Business Analyst- Amplify Health at Discovery Limited

What you will do?

Understanding the business requirements and through a structured process: document, validate and translate into customer/business as well as system functional specifications that are used by developers to design and develop the technical solution. Testing and validating the functionality of the technical solution against the business requirements. Ensuring that the business requirements are delivered in the implemented solution. Translate the business vision into the design. Connect the business model to the systems architecture.

Interfacing between the business client and the development team for the business and functional requirements. Working with multiple business areas and multiple teams that require deep integration of solutions. Involve scope that stretches across departmental boundaries, or which scope impacts on multiple business areas.

Building and maintaining of strong relationships with clients and acting as a consultant on the application.

You will report to Development Manager, Technology.

The role is based in Sandton, South Africa.

Core responsibilities include:

Analysis

• Analysis and documentation of customer requirements.
• Understanding and reporting on current state vs future state.
• Translation of the customer requirement into functional requirement.
• Facilitation of JAD session with customers and product owners to unpack requirements.
• Coach and mentor team members to reach organizational goals and maintain quality deliverables.

Solutioning

• Analysis and documentation of the functional requirements.
• Thorough understanding of the product offering and being able to communicate requirements to a development technical team.
• Solid understanding of functional decomposition and what is required for a system implementation.
• Maintaining a high quality of deliverables and ensuring strict timelines are adhered to as part of team delivery.
• Ensure strict requirements traceability maintained and improve on overall product deliverables.
• Collaboration with senior business analysts and team members to produce high quality deliverables.

Team Management Leadership

• Regular deliverable reviews and quality assurance sessions.

Agile Methodology

• Design and validate the functional solution using Agile Methodology.
• This involves interpreting the product / functional requirements into Agile Epics and Stories
• Plan Agile Sprints and Stories for the Sprint
• Apply knowledge of the system, interfaces and dependencies to highlight integration aspects that must be considered.
• Identify a set of stakeholders that need to be involved in creating and validating the Agile Story Board by interview business and technical owners, as well as experienced members of the development team (Development Manager, Architect, Snr BA).
• Validate the Agile Epics, Stories and Test Basket with the identified stakeholders and obtain sign- off

 What you need to be successful

Knowledge and Experience:

• 3-5 years’ experience in Software Development as a Business Analyst
• Understanding of software development principles
• At least 2 years’ UML Experience
• Knowledge of DevOps Methodologies and Tools
• Experience in Health Insurance
• Knowledgeable in Agile management tools, techniques and systems
• Agile SCRUM Methodologies
• Experience working with cross functional teams
• Business experience and product knowledge
• Exposure and knowledge of industry compliance standards and legislation

Education / Qualifications / Accreditations with Professional Body:

• Minimum IT degree level education (BCom or BSc in information systems or computer science or informatics)
• Business Analyst Diploma or Similar

Technical Skills:

• UML, BPMN
• SQL, XML Spy, PostMan, SOAP UI
• Enterprise Architect, DrawIO, Visio, Notepad++