Job:  Junior Business AnalystLocation:  HermanusSalary:   R 15 000 - R 20 000 per monthWe are s...

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11 months ago

Junior Business Analyst

Job:  Junior Business Analyst

Location:  Hermanus

Salary:   R 15 000 - R 20 000 per month

We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Junior Business Analyst to join our client\'s Business Excellence team. This team is responsible for defining, managing, and delivering a range of internally focused initiatives to improve business performance. The ideal candidate will have strong problem-solving skills, exceptional analytical capabilities, and the ability to work well in a team environment.

 

The candidate must be competent and able to do the following:

  • Designing and creating specifications as requested by the sales and accounts management team
  • Collaborating with managers and consultants to effectively document business processes
  • Ensuring that the appropriate infrastructure elements, such as documents, policy documents, manuals, periodicals, etc., are up to date and readily available
  • Creating and developing functional system requirements for improving performances, quality, external interfaces, and constraints
  • Checking and analysing derived requirements that meet the customers’ requests
  • Outlining specifications of the requirements using standard templates for both used cases and detailed software
  • Managing requirements and making sure that they are stored in automated systems
  • Recording, manipulating, and making reports on the requirements that are in the rational tool suite
  • Supervising requirements traceability and recording the status of the requirements through the course of the project
  • Monitoring the changes in baseline requirements through the effective application of change control processes and tools
  • Contributing to the development of test plans and test scripts as well as performing test execution as required
 

Key skills and competencies:

 

  • 0-3 years of work experience or a newly qualified graduate.
  • Tertiary qualification for example Industrial Engineering- or Commerce degree featuring data analytics/ quantitative management. 
  • Theoretical knowledge and/or experience in one or more of the following disciplines (in order of priority); data analysis, business improvement, project management, and report writing.
  • Related financial industry experience with exposure to Lean or Six Sigma methodologies, to improve business outcomes, will be advantageous.
  • A passion for data, business process redesign, and continuous improvement with the ability to build and maintain solid business relationships.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.  
  • Preferably AA candidate. 
 

 Technical Skills:

  • Statistical analysis software such as R, SPSS, SAS, STATA, etc.
  • SQL databases
  • Database querying languages
  • Programming skills such as Python and R
  • Survey or query software
  • BI and reporting software
  • Data mining
  • Data visualization
  • Database design