Business Analyst
Sabenza IT & Recruitment · City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
IT Services and IT Consulting · 11-50 employees
About the role
The Business Analyst will investigate and analyze business problems to bridge the gap between IT and business needs through data-driven recommendations. They are responsible for documenting requirements, developing functional specifications, and overseeing the delivery of large-scale technology solutions.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree or B-Tech in Information Technology and possess at least 5 years of experience in business analysis. Strong presentation skills, experience with agile methodology, and proficiency in IT operational planning are required.
Full description
We are seeking a Business Analyst to investigate and analyse business problems to understand their nature, cause, effects and drivers, using a variety of methods and techniques.
Requirements
Responsibilities:
· Investigates and analyses business problems to understand their nature, cause, effects and drivers, using a variety of methods and techniques.
· Documenting business process requirements through interviews or facilitation sessions.
· Conducting engagements with key role-players within the various departments to further understand their business processes, needs and challenges.
· Analyze existing business processes & technology and propose new developments and changes based on business requirements.
· Develop functional and technical specifications to meet the business needs of clients.
· Conduct system analysis for new and existing systems.
· Construct programs including coding, testing, and debugging.
· Preparing business cases and conducting risk assessments.
· Conducting playback sessions(presentations) with the Business to ensure that the information extracted from the business documents and through the interview process is accurate and complete.
· Responsible for bridging the gap between IT and the business using data analytics to assess processes, outlining problems, determine requirements and deliver data-driven recommendations and documents.
· Helps in guiding businesses in improving processes, services and software.
· Ability to lead and oversee a team of professionals.
· Strong presentation skills at board level (CXO, CTO etc.)
· Large scale Microsoft and Oracle solutions delivery experience.
· Relative business development experience and skills.
· Experience and capability of leading IT technologies.
· The ability to work under pressure and to meet tight deadlines.
Requirements:
· A Bachelor’s Degree and/or B-Tech in Information Technology and/or Business Analysis Certification.
· Minimum of 5 years' experience as a Business Analyst.
· Good written and verbal communication skills.
· Experience in process mapping, business case development and IT operational and strategic planning.
· Experience as a product owner with agile methodology
