Lead Business Analyst (Japanese Proficiency)

Lingarogroup; Philippines; On-site; PHP 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Lingarogroup in the Philippines is seeking a Lead Business Analyst to drive data-driven decisions by delivering Power BI analytics solutions for procurement and finance. You will lead requirements management, collaborate with cross-functional and cross-cultural teams, and translate complex business needs into scalable dashboards.

You will mentor junior analysts, support governance and RAID logs, and ensure on-time delivery from requirements through adoption and ongoing value realization.

Qualifications

• Experience leading requirements elicitation workshops with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to translate business needs into BRDs and functional specs.
• Strong data-led decision making and governance skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead requirements elicitation workshops with procurement and finance stakeholders.
• Translate business requirements into detailed Power BI specifications.
• Produce BRDs, data mapping docs, and related project artifacts.
• Coordinate UAT planning, defect management, and stakeholder sign-off.
• Mentor junior analysts and drive best practices.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Requirements elicitation

Business analysis

Leadership

Tools

Power BI

Job description

As a Lead Business Analyst, you will play a key role within the Business Analysis competency, partnering with business and technology stakeholders to drive data-driven decision making, process optimization, and successful delivery of analytics solutions. You will lead requirements management activities, facilitate collaboration across cross-functional and cross-cultural teams, and translate complex business needs into scalable Power BI solutions that create measurable value for procurement and finance organizations.

What You’ll Be Doing:

Business Analysis & Stakeholder Management

• Lead requirements elicitation workshops and discovery sessions with procurement leaders, category managers, finance controllers, IT teams, and data owners.
• Analyze and document current-state and future-state business processes.
• Contribute to and drive continuous process improvement initiatives aligned with evolving business needs within the procurement function.
• Facilitate alignment between business and technical stakeholders, ensuring a common understanding of project objectives and requirements.
• Act as the primary liaison between business users, project teams, and technical delivery teams.

Solution Definition & Documentation

• Translate business requirements into detailed functional specifications for Power BI dashboards and analytics solutions.
• Define data model expectations, calculation logic, KPIs, business rules, visualizations, user stories, and user interaction requirements.
• Produce and maintain high-quality business requirements documents (BRDs), functional specifications, process maps, data mapping documents, and related project documentation.
• Review solution designs to ensure alignment with business objectives and requirements.

Project Delivery & Governance

• Support the Project Manager in delivering project objectives on time and within budget.
• Contribute to scope definition, effort estimation, dependency management, and milestone tracking.
• Ensure requirements-related issues, assumptions, risks, decisions, and dependencies are appropriately tracked and managed through RAID and Decision Logs.
• Communicate project plans, status updates, risks, and issues across governance forums and stakeholder groups.

Testing, Deployment & Adoption

• Coordinate and facilitate User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including test planning, defect management, and stakeholder sign-off.
• Support deployment and implementation activities to ensure smooth solution adoption.
• Prepare training materials, user guides, and knowledge transfer documentation.
• Provide hypercare and post-go-live support to business users and stakeholders.

Leadership

• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior and mid-level business analysts.
• Promote best practices in requirements management, stakeholder engagement, and business analysis methodologies.
• Drive continuous improvement in business analysis processes, standards, and delivery frameworks.

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