We are seeking a Business Analyst to join a data warehouse and business intelligence (BI) development team supporting our federal customer’s financial dashboard and reporting system. This is an exciting opportunity for someone eager to learn, grow, and expand their career in business analysis. The candidate for this role should have experience with data requirements gathering, reporting, and analytics, and possess interpersonal skills to communicate requirements, design, and development to the technical team, client, and end-users.
Responsibilities:
• Participate in functional requirements definition and business process design sessions with end-users.
• Prepare functional designs and process flow documentation according to the client policies and standards.
• Provide support to assess, evaluate, and prioritize analytic development initiatives.
• Assist in identifying, defining, and assessing the impact of system/data design and upgrade changes.
• Develop functional requirements documentation to support the future development, design, and building of financial data analytic applications.
• Perform functional gap analysis on Momentum and other financial system data to assess compliance with agency regulations, business enterprise architectures, and system migration plans.
• Evaluate business cases and system requirements to support the development, upgrade, and maintenance of financial systems data and analytics.
• Lead training efforts to communicate and implement enhanced analytic capabilities.
• Identify client financial analytic pain-points and propose solutions to address and remediate issues.
Qualifications:
• Strong communication skills and ability to produce and present presentations to executive-level leadership.
• Knowledge of Federal financials is a plus.
• Highly motivated, detail-oriented, and eager to learn new skills.
• Top Secret clearance required.
• This is a full-time position on a multi-year contract with on-site work performed at the client’s office located in Washington, D.C.
Application Deadline: January 31, 2026
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The SMX salary determination process takes into account a number of factors, including but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories, relevant prior work experience, specific skills, education and certifications. At SMX, one of our Core Values is to Invest in Our People so we offer a competitive mix of compensation, learning & development opportunities, and benefits. Some key components of our robust benefits include health insurance, paid leave, and retirement.
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).
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