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X6 Business Analysts Positions at Nedbank | The main objective of this role is to facilitate change by identifying the needs and reasons for change, comprehending the current situation, defining the desired future state, and determining the necessary actions to transition from the present to the future state. This should be achieved by applying business analysis principles, utilizing a diverse range of perspectives from various functional areas, and maintaining an agile mindset.

The job also involves independently handling complex tasks or well-defined challenges and identifying suitable solutions to address business issues. Collaboration with Product Designers (CX/UX), Business Architects, Testers (QA), Business Data Managers (BDM), and other key roles in the requirements value chain is essential. Additionally, the principles of Product Ownership Analysis and the strategy-to-execution framework should be implemented.

X6 Business Analysts Positions at Nedbank

Job Responsibilities:

1. Perform iterative and adaptive planning and monitoring tasks to estimate, organize, and coordinate business analysis efforts for large and complex enterprise initiatives.
2. Engage in elicitation and collaboration activities to gather information from stakeholders.
3. Conduct requirements analysis and design definition to structure, organize, specify, and model requirements and designs. X6 Business Analysts Positions at Nedbank
4. Manage and maintain requirements and design information throughout the Requirements Life Cycle Management process, from inception to retirement.
5. Perform strategy analysis to define future and transition states required to address business needs, including defining the necessary work and solution scope. X6 Business Analysts Positions at Nedbank
6. Conduct Solution Evaluation to assess the performance and value delivered by a solution and identify and remove barriers that hinder its full realization.
7. Follow IIBA best practices, agile product delivery, and lean principles based on the BA methods, frameworks, standards, tools, techniques, competencies, and practices endorsed by Nedbank’s delivery approach.
8. Analyze and document requirements based on changes in users, interfaces, processes, data flows, constraints, environments, and non-functional requirements.
9. Align requirements with the strategic themes, product roadmap, vision, KPIs, and metrics of the portfolio.
10. Understand the program and team backlog comprehensively and align requirements accordingly.
11. Identify the opportunity or problem to be solved, capture stakeholder wants and needs, and contribute to defining the proposed solution.
12. Utilize visual diagrams and collaborative games to model scope, interfaces, story context, data flows, processes, retrospectives, and project dependencies.
13. Decompose and document epics, features, themes, hypothesis statements, PI objectives, and user stories, ensuring all requirement categories are covered and identifying any gaps or missing stories and acceptance criteria.
14. Take ownership of decomposing portfolio epics, features, elicitation, analysis, story writing, and acceptance criteria writing throughout the requirements value chain.
15. Collaborate and co-create process and capability alignment by working closely with the Process Engineer and Business Architect.
16. Support the team in addressing impediments, spikes, and enabler epics, and synthesize data to articulate requirements.
17. Collaborate with development and QA teams to identify test cases and scenarios, perform user acceptance testing, and provide training and support for change management and commercialization. X6 Business Analysts Positions at Nedbank
18. Participate in Backlog Refinement, prioritization, WSJF (Weighted Shortest Job First), and increment planning, while driving DevOps and Built-in quality principles.
19. Analyze and document data requirements, and model data flows across all product dimensions on a solution/program level, in partnership with Business Data Managers (BDMs).
20. Foster stakeholder relationships and engagement at all levels, from discovery and delivery to backlog refinement, dependency management, and enterprise-wide delivery. X6 Business Analysts Positions at Nedbank
21. Conduct system demonstrations and contribute to insights and recommendations for improvement through insights and analysis. X6 Business Analysts Positions at Nedbank
22. Actively participate in and lead program/squad ceremonies, working closely with Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches, Product Owners, and Business Intelligence and Technology (BITE) Owners. X6 Business Analysts Positions at Nedbank

23. Promote a mindset of minimum viable thinking, continuous deployment, and integration.
24. Identify risks, issues, and areas for improvement early on to facilitate timely remediation and minimize waste and rework.

People Specification:
Essential Qualifications:

• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees

Preferred Qualification:

• IT qualification aligned with Business Analysis
• Certificate in Business Analysis endorsed by IIBA
• Safe Certification

Essential Certifications:

• None specified

Preferred Certifications:

• IIBA endorsement

Minimum Experience Level:
5 – 8 years

Required Experience:

• Experience in business analysis
• Experience in managing multiple IT projects, particularly complex ones
• Exposure to business operations
• Exposure to the financial services or wealth management sector

Technical / Professional Knowledge:

• Research methodology
• Business Analysis Body of Knowledge
• Business writing skills
• Agile Concepts
• Data and Business analysis
• Process Engineering Skills
• Global business analysis trends
• Business Analysis Discipline, Techniques, and Practices
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Products

Behavioral Competencies:

• Decision Making
• Building partnerships
• Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills
• Initiating Action
• Continuous Improvement
• Customer Orientation