Decision Inc.

Business Systems Analyst | DISA-ADA-BA-CON-0055

South Africa full-time Mid Salary not listed
full-time Mid level Technology & IT Curated
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Decision Inc. is currently looking for a Contract Business Systems Analyst to join our Automated Digital Applications team. The Business Systems Analyst will engage with client stakeholders to understand requirements and business problems and how these need to be solved through the implementation of IT solutions.
Who Are We?
Decision Inc. is a global digital partner that enables businesses to reinvent themselves to realise their full potential.
We deliver agility, resilience, and intelligence to any enterprise, enabling them to adapt quickly and thrive through innovation and opportunity. Our teams have engaged with more than 400 clients globally over the past 15 years, providing them with the expertise to build, operate, and optimise their digital businesses.
We achieve this by leveraging the world's best technology to drive our client's business ambitions forward into tomorrow's reality. These technologies include but are not limited to: Microsoft, SAP, Qlik, Snowflake, Alteryx, Automation Anywhere, and Workday Adaptive Insights.
Our success is ultimately driven by our entrepreneurial culture, industry exposure, and the passion of our people. We have three key cross-functional teams – Functional and Specialist Consulting, Development, and Engineering teams. Based in four global offices, our exceptional consultants focus on delivering value to clients by keeping them at the centre of our service delivery. To find out more about our exciting fast-paced culture visit: Careers at Decision Inc.

What Will You Do?
Key Responsibility:
Consultation

Quickly understand the client environment and industry, their business challenges, and issues

Elicit underlying problems and make recommendations and suggestions from a business and systems perspective to the client

Become a subject matter expert in the industries and business functions of the clients we engage in

Work together with UX/UI specialists to research and understand client business and industries to provide developers with insights and information to enable the creation of solutions and systems that create value for the customer

Manage client expectations effectively on assigned projects

Scoping

Initiate dialog with business areas to develop an understanding of their business needs and gaps

Perform requirements gathering & analysis through client interviews and workshops

Conduct and attend JAD sessions to solve business requirements

Prioritize independently, multiple requests and system requirements to meet the organisational goals

Identify client organisation's strengths and weaknesses and suggests areas of improvement

Documenting business and system requirements including business process, workflow and user interface

Develop project artifacts such as user stories, functional specifications and system design specifications for client solution requirement

Translate business requirements into technical requirements and communicate needed changes to development teams

Development

Ensure alignment between customer requirements and developer team

Ensure issues are identified, tracked, reported on and resolved in a timely manner with support of PMO team

Communicate needed changes to development team

Assist in the facilitation of team and client meetings

Implementation

Draw up test cases and perform solution quality assurance

Perform testing to validate accuracy of delivered solutions

Ensure issues are identified and resolved in a timely manner

Continually seek opportunities to increase customer satisfaction and deepen client relationships

Administration

Implement and coordinate documentation and project files for all projects

Create user guides

Prepare and setup client staff business training content

Technical

The successful candidate will be required to become up-skilled in the Microsoft technologies stack in order to better understand how client challenges can be solved

The candidate will learn how to use low/no code platforms to develop client solutions to solve business requirements and challenges and to automate and digitize their business processes

Who Do You Need to Be?
Essential

4-5 years Business Analysis experience

Process Design & Optimisation experience

Exposure to all SDLC and/or Agile/Waterfall project methodologies

Well-developed communications and presentation skills with the ability to work in a team environment bringing various skills together

The ability to work independently with both technical and business users at various levels

Extensive knowledge of business systems

Extensive quality assurance experience and best practices in this space

Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail and quality

Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking

Excellent grammatical, writing and editorial skills are required

Ability to network and cultivate productive working relationships

Time management, prioritization and organization with the ability to prioritize activities and lead multiple tasks at once

Working with all levels within an organization including senior executives, managers, front lines, corporate and technical staff

Advantageous

IT Degree (Bcom/BSc/Btech) or similar

Business Analysis courses or certifications

Project Management or Administration experience

Experience with Microsoft tools such as Visio

Experience in Low/no code development and automation platforms such as Nintex, Power Apps, Automation Anywhere etc.

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  1. Tell us about work you have done that is close to the Business Systems Analyst | DISA-ADA-BA-CON-0055 role.
  2. How would you approach your first 30 days at Decision Inc.?
  3. Which of Administration, Project Management and Writing have you used recently, and what did it help you achieve?
  4. Describe a time you solved a problem without waiting to be told exactly what to do.
  5. How do you handle busy days, changing priorities, or pressure at work?

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I am interested in the Business Systems Analyst | DISA-ADA-BA-CON-0055 role because I can bring practical experience in Administration, Project Management and Writing, learn the team quickly, and contribute to the outcomes Decision Inc. needs from this hire.

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