Business Analyst – Johannesburg needed at FNB South Africa

Job Description
Are you someone who can: 

• Must have a fair understanding of the entity relationships within a database and how the various system integrate with each other in an environment
• Use Case skills
• Able to compile process and data flow diagrams and Context diagrams
• Must have creative skills in providing possible solutions to business requirements.
• Analytical thinker with problem solving skills
• Must be able to define user journeys
• Ability to research and define solutions, best fit for industry, customer and aligned to group strategic objectives
• Ability to run with analysis and present thinking to business
• Ability to defend requirements and explain thinking
• Understand how the requirements achieves business objectives tied to return on investment
• Ability to work unattended and meet strict timelines

You will be an ideal candidate if you: 

• Minimum of 3 – 5 years relevant Business Analyst experience required
• Bcom or Industry Related Degree
• Familiar with Agile & Waterfall methodology
• Have the following Business Analysis Competencies:
• Presentation Skills
• Information Gathering
• Self Starter – looks for opportunities
• Team worker
• Some leadership Skills
• Good writing skills
• Conflict management skills

We can be a match if you can:  

• Act as an interface between business, developers and the testers.
• Be empathetic yet diplomatic when dealing with concerns and conflict from the business and or team members. 
• Be able to listen, advise and escalate issues where necessary
• Business analyses, i.e. planning, elicit, document and review
• Analyse projects using best practice.
• Workshop or hold JAD sessions to gather requirements and drive workshops when necessary.
• Ability to make decisions, think on your feet and be proactive
• Provide solutions or recommendations to business when requirements are unclear taking into account what would be best for the business. Be a future thinker not just current solutions.
• Preparation of functional requirements specifications
• Preparation of business solutions specifications
• Enterprise analysis skills i.e. identify opportunities, risks & assumptions.
• Stakeholder Analyses i.e. understand audience and identify them upfront.
• Assess, analyse and optimise end-to end business processes that are signed off by the business by documenting business process requirements through research, interviews or facilitation sessions  also assess current business processes, procedures and business rules in conjunction with business partners, designing new & existing business processes.
• Detailed extraction and documentation of all business rules impacting a project
• Ability to probe and gather information
• Create the relevant analysis documentation i.e. Business Specification and or Functional Specification documentation using change control processes and version controls when required
• Be able to manage your own time when required to prioritise multiple projects
• Provide feedback and guidance to more junior members in team
• Review test cases provided by the Test Analyst
• Manage all Project analysis Documentation and ensure all sign-offs are achieved prior to work beginning on the project
• Add business value
• Take accountability for own projects through to implementation. Be actively involved from start to end of a project lifecycle
• Ability to run some initiatives as the BA and PM where applicable and necessary