Business Analyst (Int - Snr) X 9 Positions

Recru-It; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Johannesburg is seeking a skilled Business Analyst to drive change through detailed analysis and stakeholder collaboration. This role involves orchestrating complex initiatives, managing requirements, and applying business analysis principles to enhance organizational efficiency. Ideal candidates possess 5-8 years of experience, relevant qualifications, and a proven ability in agile environments. Join us to leverage your expertise and contribute significantly in delivering innovative solutions.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years BA experience managing multiple IT projects.
• Effective use of business analysis techniques required.
• Exposure to complex projects in business and industry sectors.

Responsibilities

• Conduct gathering and analysis of stakeholder requirements.
• Manage requirements throughout the lifecycle from inception to retirement.
• Participate in agile planning and backlog refinement activities.

Skills

Research methodology

Business analysis

Agile concepts

Data analysis

Process engineering

Business writing

Education

Advanced Diplomas / National 1st Degrees

IT qualifications

Certificate in BA endorsed by IIBA

SAFE Certification

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Role : To enable change by defining the needs and rationale for change, understanding the current state, defining the future state, and determining the activities required to transition from the current to the future state by applying business analysis principles according to the requirements classification schema. This involves working from diverse multi-functional perspectives with an agile mindset.

Complete complex tasks or larger, well-scoped challenges independently and identify appropriate actions to address business challenges.

Collaborate with Product Designers (CX / UX), Business Architects, Testers (QA), Business Data Managers (BDM), and key roles in the requirements value chain.

Apply principles of Product Ownership Analysis and the strategy-to-execution framework.

Job Responsibilities :

1. Conduct iterative and adaptive planning and monitoring to estimate, organize, and coordinate BA efforts on large/complex enterprise initiatives.
2. Perform elicitation and collaboration to gather information from stakeholders.
3. Analyze requirements and define designs to structure, organize, specify, and model requirements and solutions.
4. Manage requirements throughout their lifecycle from inception to retirement.
5. Conduct strategy analysis to define future and transition states, addressing business needs and solution scope.
6. Evaluate solutions to assess performance and value, removing barriers to full realization.
7. Follow IIBA best practices, agile delivery, and lean principles aligned with client delivery approaches.
8. Analyze and document requirements related to changes in users, interfaces, processes, data flows, constraints, and environments.
9. Align requirements with the portfolio's strategic themes, product roadmap, vision, KPIs, and metrics.
10. Understand program and team backlog elements and ensure requirements alignment.
11. Explore and articulate opportunities/problems, stakeholder needs, and define solutions.
12. Use visual diagrams and collaborative techniques to model scope, interfaces, data flows, processes, and dependencies.
13. Decompose and document epics, features, themes, hypotheses, PI objectives, and user stories, identifying gaps and acceptance criteria.
14. Own decomposition of portfolio epics, features, and manage requirements throughout the value chain.
15. Collaborate with teams to support process and capability alignment, impediments, and data synthesis.
16. Work with development and QA teams on test cases, user acceptance testing, and change management.
17. Participate in backlog refinement, prioritization, WSJF, and planning, promoting DevOps and quality principles.
18. Analyze and model data requirements across product dimensions, partnering with BDMs.
19. Maintain stakeholder engagement for discovery, delivery, dependencies, and enterprise delivery.
20. Conduct system demos and contribute to continuous improvement efforts.
21. Lead program ceremonies and support agile practices like minimum viable thinking and continuous deployment.
22. Identify risks, reduce waste, and support early remediation efforts.

Essential Qualification :

NQF Level: Advanced Diplomas / National 1st Degrees

Preferred Qualification :

IT qualifications, Certificate in BA endorsed by IIBA, SAFE Certification

Preferred Certifications :

IIBA endorsed

Minimum Experience Level :

5 – 8 Years BA experience, managing multiple IT projects, exposure to complex projects, business, and industry sectors.

Demonstrate effective use of common techniques.

Technical / Professional Knowledge :

• Research methodology
• BA Body of Knowledge
• Business writing skills
• Agile concepts
• Data and Business analysis
• Process engineering skills
• Global business analysis trends
• Business analysis disciplines, techniques, and practices
• Microsoft Office products

Behavioral Competencies :

• Decision Making
• Building Partnerships
• Initiating Action
• Continuous Improvement
• Customer Orientation

Package & Remuneration :

Market-related, paid monthly