Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together…one story at a time. With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.
Job Summary
A successful Business Analyst is a self-starter that has a passion for solving business problems. They have a growth mindset and a willingness to learn. They work well within a team and are able to manage their own time and work deliverables effectively.
Job Description
Business Analyst Graduates will be exposed and developed to:
- Follow an approach defined by the team.
- Gather requirements from business and create enabling documentation (Business Requirement Definition, User stories, and user acceptance criteria) with the support of and according to the standards set by the Lead/Senior Business Analysts.
- Support the Business Analyst/Senior Business Analyst with requirements tracking.
- Support the implementation of business initiatives and projects.
- Provide documentation support for requirements gathering, process analysis, gap analysis, and design of new functionality under the direction of a senior business analyst.
- Work closely with various business units to gather and document business requirements.
- Participate in project walkthroughs: business requirements walkthroughs, design walkthroughs, functional test plan reviews, and implementation sessions.
- Conduct JAD sessions to understand business requirements and business needs.
- Execute on business analysis work based on steer from the Business Analyst Lead/Senior Business Analyst.
- Adapt requirements based on feedback from business and team leads.
- Present analysis work back to business stakeholders with the support of business analyst leads/senior business analysts.
- Advocate and represent business analysis methodologies and practices.
- Create final requirements package.
- Apply best practice standards in developing requirements with the support of senior business analysis.
- Align requirements to designs to ensure consistent requirements across the Absa ecosystem.
- Continuously build your own expertise by actively seeking and incorporating feedback, and following external trends and best practices.
Field of Study:
- NQF level 7 or higher or is busy studying and plans to obtain this by the end of 2024.
- Recommended study fields are Business Administration, Information Technology, Computer Science, or related fields.
You are required to submit a cover letter addressing these questions:
- Telling us about yourself, including where you are based.
- Why you’re interested in business analysis as a career.
Location:
- Primary location is Johannesburg, and successful Graduates will be required to attend sessions in Johannesburg on a regular basis.
Education:
Bachelors Degree and Professional Qualifications: Business, Commerce, and Management Studies (Required).
Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards the achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.
Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised.
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