Business Analyst - - Durban

Key responsibilities:

Creating and maintaining the strategic partnership between Business needs and Technology delivery
Responsible for developing business requirements and related business rules based on Business Group needs
Work closely with the Business IT in the definition, testing, training, implementation, and support of functional requirements
Identify requirements via industry standard analysis techniques such as data flow modeling, workflow analysis, and functional decomposition analysis
The Analyst will solicit requirements through interviews, workshops, and/or existing systems documentation or procedures
The Analysis and Solution Definition
Quickly understand the business issues and data challenges of client's organization and industry
Strong analytical and product management skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements
Identify client organization's strengths and weaknesses and suggest areas of improvement
Gather, prepare, review and edits requirements, specifications, business processes and recommendations related to proposed solution
Develop functional specifications and system design specifications for client engagements

Technical Understanding:

Possesses a good understanding of databases and SQL
Coordinate testing efforts
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

Client Management:

Project Execution:

Assist in enforcement of project deadlines and schedules
Ability to manage multiple projects
Take input from supervisor and appropriately and accurately applies comments/feedback
Communicate and apply project standards
Manage resources in accordance with project schedule
Consistently deliver high-quality services to their clients
Must be able to produce strong, quality documentation

Qualifications and Experience:

IT Degree/Diploma or equivalent qualification
4+ years plus business analysis experience
MSSQL Experience
Previous developer or database administrator experience will be an advantage
Strong facilitation skills
Must be able to elicit requirements from various personalities across the organization
Experience with working to deadlines and the ability to work under pressure
Knowledge of standard IT practices related to business application development/implementation
Process driven analysis skills
Proficiency with the SDLC processes

Attributes/Skills Required/Sought:

Strong verbal and written communication skills
Must be able to communicate effectively and confidently with users, team members and management
Excellent communication skills, both spoken and written
Problem solving skills
Suggest areas for improvement in internal processes along with the possible solutions
Must be able to work within a team dynamic, as well as on own
Adhere to and enforce department standards, policies, procedures and industry best practices

General:

General work hours of 08:00 16:30
Hours outside the normal work week may be necessary depending on project schedule
Must be willing to travel to client sites when required

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