Job Description – Senior Business Analyst

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst with 13+ years of professional experience in business analysis, requirements management, stakeholder engagement, and solution delivery. The ideal candidate will bridge business needs with technical solutions by gathering, analyzing, documenting, and validating requirements while collaborating with cross-functional teams throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

The candidate should possess excellent analytical, communication, and leadership skills with experience working in Agile and Waterfall environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Gather, analyze, and document business, functional, and non-functional requirements.
• Conduct requirement elicitation sessions, stakeholder interviews, workshops, and JAD sessions.
• Translate business requirements into functional specifications, user stories, process flows, and acceptance criteria.
• Create Business Requirement Documents (BRD), Functional Requirement Documents (FRD), Use Cases, Gap Analysis, and Process Maps.
• Perform business process modeling using BPMN, UML, workflow diagrams, and data flow diagrams.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Project Managers, Architects, Developers, QA teams, and business stakeholders.
• Manage requirements throughout the SDLC and ensure traceability using RTM.
• Facilitate sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Analyze business processes and recommend process improvements to enhance operational efficiency.
• Conduct impact analysis, root cause analysis, feasibility studies, and risk assessments.
• Validate developed solutions against business requirements.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) by preparing test scenarios, test cases, and coordinating defect resolution.
• Monitor project progress and ensure timely delivery of business objectives.
• Mentor junior Business Analysts and provide guidance on best practices.
• Prepare executive reports, dashboards, presentations, and project documentation.
• Coordinate change management activities and ensure stakeholder alignment.
• Work closely with data teams to define reporting and analytics requirements.
• Ensure compliance with organizational standards, governance, and regulatory requirements.

Required Skills

• Business Analysis
• Requirement Gathering & Elicitation
• BRD, FRD, SRS Documentation
• User Stories & Acceptance Criteria
• Gap Analysis
• Business Process Modeling
• Process Improvement
• SDLC & STLC
• Agile Scrum
• Waterfall Methodology
• UML
• BPMN
• Use Case Modeling
• Functional Specifications
• Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM)
• Stakeholder Management
• JIRA
• Confluence
• Microsoft Visio
• Azure DevOps
• Microsoft Office Suite
• SQL
• Data Analysis
• UAT Coordination
• Risk Analysis
• Change Management
• Root Cause Analysis
• Presentation & Documentation
• Cross-functional Collaboration

Preferred Technical Skills

• SQL Server
• Oracle Database
• Power BI
• Tableau
• Microsoft Excel (Advanced)
• Azure DevOps
• Salesforce
• SAP
• ServiceNow
• REST APIs
• Postman
• JSON
• XML
• Microsoft Visio
• Lucidchart

Qualifications

• Bachelor''s degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Master''s degree (MBA/MS) preferred.
• CBAP, PMI-PBA, Agile, Scrum Master, or SAFe certifications are highly preferred.

Required Experience

• 13+ years of Business Analysis experience.
• Extensive experience with Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Strong expertise in requirement gathering, business process analysis, and stakeholder management.
• Experience working with enterprise-level applications and digital transformation initiatives.
• Experience coordinating User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Strong understanding of databases and SQL queries.
• Experience with reporting and business intelligence tools.
• Proven experience delivering large-scale enterprise projects.

Soft Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Leadership and mentoring abilities
• Stakeholder relationship management
• Negotiation and facilitation skills
• Critical thinking
• Time management
• Decision-making abilities
• Team collaboration
• Presentation and documentation skills

Preferred Domains

• Banking & Financial Services
• Healthcare
• Insurance
• Retail & E-commerce
• Manufacturing
• Telecommunications
• Government
• Logistics & Supply Chain

Keywords

Business Analyst, Senior Business Analyst, Business Systems Analyst, Functional Analyst, Requirements Gathering, BRD, FRD, Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, JIRA, Confluence, SQL, UAT, Business Process Modeling, BPMN, UML, Stakeholder Management, Gap Analysis, RTM, Azure DevOps, Visio, Power BI, Tableau, CBAP, Digital Transformation, SDLC, Functional Specifications, Enterprise Applications.