Business Analyst

Kumaran; Chennai District; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Kumaran Systems is seeking a Business Analyst to bridge business needs and technical delivery within a dynamic project team in Chennai. You will lead requirement gathering, translate needs into functional specs, and collaborate across development and QA teams.

The role requires experience in SDLC, strong communication, and the ability to learn domain quickly. You will work with enterprise applications and workflow-based systems in a hybrid delivery model.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of Business Analyst experience.
• Strong requirement gathering and analytical skills.
• Good understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Experience working with development and QA teams.
• Excellent 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

• Lead requirement gathering sessions with business stakeholders.
• Translate business needs into functional requirements.
• Prepare BRDs, FRDs, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Create process flows / workflow diagrams.
• Maintain RTM and track requirements through delivery.
• Coordinate with business, development, QA teams.
• Review test cases for adequate requirement coverage.
• Support SIT/UAT activities, defect analysis, and validation.
• Learn the product and domain requirements for the project.

Skills

Requirements gathering

SDLC understanding

Stakeholder communication

QA collaboration

Analytical skills

Team coordination

Workflow understanding

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Confluence

Visio

Job description

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.

Job Description

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.
• 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.
• 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.

Kumaran Systems is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race or ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran disability or genetic information or any other reason prohibited by law in employment.