Overview:
The Business Analyst will lead our analytical teams and drive strategic initiatives. They will be responsible for overseeing complex projects, aligning business needs with technology solutions, and mentoring a team of business analysts to ensure delivery excellence.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of business analysts to ensure high-quality analysis and requirements delivery.
- Collaborate with senior stakeholders across business units to understand strategic objectives and translate them into actionable requirements.
- Drive process improvement initiatives through detailed analysis, data-driven insights, and industry best practices.
- Develop and maintain comprehensive business documentation, including business cases, process maps, and requirements specifications.
- Facilitate communication between business units, technology teams, and external vendors to ensure alignment.
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring timelines, budgets, and quality standards are met.
- Establish and enforce business analysis standards, methodologies, and best practices.
- Provide leadership in change management and ensure user adoption of new solutions.
- Analyse impact, risks, and dependencies associated with proposed changes.
- Support the evaluation and selection of technology solutions to meet business needs.
- Monitor performance metrics and implement continuous improvement processes.
- Stay current with industry trends, tools, and best practices in business analysis and digital transformation.
Key Job Functions:
Governance and Compliance
- Ensure application designs meet compliance, security, and performance requirements.
- Participate in architecture governance and solution review forums
Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement
- Partner with cross-functional teams, including operations, sales, IT, and finance, to gather business requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
- Work closely with business analysts, developers, and delivery teams.
- Engage with vendors and partners to evaluate and integrate new application capabilities.
Requirements
Education
- Matric – Grade 12
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Information Systems or a related field. Relevant certifications (e.g., CBAP, PMI-PBA, PMP).
Experience
- 10-15 years of experience in business analysis or related fields.
- Minimum of 5 years in a leadership or managerial role overseeing business
- analysis teams.
- Proven track record of successfully delivering large-scale, complex projects.
- Proficiency in business analysis tools, project management software, and process modelling
Technical Skills
- Strategic thinking and problem-solving
- Leadership and team development
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management
- Analytical mindset with attention to detail
- Adaptability and change management skills
- Strong organisational and multitasking abilities
- Conflict resolution skills to navigate challenging situations calmly.
Join Steinweg to ensure our services exceed client expectations. Apply now to become part of our dynamic team!
Interested?
Please send your CV to recruitment@za.steinweg.com