XLA is currently seeking a Senior Business Analyst to support our DEA client onsite in Arlington, VA.  Candidates must be local to the Arlington area, as this position is onsite in a federal office setting 5 days/week.

Candidates must be able to obtain a U.S. security clearance. 

Salary: $90,000

The Senior Business Analyst competencies will encompass very high-level skills in the following areas: organization; time management; ability to multitask effectively; attention to detail, computer literacy; and well-developed interpersonal skills. Responsibilities and attributes include:

• Analyze and process financial and accounting reports, deliverables, accounts payable, cost accruals, and disbursements.
• Apply financial reporting and accounting management as related to the federal government accounting standards.
• Develop and maintain spreadsheets of obligations, accounts payable, cost accruals, and disbursements.
• Assist with financial and accounting audits of complex contracts.
• Analyze and prepare financial and accounting program activities.
• Develop operating procedures, directives, and/or guides to convey information relating to financial or accounting processes.
• Conduct studies improving accumulation, processes, and reporting of financial and accounting data to include development of complex funding documents and ongoing contract administration.
• Process funding requests into the DEA’s financial management system for action.
• Perform complex fund control activities.
• Perform in a respectful and professional manner with employees.
• Use analytical techniques and critical thinking to prepare delivery status of accounting, data or financial deliverables; identifies tracks and resolves data discrepancies or recommends solutions; attends meetings, working groups, and briefings.
• Process invoices after careful analysis of financial and accounting information.
• Track, organize, record, modify, identify, validate, analyze, and report financial and accounting data relating to procurement of commodities or services; reimbursable agreements; intra-agency agreements; account deliverable and receivables.
• Experienced user of Microsoft Office applications/tools; Excel

General Experience: 

• Requires experience in business system development or business process re-engineering.
• Working knowledge of analytical and quantitative techniques to solve business needs.
• Must have demonstrated proficiency in project management methodologies.
• Project management certification a plus.
• Must have strong written and oral communication skills and mastery of Microsoft Office Suite.

Functional Responsibilities:

• Guides customer in preparing functional specifications and project plans to assure customer’s objectives are met on time and within cost.
• Assists in the development, design, and implementation of strategic planning projects.
• Works with customer to define system needs and translate logic diagrams into program statements.
• Performs project management, workflow analysis, systems analysis, GAP analysis, integration, process design, user liaison, and systems deployment. 
• Develops and maintains expertise in the scripting designs of the various platforms.
• Prepares test bed requirements and performs system integration testing.

Minimum Experience/Education/Certification:

• Requires six plus years in business system development or business process re-engineering.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science preferred OR 8+ years of related experience (with no degree).

XLA is currently seeking a Systems Analyst to support our DEA client onsite in Arlington, VA.  Candidates must be local to the Arlington area, as this position is onsite in a federal office setting 5 days/week.

Salary: $70,000 per year

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in Government Contracting, ideally in an Acquisition field
• Candidate should have work experience primarily in data visualization/data analytics 
  and system administration, and any helpdesk experience within the 
  GovCon field is an added plus. 
• Candidate needs to have solid working knowledge in at least one of the following
  database systems: SQL, Tableau/Power BI, and/or SharePoint development.
• Monitor, Impact Assessment and DEA Implementation planning for external program and system development
• Develop and Deploy System Training
• Develop and Maintain System and Process documentation
• Develop and Maintain User documentation
• Hotline User Support
• Develop and Maintain System Metrics & Dashboard Reports
• Execute System/Data Audits
• Release Management
• Test version releases and upgrades
• Execute system data pulls and data analysis/ data mining tasks and report
• System Development: [a] Develop system Requirements, [b] Project Management
  and [c] System Pilot and [d] Implementation

Automate manual processes with applications including, but not limited to:

• SQL,
• SharePoint (SP2016 and 2019),
• SharePoint Designer (2013)
• SharePoint 365 [and Power-automate] – to be implemented late FY25
• UFMS (Momentum),
• MS PowerBI

Required Skills:

• Comfortable with Technology
• Ability to communicate orally and in writing
• Ability to plan and execute work independently
• Team player, well organized, self-motivated, curious, hungry and quick learner
• Good analytical skills
• Ability to work collaboratively with contracting, financial management and relocation staff in;
• Resolving issues and developing resolution recommendations
• Developing system requirements and Office of Acquisition & Relocation (FA) application tools, developing process workflow and documentation
• Proficient in at least one of the following: UFMS application, Momentum software or similar contract/financial management system Federal contracting,
• User helpdesk experience
• Broad technical skills (SQL, SharePoint, Power BI, .Net)