Business Analyst

Jenrec Recruitment

Pretoria, Gauteng
Permanent
Full-time

2 months ago

The Business Analyst takes ownership of assigned products and keeps a handle on product and project aspects including business models, specifications, budgets and financial models, progress tracking, management of resources and team capacity. They will increase company profitability by driving product success by designing efficient and scalable systems/products and ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery thereof.Minimum education (essential): BEng (Industrial).Minimum applicable experience (years): 3 years minimumRequired nature of experience:

Business Analysis within the IT, software or medical device field
Development of project, product and system specifications
Requirement gathering and documentation
Project Management

Skills and Knowledge (essential):

Excellent computer proficiency (especially in MS Office Excel).
Report and proposal writing skills.
Business Process design
Agile Project Management
BPMN or UML Knowledge
API knowledge
JIRA, Confluence or similar task management or documentation tools

Essential Competencies:

Examining information
Documenting facts
Providing insights
Making decisions
Managing tasks
Producing output
Taking action
Pursuing goals
Logical thinker
Structured
Problem solver
Detail oriented
PM - time management

Business Analysis: 60%

Full cycle Project and Product Management including capacity management, stakeholder engagement and resource tracking.
Multi-task on a suite of projects and products, all within different stages of development and implementation.
Compile intuitive system and product requirements and specification design, in terms of researching, consulting and analysing needs.
Follow best practice design and development methodologies in sustaining high quality, clean, auditable and manageable products and systems.
Compile relevant specifications documents, UX, UI designs, wireframes and test cases.
Effective system testing and approval, including the management of release notes and effective communication with stakeholders on changes and/or improvements.
Work with front-end, back-end and mobile developers, marketing, sales, research and design departments to ensure a holistic management process of project management.
Identify technology limitations and deficiencies in applications and associated processes, procedures and methods within the department.
Continuous improvement of existing products, systems and processes within the department.
Identify issues, bugs, and bottlenecks and devise solutions to these problems within the department.

Business Processes and Strategy: 20%

Business process improvements, operationalization and optimization.
Develop strategies for the implementation of products, projects or systems, including commercialization, legal and operational aspects.
Risk analysis and mitigation.
Manage tasks and priorities within product suite.
Increase profitability of products through the streamlining of development, manufacturing and maintenance thereof.
Effective stakeholder management (both internal and external)

Record-Keeping: 20%

Compile relevant records as is necessary for compliance to ISO, CE, FDA (and other) standards and requirements as is applicable to assigned products.
Accomplish objectives by establishing plans, budgets and results; reviewing progress and making mid-course corrections to ensure optimal outcomes.
Efficient and effective reporting on strategies, prioritization and tasks to Line Manager.
Efficient and effective reporting on performance of products and systems.
Take personal ownership for projects/products/systems and work quality as well as contributing to team development.

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