Business Analyst

**Role Overview** ----------------- We are looking for a **Business Analyst** to work closely with customer stakeholders and project teams to understand business requirements and translate them into clear, actionable requirements for data and analytics initiatives. The role will support **data catalogue, data modelling, data remediation, dashboard development, KPI definition, semantic mapping, and data publication** workstreams. The Business Analyst will act as a key bridge between business stakeholders and technical teams, ensuring that business terms, critical data elements, ownership, classification, glossary content, and validation requirements are accurately captured and aligned with business objectives. **Key Responsibilities** ------------------------ * Engage directly with customer stakeholders to gather, analyse, and document business requirements. * Define and maintain **business terms, definitions, and business rules**. * Identify and document **Critical Data Elements (CDEs)** and their business significance. * Facilitate identification of **data ownership, stewardship, and accountability**. * Support **data classification** and authoritative register scope definition. * Develop and maintain **business glossaries** and ensure consistent terminology across stakeholders. * Define and validate **semantic mappings** between business concepts and data elements. * Gather and document **KPI definitions, calculation logic, business rules, and reporting requirements**. * Define data publication scope, target users, and business validation requirements. * Translate business requirements into clear functional requirements and user stories for technical teams. * Work with data engineers, data architects, data governance teams, BI developers, and other technical stakeholders to ensure requirements are correctly implemented. * Support **data catalogue and metadata management** activities by validating business context and ownership information. * Participate in data modelling discussions and ensure models align with business requirements. * Support data remediation initiatives by identifying business data quality requirements, rules, and validation criteria. * Review dashboards and reports to ensure KPIs and business definitions are accurately represented. * Coordinate stakeholder reviews, requirement walkthroughs, and sign\-offs. * Identify gaps, inconsistencies, and conflicts in business definitions and facilitate their resolution. * Prepare requirements documentation, process flows, business rules, mapping documents, and acceptance criteria. * Support **User Acceptance Testing (UAT)** by preparing scenarios, validating results, and coordinating stakeholder feedback. * Maintain traceability between business requirements, data elements, reports, dashboards, and published data assets. * Ensure deliverables meet agreed business, governance, quality, and compliance requirements. **Required Skills \& Qualifications** ------------------------------------- * Bachelor’s degree in **Business Administration, Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Management, or a related field**. * **4–7 years of experience** as a Business Analyst, preferably within data, analytics, data governance, or digital transformation projects. * Strong experience in **business requirements gathering and stakeholder management**. * Experience working with **data governance, data cataloguing, metadata, data quality, or data management** initiatives. * Strong understanding of **business glossary, data ownership, data classification, CDEs, KPIs, and data definitions**. * Ability to translate business requirements into clear technical and functional requirements. * Strong analytical, documentation, communication, and presentation skills. * Experience preparing **BRDs, FRDs, user stories, process flows, business rules, acceptance criteria, and UAT documentation**. * Ability to work effectively with both business and technical teams. * Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple requirements and stakeholders. **Preferred Skills** -------------------- * Experience with **Data Governance and Data Management frameworks**. * Familiarity with **data catalogue and metadata management tools** such as Microsoft Purview, Informatica, Collibra, or similar platforms. * Understanding of **data modelling, data lineage, data quality, BI, and analytics concepts**. * Familiarity with SQL and relational databases. * Experience with BI tools such as **Power BI or Tableau** is an advantage. * Knowledge of **Agile/Scrum methodologies** and tools such as Jira or Azure DevOps. * Experience working on enterprise\-scale data transformation or governance programmes. **Key Deliverables** -------------------- * Business requirements and functional specifications * Business glossary and business term definitions * Critical Data Element documentation * Data ownership and stewardship definitions * Data classification requirements * Semantic and data mappings * KPI definitions and business rules * Data publication requirements * UAT scenarios and acceptance criteria * Stakeholder validation and sign\-off documentation * Requirements traceability and process documentation khuTNRQzNg