Job Description

Closing Date 2023/08/21
Reference Number MMH220804-8
Job Title Business Analyst
Position Type Permanent
Role Family Information Technology
Cluster Momentum Life
Remote Opportunity Some of the time
Location - Country South Africa
Location - Province Gauteng
Location - Town / City Centurion
Introduction

Through our client-facing brands Metropolitan and Momentum, with Multiply (wellness and rewards programme), and our other specialist brands, including Guardrisk and Eris Property Group, the group enables business and people from all walks of life to achieve their financial goals and life aspirations. We help people grow their savings, protect what matters to them and invest for the future. We help companies and organisations care for and reward their employees and members. Through our own network of advisers or via independent brokers and utilising new platforms Momentum Metropolitan provides practical financial solutions for people, communities and businesses. Visit us at
Role Purpose

Conduct analysis of business needs to provide software application solutions focused on delivering business value. Together with a range of business, technical, and technology stakeholders, you will help design and implement innovative solutions to meet business objectives. You are responsible for working with multiple stakeholder groups across the organization to identify, investigate and analyze challenges faced by the enterprise. The Business Analyst will synthesize the business requirements, which will in turn inform the solution design.
Requirements

Experience and Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience as a business analyst

• Relevant degree (essential)

• Experience and sound knowledge of Agile methodologies and continuous delivery models

• IIBA certification (essential)

Duties & Responsibilities

Responsibilities and work outputs

• The ability to do quantitative business analysis ie. Required to perform mathematical calculations to make financial decisions.

• Must have a good understanding of fractions,decimals and percentages, creating and analyzing charts graphs, and tables

• Identifying, investigating, and analyzing problems faced by businesses; proposing documented solutions that fully address the business requirements needed to optimize the business.

• Keeping abreast of market changes and internal system developments ensuring that all new processes align with best practices.

• Accountable for eliciting requirements and solution design through conducting requirement sessions (JAD), interviews, and reviewing (extracting info) existing documentation.

• Collaborating with stakeholders to document business process maps, business requirement definitions, and business requirements specifications.

• Developing and documenting detailed functional and non-functional requirements specifications in line with standards.

• Critically evaluating business processes in order to establish time and cost parameters and make innovative recommendations that will positively impact the business.

• Investigating and analyzing alternative solutions and proposing the best approach to meet a business's needs.

• Developing solutions encompassing the entire system (people, process, and technology).

• Assisting in the identification of risks and issues pertaining to the implementation of the solution requirements.

• Documenting the impact and interactions of business processes and requirements to support system design and development.

• Contributing to the successful implementation of projects in order to achieve the business outcome.

• Supporting integrated systems testing and reviewing testing results.

• Participating in quality reviews and implementing corrective measures to enhance the solution.

• Identify and analyze deficiencies, loopholes, etc. in operational processes and propose a way to deal with them effectively.

• Investigating and proposing process optimization opportunities in the context of best practices and improved operational efficiency.

• Developing and maintaining productive working relationships with peers and organizational role players to achieve optimal cross-process integration.

Competencies

Competencies required

• Customer/ Stakeholder Commitment

• Business Acumen

• Drive for Results

• Leads Change and Innovation

• Reporting and Interpretation

• Collaboration

• Impact and Influence

• Self-Awareness and Insight

• Diversity and Inclusiveness

• Institutional Process Analysis & Redesign

Policy

We are committed to Employment Equity, diversity and inclusion when recruiting internally and externally. All appointments are made in alignment to our Employment Equity goals and we encourage people with disabilities to apply.

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