Principal Business Analyst

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Works independently on assigned tasks and may help less experienced members when necessary. - One of main responsibilities is to gather, analyze and document specifications and may assign small complexity tasks to less experienced members if needed. - Advise less experienced analyst/s in effectively analyzing complex end-to-end business processes and eliciting business requirements and needs, including identification of business needs. - Consults and advice business regarding complex changes, projects, or programs - It is expected that the output will be on a desired level according to company standards. - Close cooperation with development, product/platform owners, QA and others is expected on daily basis including validation of user stories, QA, and other outcomes. SCOPE : - Works with the business to identify the challenges and opportunities for data digital solutions to make an impact. - Maintain documentation and outputs for assigned parts of data product. - Ensure that analytical outputs are complete, consistent, understandable, achievable, unambiguous, verifiable and in line with established standards. - Process and decompose internal customer requirements into specifications and smaller blocks like user stories. - Works with teams in the identification of business and data requirements, functional design, process design (including scenario design, flow mapping), prototyping, testing, training, defining support procedures. - Provides continuous updates to stakeholders and Project Lead during project delivery, communicate changes, problems, and ambiguities in a timely manner. - Possesses in-depth knowledge of analysis methodologies and its capabilities, forms the bridge between the business and the team of testers and developers during successful delivery of projects. ACCOUNTABILITIES: - Principal business and data analysis in defined area and is responsible for overall analysis process and strategy for dedicated area. - Gather and analyze requirements from internal customers in form of discussions, workshops, and others. - Process and decompose internal customer requirements into specifications and smaller blocks like user stories. - Gather and incorporate suggestions from stakeholders into analytical outputs. - Maintain and manage changes in documentation and outputs for assigned parts of data product. - Create and update analytical outputs like solution specification. - Collaborate in defining, implementing, and improving processes, policies, and tools related to analysis. - Prepare reports for stakeholders and present the results of the analysis. - Ensure that analytical outputs are complete, consistent, understandable, achievable, unambiguous, verifiable and in line with established standards. - Deliver tasks on time and in the required quality. - Use and follow set standards and processes. - Organize and lead workshops, demo sessions and other meetings with different stakeholders. DIMENSIONS AND ASPECTS : Technical/Functional (Line) Expertise: - Experience with data platforms (preferably Databricks or Snowflake) - Experience in SQL, including writing basic queries and using SQL functions and operators. Familiarity with database design, indexing, and understanding of primary and foreign keys. - Knowledge on BPMN, UML including modeling tools. - Ability to read and create ER Diagrams. - Experience with Atlassian stack (Jira, Confluence). - Experience with Cloud Solutions (preferably AWS) is advantage. - Ability to create tactical plans that support the execution of a broader strategy, ability to decompose high-level information into small parts, abstract small parts into large picture. - Ability to find missing information and coordinate gathering of inputs on their own. - Confident and skilled at identifying and navigating through roadblocks. - Experience in Agile development. - Certification in business analysis area (CBAP, BCS, other). Leadership: - Build cooperative relationships directly or indirectly within a matrix structure. - Engage stakeholders effectively, supporting their Agile journey, ensuring product owners and project stakeholders understand their roles in delivering a successful product. - Influence and build consensus among peers. - Clearly communicate the impact of various projects to the leadership team. Decision-Making and Autonomy: - Balance the needs of the business and delivery teams when managing and prioritizing the project pipeline. - Be assertive and confident in being an authoritative voice, influencing stakeholders. - Foster a learning and growth mindset within teams. - Promote innovative thinking and self-development. Interaction: - Create and maintain an atmosphere of trust through facilitation of retrospectives and feedback exchange among team members. - Coordinate interaction of internal and external resources within business analysis area if needed. Complexity: - Clear obstacles and blockers in the team's path (such as dependencies on other teams) and maintain a list of obstacles. - Contribute to product development to the extent of their competence. - Divide problems into smaller tasks and solve them effectively. Understands relations and trends in more complex tasks. Locations: IND - Bengaluru Worker Type: Employee Worker Sub-Type: Regular Time Type: Full time