Senior Business Analyst with Data Focus
We are looking for a Senior Business Analyst who wants to work on complex data-driven initiatives across domains such as Travel, Financial Analytics, Life Sciences and Healthcare. This role is for a mature BA who can connect business goals, data context, system behavior and stakeholder expectations into clear solution direction and delivery-ready requirements. You may contribute to client opportunities across the USA, Europe and the Middle East, as well as internal EPAM products and processes. The role is a strong fit for someone who enjoys solving complex business problems, working with data-related topics and helping teams deliver functionality, reports and data outputs that create real business value
Responsibilities
- Gather, analyze and structure business requirements from stakeholders to ensure clear alignment between business needs and technical implementation
- Translate business requirements into functional, system and data-related requirements for delivery teams
- Analyze business processes, user needs and operational problems to identify improvement opportunities and support solution design
- Collaborate with engineering, data, BI, QA and delivery teams to clarify business logic, data dependencies, reporting needs and validation expectations
- Support analysis of data flows, data structures, transformations and source-to-target logic from a business perspective
- Prepare and maintain clear documentation including requirements, process flows, business rules, data-related rules, acceptance criteria and supporting artifacts
- Validate delivered functionality, reports, dashboards or data outputs against business expectations and acceptance criteria
- Facilitate stakeholder discussions, clarify ambiguity, manage expectations and ensure shared understanding across business and technical teams
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience as a Business Analyst preferably in data-driven, backend, platform, reporting or analytics-related environments
- Expertise in requirements elicitation, business process analysis, stakeholder communication, documentation and acceptance criteria definition
- Capability to work at the intersection of Business Analysis and Data with willingness to deepen knowledge in technical areas
- Proficiency in SQL for data analysis, validation, business logic clarification and investigation of system behavior
- Familiarity with Power BI or other data analysis tools, data platforms and ETL processes
- Skills in data validation, modeling and maintaining data structures and data flows and creating and testing Power BI reports and dashboards
- Understanding of backend systems, data platforms and integrations including data exchange formats such as JSON/XML
- Ability to collaborate effectively with business stakeholders, engineering, data and BI specialists, QA, delivery managers and vendors
- Strong analytical thinking, attention to detail, ownership and ability to work with ambiguity
- Advanced English proficiency preferably C1 level for client-facing communication, workshops, documentation and stakeholder alignment
