Business Analyst - Banking Domain

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Business Analyst to join our team in building a cutting-edge Enterprise Analytics Platform on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) for financial institutions. This role will play a critical role in understanding client business requirements, translating them into technical specifications, and ensuring successful delivery of the data warehouse solution.

Key Responsibilities

• Elicit and document business requirements - Conduct thorough needs assessments, gather requirements from stakeholders across different departments (e.g., marketing, finance, operations), and document them clearly and concisely.
• Translate business requirements into functional specifications - Define data models, identify key performance indicators (KPIs), and create data dictionaries.
• Develop and maintain strong client relationships - Build and maintain effective communication channels with clients, ensuring their needs are understood and met throughout the project lifecycle.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams - Work closely with data engineers, data scientists, and other team members to ensure successful project delivery.
• Conduct data analysis and prepare reports - Analyze data trends, identify insights, and prepare reports to support business decision-making.
• Stay abreast of industry best practices - Keep up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in data warehousing, business intelligence, and cloud computing.
• Excellent documentation skills BRD, FRD and Use Cases is a must.

Technical Skills

• Domain Knowledge - Banking Domain knowledge is must (Preferably US Banking).
• Business Requirement Gathering - More than 5 yrs of experience in Banking / Report requirements and create BRD/FRD
• Banking Process - Must be well versed with banking processes, terminologies, rules, regulatory policies and correlate with reporting requirements
• Dashboards & Visualization - Familiarity and usage of the reporting tools is must
• Agile Methodologies - Experience with Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban) and tools (Jira, DevOps).
• Data Modeling - Experience with dimensional modeling, star schema, snowflake schema is a plus.
• Data Warehousing Concepts - Understanding of ETL/ELT processes, data quality checks, data profiling is a plus.
• Cloud Platforms - Basic understanding of cloud computing concepts, familiarity with GCP is a plus.

Qualifications

• A minimum Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience as a Business Analyst in a data-driven environment.
• Strong understanding of data warehousing principles and methodologies.
• Experience working with Agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum, Kanban).
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Proficiency in data modeling and data visualization tools.
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is a plus.
• Strong client-facing and interpersonal skills.