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To review, evaluate and analyse user needs to document system requirements and create system specifications that drive system development and implementation of overall business objectives.

• Assess, analyse and optimise end-to-end business processes to improve business efficiencies, customer and employee experience and remove inefficient processes to meet new requirements.


• Facilitate and coordinate the end-to-end implementation of prioritised and approved projects.


• Analyse business processes and workflows to identify improvement or automation opportunities and facilitate implementation.


• Develop, encourage and nurture collaborative relationships within business and/or across the FRG.


• Assess own performance through seeking timely and clear feedback and request training where appropriate.


• Develop new insights into situations and apply innovative solutions to make organisational improvements.


• Ensure compliance to legislative and audit requirements and adherence to relevant processes.


• Compile reports that track progress and guide business to make informed decisions.


• Compile reports that track progress and guide business to make informed decisions relating to building technical equipment.


• Focus on providing optimal services and improving service delivery processes to meet or exceed customer expectations.


• Build working relationships across teams and functional lines to enhance work delivery, collaboration and innovation.

• Diploma in Business Analysis, BSc Information Systems or any 3-year tertiary qualification.


• 3 years’ experience as a Business Analyst.


• Experience with working with FICA documents.


• Experience in Microsoft 360, Excel and SQL.


• Experience in Business Case writing and Process mapping.


• Experience in short-term insurance.

All appointments will be made in line with FirstRand Group’s Employment Equity plan. The Bank supports the recruitment and advancement of individuals with disabilities. In order for us to fulfill this purpose, candidates can disclose their disability information on a voluntary basis. The Bank will keep this information confidential unless we are required by law to disclose this information to other parties.

The ideal candidate will play a key role in driving strategic insights, supporting data driven decision-making, and enabling profitable growth. Strong analytical capabilities, commercial acumen, and cross-functional collaboration are essential to optimize business performance and identify new opportunities.

• Analyze sales, margin, pricing, customer, and product data to support commercial decision-making.


• Develop and maintain dashboards, financial models, and key performance indicators (KPIs) to track business performance and trends.


• Conduct variance analysis (e.g., volume/price/mix) and profitability assessments by product, channel, or customer.


• Support budgeting, forecasting, and strategic planning processes with detailed financial and commercial inputs.


• Partner with commercial, finance, marketing, and operations teams to evaluate business cases, promotional activities, and investment returns.


• Identify risks, opportunities, and areas for cost optimization and revenue enhancement.


• Prepare and present insightful reports, recommendations, and executive summaries for senior stakeholders.


• Assist with pricing strategy reviews and customer contract analysis.


• Monitor competitor and market trends to support strategic initiatives.


• Contribute to continuous improvement of data quality, tools, and reporting processes.

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related field (Honors or Master’s advantageous).


• 3–6 years’ experience in a commercial or financial analysis role, preferably in a fast-paced, data-driven environment.


• Strong experience with financial modelling, forecasting, and commercial analytics.


• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills; proficiency with BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, or QlikView) and ERP systems (SAP, Oracle) preferred.


• Experience working with large datasets and using tools such as SQL, Python, or Excel Power Query is an advantage.


• Strong business acumen with a deep understanding of commercial drivers.


• Analytical mindset with attention to detail and problem-solving ability.


• Excellent communication and presentation skills, able to translate complex data into actionable insights.


• Self-starter with a proactive approach and ability to manage multiple priorities.


• High level of integrity and commitment to confidentiality.


• Strong written, verbal and collaboration skills.

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Full-time

• Research, Analyst, and Finance

• Medical Equipment Manufacturing


• Retail Health and Personal Care Products

Create and maintain strategic partnerships with business needs and technology delivery.

Develop business requirements and rules based on business needs.

Work closely with IT in the definition, testing, training, implementation, and support of functional requirements.

Identify requirements via data flow modeling, workflow analysis, and functional decomposition analysis.

Solicit requirements through interviews, workshops, existing systems documentation, or procedures.

Understand business issues and data challenges.

