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Business Analyst

Western Cape
Salary: Market Related
Job Type: Permanent
Sectors: Finance
Reference: Ref 105

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Vacancy Details

Employer: Star Personnel Recruitment (Pty) Ltd

Northern Suburbs. Market Related Salary -no med/prov but Risk benefits included.

Purpose of role:

A leading, dynamic, financial lender is seeking a highly skilled business analyst.

You will be working with business and development houses to implement,

enhance, and maintain various SAAS applications. You will perform analysis,

quality assurance, develop specifications and requirements for developers to

follow. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a technology driven company

based in the N/Subs, working in a fast-paced environment and a sociable

team atmosphere.

Key Performance Areas:

1. Implement and deliver quality solutions.

a. Work with business users to define and re-design business processes.

b. Elicit and define user requirements.

c. Create documents, presentations, and training material that can be used to establish buy-in and launch the solution successfully.

d. Perform quality assurance on solutions to ensure it is ready for implementation.

e. Project management duties, i.e. implement methodologies, standards, policies, plans and processes on all projects to ensure consistent quality.

2. Contribute to the continuous improvement of processes, knowledge base and third-party relationships.

a. Consult with external service providers to resolve incidents and complete service requests.

b. Log incidents with external service providers in accordance with SLA’s.

c. Effectively manage relationships with third-party provider.

d. Perform quality assurance on items developed by third-party providers.

Candidate Requirements

Required knowledge, skills, and abilities:

1. Minimum Qualification:

a. Formal 3-year qualification in an IT/IS discipline, obtained from a recognised Higher Education Institution

b. Certification in Business and System Analysis

2. Minimum Experience: 4 years’ experience working as a Business Analyst.

3. Skills Required/essential knowledge of/experience in

a. Strong understanding of defining or developing APIs

b. Experience with using techniques such as Use Cases, User Stories, Wire Framing, Storyboards

c. Strong understanding of SQL queries to retrieve and validate data

d. Facilitation and presentation skills

e. Analytical thinking and problem solving

f. Good oral and written communication skills

g. Process modelling

h. Software testing/quality assurance

i. Being meticulous and capable of delivering an elevated level of accuracy

4. Desirable knowledge of/experience in:

a. Credit industry

b. Advanced Excel skills

5. Essential Behavioural competencies:

a. Good business acumen.

b. Creating and innovating.

c. Quality and detail orientated.

d. Planning and organising.

e. Presenting and communicating information.

f. Adapting and responding to change.

g. Team collaboration.

h. Comfortable working in a small team environment as well as independently.

Please submit your CV with photo as a Word Document and kindly let me know what you are/were earning please?

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About Star Personnel Recruitment (Pty) Ltd

Star Personnel Recruitment was established in 1986 and has become a well respected name in the recruitment and selection of top talent for a carefully selected number of the most sought after employers in South Africa. Having a reputation for expertly matching candidates based on skills, personality and attitude while treating all applicants in a confidential and professional manner.

With one of the most sophisticated and comprehensive recruitment databases in the industry, as well as a team of Senior Consultants constantly scouring the market for stars, Star Personnel takes the guesswork out of appointing top staff.