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Lasse Wagener
Last position:
Managing Director | Agile Consultant | Scrum Master | Business Analyst at Wagener Consulting GmbH
- Spearheaded the transformation of Telefonica Germany’s cloud journey into a self-service, automated marketplace by leading process analysis and design efforts; facilitated UX/UI collaboration and served as Scrum Master for cross-functional agile teams to ensure timely and quality delivery
- Designed, launched, and managed an enterprise-wide Learning & Development program focused on cloud-native skills, upskilling over 1,500 employees; undertook full vendor management including sourcing, tendering, contract negotiation, and ongoing partnership to ensure curriculum alignment with evolving organizational needs
- Implemented cloud migration processes aligned with corporate compliance and process governance; improved process transparency and audit readiness while reducing operational risks
- Architected and led a cross-divisional communication strategy to enhance organizational engagement; developed multiple channels including newsletters and intranet content, acting as single point of contact for all departmental communications to ensure consistency and alignment
Markus Munk
Last position:
Business Analyst and Project Manager at Sachsenlotto GmbH
- Business analysis of the instant win games segment (financial, IT landscape, organization, customers)
- Gap analysis and resulting requirements, project planning, milestone planning, stakeholder management, risk analysis, project documentation, playbooks
- Successful establishment of sales activities and processes for instant win games
Gor Ohanyan
Last position:
Senior IT Transformation Consultant and Business Analyst at Self-employed Consultant
Senior IT Transformation Consultant and Business Analyst with a focus on banking and large-scale transformation projects.
Many years of experience in analyzing, structuring, and implementing business requirements, as well as designing target states in complex IT landscapes.
Strong interface skills between business and IT, with a focus on translating business requirements into workable IT concepts and architectures.
Solid experience in designing and improving end-to-end processes, as well as creating business concepts and decision papers.
Proven project success in the areas of Identity & Access Management (IAM), post-merger integrations, IT infrastructure, and regulatory requirements.
Confident in working with agile methods and artifacts.
Joachim Groth
Last position:
Software Coordinator / Business Analyst / Developer at Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Sachsen
- Leading coordination between business units and IT
- Coordinating development and testing
- Business analysis and structured requirements gathering
- Specifying functional and technical requirements
- Integrating interfaces to internal systems
- Developing SQL queries and reports
- Documentation in Confluence Result: On-time go-live, structured and agreed project basis, ensuring a coordinated project workflow.
William Nguyen
Last position:
Senior Business Analyst/Requirements Engineer at Finanzen.Net/Finanzen.Zero
- Analysis of complex business processes and end-to-end user journeys in digital product and platform environments
- Gathering, structuring, and prioritizing business and technical requirements (Functional / Non-Functional Requirements)
- Translating business goals into actionable requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria
- Conducting stakeholder interviews, workshops, and reviews with business teams, IT, UX, and management
- Creating and maintaining requirement artifacts (BRD, FRD, user stories, process models, decision papers)
- Ensuring consistency between business needs, technical implementation, and product vision
- Close collaboration with development teams to clarify business questions during implementation
- Support with impact analyses (A/B tests), change requests, and scope management
- Quality assurance of implemented requirements including acceptance criteria and business testing
- Advising on the further development of product strategy and roadmap structure
- Prioritizing backlog items based on business value
- Defining and sharpening product goals, KPIs, MVP definition, and other success metrics
- Evaluating new features, tools, and initiatives from a user and business perspective
- Facilitating decision-making between business, product, and technology
- Supporting go-to-market considerations and product positioning
- Sparring partner for product and stakeholder decisions at management level
- Dashboard creation, data modeling, BI report administration, and data analysis in Power BI
Marcus Baßler
Last position:
Business Analyst & Project Manager Process Management IT Telecom Systems at Stadtwerke Bochum
- Led the realignment and positioning of the 'Connect' sector as a company-wide fiber-optic business
- Oversaw the architectural redesign of the system infrastructure, including process and staff structure optimization
- Designed and implemented a comprehensive modernization strategy for the IT and telecommunications systems
