Business Analyst

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners, and technical teams to gather, analyze, and document business and system requirements.
• Translate business needs into BRDs, FRDs, use cases, user stories, and process flows.
• Conduct gap analysis, feasibility studies, and impact assessments for new initiatives or changes in existing systems.
• Work closely with developers and QA teams to ensure requirements are understood and implemented accurately.
• Participate in and sometimes lead requirement workshops, sprint planning, UAT planning, and post-implementation reviews.
• Develop and maintain detailed process documentation, ensuring compliance with SDLC and agile practices.
• Use SQL queries to extract, analyze, and validate data as part of business analysis and testing.
• Understand and document API endpoints, request/response formats, and coordinate integration activities with developers.
• Stay updated on capital market trends, regulatory changes, and best practices in financial services.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Finance, Business, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 2–3 years of relevant experience as a Business Analyst, ideally in Capital Markets, Investment Banking, or Financial Services.
• Exposure to stock/share market operations, trading platforms, or market data providers. Knowledge of Trade lifecycle.
• Proficient in drafting BRDs, FRDs, user stories, and wireframes/process diagrams using tools like MS Office, Lucidchart, or Visio.
• Sound understanding of SDLC methodologies (Agile/Scrum/Waterfall).
• Hands-on experience with SQL for data extraction, validation, and analysis.
• Basic to intermediate knowledge of REST/SOAP APIs, JSON/XML structures, and API testing tools like Postman.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with strong stakeholder management abilities.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.