Qualifying Criteria
1. Business Requirements management
• Conducting stakeholder analysis, plan business analysis activities, communication, and requirements management approach.
• Development of business case, defining the business need, determining the gap in capabilities and defining the solution scope and approach.
• Clear understanding of the relationship between the operational requirements of a business, corporate strategy and internal customer satisfaction.
• Facilitating workshops to establish shared understanding among diverse stakeholders to understand their problems and needs.
• Specifying, modelling, organising, prioritising, validating and manage business needs and requirements.
• Assess and validate possible solutions to business requirements.
• Committed to process improvement and process management.
• Recognising opportunities for improvement in business operations and processes.
• Identify and manage process-related risks and controls.
• Identifying and removing technical barriers collaborating with developers, architects and project managers.
• Actively participate in project implementations by managing business requirements.
• Assist in design and approval of test cases and test scenarios based on system functionality.
• Facilitate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and sign-off.
• Participate in quality reviews and implement corrective measures to enhance the solution.
• Measure business impact/benefit after implementation of projects.
• Facilitation of process improvement projects.
• Ensure quality assurance of business analysis activities within the project.
• Constantly monitor and report on progress of the business analysis activities to all stakeholders.
• Keep up to date on the latest applications of information technology.
• Provide input in the development of departmental policies and procedures.
2. Career Management
• Individual development areas identified and career development in place to address the areas.
• Degree in BSc Computer Science or BCom Informatics/Management/General.
• Business Analysis certification from an IIBA endorsed training provider.
• 3-5 years post qualification experience in a similar position, preferably in insurance or banking.
• Experience in application development projects is essential.
• Experience in system integration projects is essential.
• Experience in Business Process Management is required.
• Experience in Prince2, Agile and PMBOK is beneficial.
• Operating at the level of a professionally qualified, experienced specialist and middle management.
• Understanding of business analytics methodology and processes.
• Understanding of process management methodologies.
• Interpersonal skills.
• Verbal communication skills.
• Business- and report writing skills.
• Business process management skills.
• Problem solving skills.
• Analytical thinking.
• Critical thinking.
• Negotiation skills.
• System thinking skills.
• Information analysis and interpretation.
• Independent.
• Making decisions.
• Taking initiative
• Team working
• Communicating clearly.
• Voicing opinions.
• Persuading people.
• Emotional resilience
A South African citizen of any gender, preference will be given to an EE candidate.
The role will be located in Illovo, Johannesburg.