Strategic Business Analyst - IT Alignment & Agile Modeling

The Focus Group; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

The Focus Group in Sandton, Gauteng seeks a Specialist Business Analyst to collaborate with stakeholders in aligning business strategies and IT assets. This role requires proven expertise in business analysis, communication skills, and experience with modelling techniques.

Candidates should have an agile mindset focused on efficiency and sustainability. Responsibilities include understanding business needs and creating models that represent strategic plans.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in business analysis within complex environments.
• Mastery of industry-recognised Business Analysis knowledge areas.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Ability to work across strategic and operational levels.
• Agile and adaptable mindset with a focus on sustainability and efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand and document business needs.
• Align business mission, strategy, and processes with IT strategy.
• Develop models and views to represent current and future organizational needs.
• Perform business analysis tasks across varying levels of detail and complexity.
• Integrate business capabilities, technology, and processes efficiently and effectively.
• Work with high levels of abstraction and ambiguity to deliver strategic insights.

Skills

Business Process Modelling

Strategic Analysis

Stakeholder Engagement

IT-Business Alignment

Agile Methodologies

Requirements Gathering

Data Analysis

Change Management

Enterprise Architecture

BPMN / UML / Use Cases

Tools

Modelling tools and techniques

Job description

The Focus Group in Sandton, Gauteng seeks a Specialist Business Analyst to collaborate with stakeholders in aligning business strategies and IT assets. This role requires proven expertise in business analysis, communication skills, and experience with modelling techniques.

Candidates should have an agile mindset focused on efficiency and sustainability. Responsibilities include understanding business needs and creating models that represent strategic plans.