We are seeking an experienced Senior / Lead Business Analyst to join our BFSI practice, acting as a key liaison between development and business partners across the software development lifecycle. In this role, you will work directly with clients and stakeholders to elicit requirements, propose functional solutions and drive Agile delivery while serving as a trusted advisor across complex projects.

Responsibilities

Act as a liaison between development and business partners throughout SDLC projects
Work directly with client and business stakeholders for requirements elicitation, proposing feasible functional solutions, supporting acceptance testing, getting client buy-in and conflict handling
Serve as a trusted advisor to client and business stakeholders
Collaborate with development stakeholders on requirements feasibility discussions, elaboration, ambiguity resolution, clarifications, test scenario review, test result review and conflict handling
Document requirements of a software system and manage requirements with end-to-end traceability
Run workshops with business users and summarise the action items
Drive the Agile process and ceremonies
Write needed stories based upon the Sprint/PI goals
Facilitate requirement gathering for data movement and needs
Diagram complex processes to allow for simpler discussions
Guide teams in their efforts to meet prescribed goals
Gather requirements and information needed to stand up a cloud environment

Requirements

6 to 15 years of experience in business analysis, requirement gathering and stakeholder management
Background in working on SDLC projects as a liaison between development and business partners
Expertise in documentation of software system requirements and requirements management with end-to-end traceability
Proficiency in xJira, Rally ALM, TFS or ServiceNow or similar project/change management tools for feature/epic description, user stories and acceptance criteria using Gherkin BDD approach
SDLC experience in most Agile frameworks, at least one among SCRUM, Kanban, Scrum Ban or SAFe
Understanding of Agile process and ceremonies
Skills in creating BRD and FRD
Background in any of the leading domains like BFSI, Insurance, Payments, Capital Markets or Investment Banking

Senior / Lead Business Analyst - BFSI