What will you do?Santam BITS has a career opportunity for a senior Business Analyst in the Digital environment with a specific focus on conceptualization of new initiatives and business case writing, and who will be based in Cape Town or Gauteng.KEY RESPONSIBILITIESConsult with business to identify business problems and opportunitiesAssisting key business and product owners with conceptualization and proposal of initiatives, business case developmentEnsure ability to monitor and track benefits realization is in place and aligns with strategic and business case objectives of the initiativeAnalyse and understand the potential impact on business and end usersEnsure strategic and project objectives will be met by validating that requirements and solutions will deliver on those agreed objectivesElicit, analyse, document and maintain business requirements and functional specifications for more than one project at a time which may be at different stages of the project and development lifecyclesAdministration, planning and organizing of work to ensure successful and on time deliveryParticipate in quality assurance, user acceptance testing as well as demo's and training of new solutionsProvide support and collaborate with business stakeholders, project management, digital adoption, change management, training, design, development and testing competenciesComply with company policies and procedures, standards and methodologiesStay current on industry practices and trends in the short term insurance and digital environments and contribute innovative ideas for the use of technology and improvement of processesQUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCEDegree related to commerce, analysis or information/technology systems e.g. B. Comm, B.Sc., B Tech or B.EngRelevant Tertiary qualification or certificate/diploma in Business analysis from an industry recognized training institution e.g. CBAPMinimum 3 years' experience as Business AnalystExperience withWriting project concepts and proposals, building business models and roadmaps, writing business requirements and user storiesCost estimation, target setting, building business cases and doing cost-benefit analysis, defining benefits and drawing benefit mapsRequirements elicitation, workshop facilitation, conducting demo's and communication with stakeholders both internal and external, in business or technical terms, and at different levels of the organizationBuilding presentations, creating visual representation of recommendations, requirements, architecture or designs, creating wireframes and prototypes, provide input to and working with solution architecture, and conducting workshops.Working with systems development lifecycle (SDLC), and agile methodologies in large complex projects incl. experience with agile scrum, scrum master role, sprint planning, managing product backlogs, writing user stories, running inception phases, agile reporting, etc.Liaising and collaborating with project resources e.g. project managers, developers, other business analysts, test analysts and change managers at different levels of the organization and across multiple teamsUnderstanding test methodology and providing support and input to test strategy, test plans, test cases and scenarios, user acceptance testing, setting up test data and test environments, review test resultsExperience with agile ways of workingDigital environmentExperience in the following areas will be advantageousCustomer journey mapping, user impact analysis or use of process modeling methodologies and toolsManaging projects as well as project management techniques and methodologiesShort term insurance or financial services industryDefining standards, principles and new ways-of-workingCOMPETENCIESBuilds, translates, and shares the direction, purpose and strategic goals of the organisation in order to engage and motivate others towards achieving theseClient focusEnabling innovationChange leadershipEmotional intelligenceADDITIONAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLSStrong analytical and problem-solving abilityStrong customer service orientation and collaborative interpersonal styleStrong agile Scrum experience and the ability to leverage agile at scale including the use or adoption of related new or existing tools, methodologies and frameworksStrong leadership, negotiation and influencing skillsAbility to work at the conceptual as well as detailed level and paying attention to detail in context of the project scope and strategic alignmentBusiness and financial acumen with thorough knowledge and understanding of business, process and technology environments and ability to do financial analysis and projectionsEffective communication skills both written and verbal, in business and technical terms, appropriately designed for the target audienceAbility to facilitate workshops, assess various opinions and recommend an acceptable solution/requirement/action, understand how to translate various business needs into clear requirements and capture key requirements from detailed discussionsAbility to take ownership, lead and initiate action, facilitate decision-making, define next steps and drive actions to completionEffective relationship building skills and ability liaise with stakeholders at all levels, internal and externalHigh confidence, self-driven, motivated individual who can remain calm and focused under pressure and who is passionate about technologyAbility to effectively deal with conflict situations and complexity whilst remaining organized and adaptable in a complex, fast-paced and dynamic environmentAbility to plan, organize and manage own workload and timelines aligned to project plansTeam player with ability to work independently as well as collaborativelyLearning orientation to gain business and system domain knowledge and stay aligned with latest trends in business analysis and information technologyABOUT THE COMPANYSantam is the leading short-term insurer in South Africa. Along with its subsidiaries, the business transacts all classes of short-term insurance. Santam is a large, diversified, and transforming company and our success is rooted in our passion for our clients. Everything we do is centered on our delivery of Insurance Good and Proper. #J-18808-Ljbffr
