JOB TITLE: SENIOR BUSINESS ANALYST
LOCATION: WASHINGTON, DC (ONSITE)
ENGAGEMENT TYPE: CONTRACT HOURLY (T&M)
DURATION: 12 MONTHS

10+ YEARS EXPERIENCE CANDIDATE

Job Summary

Key Responsibilities

Business & Functional Analysis

• 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

Assessment & Impact Analysis

• 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

Requirements Documentation

• Develop high-quality documentation including:
  • Business Requirements Documents (BRDs)
  • Functional Specification Documents (FSDs)
  • Process flows and data mappings
  • Epics, capabilities, features, and user stories
• Ensure requirements align with climate standards, reporting frameworks, and SAFe Agile practices

Agile Collaboration & Delivery Support

• Participate in Agile ceremonies as required, including PI Planning, backlog refinement, and sprint planning
• Collaborate with onsite and offshore delivery teams to ensure clear understanding of requirements and acceptance criteria
• Provide continuous clarification and support throughout implementation

Testing & Quality Assurance

• 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

Additional Responsibilities

• Provide recommendations aligned with industry best practices for climate and sustainability digital solutions
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Project Manager

Required Skills & Experience

Education & Experience

• 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

Domain & Functional Expertise

• 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

Agile & Tools

• Strong experience working within the SAFe Agile Framework
• Hands-on experience creating epics, capabilities, features, and user stories
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps Boards for requirements and test management (preferred)

Core Competencies

• 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