IT Business Analyst

Location: Kraków, Poland (Hybrid)
Contract Type: B2B
Rate: Up to 180 PLN/hour (net, B2B)
Industry: Financial Services / Banking

Responsibilities:

• Work with business stakeholders, subject matter experts, and technical teams to understand the business processes and requirements for AI solution.
• Document and formalize the business requirements using industry-standard methodologies and tools.
• Identify requirements and its specifications that accurately reflect the business needs and support the underlying processes.
• Collaborate with software developers and architects to ensure that the architecture and software designs align with the business requirements and goals.
• Ensure that the requirements are adequately documented, validated, and communicated across the project team and stakeholders.
• Identify and mitigate risks related to uncertainty, redundant process steps, data quality issues, data security, noncompliance with regulations, and privacy considerations.
• Work with governance committees to ensure that enterprise policies, standards, and guidelines are adhered to.
• Participate in testing and validation activities to ensure that the requirements are met, and the systems function as intended.
• Continuously monitor and assess the different types of requirements and design to ensure that they remain aligned with the evolving business needs and goals.
• Provide support and guidance to project managers, software developers, and other stakeholders in understanding and implementing the data requirements.
• Defines user acceptance tests.
• Practical experience of the agile change lifecycle and the BA role within it.
• Comfortable working in cross-skilled delivery teams (working collaboratively with UX, Devs, Test and delivery).
• Keep up-to-date with the latest industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in data analytics

Requirements:

• At least [5] years of experience in IT Business Analyst role in software delivery
• Experience in capturing, analysing and documenting functional & non-functional requirements
• Experience in prototyping or rapid application development or iterative development
• Proficiency in exploring and understanding requirements and data in order to deduce, propose or enhance business processes, with an ability to effectively link data insights to relevant business and functional requirements.
• Knowledge of agile methodologies, like Scrum or Kanban to manage projects activities. Preferably in conjunction with Familiarity with the related concepts and processes such as sprint planning, backlog grooming, and daily stand-ups, user stories, acceptance criteria
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Attention to detail and ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities.
• Strong presentation skills with the ability to communicate effectively with senior executive stakeholders and other non-technical team members.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present complex ideas to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience working in a collaborative team environment and ability to work independently.

Ideally, You would also have:

• Knowledge of Microservices architecture
• Experience and understanding of AI based solutions
• Experience on collaborative approach with developers and product owners to design and implement new services
• Familiarity with banking and Financial services industry-specific processes
• Good understanding of BDD an approach that emphasizes the behaviour of an application for business needs.
• Good knowledge of SDLC and formal Agile processes, a bias towards TDD and a willingness to test products as part of the delivery cycle SIT, UAT and Production Support.
• Familiarity with SQL and other programming languages such as Python, R.

What we offer:

• Long-term B2B contract
• Attractive rate – up to 180 PLN/h net
• Hybrid work model – 1- 2 days/week in Kraków office
• Projects with global impact in the financial industry