Business Analyst

Pepkor Lifestyle islooking for a dynamic and focused Digital Business Analyst/Project Manager who will provide a specialist business and process analysis function whilst also performing the project manager role. The incumbent will be responsible for documenting and evaluating existing business processes, designing and implementing new business processes in support of the development of comprehensive fit-for-purpose and efficient processes to optimise business results whilst transitioning the project through the project lifecycle.

Job Specification:

• Initiate and execute Project Establishment & Initiation Activities
• Gather and document business requirements
• Analyse and document the changes required in system architecture
• Ensure that the solution is tested and validated against the business requirements
• Implement the solution and conduct a handover to operations
• Manage the project through its lifecycle
• Effective self-management and teamwork
• Risk and Issue logging. This includes quantifying the risks, Identifying an owner of that Risk and if they occur and also driving the close out of the Risks and Issues that are logged.
• Decision logging - In many sessions when a critical decision arises, to log this and to drive the process to get the decision made and document the decision outcome.
• When any actions are identified in sessions, these are minuted and assigned to a particular individual with a commitment date and then driving on following up on these until they are closed.
• Together with the PM's for our service providers, prepare the steerco pack that include details of point 1 and 2, as well as communicating deliverables completed as well as committed too.
• With the Product owner, define the implementation date of the project and plan the deliverable accordingly. Project Plan should not be limited to development and product deliverable but also implementation plan.
• Driving the quote approval and purchase order process where required.

Competency requirements and Job Specification:

• Google suite proficiency
• Knowledge and understanding of project management principles
• Command of business analysis techniques – including the application of industry-standard methodologies, techniques and use of software
• In–depth knowledge of Pepkor Lifestyle policies, practices, processes and systems
• Understanding of the Pepkor Lifestyle operating model
• Express and implied ethical responsibilities
• Business process mapping
• Information processing
• Communication
• Knowledge and innovation management
• Programme and project management
• Resource Management
• Internal and external networking

Minimum Requirements

• University degree in BEng(Industrial)
• 3 years’ work experience in the Retail or Financial Industry, 5 years business analysis/business consulting. Project Management experience.
• Experience in Agile methodologies is advantageous