Business Analyst - Level 2 (Technical), Abacus Service Corporation, Washington, DC
Abacus Service Corporation -
Washington, DC,
US
Business Analyst - Level 2 (Technical)
Date Posted: 2024-05-08
Job description
Job Title Business Analyst - Level 2 (Technical) Client Company/Dept. Name Department of the Interior - National Indian Gaming Commission Division of Technology Support - IT Support Services ddress NIGC Headquarter facilities City Name WASHINGTON DC State Name WA-Washington Zip Code 20534-0004 If others (Address) Duration of the project Project Start Date 12/1/2022 Project End Date 1-Dec-23 Due date for Resume submission 8-Nov-22 No. of Openings 1 No. of Maximum Submissions 2 Job Description The NIGC currently uses both an external accounting system, Financial and Business Management System (FBMS) through the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI), and an internal accounting system, Sage-PeachTree (PT) to manage all financial accounting and required reporting activities for the agency.
The agency requires a business analyst to conduct a review and assessment of the current financial business processes and technologies currently used for agency financial accounting and reporting requirements in order to provide the agency with recommendations and plan to upgrade or establish a new financial accounting system to meet required internal accounting and reporting objectives established by the Division of Finance.
1. Business Analyst support to perform the following:
. Review and assess current Division of Finance's internal and external financial accounting and reporting processes using PT and FBMS.
b. Assist Division of Finance with collecting and defining internal reporting structure requirements from agency stakeholders. (i.e., Commission, executive management)
c. Investigate to understand current FBMS and PT coding structures and limitations.
d. Review current process with monthly manual mapping on financial transaction transfers between FBMS and PT systems to develop and/or provide recommended solutions to automate these processes.
e. Work with NIGC and DOI stakeholders on collecting and/or defining new system requirements. At a minimum, these requirements include, but are not limited to the following:
1. Integrate background investigation billing system (BillQuick) into PT or new accounting system.
2. Input budget at the same detail level on Excel budget template and upload the budget details to new system or PT.
3. Require a report writing function (or obtain a different report writer software) to integrate budget and actual data.
4. Design the actual vs. budget report format in the new system.
5. Consolidate actual data from FBMS and budget data from new accounting software at the same detail level into the report writing system.
6. Generate financial reporting on a regular basis.
7. Provide recommendations on improving internal financial accounting and business processes to eliminate manual work processes.
8. Evaluate and identify accounting system(s) and solutions to streamline reporting processes both internally and externally to FBMS.
Support activities will be governed by NIGC assigned task manager. Support will require a high degree of coordination and collaboration with existing NIGC technical support groups consisting of federal and contract employees. Skill set info Minimum 5 years performing business process and systems analysis
Strong financial background in accounting procedures and reporting
Proficiency with major accounting software and technologies
o Sage - PeachTree, Quickbooks
Ability to analyze and document business processes and requirements
Effectively communicates concepts and proposed solutions Education Certifications (if required) Documentation Required for submission Work Hours 7:00 AM and 7:00 PM Eastern Time Monday thru Friday except Federal holidays and except when the Government facility is closed due to local or national emergencies, administrative closings, or similar Government directed facility closings. Work authorization required US Citizen/GC/EAD Relocation is accepted N/ Remote work Yes dditional Notes if any
The agency requires a business analyst to conduct a review and assessment of the current financial business processes and technologies currently used for agency financial accounting and reporting requirements in order to provide the agency with recommendations and plan to upgrade or establish a new financial accounting system to meet required internal accounting and reporting objectives established by the Division of Finance.
1. Business Analyst support to perform the following:
. Review and assess current Division of Finance's internal and external financial accounting and reporting processes using PT and FBMS.
b. Assist Division of Finance with collecting and defining internal reporting structure requirements from agency stakeholders. (i.e., Commission, executive management)
c. Investigate to understand current FBMS and PT coding structures and limitations.
d. Review current process with monthly manual mapping on financial transaction transfers between FBMS and PT systems to develop and/or provide recommended solutions to automate these processes.
e. Work with NIGC and DOI stakeholders on collecting and/or defining new system requirements. At a minimum, these requirements include, but are not limited to the following:
1. Integrate background investigation billing system (BillQuick) into PT or new accounting system.
2. Input budget at the same detail level on Excel budget template and upload the budget details to new system or PT.
3. Require a report writing function (or obtain a different report writer software) to integrate budget and actual data.
4. Design the actual vs. budget report format in the new system.
5. Consolidate actual data from FBMS and budget data from new accounting software at the same detail level into the report writing system.
6. Generate financial reporting on a regular basis.
7. Provide recommendations on improving internal financial accounting and business processes to eliminate manual work processes.
8. Evaluate and identify accounting system(s) and solutions to streamline reporting processes both internally and externally to FBMS.
Support activities will be governed by NIGC assigned task manager. Support will require a high degree of coordination and collaboration with existing NIGC technical support groups consisting of federal and contract employees. Skill set info Minimum 5 years performing business process and systems analysis
Strong financial background in accounting procedures and reporting
Proficiency with major accounting software and technologies
o Sage - PeachTree, Quickbooks
Ability to analyze and document business processes and requirements
Effectively communicates concepts and proposed solutions Education Certifications (if required) Documentation Required for submission Work Hours 7:00 AM and 7:00 PM Eastern Time Monday thru Friday except Federal holidays and except when the Government facility is closed due to local or national emergencies, administrative closings, or similar Government directed facility closings. Work authorization required US Citizen/GC/EAD Relocation is accepted N/ Remote work Yes dditional Notes if any