Business Analyst (Intermediate)

Discovery's core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose, and whose own values align with those of Discovery. Our fast-paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self-driven people to be their best. As global thought leaders, Discovery is passionate about innovating to not only achieve financial success, but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society.

Working in a high-performance organization that prides itself in attracting the finest talent, we challenge ourselves to find solutions that make a difference in the world. Our environment is always buzzing with energy and smart, motivated people working on finding the best way to move forward. An intermediate business analyst position is available in the Health Benefits Solutions team to work on dynamic new projects and product enhancements in order to improve business inefficiencies, gain competitive advantage on our products and ultimately to provide better service to our clients. Using knowledge of the organization's technology infrastructure and specific software applications, the intermediate business analyst will help the business to address changes through technology.

Key Purpose

Within the Health Benefit Solutions area, the Business Analyst must work to understand the overall business need, define the requirements, document the requirements using various approaches such as use cases then decompose the requirements to a sufficient level of detail allowing the implementation team to take action.

The Business Analyst will support the project throughout the project lifecycle and will manage the release as well as post release monitoring.

The Business Analyst in the Benefit Solutions area must be technically minded and be able to understand basic development principles.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

• Run a requirements gathering/JAD workshop to gather new requirements
• Document business requirement specifications under supervision of a Senior BA
• Accurately document functional requirements specifications clearly defining project objectives
• Construct complex process models and can create UML models
• Execute user acceptance or system testing
• Resolve requirements conflict through effective stakeholder engagement
• Present options and recommendations to stakeholders
• Offer support and guidance to junior business analysts
• Identify and document project risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies
• Identify and perform process improvement work
• Perform quality assurance of business analysis deliverables

The successful candidate must demonstrate the following competencies

• Project Management
• Requirements development
• Change control
• Release management
• Solution development
• Software Testing
• Analytical thinking and conflict management
• Personal organisation and time management skills
• Business writing skills and presentation and facilitation skills
• Communication skills (written, verbal/presenting and listening)
• Stress management skills and negotiation skills
• Problem Solving
• Deadline driven
• Innovative
• Ability to build relationships with people from all different backgrounds and at different job levels

Education and Experience

• Diploma in Business Analysis, BSc Information Systems or am equivalent 3-year IT qualification.
• 5 years experience as a Business Analyst
• Certification in UML and BPMN course
• Experience in PL/SQL
• Experience in Testing, Process mapping and UML modelling.
• Requirements analysis experience

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY

The Company's approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.