Business Analyst (Intermediate)

at  Discovery Ltd

Business Unit: Discovery Central Services
Function: Business Analysis
Date: 12 Sep 2024
Discovery – Group Information Services: Digital Channels
Business Analyst

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES AND SKILLS

Behavioral Skills

• Stress Management
• Time management and prioritization
• Creativeness
• Learning orientation
• Negotiation skills
• Innovation

Technical Skills

• Project Management
• SQL queries
• Business Writing Skills
• Presentation and Facilitation Skills
• Solution Architecture
• Process Mapping
• Entity Diagram mapping
• Software testing pack design, functional testing

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Minimum

• Informatics or other relevant degree
• 3 year business analyst experience
• Mobile App project delivery experience (Android and iOS)
• Advantageous
• Dip.BA (FTI or equivalent)
• Business experience and product knowledge

Methodologies

• Agile

Tools

• Enterprise architect
• Visio
• SoapUI (SOAP) / REST client (JSON)
• Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence)

Processes

• ITIL (Incident, Release, Problem Management)

Technologies

• SQL (Oracle and IBM Netezza)

Understanding the business requirements, and through a structured process documenting, validating and translating it into functional specifications that are used by developers to craft a technical solution. Testing and validating the functionality of the technical solution against the business requirements. Interfacing between the business client and the development team with regards to the business and functional requirements. Ensuring that the business requirements are delivered in the implemented solution. Working with multiple business areas and multiple teams that require deep integration of solutions. Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients, and acting as consultant on the application.