Lead Business Analyst - SAP Ariba

Business Analysis, SAP Ariba

Hyderabad, Bangalore, Pune, Gurgaon, Chennai

We are seeking a Lead Business Analyst with expertise in SAP Ariba to join our team. The successful candidate will serve as a trusted advisor to both client/business stakeholders and development teams, ensuring seamless communication and collaboration. This role presents an exciting opportunity to contribute to the successful implementation, upgrade, rollout, and support of Ariba projects.

Responsibilities

Serve as a trusted advisor to client/business stakeholders and development teams
Facilitate requirements elicitation, propose functional solutions, and support acceptance testing
Collaborate with development stakeholders for requirements feasibility discussion, ambiguity resolution, and test scenario review
Document software system requirements with E2E traceability and use project/change management tools for feature/epic description, user stories, and acceptance criteria
Configure Ariba modules and work on configurations if required
Collect requirements from business teams and document them in Azure DevOps or Jira
Engage in Ariba integrations with ECC or S/4 Hana
Interact with business teams, development teams, and cross-functional teams
Work with technical stacks of the project, including DB & backend services, ETL processes, API & Web Services, Batch Jobs, Notifications, and Subscriptions, Message Queues (nice-to-have)
Contribute to software development and/or testing (nice-to-have)

Requirements

9-15 years of experience in Business and Data Analysis
Proven experience in SDLC projects as a liaison between development and business partners
Direct engagement with client/business stakeholders for requirements elicitation, proposing feasible functional solutions, acceptance testing support, and conflict resolution
Direct collaboration with development stakeholders for requirements feasibility discussion, ambiguity resolution, test scenario review, and conflict handling
Proficiency in documenting software system requirements, requirements management with E2E traceability, and using project/change management tools like Jira, Rally ALM, TFS, or ServiceNow
Familiarity with Agile frameworks such as SCRUM, Kanban, Scrum Ban, or SAFe
Experience with Ariba upstream modules like Sourcing and Contracts or Downstream modules like Buying and Invoicing
Hands-on experience in Ariba projects including implementation, upgrade, rollout, support, or testing
Ability to collect and document business requirements using Azure DevOps or Jira
Experience in Ariba integrations with ECC or S/4 Hana
B2+ English level

Nice to have

Configuration experience of Ariba
Experience in Ariba integrations with ECC or S/4 Hana
Exposure to technical stacks of the project, including DB & backend services, ETL processes, API & Web Services, Batch Jobs, Notifications, and Subscriptions, Message Queues
Experience in leading domains like BFSI, Insurance, Payments, Healthcare, LifeSciences, ECOMM, Supply Chain
Understanding of Scrum Master or Project Manager activities, onsite client location experience (nice-to-have)