Business Analyst Specialist

Boardroom Appointments; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 500,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in South Africa is seeking a Business Analyst Specialist to develop solutions that enable business goals. The candidate will work in an agile environment, engaging with team members and stakeholders. Successful applicants will have a bachelor's degree and significant experience in business analysis, data mining, and software development.

Qualifications

• 10 years in business or IT analysis roles.
• 5 years experience in data mining/software development.
• Strong SQL knowledge preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop solutions to meet business goals and communicate design requirements.
• Analyze business requirements and construct software solutions.
• Maintain documentation and prepare programmatic documents.

Skills

SQL

Data mining

Software development

Communication

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems

Tools

Oracle

SAP

Visual Studio

SQL Server

Microsoft Office

ARIS

UML

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
• Assist with understanding, analyzing and defining business requirements for the project, review existing and potential solutions to meet these requirements, and design and construct software solutions for testing and quality assurance purposes
• Contribute to a culture of transformation by participating in Nedbank culture building initiatives, business strategy, and CSI.
• Design and develop documentation of solutions using various software systems including whiteboard sketching, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, PDFs, HTML, and XML files
• Diffuse and address conflicts. Identify synergies between technologies and business functions
• Define system architecture or diagrams
• Maintain system documentation and records
• Prepare programmatic documents such as task lists, work breakdown structures (WBS), budgets, and risks
• Obtain buy-in for developing new or enhanced processes to improve stakeholder business functions
• Promote and contribute to the organization’s Business Analysis (BA) Centre of Excellence

Qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Computer Information Systems, or related field
• 10 years of experience in business or IT analysis roles
• 5 years of experience in data mining and/or software development environments
• Strong knowledge of SQL preferred
• 5 years of experience in the financial services industry preferred
• Previous experience with project management and successful software project delivery required
• Experience with Oracle and/or SAP is a plus
• Modeling experience (ARIS / UML)