Qualification and Experience
QUALIFICATIONS:
- BSc Computer Science, BSc Information Systems, BCom or equivalent
- Strong academic record from a nationally recognized institution
KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:
- Minimum 5-8 years Business Analysis experience.
- Minimum 5 years Data Analysis exposure
- Experience in the delivery of large scale and complex custom development projects; and
- Minimum 3 years Agile experience.
- Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring
- Elicitation
- Enterprise Requirements Analysis
- Solution Assessment and Validation
- Research Methodology and Frameworks
- Ability to analyse multiple complex sources of data and translate them into simple business briefs & plans.
- Advantageous:Knowledge of Source-to-Target Mapping
- Practical knowledge of Data Warehouse builds and development.
- Knowledge of data profiling and data quality
- Knowledge of ETL Data Structures
- Knowledge of data integration
- Knowledge of data archiving and lineage
- Knowledge of application and Datawarehouse testing
- Knowledge of ETL operations
- Knowledge of Meta Data (Process, Technical, and Business)
- Practical knowledge of the business process management notation (BPMN)
- General understanding of Technology in an Enterprise Organisation
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- Able to work with multiple technical and business groups in a large organisation.
- Practical knowledge of the entire suite of analysis and modelling techniques using the Unified Modelling Language (UML)
- Microsoft Office Word, PowerPoint, Excel, M365, Azure Devops and SharePoint Skills
- Able to communicate effectively with internal and external customers, including senior level executives of the organization
Roles and Responsibilities
- Requirements management: gather, document and manage the requirements of various regulatory projects or systems from various stakeholders, such as SBUs, developers and end-users. Also ensure that the requirements are clear, consistent, feasible and aligned with the business goals
- Data analysis: a successful candidate must be able to use various tools and techniques to collect, process, visualize and interpret data from different sources, such as databases, surveys, reports and web analytics. He / she must also identify patterns, trends, anomalies and insights from the data that can help improve decision-making and performance
- Presenting findings: He / she must be able to communicate his / her findings and recommendations to the relevant stakeholders using reports, presentations, charts, diagrams and dashboards. They also explain the rationale, benefits and risks of their proposed solutions and persuade others to accept or support them
- Developing projects: He must be able to plan, design, execute and monitor the projects that they initiate or participate in. They also coordinate with other teams and professionals, such as developers, testers, managers and vendors, to ensure the successful delivery of the regulatory project outcomes within the budget and timeline
- Analyse / document current systems and future solutions, processes and controls
- Ability to design a future solution / optimize current solution.
- Facilitation of workshops, conflict resolution and document all views
- Support and influence findings with supportive analytics
- Ability to build a visual responsive proof of concept systems with the development team.
- Work with developers to make sure that development work is done within specifications.
- Perform business impact analysis.
- Perform system impact analysis.
- Use debugging techniques to solve BAU Incidents and Queries
- Assist with implementation.
- Work with support and training teams to align new or changes to solutions.
- Create and optimise business metrics that gives insight into business processes and controls.
Internal / Operational Processes
Deliverable Quality Management and Creation
- Gather user requirements in the form of a User Story. (e.g., User Requirements Specifications) and interpret user requirements into user stories.
- Direct and participate in the user stories of applications.
- Participate in data analysis, source to target mapping, design and test reviews as required.
- Defining test strategies and performing functional / regression testing.
- Manage and facilitate User Acceptance Testing (e.g., test plans, text cases and test execution)
- Review deliverables prior to migration into production as appropriate
- Aid in scheduling data sourcing work.
Process Capability Development
- Identify and initiate continuous improvement opportunities.
- Follow quality standards
Roles and Responsibilities (cont.)
Customer Focus & Stakeholder Management
Customer Relationship and Requirements Development
- Understand specific business needs and overall business strategy of the business customer.
- Work collaboratively with the customer to develop Business Requirements (e.g., User stories)
- Identify, determine, and document business requirements.
- Engage with Stakeholders to produce Source to Target mappings, User stories based on the Epics/Features/User Stories provided by our customers.
- Promote internal/external customer satisfaction and build strong customer relationships.
- Analyse various data sources to support data sourcing Business Requirements
- Review test approach and test cases, test plans to ensure coverage of relevant business scenarios.
- Participate in testing to ensure that business requirements have been met.
- Assist with benefit realisation reviews.
- Business Analyst works with stakeholders and the technical team members to map,analyze, and document business processes and projects.
