Senior Business Analyst - 6 Months Contract

About the position

To define and document business processes and software requirements for technology initiatives and business information systems

JOB DESCRIPTION

Business 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.

Career Management

• Individual development areas identified and career development in place to address the areas.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Qualifications

• Degree in BSc Computer Science; or 
• BCom Informatics/Management/General; and 
• Business Analysis certification from an IIBA endorsed training provider

Experience

• 5-8 years post qualification experience 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.

Desired Skills:

• Business Process Management
• application development
• system integration