Prepare, review, and edit requirements, specifications, business processes, and recommendation solutions.

Provide functional and system design specifications.

Maintain a good understanding of databases, MSSQL, and SDLC.

Degree / Diploma: IT or equivalent.

4+ years of BA experience.

2+ years of MSSQL experience.

Developer/Database Administrator experience (advantageous).

Able to work to strict deadlines and under pressure.

Knowledge of IT practices related to business application development and implementation.

Process-driven analysis skills.

Excellent communication skills, both spoken and written.

Excellent problem-solving skills.

General - office-based, 08:00 – 16:30, willing to travel to client sites when required.

By applying for this position, you consent in terms of the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI Act) to your personal information being obtained, utilized, and stored by the Company through inter alia, reference checks, credit checks, and trace reports.

Should you not hear from us within 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.

We are looking for a Business Analyst with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in a Business Analysis role, of which a minimum of 3 years must be in the financial services industry, long term insurance, investments, wealth management, healthcare administration, or employee benefits. Any technical skills will be an added benefit.

• Work with the relevant Delivery manager and Client to elicit accurate and comprehensive product roadmap/backlog requirements.
• Work with the relevant Delivery manager and Project Manager to analyze client requirements to determine scope and effort in support of the client commercial engagement.
• Complete modelling, including providing Product Manager with input to the business case; and conduct product demonstrations and provide sales support.

• Work with the relevant Delivery manager and Client to elicit accurate and comprehensive product roadmap/backlog requirements.
• Work with the relevant Delivery manager and Project Manager to analyze client requirements to determine scope and effort in support of the client commercial engagement.
• Complete modelling, including providing Product Manager with input to the business case; and conduct product demonstrations and provide sales support.

• Work closely with external and internal stakeholders to analyze their objectives and clarify the stakeholder needs or problem/opportunity statement.
• Undertake stakeholder and competitor analysis.
• Ability to undertake requirements review, validation, and to develop user stories.
• Ability to apply the relevant data analysis technique – whether in business, software, or information level.
• Facilitate requirements, analysis/discovery sessions, and design workshops to discover information related to the process or requirements from business stakeholders.
• Work with Delivery Manager, Client, and developers to elicit accurate and comprehensive functional and non-functional requirements from project stakeholders.
• Analyze and translate business requirements from clients into business requirements specifications that are used by architects, developers, and testers to build and test a software solution.
• Participate in the planning and prioritization of project scope requirements with stakeholders.
• Map customer requirements to existing system functionality and identify any gaps.
• Examine existing and/or create new business processes including understanding data flows; Prepare user stories and prototype mock-ups for new services and enhancements.
• Identify and clarify constraints and work closely with external and internal stakeholders to design and implement the best possible solution within these constraints.
• Create functional requirements specifications.
• Requirements management through proven traceability matrices and models.

• Translate business requirements to functional and non-functional requirements for the Development Team.
• Create and update feature documentation in support of client UAT as well as Production deployments.

• Assist the tester(s) – as required – with the translation of the business requirements documentation into the relevant test scenarios and test cases and the review of these test plans.
• Promote the quality of delivery by validating and verifying that the delivered functionality meets the requirements – during internal testing (prior to UAT).
• Assist with the validation and prioritization of test results and defect resolution.
• As required, assist the client with the creation of UAT test plans.
• As required, provide sign-off on a feature after delivery on behalf of the Product team.

• Develop training materials and deliver training to the relevant user community (internal and/or external stakeholders).
• Develop and/or assist with the review of User Guides.

• Participate in Post Implementation Review sessions.

• Develop, implement, and manage analysis methodology (templates, processes, standards) and provide leadership and support to other Business Analysts and team members.

