Business Analyst/Business Systems Analyst - Contract

 

Recruiter:

HR Genie

Job Ref:

PDG20004634

Date posted:

Monday, June 27, 2022

Location:

Sandton, South Africa

Salary:

R450 - 520 per hour


JOB SUMMARY:
Business Analyst/Business Systems Analyst

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Our client a Global Tech firm is seeking a Business Analyst/Business Systems Analyst to join their team in Sandton on a contract basis. They offer stability, growth, competitive salary, exposure and an excellent working environment.

As a Business Analyst, you'll be responsible for designing and developing new solutions that will enhance the user experience of our clients. You'll work closely with internal stakeholders such as architects, developers, and designers to ensure our business solution meets their needs. You will also be tasked with delivering high-quality reports which can inform your client's decision-making processes.

Requirements

Interaction with People:

  • Lead requirements-gathering sessions and workshops, brainstorming sessions and status meetings with business stakeholders
  • Interact with technical team members such as solution architects, developers and system analysts
  • Work with the Experience Design and design team on requirements for new customer journeys, giving input on business requirements.
  • Interface with offshore development teams in different time zones
  • Work with external partners regarding data integration efforts
  • Communicate relevant information regarding project impacts to business stakeholders
  • Provide mentorship regarding best practices for documentation, story structure, and analysis processes for other Analysts
  • Interact with business stakeholders at all levels of the organization

Documentation:

  • Document business requirements in the form of BRDs, use cases, user stories and business rules
  • Create as-built specifications for consumption by business and operations stakeholders
  • Create educational and reference content for internal departments and functions
  • Create specifications for technical system functionality
  • Document business requirements for data integration purposes
  • Complete documentation for "Definition of Done" under the business analyst tasks

Process:

  • Lead agile ceremonies as part of the SDLC
  • Produce estimates for proposed work to inform enhancement costs
  • Perform risk analysis on proposed development initiatives
  • Identify and drive the process or other solutions to improve business results, product performance, and client satisfaction
  • Employ critical thinking and problem-solving skills during analysis to inform creative Solutions

Technology:

  • Understand mobile interface and application technologies for iOS and Android
  • Understand data exchange formats (XML, CSV) and protocols (FTP, HTTP)
  • Understand browser-based technologies, e.g., HTML, HTML forms, CSS and JavaScript
  • Understand UML Process Design and data modeling techniques.

Project knowledge:

  • Coordinate projects with project managers, stakeholders, and technical resources
  • Understand project plans and milestones
  • Help identify dependencies on projects as part of project planning and delivery
  • Involved in project estimation processes and planning
  • Creative thinker who comes to the table with alternative solutions when first-ask options prove to be too costly or complex.

Key skills and expectations:

  • On time delivery with rigorous attention to detail is a must
  • Manage multiple concurrent tasks and projects
  • Be optimistic, outgoing, confident, curious and self-driven
  • Gathers requirements from businesses on big and small projects
  • Drafts and gets peer buy-in for functional requirements specifications
  • Reviews unit testing pack
  • Facilitates UAT and JAD sessions for implementation and rollout.
  • Oversees and reviews post-implementation testing, support, and maintenance
  • Produce an accurate Business Requirements document with approval from all stakeholders
  • Accurately document functional requirements specifications clearly defining project objectives
  • If required, revert back to the client or other stakeholders if technical issues require business decisions in order to proceed. Answer queries from the development team on business or
  • functional aspects of the required solution.
  • Defends the client's business requirements.
  • Identifies and design a set of test cases/scripts, test scenario, and test data sets to accompany the BRD.
  • Validates the BRD and Test Basket with the client and identified stakeholders and obtains sign-off.
  • Presentations and walk-through discussion. Obtain sign-off on documents
  • Perform project estimation for BA tasks
  • Make recommendations for requirements approaches
  • Present to senior stakeholders and team

Qualifications

  • Matric
  • NQF Level 7: Relevant Bachelor's Degree and BA Certification or
  • BA Diploma or Advanced BA Qualification
  • Visio
  • Jira
  • Business writing skills
  • Communication (Presentation and facilitation skills)
  • Process mapping
  • Stakeholder management
  • End-User Acceptance Testing (BAV)
  • Technologies: Enterprise architect, Soa

 

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