Business Analyst

SUMMARY:
Business Analyst

POSITION INFO:

Parow East Cape Town

Are you an ‘out of the box’ thinker who can back your ideas with hard research, a team player that is comfortable collaborating with developers, architects and business stakeholders? Are you a self-starter, enjoy showing initiative, take ownership of your source system and enjoy getting involved in the detail? If you can answer ‘yes’ to these, then this position is for you.  You will be responsible for capturing the business requirements of the business, write user stories and do analysis to support the Scrum team.

Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring

• Identify the appropriate stakeholders
• Determine the activities required to successfully complete the business 
  analysis
• Accurately estimate the required business analysis of work items
• For analysis purposes, have a detailed understanding of the source system  

Requirements Elicitation, Management and Collaboration

• Investigate, evaluate, design and propose solutions to address business
   requirements
• Validate that the stated requirements match the stakeholders’ expectations
• Work with project stakeholders to identify, model, and then document their
   requirements and business domain details
• Structure the requirements in the agreed format so that it is understandable
   by all stakeholders
• Ensure the timely analysis and documentation of business requirements for
   the delivery team
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to help the team work
   together and to provide a good service
• Communicate the requirements to all stakeholders and obtain stakeholder
   sign off within the estimate time
• Capture areas of opposing opinion

 Requirements Analysis

• Ensure that requirements are prioritized.
• Use a combination of text, matrices, diagrams and formal models to
   conceptualise the requirements
• Define Assumptions, Constraints and Risks
• Ensure that requirements specifications meet the necessary standard of
   quality
• Validate that all requirements support the business architecture

 Solution Assessment and Validation

• Ensure that the proposed solution meet the stakeholders’ requirements
• Assist the testing team to ensure the solution is validated against the   
  business requirements
• Assess whether the organisation is ready to make effective use of the
   solution

 Life Cycle Management

• Use a combination of text, matrices, diagrams and formal models to
   conceptualise the business requirements
• Ensure that the requirement specifications meet the necessary standard of
   quality
• Act as interface with business and the delivery team during the SDLC
• Understands and can describe the basic function of the business’s core
   system

Functional Competencies:

• Good understanding of business analysis concepts, tools and methodologies.
• Ability to facilitate, research, model and define requirements
• Experience working in a scrum development process.
• Quick problem solver with an eye for detail and accuracy
• Experience in using SQL to query databases and complete test cases is
  advantageous.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to help the team work
   together and to provide a good service 

Qualifications:

3-year tertiary qualification in relevant technical/analytical related field of study
Diploma in Business Analysis from FTI or equivalent

Experience

3+ Years in a similar role in a formal business analysis environment

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