Learning, Leadership & People Growth
Team Project / Support Management
- Organise and prepare work effectively to facilitate proactive resolution of problems, rather than reactive.
- Work with team members to enhance their business and functional knowledge.
- Communicate accurate user story/task status.
- Demonstrate and promote client service attitude within and across teams.
- Manage expectations of team's internal and external customers
- Assist with daily Production Support cases / investigations if the candidate forms part of a DevOps team
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Job Description
Financial /Shareholder Returns
- Ensure that all projects are developed and structured in a way that facilitates inclusive development and maximizes developmental impact.
- Deliver on initiatives that enhance the competitiveness of priority sectors.
- Achieve high success rate on project development.
- Crowd-in risk capital to projects.
Internal /Operational Processes
- Lead the IDC’s participation in specific projects during the various phases of project development (idea generation, project scoping, pre-feasibility study, bankable feasibility study.
- Lead the evaluation of projects at every decision gate of the project development life cycle up to bankability.
- Formulation of industry development strategies and associated action plans aligned to industry development and strategic development goals.
- Identify opportunities and constraints for industry development.
- Participate in effective long-term industry planning, alignment and co-ordination with Heads of Strategic Business Units.
- Build proper project governance and oversight.
- Proactive identification of project opportunities to build the pipeline.
- Scoping/assessment of externally generated project opportunities.
- Ensure alignment of projects to the strategic objectives.
- Lead effective project-specific risk management through all the phases of
project development up to bankability. Development and implementation of strategies or action plans to drive the Unit’s strategic objectives.
- Quality control of projects during development phases.
- Contribute to strategy development for the Unit to maximize development impact.
- Lead the preparation and presentation of reports to relevant internal committees for decision making during the project development phases.
- Contribute to the improvement of competence and knowledge of project ideation / origination / initiation and development.
- Lead and develop the definition and measurement of success metrics to objectively quantify project success. Report on progress against agreed plans.
- Lead and guide project steering committees.
- Assist with internal budget preparation and other administrative tasks from time to time.
Customer Focus & Stakeholder Management
- Build influential and sustainable relationships with strategic partners to assist IDC in achieving its strategic objectives.
- Establish and maintain effective networks and build IDC brand awareness.
- IDC representation on boards / steering committees.
- Effectively interact with Strategic Business Units and Departments to fulfil the process requirement related to any specific project.
- Manage and enhance the levels of service and communication to ensure the provision of client service excellence.
Learning, Leadership & People Growth
- Remain abreast of best practice project planning and development and implementation principles.
- Provide strategic leadership and management to maximize effectiveness and drive high performance and delivery.
- Ensure the effective management of the team, including employee motivation and development.
- Ensure and protect the interest and wellbeing of employees and establish suitable communication lines with them.
- Provide leadership that fosters a culture consistent with that of the Corporation.
- Conduct peer reviews for Senior / Project Development Managers.
- Performance appraisals, coaching and mentoring of team members.
Qualification and Experience
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
- Minimum qualification: relevant commercial or technical Honours Degree or equivalent qualification.
- MBA or a master’s degree would be an advantage.
KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
- 10-12 years related experience, of which 8 years should be in project development.
- At least 5 years of experience at a leadership level and management of teams.
- Active experience in early-stage project development and understanding of project life cycle.
- Sound knowledge of key project development risk drivers.
- Previous project planning and development experience dealing with multiple partners/funders.
- Deep mining, metals, infrastructure and energy knowledge or related sectors.
- Extensive knowledge of environmental and government regulatory requirements in projects e.g. EIA, water license applications.
- Detailed understanding and application of corporate management and structuring processes.
- Knowledge of legislation issues surrounding project joint development agreements (contract management and dispute resolution).
- Project leadership (complex projects)
- Experience in peer review
- Experience in interpretation of financial statements
- Experience in financial modelling
- Knowledge of the market environment and technology landscape
- Knowledge of financing instruments
- Understand models of proposed financial structures
- Competence in coaching and mentoring of team members
- Experience in engaging, managing and negotiating with relevant specialist bodies, government institutions, industry associations etc.
- Experience working in a high-level collaborative environment
- Ability to manage multiple competing priorities while building effective relationships
- Extremely organized and persistent, with drive and determination to achieve goals.
- Experienced in attracting project development partners and negotiating term sheets / joint development agreements.
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