Business Analyst III (Human Resources)

Boardroom Appointments; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 500,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is looking for a Business Analyst III to strategize and facilitate effective business processes. The ideal candidate should have at least 6 years of experience in a similar role, strong IT and process modelling skills, and a degree in Information Technology. Responsibilities include analysing business requirements, conducting market analyses, and providing technical leadership. This is a critical role across business and delivery teams to ensure effective solution delivery.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 years experience in a Business Analyst role.
• Demonstrable experience working within all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Exposure to workforce management and learning and development is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyse, validate, and document business requirements.
• Conduct market analyses focusing on product lines and profitability.
• Provide technical leadership for improving quality and standards.
• Ensure solutions meet business requirements considering cost and user benefit.

Skills

IT and process modelling skills

Understanding of agile development

Knowledge of servers, databases, and networking

Business acumen in retail

Education

Degree or Diploma in Information Technology or related field

Business Analysis certification at Practitioner level

Tools

SAP

Job description

About the job Business Analyst III (Human Resources)

Minimum Requirements

• 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.