Senior Business Analyst at Clicks Group

Introduction

• We are looking to recruit a Senior Business Analyst to work within LEAP Team. The role will be based at our 180 Degrees Office in Cape Town.

Job description

Job Purpose

• The Business Analysts' role is to obtain, analyse, specify and validate the business needs of various projects within the business.

Job Objectives

• Required to work on medium/ high impact solutions that may or may not span multiple business areas. 
• Required to work under general direction within a clearly defined accountability framework. 
• Participate in the solution design process. 
• Prepare the requirements specifications. 
• Define the success criteria for solution testing. 
• Analyse and decompose relevant business processes. 
• Analyse large datasets to identify trends, patterns, and anomalies.
• Develop and implement data mining techniques and algorithms.
• Create reports and visualizations to present findings to stakeholders.
• Provide data-driven insights to inform strategic business decisions and improve operational performance.
• Contribute to improving data quality and knowledge sharing

Minimum requirements

Qualifications

• Essential: Relevant tertiary Healthcare, IT or related qualification 
• Desirable: Certificate or Diploma in Business Process modelling from an industry-recognised institution 

Job-related work experience

• 5 years’ experience as a Business Analyst 
• Desirable: 3-5 years’ working in a project management environment 
• 3 - 5 years’ systems analyst experience or substantial business experience 

Job-related knowledge 

5 years’ experience in the following:

• Business process modelling/ engineering 
• Project life cycles 
• System development life cycle 
• Understanding of Information technology 
• Quality management
• Risk management 

Job-related skills

• Verbal and written communication skills 
• Analytical thinking and problem solving 
• Technical writing 
• Project management 
• Interest and understanding of business
• Facilitation skills
• Interpersonal skills 
• Team management 

Essential competencies

• Analysing 
• Learning and researching
• Creating and innovating
• Persuading and influencing
• Delivering results and meeting customer expectations
• Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking