Business Analyst – Data Lakehouse Program

Business Analyst – Data Lakehouse Program Location: Jeddah, Saudi Nationality Preferences: Any Experience : 10+ years Key Responsibilities Requirements & Stakeholder Management Engage with business, IT, EDM, DWH, Data Governance, and reporting stakeholders to gather and document requirements. Conduct workshops to understand business processes, reporting needs, and data consumption requirements. Translate business requirements into functional specifications and user stories. Manage requirement traceability throughout the project lifecycle. Data Analysis & Modeling Support Analyze source systems, data flows, and business processes. Support logical and physical data model validation aligned with FSLDM and FSAS standards. Review and validate source-to-target mappings, transformation rules, and business logic. Ensure business definitions, data semantics, and reporting requirements are accurately captured. Data Quality & Reconciliation Define and validate business data quality rules. Support data profiling, reconciliation, and validation activities across Source Systems, DWH, EDM, and Data Lakehouse layers. Analyze data discrepancies and collaborate with technical teams for remediation. Participate in defect triage, root cause analysis, and resolution tracking. Reporting Repointing Support Collaborate with reporting teams to understand report logic and dependencies. Support mapping of legacy reports to new Gold Layer data structures. Validate data readiness and business acceptance for report repointing activities. Facilitate business sign-off and UAT approval processes. Testing & Validation Prepare and review SIT/UAT scenarios and test cases. Coordinate business testing activities. Validate functional and data requirements against implemented solutions. Support performance and business validation reviews. Documentation & Governance Prepare BRDs, Functional Requirement Specifications (FRS), Data Mapping Documents, Process Flows, and User Stories. Maintain requirement traceability matrices, issue logs, and decision registers. Support data governance, metadata, lineage, and compliance initiatives. Participate in project governance, status reporting, and stakeholder communication. Required Skills & Experience 10+ years of Business Analysis experience in Banking and Financial Services. Strong knowledge of Data Warehousing, Data Lakehouse, EDM, and reporting ecosystems. Experience with FSLDM, FSAS, enterprise data models, and data governance frameworks. Strong understanding of ETL/ELT processes, data reconciliation, and data quality concepts. Experience in Agile and Waterfall delivery models. Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and documentation skills. Preferred Skills Experience with Cloudera, Informatica, Teradata, Denodo, Kafka, and modern Data Lakehouse platforms. Exposure to regulatory reporting and banking data domains. Knowledge of NDMO/NDI compliance and data governance practices. Relevant certifications such as CBAP, PMI-PBA, Agile BA, or Data Management certifications are preferred. Key Deliverables Business Requirement Documents (BRD) Functional Specifications Source-to-Target Mapping Validation Data Reconciliation Reports UAT Sign-off Documentation Report Repointing Support Artifacts Data Model Review & Validation Documents Show more Show less