Cape Town: Senior Business Analyst posted by Losika Consulting

About the Role

Losika Consulting is seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst to join our team in Pinelands, Cape Town. This on-site role offers a contract-to-permanent opportunity with a salary range of R60 000 – R80 000 per month, depending on skills and experience. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing business requirements, negotiating with project sponsors, and ensuring effective delivery of projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to Analyse & Design new and enhanced business processes:
• Facilitate requirements workshop, maintain group focus and leads discussion toward stated goals
• Establish and clarify user requirements, and ensure that requirements are accurately specified for projects and change requests
• Prepare requirements documentation (BRS) and ensure that they are signed-off by the relevant stakeholders
• Ensure functional specifications are developed to support the business requirements:
• Either develop these specifications in-house or coordinate and sign off on them if developed by a vendor
• Integration with development teams to ensure effective delivery of user requirements:
• Review and approve system design specifications
• Ensure that the development team delivers the solutions according to specification
• Ensure effective testing:
• Ensure test team understands the full business requirement before handing over to the test team
• Assist the test team when communicating with external partners and vendors
• Ensure correct resolution for the defects raised (from opening the defect to closing it)
• Ensure that the critical business scenarios are tested to meet the specifications
• Once the project is completed, ensure that the centralised process flows are kept up-to-date and are continuously improved where necessary
• Ensure effective facilitation of business meetings, ensuring clear decisions are taken and decisions and actions are clearly and accurately minuted
• Provide end-to-end project co-ordination for mini-projects:
• Effective co-ordination of resources and activities to meet agreed timelines for the project
• Provide effective leadership:
• Build effective and confident relationships with stakeholders (business, ICT and vendors)
• Continually seek opportunities to increase customer satisfaction and identify opportunities for business improvement
• Provide clear and timeous feedback, and effectively manage business expectations

Requirements

• Business acumen
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Advanced facilitation and presentations skills
• Effective relationship management and collaboration skills
• Analytical with the ability to make good insightful decisions
• Ability to influence appropriately
• Attention to detail
• Deadline driven

Qualifications

Relevant tertiary qualification

Salary & Benefits

Salary range: R60 000 – R80 000 per month