Business Analyst

Business analysts in IT projects act as bridges between stakeholdersand technical teams, ensuring solutions align with business goals.

Responsibilities:

Elicit and document business requirements through stakeholder interviews, workshops, and analysis of existing specifications.
Manage stakeholders actively to align expectations, specify requirements within the solution platform's capabilities, communicate progress, and prevent deviations from the tender-defined scope, thereby minimizing scope creep.
Translate business needs into functional and non-functional specifications, user stories, or models like UML/BPMN for developers.
Support solution design, testing (including UAT), and implementation by validating requirements against predefined scope.
Manage changes to requirements throughout the project lifecycle, rigorously evaluating impacts on tender specifications before approval.
Provide post-implementation support, training, and enhancements to ensure ongoing system value without scope expansion.

Requirements:

Must hold a bachelor's degree in business administration, computer science, IT or related field.
Must have more than 3 years of experience as a Business Analyst in IT/software projects, including requirement gathering and stakeholder management.
Must have experience managing stakeholders to minimize scope creep and ensure requirements align with predefined tender specifications and solution platform capabilities.
Preferred: IIBA certifications (ECBA, CCBA, CBAP, or PMI-PBA).
Preferred: Entry-level Project Management certification.
Preferred: Experience with data visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau) and scripting (Python/R).
Preferred: Proficiency in technical skills like SQL, Excel, BPMN/UML modelling, and SDLC methodologies (Agile/Waterfall).
Preferred: Familiarity with NewGen and Java technologies or similar platforms.

Business Analyst