Lead business analysis for procurement-focused BI projects. Gather stakeholder requirements, document business processes, create functional specifications and data mappings, and define Power BI dashboards, data models, calculations, and visualizations. Support project planning, scope and milestone tracking, RAID and decision logs, governance communications, UAT, deployment, training, and hypercare. The role requires strong Power BI, data modeling, DAX, Azure, ETL/ELT, procurement analytics, and cross-functional stakeholder management experience.
Lead Business Analyst – Contract
India, Remote
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What You Will Be Doing:
Core BA Responsibilities
- Contribute to and drive continuous process improvement initiatives to meet evolving business needs of the client's procurement function
- Work closely with multiple stakeholders — procurement leaders, category managers, finance controllers, IT, and data owners — to gather, analyze, and define current business processes as well as requirements
- Translate business requirements into detailed functional specifications for the Power BI dashboard, including data model expectations, calculation logic, visualizations, and user interactions
- Support the Project Manager in delivering the project plan on time and on budget, including scope management, effort estimation input, and milestone tracking
- Ensure requirements issues are tracked, reported, and resolved in a timely manner via the project's RAID Log and Decision Log
- Effectively communicate plan, status, risks, and issues to stakeholders in a precise and timely manner across governance forums
- Support users' participation in deployments and implementation activities, including UAT coordination, training material preparation, and hypercare support
What We’re Looking For:
Education:
Degree/Diploma in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (Business Administration, Information Systems, Supply Chain Management, or Finance also considered)
Experience & Skills:
- Prior experience as an IT Business Analyst — minimum 5+ years, with at least 1 years in a lead
- Proven track record of requirements elicitation, delivering BRDs, functional specifications, and data mapping documents for BI dashboard projects
- Fluent command of written and spoken English and Japanese
- Adept at working with multiple stakeholders to drive desired outcomes across crossfunctional and crosscultural teams
- Direct experience with Power BI projects — requirements definition, dashboard page design, data model review, and UAT facilitation
- Strong problemsolving, prioritization, and organizational skills
Technical Knowledge:
- Power BI — strong understanding of data modeling (star schema), DAX measures, RLS, incremental refresh, and report design best practices
- Knowledge of cloud data platforms (Azure) and data flow from source systems into BI layers
- Understanding of ETL/ELT processes and data warehousing concepts
Nice to have:
- Experience with spend analysis, spend classification/categorization, and procurement analytics domains
- Experience working with ERP / P2P procurement data (SAP MM, SAP Ariba, Coupa, Oracle Procurement, or similar)
- Understanding of procurement data structures: purchase orders, invoices, contracts, goods receipts, supplier master data, and material/service categorization
- Familiarity with spend classification frameworks: UNSPSC, eClass, custom category taxonomies
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