Functional Analyst

Sabenza IT & Recruitment; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Sabenza IT & Recruitment in Johannesburg seeks an experienced Business Analyst to bridge business and build teams. You will turn incomplete or verbal requirements into signed-off functional specs and detailed technical specs, owning each requirement end-to-end.

You’ll support SIT/UAT, triage defects and ensure traceability. With 7+ years in BA or Systems Analyst roles and a degree in IT/IS/Business, you’ll excel at elicitation, BPMN modelling, and working in Agile environments, shaping

Qualifications

• 7+ years as a Business Analyst or Systems Analyst, writing both functional and technical specifications.
• A relevant degree or diploma in IT, Information Systems or Business.
• IIBA CBAP/CCBA or similar is an advantage.
• Strong BPMN process modelling skills and experience in requirements elicitation.
• A sound technical grasp of data models, APIs and integrations, data migration and non-functional requirements.
• Experience working in Agile delivery, with backlog management, user stories and definition of ready.
• Hands-on support of SIT and UAT, including defect triage.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with both business and technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Run workshops, interviews and process walkthroughs with stakeholders and operations teams.
• Challenge stated requirements to find the real business need and resolve gaps and assumptions.
• Map as-is and to-be processes and flag regulatory and data-protection impacts.
• Write functional specifications covering flows, use cases, rules and acceptance criteria.
• Create technical specs covering data models, API contracts and data migration mappings.
• Collaborate with solution architects and developers on feasibility and constraints.
• Maintain the requirements traceability matrix and groom the backlog.
• Support build, SIT and UAT, triage defects and distinguish defects from change requests.
• Run impact assessments on change requests and align scope among stakeholders.

Skills

BPMN modelling

Requirements elicitation

Agile delivery

Backlog management

User stories & acceptance criteria

Traceability matrices

Stakeholder facilitation

SIT/UAT support

Data models & API integration

Regulatory & data protection awareness

Education

Degree in IT / Information Systems / Business

Job description

We're looking for an experienced Business Analyst who can sit between the business and the build team. You'll take business requirements that are often incomplete, verbal or framed as outcomes, and turn them into functional specs the business can sign off and technical specs developers can build from without guesswork. You'll own each requirement from the day it's raised until it's delivered, tested and accepted.

What you'll do:

• Run workshops, interviews and process walkthroughs with stakeholders, subject matter experts and operations teams.
• Challenge stated requirements to find the real business need, and resolve gaps, contradictions and assumptions.
• Map as-is and to-be processes, and flag regulatory, audit and data-protection impacts.
• Write functional specifications covering process flows, use cases or user stories, business rules, validation and calculation logic, roles and permissions, exception paths and testable acceptance criteria.
• Turn approved functional specs into technical specs covering data model changes, API and integration contracts, data migration mappings, configuration versus customisation decisions, and non-functional requirements.
• Work with solution architects and developers on feasibility, sizing and platform constraints.
• Maintain the requirements traceability matrix, groom the backlog and make sure work meets the definition of ready.
• Support build, SIT and UAT, triage defects, and tell genuine defects apart from change requests.
• Run impact assessments on change requests and keep business and technical stakeholders aligned on scope and trade-offs.

What you'll deliver:

• Requirements catalogues
• Functional specification documents (FSDs)
• Technical specification documents (TSDs)
• BPMN process models.
• Data dictionaries and source-to-target mappings
• Interface specifications
• User stories with acceptance criteria
• Traceability matrices
• UAT scenarios and change impact assessments.

Requirements:

• 7+ years as a Business Analyst or Systems Analyst, writing both functional and technical specifications.
• A relevant degree or diploma in IT, Information Systems or Business.
• IIBA (CBAP/CCBA) or similar is an advantage.
• Strong process modelling skills (BPMN) and experience in requirements elicitation.
• A sound technical grasp of data models, APIs and integrations, data migration and non-functional requirements.
• Experience working in Agile delivery, with backlog management, user stories and definition of ready.
• Hands-on support of SIT and UAT, including defect triage.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with both business and technical audiences.