Senior Business Specialist

Job description

Must Have • Strong experience as a Business Analyst / Technical Business Analyst working on technology delivery initiatives. • Ability to elicit, analyse, document and validate business and technical requirements, translating business needs into clear requirements for engineering teams. • Experience developing user stories, acceptance criteria, functional requirements, process flows and technical requirements. • Strong understanding of APIs and system integrations, including the ability to analyse API specifications, request/response structures, data mappings and integration dependencies. • Ability to understand and document end-to-end system and data flows across multiple applications or platforms. • Experience working with technical stakeholders, including software engineers, solution architects, testers, product owners and delivery leads. • Strong data analysis and mapping skills, including identifying source-to-target transformations, business rules, data dependencies and data quality issues. • Ability to investigate existing systems and processes, perform gap and impact analysis, and identify functional and technical dependencies. • Experience working in Agile delivery environments, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, story elaboration and supporting development/testing throughout delivery. • Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to work through complex or ambiguous requirements and convert them into actionable outcomes. • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. • Experience using relevant delivery and documentation tools such as Jira and Confluence or equivalent. Nice to Have: • Experience working with graph databases and graph data modelling, including designing and interpreting nodes, relationships, properties and graph-based data structures. • Experience with SQL and the ability to query and analyse data independently. • Hands-on experience with API tools such as Postman, Swagger / OpenAPI or equivalent. • Understanding of event-driven architectures, messaging, microservices and distributed systems. • Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or GCP. • Experience working with data transformation, migration or reconciliation initiatives. • Familiarity with non-functional requirements, including performance, availability, resilience, security and observability. • Ability to interpret solution architecture and technical design documentation. • Experience supporting system, integration and user acceptance testing, including defect triage and requirements traceability. • Experience working in large-scale, complex or highly regulated enterprise environments. • Relevant BA, Agile, cloud or technology certifications. Key Responsibilities Must Have • Strong experience as a Business Analyst / Technical Business Analyst working on technology delivery initiatives. • Ability to elicit, analyse, document and validate business and technical requirements, translating business needs into clear requirements for engineering teams. • Experience developing user stories, acceptance criteria, functional requirements, process flows and technical requirements. • Strong understanding of APIs and system integrations, including the ability to analyse API specifications, request/response structures, data mappings and integration dependencies. • Ability to understand and document end-to-end system and data flows across multiple applications or platforms. • Experience working with technical stakeholders, including software engineers, solution architects, testers, product owners and delivery leads. • Strong data analysis and mapping skills, including identifying source-to-target transformations, business rules, data dependencies and data quality issues. • Ability to investigate existing systems and processes, perform gap and impact analysis, and identify functional and technical dependencies. • Experience working in Agile delivery environments, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, story elaboration and supporting development/testing throughout delivery. • Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to work through complex or ambiguous requirements and convert them into actionable outcomes. • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. • Experience using relevant delivery and documentation tools such as Jira and Confluence or equivalent. Nice to Have: • Experience working with graph databases and graph data modelling, including designing and interpreting nodes, relationships, properties and graph-based data structures. • Experience with SQL and the ability to query and analyse data independently. • Hands-on experience with API tools such as Postman, Swagger / OpenAPI or equivalent. • Understanding of event-driven architectures, messaging, microservices and distributed systems. • Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or GCP. • Experience working with data transformation, migration or reconciliation initiatives. • Familiarity with non-functional requirements, including performance, availability, resilience, security and observability. • Ability to interpret solution architecture and technical design documentation. • Experience supporting system, integration and user acceptance testing, including defect triage and requirements traceability. • Experience working in large-scale, complex or highly regulated enterprise environments. • Relevant BA, Agile, cloud or technology certifications. Skill Requirements Must Have • Strong experience as a Business Analyst / Technical Business Analyst working on technology delivery initiatives. • Ability to elicit, analyse, document and validate business and technical requirements, translating business needs into clear requirements for engineering teams. • Experience developing user stories, acceptance criteria, functional requirements, process flows and technical requirements. • Strong understanding of APIs and system integrations, including the ability to analyse API specifications, request/response structures, data mappings and integration dependencies. • Ability to understand and document end-to-end system and data flows across multiple applications or platforms. • Experience working with technical stakeholders, including software engineers, solution architects, testers, product owners and delivery leads. • Strong data analysis and mapping skills, including identifying source-to-target transformations, business rules, data dependencies and data quality issues. • Ability to investigate existing systems and processes, perform gap and impact analysis, and identify functional and technical dependencies. • Experience working in Agile delivery environments, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, story elaboration and supporting development/testing throughout delivery. • Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to work through complex or ambiguous requirements and convert them into actionable outcomes. • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. • Experience using relevant delivery and documentation tools such as Jira and Confluence or equivalent. Nice to Have: • Experience working with graph databases and graph data modelling, including designing and interpreting nodes, relationships, properties and graph-based data structures. • Experience with SQL and the ability to query and analyse data independently. • Hands-on experience with API tools such as Postman, Swagger / OpenAPI or equivalent. • Understanding of event-driven architectures, messaging, microservices and distributed systems. • Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or GCP. • Experience working with data transformation, migration or reconciliation initiatives. • Fami