Business Analyst - Oil & Gas Domain

IT Business Analyst - Oil & Gas Role Overview: We are looking for experienced IT Business Analysts with strong exposure to the Oil & Gas industry. The selected professionals will work closely with business teams, technology stakeholders and implementation partners to understand business processes, gather requirements and support the delivery of technology-enabled solutions. Key Responsibilities: - Conduct workshops and discussions with business teams to understand their processes, challenges and technology aspirations. - Gather, analyse and document business and functional requirements. - Prepare BRDs, FSDs, process documents, user stories and acceptance criteria. - Translate business requirements into clear functional specifications for technology teams. - Obtain requirement and solution sign-offs from relevant business units. - Participate in backlog refinement, sprint planning and sprint-grooming sessions. - Provide functional clarification and domain expertise throughout the development lifecycle. - Coordinate with business, development, testing and support teams. - Assist with user acceptance testing, defect resolution and production releases. - Conduct source-to-target, process and functional validation wherever applicable. - Prepare user manuals, FAQs, process documents, system architecture documentation, data architecture documents and data-model descriptions. - Conduct training sessions for client users on newly developed or enhanced solutions. - Facilitate knowledge transfer between implementation and L2 support teams. - Track market trends, emerging technologies, regulations and new business models relevant to the Oil & Gas industry. - Support benchmarking exercises covering technology, processes, people, functional innovations and industry best practices. - Coordinate with external agencies and statutory authorities when required for time-sensitive implementations. Mandatory Skills and Experience: - Minimum 3 years of experience as a Business Analyst. - Minimum 2 years of direct experience in the Oil & Gas domain. - Strong experience in requirement gathering and stakeholder workshops. - Hands-on experience preparing BRDs, FSDs, user stories and functional documentation. - Experience with Agile/Scrum delivery methodologies. - Experience in sprint grooming, UAT, production releases and stakeholder sign-offs. - Strong understanding of business-process mapping and gap analysis. - Excellent stakeholder-management, presentation and communication skills. - Ability to work from the Mumbai office five days a week. Education - Mandatory: Candidates must have either: 1. B.Tech in Computer Science/Information Technology; or 2. B.Tech in any other discipline along with a full-time MBA/PGDM. Profiles that do not meet the mandatory education or Oil & Gas experience criteria will not be considered. Preferred Skills: - Understanding of downstream, upstream, retail-fuel or energy-sector business processes. - Experience with digital-transformation or technology-modernisation projects. - Knowledge of industry regulations and emerging Oil & Gas technology trends. - Experience working in a consulting or client-facing environment.