Senior Business Analyst (IC)

Job Title: Senior Business Analyst

Reports to: Practice Head: Business Analysis

ROLE OVERVIEW

The successful individual, comfortable in engaging with stakeholders at all levels of the organization recognizes the art of facilitation as one of the key skills of a business analyst and passionately lives the belief that technology not just enables business, but will increasingly become one of the key drivers of successful 21st century businesses .

Prioritization of requirements, and the documentation thereof in a manner that is comprehensive enough to reflect understanding of business requirements while at the same time concise enough to be used as input into architecture and design decisions, while assisting in the formulation of test cases are skills that greatly enhance the analysis experience.

Significant experience in iterative methodologies could well be the deal clincher.

Responsibilities_

Business Analysis Planning and monitoring

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  Requirements Review
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  Stakeholder Analysis
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  Scoping/ Context Diagrams
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  Requirements Planning

Requirements Elicitation

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  Prototype Development
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  Running JAD Sessions
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  Running workshops
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  Conducting user interviews
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  Interface Analysis
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  Documentation Analysis

Requirements Analysis and Documentation

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  Event/State Modeling
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  Data Modeling
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  Scenarios and Use Cases
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  User Interface Modelling
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  Business Rules Identification
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  Process Flow Modelling
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  Determining Assumptions and Constraints
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  Determining Non-Functional Requirements
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  Determining Informational / Reporting Requirements

Solution Assessment and Validation

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  Product/Package Assessment and Implementation
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  Bespoke Solution Assessment and Implementation
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  Release Delivery Strategy development
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  Designing Test Cases
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  Develop Test Strategies and Test Planning
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  Conducting Factory Acceptance Testing
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  Conducting User Acceptance Testing

Enterprise Analysis

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  Document Business Architecture Studies
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  Conduct Feasibility
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  Develop RFP’s
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  Financial Analysis (ROI / Cost Benefit)
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  Identify Business Needs/Problems/Opportunities
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  Develop Business Cases

Core Competencies

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  Presentation and Facilitation Skills
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  Business Acumen
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  Attention to detail
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  Analytical Skills
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  Technical Writing Skills
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  Basic Project Management Skills

Minimum Education

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  Matric
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  Degree in IT/or equivalent qualification
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  FTI Diploma

Minimum Experience

• 5 years + as a Business Analyst with extensive experience on multiple software development projects.
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  Preferably in a banking, insurance & telecoms industry with a working knowledge of collections activities, processes and strategies.
• 5 years + experience in the formulation of use case narratives and user stories
• 5 years + working experience with modelling languages such as UML, BPMN and IDEF0.
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  Experience in SDLC methodologies such AGILE (SCRUM), Scaled AGILE, DAD, RUP, Waterfall