Business Analyst
Operating Division: Transnet Corporate Centre
Employee Group: Permanent
Department: ICT, Mobility Services, GRP
Location: Johannesburg
Reporting To: Executive Manager
Grade: F
Reference: req2278
The closing date is on 14/10/2024. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that HR has received the application before the closing date of the advertisement.
Position Purpose
Conduct business requirement analysis project in Operational Divisions to detect critical process deficiencies and to recommend solutions to improve the use of information technology, supporting business information requirements.
Plan and execute the development, maintenance and on-going refinement of the enterprise-wide Business architecture, accommodating the complexities of Transnet business. Interact with Operational Division stakeholders to develop Business solutions to meet business needs.
Position Outputs
- Conduct analysis of current business environments to identify critical deficiencies and to develop solutions for the improved use of information technology, to support the business's information requirements using the following techniques:
- Workshops
- Method/work studies
- Six sigma
- Lean principles
- Simulation models
- ARIS and Visio etc.
Conduct business requirements analysis by engaging with the respective business stakeholders from all Operational Divisions. Map end-to-end business process flows on ARIS and Visio. Define business information flows and landscapes. Analyse information sources, purpose, information consolidation and manipulation, identify data or information shortcomings or deficiencies to gain understanding of where and how information is being used, consolidated and manipulated. Conduct gap analysis to identify deficiencies or problems in the data and information to enable effective solutions to the identified deficiencies. Identify and analyse business drivers and business change drivers to determine business information solutions, information technology requirements and to develop Business architecture requirements. Develop rigorous models for how the data is to be structured and used to ensure that transaction processing is efficient and effective and that information to support decision-making is readily available. Ensure that these information models are flexible enough to easily adjust to meet changing business needs. Engage with business project owners to ensure projects fit enterprise information architecture and to determine the necessity of modifications to the application, to accommodate new information requirements or vice versa. Define the ways in which data and information are to be used and produced in the organisation, ensuring that information governance and architecture policy and structures are not compromised.
Qualifications and Experience - A 4 year Industrial Engineering degree is a pre-requisite.
- 8 years' experience in Business process improvement projects in Operational and/or Operational Support business environments.
Competencies - Inspirational Leadership: Inspiring people: Leads by example. Inspires, motivates and empowers team members to do their best.
- Business Performance and Delivery: Lead business performance: Leads the business to be more efficient and effective.
- Corporate Governance and Compliance: Leading governance: Always work in the best interest of the organisation and aligns business practices to the ethical obligations and good corporate governance.
Equity Statement Preference will be given to suitably qualified Applicants who are members of the designated groups in line with the Employment Equity Plan and Targets of the Organisation/Operating Division.#J-18808-Ljbffr