Senior Business Analyst

Immediate opening for Senior Business Analyst and Product ownerExperience: 10 + YearsLocation: HyderabadNotice period: ImmediateJob Description## 1. Role OverviewAs a Senior Business Analyst, you will be the critical strategic link between our business stakeholders (spanning Compliance, Treasury, Finance, and Legal) and our world-class engineering teams. You will be embedded within a core product squad, tasked with deconstructing the immense complexity of our regulated digital asset ecosystem and translating it into clear, actionable requirements for our developers.This is a leadership role for a seasoned analyst with deep domain expertise in financial services. You will not just gather requirements; you will lead the analysis of intricate financial workflows, map complex regulatory frameworks (FSRA, BMA), define risk thresholds for lending products, and design operational models for our 24x7 settlement engine. Your work will be the blueprint that enables our engineers to build a platform that is not only technologically advanced but also functionally precise and fully compliant.## 2. Key Responsibilities- **Lead Requirements Elicitation & Analysis:**- Drive and facilitate workshops with senior stakeholders across multiple departments to elicit, analyze, and document complex business requirements for domains such as digital asset settlement, collateralized lending, treasury operations, and KYC/KYB automation.- **Create High-Quality Functional Documentation:**- Author and maintain a comprehensive suite of documentation, including detailed user stories with acceptance criteria, process flow diagrams (BPMN), functional specifications, and data mapping documents.- Translate high-level business objectives into a well-defined product backlog that is ready for engineering teams.- **Serve as the Domain Expert:**- Act as the primary point of contact and subject matter expert for your assigned engineering squad, providing continuous clarification on business rules, financial logic, and regulatory constraints.- Ensure the technical solution accurately reflects the business need and vision.- **Map Regulatory and Compliance Frameworks:**- Analyze and interpret regulatory guidelines from bodies like the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) and Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA), and translate them into concrete system requirements and controls.- Work closely with the compliance team to define and document the logic for risk scoring, transaction monitoring, and automated reporting.- **Facilitate Stakeholder Alignment:**- Manage communication and expectations with a diverse group of stakeholders, ensuring consensus and alignment on key decisions throughout the project lifecycle.## 3. Required Qualifications### **Must-Have:**- **Professional Experience:** 10+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, with at least 5 years in a senior or lead capacity within the financial services industry.- **Deep Domain Expertise:** Demonstrable, in-depth knowledge in one or more of the following areas is essential:- **Digital Assets / Cryptocurrency (Custody, Settlement, or Trading)**- **Regulatory Technology (RegTech), specifically AML/KYC and compliance frameworks.**- **Technical Acumen:** A strong understanding of modern software development, including API-driven microservices architectures. You must be able to "speak the language" of developers and architects.- **Agile Mastery:** Proven experience working as a BA in a fast-paced Agile/Scrum environment, with expertise in creating and managing a product backlog.- **Exceptional Communication:** World-class verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex concepts clearly and concisely to both technical and non-technical audiences.- **Stakeholder Management:** A proven track record of successfully managing relationships and aligning senior stakeholders from different business functions.### **Nice-to-Have (Highly Desirable):**- **Specific Product Experience:** Direct experience working on lending platforms, real-time payment/settlement systems, or stablecoin projects.- **Formal Methodologies:** Certification or proficiency in formal modeling languages like UML or ArchiMate.- **Data Analysis Skills:** Experience with SQL and data analysis tools to query data and validate requirementsIf anyone interested, please send me your updated profile to gandha.rajesh@valuelabs.com.