Business Analyst – Functional Lead

AceNet Consulting is a fast-growing global business and technology consulting firm leveraging a consultative approach, deep domain expertise and strong technology capabilities across business transformation, IT strategy & architecture, digital transformation, data engineering & analytics, AI/ML, cloud & infrastructure, enterprise applications and emerging technologies to deliver value to our global clients. AceNet’s marquee clients include Tier-1 and Tier-2 banking & financial services, asset & wealth management, healthcare, consumer retail, eCommerce & logistics, engineering, government & public sectors, consulting and technology firms. With presence across Abu Dhabi UAE, Texas USA and India (Bangalore, Gurgaon & Pune), AceNet brings strong consulting and delivery capabilities across project staffing, managed services, outsourcing and offshoring.

Job Summary:

We are looking for a Business Analyst with a strong testing background who can take ownership as a Functional Lead. The ideal candidate will act as a bridge between business stakeholders, development teams, and QA, ensuring functional accuracy, requirement clarity, and successful delivery of projects. Experience in government domain projects will be an added advantage.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead and own functional requirements across the project lifecycle.

Gather, analyze, and document business requirements (BRD, FRD, user stories, use cases).

Translate business requirements into clear functional specifications for development and testing teams.

Act as a functional SPOC for internal teams and external stakeholders.

Leverage testing experience to:

Define test scenarios, test cases, and acceptance criteria.

Support UAT planning, execution, and defect triaging.

Ensure requirement traceability from business needs to implementation and testing.

Review functional design documents and validate solutions against business expectations.

Participate in requirement walkthroughs, sprint planning, and release sign-offs.

Support change management and impact analysis for requirement changes.

Ensure compliance with government standards, processes, and documentation (where applicable).

Required Skills & Qualifications

4–6 years of overall experience with:

Testing (Manual / Functional Testing) background

Transition or experience in Business Analysis / Functional Lead role

Strong understanding of:

SDLC & STLC

Agile / Waterfall methodologies

Hands-on experience in:

Requirement gathering & documentation

Functional analysis and validation

UAT coordination

Excellent stakeholder communication and documentation skills.

Ability to lead functional discussions and guide teams.

Experience with tools like JIRA, Confluence, HP ALM, or similar.

Preferred / Added Advantage

Experience working on Government / Public Sector projects.

Knowledge of government processes, compliance, or large-scale citizen-facing systems.

Exposure to data-driven or workflow-based applications.