Digital Business Analyst

Dina Gates Recruitment (Pty) Ltd; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic recruitment agency is looking for a Digital Business Analyst in Johannesburg. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in business analysis within the Retail or Financial industry, proficiency in Agile methodologies, business process mapping, and effective communication skills. This role involves providing specialist analysis functions, managing projects, and documenting existing business processes.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years in business analysis/business consulting.
• Experience in Retail or Financial industry is essential.
• Strong knowledge of project management principles.

Responsibilities

• Provide business and process analysis functions.
• Document and evaluate existing business processes.
• Manage project through its lifecycle.

Skills

Retail industry experience

Business analysis experience

Agile methodologies

Business process mapping

MS Office proficiency

Communication skills

Education

University degree (B Eng Industrial)

Agile/Project Management certification

Job description

Overview

If you are a dynamic and focused Digital Business Analyst with business analysis and/or business consulting experience in Retail of Financial industry we would love to engage with you to talk some more!

KEY EXPERIENCE/SKILLSETS

• 3 years’ working in Retail or Financial Industry
• 5 years business analysis/business consulting experience
• Agile methodologies experience
• Business process mapping
• Command of business analysis techniques – including application of industry- standard methodologies, techniques and use of software
• Communication
• Express and implied ethical responsibilities
• In–depth knowledge of Retail policies, practices, processes and systems
• Information processing
• Internal and external networking
• Knowledge and innovation management
• Knowledge and understanding of project management principles
• MS Office proficiency
• Programme and Project Management
• Resource Management
• Supply Chain and Logistics experience will be to your advantage
• Understanding of Retail operating model

Qualifications

• University degree (B Eng Industrial advantageous)
• Agile/Project Management certification recommended

Scope of Work

• Provide specialist business and process analysis functions
• Project manage business and process functions
• Document and evaluate existing business processes
• Design and implement new business processes
• Support development of comprehensive fit-for-purpose and efficient processes to optimise business results whilst transitioning project through project lifecycle
• Initiate and execute project establishment & initiation activities
• Gar and document business requirements
• Analyse and document changes required in system architecture
• Ensure that solution is tested and validated against business requirements
• Implement solution and conduct a handover to operations
• Manage project through its lifecycle
• Effective self-management and teamwork
• Risk and issue logging: quantifying risks, identifying an owner of that risk, if they occur and also driving close out of risks and issues that are logged
• Decision logging: when a critical decision arises in sessions, log this and drive process to get decision made and document decision outcome
• Any actions identified in sessions, must be minuted and assigned to a particular individual with a commitment date with drive and follow up until closed
• Together with PM's for Service Providers, prepare STEERCO pack that include relevant required details, communicate deliverables completed as well as committed too
• With Product Owner, define implementation date of project and plan deliverable accordingly, ensuring that Project plan is not be limited to development and product deliverable but also implementation plan
• Driving quote approval and purchase order process where required