Digital Business Analyst

Khonology; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

Khonology is seeking a Digital Business Analyst to guide business requirements with stakeholders and collaborate with feature teams to deliver end-to-end solutions. The ideal candidate has at least five years as a BA in software projects.

You will map user journeys, craft user stories, validate test cases with testing and UAT teams, and track project progress using metrics. Travel to client sites may be required.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years extensive experience as a BA in software development/project environment.
• Financial Products knowledge.
• Awareness and knowledge of new technologies and how to integrate them into solutions.
• College or University degree.
• Experience with SCRUM and Agile Methodology.

Responsibilities

• Discover the underlying business needs and gather product/project requirements from stakeholders.
• Elicit requirements using interviews or facilitation sessions with multiple stakeholders.
• Identify user journeys, map how a user will go through the system.
• Write and refine user stories or use cases and manage them within epics.
• Collaborate with feature teams to ensure end-to-end delivery and readiness for iterations.
• Validate test cases with testing/UAT teams and monitor progress with metrics.
• Assist in project reporting and risk management.

Skills

Business analysis

Stakeholder management

Requirements gathering

Scrum / Agile

Education

College or University degree

Job description

Digital Business Analyst

The Digital Business Analyst is accountable for guiding the business requirements by working with the business stakeholders, also working with the feature teams to ensure these are delivered effectively end-to-end. The successful candidate will require 5 years experience as a BA.

Main Responsibilities

• Discover the underlying business need to be addressed and gather information related to the product and project requirements, often through conversations with stakeholders
• Elicit requirements using interviews or facilitation sessions as required, understanding the needs from multiple stakeholders
• Identify user journeys which map out how a user will go through the system
• Identify and define user stories or use cases
• Work ahead of the team to get clarity on some requirements before the next iteration
• Specify requirements by documenting them in a format that can be shared with stakeholders
• Produce business analysis or systems analysis documents covering the agreed content, including business process descriptions, use case scenarios, business analysis and workflow analysis
• Facilitate and participate in iteration meetings (product backlog grooming, planning, daily stand-up, review and retrospective)
• Manage the stories ensuring that all requirements are loaded as stories, ensuring the stories are assigned to epics
• Support showcasing stories to stakeholders
• Assess and challenge assumptions that are not feasible either technically or from a planned execution perspective
• Work closely with the testing team in validating that all test cases have been adequately identified; assist in the testing process within feature teams and the UAT team
• Monitor project progress by tracking activity, resolving problems, publishing progress reports and recommending actions
• Perform daily, weekly and monthly reviews and analyses of current processes using operational metrics and reports

Qualifications

• A minimum of 5 years extensive experience working in a similar software development/project environment
• Financial Products knowledge
• Awareness and knowledge of new technologies and how to integrate these into solutions
• College or University degree
• Experience with SCRUM and Agile Methodology
• Travel to client sites as required
• Travel to other locations as and when required
• Stable internet connection
• Backup UPS / Inverter for long duration of power outages