• Interpersonal Skills
• Stakeholder engagement and management
• Strong communication Skills
• Negotiating and Influencing Skills
• Conflict Management
• Motivated and self-driven
• Results driven
• Analytical Aptitude
• Customer Focused
• Logical & Critical Thinking
• Detail Driven
• Process Orientated
• Applied learning
• Quality orientation
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Facilitation skills
• Problem-solving skills
• Critical thinking skills
• Self-managing – pro-active and dependency aware
• Ability to clarify and resolve ambiguity
• Ability to understand technical concepts

• Visio/Bizagi/Aris
• Invision/FIGMA
• JIRA
• Confluence
• Azure Devops

• Stakeholder engagement
• Requirements Analysis
• Requirements Gathering
• Requirements Elicitation
• Requirements Management
• Business Case documents
• Business Requirements Specification
• Functional Specification
• Business Process Modelling
• QA Testing
• UAT Testing
• Solution Architecture Overview
• Wireframes
• User Interfaces
• Integration/System Configuration
• Customer Journey Mapping
• Critical thinking
• Design thinking

A company in the manufacturing industry is looking for a Business Analyst. The Business Analyst will be responsible for conducting in-depth data analysis to identify opportunities for business process improvements and strategic initiatives. They will lead and manage projects from initiation to completion, ensuring timelines and budgets are met. The Business Analyst will work closely with stakeholders to gather and document requirements for new projects. They will identify inefficiencies and recommend solutions to enhance business operations. Additionally, the analyst will assess the feasibility and potential impact of proposed projects or initiatives, including conducting cost-benefit analyses and risk assessments. In collaboration with testing teams, the Business Analyst will ensure that developed solutions meet business requirements and quality standards.

This role will allow you to expand your skills and knowledge with opportunities for training and career advancement, while enjoying flexible scheduling options to maintain a healthy work-life balance.

1. Bachelor’s degree in computer science.
2. Advanced Programme in Business Analysis.
3. Minimum 5 years’ experience in a Business Analyst role.
4. Minimum 3 years’ project management experience.
5. Digital transformation experience (paper based to digital based)
6. Knowledge of methodologies: Agile, Scrum, Waterfall.
7. Knowledge of SQL, PostgreSQL/MySQL.
8. Knowledge of Data Analysis and Visualization Tools: Tableau, Power BI.
9. Knowledge of Process Modeling Tools: Lucidchart, Visio, Bizagi.

If you're eager to elevate your career path, then take the next step by applying for the Business Analyst position. Access the application link at to complete the process. We look forward to reviewing your application. If you don't hear from us in 2 weeks, consider your application unsuccessful.

Sikho Mdedetyana

• HR Services, Recruitment & Selection

Reference: DUR -SG-1

Our client, a leading IT Consulting Company in Durban is looking for a Business Analyst who comes from a software development to BI/ SQL development background. The client only uses cutting-edge technologies to build and maintain many products.

Key responsibilities:

• Creating and maintaining the strategic partnership between Business needs and Technology delivery
• Responsible for developing business requirements and related business rules based on Business Group needs
• Work closely with the Business IT in the definition, testing, training, implementation, and support of functional requirements
• Identify requirements via industry standard analysis techniques such as data flow modeling, workflow analysis, and functional decomposition analysis
• The Analyst will solicit requirements through interviews, workshops, and/or existing systems documentation or procedures
• The Analysis and Solution Definition
• Quickly understand the business issues and data challenges of client's organization and industry
• Strong analytical and product management skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements
• Identify client organization's strengths and weaknesses and suggest areas of improvement
• Gather, prepare, review and edit requirements, specifications, business processes and recommendations related to proposed solution
• Develop functional specifications and system design specifications for client engagements

Technical Understanding:

• Possesses a good understanding of databases and SQL
• Coordinate testing efforts
• Ensure issues are identified, tracked, reported on and resolved in a timely manner
• Work with client personnel to identify required changes
• Communicate needed changes to development team

Client Management:

• Develop relationships with client personnel that foster client ties
• Manage client expectations effectively

Project Execution:

• Assist in enforcement of project deadlines and schedules
• Ability to manage multiple projects
• Take input from supervisor and appropriately and accurately applies comments/feedback
• Communicate and apply project standards
• Manage resources in accordance with project schedule
• Consistently deliver high-quality services to their clients
• Must be able to produce strong, quality documentation

