Business Analyst Specialist

Job Title: Senior Business Analyst / Data Analyst Location: Mclean, VA (Fully Onsite) Duration: 06+ Months Contract Job id – 177665 • Position focused on building reporting and data solutions on a centralized data platform; primary tools: Snowflake, SQL, Python, Power BI. • Candidates must be hands-on in Power BI to build dashboards and able to translate business reporting requirements into technical outputs. • Typical tasks: replicate existing Excel/graph requirements in Power BI, build new dashboards from scratch, write queries/ETL logic to load data into Snowflake when needed. • Mortgage-specific experience is not required; financial institution background is helpful but the role is execution-oriented with business requirements provided. • Expectation: ability to work with raw data and develop automated dashboards leveraging the new centralized Snowflake data structure. Project scope & technical stack • Project goal: centralize reporting data into Snowflake and use Power BI as the main visualization/reporting tool to automate reporting across daily and monthly reports and senior management forums. • The internal forecasting engine is proprietary (Java) and outputs are stored in Snowflake; the team is moving away from Hyperion into Snowflake. • Development work will include some SQL (pre-SQL), Python, and occasional integration code to connect with the Java engine; the team aims to keep the stack simple and not adopt many additional tools. Must Have Qualifications: Strong experience with Snowflake, SQL, and Python for data querying, reporting and building data solutions. Hands-on Power BI skills for dashboarding and visualization, with the ability to translate business reporting requirements into technical outputs. Background in finance is preferred. Experience in: • Experience working as business analyst in mortgage industry • Can interface between business and technical teams • Understanding of different work streams support and Forecasting Governance and Controls • Requirement gathering • Process/data flow design • Technical spec design • Business analysis • Translating business requirements to technical requirements -Defining project objectives Feasibility analysis • Supporting development, systems integration testing and user acceptance testing (UAT) Creating and documenting UAT test strategies/plans and test cases/scripts • Knowledge of manual and automation testing • Excellent communication and analytical skills. • Can use Power BI and automated tools. Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience) • 2 - 4 years of experience?in product /business analysis, product operations, or a related role supporting technology delivery. • Proficient with Atlassian software suite (Jira, Confluence) or similar agile management tools. • Experience working with agile delivery teams (Scrum, Kanban, etc.) and supporting backlog refinement, business process documentation and requirements management. • Strong analytical, strategic, and problem-solving skills; able to use data and stakeholder input to inform recommendations. • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including ability to facilitate working sessions and document outcomes clearly. • Comfortable operating in ambiguous environments with flexibility to manage multiple concurrent priorities. • Experience in the broader financial services industry is required.About PTR Global: PTR Global is a leading provider of information technology and workforce solutions. 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