Business Analyst jobs in South Africa

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With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.

A successful Business Analyst is a self-starter that has a passion for solving business problems. They have growth mindset and a willingness to learn. They work well within a team and are able to manage their own time and work deliverables effectively.

Business Analyst Graduates will be exposed and developed to:

• Follow an approach defined by the team
• Responsible for gathering requirements from business and creating enabling documentation (Business Requirement Definition, User stories and user acceptance criteria) with the support of and according to the standard set by the Lead/senior Business Analysts which will be required by implementation teams i.e. designers, developers, testers etc.
• Support the Business Analyst/Senior business analyst with requirements tracking
• Support the implementation of business initiatives and projects
• Under the direction of a senior business analyst provide documentation support for requirements gathering; process analysis; gap analysis; design of new functionality.
• Work closely with various business units to gather and document business requirements
• Participate in project walkthroughs: business requirements walkthroughs, design walkthrough, functional test plan reviews and implementation sessions
• Conduct JAD sessions to understand business requirements and business needs
• Execute on business analysis work based on steer from the business analyst lead/senior business analyst
• Adapt requirements based on feedback from business and team leads
• Present analysis work back to business stakeholders with the support of business analyst leads/senior business analysts
• Be an advocate and representative of the business analysis methodologies and practices.
• Create final requirements package
• Apply best practice standards in developing requirements with the support of senior business analysis
• Align the requirements to designs to ensure consistent requirements across the Absa ecosystem
• Continuously build your own expertise by, for example, actively seeking and incorporating feedback, and following external trends and best practices.

• Has NQF level 7 or higher or is busy studying and plan to obtain this by end of 2024
• Recommended study fields are Information Technology, Computer Science or related fields

You are required to submit a cover letter addressing these questions:

• Telling us about yourself, including where you based and
• Why you're interested in business analysis as a career.

• Primary location is Johannesburg and successful Graduates will be required to attend sessions in Johannesburg on a regular

Bachelors Degree and Professional Qualifications: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised