Lead Business Analyst

 

Recruiter:

Data Centrix

Job Ref:

JHB005694/Shadi

Date posted:

Monday, November 22, 2021

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa


SUMMARY:
Our external client in the Financial Services industry is looking for a Lead Business Analyst. The successful candidate will be performing research and analysis to devise strategies for optimal business operations and services, ensuring efficiency and increased productivity and to ensure the organisation stay abreast with industry trends and best practices.

POSITION INFO:
Purpose of the role:
The role also includes ongoing training and development of team skill and competency to respond to the organisation requirements to insure the busines analyst capability can deliver to requirements and best practice to deliver projects successful to set objectives. 
 
Translating business specifications into effective and efficient operational systems by optimising, improving, analysing business processes, translating, and validating user requirements.

Lead BA is accountable for Business Analysis that includes:

  • Eliciting requirements.
  • Selecting the appropriate sections within the Business case / Functional specification templates to document the business requirement.
  • Ensuring any changes to requirements are communicated effectively to all stakeholders.
  • Ongoing training and development of team skill and competency to respond to the organisation requirements to ensure the busines analyst capability can deliver in using the available solutions to enable delivery to organisation practices, standards and frameworks to requirements and best practice to deliver projects successful to set objectives
  • Ensuring that all information documented is accurate and signed off by the applicable stakeholders
Be a key role player to ensure overall resource capacity management, client satisfaction and stakeholder engagement between BA team and various stakeholders across the Group.
 
Lead BA will guide and encourage the team to reach goals and wellbeing, all while implementing the company and functional objectives, company''s policies, and regulations.
 
Drive overall BA team delivery and performance management to achieve Scorecard objectives and targets.

Education and Experience
Education
  • Grade 12
  • 3 Year Diploma IT/Computer Science - advantageous
  • Business Analysis Qualification
  • Advanced Business Analysis Diploma/ Certification
  • Agile Certification
  • IIBA Membership - advantageous
Experience
  • 2 years plus management experience in leading Business Analysts (a team of ±7 BA''s)
  • 7 years plus experience spanning in business analysis and process reengineering across various projects types
  • 3 year plus agile experience in BA function


* A detailed Job Specification is available and will be discussed and provided to candidates being interviewed.

 

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