Qualifications and Experience:

• IT Degree/Diploma or equivalent qualification
• 4+ years plus business analysis experience
• MSSQL Experience
• Previous developer or database administrator experience will be an advantage
• Strong facilitation skills
• Must be able to elicit requirements from various personalities across the organization
• Experience with working to deadlines and the ability to work under pressure
• Knowledge of standard IT practices related to business application development/implementation
• Process driven analysis skills
• Proficiency with the SDLC processes

Attributes/Skills Required/Sought:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Must be able to communicate effectively and confidently with users, team members and management
• Excellent communication skills, both spoken and written
• Problem solving skills
• Suggest areas for improvement in internal processes along with the possible solutions
• Must be able to work within a team dynamic, as well as on own
• Adhere to and enforce department standards, policies, procedures and industry best practices

General:

• General work hours of 08:00 – 16:30
• Hours outside the normal work week may be necessary depending on project schedule
• Must be willing to travel to client sites when required

R 4000 - R 45000 - Monthly

Reference: PR -BE-4

Psybergate is an IT company that builds bespoke software solutions and provides highly skilled resources to its clients.
We are looking for a Business Analyst to join our financial services client based in Sandton for a 1-year contract role.

1. To apply a set of tasks and techniques used to work as a liaison amongst stakeholders in order to understand the problems, opportunities, needs, structure, policies, and operations of the organisation on large, high-risk, and complex projects.
2. To recommend solutions that enable the organisation to achieve its goals.
3. To elicit and analyse the actual needs of the stakeholders, facilitate communication between organisational units, and play a central role in aligning the needs of business units with the capabilities delivered by information technology, serving as a translator between these groups.

1. Completed degree/diploma or any other in related fields.
2. 8 years’ experience as a Business Analyst.
3. Senior BA has years of deep practical experience in the role, with repeated practice performing business analysis in a variety of complex situations.

Monthly

We are looking for a Business Analyst with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in a Business Analysis role, of which a minimum of 3 years must be in the financial services industry, long-term insurance, investments, wealth management, healthcare administration, or employee benefits. Any technical skills will be an added benefit.

• Work with the relevant Delivery manager and Client to elicit accurate and comprehensive product roadmap/backlog requirements.
• Work with the relevant Delivery manager and Project Manager to analyze client requirements to determine scope and effort in support of the client commercial engagement.
• Complete modelling, including providing Product Manager with input to business case; and conduct product demonstrations and provide sales support.

• Work with the relevant Delivery manager and Client to elicit accurate and comprehensive product roadmap/backlog requirements.
• Work with the relevant Delivery manager and Project Manager to analyze client requirements to determine scope and effort in support of the client commercial engagement.
• Complete modelling, including providing Product Manager with input to business case; and conduct product demonstrations and provide sales support.

• Work closely with external and internal stakeholders to analyze their objectives and clarify the stakeholder needs or problem/opportunity statement.
• Undertake stakeholder and competitor analysis.
• Ability to undertake requirements review, validation, and to develop user stories.
• Ability to apply the relevant data analysis technique – whether in business, software, or information level.
• Facilitate requirements analysis/discovery sessions and design workshops to discover information related to the process or requirements from business stakeholders.
• Work with Delivery Manager, Client, and developers to elicit accurate and comprehensive functional and non-functional requirements from project stakeholders.
• Analyze and translate business requirements from clients into business requirements specifications that are used by architects, developers, and testers to build and test a software solution.
• Participate in the planning and prioritization of project scope requirements with stakeholders.
• Map customer requirements to existing system functionality and identify any gaps.
• Examine existing and/or create new business processes including understanding data flows; prepare user stories and prototype mock-ups for new services and enhancements.
• Identify and clarify constraints and work closely with external and internal stakeholders to design and implement the best possible solution within these constraints.
• Create functional requirements specifications.
• Requirements management through proven traceability matrices and models.

• Translate business requirements to functional and non-functional requirements for the Development Team.
• Create and update feature documentation in support of client UAT as well as Production deployments.

