Senior IT Business Analyst - Chennai - Banking/Finance experience - Contractor in USD

For an international project in Chennai, we are urgently looking for 2x Senior Business Analysts. Candidates need to have at least 5 years experience of IT Business Analyst preferably banking & Financial domain.

We are looking for a motivated contractor. This position is long-term. Candidates need to be fluent in English.

Tasks and responsibilities:

• Interface with the business client to understand business needs and requirements, and to help develop and maintain the client relationship;
• Identify business and functional requirements, provide fit-gap analysis by working with application end-users, and lead the collection, analysis, documentation, and coordination of those requirements;
• Launch surveys and conduct feedback gathering sessions with stakeholders including business and IT teams to evaluate satisfaction and fit-for purpose of solutions/services provided by the team;
• Ensure alignment of assessment activities with project goals and stakeholder expectations;
• Document business processes and workflows, develop and maintain business process models;
• Craft business cases to evaluate the feasibility of technology initiatives;
• Leverage rapid prototyping approaches to present as-is/to-be processes/workflows and rough designs of the proposed solution;
• Follow-up on activities and action items;
• Maintain accurate records of all assessment activities and stakeholder interactions;
• Prepare presentations and visuals that effectively present ideas and plans to management;
• Build stakeholder consensus and ensure everyone is on the same page, in agreement, and can visualize the solution being proposed;
• Work closely with business (HRD, WFA, IFC HR, GCS) to gather requirements, inputs and data;
• Collaborate with ITS colleagues to ensure complete analysis and understanding of subject matter;

Profile:

• Bachelor or Master degree;
• +5 years of IT Business Analyst experience;
• IT Professional performing as independent contributor that participates in functions such as design, development and implementation of application systems.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to communicate well with all levels, technical as well as non-technical stakeholders.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in Agile implementation.
• Experience in gathering business requirements and developing functional specifications with special emphasis on use cases, defining test cases, and providing user training and support.
• Advanced knowledge of specific business area, process, workflows, standards, and business practices.
• Advanced skills in tools such as Microsoft Project, PowerPoint, Excel, Visio, Azure DevOps, prototyping applications, Microsoft Team and SharePoint.
• Advanced skills in creating process mapping and automation design.
• Banking & Financial domain experience is an advantage;
• Fluent in English;