Information Technology Business Analyst

Responsibilities

• Interact with functional and technical representatives of project teams to understand business functionalities, technical modules, integration mechanism and data sources.

• Prepare functional specifications for developers and testers.

• Work with developers to prepare test plans and conduct Integration, Regression, Performance and Functional Testing using automated testing frameworks wherever applicable/required

• Review Functional Specs, Functional Test Cases prepared by IT team.

• Contribute to the technical designing phase and create prototype for proof of concept, along with developers and business requirements validations.

• Provide functional assistance to Development/Testing teams

• Participate in peer reviews of Functional Specs, test plan, test strategy, test cases and test runs

• Conduct user training sessions on applications and functionalities

• Train others (wherever required) to ensure knowledge sharing and backup

• Ensure that the project and organization standards are followed during various phases of software development lifecycle and day to day development work.

• Estimate efforts and schedule for various modules and meet deadlines

• Functional Release Documentation

• To participate in out-of-hours / daytime support as required

• To ensure that the application is of good quality, ensure any issues are fixed on priority.

• To work with teams to help solve complex problems

• Work towards initiatives to improve processes and delivery efficiency

• Contribute to recruitment efforts - both for the team as well as for the organization

• Contribute towards innovation; suggest new practices for efficiency improvement.

• Provide L3 Support

• To ensure all activities carried out and solutions proposed, planned and delivered are compliant with Organization policy guidelines.

Contributing Responsibilities

• Contribute towards innovation, suggest new practices to be investigated

• Contribute towards initiatives to improve processes and delivery

• Contribute towards recruitment efforts - both for the team as well as for the organization

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

• Experience as a Business Analyst in the IT industry, in Banking domain.

• Knowledge of Retail Banking and Banking products Loan/Deposits/etc is a must.

• Good SQL Query writing skills • Understanding of Trade Life Cycle

• Thorough understanding of complete Software Development Lifecycle

• Self-motivated, good interpersonal skills and inclination to constantly upgrade on new technologies and frameworks.

• Good communication, good interpersonal skills and co-ordination activities, self-motivation, and inclination to constantly upgrade on new developments in the industry

. • Ability to understand business requirements easily and translate them into functional requirements

. • Capability to understand and analyze complex IT applications and financial product structures

• Excellent documentation ability

• Experience in preparing requirement specifications and perform functional tests and UAT Specific

Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent Skills Referential (Required knowledge, skills and abilities) Transversal Skills:

o Analytical Ability o Ability to understand, explain and support change

o Ability to anticipate business / strategic evolution

o Ability to develop others & improve their skills

Behavioral Skills:

o Attention to detail / rigor

o Ability to collaborate / Teamwork

o Adaptability

Education Level: Bachelor's degree or equivalent