Business Analyst – Banking

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Job Description: Business Analyst – Banking

Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Engagement Type: Long-term Contract
Industry: Banking / Financial Services

Role Overview

Our client is looking for an experienced Business Analyst with strong banking domain experience for a long-term engagement in Abu Dhabi. The ideal candidate will work closely with business stakeholders, technology teams, and project managers to gather requirements, analyze business processes, and support the successful delivery of banking-related projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Gather, analyze, and document business requirements from banking stakeholders.
• Prepare detailed BRD, FRD, user stories, process flows, and functional specifications.
• Work closely with IT teams to translate business needs into system requirements.
• Analyze existing banking processes and recommend improvements.
• Support projects related to core banking, digital banking, payments, cards, lending, compliance, or customer onboarding.
• Coordinate with business users, vendors, developers, QA teams, and project managers.
• Support UAT planning, test case review, defect tracking, and user sign-off.
• Conduct gap analysis and impact assessment for new system changes.
• Ensure project deliverables meet business requirements and regulatory expectations.
• Provide regular updates to stakeholders on requirement status and project progress.

Required Skills \& Experience

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst in the banking industry.
• Strong understanding of banking products, processes, and operations.
• Experience in requirement gathering, documentation, and stakeholder management.
• Good knowledge of Agile and/or Waterfall project delivery methodologies.
• Experience preparing BRD, FRD, process maps, user stories, and UAT documentation.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both business and technical teams.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and documentation skills.
• Prior experience working with banks in the UAE or GCC region will be an advantage.

Preferred Banking Domain Experience

Experience in one or more of the following areas will be preferred:

• Core Banking
• Digital Banking
• Payments
• Cards
• Loans / Lending
• Customer Onboarding / KYC
• Compliance / AML
• Trade Finance
• Treasury or Operations

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, IT, Computer Science, or a related field.
• CBAP, PMI-PBA, Agile, or Scrum certification will be an added advantage.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate should be detail-oriented, business-focused, and capable of managing requirements across multiple stakeholders in a banking environment. They should have strong communication skills and the ability to bridge the gap between business users and technical teams.

Work Location: In person