Business Analyst Specialist

Boardroom Appointments; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy is seeking a Business Analyst Specialist to drive high-risk projects and improve business processes. The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of experience, including 6 in a senior role, and possess a deep understanding of Agile and SAFe methodologies. This role requires strong leadership skills, the ability to navigate complex business environments, and expertise in process engineering.

Qualifications

• 10 years working experience in business or IT analysis roles.
• Minimum 6 years in a senior Business Analyst role.
• Sound knowledge enabling influence over others.

Responsibilities

• Develop collaborative relationships and address conflicts.
• Evaluate vendor solutions to meet business needs.
• Drive strategic projects and improve business processes.

Skills

Agile

SAFe

Process Engineering

Business Analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Aris

Job description

About the job Business Analyst Specialist

Contract position

Minimum requirements:

• 10 years working experience (business or IT) in various analysis roles
• Minimum of 6 years in a senior Business Analyst role
• Typically requires Bachelors degree or equivalent with related demonstrable experience
• Can influence people based on their sound knowledge and experience
• Understands BA Practices, and principles
• These candidates do not need to learn anything
• This person will need to be able to navigate their way around with little to no intervention
• Absolutely essential to have Agile and SAFe experience
• Beneficially if they have dual skills (Process Engineering and Business Analysis)
• Experience with Aris is beneficial.

Responsibilities:

• Develop collaborative relationships through dealing with different cultural customs, and political factors.
• Diffuse and address conflict. Identify where conflicts and/or synergies exist between technologies and business functions.
• Meet business needs through the ability to perform vendor/solution evaluation and solution validation.
• Contribute to a culture of transformation by participating in the culture building initiatives, business strategy, and CSI.
• Stay abreast of developments in field of expertise, ensuring personal and professional growth.
• Understand and embrace the vision and values, leading by example.
• Add value to and seek opportunities to improve business processes, models and systems.
• Drive the business area by identifying and executing on opportunities.
• Ensure success of high risk or strategic projects.
• Create and maintain an operating plan (business roadmap) for achieving the strategic
• vision and operating platform, while delivering on expected business results.
• Identify and prioritize business initiatives and produce feasibility studies, cost-benefits and business case documents justifying the investment required.
• Define business vision, goals, objectives, business processes and requirements.
• Support the achievement of the business strategy, objectives and values.
• Enable skilling and required corrective action to take place by sharing knowledge and industry trends with team.
• Obtain buy-in for developing new and/or enhanced processes that will improve the
• functioning of stakeholders' businesses
• Ensure team success
• Promote and contribute to the organization Business Analysis (BA) Centre of Excellence