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Senior Business Analyst - Financial Services
Posted 13 days ago
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Our client is looking for a highly analytical and detail-oriented Senior Business Analyst to join their team in Nakuru, Nakuru, KE . This role will focus on supporting the financial services division by gathering and documenting business requirements, facilitating communication between business stakeholders and technical teams, and ensuring that delivered solutions align with strategic objectives. The ideal candidate will possess a strong understanding of financial products, processes, and regulatory environments, coupled with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. You will play a crucial role in translating complex business needs into actionable technical specifications and driving the successful implementation of new systems and enhancements.
Key Responsibilities:
Key Responsibilities:
- Elicit, analyze, and document business requirements from various stakeholders within the financial services sector.
- Create detailed functional specifications, user stories, process flows, and use cases.
- Bridge the gap between business users and IT teams, ensuring clear and accurate communication of requirements.
- Facilitate requirements gathering workshops, interviews, and brainstorming sessions.
- Support the testing and validation of solutions to ensure they meet business needs and quality standards.
- Identify opportunities for process improvement and recommend solutions to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
- Contribute to project planning and estimation efforts.
- Mentor junior business analysts and contribute to the development of best practices.
- Maintain documentation of business processes, systems, and requirements.
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Information Technology, or a related field.
- A minimum of 5 years of experience as a Business Analyst, preferably within the financial services industry.
- Demonstrated knowledge of banking products, lending processes, capital markets, or insurance.
- Proficiency in business analysis tools and methodologies (e.g., Agile, Waterfall, BABOK).
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking abilities.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
- Ability to work effectively in a hybrid work environment, collaborating with both on-site and remote team members.
- Experience with requirements management tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence) is a plus.
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Senior Business Analyst, Financial Services
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Our client, a prominent consultancy firm focused on the financial services sector, is actively seeking a highly experienced Senior Business Analyst. This position is critical for bridging the gap between business needs and technological solutions within banks, insurance companies, and other financial institutions. As a Senior Business Analyst, you will be responsible for eliciting, analyzing, documenting, and validating business requirements for complex projects, often involving regulatory compliance, system modernization, or new product development. You will work closely with stakeholders at all levels, from front-line staff to senior management, to understand their challenges and objectives. Your expertise will be crucial in translating business needs into functional specifications, user stories, and process models. You will play a key role in defining project scope, identifying risks, and ensuring that solutions align with strategic goals and industry best practices. This is a fully remote role, requiring exceptional communication and collaboration skills to effectively engage with distributed teams and clients.
Key Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead requirements gathering sessions with diverse stakeholder groups across the financial services industry.
- Analyze and document current state business processes and identify areas for improvement.
- Define and document future state processes, functional specifications, user stories, and use cases.
- Collaborate with development and testing teams to ensure clear understanding and accurate implementation of requirements.
- Facilitate user acceptance testing (UAT) and support solution validation.
- Develop and maintain project documentation, including business requirement documents (BRDs), functional design documents (FDDs), and process flows.
- Identify and manage project risks and issues related to business analysis.
- Provide guidance and mentorship to junior business analysts.
- Stay current with industry trends, regulatory changes, and technological advancements impacting the financial services sector.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, Information Technology, or a related field. A Master's degree is a plus.
- Minimum of 6 years of experience as a Business Analyst, with a strong focus on the financial services sector (banking, insurance, capital markets).
- Proven experience in eliciting and documenting complex business requirements for IT projects.
- Solid understanding of financial products, services, and regulatory environments (e.g., KYC, AML, Basel).
- Proficiency in business process modeling tools and techniques (e.g., BPMN).
- Excellent analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
- Exceptional communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills for effective stakeholder engagement in a remote setting.
- Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment is highly desirable.
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