Business Analyst III (Human Resources)

Boardroom Appointments; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A staffing agency is searching for a skilled Business Analyst III in Cape Town. The successful candidate will strategize and facilitate efficient business processes while ensuring alignment with organizational needs. A degree in IT, strong analytical skills, and over 6 years of experience in a business analysis role are essential. The role involves market analysis, monitoring data quality metrics, and providing technical leadership on sustaining and improving business processes. This position offers an exciting opportunity to influence critical business decisions and outcomes.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in a Business Analyst role with a strong technical background.
• Experience in the Human Resources functional area is essential.
• Demonstrable experience working within all aspects of the SDLC.

Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyse, validate, and document business requirements.
• Conduct market analyses and monitor data quality metrics.
• Provide technical leadership on business solutions and processes.

Skills

Strong IT and process modelling skills

Strong understanding of agile development

Strong business acumen

Exposure to SAP

Education

Degree or Diploma in Information Technology or related field

Business Analysis certification at Practitioner level (ECBA, CCBA)

Job description

About the job Business Analyst III (Human Resources)

• Degree or Diploma in Information Technology or a related field (essential).
• Business Analysis certification at Practitioner level (ECBA, CCBA), FTI certification or similar (desired).

Experience:

• +6 years experience in a Business Analyst role with a strong technical background, proven track record of successful delivery in a BA environment and demonstrable experience working within all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) (essential).
• We are currently searching for BA IIIs with exposure to workforce management (desired), learning and development (desired) and have experience in the Human Resources functional area (essential)

Knowledge and Skills:

• Strong IT and process modelling skills (essential).
• Strong understanding of agile development, servers, databases and networking (essential).
• Exposure to SAP and relevant modules (per functional areas) (preferred).
• Good business acumen along with strong business understanding of the broader retail industry (desired)

Responsibilities:

• 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/or 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, ensuring 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 (>1 year) business needs/requirements.
• Business decisions in this space will come to fruition within 1-3 years.
• This role plays an instrumental role across business and delivery teams to ensure that solutions are delivered according to the business requirements considering cost, user and organization benefit.
• The nature of projects in this role are generally across domains, high profile and complex in nature demanding expert business, process and technology perspectives and recommendations.