Business Analyst III

The Shoprite Group of Companies; Wes-Kaap; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

The Shoprite Group of Companies is seeking a Business Analyst III to strategize and facilitate efficient, competitive business processes by eliciting, analysing, validating, and documenting requirements. You will assess costs and benefits, offer suitable alternatives and recommendations.

The role conducts market analyses across product lines and overall profitability, and monitors data quality metrics to meet reporting needs and drive informed business decisions over 1–3 years.

Qualifications

• Elicit, analyse, validate and document business requirements.
• Perform cost-benefit analysis and propose alternatives.
• Analyse market trends to support profitability and growth.
• Develop and monitor data quality metrics for reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional efforts to deliver solutions aligned with business needs.
• Analyse product lines and overall profitability to guide decisions.
• Provide technical leadership to improve quality, standards and processes.

Skills

Business analysis

Requirements elicitation

Cost-benefit analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

The purpose of the Business Analyst III role is to strategize and facilitate effective and competitive business processes by eliciting, analysing, validating, and documenting business, organisational and operational requirements, providing cost-benefit analysis, suitable alternatives and recommendations.

The role conducts market analyses, analysing both product lines and the overall profitability of the business while developing and monitoring data quality metrics to ensure business data and reporting needs are met.

The role also provides technical leadership on the improvement of quality, standards and processes by ensuring that efficient and cost-effective business solutions and processes are in place to address current to long-term business needs and requirements. Business decisions in this space will generally come to fruition within 1 to 3 years.

This role plays an instrumental part across business and delivery teams to ensure that solutions are delivered according to business requirements while considering cost, user and organisational benefit. The projects in this role are generally cross-domain, high-profile and complex in nature, requiring expert business, process and technology perspectives and recommendations.