Business Analyst

What we are looking for: As a Business Analyst, you will work closely with stakeholders to gather business requirements, analyse operations, and recommend solutions that improve performance and compliance in the financial sector. Your responsibilities will include: Project Initiation Business case development - creating business cases that justify the project, outlining the benefits, costs and risks Project scoping - working with stakeholders to clearly define the project's objectives, scope, and deliverables. Write clear, succinct, and detailed user stories that capture the requirements from the user's perspective Project Planning - assist in the development of the project plan and outline its objectives, scope, stakeholders, and high-level requirements Requirements Elicitation Work with stakeholders to understand their needs and gather detailed requirements for new projects or improvements to existing systems. Establish success criteria with the business. Translate requirements into a To-Be design. Build use cases to strengthen requirements and assess validity. Analysis Turn business requirements into data requirements and actionable insights through design and creation of reports and dashboards. Understanding of concepts such as data gap analysis and source to target mappings. Analyse data to identify trends, patterns, and insights that can help in decision-making and improve business processes. Design Have functional experience in documenting As-Is and To-Be operating models across people, technology, data and processes. Document recommendations based on gaps identified in the above (As-Is vs To-Be). Help design solutions that meet business needs by working closely with developers and project managers to ensure the solution is feasible and aligns with business goals. Development Technical skills such as SAS, SQL, Power BI, Python are not essential but a nice to have, to ensure we can support any questions from technical teams. Testing Draft test plans that stipulate various components required for testing and how that aligns to project timelines. Drafting of test cases - develop detailed test cases that describe the steps to be taken, the expected results, and the criteria for success. Assessing and testing to ensure the requirements of the business are met. We are looking for individuals with: A degree, with strong preference for a post graduate qualification. 4+ years' experience in a similar role in Consulting, Banking or Insurance (required). A solid understanding and functional experience across the entire project lifecycle. Strong communication and documentation skills. Strong excel skills for analysis. Strong data analysis skills and experience with data visualisation tools. Critical thinking and negotiation skills. Experience working with stakeholders. Proficiency in business analysis tools and methodologies (eg. Visio, Draw.io, Lucid Charts, Aris). Experience with process modeling tools such as BPMN or UML.