Business Analyst III

Boardroom Appointments; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 450,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments seeks a Business Analyst to lead the full lifecycle of analysis from design to testing and implementation, coordinating with IT and business stakeholders. The role requires experience with databases and Enterprise Applications Development, especially Microsoft SQL Server.

You will drive elicitation, collaboration, and agile ceremonies, decompose requirements, model data flows, and ensure data integrity while supporting testing and change management initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering or a related field.
• 5 - 8 years BA experience, manage multiple IT projects and exposure to complex projects.
• 2 years of experience in IT, software development, and analysis.
• 3 years of experience as a Business Analyst.
• Experience with relational databases (SQL Server, Oracle, SQLite), and data modeling.
• Experience working with Microsoft Project and Visio a plus.
• Must have experience with the following: SharePoint, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Execute according to IIBA best practices, agile products delivery, and lean principles based on Nedbank's delivery approach as per the BA method, frameworks, standards, tools, technique.
• Conduct elicitation and collaboration to obtain information from stakeholders.
• Actively participate and lead program/squad ceremonies by pairing with Scrum Masters, Agile coaches, product and BITE owners.
• Decompose document epics, features, themes, hypothesis statements, PI objectives, user stories and acceptance criteria, scenario development, and all requirement categories.
• Co-located with project teams to assess and create information architectures, classify and map data elements, and document requirements.
• Work with development/QA to identify test cases/scenarios, conduct user acceptance testing and train the trainer/user, and support change management commercialization.
• Designates and ensures the integrity of data objects; develops, test, and evaluate technical specifications for data processing systems; and develops and maintains object documentation.
• Performs data entry, forms validation, data transformation, and other data management processes.
• Designs and executes end-to-end business process change management (BPCM) for one or more application projects, providing guidance on processes, priorities, and requirements.
• Analyse/document data requirements and model data flows through all seven dimensions on a solution/program level by pairing with BDM's.
• Ensure early remediation by reducing waste, rework, identify risks, issues.
• Provide vendor advice on storage area network (SAN) connectivity, availability solutions, and networking device management.

Skills

Elicitation & collaboration

Agile delivery

Stakeholder management

Data modelling

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science

Tools

SQL Server

Microsoft Project

Visio

SharePoint

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

As a Business Analyst, you will be responsible for all aspects of business analysis. You'll ensure that the current process works well by taking it through its lifecycle from initial design to testing and finally implementation. You'll be working closely with both the IT department and non-technical members of the team to provide accurate information regarding how an application or system works. This position requires some experience in databases as well as familiarity with Enterprise Applications Development (EAD).

Knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server is also required.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Execute according to IIBA best practices, agile products delivery, and lean principles based on Nedbank's delivery approach as per the BA method, frameworks, standards, tools, technique
• Conduct elicitation and collaboration to obtain information from stakeholders
• Actively participate and lead program/squad ceremonies by pairing with Scrum Masters, Agile coaches, product and BITE owners
• Decompose document epics, features, themes, hypothesis statements, PI objectives, user stories and acceptance criteria, scenario development, and all requirement categories
• Co-located with project teams to assess and create information architectures, classify and map data elements, and document requirements
• Work with development/QA to identify test cases/scenarios, conduct user acceptance testing and train the trainer/user, and support change management commercialization
• Designates and ensures the integrity of data objects; develops, test, and evaluate technical specifications for data processing systems; and develops and maintains object documentation
• Performs data entry, forms validation, data transformation, and other data management processes
• Designs and executes end-to-end business process change management (BPCM) for one or more application projects, providing guidance on processes, priorities, and requirements
• Analyse/document data requirements and model data flows through all seven dimensions on a solution/program level by pairing with BDM's
• Ensure early remediation by reducing waste, rework, identify risks, issues
• Provide vendor advice on storage area network (SAN) connectivity, availability solutions, and networking device management

Qualifications and experience:

• Bachelors degree in computer science, Engineering or a related field required
• 5 - 8 years BA experience, manage multiple IT projects and exposure to complex projects, business exposure, industry exposure. Guiding others on how to effectively use common techniques. Demonstrate these skilled proficiency descriptors
• 2 years of experience in IT, software development, and analysis required
• 3 years of experience as a Business Analyst
• Experience with relational databases (SQL Server, Oracle, SQLite), and data modeling
• Experience working with Microsoft Project and Visio a plus
• Must have experience with the following: SharePoint, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint