Senior Business Analyst

Purpose of the Position:
Help businesses to implement solutions in a cost-effective way by determining the requirements of a project or program, and
communicating them clearly to stakeholders, facilitators and partners. Analyze by studying the needs, its business model, its
workflows, and its technological systems. Making recommendations to Management that will improve business efficiency.
Document requirements and solutions against best practices and frameworks

Tasks
Develop Business and Process COE
● Build business and process analysis frameworks/practices within the Africa division
● Establish a Centre of Excellence for the Africa division
● Assist in the development and implementation of a repository
● Provide and incorporate methodology to keep business rules updated at all times
● Implement governance framework
● Implement advanced strategies for gathering, reviewing and analyzing data requirements

Develop business concepts, capabilities and organizational structures
● As informed by business strategy – Identify and develop business processes and requirements
● Highlight business rules, data and concepts.
● Provide operational thinking that enables the group to focus on the big picture
● Implement management and control systems and frameworks to ensure alignment between business capabilities and
strategic goals

Conduct Business and Process analysis
● Assess business holistically and development the business architecture
● Develop and validate both current-state and future-state maps with cross-functional teams and/or customers
● Distill large amounts of complex requirements and data from disparate sources, condense, simplify and clearly articulate
the information for the purpose of problem-solving
● Assist in defining a set of KPIs that allow management to measure performance of the business as a whole
● Document business requirements
● Document business processes
● Always challenge the status quo to obtain best outcomes
● Eliciting requirements
● Translating and simplifying requirements
● Requirements management and communication
● Prioritize requirements and create conceptual prototypes and mock-ups
● Apply best practices for effective communication and problem-solving
● Researching possible software solutions to increase work efficiency

Develop business data
● Assist in defining business data architecture
● Assist in continuously refining data architecture
● Clearly map data flows (current and future)

Build Capability for Business and Process Analysis
● Provide the bridging between business strategy, enterprise architecture and business processes (implemented through
systems, people, and their individual job functions
● Teach internal teams and countries on frameworks and capabilities
● Provide services to internal teams and country / regional African businesses

Qualifications
● BCom Degree or equivalent qualification
● Business and process analysis certification
● Customer Experience knowledge and experience

Experience
● Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Business and Process Analysis
● Experience with working with African markets would be an advantage
● Excellent understanding of business and process design principles and methodologies and proven track record

Technical Competencies
● Relationship building
● Deadline Driven
● Strong Coordination Skill
● Strong Written skills
● Conflict Management
● Strong Analytical Skill (including use of MS Excel for data analysis)
● Strong Communication Skill
● Presentation skills (including development of MS PowerPoint documents)
● Report writing - audience Snr Management & Exco

Behavioral Competencies
● Strong self-motivation and a demonstrated self-starter.
● Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to proactively communicate to a diverse range of
individuals with a variety of different personality types.
● Desire to work on cutting edge technologies in the broadcasting/media space.
● Willingness to develop self continuously.
● Positive attitude with the mindset of continuously improving.
● Professional maturity & integrity.
● Quantitative skills and an analytical mind.
● Quick learner who is comfortable with constant change.
● Open to receiving and giving honest objective critiques.
● Excellent elicitation and listening skills.
● Ability to successfully engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously.