Responsibilities\/Tasks<\/p>\n
Requirements Management<\/p>\n
\tLead and facilitate requirements elicitation sessions with client stakeholders through workshops, interviews, and collaborative discussions to ensure comprehensive and accurate requirement gathering.
\n\tAnalyse complex business processes, systems, data flows, and rules to identify improvement opportunities, provide input to inform solution design, and ensure alignment with business objectives.
\n\tTake ownership of the full requirements lifecycle, including the analysis, capture, refinement, validation, and traceability of requirements using Enterprise Architect (EA) and Interfront standards.
\n\tEnsure requirements are complete, consistent, and aligned to business goals, and oversee the creation and maintenance of supporting documentation and artefacts.
\n\tLead the verification and validation of built systems by reviewing actual behaviour against specified functional requirements and driving resolution of any discrepancies.
\n\tGuide and mentor Junior Business Analysts in best practices for documentation quality, traceability, stakeholder engagement, and prioritisation based on customer value and delivery impact.
\n\tCollaborate with cross-functional teams to support effective prioritisation and sequencing of requirements, taking into account business value, technical feasibility, and interdependencies.
\n\tAnalyse and inform of the impact of requirement changes on existing business processes and systems, providing input to support accurate costing.
\n\tPromote a systems-thinking approach by evaluating broader operational context \u2014 including performance, exception handling, and business continuity \u2014 when assessing solution options or impacts.<\/p>\n
Stakeholder Engagement and Communication<\/p>\n
\tBuild and maintain trusted relationships with diverse stakeholder groups, including clients, business owners, delivery teams, and executives, through clear and consistent engagement.
\n\tFacilitate alignment between business and technical stakeholders by translating complex business needs and communication into structured, understandable formats for both audiences.
\n\tProactively manage stakeholder expectations throughout the project lifecycle by clearly communicating scope, constraints, priorities, and changes.
\n\tRepresent the Business Analysis function in cross-functional forums and workshops with client stakeholders.
\n\tNavigate conflicting stakeholder perspectives by applying negotiation and conflict resolution techniques to reach practical, value-aligned outcomes.
\n\tLead the preparation and delivery of structured presentations, walkthroughs, and feedback sessions to communicate requirements, solution options, and analysis outcomes.
\n\tSupport and guide junior and intermediate BAs on effective stakeholder communication, meeting facilitation, and documentation clarity.<\/p>\n
Collaboration and Implementation Support<\/p>\n
\tLead or participate in multiple projects by completing and updating necessary project documentation, managing project scope, determining priorities, and ensuring efficient and on-time delivery of project tasks and milestones.
\n\tProvide and support the implementation of business solutions by building relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders.
\n\tRepresent client functional requirements throughout all phases of SDLC.
\n\tCollaborate closely with cross-functional teams to implement the functional requirements, providing necessary guidance during the Development and QA process.<\/p>\n
New Initiative Scoping and Analysis<\/p>\n
\tSupport management in new or existing initiatives by way of developing business solution proposals and presenting them to client stakeholders.
\n\tIdentify business opportunities in existing client environment.
\n\tDefine work scope and estimate business analysis effort for new initiatives.<\/p>\n
Requirements<\/p>\n
Minimum Requirements<\/p>\n
\tTertiary qualification in Commerce, Informatics, Industrial Engineering or Information Systems (or similar).
\n\tBusiness Analysis diploma\/certification (advantageous)
\n\t9 or more years demonstrated experience as a Business Analyst in the functional analysis, design and qualification of large-scale business solutions in a transaction based and message rich business systems environment.
\n\tThorough understanding of SDLC and the role of the business analyst in it, from initiation through to transition into the target operational environment.
\n\tDemonstrated use of business modelling techniques in accordance with BPMN and UML standards.
\n\tKnowledge of Software testing\/QA
\n\tDemonstrated use of Sparx Enterprise Architect (advantageous)
\n\tDemonstrated use of Function Point measurement (advantageous)<\/p>\n
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