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Business Analyst

Pretoria
Salary: Market Related
Job Type: Permanent
Sectors: IT
Reference: JHB006537/Vivia

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Employer: Datacentrix (Pty) Ltd

Are you a passionate Business Analyst with a knack for Agile methodologies and a talent for turning complex challenges into actionable solutions? Join us in a dynamic role where you'll collaborate to uncover business needs, align them with cutting-edge organizational capabilities, and drive impactful data transformation initiatives. This is your chance to make a difference, working at the intersection of business and technology to shape innovative solutions that deliver real value.Our client in the financial/banking sector is looking for a candidate for a 12 month fixed term contract.

Requirements:

BDegree or equivalent (BCom Informatics, BSc Information Systems, BSc Informatics BTech)
Diploma in Business Analysis
Minimum eight years experience in business analysis (advanced) of which at least 5 years must be in Information Technology.
Solid exposure to Agile methodology
Skilled in business process model's analysis, design and documentation
Basic software applications (Atlassian JIRA and Confluence, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint)

Duties and Responsibilities:

Build and Present Business Cases: Develop comprehensive business cases tailored to the organization's context and present them to executives for approval and support.
Problem Analysis and Cost-Benefit Assessment: Define and articulate business problems by evaluating their size, impact, and associated costs versus benefits.
Manage Complex Initiatives: Operate effectively in a fast-paced environment with multiple complex initiatives running in parallel.
Proactive Delivery: Plan, prioritize, and execute responsibilities with advanced organizational skills as a proactive self-starter.
Document and Update System Workflows: Collaborate with business teams to document and update system workflows, operating models, business processes, and business rules.
Promote Agile Principles: Embed Agile methodologies and principles into the delivery of program artifacts.
Create User Stories: Develop user stories and acceptance criteria in collaboration with Business Owners and Product Owners.
Validate Functional Requirements: Work with business teams to validate functional requirements, ensuring alignment with business needs.
Maintain Business Requirement Specifications: Update business requirement specifications as necessary to reflect evolving project needs.
Act as Liaison: Serve as the bridge between business teams and the system vendor to ensure alignment and clear communication.
Provide Ongoing Support: Offer continuous business analysis support to both the business and project teams throughout the project lifecycle.
Update System Documentation: Work with business teams to update system manuals, user guides, and other vendor-required documentation.
Collaborate on Solution Specifications: Partner with business customers and technical stakeholders to define system, process, and people requirements for solutions.
Ensure Proper Implementation: Interact with architects and developers to confirm proper implementation of the system and monitor adherence to requirements.
Monitor Solution Quality: Oversee the quality of deployed solutions, ensuring they meet defined business needs.
Participate in User Acceptance Testing: Facilitate and participate in UAT processes to validate that deployed solutions meet business requirements.
Manage Change Requirements: Handle evolving change requirements and specifications throughout the project lifecycle.
Adapt to Additional Duties: Take on related duties or deliverables essential for the successful delivery of services

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About Datacentrix (Pty) Ltd

At a Glance

Our Business:

Datacentrix is a leading, empowered ICT integrator that provides high performing and secure ICT solutions to corporate South Africa and the country’s public services sector.

Our Footprint:

Datacentrix operates from regional branch offices in Pretoria, Samrand, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London and Durban, with a network of small medium enterprises (SMEs) and service personnel around South Africa that are responsible for servicing remote areas.
Our Partners: Datacentrix’ global partnerships with its technology partners remain critical to the company’s success. The company is accredited by its vendors at the highest possible level both in the technical and sales arenas, which enhances the company’s strategic value as a single source service provider.

To achieve this, Datacentrix invests in its people through training and education, embracing broad based black economic empowerment (BBBEE), while actively partnering and representing leading technology partners with distinction.

Vision

Datacentrix intends to become the preferred ICT partner to the majority of South Africa's top commercial and public sector organisations over the next five years.