Business Analyst at Transnet

About the Job

Position Purpose:

• Conduct business requirement analysis project in Operational Divisions to detect critical process deficiencies and to recommend solutions to improve the use of information technology, supporting business information requirements.
• Plan and execute the development, maintenance and on-going refinement of the enterprise-wide Business architecture, accommodating the complexities of Transnet business.
• Interact with Operational Division stakeholders to develop Business solutions to meet business needs.

Position outputs:

• Conduct analysis of current business environments to identify critical deficiencies and to develop solutions for the improved use of information technology, to support the business’s information requirements using the following techniques:
  • Workshops
  • Method/work studies
  • Six sigma
  • Lean principles
  • Simulation models
  • ARIS and Visio etc.
• Conduct business requirements analysis by engaging with the respective business stakeholders from all Operational Divisions.
• Map end-to-end business process flows on ARIS and Visio.
• Define business information flows and landscapes.
• Analyse information sources, purpose, information consolidation and manipulation, identify data or information shortcomings or deficiencies to gain understanding of where and how information is being used, consolidated and manipulated.
• Conduct gap analysis to identify deficiencies or problems in the data and information to enable effective solutions to the identified deficiencies.
• Identify and analyse business drivers and business change drivers to determine business information solutions, information technology requirements and to develop Business architecture requirements.
• Develop rigorous models for how the data is to be structured and used to ensure that transaction processing is efficient and effective and that information to support decision-making is readily available. Ensure that these information models are flexible enough to easily adjust to meet changing business needs.
• Engage with business project owners to ensure projects fit enterprise information architecture and to determine the necessity of modifications to the application, to accommodate new information requirements or vice versa.
• Define the ways in which data and information are to be used and produced in the organisation, ensuring that information governance and architecture policy and structures are not compromised.

Qualifications & Experience:

• The incumbent must demonstrate that he/she has necessary competencies through experience.
• A 4 year Industrial Engineering degree is a pre-requisite.
• 8 years’ experience in Business process improvement projects in Operational and/or Operational Support business environment.

Competencies:

• Strategy and Sustainability
• Inspirational Leadership
• Business Performance and Delivery
• Relationship Management
• Corporate Governance and Compliance
• Personal Mastery