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Business Analyst

Business Analyst

AllSpes (Pty) LtdCenturion, South Africa
19 hours ago
Job description

Essential Job Functions :

A Business Analyst at MediCharge assumes a multifaceted role encompassing diverse responsibilities spanning across business analysis, product specification, and documentation.

The following key tasks are integral to the position :

  • Business Requirements Gathering and Analysis :
  • Collaborate with stakeholders, including end-users, business leaders, and technical teams, to define business needs and desired outcomes.
  • Conduct thorough research and analyze data to uncover improvement opportunities and inform system requirements.
  • Translate business needs and desired outcomes into a Business Requirement Specification (BRS) or functional specifications and User Stories (with assumptions and acceptance criteria) that are well-defined, testable and achievable.
  • Develop and conduct peer reviews of the business requirements to ensure that requirement specifications are correctly interpreted.
  • Apply Agile methodologies (e.g., backlog refinement, sprint planning) to translate business requirements into actionable user stories and acceptance criteria.
  • Maintain and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring that it reflects the most valuable and actionable items.
  • Apply data-driven insights and process modeling to identify opportunities for workflow automation or optimization.
  • Communication, Collaboration and Documentation :
  • Act as a liaison between business stakeholders and project teams, ensuring clear and consistent communication throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Review approved client requirements and product specifications with the development and testing team and address queries.
  • Effectively communicates insights and plans to cross-functional team members and management.
  • Collaborate with the development and testing team to create and refine comprehensive documentation, including user stories, flowcharts, process flows and technical specifications (where needed), that effectively communicate requirements.
  • Present findings and recommendations to stakeholders in a clear and concise manner and address any questions or concerns raised.
  • Create process models, specifications, and diagrams to provide direction to developers, testers and / or the project team.
  • Write and maintaining user stories and acceptance criteria and defining the Definition of Done (DoD) for user stories.
  • Validate product specifications with clients and stakeholders.
  • Use collaboration tools such as Jira, Teams, SharePoint and Bizagi for documentation and visualization.
  • Ensure that documentation and communication align with Agile ceremonies and change management processes.
  • Facilitate workshops and feedback sessions to ensure continuous alignment.
  • General :
  • Participate in Agile ceremonies (retrospectives, sprint reviews).
  • Support data validation and integration testing during UAT.
  • Ensure alignment between business requirements and implemented solutions.
  • Work collaboratively with the Project Manager to develop and update project plans, timelines, and estimates.
  • Maintain and update project documentation as needed.
  • During Pilot, provide training and support to end-users, on functionality or projects. This may involve updating training materials as well as conducting training sessions.
  • Handle client queries during Pilot and Roll-out phase and refer errors to testing team.
  • Monitor system performance and user feedback during go-live and post-deployment to recommend improvements.

Skills, experience, and functional requirements :

  • A bachelor’s degree or diploma in Business Analysis or related field.
  • At least 2 years’ experience in business or system analysis (Healthcare experience advantages).
  • Exceptional analytical, conceptual thinking and problem-solving skills, with a keen eye for detail.
  • Excellent collaboration, interpersonal, listening, and communication skills.
  • The ability to influence stakeholders and work closely with them to determine acceptable solutions.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and project management tools (MS Project and Jira - preferable).
  • Experience with data analysis and visualization techniques and tools.
  • Microsoft Access and / or SQL experience will be advantageous.
  • NOTE : This job description is not an exhaustive list of duties, and the successful candidate may be required to perform other tasks as assigned.

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