• Assist the tester(s) – as required – with the translation of the business requirements documentation into the relevant test scenarios and test cases and the review of these test plans.
• Promote the quality of delivery by validating and verifying that the delivered functionality meets the requirements – during internal testing (prior to UAT).
• Assist with the validation and prioritization of test results and defect resolution.
• As required, assist client with the creation of UAT test plans.
• As required, provide sign-off on a feature after delivery on behalf of the Product team.

• Develop training materials and deliver training to relevant user community (internal and/or external stakeholders).
• Develop and/or assist with review of User Guides.

• Participate in Post Implementation Review sessions.

• Develop, implement, and manage analysis methodology (templates, processes, standards) and provide leadership and support to other Business Analysts and team members.

• Interpersonal Skills
• Stakeholder engagement and management
• Strong communication Skills
• Negotiating and Influencing Skills
• Conflict Management
• Motivated and self-driven
• Results driven
• Analytical Aptitude
• Customer Focused
• Logical & Critical Thinking
• Detail Driven
• Process Oriented
• Applied learning
• Quality orientation
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Facilitation skills
• Problem-solving skills
• Critical thinking skills
• Self-managing – pro-active and dependency aware
• Ability to clarify and resolve ambiguity
• Ability to understand technical concepts

• Visio/Bizagi/Aris
• Invision/FIGMA
• JIRA
• Confluence
• Azure Devops

• Stakeholder engagement
• Requirements Analysis
• Requirements Gathering
• Requirements Elicitation
• Requirements Management
• Business Case documents
• Business Requirements Specification
• Functional Specification
• Business Process Modelling
• QA Testing
• UAT Testing
• Solution Architecture Overview
• Wireframes
• User Interfaces
• Integration/System Configuration
• Customer Journey Mapping
• Critical thinking
• Design thinking.

Monthly

Our client is on the lookout for a Business Analyst with experience in the Manufacturing/Distribution sectors, to join their dynamic team in Cape Town. The successful candidate will be instrumental in ensuring the smooth operation and optimization of their shop floor control system and various local/global applications within their manufacturing and distribution facility.

• Master application source code using Visual Studio 2012 #C and implement necessary changes.
• Develop and modify reports with Crystal Reports 2008.
• Proficiency in SQL 2008/2012 for database management.
• Enhance manufacturing processes and provide training for end-users.
• Collaborate with HR, Finance, and Manufacturing departments for system alignment.
• Manage operational tasks such as printing and scanning activities.

• Master application source code using Visual Studio 2012 #C and implement necessary changes.
• Develop and modify reports with Crystal Reports 2008.
• Proficiency in SQL 2008/2012 for database management.
• Enhance manufacturing processes and provide training for end-users.
• Collaborate with HR, Finance, and Manufacturing departments for system alignment.
• Manage operational tasks such as printing and scanning activities.

• Partner with vendors to support specialist applications.
• Ensure effective user training and compliance with SOPs.
• Manage various systems including Tonello washing machines, CCTV/security systems, payroll systems, etc.

• Support global applications such as SAP, CARTs, PLM, etc.
• Collaborate with global teams for local customization and testing.
• Review and approve local user access rights.

• Coordinate with Wipro DSE for IT support services.
• Manage external IT purchases and installations.
• Collaborate with SAMEA IT Manager on non-Wipro initiatives.

• Experience in the Manufacturing or Distribution sector is a must.
• A good understanding of C# and Visual Studio 2012 for software development.
• Strong business analysis and report writing skills.
• Experience with Crystal Reports 2008 and SQL 2008/2012.
• Comprehensive understanding of clothing manufacturing and distribution processes.
• Familiarity with SAP, payroll, time and attendance systems.
• Basic knowledge of IT hardware and networking principles.
• 6+ years of relevant experience.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.

• Degree or Diploma in Information Technology or related field

• Permanent position based in Epping.
• 40-hour workweek with occasional overtime.
• Reports to Plant Management Team.

Apply now to be a part of their innovative team!
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.