Business Analyst Consultant

Analyse business requirements and issues, recommending business priorities, and advising on solutions, risks, and costs versus benefits.

Accurately assess gaps, research solution options and lead solution design.

Develop detailed business requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, business functional specifications, project plans, solution designs and other relevant documentation.

Coordinate stakeholder consultation across organizations to establish business requirements and ensure the acceptance and delivery of new business processes.

Manage the production of documentation to provide support for system users across the organizations to assist with user readiness and implementation.

Contribute to project communications and change management activities to ensure operational readiness to transition to new processes.

Provide expert knowledge transfer to business system owners, IS or other users through the provision of consultation, workshops and training as required.

Attend scheduled Project meetings, and other meetings as required, to ensure full comprehension of the Project detail and best methods of approach.

Comply with any project requirements and KPIs.

Assist in the development and improvement of existing and new business analyst processes across the Projects and Business Transformation Office (including active participation and contribution to the community of practice).

Assess current state, analyse stakeholders needs, scope the problem and develop business case to address the requirements of the stakeholders within a specified scope.

Uncovering and capturing requirements as stories into a master story list and build narratives and acceptance criteria for the highest priority stories in upcoming iterations/sprints

Validate the acceptance tests and progressively sign-off completed stories with user.

Analysis of business processes to identify areas of improvement as required to business analysis and change management activities including process optimisation, training and change.

Supporting a culture of empowerment and achievement, inspiring others to learn, develop, unlock their potential and succeed.

Improving own professional capability and expertise through appropriate development and/or professional activities in alignment with organisation s Career Success framework.

Responding flexibly to changing circumstances, assists leaders with the creation of a flexible environment that supports and enables others to meet changing demands.

Offers support to the team in times of high pressure, seeks assistance as required.

Requirements

Minimum of 5 years of experience as a Business Analyst

Demonstrated ability to identify and assess business requirements and undertake the analysis needed to design complete and effective solutions based on business needs.

Advanced knowledge of and experience in the disciplines, principles and methodologies associated with the end-to-end software development lifecycle (SDLC) with particular emphasis on business analysis and change management initiatives, but also business change and implementation.

A degree with substantial extension of the theories and principles, learned through relevant work experience; or a range of specialist experience; or postgraduate qualifications, or progress towards postgraduate qualifications with extensive relevant work experience; or an equivalent alternate combination of relevant knowledge, training and/or experience.

Proven ability to apply theoretical knowledge or management expertise to bring together diverse and sometimes conflicting information to solve complex problems, that may affect one or many areas of the organization.

Ability to develop innovative methodologies or take a leading role in the application of proven techniques involving considerable theoretical and technical sophistication.

Has the ability to be reflective, be innovative and able to deliver continuous improvement with a demonstrated high level of self-motivation and personal management skills.

Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders (including vendors) and communicate effectively on a range of sensitive and complex issues, including the ability to negotiate, motivate, influence and build relationships.

Minimum of 5 years of experience as a Business Analyst Demonstrated ability to identify and assess business requirements and undertake the analysis needed to design complete and effective solutions based on business needs. Advanced knowledge of and experience in the disciplines, principles and methodologies associated with the end-to-end software development lifecycle (SDLC) with particular emphasis on business analysis and change management initiatives, but also business change and implementation. A degree with substantial extension of the theories and principles, learned through relevant work experience; or a range of specialist experience; or postgraduate qualifications, or progress towards postgraduate qualifications with extensive relevant work experience; or an equivalent alternate combination of relevant knowledge, training and/or experience. Proven ability to apply theoretical knowledge or management expertise to bring together diverse and sometimes conflicting information to solve complex problems, that may affect one or many areas of the organization. Ability to develop innovative methodologies or take a leading role in the application of proven techniques involving considerable theoretical and technical sophistication. Has the ability to be reflective, be innovative and able to deliver continuous improvement with a demonstrated high level of self-motivation and personal management skills. Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders (including vendors) and communicate effectively on a range of sensitive and complex issues, including the ability to negotiate, motivate, influence and build relationships.