IT Business Analyst
- Westville, KwaZulu-Natal
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Metrics and KPI’s related to the effectiveness of the role (OP)
- Alignment of IT programs and business strategic goals
- Quality of output (measured by customer and user satisfaction)
- Quality of solutions proposed by the team (measured by success of solutions proposed)
- Elicits, analyses, and documents requirements (business, functional, and non-functional)
- Works with key stakeholders to prioritize requirements most beneficial to the business
- Ensures compliance with Global IT strategies, enterprise architecture, and best practices as well as all relevant local/regional/global governmental regulations
- Reinforce the project goals and objectives to prevent scope creep/gold plating
- Recommends solution options which directly impact the success of a project or initiative
- Effectively communicates with business stakeholders, project managers, product owners, systems analysts, developers, and quality assurance analysts to ensure requirements are clearly stated, buildable, and testable
- Oversees the successful completion of User Acceptance Testing, tracking testing progress and defect resolution
- Working with multiple geographies to deliver projects and products
- Rapidly absorbing new technical or business information and applying it effectively
- Negotiating users to change behaviour, adopting new tools and processes
- Navigating IT capabilities and constraints whilst working to meet the business needs
- Implementation of communications strategy. Examples include risk escalation, incident management, lessons learned, team corrective actions, the collection and dissemination of relevant information appropriately
- Bachelor’s Degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, relevant business field preferred
- Certifications preferred:
- Equivalent combination of education / experience
- Project Management certification such as PMP, CAPM or PRINCE2
- Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt
- 3+ years business analysis experience
- Experience within an IT focussed role
- Experience with Waterfall, Hybrid, and Agile methodologies
- Experience with the software delivery lifecycle
- Proven success in improving the customer experience
- Experience working within a matrix structure
- Experience working remotely with globally scattered users and teams
- Experience influencing others with limited/no direct authority
- Use facilitation skills to encourage participation from all attendees
- Influence others to drive decisions and actions
- Use active listening skills to understand “real” issues/needs and build trust
- Leverage negotiation and conflict management skills reach agreements
- Ability to put the pieces together
- Inspire others to think creatively and identify innovative solutions
- Leverage holistic view of people, processes, and technology
- Use a structured approach to problem solving
- Demonstrate Effective Communication well prepared, stakeholder-focused written communications
- Adapt communication styles to the needs of the situation and the individual/audience
- Ensure comprehension of new concepts (lead demos, trainings, informal communications)
- Help others make the best decision based on appropriate criteria, such as: business need, opportunities, risk, compliance, and ability to achieve the desired outcome
- Present complex concepts in understandable terms to all levels in the organization
- Adapt to and embrace changing situations as an opportunity, rather than an obstacle
- Demonstrate an ability to learn quickly and willingly
- Foster a collaborative working environment
- Leverage an understanding of the organization to identify the most effective means of implementing a change
- Experience of a CRM [example: Siebel, Salesforce] and SAP
- Understanding of EDI and API concepts
- Understanding of Web, Mobile, and IoT concepts