Senior IT Business Analyst

As a Business Analyst, this candidate is responsible for gathering users’ requirements for system enhancements, analysis of requirements, plan and execute functional, non-functional and system integration tests. As a Senior Business Analyst this candidate must lead a team of business analysts.

• Act as the subject-matter-expert (SME) & main liaison between business stakeholders & technical team.
• Work with business stakeholders to document requirements, rules, processes, constraints, etc
• Analyse business requirements, rules, processes, constraints, etc & translate these into artifacts usable by technical team to perform system development, enhancements &bug fixing activities.
• Review design with the technical team & verify the suitability of proposed solutions to meet business requirements.
• Make recommendations to business stakeholders in situations where workarounds that are required or business requirements cannot be met directly & fully.
• Prioritise activities & deliverables with business stakeholders, project manager & technical team.
• Review high level and detailed test plans/test cases for System Integration Tests (SIT) and User Acceptance Tests (UAT)
• Participate in one or more concurrent activities (Projects & Business-As-Usual)
• Prepare, review & update system documentation and specifications.
• Perform test & health-checks before releasing systems to business stakeholders.
• Provide support to ensure smooth day-to-day system operations
• Recognized Degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Min 6 years of relevant working experience.
• Have business analysis experience, preferably in the insurance / financial sector.
• Experience in Quality Control (QC) and system testing.
• Strong critical and analytical thinking skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Meticulous, committed and see things through end to end.