- Managed stakeholder relationships to ensure alignment between business goals and technological implementations
Patrice Faßhauer
Last position:
Senior Business Analyst at Patrice Faßhauer Consulting
- As-is process analysis
- Role process design
- Data analysis
- Application analysis
- To-be reporting concept
- KPI calculation
- Interviews
- Presentation
- Documentation
Santina Wey
Last position:
Business Analyst & BI Strategist - Comparison Portal at dataweys (self-employed)
- Assessment of the existing reporting landscape and strategic bundling of needs
- Migration and consolidation of reports to Metabase, connected to ClickHouse as the data foundation
- Building and maintaining data pipelines
Stack: Metabase · ClickHouse · Appsmith · Airflow
Jana Bettzüge
Last position:
Senior Business Analyst at Eurofiber Netz GmbH
- Responsible for cross-department requirements management in collaboration with business units, IT, and external vendors
- Gathering, structuring, consolidating, and prioritizing business requirements from various company departments
- Modeling and documenting business processes using BPMN as a basis for transparency and further development of existing solutions
- Analyzing existing business processes and identifying optimization opportunities
- Refining business requirements with regard to feasibility, cost-effectiveness, and impact on adjacent processes
- Facilitating business alignment sessions with relevant stakeholders to refine requirements and support decision-making
- Creating actionable business concepts for IT development
- Supporting implementation, testing, and rollout of new or adjusted solutions
- Assisting in standardizing requirements and processes to build a reliable decision-making foundation
Mandy Schmitz
Last position:
Scrum Master & Agile Coach at Energielenker Solutions GmbH
- Scrum Master for a development team in the renewable energy sector (FTEs & freelancers), coaching 3 POS
Jurek Malinowski
Last position:
Lecturer at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin (HWR)
- Lecturer for the 'Digitalization in Business' course in the dual study program for insurance companies
Marco Gau
Last position:
Business Analyst - Payroll Services Rhineland at Shell Deutschland GmbH
- Product Owner of middleware migration project from 3rd party vendor to inhouse solution
- Technical definition of ruleset to collect payroll relevant shift data from 3rd party vendor and apply allowances based on complex operating agreements
- Streamlining payroll processes to ensure flawless payouts
Nikhil Bollineni
Last position:
Business Analyst at DeepFile
- Analyzed API data to identify patterns in user behavior, which led to the development of a new feature that improved the user experience.
- Conducted data analysis on large datasets using Excel and MySQL, optimizing document management processes and improving efficiency.
- Developed interactive Tableau dashboards to visually present key insights derived from industry document management analysis, facilitating data-driven decision-making.
- Utilized web analysis data to create and manage Tableau dashboards, offering valuable insights on user engagement and website performance.
- Collaborated with frontend engineer & backend engineer to develop and deploy a Python, Flask, and SQL integrated SaaS webpage, ensuring seamless production and deployment on a live server.
Arne Eder
Last position:
Co-Founder Business Analyst & Strategic Consultant at GOOD FOR GmbH
- Launched new startup
- Improving dashboarding for all departments
- Ran successful pilot
- Ownership business case
- Verbally committed pre-seed investment
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Business Analysts statistics
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
15 years (Germany: 20 years)
Position duration
1.6 years (Germany: 3 years)
Positions per freelancer
12 (Germany: 14)
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Business Intelligence
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Banking and Finance
Certification focus areas
Project Management, Human Resources, Business Intelligence
Bachelor's degree or higher
100% (Germany: 93%)
Master's degree or higher
71% (Germany: 54%)
Doctorate
14% (Germany: 6%)
Certifications per freelancer
2 (Germany: 4)
Most common languages
German, English, Spanish
Speak two or more languages
93% (Germany: 97%)
Based on our profile pool as of 26 Aug 2026.
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Average rates for Business Analysts in Berlin
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About the role
Scope of work
A Business Analyst turns business needs into clear requirements and workable solutions. They map processes, uncover pain points, define the target state, and keep business, product, and delivery teams aligned.
- Run stakeholder interviews and workshops
- Document requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria
- Map current and future processes
- Support testing, change requests, and rollout decisions
- Translate between business teams and technical teams
Core skills
Strong Business Analysts ask the right questions and structure messy input fast. They need sharp listening, clear writing, and the discipline to separate facts, assumptions, and priorities.
