Business Analyst Specialist

Boardroom Appointments; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 750,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments is seeking a seasoned Business Analyst Specialist to translate business needs into technical specs in an agile setting. You will work with stakeholders and teams to drive requirements, architecture, and documentation for software solutions.

The ideal candidate has a decade of analysis experience, strong SQL skills, and familiarity with financial services projects, Oracle/SAP is a plus. This role supports transformation initiatives and BA excellence within the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business or IT related field.
• 10 years of working experience in analysis roles.
• 5 years data mining and/or software development experience.
• Strong knowledge of SQL.
• 5 years experience in the financial services industry preferred.
• Experience with project management and delivery of software projects.
• Experience with Oracle and/or SAP is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop collaborative relationships across cultures and politics.
• Analyze and define business requirements; review potential solutions for QA.
• Contribute to transformation and strategy initiatives.
• Document solutions using Word, Visio, HTML, XML, and other formats.
• Define system architecture and maintain documentation.
• Prepare task lists, WBS, budgets, and risks.
• Obtain buy-in for new/enhanced processes.
• Promote the BA Centre of Excellence.

Skills

Business analysis

Agile

Stakeholder liaison

Documentation

System design

Education

Bachelor's degree in business administration, Accounting, Computer Information Systems, or related field

Tools

Visual Studio

SQL Server

Microsoft Office

Job description

About the job Business Analyst Specialist

Key purpose:

As a Business Analyst, you'll be responsible for developing solutions that enable the business to meet its goals. You will liaise with your team members and stakeholders, and communicate design requirements into technical specifications. You should have experience working in an agile environment where you are able to work independently or as part of a small team. You should also have knowledge of development tools such as Visual Studio, SQL Server, and Microsoft Office.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Develop collaborative relationships through dealing with different cultural customs, and political factors
• Assists with understanding, analyzing and defining business requirements for the project, reviews existing and other potential solutions to meet these requirements, designs, and constructs software solutions for test and quality assurance purposes
• Contribute to a culture of transformation by participating in Nedbank culture building initiatives, business strategy, and CSI.Participates
• Design and development of documentation of the solution using a variety of software systems including white board sketching, Word docs, PowerPoint presentations, Visio diagrams, .pdf documents, HTML, and XML files
• Diffuse and address conflict. Identify where conflicts and/or synergies exist between technologies and business functions
• Defines system architecture or diagrams
• Maintain system documentation and associated records
• Prepares programmatic documents such as task lists, work breakdown structure (WBS), budgets, and risks
• Obtain buy-in for developing new and/or enhanced processes that will improve the functioning of stakeholders' businesses
• Promote and contribute to the organization Business Analysis (BA) Centre of Excellence

Qualifications and experience:

• Bachelors degree in business administration, Accounting, Computer Information Systems, or a related field required
• 10 years of working experience (business or IT) in various analysis roles
• 5 years of experience data mining and/or software development environment
• Strong knowledge of the SQL language preferred
• 5 years of experience in the financial services industry preferred
• Previous experience with project management and successful delivery of software projects required
• Experience working with Oracle and/or SAP is a plus