Business Analyst

Title: Business Analyst

Location: Hyderabad

Mode: Work from Office

Experience: 5+ years as a Business Analyst

Notice Period: Immediate to 15 days

Job Responsibilities:

✓ Conduct workshops with Product Owner & Product Manager to gather detailed business and technical requirements.

✓ Analyze and document business processes, workflows, and data flows.

✓ Work with technical teams to understand the technical aspects of the project and how they align with business needs.

✓ Develop detailed functional specifications that clearly outline the project requirements, scope, objectives, and deliverables.

✓ Ensure that functional specifications are comprehensive, clear, and aligned with business goals. ✓ Collaborate with technical teams to ensure that functional specifications are technically feasible and align with the overall system architecture.

✓ Create detailed user stories and use cases that capture the functional requirements and user interactions with the system.

✓ Prioritize user stories based on business value and technical feasibility.

✓ Maintain a backlog of user stories and ensure they are kept up-to-date and well-documented.

✓ Act as a liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams to ensure effective communication and understanding.

✓ Facilitate regular meetings with Delivery Head, Product Owner and project stakeholders to keep them informed about project progress, status and gather feedback.

✓ Address and resolve any conflicts or issues that arise related to functional requirements during the project lifecycle.

✓ Collaborate with QA teams to develop Test Plan and Test cases based on functional specifications and user stories.

✓ Participate in testing activities to ensure that the delivered solutions meet the functional requirements and are free of defects.

✓ Assist in user acceptance testing (UAT) and gather feedback for continuous improvement.

✓ Use MS Office tools, UML and flow-charting techniques to create and maintain comprehensive documentation of all requirements, specifications, user stories, and project-related artifacts.

✓ Ensure that all documentation is up to date with versioning and accessible to relevant team members

Required Experience:

✓ 5 to 8 years IT experience with at least 5 years of experience as a Functional Business Analyst on development projects.

✓ Proven experience as a Functional Business Analyst, with a strong understanding of both business and functional requirements and also technical aspects of projects.

✓ Proficiency in creating detailed functional specifications, user stories, and use cases.

✓ Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to understand complex technical concepts and translate them into functional requirements.

✓ Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies and tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence).

✓ Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with US-based customers, onsite teams, and offshore teams based in Hyderabad.

✓ Ability to multi-task as needed, work under pressure and flexible work hours may be required to accommodate project deadlines and stakeholder availability.

✓ Self-starter, comfortable in early-stage start-up environment.

✓ Knowledge of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and project management principles.

✓ Strong attention to detail and a commitment to delivering high-quality work.

✓ Certification in Business Analysis like CBAP, PMI-PBA etc., will be added advantage.

✓ Experience with requirements management tools and techniques