- Location: Pretoria
- Position type: Permanent
- Salary: R45000 - R60000 per month CTC
RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:
- Lead a team of business analysts and interns
- Responsible for the productivity of the Business Analysis department to support achieving departmental operational objectives
- Lead and direct operational activities and priorities within the department
- Contribution as a member of the ICT Management team
- Resource planning and management to support departmental operational performance
- Delivering quality, comprehensive and detailed business requirement specification documents
- Facilitation of meetings, workshops, etc. to gather information
- Supporting the business with regards to business and process improvement
- Working with key service providers to ensure business requirements, rules and controls are documented and signed off
- Analysis to support BAU issues, change and implementation
- Link between business, IT and vendors
- Assists with inputs for training manual and business rules
- Compile test plans and test cases
- Architecting of test plan specifications according to the standards, ensuring all test plans are documented, comprehensive, complete and performing testing within allocated time
- Post implementation support to business
- Assist in the continuous development and improvement of the business analysis framework (effective process and standards)
- Transfer of knowledge to users, trainers and peers
- Ability to perform process mapping and design
- Ability to perform integration analysis, data analysis and reporting analysis
- Willingness to be on standby after hours as per job requirements
- Strong working knowledge of business processes, data environment analysis and reporting analysis is essential
- Ability to provide business solutions essential
- Design, implementation and maintenance of business analysis processes and procedures in accordance with industry best practices
- Design, implementation and the maintenance of business analysis documentation templates and standards
- Oversee the design, implementation and maintenance of processes to elicit requirements using appropriate business analysis skills and techniques
- Oversee the communication and collaborate with external and internal customers to analyse information needs and functional requirements
- Oversee the delivery the following as needed: Business Requirement documentation, Business requirement specifications, Screen and Interface designs, integration design, in accordance to the change control process
- Maintain appropriate knowledge on various business units
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR THE POSITION:
- B.Sc.or B.Com degree with Computer Science / Information Technology
- A relevant Masters Degree / MBA will be advantageous
- Relevant Business Analysis qualification essential
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED FOR THE POSITION:
- Minimum 8 years professional business analysis experience
- Minimum 3 years BA management experience
- Agile Scrum, Waterfall SDLC methodologies
- Experience in a financial services business
- FTI Business Analysis
- Financial services and insurance industry experience is preferential
- Financial acumen, the ability to keep abreast with current technology, proven ability to think strategically and the ability to solve problems with ease should be among your skills
- Excellent leadership and network skills, managing and developing yourself and strong communication and influencing skills will see you flourish in this role
COMPETENCIES REQUIRED FOR THE POSITION:
- Analytical thinking
- Negotiation
- Organisational alertness
- Leadership
- Management
- Drives accountability and is a high performer
- Fosters teamwork and collaboration
- Business acumen
- Strong attention to detail and proactive attitude
- Ability to package and present analysis with recommendations to management and executive teams
- Shows initiative and ability to work independently
- Abstract thinking and conceptual problem solving
- Ability to frame problems and develop solutions aligned to strategic objectives
- Ability to work in complex, changing environments
- Excellent time management skills in order to manage requirements regarding deliverables
- Excellent interpersonal skills and team player
- Results focused and displays ability to execute
- Ability to perform well under pressure and meet deadlines
- Willingness to learn new systems
- Client focused thinking
TO APPLY: send CV and skills matrix to michelle@compuways.com with the title of this post in the subject line.