Junior Business Analyst-Remote

Stafflink Recruitment Solutions; Cape Town; Remote; ZAR 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment solutions firm seeks a Junior Business Analyst to join their IT team in Cape Town. The role involves documenting business requirements, supporting product managers, and participating in Agile ceremonies. The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years of experience in software development projects, with a background in retail being advantageous.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years experience as a Business Analyst in software development.
• Experience in the Retail Industry is advantageous.
• Strong communication skills to maintain relationships with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Elicit and present technical solutions; document and analyze business requirements.
• Participate in agile ceremonies and collaborate with development and QA teams.
• Maintain documentation repositories and assist with UAT.

Skills

Business Analysis

Agile Methodologies

Stakeholder Consultation

Job description

Minimum of 2 years previous experience as a Business Analyst in software development projects.

Exposure to Agile methodologies.

Business Analyst experience in the Retail Industry (Advantageous).

Job Specification:

The Junior Business Analyst (BA) will elicit, facilitate, synthesize, and present technical solutions.

The successful candidate will be part of the IT team and report to the Software Product Manager.

Support the Product Manager and Product Owners in gathering, documenting, and analyzing business requirements.

Consult various customers (internal and external) to understand their value chain, structure, functions, and products and/or services.

Assist in conducting workshops or interviews with stakeholders to understand needs and pain points.

Challenge the business in their thinking, especially to understand the intent of the business requirement.

Help prepare user stories, process flows, and use cases under supervision.

Participate in agile ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives.

Collaborate with development and QA teams to clarify requirements and support testing.

Assist with user acceptance testing (UAT) planning, execution, and issue tracking.

Help maintain documentation repositories and ensure traceability of requirements.

Learn to identify gaps or inefficiencies in processes and suggest improvements.

Maintain strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.