Business Analyst - Senior

The posting, as Accenture Federal Services wrote it

At Accenture Federal Services, nothing matters more than helping the US federal government make the nation stronger and safer and life better for people. Our 13,000+ people are united in a shared purpose to pursue the limitless potential of technology and ingenuity for clients across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations.

Join Accenture Federal Services, a technology company within global Accenture. Recognized as a Glassdoor Top 100 Best Place to Work, we offer a collaborative and caring community where you feel like you belong and are empowered to grow, learn and thrive through hands-on experience, certifications, industry training and more.

Join us to drive positive, lasting change that moves missions and the government forward!

Who you are

As a Business Analyst, you will serve as a critical bridge between stakeholders and development teams, translating complex client and user requirements into actionable user stories that drive our AI solution's evolution. You will collaborate with Product Management, federal clients, and end users in an agile environment to elicit, analyze, and document business and functional requirements, shaping features that support large language model deployment, AI-powered workflows, and enterprise integration.

What you do

• Elicit and analyze business and functional requirements from federal clients, end users, and stakeholders through interviews, workshops, and documentation review.
• Translate complex requirements into clear, concise user stories with well-defined acceptance criteria for agile development teams.
• Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, and daily standups to support agile development processes.
• Validate user story completion and ensure deliverables meet acceptance criteria and stakeholder expectations.
• Draft functional specifications, business requirements documents, process flows, use cases, and requirements traceability matrices.
• Facilitate communication between technical teams and non-technical stakeholders, ensuring shared understanding of requirements and constraints.
• Conduct gap analysis identifying differences between current state and desired future state capabilities.
• Support user acceptance testing by developing test scenarios, coordinating testing activities, and documenting results.
• Analyze business processes and workflows to identify opportunities for AI-driven automation and optimization.
• Collaborate with Product Management to prioritize features based on business value, technical feasibility, and stakeholder needs.
• Document system functionality, user workflows, and integration requirements supporting both development and compliance activities.
• Support demonstration and training activities by documenting features and creating user-facing materials.
• Maintain requirements documentation ensuring accuracy, completeness, and alignment with evolving project scope.
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