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  • Posted: Aug 24, 2017
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    Senior BI Analyst

    Job description

    ROLE

    Working with Home Finance business areas to identify, investigate and analyse problems faced by business/product owners. Based on this analysis the Business Analyst needs to propose a solution, to fully address the business requirements needed to optimise the business. Facilitate analysis sessions and workshops with senior business stakeholders across the organization. Review and edit requirements, specifications, business processes and recommendations related to proposed solution. Develop functional specifications and system design specifications for client engagements

    • Project Establishment Initiation Activities
    • Develop design principles based on the initial brief and scope provided by the Project Owner, Business Sponsor
    • Support the Sponsor/Project Owner in their efforts to guide the project's implementation activities, including the requirements planning stage and the management of change requests.
    • Assist business areas impacted by projects and changes with the writing and/or updating of circulars and manuals, when changes to operational policies, procedures and processes occur.
    • Build and maintain relationships with line role players by communicating regularly and working closely with them to elicit business requirements, evaluate and recommend possible business solutions, make assessments and produce feasibility analysis.
    • Identify project risks either by consultation with key stakeholders and/or a risk assessment workshop and develop mitigating action plans in agreement with the project Sponsor/Project Owner/ thereafter document such risks and actions in the project risk register for on-going monitoring.
    • Act as the Project Manager ensuring that the definition of the project scope and all other documentation needed in the Project Concept and/or Project Charter document/s is obtained by facilitating a project definition workshop.
    • Develop hypotheses to achieve project goals based on the outcomes of the project definition workshop and use these to guide the fact gathering and analysis.
    • Ensure all the business requirements, evaluations and recommendations of possible business solutions, assessments and feasibility analysis are documented, circulated and signed off by the relevant stakeholders and use in defining and designing the project.
    • In a project role provide advice, investigating, estimating and calculating costs, timelines, resources and plans for the composition and approval of the project stage business cases.
    • Facilitate workshops in order to obtain business user requirements in terms of the proposed end state of the project so that the project is suitably defined, designed and implemented.
    • Identify project milestones based on the high level project plan and prepare planning estimates in terms of timelines, resources, design, etc. for the project.
    • Project manage a sub-project or work stream, when required to do so by the PM. Generate weekly/monthly or adhoc status reports on progress of the project in terms of work completed/still to be done, risks, issues, plans, etc.
    • Requirements Definition
    • Analyse the “as is” “business architectures”, to identify any issues, opportunities, etc. This includes the analysis of existing products & services, the procedures and business rules, the organisation structures, functions, roles & responsibilities, the business processes & procedures, the IT systems functionalities, performance and measurement metrics.
    • Investigate and perform a business needs analysis, by interviewing the product or business process owners, to determine business requirements and identify possible alternatives and or solutions to achieve these requirements.
    • Perform a “root cause” issues analysis with key stakeholders by either conducting interviews or workshop to further evaluate and identify solutions and/or alternatives to meet the business requirements and document all findings to assist with project definition, design and build.
    • Facilitate workshops with relevant stakeholders to gather, identify and document the project and business owner requirements to be used in the project definition, design and build.
    • Investigate options available, best practices, alternatives etc. and obtain up to date information in relation to the project requirements / objectives by referring to internal and external parties to ensure the best solution is considered and identified for the project.
    • Solution Analysis and Design Activities
    • Design the “to be” business architectures by using the identified design principles and document the ideas by working through increasing levels of design detail (i.e. conceptual/high level/detailed design levels).
    • Identify and design new and/or improved business process systems and/or procedures to deliver project goals by ensuring that the best solution is considered and identified for the project.
    • Undertake a feasibility and impact analysis of solutions identified (people, process, system infrastructure) with key stakeholders, internal, external and technology staff to further define project requirements for the definition, design and build of the project.
    • Identify IT interfaces and IT integration points to ensure integrated functional specifications, by consulting and work shopping with the IT System Analysis / Architect, Business Strategy, Vendors, etc.
    • Develop IT-systems functional, non-functional and service level requirements, Business Requirement Definition documents (BRDs), use cases, etc. based on the evaluations, meetings, assessments and requirements analysis undertaken during the earlier stages of the project analysis stages, build, test and implement the project.
    • Develop a functional decomposition of identified requirements through consultation with stakeholders to ensure that the business requirements will be developed and delivered by the project.
    • Assessment and Validation of Solutions Activities
    • Assist the systems-management function with setting up and undertaking the IT systems user-acceptance tests by both business users and IT staff to ensure that the technology solution meets the business requirements.
    • If required, co-ordinate user acceptance testing with regard to securing test users, the test location, the relevant access rights and by documenting all results and where required perform User Acceptance Testing (UAT) as undertaken and stipulated by the Africa Technology methodology.
    • PROJECT MANAGEMENT
    • Assist in enforcement of project deadlines and schedules
    • Take input from supervisor and appropriately and accurately applies comments/feedback
    • Develop internal and external meeting objectives and agendas.
    • Prioritize multiple tasks effectively
    • Understand the components of running a fiscally successful project
    • Assist in the management and documentation of scope
    • Escalate scope creep as required
    • Hand over artefacts to development teams
    • Communicate and apply project standards
    • Consistently deliver high-quality services to the customers of Systems & Projects
    • Delegate Tasks to Junior and intermediate business analysts
    • Manage risks and escalate to Management

    MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

    • NQF Level 6: B Degree
    • An appropriate university degree with preference for a BSc, BSc(Eng.), BSc (Comp Science) or BCom (Informatics)BSc / BCom Statistics or BCom Degree or a MBA.
    • 3 years’ work experience in the Financial Industry
    • 2 years business analysis/business consulting experience
    • Knowledge & understanding of Project principles, practices, disciplines specifically the contents of Business Analysis Book of Knowledge (BABOK)
    • Demonstrated ability to work independently and be an effective team member, supporting and assisting team members to meet targets.
    • Strong analytical, logical and problem-solving skills to evaluate and analyse information and data.
    • High level of written and verbal communication skills for interactions with staff at all levels across a wide range of areas in order to facilitate the gathering of information and data required for analysis.
    • High level of proficiency in computer usage including Advanced Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Windows operating systems.
    • Excellent interpersonal skills to enable effective communication with a variety of people at different levels of the organisation.
    • Ability to prioritise and work efficiently and accurately in times of high pressure.
    • A basic understanding of databases and financial transaction processing systems

    BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES

    • Decision Making
    • Gaining Commitment
    • Innovation
    • Building Strategic Working Relationships
    • Compelling Communication
    • Driving for Results
    • Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills
    • The ability to work within a team.
    • Ability to take ownership of issues
    • Customer service orientated.
    • Investigative nature.
    • Prepared to work overtime as and when required.
    • Pro-active mindset.
    • Attention to detail.
    • Self-starter with own Initiative.

    EXPERIENCE

    • Database exposure – SQL.
    • At least two years hands-on working experience in the financial services industry, with good user knowledge of a relevant IT system
    • Skill and experience in analysing business requirements and writing specifications in the financial services industry
    • Prior experience in process analysis and documentation of business processes, templates and detailed operational procedures

    CLOSING DATE - 31 August 2017

    Method of Application

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