Business Analyst

Business Analyst, Contract

India, Remote

Growth through diversity, equity, and inclusion. As an ethical business, we do what is right - including ensuring equal opportunities and fostering a safe, respectful workplace for each of us. We believe diversity fuels both personal and business growth. We're committed to building an inclusive community where all our people thrive regardless of their backgrounds, identities, or other personal characteristics.

Tasks/ Responsibilities:

• Drives continuous process improvement initiatives to meet business needs.
• Facilitates requirements workshops and stakeholder interviews to gather, analyze, and define business requirements and current-state processes.
• Translates business requirements into detailed functional specifications, user stories, and testable acceptance criteria.
• Governs requirements to ensure they remain current, aligned, and consistent at all levels.
• Maps business processes, data flows, and source-to-target or source-to-report relationships.
• Defines KPI measures, formulas, dimensions, filters, exception rules, and data-quality rules.
• Documents and maintains data catalogs, business glossaries, and metadata.
• Advises clients and stakeholders on optimal solutions that meet business requirements.
• Leads UAT planning, test-case preparation, defect triage, and business sign-off.
• Coordinates user participation in testing, deployment, and implementation activities.

What We're Looking For:

Must Have:

• Degree/Diploma in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Prior experience as an IT Business Analyst
• Problem-solving, prioritization, and organizational skills
• Good interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written)
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
• Adept in working with multiple stakeholders to drive desired outcomes.
• Ability to work in a dynamic, changing environment and under time pressure.
• Experience in any project management methodologies and software development processes
• Proficient in data analysis tools

Nice To Have:

• SAP tables and process knowledge for any of the following domains - Sales, Finance, RD&E and Sustainability
• Databricks SQL or another cloud data platform
• dbt documentation and tests
• Data lineage or catalog tools such as Unity Catalog
• Basic API/file-interface understanding
• AI assisted delivery preferred tools: GitHub Copilot for technical documentation, user stories, acceptance criteria, tests, queries and reviews. Claude skills or equivalent reusable AI instructions/workflows for repeatable analysis, documentation and delivery activities.

Domain Specific Requirement:

• Sales: Customer and product hierarchies, pricing, sales orders, promotions, trade spend, sell-in/sell-out and customer profitability; SAP SD/TPM is strongly preferred
• Insights & Innovation: Use-case discovery, hypothesis definition, business-value measures, experiment acceptance criteria and executive insight needs
• Supply Chain: Demand planning, inventory, replenishment, production, shipments, OTIF and forecast accuracy; SAP MM/PP/QM preferred
• Finance: General ledger, P&L, cost centers, accounting periods, accruals, close and reconciliation; SAP FI/CO strongly preferred
• HQ - RD&E and Sustainability: Product master, formulation, new-product development stages, regulatory attributes and sustainability measures; PLM knowledge preferred

We offer:

• Stable employment. On the market since 2008, 1500+ talents currently on board in 7 global sites.
• “Office as an option” model. You can choose to work remotely or in the office, depending on your location.
• Flexibility regarding working hours and your preferred form of contract.
• Comprehensive online onboarding program with a “Buddy” from day 1.
• Cooperation with top-tier engineers and experts.
• Unlimited access to the Udemy learning platform from day 1.
• Certificate training programs. Lingarians earn 500+ technology certificates yearly.
• Upskilling support. Capability development programs, Competency Centers, knowledge sharing sessions, community webinars, 110+ training opportunities yearly.
• Internal Gallup Certified Strengths Coach to support your growth.
• Grow as we grow as a company. 76% of our managers are internal promotions.
• A diverse, inclusive, and values-driven community.
• Autonomy to choose the way you work. We trust your ideas.
• Create our community together. Refer your friends to receive bonuses.
• Activities to support your well-being and health.
• Plenty of opportunities to donate to charities and support the environment.
• Modern office equipment. Purchased for you or available to borrow, depending on your location.