Senior Business Analyst - Cape Town Verfied

Salary Negotiable Cape Town, Western Cape Cape Town, Western Cape more than 14 days ago 16-01-2019 6:53:39 AM
13-03-2019 6:53:39 AM
Senior Business Analyst – Information Technology job – Market related salary – Cape Town, South Africa

Are you a Senior Business Analyst looking for an exciting new challenge? We have an amazing opportunity for you with a global technology and e-commerce leader! This team are looking for a Senior Business Analyst who will be responsible for the end-to-end responsibilities within the Business Analyst framework, from facilitating workshops and requirements gathering through to documentation. You will be expected to work in a fast-paced environment where the teams deliver in an agile way. Thus, your documentation methods must align to this. The emphasis is on lean, high quality documentation with repeatability in mind.

Your key job responsibilities as the Senior Business Analyst in Cape Town will include:

- Facilitate requirements gathering workshops with the Business
- Elicit requirements using a variety of tools and techniques based on the scenario
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to analyse information needs, functional requirements and business processes
- Produce requirements documentation using an appropriate tool
- Produce requirements documentation in an agile format to suit the pace of the Business
- Thorough knowledge of documentation methods, processes and best practices
- Understand the commercial importance of changes or new features
- Drive and challenge Business Units on their assumptions of how they will successfully execute their plans
- Review and improve existing processes
- Assist with product/system/process documentation to support the Business, Developers and QA
- Serve as the intermediary between the Business and the Software Development Team
- Ability to work across multiple projects and backlogs
- Understand the impact of the change within the broader context

Requirements for this Senior Business Analyst job in Cape Town:

- Minimum previous experience of 3 -5 years as an Intermediate Business Analyst role in an IT environment
- Have worked in an agile environment using delivery methods such as SCRUM or Kanban
- Matric and National IT Diploma OR Undergrad IT Degree
- Business Analysis Certificate or Diploma
- BABOK Certified (Advantageous)
- Agile training (Advantageous)