Growth in Value Alliance (GV Alliance) Partners Limited is a business advisory and market intelligence services firm. Our objectives are to assist organizations to achieve their growth aspirations by providing market intelligence, strategy blueprint, IT solution delivery expertise and business operation improvement capabilities.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: I.T Business Analyst (Contract)
Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Contract
Job Summary
The Business Analyst is responsible for gathering, analysing, refining, reviewing and documenting the business requirements for delivering the necessary technology service to the business. They will identify and examine business needs and determine timely and effective solutions to business problems
Roles and Responsibilities
Develop project rationale and perform scoping assessments to determine feasibility of projects
Highlight/identify gaps in existing functionality and review requirements with stakeholders
Develop a comprehensive requirement specification that will determine the estimate of cost, time and resources to deploy solutions
Review the functional specification document with the business unit to ensure its alignment to the business process
Lead the consolidation and documentation of the information and inputs required for change management and implementation
Liaise with the service development team to suggest a high-level functional solution
Work with IT PMO to ensure that measures and mechanisms for benefits management are well defined
Monitors the realization of benefits against what was defined in business case
Ensure that relevant stakeholders are involved in specification of new services and/or major upgrades to existing services
Articulate existing processes and visualise using Visual Studio
Identify gaps in process for updates and efficiency
Support relationship managers in engaging the business as required
Author and update internal and external documentation, and formally initiate and deliver requirements and documentation
Key Performance Indicator:
Completeness and accuracy of requirements captured (i.e. number of unidentified/ omitted requirements)
Number of business requirements fulfilled
Number of converted business requests for which no business cases exist
Number of feasibility studies completed
Business stakeholder/ customer satisfaction level
Education and Experience
Minimum of a first degree or its equivalent in a business /IT related discipline
4+ years of experience in business optimization, problem-solving, or strategic solution roles with progressive responsibility, preferably in Financial Services or Technology environment
Experience gathering and consolidating requirements from cross-functional groups
PMI-PBA or IIBA-CCBA certification is preferred
Experience with banking channel such as web, mobile and other digital platforms.
Core Skills Requirements (SFIA 7):
Banking channel experience
Business Analysis
Requirements Definition and Management
Business Process Improvement
Relationship Management
Service Acceptance
User experience analysis
Benefits Management
Service Acceptance
Learning Delivery
Other Knowledge Requirements:
Experience gathering and consolidating requirements from cross-functional groups
Ability to work under pressure and meet constantly changing timelines
Strong attention to detail and excellent problem-solving skills
Excellent verbal/written communication and data presentation skills, including an ability to effectively communicate with both business and technical teams
Exceptional process and organizational skills with the ability to mobilize change
Sound conflict management skills
Application Closing Date
23rd April, 2021.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV in PDF or Microsoft word, including current and expected salary to: [email protected] ,[email protected] using the job title as the subject of the mail.