Senior Business Analyst at Datonomy Solutions

Datonomy Solutions; Emfuleni Local Municipality; On-site; ZAR 850,000 - 1,150,000; Full time

Job summary

Datonomy Solutions is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to support delivery of large, high-risk, complex initiatives in a leading financial services environment. The role acts as a liaison between business stakeholders and technology teams, translating needs into technology-enabled solutions.

Responsibilities include elicitation, analysis, documenting requirements and facilitating sessions with senior stakeholders, across business and IT.

Qualifications

• Extensive practical experience as a Senior Business Analyst.
• Proven delivery experience across large, complex and high-risk projects.
• Strong experience within banking or financial services environments.
• Advanced requirements elicitation, analysis and stakeholder-management capability.
• Experience working across business and technology delivery teams.
• Strong understanding of business processes, operating models and technology-enabled change.
• Experience using Agile, Waterfall or hybrid delivery methodologies.
• Excellent facilitation, communication, negotiation and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to engage confidently with senior stakeholders and translate complex requirements into actionable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyse, validate and document complex business and stakeholder requirements.
• Investigate business problems, opportunities, processes, policies and operational needs.
• Translate business requirements into clear functional and technology requirements.
• Facilitate workshops, interviews and requirements-gathering sessions with senior stakeholders.
• Perform process analysis, impact assessments, gap analysis and solution evaluation.
• Develop business cases, process models, user stories, acceptance criteria and supporting documentation.
• Align business objectives with the capabilities delivered by technology teams.
• Manage requirements, dependencies, risks and changes throughout the project lifecycle.
• Facilitate communication across business, technology, architecture, risk and operational teams.
• Recommend solutions that enable the organisation to achieve its strategic and operational goals.
• Support testing, implementation, change readiness and successful solution adoption.

Skills

Business

Analyst

Agile

Job description

WE'RE HIRING: SENIOR BUSINESS ANALYST

Contract/ Onsite

We are looking for an accomplished Senior Business Analyst to support the delivery of large, high-risk and complex initiatives within a leading financial services environment.

The successful candidate will act as a key liaison between business stakeholders and technology teams, analysing complex organisational challenges, identifying opportunities and translating business needs into practical, technology-enabled solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyse, validate and document complex business and stakeholder requirements
• Investigate business problems, opportunities, processes, policies and operational needs
• Translate business requirements into clear functional and technology requirements
• Facilitate workshops, interviews and requirements-gathering sessions with senior stakeholders
• Perform process analysis, impact assessments, gap analysis and solution evaluation
• Develop business cases, process models, user stories, acceptance criteria and supporting documentation
• Align business objectives with the capabilities delivered by technology teams
• Manage requirements, dependencies, risks and changes throughout the project lifecycle
• Facilitate communication across business, technology, architecture, risk and operational teams
• Recommend solutions that enable the organisation to achieve its strategic and operational goals
• Support testing, implementation, change readiness and successful solution adoption

Required Experience

• Extensive practical experience as a Senior Business Analyst
• Proven delivery experience across large, complex and high-risk projects
• Strong experience within banking or financial services environments
• Advanced requirements elicitation, analysis and stakeholder-management capability
• Experience working across business and technology delivery teams
• Strong understanding of business processes, operating models and technology-enabled change
• Experience using Agile, Waterfall or hybrid delivery methodologies
• Excellent facilitation, communication, negotiation and problem-solving skills
• Ability to engage confidently with senior stakeholders and translate complex requirements into actionable solutions

Experience in regulatory change, digital transformation, process optimisation, data, systems integration or enterprise technology projects will be advantageous.

Desired Skills

• Business
• Analyst
• Agile