IT Business Analyst (Banking)

Responsibilities Partner with business stakeholders to gather, analyze, validate, and document business requirements. Conduct workshops, interviews, and process mapping sessions to identify business needs and improvement opportunities. Translate business requirements into functional specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria for development teams. Analyze existing business processes and recommend process optimization and automation initiatives. Collaborate with project managers, solution architects, developers, QA teams, and vendors throughout the project lifecycle. Support solution design by ensuring proposed solutions align with business objectives and operational requirements. Facilitate User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including test planning, defect management, and business sign-off. Manage requirement changes, assess project impacts, and maintain traceability throughout implementation. Prepare business cases, process documentation, reports, and project documentation. Monitor project progress, identify risks, and support issue resolution to ensure successful delivery. Drive stakeholder engagement and change management activities to support solution adoption. Mentor junior business analysts and promote best practices in business analysis. Requirements 8–10 years of Business Analysis experience delivering technology or digital transformation projects. Strong experience in requirements gathering, business process analysis, and documentation. Proven experience working across the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) using Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or hybrid methodologies. Experience facilitating workshops with senior business stakeholders and managing cross-functional teams. Strong knowledge of business process modelling (BPMN), workflow analysis, and process improvement methodologies. Experience writing business requirements documents (BRD), functional specifications (FSD), user stories, and process flows. Hands-on experience supporting UAT planning, execution, and defect resolution. Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication, and presentation skills. Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence business and technical teams. Experience with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Visio, Microsoft Office, and project collaboration platforms. Relevant certifications such as CBAP, CCBA, PMI-PBA, Agile Business Analyst, or Scrum certifications are advantageous.