Location: Sandton - 1 Discovery Place, South Africa
Discovery - Vitality RSA Systems
Business Analyst (Talent Pool)
About Discovery
Discovery's core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose, and whose own values align with those of Discovery. Our fast-paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self-driven people to be their best.
About Vitality RSA Systems
Discovery Vitality RSA Systems is a dynamic and energetic environment which encourages an ownership attitude. The environment provides innovative systems development, architecture, support and infrastructure to our internal clients.
Key Purpose
Understanding business requirements and documenting, validating, and translating them into functional specifications for developers. Testing and validating functionality against business requirements, interfacing between the business client and development team, and ensuring that business requirements are delivered in the implemented solution.
Areas of Responsibility
• Act as a consultant to the client on the application
• Participate in client planning forums and advise on solutions
• Challenge the business in their thinking to understand the intent of the business requirement
• Assist business to articulate the benefits they wish to realize with the solution
• Facilitate the development of a Business Case
Customer Requirements Specification (CRS)
• Follow a structured process to document client requirements
• Facilitate activities like interviews or JAD sessions
• Document the requirements in a CRS document
• Review the functional requirements with the client and obtain sign-off
Product Requirements Specification (PRS)
• Design and validate the functional solution
• Interpret the CRS into a set of Functional Requirements Specifications (FRS)
• Identify stakeholders for PRS creation and validation
• Build & demonstrate GUI prototypes
Project Documentation
• Perform Project Management activities
• Maintain project documentation
• Act as a project manager: define & manage risks, document scope, assign tasks
Release Notes & Training Material
• Update and publish release notes
• Assist trainers with queries and develop procedure manuals
Query Report
• Respond to incidents escalated by the Incidents team
• Conduct preliminary analysis on issues
Service Level Agreements
• Agree required support functions with business and document in SLA
• Provide end user support during go-live
Personal Attributes and Skills
• Drives Results
• Passion for delivery and quality
• Problem Solver
Education and Experience
• 5 years solid Business Analysis experience with significant exposure within the SDLC
• Strong understanding of business processes and functional requirements
• Matric
• BSc Comp Sciences / Information Systems or equivalent tertiary qualification (Advantageous)
Technical Knowledge
• PL/SQL, SQL, UML, XML, and OO
• Tools: Enterprise architect, Visio, Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence)
EMPLOYMENT EQUITY
The Company's approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process.
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