Business Analyst

Falcorp Resourcing; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 600 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking an experienced Business Analyst to join their Johannesburg team. The role requires at least 5 years of experience in Business Analysis, with a focus on the financial services industry, including long term insurance and investments. Key responsibilities include engaging stakeholders to gather requirements, translating business needs into functional documents, and supporting both internal users and clients during UAT processes. The ideal candidate should have strong analytical and interpersonal skills, along with experience in tools like JIRA and Visio.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years' experience in a Business Analysis role.
• Experience in the financial services industry is preferred.
• Ability to work with both internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with delivery manager and clients to gather requirements.
• Analyze client requirements to determine scope and effort.
• Facilitate requirement analysis sessions and design workshops.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Strong communication Skills

Analytical Aptitude

Negotiating and Influencing Skills

Problem-solving skills

Critical thinking skills

Education

Relevant degree or certification in Business Analysis

Tools

Visio

JIRA

Confluence

Azure DevOps

FIGMA

Job description

Job Summary

Reference: JHB******-MM-1We are looking for a Business Analyst with a minimum of 5 years' experience in a Business Analysis role, of which a minimum of 3 years must be in the financial services industry, long term insurance, investments, wealth management, healthcare administration, or employee benefits. Any technical skills will be an added benefit. Duties & Responsibilities Work with the relevant Delivery manager and Client to elicit accurate and comprehensive product roadmap/backlog requirements Work with the relevant Delivery manager and Project Manager to analyze client requirements to determine scope and effort in support of the client commercial engagementplete modelling, including providing Product Manager with input to the business case; and conduct product demonstrations and provide sales support Pre-Sales Analysis/ Product Support Work with the relevant Delivery manager and Client to elicit accurate and comprehensive product roadmap/backlog requirements Work with the relevant Delivery manager and Project Manager to analyze client requirements to determine scope and effort in support of the client commercial engagementplete modelling, including providing Product Manager with input to the business case; and conduct product demonstrations and provide sales support Business Requirements Analysis Work closely with external and internal stakeholders to analyze their objectives and clarify the stakeholder needs or problem/opportunity statement Undertake stakeholder and competitor analysis Ability to undertake requirements review, validation, and to develop user stories Ability to apply the relevant data analysis technique – whether in business, software, or information level Facilitate requirements, analysis/discovery sessions, and design workshops to discover information related to the process or requirements from business stakeholders Work with Delivery Manager, Client, and developers to elicit accurate and comprehensive functional and non-functional requirements from project stakeholders Analyze and translate business requirements from clients into business requirements specifications that are used by architects, developers, and testers to build and test a software solution Participate in the planning and prioritization of project scope requirements with stakeholders Map customer requirements to existing system functionality and identify any gaps Examine existing and/or create new business processes including understanding data flows; Prepare user stories and prototype mock-ups for new services and enhancements. Identify and clarify constraints and work closely with external and internal stakeholders to design and implement the best possible solution within these constraints Create functional requirements specifications Requirements management through proven traceability matrices and models Development Translate business requirements to functional and non-functional requirements for the Development Team Create and update feature documentation in support of client UAT as well as Production deployments Internal & User Acceptance Testing Assist the tester(s) – as required – with the translation of the business requirements documentation into the relevant test scenarios and test cases and the review of these test plans Promote the quality of delivery by validating and verifying that the delivered functionality meets the requirements – during internal testing (prior to UAT). Assist with the validation and prioritization of test results and defect resolution As required, assist the client with the creation of UAT test plans As required, provide sign-off on a feature after delivery on behalf of the Product team Transition to Support Develop training materials and deliver training to the relevant user community (internal and/or external stakeholders). Develop and/or assist with the review of User Guides Post Implementation Review Participate in Post Implementation Review sessions Business Analysis Competence Role Develop, implement, and manage analysis methodology (templates, processes, standards) and provide leadership and support to other Business Analysts and team members. Soft Skills you should have: Interpersonal Skills Stakeholder engagement and management Strong communication Skills Negotiating and Influencing Skills Conflict Management Motivated and self-driven Results driven Analytical Aptitude Customer Focused Logical & Critical Thinking Detail Driven Process Orientated Applied learning Quality orientation Verbal and written communication skills Facilitation skills Problem-solving skills Critical thinking skills Self-managing – pro-active and dependency aware Ability to clarify and resolve ambiguity Ability to understand technical concepts Case Tools experience required Visio/Bizagi/Aris Invision/FIGMA JIRA Confluence Azure Devops Business Analysis skills Stakeholder engagement Requirements Analysis Requirements Gathering Requirements Elicitation Requirements Management Business Case documents Business Requirements Specification Functional Specification Business Process Modelling QA Testing UAT Testing Solution Architecture Overview Wireframes User Interfaces Integration/System Configuration Customer Journey Mapping Critical thinking Design thinking #J-*****-Ljbffr