Senior / Lead Business Analyst - BFSI

EPAM; India; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

EPAM is looking for an experienced Senior / Lead Business Analyst to join our BFSI practice. You will act as a key liaison between development and business partners throughout the software development lifecycle, working directly with clients to elicit requirements and propose solutions.

The ideal candidate should have 6 to 15 years of experience in business analysis, expertise in Agile frameworks, and a strong background in documenting system requirements. This role offers an engaging environment where you can drive meaningful projects.

Qualifications

• 6 to 15 years of experience in business analysis and stakeholder management.
• Expertise in documenting software system requirements.
• Proficiency in project/change management tools using Gherkin BDD approach.
• SDLC experience in Agile frameworks like SCRUM or Kanban.

Responsibilities

• Act as a liaison between development and business partners.
• Gather requirements and propose feasible functional solutions.
• Drive the Agile process and ceremonies.
• Document requirements and manage traceability.

Skills

Business analysis

Stakeholder management

Agile frameworks

Documentation

Requirements gathering

Tools

xJira

Rally ALM

TFS

ServiceNow

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Senior / Lead Business Analyst to join our BFSI practice, acting as a key liaison between development and business partners across the software development lifecycle. In this role, you will work directly with clients and stakeholders to elicit requirements, propose functional solutions and drive Agile delivery while serving as a trusted advisor across complex projects.

Responsibilities

• Act as a liaison between development and business partners throughout SDLC projects
• Work directly with client and business stakeholders for requirements elicitation, proposing feasible functional solutions, supporting acceptance testing, getting client buy-in and handling conflict
• Serve as a trusted advisor to client and business stakeholders
• Collaborate with development stakeholders on requirements feasibility discussions, elaboration, ambiguity resolution, clarifications, test scenario review, test result review and conflict handling
• Document requirements of a software system and manage requirements with end-to-end traceability
• Run workshops with business users and summarise the action items
• Drive the Agile process and ceremonies
• Write needed stories based upon the Sprint/PI goals
• Facilitate requirement gathering for data movement and needs
• Diagram complex processes to allow for simpler discussions
• Guide teams in their efforts to meet prescribed goals
• Gather requirements and information needed to stand up a cloud environment

Requirements

• 6 to 15 years of experience in business analysis, requirement gathering and stakeholder management
• Background in working on SDLC projects as a liaison between development and business partners
• Expertise in documentation of software system requirements and requirements management with end-to-end traceability
• Proficiency in xJira, Rally ALM, TFS or ServiceNow or similar project/change management tools for feature/epic description, user stories and acceptance criteria using Gherkin BDD approach
• SDLC experience in most Agile frameworks, at least one among SCRUM, Kanban, Scrum‑Ban or SAFe
• Understanding of Agile process and ceremonies
• Skills in creating BRD and FRD
• Background in any of the leading domains like BFSI, Insurance, Payments, Capital Markets or Investment Banking