Lead Business Analyst

Responsibilities

• Lead requirement gathering, analysis, and preparation of Business Requirements Documents (BRDs) for lending initiatives
• Conduct stakeholder workshops, interviews, and process walkthroughs to capture business needs
• Prepare high-quality BRDs covering business objectives, process flows, business rules, and data requirements
• Develop clear, testable, and traceable business requirements with defined acceptance criteria
• Create use cases, user stories, and acceptance criteria to support project delivery
• Validate requirements with business stakeholders and manage version control and change requests
• Perform gap analysis of existing processes and recommend improvements
• Ensure alignment between business objectives, solution design, and testing activities

Requirements

• 8+ years in banking or banking technology
• 6+ years authoring Business Requirements Documents for complex processes
• Deep product expertise in term loans and working capital (MSME, Mid Corporate, and Large Corporate segments)
• Working knowledge of trade finance products and their interaction with limits and operations
• Experience as a lead or senior business analyst setting documentation standards
• Experience on at least two lending, loan origination, or credit decisioning initiatives from requirements to Go-Live
• Experience providing requirements to functional specifications and reviewing test cases
• Exposure to Temenos T24 or comparable core banking systems
• Experience in Agile, hybrid, and vendor-led delivery models
• UAE or wider GCC banking experience is strongly preferred
• Arabic language ability is advantageous