BUSINESS ANALYST — CAPITAL & REGULATORY FINANCE

Job Title: BUSINESS ANALYST - CAPITAL & REGULATORY FINANCE
Location: RestonVA
Duration: 12 Months
Visa: USC GC H1B and EAD
Contract Type: W2

Job Description:

Client is seeking a Business Analyst to serve as an embedded consultant within a major Government-Sponsored Enterprises (GSE) Finance Services division. The role supports the Capital and Regulatory Reporting function acting as a critical bridge between business stakeholders and technology teams. The ideal candidate combines a strong accounting and financial services background with hands-on data analysis skills to ensure accurate capital calculations regulatory compliance and efficient business operations.

Primary Responsibilities:

• As a Business Analyst embedded within the clients Capital and Regulatory Finance team you will serve as the primary liaison between business units and technology groups. Your responsibilities will include:
• Developing and documenting detailed business requirements by partnering with subject matter experts translating high-level business needs into actionable specifications for technology teams.
• Sourcing validating and profiling accounting and financial data used to generate capital results ensuring data integrity across upstream and downstream systems.
• Performing data analysis and profiling using SQL to independently verify data quality reconcile results and support decision-making.
• Supporting user acceptance testing (UAT) for system enhancements regulatory changes and production releases including the creation of test plans and defect tracking.
• Managing day-to-day business operations for capital and regulatory reporting processes ensuring timely and accurate production cycles.
• Navigating cross-functional stakeholder relationships independently proactively engaging business and technology counterparts to gather information resolve issues and drive deliverables forward.
• Translating regulatory requirements-including Basel III endgame and ERCF capital rule changes-into system and data requirements that can be implemented by development teams.
• Creating and maintaining comprehensive documentation for requirements business rules test plans operational procedures and knowledge transfer materials.
• Identifying process improvement opportunities within existing capital and reporting workflows and recommending solutions.

Required Qualifications:

• 5 years of professional experience as a Business Analyst in financial services banking or a GSE environment.
• Strong accounting background with working knowledge of derivatives hedge accounting and financial reporting concepts.
• Proficiency in SQL for data querying analysis validation and profiling.
• Knowledge of capital frameworks (Basel III ERCF) or regulatory reporting requirements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to produce clear requirements documents presentations and status reports.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently connect disparate data points and drive issues to resolution with minimal oversight.
• Bachelors degree in Accounting Finance Business Administration Economics or a related field.
• Local to the Reston VA / Washington D.C. metro area with ability to work onsite a minimum of 3 days per week in Reston.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience working within a Government-Sponsored Enterprise is strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with GSE capital and finance systems organizational structures and internal processes.
• Experience with secondary mortgage market operations securitization and structured finance.
• Proficiency with Jira or similar Agile project management tools.
• Experience with user acceptance testing (UAT) requirements traceability and SDLC/Agile methodologies.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications particularly Excel for data analysis and PowerPoint for stakeholder presentations.