SmartDev

Business Analyst

• We're looking for a Mid-Level Business Analyst to join our delivery team and own the space between business intent and technical execution.
• You'll work directly with clients to shape requirements, protect delivery scope, and ensure the team always has the clarity it needs to build the right thing - first time.
• This is a hands-on role at the heart of the sprint cycle.
• You'll write User Stories consumed directly by developers and QA, facilitate 3 Amigos sessions before each sprint, and act as the primary liaison between the client and the delivery team.
• Gather, analyse, and document business and functional requirements through structured workshops, interviews, and collaborative sessions with clients and internal stakeholders.
• Write User Stories with clear Acceptance Criteria in Given/When/Then format - covering functional logic, edge cases, and UI/UX behaviour - to a standard consumed directly by developers and QA without hand-holding.
• Review Figma wireframes and user flows produced by the Designer, annotating for requirement alignment and flagging gaps before handoff to development.
• Facilitate 3 Amigos sessions (BA + Dev + QA) before each sprint to surface ambiguity early and reduce mid-sprint clarification cycles.
• Ensure all stories meet the Definition of Ready before sprint planning - complete, estimated, and unambiguous.
• Provide clear, timely handoff of requirements to development and QA teams; remain available for Q&A throughout the sprint.
• Participate actively in sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily standups, and retrospectives.
• Maintain requirement traceability from business need through to acceptance test.
• Serve as the primary liaison between the client and the internal delivery team - representing both sides with clarity, honesty, and professionalism.
• Lead scope conversations directly: assess new requests against MVP boundaries, challenge additions with documented rationale, and propose phased or simplified alternatives where appropriate.
• Proactively distinguish must-have MVP requirements from nice-to-haves; manage a post-MVP backlog with clear, agreed deferral rationale.
• Facilitate client walkthroughs, sprint demos, and UAT sessions; triage feedback to differentiate genuine defects from scope additions.
• Produce status updates, decision logs, and scope change records that keep all stakeholders fully informed and aligned.
• Review deliverables against acceptance criteria during QA and UAT; raise and track defects with supporting evidence and clear priority classification.
• Identify compliance implications (e.g. CASS, AML, data privacy) when documenting requirements; flag regulatory uncertainties early for specialist review.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of BA practices, templates, and team ways of working.

• Own the space between business intent and technical execution.
• Work directly with clients to shape requirements and protect delivery scope.
• Write User Stories consumed directly by developers and QA.
• Facilitate 3 Amigos sessions before each sprint.
• Serve as the primary liaison between the client and the internal delivery team.
• Lead scope conversations directly and assess new requests against MVP boundaries.
• Participate actively in sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily standups, and retrospectives.
• Review deliverables against acceptance criteria during QA and UAT.

Business Analyst

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