Business Analyst

About the Role

Capgemini is seeking an experienced Business Analyst to join its Insights & Data practice in Riyadh. This permanent role focuses on leading requirements discovery and translating business needs into high-quality user stories for the implementation and commissioning of an on-premises Data Lakehouse. The project leverages Cloudera CDP **, Medallion, and Lambda (batch, streaming, and serving) architectures.

Role Context and Objectives

The Insights & Data practice assists organizations in leveraging data to drive innovation, efficiency, and transformation, with a focus on Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, and Agentic AI technologies. The Business Analyst will work across retail and corporate banking domains, ensuring alignment with SAMA regulatory and compliance standards. Key objectives include facilitating knowledge transfer, conducting stakeholder interviews, defining acceptance criteria, and supporting testing activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead knowledge transfer sessions and stakeholder interviews across banking, risk, compliance, and operations teams.
• Gather, analyze, and document functional and non-functional requirements.
• Prepare Business Requirements Documents (BRDs), Functional Requirements Documents (FRDs), data contracts, and source-to-target mappings.
• Translate requirements into user stories with clear acceptance criteria and traceability.
• Manage and prioritize the product backlog while controlling scope changes.
• Ensure alignment with Medallion, Lambda, and data governance frameworks.
• Provide expertise across retail and corporate banking domains.
• Ensure compliance with SAMA regulations, data governance, and audit requirements.
• Collaborate with architects, data modelers, and development teams to align business and technical needs.
• Facilitate workshops, drive decisions, and manage stakeholder expectations.
• Support test planning, User Acceptance Testing (UAT) execution, and acceptance validation.
• Perform data validation and reconciliation using SQL.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and maintain Jira/Confluence artifacts.
• Communicate project status, risks, and key updates to stakeholders.

Required Skills and Attributes

• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Effective communication abilities.
• Proven analytical skills.
• Experience with data lakehouse implementations on Cloudera CDP ***
• Familiarity with Medallion and Lambda architectures (batch, streaming, serving).
• Knowledge of retail and corporate banking domains.
• Understanding of SAMA regulatory and compliance standards.

Work Environment

This role is based in Riyadh and involves working within Capgemini's Insights & Data practice. The position requires collaboration with various internal and client teams, including banking, risk, compliance, operations, architecture, data modeling, and development teams.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is a company that focuses on leveraging technology to transform businesses. Joining Capgemini offers opportunities to collaborate with industry experts and contribute to client innovation and business growth.