Senior IT Business Analyst – Banking

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Senior IT Business Analyst to join a leading banking client. The role bridges business and technology, gathering and analysing requirements, producing functional documentation, and supporting solution delivery throughout the project lifecycle.

Key responsibilities

• Gather, analyse, validate and document business requirements.
• Conduct stakeholder workshops and elicit requirements.
• Translate requirements into functional and technical specifications, including BRD, FRD, SRS, FRS, user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Perform business process analysis and identify improvement opportunities.
• Support solution design and ensure accurate implementation.
• Coordinate System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT), preparing test strategies, plans, cases and RTM.
• Manage defect tracking, regression testing, change requests and release readiness.
• Prepare executive reports, dashboards, meeting minutes, RAID logs and project status updates.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT or related field.
• Minimum 7 years of experience, with at least 5 years in IT and 2‑4 years in application development or configuration.
• Strong background in business analysis, stakeholder management and SDLC/Agile methodologies.
• Experience in the banking or financial services sector is preferred.

Required skills

• SQL (SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase)
• APIs, Web Applications & Web Services
• HTML, JavaScript, jQuery
• Java.NET (C#), Python, React, C++ (exposure)
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Visio