IT BUSINESS ANALYST 3

Boardroom Appointments; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to support the financial and insurance sectors in Johannesburg. You will analyse business unit activities, document requirements, and drive improvements across processes and technology to meet service standards.

You will collaborate with stakeholders to implement tactical and strategic initiatives, monitor risks, and deliver high-quality documentation and workflows, enabling better decision making and customer outcomes.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree or diploma is required.
• 3-5 years as a Business Analyst in the financial and insurance sector.

Responsibilities

• Ensure operational excellence and effectiveness within the business unit.
• Design and document solutions, providing innovative recommendations to positively impact business operations.
• Manage deliverables on multiple projects for the business unit and company.
• Oversee all Business Analyst-related phases of the project or service life cycle.
• Provide timely reporting of issues affecting project progress.
• Demonstrate cost consciousness and awareness of personal contribution to costs and productivity.
• Identify and expand potential risks leading to increased costs.
• Prevent wastage and identify process improvements to contain and reduce costs.
• Deliver customer experience excellence aligned with organizational values and service standards.
• Build long-term relationships with customers based on trust.
• Collect and interrogate information and feedback to understand customer needs fully.
• Manage and monitor all Business Analyst-related phases of the project or service life cycle.
• Coordinate, action, and resolve conflicts.
• Interact and communicate with relevant personnel in the organization regarding business requirements.
• Analyze business unit activities and trends against service standards and best practices.
• Present findings and work with the team to implement strategies addressing tactical and strategic goals.
• Analyze market trends and recommend adjustments or capitalize on current trends.
• Review, analyze, and document business systems and user needs.
• Implement, monitor, and control business processes according to quality standards, policies, and compliance.
• Research, enable, and consult on improvements and opportunities to harness technology.
• Conduct quality assurance practices and procedures on end-user test plans.
• Design and document workflows, ensuring accurate reflection of changes and outstanding issues.
• Advocate the appropriate level of quality by resolving important defects.
• Assess own performance against competencies and skills required for delivery.
• Identify development needs and collaborate on effective solutions.
• Contribute to teamwork and inclusivity by working together to achieve team goals.
• Continuously access documentation, reports, research, and relevant information in the specialization area.
• Read widely to gather information from diverse sources.
• Analyze data and information relevant to the industry to gain insights into current and future trends.
• Actively participate in the industry or discipline beyond the immediate organizational environment.

Education

Relevant degree or diploma

Job description

• Ensure operational excellence and effectiveness within the business unit.
• Design and document solutions, providing innovative recommendations to positively impact business operations.

2. Project Management:

• Manage deliverables on multiple projects for the business unit and company.
• Oversee all Business Analyst-related phases of the project or service life cycle.
• Provide timely reporting of issues affecting project progress.

3. Cost Consciousness and Risk Management:

• Demonstrate cost consciousness and awareness of personal contribution to costs and productivity.
• Identify and expand potential risks leading to increased costs.
• Prevent wastage and identify process improvements to contain and reduce costs.

4. Customer Experience Excellence:

• Deliver customer experience excellence aligned with organizational values and service standards.
• Build long-term relationships with customers based on trust.
• Collect and interrogate information and feedback to understand customer needs fully.

5. Project Coordination and Communication:

• Manage and monitor all Business Analyst-related phases of the project or service life cycle.
• Coordinate, action, and resolve conflicts.
• Interact and communicate with relevant personnel in the organization regarding business requirements.

6. Business Analysis and Strategy:

• Analyze business unit activities and trends against service standards and best practices.
• Present findings and work with the team to implement strategies addressing tactical and strategic goals.
• Analyze market trends and recommend adjustments or capitalize on current trends.

7. Process Improvement and Innovation:

• Review, analyze, and document business systems and user needs.
• Implement, monitor, and control business processes according to quality standards, policies, and compliance.
• Research, enable, and consult on improvements and opportunities to harness technology.

8. Quality Assurance and Documentation:

• Conduct quality assurance practices and procedures on end-user test plans.
• Design and document workflows, ensuring accurate reflection of changes and outstanding issues.
• Advocate the appropriate level of quality by resolving important defects.

9. Professional Development and Teamwork:

• Assess own performance against competencies and skills required for delivery.
• Identify development needs and collaborate on effective solutions.
• Contribute to teamwork and inclusivity by working together to achieve team goals.

10. Continuous Learning and Industry Involvement:

• Continuously access documentation, reports, research, and relevant information in the specialization area.
• Read widely to gather information from diverse sources.
• Analyze data and information relevant to the industry to gain insights into current and future trends.
• Actively participate in the industry or discipline beyond the immediate organizational environment.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Preferred Qualification: Relevant degree or diploma.
• Experience: 3-5 years as a Business Analyst in the financial and insurance sect