Senior Business Analyst

SENIOR BUSINESS ANALYST

Location:

Washington, DC (Onsite)
Engagement Type:
Contract Hourly (T&M)
Duration: 12 Months

Required Experience:

10+ Years

• Engage climate business stakeholders, operational teams, data teams, and IT partners to gather and document detailed business and functional requirements
• Conduct assessment sessions to understand climate business processes, compliance obligations, analytics and reporting needs, and user experience goals
• Analyze existing Climate Portal functionality and integrations with upstream and downstream systems
• Map end-to-end climate-related workflows, data flows, and datasets
• Perform comprehensive assessments of Climate Portal architecture, integrations, data pipelines, and functional components
• Conduct impact analysis across IT ecosystem for proposed enhancements and new capabilities
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, data quality, scalability, and overall user experience in alignment with climate strategy
• Develop high-quality documentation including Business Requirements Documents (BRDs), Functional Specification Documents (FSDs), process flows and data mappings, epics, capabilities, features, and user stories, ensuring alignment with climate standards, reporting frameworks, and SAFe Agile practices
• Participate in Agile ceremonies (PI Planning, backlog refinement, sprint planning) and collaborate with onsite and offshore delivery teams to ensure clear understanding of requirements and acceptance criteria
• Provide continuous clarification and support throughout implementation
• Support System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT); assist in defining test scenarios, test data, and validation criteria; validate delivered functionality against approved requirements and support business user acceptance
• Provide recommendations aligned with industry best practices for climate and sustainability digital solutions
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Project Manager

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, Sustainability, Environmental Science, or equivalent experience
• 10+ years of experience as a Business Analyst in enterprise-scale IT environments
• Experience working on large, complex systems using Agile delivery models
• Experience in Finance, Sustainability, Climate Business, or ESG-related IT systems (preferred)
• Exposure to Paris Alignment, Climate Risk, Climate Finance, or GHG assessments is a strong plus
• Strong expertise in requirements elicitation, gap analysis, process modeling, integration analysis, and data-driven functional design
• Strong experience working within the SAFe Agile Framework
• Hands‑on experience creating epics, capabilities, features, and user stories
• Familiarity with Azure Dev Ops Boards for requirements and test management (preferred)
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and presentation skills
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities
• Ability to work independently and collaborate with diverse, globally distributed teams
• High attention to detail and strong ownership of deliverables through acceptance

Yashmita, Technical Recruiter at Kanak IT Services LLC
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