Specialist Change & Operationalisation

at  Nedbank

TECHNICAL / PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE

• Research methodology
• BA Body Of Knowledge
• Business writing skills
• Agile Concepts
• Data and Business analysis
• Process Engineering Skills
• Global business analysis Trend
• Business Analysis Descipline , Techniques and Practices
• Microsoft Office Product

Behavioural Competencies

• Decision Making
• Building partnerships
• Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills
• Initiating Action
• Continuous Improvement
• Customer Orientation

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degree

JOB PURPOSE

To enable change by defining the needs and the rationale for change, to understand the current state, to define the future state, and to determine the activities required to move from the current to the future strategy applying the principles of business analysis, according to the requirements classification schema, from a diverse array of multi-functional perspectives with an agile mindset. Complete complex tasks or larger, well-scoped challenges independently and identifies appropriate actions that have been provided to address business challenges. Pair with Product Designers (CX/UX), Business Architects, Testers (QA), Business data Managers (BDM) and key roles in the requirements value chain

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Conduct iterative and adaptive planning and monitoring tasks to estimate, organize and coordinate the BA efforts on large/complex enterprise initiatives.
• Conduct elicitation and collaboration tasks to obtain information from stakeholders.
• Conduct strategy analysis to define the future and transition states needed to address the business need, the work required to define that need and the scope of the solution.
• Conduct Solution Evaluation to assess the performance of and value delivered by a solution and eliminate barriers/constraints that prevent the full realization of the value.
• Execute according to IIBA best practices, agile product delivery and lean principles based on Nedbank’s delivery approach as per the BA methods, frameworks, standards, tools, techniques, competencies, and practices.
• Analyse and document requirements based on changes to users, interfaces, processes, data flows, constraints, environments, and non-functional requirements.
• Understand the portfolio’s strategic themes, product roadmap, vision, KPIs and metrics, and align requirements accordingly.
• Understand all elements of the program and team backlog and align requirements accordingly.
• Explore and articulate the opportunity/problem to be solved and identify stakeholder wants and needs and participate to define the proposed solution. Drive execution of identified initiatives.
• Track benefit realisation against above initiatives.
• Use visual diagrams and collaborative games to model scope, interfaces, story context, data flows, processes, retrospectives, and dependencies across projects.
• Conduct/participate in Backlog Refinement, prioritisation, WSJF, and increment planning.
• Foster stakeholder relationships and engagement for discovery and delivery, backlog refinement, dependencies, and enterprise delivery up to senior level.
• Drive minimum viable thinking, continuous deployment, and integration.
• Ensure early remediation by reducing waste, rework, identify risks, issues.
• Source and analyse data to frame intelligence insights that drives business decision making.

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees

Preferred Qualification
BSC/BCOM Information Systems, Certificate in BA endorsed by IIBA, Safe Certification
Preferred Certifications
IIBA endorsed
Minimum Experience Level
5 - 8 years
BA experience, manage multiple IT Projects and exposure to complex projects, business exposure, industry exposure. Guiding others on how to effectively use common techniques. Demonstrate these skilled proficiency descriptors.