Business Analyst

Astute - The Financial Services Exchange; Midrand; On-site; ZAR 450 000 - 600 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services provider is seeking a Business Analyst in Midrand, South Africa. This role focuses on translating business needs into effective solutions through strong client engagement and cross-functional collaboration. Ideal candidates will have a relevant degree, at least 5 years in system development, and experience in business analysis. Knowledge of data management principles and business process modeling tools is also required. Join and help build impactful solutions!

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in System Development.
• 3+ years of experience in Business Analysis.
• Experience in project management methodologies and tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop strong relationships with clients to ensure effective engagements.
• Elicit, document, and analyze business needs and formulate solutions.
• Facilitate user acceptance testing and ensure project delivery.

Skills

Client engagement

Business requirements analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Data interpretation

Quality assurance processes

Continuous improvement

Education

Relevant Diploma or BCOM Degree in Business or Information Technology

Certificate / Diploma in Business Analysis

IIBA Certification

Tools

Business process modelling tools

Visio

Job description

The opportunity

Are you a strategic thinker who loves turning business challenges into smart solutions? We’re looking for a Business Analyst who can translate business needs into powerful, effective solutions to ensure effectiveness of implementation as well as continuous improvement of existing solutions by collaborating with and acting as a link between different stakeholders.

What you will do:

Client Centric Engagements

• Developing a good working relationship with clients both internal and externally.
• Providing 1st line product/service support to clients for all solutions in line with SLAs and new service stabilization periods.
• Promoting, facilitating and participating in industry /product focused workshops and forums.
• Maintain service, quality, and desired outputs within a specific functional process through ensuring compliance to policies, procedures, and standards.
• Providing support to the delivery teams, and other operations teams
• Identifying and implementing opportunities to improve service quality, accuracy, compliance, and productivity.

Analysis Requirements:

• Elicit and document business needs (internal & external) through relevant tools and techniques.
• Analyze business requirements and formulate compelling business solutions including risk and impact assessments.
• Foster cross functional collaboration for successful SDLC.
• Prepare and maintain planning, design, implementation and solution documents: (fit-for-purpose, not limited):
• Business Requirements Specification
• Functional Requirements Specification
• Integration Specification
• User Stories
• Basic understanding of Master Data Management principles
• Gather and interpret data for data analysis
• Facilitate the translation of Business Requirements into Systems requirements.
• Quality Assurance Process: Facilitate user acceptance testing inclusive of (not limited):
• Test Plan
• Test Cases
• Regression Testing
• Contribute generally as a member of the team to the successful delivery of approved projects outputs.
• Share knowledge on and participate in the creation of new and improved standards, systems and procedures to maintain service delivery.
• Identify and recommend continuous improvements in work processes, procedures, and schedules.
• Participate in continuous knowledge sharing within the team and all other supporting functions (Testing, Service Desk etc.).

A suitably qualified candidate for the role should have:

• Relevant Diploma or BCOM Degree in Business or Information Technology
• Certificate / Diploma in Business Analysis advantageous
• IIBA Certification advantageous
• Experience in project management methodologies and tools advantageous
• Knowledge of data management principles
• Knowledge of business process modelling tools e.g.: Visio
• Minimum 5 years of experience in System Development
• Minimum 3 Years’ Experience in Business Analysis
• Experience in the Financial Industry would be advantageous

Apply now and help us build solutions that drive real business value.