and program leads on approach, courses of action and implementation status.
Required Skills & Experience
- Active DoD Secret level security clearance are required
- Bachelor's degree in Finance or related field
- 6 years of related work experience
- Skills:
- Experience in business process analysis/management, enterprise solution implementations, operations analysis and/or strategic planning and a background in management consulting
- Experience in planning and leading financial requirements analysis workshops with stakeholders and functional POC’s in the Federal government sector
- Experience with creating functional designs and translating functional requirements into technical specifications
- Experience working with SAP Financial dataset to include FICO, AP, AR and Invoicing in a DoD system
- Knowledge of common SAP data elements between the FICO and other modules like MM, PP etc.
- Experience working with GFEBS
- Experience working as a Business Analyst and testing the end product developed by the technical developers
- Experience coding in Python/Pyspark and SQL
- Experience within a Software/Systems Development Life Cycle with solid understanding of the roles and tasks involved
- Significant experience in managing multiple priorities independently and/or in a team environment
- Ability to work cross-functionally, and participate in discussions
- Proven ability to work independently on assigned tasks without any supervision
- Driven, self-directed personality
- Strong sense of mission and commitment to making a difference
Application Deadline: April 30, 2026
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At SMX®, we are a team of technical and domain experts dedicated to enabling your mission. From priority national security initiatives for the DoD to highly assured and compliant solutions for healthcare, we understand that digital transformation is key to your future success.
We share your vision for the future and strive to accelerate your impact on the world. We bring both cutting edge technology and an expansive view of what’s possible to every engagement. Our delivery model and unique approaches harness our deep technical and domain knowledge, providing forward-looking insights and practical solutions to power secure mission acceleration.
SMX is an Equal Opportunity employer including disabilities and veterans.
Selected applicant may be subject to a background investigation and/or education verification.
SMX does not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization or immigration related support for this position (i.e. H1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN, E-2, E-3, L-1 and O-1, or any EADs or other forms of work authorization that require immigration support from an employer).
Top Skills
Pyspark
Python
SAP
SQL
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