Business Analyst (Senior) at Discovery Limited

About Discovery

• Discovery’s core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose, and whose own values align with those of Discovery. Our fast-paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self-driven people to be their best.
• As global thought leaders, Discovery is passionate about innovating in order to not only achieve financial success, but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society.

Opportunity
An exciting and challenging career opportunity is available to join a digital health technology solutions business. The business is a new venture by Discovery together with a partner in Singapore. This role will focus on supporting the establishment of the new business and once the business is established, this role is likely to be transferred into that business.
The business transforms how health and wellness offerings for patients and communities are delivered and managed using the distinctive strengths of the Discovery Health business model. This opportunity involves working in an innovative and fast-paced market in Singapore. Depending on the requirements of the business, this role may be based in South Africa or internationally and may require travel.

Job Purpose
Understanding the business requirements and through a structured process: document, validate and translate into customer/business as well as system functional specifications that are used by developers to design and develop the technical solution. Testing and validating the functionality of the technical solution against the business requirements. Ensuring that the business requirements are delivered in the implemented solution.
Translate the business vision into the design. Connect the business model to the systems architecture.
Interfacing between the business client and the development team for the business and functional requirements.
Working with multiple business areas and multiple teams that require deep integration of solutions. Involve scope that stretches across departmental boundaries, or which scope impacts on multiple business areas.
Building and maintaining of strong relationships with clients, and acting as a consultant on the application. Lead a team of business analysts in a business area. Stand-in for his Delivery / Development Manager if necessary in an advisory capacity.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to
•Analysis

•  Facilitate the development of a Business Case by acting as a consultant to the client.
•  Analysis and documentation of customer requirements.
•  Understanding and reporting on current state vs future state.
•  Evaluate, design and change business processes.
•  Translation of the customer requirement into a functional requirement.
•  Delegation of tasks and processes to team members.
•  Facilitation of JAD session with customers and product owners to unpack requirements.
•  Coach and mentor team members to reach organizational goals and maintain quality deliverables

Solutioning

•  Analysis and documentation of the functional requirements.
•  Understanding the overall value proposition and being able to position and follow through on planned delivery execution.
•  Thorough understanding of the product offering and being able contextualize this offering in new markets.
•  Solid understanding of functional decomposition and what is required for a system phased implementation.
•  Maintaining a high quality of deliverables and ensuring strict timelines are adhered to as part of team delivery.
•  Ensure strict requirements traceability maintained and improve on overall product deliverables.
•  Collaboration with business and systems architects on overall product feasibility and implementation standards.

Team management Leadership

•  Regular deliverable reviews and quality assurance sessions.
•  Definition of operational processes and process improvements.
•  Drive implementation of approved and prioritized business requirements

• Agile Methodology

•  Design and validate the functional solution using Agile Methodology.
•  This involves interpreting the product / functional requirements into Agile Epics and Stories
•  Plan Agile Sprints and Stories for the Sprint
•  Apply knowledge of the system, interfaces and dependencies to highlight integration aspects that must be considered.
•  Identify a set of stakeholders that need to be involved in creating and validating the Agile Story
• Board by interview business and technical owners, as well as experienced members of the development team (Development Manager, Architect, Snr BA).
•  Validate the Agile Epics, Stories and Test Basket with the identified stakeholders and obtain signoff

Personal Attributes / Skills / Competencies
• Values Driven
• Optimistic
• Resilient
• Drives Results
• Problem Solver
• Business writing skills
• Process mapping
• Software testing pack design
• Functional testing
• Excellent communication skills
• Customer service orientation
• Conflict resolution
• Negotiation skills
• Time management
• Engaging
• Multi-disciplined
• Detail Orientated
• Strategic
• Inquisitive

Education / Qualifications / Accreditations with Professional Body
• Minimum IT degree level education (BCom or BSc in information systems or computer science)
• CBAP Certification (advantageous)
• Business Analyst Diploma or Similar

Technical Skills, Knowledge and Experience
• BSc Computer Science Degree or relevant 3 year qualification
• Minimum 7 years’ experience in Software Development as a Business Analyst
• At least 2 years’ experience leading a team Business Analysts
• 4 years’ UML Experience
• Knowledge of DevOps Methodologies and Tools
• Experience in Health Insurance
• ITIL services framework
• Knowledgeable in Agile management tools, techniques and systems
• Agile SCRUM Methodologies
• Business Analyst Body of Knowledge
• Good experience working with cross functional teams
• Business experience and product knowledge
• Exposure and knowledge of industry compliance standards and legislation

Technical Skills
 UML, BPMN
 SQL, XML Spy, PostMan, SOAP UI
 Enterprise Architect, DrawIO, Visio, Notepad++

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY   
                             
The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.