Functional Analyst II at The Shoprite Group of Companies

The Role

An exciting opportunity for an experienced Functional Analyst (Digital Services Layer). This role will require you to gather business requirements, document and translate into a design with limited assistance, author detailed functional specifications for developers to deliver working functionality. Specify testing, training, definition and implementation of procedures for support of practical business solutions.

Essential Requirements:

• Diploma /Degree in Information Systems / B.Sc Computer Science (or similar)
• 3 - 5 years experience in Functional Analystics
• 3 - 5 years experience with Cloud Solutions (Preferably AWS)
• Solid experience of working on projects in both Agile and DevOps
• Understanding of cloud technology
• Agile/Scrum Toolset, preferably Atlassian (desirable)
• Excellent communciations skills both verbal and written in English.
• Strong analytical skills

Duties:

• Assist the Business Analysts with the capabilities of the system in the required functional area when required.
• To generate knowledge about the current business process, design current business flows, study current business processes and its complication, and getting through with current business setup.
• Identifies use cases and transform them into logical and technical views, architectural diagrams and functional specifications.
• Present functional designs to multiple functional areas and obtain agreement on designs. Ensure that the users agree and sign-off the suggested designs/solutions.
• Maintain the task management systems.
• Do accurate timekeeping of time spent on changes.
• Customizing the respective business area and making sure the system reacts in the manner according to the constraints of the request.
• Convert Business requirements into customizing configuration.
• Maintain configuration guides for applied customizing.
• Identify and resolve design decisions with business and IT owners.
• Prepare test scripts and execute testing of the configured scenarios
• Maintain detailed, accurate and auditable test documentation according to standards.
• Maintain the task management systems.
• Do accurate timekeeping of time spent on changes.
• To provide support to the junior members of the team as well as users of the system.
• Assist business users when necessary. 
• Mentor junior members of the Team.
• Assist the Business Analysts with the capabilities of the Systems when required.  
• Estimate, schedule and prioritise discrete pieces of work and deliver consistent, quality and accurate results
• Accurate and justifiable effort estimations for completion of discrete pieces of work
• Understand business and functional dependencies to effectively prioritize and schedule delivery of work packages.
• Provide accurate and concise feedback to team leads highlighting task status, issues and risks.