Business Analyst III (Human Resources)

Boardroom Appointments; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 760,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments seeks a Business Analyst III (Human Resources) with 6+ years in a BA role and a strong technical background. Essential: IT degree or diploma and SDLC experience, with preferred HR and workforce management exposure.

Strong IT and process modelling skills, agile understanding, and SAP exposure are advantageous. The role focuses on eliciting and documenting requirements, cost-benefit analysis, and guiding business decisions across domains with long‑term impact, typically

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• The BA III will elicit, analyse, validate, and document business requirements, providing cost-benefit analysis and recommendations.
• Conduct market analyses and monitor data quality metrics to meet reporting needs.
• Provide technical leadership to improve quality, standards, and cost-effective solutions across domains over time.

Skills

IT and process modelling

Agile development understanding

SDLC experience

Data and reporting awareness

Education

Degree or Diploma in IT or related field

Business Analysis Practitioner level certification (ECBA/CCBA)

Tools

SAP

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.