Junior Business Intelligence Analyst: BluNova - Sandton at Blue Label Telecoms

Job Purpose

• Translates business requirements into detailed functional specifications that undergo business stakeholder review.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Requirements Management

• Identify, elicit and document project/process requirements using appropriate modeling technique if required
• Analyze requirements and validate with original users, eliminating confusion
• Define the testing scripts and verification criteria to ensure requirements are met
• Maintain documentation and traceability throughout project

Data Collection and Analysis

• Conduct research using primary data sources and select information needed for the analysis of key themes and trends

Database Specifications

• Provide information and comments on suitability during approval process for database specifications to ensure all agreed standards and protocols are followed and data integrity is preserved

Analysis of "As Is" and "To Be"

• Support and contribute to the documentation of "as is" and "to be" processes and describe the changes required to migrate to the "to be" capability to record accurately the change required

Business Requirements Identification

• Support collection of business requirements using a variety of methods such as interviews, document analysis, and workflow analysis to express requirements clearly and succinctly

Feasibility Studies

• Contribute to and support feasibility studies from a technological and organizational perspective, and document findings.

Horizon Scanning

• Explore and develop a basic understanding of external developments or emerging issues and contribute to the evaluation of their potential impact on, or usefulness to, the organization

Enterprise Business Analysis

• Identify solution recommendations to business problems when given fairly well understood business needs at a business unit level

Business Case

• Carry out feasibility and assessment work for proposed and current projects to contribute to the development and continuous review of business cases

Application Software Development

• Contribute to development of existing and new applications by analyzing and identifying areas for modification and improvement
• Contribute to development of new applications to meet customer requirements

Documentation and Back up

• Create and maintain technical and/or user documentation to a high standard and back up files to ensure instant recovery if problems occur

Culture of Innovation

• Support a culture of innovation by contributing to solutions that boost creativity, innovation, and collaboration, such as idea generation platforms, jam sessions, and hackathons

Personal Capability Building

• Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation where relevant to improve performance and fulfill personal potential
• Maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media

Requirements

Behavioural Competencies

• Manages Complexity
• Optimizes Work Processes
• Ensures Accountability
• Plans and Aligns
• Action Oriented
• Decision Quality
• Business Insight
• Cultivates Innovation
• Nimble Learning

Skills

• Data Collection and Analysis
• Computer Skills
• Action Planning
• Analyze Alternatives and Recommend Solutions
• Assessment
• Business Requirements Analysis
• Enterprise Readiness Assessment
• Perform Gap Analysis
• Planning and Organizing
• Project Quality Management
• Project Risk and Issue Management
• Requirements Elicitation and Facilitation
• Verbal Communication
• Adaptive Mindset
• Analyze Current State/AS-IS State
• Business Case Contribution
• Commercial Acumen
• Compliance Management
• Customer and Market Analysis
• Data Control
• Database Administration
• Define Future State/TO-BE State
• Document and Model User Requirements
• Prioritizing
• Project Change Management
• Project Cost and Budget Management
• Project Estimating
• Project Scope Management
• Project Testing
• Requirements Traceability and Management
• Review and Reporting
• Validate Requirements
• Verify Requirements

Education

• Matric
• Related Degree

Experience

• Experienced practitioner able to work unsupervised (13 months to 3 years)