Senior Business Analyst

Job Title: Senior Business Analyst

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst with 13+ years of experience in business analysis, requirements management, stakeholder engagement, and process improvement. The ideal candidate will work closely with business stakeholders, product teams, and technical teams to identify business needs, define solutions, and ensure successful project delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather, analyze, and document business requirements.
• Conduct requirement elicitation sessions, workshops, interviews, and stakeholder meetings.
• Translate business requirements into detailed functional and non-functional specifications.
• Create and maintain Business Requirement Documents (BRDs), Functional Requirement Documents (FRDs), user stories, use cases, and process flows.
• Perform gap analysis, impact analysis, and root cause analysis.
• Work closely with Product Owners, Project Managers, Developers, QA teams, and business users throughout the project lifecycle.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog grooming, and user story refinement.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and validate business requirements.
• Identify opportunities for process optimization and operational efficiency improvements.
• Monitor project progress and ensure alignment with business objectives.
• Prepare executive reports, dashboards, and presentations for senior leadership.

Required Skills

• 13+ years of Business Analysis experience.
• Strong expertise in requirements gathering, business process modeling, and documentation.
• Experience with Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, and Hybrid methodologies.
• Proficiency in creating BRDs, FRDs, user stories, use cases, and process maps.
• Strong knowledge of SQL for data analysis and reporting.
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, Visio, Lucidchart, and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
• Experience conducting UAT and managing requirement traceability matrices (RTM).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Banking, Financial Services, Insurance, Healthcare, Retail, or Technology domains.
• Knowledge of data analytics, BI tools (Power BI/Tableau), and reporting solutions.
• Familiarity with API integrations, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/Google Cloud Platform), and digital transformation initiatives.
• Experience working with cross-functional and global teams.

Education

• Bachelor''s degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
• MBA or equivalent master''s degree preferred.
• Certifications such as CBAP, PMI-PBA, CSM, CSPO, or Agile certifications are highly desirable.

Nice to Have

• Power BI/Tableau reporting experience.
• Data mapping and data migration project experience.
• Knowledge of SDLC, BPMN, UML, and process automation initiatives.
• Experience supporting enterprise-level digital transformation programs.

Keywords: Business Analysis, BRD, FRD, User Stories, Agile, Scrum, Jira, Confluence, UAT, SQL, Stakeholder Management, Gap Analysis, Process Improvement, SDLC, CBAP, PMI-PBA, Power BI, Tableau.