We are looking for a dedicated and experienced Senior Business Analyst to join our team at EPAM.

In this role, you will spearhead the development of innovative software solutions for established multinational businesses, focusing on financial messaging and global financial interconnectivity. You will work closely with both engineering teams and business stakeholders to ensure excellent product quality and user experience.

Responsibilities

• Articulate clear requirements for robust financial messaging solutions to enhance data quality, streamline transaction processing, and ensure global interoperability
• Ensure excellence in quality, innovation and data-driven decision-making, focusing on high customer satisfaction
• Maintain and improve requirement management and software development processes throughout the project life cycle
• Establish and manage business analysis activities
• Elicit business requirements from stakeholders using various techniques
• Proactively evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, and distinguish user requests from actual needs
• Translate business needs into functional, non-functional, and transition requirements
• Create Epics, Use Cases, and User Stories in selected formats
• Demonstrate full ownership of features and requirements throughout their lifecycle
• Work closely with internal and external stakeholders, managing expectations and facilitating clear communication
• Invest the necessary effort to become an undisputed hands-on expert on your product until it reaches the market
• Actively participate in knowledge sharing and conduct trainings within the company

Requirements

• Experience in driving interbank connectivity using SWIFT, ISO8583, and ISO20022
• 5+ years of work experience as a Business/System Analyst
• Expert knowledge in settlement and reconciliation processes
• Strong background in documenting business analysis artifacts and user stories using Gherkin acceptance criteria
• Proficiency in managing different types of requirements
• Proven ability in creating diagrams with UML and BPMN
• Experience in business analysis organization at the start of a project
• Advanced knowledge of requirements management tools like Jira and Azure DevOps
• Strong knowledge of BA tools, including modeling notations, diagram types (Visio, Lucid, draw.io), and UI wireframing (Balsamiq Mockups, InVision, Figma)
• Significant experience with Agile methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe
• Strong Product Backlog Management skills
• Proven track record of end-to-end delivery for at least 3 software projects
• Technical acumen: understanding of system workings, system integration principles, database fundamentals, and cloud computing basics
• Decision-making skills, ability to work without supervision, and proactive approach
• Strong ability to quickly learn new domains and conduct research
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

We offer

• Opportunity to Engineer your Future and to drive the world’s digital transformation with top industry clients
• Personal development program that will allow you to be valued for your strengths
• Wide range of professional trainings and workshops
• Being part of a collaborative, fast-growing, and innovative design team
• Established and accelerated growth toward different career paths, competencies, and roles
• Broad projects variety and possible mobility between projects over the time
• Collaboration in a multicultural environment and exchange of best practices with colleagues around the world
• Varied social benefits, Sports, Transportation and Health programs
• Work-life balance and flexible schedule, team buildings and sport opportunities
• Modern office/collaboration spaces (incl. new Infinity Tower business center, Sofia)
• Hybrid By Design - we provide you with the best productivity options from the 2 worlds. Meet, socialize and enjoy F2F time with your colleagues, while working from the modern EPAM's office for a few days per week and benefit from the EPAM's virtual working environment - making you able to be productive and work from remote for the rest of the week