Intermediate Business Analyst

Our client is searching for an Intermediate Business Analyst to join their team on a contract opportunity in Cape Town. 

Job Purpose:

Responsible for facilitating and defining business requirements and ensuring translation into effective business solutions.

Qualification required:

• Grade 12
• Relevant 3-year Information Technology or business-related qualification

Preferred Qualification:

• Faculty Training Institute Business Analysis qualification advantageous
• Working knowledge of relevant methodology and tools e.g. Process modelling tools, project management methodologies (Waterfall, Agile etc.)

Experience required:

• Minimum of 6 years Business/Process Analysis experience, preferably across multiple disciplines/domains
• Proven experience in leading solution design workshops
• Expert knowledge in delivering typical Business Analysis Artefacts

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership in the development of a Business Analysis approach in project execution or investigation 
• Understand project context to determine applicable BPA approach
• Guide or develop BPA Approach 
• Partner with relevant IT stakeholder to ensure delivery of specific outcomes ie business cases, Impact Assessments, Feasibility studies etc.
• Lead the definition and review of business processes
• Understand current business processes and define future business processes
• Ensure documentation of future business process
• Facilitate Business requirements workshops or sessions 
• Plan and execute business requirements elicitation sessions/workshops
• Lead/Participate in solution design workshops
• Provide input to System Requirement Specification and other Technical oriented documents
• Contribute in the development of the relevant project management artefacts i.e.
• Project Initiation Document (PID), PDR etc.  Assist Project Managers/IT Business Managers
• Assist testing practice in the crafting of the integration and overall testing strategy
• Develop/Review an acceptance test criterion
• Ensure development of test scenarios and review Test Cases
• Coordinate and lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Manage and lead team of business process analyst within a project and or outside of a project
• Ensure team is effectively equipped to deliver 
• Career Management
• Review continuous BPA ways of working to extract maximum value from the practice 
• Assist Management in the review of operating model
• Ensure team adheres to BPA standards

 

• The provision of Business Process Analyst resources that will deliver the application of business analysis best practices;
• Foster and extend partnerships with Woolworths business and Woolworths ITS;
• Deliver defined business requirements collaboratively as per project requirements;
• Participate in the implementation of recommended solutions aligned to Woolworths ITS and business strategy.
• Integrate agile ways of working and thinking into the Business process Analysis community;
• Implement design thinking approaches in solving business problems; and
• Enrich and enhance the Business Analysis Capability.