Erere Dase

Results-driven Business Analyst with 10+ years' experience delivering data, technology, and regulatory transformation programmes across financial services and digital environments. Proven ability to bridge business and technology by translating complex requirements into scalable solutions through requirements engineering, process modelling (BPMN), data analysis (SQL), and stakeholder engagement. Experienced in supporting API integrations, cloud-based platforms (AWS/Azure), and large-scale data migrations (including Snowflake), with a strong track record of improving data quality, operational efficiency, and business decision-making.

Adept at working across the full SDLC within Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery models, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact outcomes. Holds an MSc in Project Management & Strategic Leadership

Lead Business Analyst - Injustice Is Real.org

(2026-03)

• Led development and requirements definition for Legal Access Hub, enhancing legal services access and case management.
• Facilitated workshops to gather functional and non-functional requirements from legal professionals and IT teams.
• Produced BRDs, FRDs, and user stories to align business needs with deliverables.
• Facilitated workshops to define BRS, epics, and user stories, ensuring shared understanding across business and technical stakeholders.
• Acted as a bridge between business and engineering teams, ensuring clarity and completeness of JIRA-managed requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Collaborated with Product Owners to refine epics and prioritize user stories, aligning delivery with business value.
• Set standards for BRS documentation, user story writing, and acceptance criteria definition, improving consistency across BA outputs.
• Coached Business Analysts on writing effective user stories, defining epics, and structuring JIRA backlogs.
• Ensured best practices in requirements engineering, including traceability from BRS to epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, and testing.
• Managed JIRA backlogs to ensure epics and user stories were refined, estimated, and aligned with delivery timelines.
• Planned and coordinated business analysis deliverables, ensuring alignment with programme milestones.
• Collaborated on API integrations with engineering teams for seamless interoperability with third-party systems.
• Executed UAT strategy, overseeing test scenarios and managing defects to ensure compliance with data protection standards.

Lead Business Analyst / Workstream Lead - Charles River Investment Solution - STATE STREET

(2021-01 - 2022-07)

• Delivered CRD IMS implementation for clients like Vontobel and Zurich, enhancing investment workflows and meeting specific requirements.
• Led and coordinated business analysis activities across the Legal Access Hub programme, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and delivery timelines.
• Defined and governed Business Requirements Specifications (BRS), translating business needs into scalable digital solutions.
• Managed and refined JIRA backlog (epics, user stories, acceptance criteria), ensuring readiness for Agile delivery.
• Supported enhanced JIRA framework implementation, providing coaching to improve backlog management and Agile delivery.
• Established end-to-end requirements traceability from BRS through epics and user stories in Jira, to acceptance criteria and UAT validation.
• Acted as a client-facing Business Analyst, gathering requirements and configuring OMS solutions aligned with business needs.
• Produced functional and technical specifications, translating client requirements to enhance product capability and user experience.
• Provided product expertise across Charles River modules, supporting trading workflows and regulatory compliance.
• Established high-quality criteria for consistent development, testing, and validation.
• Translated business needs into structured artefacts like BRS and BPMN.
• Managed epics and user stories in Jira, ensuring traceability to delivery.

Business Analyst - Regulatory & Data Change - HSBC

(2021-12)

• Improved reporting accuracy and enhanced UAT support, resulting in clearer requirements documentation.
• Facilitated workshops to establish business requirements and success criteria, challenging stakeholders to minimize ambiguity.
• Defined and executed UAT strategy, overseeing test scenarios and coordinating defect resolution, ensuring alignment with acceptance criteria.
• Led BA activities for migration workstream, managing epics, requirements, and process artifacts delivery.
• Defined UAT strategy using acceptance criteria derived from user stories and BRS, ensuring full traceability and coverage.
• Oversaw test scenario creation and execution, ensuring alignment between JIRA user stories, acceptance criteria, and business outcomes.
• Led defect triage and resolution processes within JIRA, ensuring timely delivery and quality assurance.
• Coordinated cross-functional teams, aligning JIRA delivery plans with business milestones and managing dependencies.
• Delivered at pace in Agile environments, ensuring continuous backlog refinement and delivery readiness.
• Managed RAID logs and improved reporting processes in collaboration with stakeholders.

Lead Business Analyst - Commerzbank

(2017-03 - 2017-06)

• Supported UAT planning, execution, and defect resolution to ensure quality delivery.
• Played a key role in solution rollout, business readiness, and user adoption.
• Developed training materials and user documentation to support transition.
• Ensured smooth handover from delivery to business-as-usual operations.
• Supported audit and risk reporting requirements

Business Analyst - Barclays Bank

(2017-07 - 2019)

• Reduced compliance costs by enhancing reporting efficiency for regulatory programs like AML and MiFID II.
• Collaborated with engineering teams on API integrations to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture.
• Defined and executed UAT strategy, managing test scenarios, validation, and defect management.
• Promoted best practices in requirements engineering, boosting documentation consistency and delivery standards.
• Delivered business analysis for high-profile transformation programs, navigating complex stakeholder environments.
• Enabled process automation and digital transformation to decrease manual effort and boost operational efficiency.
• Bridged the gap between business and engineering, ensuring successful, technically viable, and aligned solutions.

MSc - Project Management & Strategic Leadership - Arden University & CMI (2023-02 - 2025-12)

CMI Level 7 Diploma - Arden University

Certificate - Agile Project Management - University of Oxford