Senior Business Analyst: Data-Driven Finance Transformation

Empa-T; Porto; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Empa-T is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to join an international project in the Financial Services sector, shaping strategic data ecosystems through modern technologies, data integration, and process optimization.

You will bridge business and IT, drive requirements, write user stories and acceptance criteria, and orchestrate testing and MVP delivery across agile squads in Porto. This role demands strong communication, analytical thinking, and hands-on experience with data integration.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience as a Business Analyst or similar IT role
• Proven ability to gather, document and manage requirements with stakeholders
• Expertise in User Stories, Use Cases, Acceptance Criteria, and Process Modelling
• Experience with BPMN, UML, and agile backlog management and MVP delivery
• Experience designing IST, IST, and UAT testing and data quality analysis
• Experience with APIs, data integration and modern data ecosystems
• Proven communication and presentation skills

Responsibilities

• Act as the bridge between business stakeholders and development teams, ensuring business needs are translated into functional requirements
• Gather, analyse, document, and manage business requirements through workshops, interviews, and stakeholder discussions
• Create User Stories, Acceptance Criteria, Process Maps, and functional specifications to support Agile delivery
• Manage and prioritize backlogs, ensuring alignment with business objectives and MVP delivery
• Analyse current processes and design optimized future workflows
• Identify process improvements, automation opportunities, and digital transformation initiatives
• Collaborate with developers, testers, and business users throughout the solution lifecycle
• Define testing strategies and design IST scenarios focused on APIs and data flows
• Coordinate Functional Testing and UAT for successful validation and deployment
• Perform deep analysis of data ecosystems to identify data quality issues and improvements
• Support initiatives involving APIs and modern data integration technologies
• Present findings and progress to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Skills

Requirements gathering

Documentation

Stakeholder management

User Stories

Acceptance Criteria

Process Modelling

BPMN

UML

Agile methodologies

Backlog management

Sprint planning

MVP-driven delivery

IST

UAT

APIs & data integration

Strong communication

Tools

ALM Octane

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Empa-T is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to join an international project in the Financial Services sector, shaping strategic data ecosystems through modern technologies, data integration, and process optimization.

You will bridge business and IT, drive requirements, write user stories and acceptance criteria, and orchestrate testing and MVP delivery across agile squads in Porto. This role demands strong communication, analytical thinking, and hands-on experience with data integration.