Junior Business Analyst required immediately for project specific contract role

Qualifications

• Excellent Matric or Equivalent with Mathematics
• Relevant Bachelor’s Degree
• Business Analysis certifications will be an advantage

Experience

• 1 year Business Analysis experience

Responsibilities

• Facilitate requirements gathering meetings with business stakeholders
• Map and document processes
• Document requirements into user stories, acceptance criteria and workflows
• Communicate requirements to the delivery team
• Maintain changes to requirement using requirements management
• Assist the project owner with backlog refinement and prioritisation
• Share business knowledge with the development stream
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with all involved parties

Skills and Competencies

• Quality-orientated with a high level of attention to detail
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent people skills, relationship building, influence and ability to drive team cohesion
• Be innovative / proactive/ preventative
• Ability to work under pressure / high tolerance for stress
• Critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Emergent leader including conflict management, servant / natural leadership and facilitation
• A relentless approach to the pursuit of continuous improvement
• High energy level
• Approachable and adaptable
• Good judgment
• Positive role model/positive attitude
• Reflective listening skills and understanding of the other’s point of view
• Focused with good time management
• Ability to work alone with minimal or zero supervision
• Drivers licence (own car advantageous)