Technical Business Analyst (Banking, Java)

Job Responsibilities:

• As a business analyst, you will be involved in the software development life cycle and agile methodology from project initiation, requirements, application development, implementation, maintenance, and post-implementation review phases.
• Mandatory - SQL skillset, experience in the banking industry, and ability to perform detailed data and business analysis and testing.
• Liaise extensively with external, internal clients and vendors;
• Lead design thinking sessions and requirements discussions with customers; conduct requirement analysis to ensure the implementation feasibility of functional specifications. Highlight requirement gaps, disproportional construction efforts, technical challenges, and any other issues;
• Successfully translate users’ requirements into use cases and technical solutions;
• Present and communicate functional requirements and use cases to the technical and development teams and ensure the system meets functional and system requirements;
• Define system-level application architecture, high-level and detailed design, architectural policies and principles, implementation risks and mitigation measures, etc.;
• Engage customers to explain the rationale of architecture’s selection or other technical issues;
• Prepare documentation, such as requirements and functional specification, design specification, enterprise class structure, data and application management framework, interfacing, infrastructure requirements, data migration approach, etc.; work closely with customers to review and sign-off documentation;
• Prepare system training programs and conduct training for the customers;
• Develop test plans, cases, and results and trace to requirements to ensure comprehensive test coverage. Measure test results with customers’ required outcome
• Perform functional and backend testing, review results and logs, resolve test issues, and ensure application quality;
• Perform a test briefing to the stakeholders and support UAT.
• Troubleshoot system problems faced by the project team and customers and follow up till resolution;
• Conduct change impact analysis on customers’ requests in a change management lifecycle;
• Work with local and offshore teams to deliver projects on the technical aspects;
• Prepare solutions and proposals for pre-sales activities;

Experience:

• Degree in Computer Science and Engineering;
• Must have experience working in the banking domain.
• At least 7 years of relevant experience as a business analyst and tester in a Java environment.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to possess stamina in following up on issues reported till their resolution;
• Experience in issues/problems and change management processes;
• Ability to analyze system backend logs and perform data mapping and categorization;
• Able to perform functional and backend testing activities and ensure traceability to requirements;
• Self-motivated with a positive “can-do” attitude, creative with excellent presentation, good writing and communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills, including strong persuasive technique and an eye for details;
• Development skillset: Java environment, well versed in Jira and SQL is an added advantage;
• Able to work under stringent timelines and exhibit commitment to project completion;
• Strong customer-service orientation and good presentation skills;
• A good team player