CyberPro Consulting is a Microsoft Gold Partner as well as Oracle Java partner that develops Line of Business Systems, Mobile Apps as well as Web Applications. Our expertise extends to System Integration, Database Development and Business Intelligence solutions. Our Service offering spans the full software development lifecycle.

We are looking for a Lead Business Analyst that will lead the identification of the business requirement specification and drive the translation into a functional requirement specification, testing, business rules and documentation.

The lead business analyst is also responsible for contributing towards, overseeing the BA processes and operations.

Competencies

• Business analysis skills 8 yrs +
• Data management and or BCBS experience a distinct advantage
• Exposure to data quality and dashboard development
• Data modeling exposure
• Database administration exposure
• Testing exposure
• Banking sector experience
• Leadership and facilitation of senior management engagement sessions

 Level of Authority

• Manager - Work within and contribute towards the creation of processes and guidelines and ensures the correct authorisations are received when necessary

Key Performance Areas and Daily Responsibilities

• Quality and professionalism of documentation of self and team
• Facilitate analysis sessions and workshops with senior business stakeholders across the organization
• Communication skills in terms of verbal and written updates to stakeholders
• Good interpersonal skills
• Bridge the gap between business requirements and detailed technical specifications for the development team
• Guiding, quality assuring and integrating the outputs of the business analysts

Deliverables

• Business requirement documentation
• Execution plan for data quality requirements gathering
• Requirements gathering for on boarding new business areas and migrating existing tactical reporting solutions to the strategic data quality monitoring solution
• Definition of a generic, enterprise data quality solution as well divisional and role-based requirements

Key Performance Areas

• Analysis and Solution Definition
• Rapidly understand the business issues and data challenges of client's organization and industry
• Identify client organization strengths and weaknesses and suggests areas of improvement
• Perform stakeholder analysis
• Review and edit requirements, specifications, business processes and recommendations related to proposed solution
• Develop functional specifications and system design specifications for client engagements

Testing

• Lead testing efforts
• Create and document test cases and plans
• Perform FAT testing
• Perform UAT testing
• Update TFS testing statuses
• Understand technical design specifications
• Define test conditions
• Develop accurate and complete test plans
• Conduct testing according to plan
• Identify and document system deficiencies and recommends solutions
• Retest if necessary
• Report on testing results / outcomes
• Ensure issues are identified, tracked, reported on and resolved in a timely manner
• Work with client personnel to identify required changes
• Communicate needed changes to development team

Documentation

• Document business rules and update the business rules repository
• Document the business requirement specifications (BRS)
• Document the functional requirement specification (FRS)
• Produce reports as required
• Archive documents in SharePoint

Meetings and workshops

• Prepare and conduct meetings as required
• Prepare meeting minutes
• Assist in prioritization meetings
• Attend reviews and planning sessions
• Run and or attend the inception workshops as required
• Attend project status / update meetings
• Run analysis workshops

Project assistance

• Assist in enforcement of project deadlines and schedules
• Take input from supervisor and appropriately and accurately applies comments/feedback
• Develop internal and external meeting objectives and agendas.
• Prioritize multiple tasks effectively
• Understand the components of running a fiscally successful project
• Assist in the management and documentation of scope
• Escalate scope creep as required
• Hand over artefacts to development teams
• Communicate and apply project standards
• Consistently deliver high-quality services to our clients
• Delegate tasks to junior and intermediate business analysts
• Manage risks and escalate to the project manager

Coaching

• Provide coaching and mentoring to less experienced business analysts

Process

• Define and document the BA approaches and techniques
• Build the tools and materials required for efficient adoption and usage
• Develop and provide training materials to business analysts
• Review work performed and ensure it is conformant

Key Performance Indicator: Measurement Criteria

Documentation

• Documentation is accurate.
• Documentation reflects the acceptance criteria specified by the client / stakeholder.

Process

• The ABG defined processes and SDLC are adhered to.
• The processes are efficient and effective.

Test plans

• Test plans are comprehensive and effective.

Time lines

• Deliverables are produced on time and to the quality required.

Risk management

• Risks are effectively identified, escalated, monitored and managed.

Please send me your CV to ****@*****.*** call me (XXX)-XXX-XXXX

Ref: JHB001378/LAM