Business Analyst

Kumaran Systems; Chennai District; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Kumaran Systems is seeking a seasoned Business Analyst to bridge business needs and technical delivery in Chennai. You will gather requirements, document BRD/FRS, and collaborate with development and QA teams across the SDLC.

Key responsibilities include requirement walkthroughs, RTMs, creating user stories and acceptance criteria, and ensuring test coverage through SIT/UAT support. 4+ years of BA experience is expected.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of Business Analyst experience.
• Strong requirement gathering and analytical skills.
• Good understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Experience working with development and QA teams.
• Strong documentation skills.
• Ability to understand workflows, business rules, validations, roles, and approval processes.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to independently interact with stakeholders and drive requirement clarifications.
• Willingness and ability to learn a new product/domain quickly.

Responsibilities

• Conduct requirement-gathering and clarification sessions with business stakeholders.
• Understand existing business processes and translate business needs into functional requirements.
• Prepare And Maintain BRD and FRD/Specifications.
• Create User Stories and Acceptance Criteria, process flows, and RTMs.
• Coordinate with business, development, QA, and other project stakeholders throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Conduct requirement walkthroughs with development and QA teams.
• Support developers during implementation with functional clarifications.
• Review test cases to ensure adequate requirement coverage.
• Support SIT/UAT activities, defect analysis, and business validation.
• Track requirements from initial discussion through implementation and closure.

Skills

Requirement gathering

SDLC

Stakeholder interaction

Documentation

Communication skills

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Confluence

Visio

Job description

Job Description:

About Us

Kumaran Systems: Engineering Future-Ready Transformations Since 1992, Kumaran Systems has been helping enterprises bridge the past and the future, reimagining legacy systems and embracing AI-led possibilities. With over 34 years of delivery excellence, we specialise in re-engineering core applications, driving cloud transformation, and building automation-first, GenAI-enabled ecosystems across the Banking and Financial Services, Insurance, Telecom, and Automotive sectors. We help organisations not just upgrade their systems but reimagine what’s possible.

Why Kumaran?

We blend engineering discipline with AI innovation, helping clients modernise with confidence, automate with clarity, and scale with purpose. Our global delivery model ensures agility, responsiveness, and seamless collaboration, with clients always at the heart of every engagement. At Kumaran, we don’t just solve problems, we engineer future-ready transformations.

Position: Business Analyst

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct requirement-gathering and clarification sessions with business stakeholders.
• Understand existing business processes and translate business needs into functional requirements.
• Prepare And Maintain
• Business Requirement Documents (BRD)
• Functional Requirement Documents / Specifications
• User Stories and Acceptance Criteria
• Process Flows / Workflow Diagrams
• Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM)
• Coordinate with business, development, QA, and other project stakeholders throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Conduct requirement walkthroughs with development and QA teams.
• Support developers during implementation by providing functional clarifications.
• Review test cases to ensure adequate requirement coverage.
• Support SIT/UAT activities, defect analysis, and business validation.
• Perform impact analysis for new requirements and change requests.
• Track requirements from initial discussion through implementation and closure.
• Learn the organization's product, processes, and domain requirements as part of the project.

Mandatory Skills

• 4+ years of Business Analyst experience.
• Strong requirement gathering and analytical skills.
• Good understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Experience working with development and QA teams.
• Strong documentation skills.
• Ability to understand workflows, business rules, validations, roles, and approval processes.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to independently interact with stakeholders and drive requirement clarifications.
• Willingness and ability to learn a new product/domain quickly.

Preferred Skills

• Experience working on enterprise applications or workflow-based systems.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum or hybrid delivery models.
• Exposure to UAT, test-case review, defect triage, and release activities.
• Experience with tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, Visio, or similar tools.
• Exposure to Banking, Financial Services, Insurance, Risk, Compliance, Audit, ERP, CRM, or other enterprise domains would be an advantage, but is not mandatory.

Requirements: