Lead Business Analyst - BFSI

Position: Lead Business Analyst (BFSI)

Overall/Total Experience: 6-9 years

Location: Hyderabad

Working Days: 5 Days Working from Office (US Hours: 9.30 PM-6.30 AM IST)

Notice Period Requirement: 30 Days (Maximum)

Client's Company Size: Startup/Small Enterprise

Requirement: Must be a Team Lead with People Management experience

Roles & Responsibilities:

- Lead a team of business analysts in our Hyderabad office shaping solutions, setting the standard for delivery and turning complex business problems into clear outcomes.

- Lead, mentor, and manage a team of Business Analysts setting direction, reviewing work, and building capability across the team.

- Own requirement gathering, analysis, and documentation for key initiatives, ensuring quality and consistency of BA deliverables.

- Partner with senior stakeholders to translate business needs into functional specifications, user stories, and process flows.

- Work closely with product, engineering, and delivery teams to bring solutions to life and remove blockers.

- Define and drive BA best practices, standards, templates, and process improvements.

- Oversee testing, validation, and stakeholder sign-off across workstreams.

- Champion data-informed decision-making and clear, actionable communication.

Candidate Requirements:

- Must have 6+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, including team lead or people-management experience.

- Must have proven ability to lead and mentor analysts and coordinate work across multiple stakeholders.

- Must have owned requirement gathering, analysis, and documentation end-to-end for key initiatives, ensuring quality and consistency of BA deliverables.

- Must have experience translating business needs into functional specifications, user stories, and process flows with senior stakeholders.

- Must have experience defining and driving BA best practices, standards, templates, and process improvements.

- Must have experience overseeing testing, validation, and stakeholder sign-off across workstreams.

- Must have strong requirement-gathering, documentation, and stakeholder-management skills.

- Must have excellent communication, analytical, and leadership abilities, with a data-informed decision-making approach.

- Must have experience working with BFSI clients / delivering technology solutions for the BFSI sector.

- Must be willing to work during EST hours (this is an EST-based project) - 9.30PM to 6.30AM IST.

- Preferred: Hands-on experience with Unqork or other low-code / no-code platforms