- Process analysis and gap assessment
- Requirements engineering and backlog refinement
- Stakeholder management and facilitation
- UAT support and test case design
- Basic data analysis in tools like Excel, Jira, Confluence, or Visio
Typical projects
Freelance Business Analysts are often brought in for software rollouts, ERP changes, CRM improvements, data initiatives, and operating model shifts. In Berlin, they are common in scale-ups, tech companies, agencies, and larger companies with cross-functional teams.
They are especially useful when scope is still moving, internal teams are overloaded, or a project needs someone who can bring structure without waiting for a long hiring process.
What good looks like
A strong Business Analyst does more than document requests. They challenge vague input, find missing decisions, and keep the team focused on outcomes instead of opinions.
- Turns business goals into clear, testable requirements
- Spots process gaps and dependencies early
- Writes documentation that developers and business users can both use
- Keeps workshops productive and decisions visible
- Helps delivery move without creating rework
Common specializations
Companies often look for a BA with experience in a specific domain or delivery style. Common cases include digital transformation, finance processes, e-commerce flows, operations, compliance, and product discovery.
A Business Analyst may work closely with product owners, solution architects, project managers, or data teams. Some are called functional analysts or requirements analysts, but the work is often the same: make the problem clear and the next step executable.
When to bring one in
Bring in a freelance Business Analyst when you need short-term capacity, outside perspective, or help on a project that cuts across teams. They are a strong fit for discovery phases, recovery projects, migrations, and situations where the business side is unclear about what it really needs.
Remote collaboration works well for analysis, documentation, and follow-up. On-site time in Berlin can help when workshops are sensitive, many stakeholders are involved, or the team needs faster alignment in the room.
Frequently asked questions
Before you brief your next project: the most common questions about Business Analysts.
A Business Analyst defines what the business needs and turns that into clear requirements for delivery teams. That usually includes workshops, process mapping, user stories, acceptance criteria, and support during testing or rollout. The role is about clarity, not just documentation.
A freelancer makes sense when the work is project-based, urgent, or tied to a specific change. This is common during software implementations, process redesign, or when the internal team lacks capacity. A permanent hire fits better if the need is stable and long term.
Look for a Business Analyst who can structure vague input, handle stakeholders calmly, and write requirements that developers and business users both understand. Strong process thinking and enough technical literacy to work with Jira, Confluence, Excel, or similar tools are also important. Good analysts also know when to ask for decisions instead of making assumptions.
A Business Analyst focuses on understanding the problem, defining requirements, and making sure the solution fits the business need. A Product Owner owns product priorities, while a Project Manager focuses more on planning, timing, and delivery coordination. In smaller teams, one person may cover parts of all three roles, but the responsibilities are not the same.
Not always. Many analysis tasks can be done remotely, especially documentation, workshops, and follow-up work. On-site time in Berlin helps when the project depends on fast stakeholder alignment, sensitive discussions, or close work with local teams.
Typical outputs include process maps, requirement documents, user stories, acceptance criteria, backlog items, and workshop notes. A Business Analyst should also help validate scope, support testing, and make open decisions visible. The best deliverables are practical and easy for the team to use.
The terms often overlap, but a functional analyst is usually tied more closely to a specific system or domain, while a business analyst may work broader across process, stakeholder, and solution design. In practice, many companies use the titles interchangeably. What matters most is the actual scope of work.
Judge them by the quality of the questions they ask, the clarity of their documentation, and how well they reduce confusion in the team. A strong Business Analyst helps stakeholders agree faster and gives delivery teams fewer surprises. If meetings end with clear decisions and fewer gaps in scope, that is a good sign.
The average hourly rate for Business Analysts in Berlin is 101 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 805 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers working as Business Analysts in Berlin, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 71% hold at least a Master's degree, and 14% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers working as Business Analysts in Berlin have 15 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.6 years.
The most common languages among freelancers working as Business Analysts in Berlin are German (100%), English (93%), and Spanish (14%).
The most common industries among freelancers working as Business Analysts in Berlin are Information Technology (86%), Professional Services (64%), and Banking and Finance (57%).
The most common business areas among freelancers working as Business Analysts in Berlin are Information Technology (93%), Project Management (86%), and Business Intelligence (79%).
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