Arabic Speaking Business Analyst

iSoftStone; Turkey; On-site; TRY 450,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

iSoftStone is seeking an Arabic-speaking Business Analyst in Istanbul to drive a digital transformation program. The role requires fluent Arabic and English, 5+ years of BA experience on enterprise projects, and frequent travel to the Middle East.

You will coordinate across time zones with development teams and manage BRD validations and UAT alignment. The position is hybrid in Istanbul, with strong stakeholder engagement and cross-cultural collaboration across multinational teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related fields.
• Fluent in Arabic and English (spoken and written) — mandatory.
• Minimum 5 years of experience as a Business Analyst on enterprise digital transformation projects.
• Experience working on multinational projects with distributed, cross-cultural teams is an asset.
• Able to travel frequently to the Middle East.
• Comfortable working across different time zones, including regular collaboration with development team.
• Strong requirements-analysis background: process mapping, pain-point analysis, BRD/functional specification review.
• Experience with procurement, finance/budgeting, or invoice/AP processes is a plus.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills across business and technical audiences.
• Plan and coordinate and execute application testing (UAT) against BRD requirements, including test case preparation, defect tracking, test execution and stakeholder sign-off.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day coordination with the solution provider across a workstream (e.g. Procurement, Financial & Budgeting, Invoice Management).
• Validate business requirements against business processes, pain points and stated objectives; flag gaps or misalignment early.
• Translate and reconcile requirements between stakeholders and delivery teams.
• Bridge functional requirements to the development team, ensuring accurate handoff of scope, workflows and business rules.
• Coordinate across time zones with the development team to keep requirement clarifications and reviews unblocked.
• Track delivery sign-off status, open issues and dependencies; report progress to the project manager.
• Represent the project on-site with the client and solution provider as needed.

Skills

Business Analysis

BRD Review & Validation

Stakeholder Management

Arabic/English Bilingual Communication

Cross-Timezone Coordination

Procurement & Finance Domain Knowledge

Multinational Project Delivery

Testing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related fields

Job description

Arabic Speaking Business Analyst

Turkiye, İstanbul | Hybrid | Definite Term |

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for a Business Analyst to join a digital transformation program our client.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Bachelor’s degree in related fields.
• Fluent in Arabic and English (spoken and written) — mandatory.
• Minimum 5 years of experience as a Business Analyst on enterprise digital transformation projects.
• Experience working on multinational projects with distributed, cross-cultural teams is an asset.
• Able to travel frequently to the Middle East.
• Comfortable working across different time zones, including regular collaboration with development team.
• Strong requirements-analysis background: process mapping, pain-point analysis, BRD/functional specification review.
• Experience with procurement, finance/budgeting, or invoice/AP processes is a plus.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills across business and technical audiences.
• Plan and coordinate and execute application testing (UAT) against BRD requirements, including test case preparation, defect tracking, test execution and stakeholder sign-off.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Own day-to-day coordination with the solution provider across a workstream (eg.Procurement, Financial & Budgeting, Invoice Management).
• Validate business requirements against business processes, pain points and stated objectives; flag gaps or misalignment early.
• Translate and reconcile requirements between stakeholders and delivery teams.
• Bridge functional requirements to the development team, ensuring accurate handoff of scope, workflows and business rules.
• Coordinate across time zones with the development tem to keep requirement clarifications and reviews unblocked.
• Track delivery sign-off status, open issues and dependencies; report progress to the project manager.
• Represent the project on-site with the client and solution provider as needed.

KEY SKILLS

• Business Analysis
• BRD Review & Validation
• Stakeholder Management
• Arabic/English Bilingual Communication
• Cross-Timezone Coordination
• Procurement & Finance Domain Knowledge
• Multinational Project Delivery
• Testing

iSoftStone is a global IT service and consulting company that creates value and drives success through technology solutions, service excellence, and digital innovation. We specialize in web and application development, software testing and support, data and content management, digital experience, accessibility, and data for machine learning and AI. With 20 delivery centers and more than 90,000 employees worldwide, iSoftStone is proud to serve some of the world’s most well-known businesses, including 90+ Fortune Global 500 companies.

Visit us at https://www.isoftstoneinc.com.

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