Senior Business Analyst III (Payments)

This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Business Analyst III (Payments) to join our dynamic team at The company. The role involves delivering business and technology solutions across the company Group to recognised South African Retail brands. The successful candidate will work on best-of-breed technologies and be part of a team that is publicly recognised as the largest private sector employer in South Africa and leading employer in Africa.

Requirements

• Perform high-level analysis activities in the CE cycle
• Understand, analyse and identify areas for improvement in the current business environment
• Operate confidently within multiple domains, integrated systems and operational processes
• Collaborate with user stakeholders in the identification and documentation of user requirements
• Assess and document the business implication of user requirements to the business process involved
• Propose and document process improvements where appropriate and provide alternatives / options
• Assess risks, costs and potential benefits of alternative business process designs
• Define business rules and guide the implementation of these rules in the development of the various application systems
• Drive effective change initiatives in own area or department as well as across functional area
• Lead others to advance objectives of the organisation
• Influence stakeholders (within IT and Business) to consider solutions which will work best for the business
• Coach and mentor junior team members on business analysis processes and delivery
• Build and maintain a trust relationship with business users and IT stakeholders
• Evaluate and improve solution assessment and validation
• Elicit and analyse cultural, business and organisational constraints effecting options for change
• Support the business environment and provide recommendations for improvement
• Manage vendor relationships where projects involve third parties
• Take responsibility for the timelines within the project plan, of the business analysis effort related to a project
• Ensure costs are monitored and users and the organisation benefit
• Assess technical solutions and business processes against business requirements
• Lead in the mapping out of data conversion and reporting requirements
• Drive the change management barriers impacting User Acceptance Testing
• Produce fit-for-purpose specification documents for business requirements and processes
• Assist to solve & mitigate project risks
• Liaise across teams to co-ordinate interdependencies and resolve issues
• Contribute to improving ways of work for the BA community
• Create a sense of team spirit by encouraging harmony, co-operation and communication
• Communicate proactively and encourage others to share their views
• Develop and openly communicate self-insight
• Demonstrate detailed and comprehensive knowledge of own area
• Maintain a comprehensive knowledge of related external issues and know about research and upcoming developments
• Develop own technical skills and knowledge by looking out for opportunities to engage in continual professional development
• Finds out about the activities of a wide range of other departments in the organisation and how they should work together as a system
• Pro-actively apply and live-out the IT Values defined for: Collaboration, Delivery, Innovation, Integrity, Quality, Recognition, Stewardship

Benefits

• Generous Paid Time Off
• 401k Matching
• Retirement Plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Relocation Assistance