Senior Business Analyst

Senior Business Analyst

Location: New Jersey, USA
Work Arrangement: Onsite / Hybrid
Employment Type: Contract – W2 Only
Experience: 12+ Years
Candidate Type: Local Candidates Only
Work Authorization: H1B / EAD

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Senior Business Analyst with 12+ years of experience in requirements gathering, business process analysis, functional documentation, stakeholder management, and project delivery. The ideal candidate will act as a bridge between business stakeholders and technical teams to ensure business requirements are clearly understood and successfully implemented.

Required Skills

• 12+ years of experience as a Business Analyst
• Business & Functional Requirements Gathering
• Requirements Elicitation and Analysis
• BRD, FRD, SRS
• User Stories and Acceptance Criteria
• Business Process Modeling and Process Flows
• Gap Analysis
• Agile / Scrum / Waterfall
• Jira and Confluence
• SQL and data analysis
• UAT Planning and Execution
• Functional and Integration Testing support
• Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM)
• Stakeholder Management
• Risk and Issue Management
• SDLC understanding
• UML / Visio / Lucidchart
• Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• API / REST services understanding is a plus
• Power BI / Tableau knowledge is a plus
• AWS / Azure knowledge is a plus

Responsibilities

• Gather and analyze requirements from business stakeholders.
• Translate business needs into detailed functional requirements and user stories.
• Create and maintain BRDs, FRDs, process flows, use cases, and acceptance criteria.
• Work closely with developers, QA engineers, architects, product owners, and project managers.
• Analyze existing business processes and identify areas for improvement.
• Conduct gap analysis and recommend appropriate solutions.
• Support development and testing teams by providing requirement clarification.
• Participate in UAT planning, execution, and defect validation.
• Perform data validation and analysis using SQL.
• Maintain requirements traceability throughout the project lifecycle.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, demos, and retrospectives.
• Communicate project requirements, risks, dependencies, and status to stakeholders.
• Ensure solutions meet business requirements and quality expectations.
• Support business users during implementation and production rollout.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Strong experience in enterprise-level projects.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Experience in Banking, Financial Services, Healthcare, Retail, or Insurance is a plus.

Candidate Requirements

• 12+ years of experience
• Must be a local candidate in New Jersey
• Contract – W2 Only
• H1B / candidates accepted
• Must be willing to work onsite/hybrid in New Jersey
• Strong communication skills required.