Business Analyst - Integrations

Vista Group; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 300 000 - 600 000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Business Analyst, where you'll play a crucial role in shaping software solutions for the cinema industry. This hybrid position allows you to work both remotely and in the office, providing flexibility while you engage with stakeholders to gather requirements and design intuitive user interfaces. You'll collaborate closely with development teams, ensuring projects are delivered successfully. With a commitment to inclusivity and continuous learning, this role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to innovative technology solutions that enhance the movie-going experience worldwide.

Benefits

Rest & Relax Fridays

Annual volunteer day

Employee Rewards and Benefits with Perkbox

Medical Insurance

Employee Assistance Programme Service

Paid Sick leave

5 days bereavement leave per year

On-Site Breakfast Bar

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience as a Business Analyst in software industry.
• Strong understanding of Agile SDLC and specification writing.

Responsibilities

• Gather requirements from stakeholders and translate them into software design.
• Conduct gap analysis and collaborate with the development team.

Skills

Agile SDLC

Business Analysis

Specification Writing

Stakeholder Communication

Education

Undergraduate degree in IT

Professional Business Analyst qualifications

Tools

Business Analysis tools

Mock-up tools

Job description

As an experienced Business Analyst, you'll have proven success within an Agile software development environment. Within integrations, our core areas of responsibility are Compliance & Fiscalisation, Payments, Data Import/Export & Reports, ERP, and APIs. Any prior exposure to these areas is a highly beneficial.

Integrations development covers the full range of core business in the Cinema industry, and you will become adept at understanding the domain to both a wide and deep level. Uncovering intersections between Cinema, 3rd party, Moviegoer, and Vista requirements you'll be involved in scoping, gap analysis, and functional design, closely collaborating with the development team to shepherd each project through to deployment in a live cinema near you.

Key Responsibilities

Software Design and Analysis

• Gather requirements from project stakeholders including internal Vista staff and external customers
• Analyse customer and business requirements and translate those into a software design that fits within the existing Vista framework

Proposal and Specification writing

• Understand user interface design principles and design intuitive and easy to use interfaces using provided mock-up tools

Communication

• Schedule and chair meetings to discuss and present the requirements of the solution
• Deliver informative, well-organized presentations, and clearly articulating ideas and thoughts
• Ensure that stakeholders across the business are on board with the proposed design
• Initiate and monitor the Specification Approval Process, collaborating with the Product Design Manager to ensure timely completion
• Collaborate across different areas of the business, liaising with international offices regarding their requirements
• Provide guidance to the Engineering Tribes while specifications are being coded and tested

Vista Application Knowledge

• Develop familiarity with and build knowledge of the full range of Vista applications
• Develop a high level of expertise in selected Vista applications as directed by the Product Director/Delivery Manager, including expertise in functional features of the product, customer use of product, and product installation

Requirements

• 3+ years' relevant experience in the software industry in a Business Analyst role
• Fundamental understanding of concepts around Agile SDLC, technical systems and specification writing
• Good understanding of Business Analysis tools and techniques, with the ability to generate effective requirements, and own feature development to delivery
• Experience working within Integrations a plus
• Ability to develop and maintain good professional working relationships with people at all levels across the company
• Professional Business Analyst qualifications (preferred)
• Undergraduate degree in IT (preferred)

This is a hybrid role with a home and office-based split, requiring regular weekly (2 days per week) attendance in the Cape Town office.
We are only considering applicants with an existing right to work in South Africa, without the need for employer sponsorship.
About Vista

Vista Group is the global leader in providing technology solutions to the international film industry. With brands including Vista, Veezi, Movio, Numero, Maccs, Flicks and Powster, our expertise covers cinema management software; loyalty, moviegoer engagement and marketing; film distribution software; box office reporting; creative studio solutions; and movie, cinema and streaming content discovery.

With more than 700 crew based across six main offices, in New Zealand (Auckland headquarters), the USA, the UK, South Africa, the Netherlands, and Mexico, our people are our most important asset. Across the group brands our teams provide market-leading services to clients in more than 100 countries.

We are proud of our diversity and have placed a high priority on being an inclusive workplace that is reflective of our clients and communities. It is important to us to foster an environment that empowers people to realise their full potential. We aim to do 'good things with good people' and we're proud to say that more than two decades on that's exactly what we do every single day.

Shared Standards

• One Crew: We're a diverse team, in different places and functions, and we're at our best when we connect, help and collaborate
• Shine a Light: We communicate openly, we explain the why, and we ask when we don't understand. We don't leave people in the dark
• Make it Happen: We make good things happen as people and as teams through our focus on delivery
• Chase Great: We challenge ourselves and each other to keep improving

Benefits

You will be supported to continually learn and improve your skills, share knowledge and ideas in the team, and be part of a dynamic and open culture.

We have a range of benefits that include:

• Rest & Relax Fridays - Finish at lunch time on Friday but get paid for the full day
• Annual volunteer day
• Employee Rewards and Benefits with Perkbox
• Medical Insurance / Medical Aid
• Employee Assistance Programme Service
• Paid Sick leave
• 5 days bereavement leave per year
• On-Site Breakfast Bar

If this sounds like you, get in touch to find out more.

We value inclusivity celebrate diversity and are committed to offering equal opportunity to our staff and candidates - regardless of gender, age, race, ethnicity, marital status, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religious, ethical beliefs or political opinion. This commitment is reflected in all our employment policies and procedures.