Equity Bank Business Analyst Manager Jobs in Kenya

Equity Bank Business Analyst Manager Jobs in Kenya; The Business Analyst’s role is to elicit, analyze, document, and validate the business needs of stakeholders. This includes interviewing stakeholders, eliciting, and compiling user requirements to understand the technology solutions they need. The Business Analyst will apply proven communication, analytical and problem-solving skills to help the business make good technology decisions.

The Business Analyst will also be proactive by exploring emerging technologies to optimize business processes. The BA will play a pivotal role in ensuring IT’s understanding of business requirements. Majorly, BA acts as a bridge between specific Business Units/Subsidiaries and IT Services, planning and coordinating operational activities by maximizing the value provided by systems to that particular business unit or subsidiary. In addition, work with users to identify ways in which IT services can benefit their business, and define the detail of their requirement in terms of functionality and performance.

Responsibilities:

Lead a team of Business Analysts in collaborating with project sponsors to determine project scope and vision

Oversee the identification of project stakeholders and establish user classes, as well as their characteristics

Coordinate requirements elicitation sessions via workshops, questionnaires, surveys, site visits, workflow storyboards, use cases, scenarios, etc.

Identify and establish scope parameters of requirements analysis on a project-by-project basis to define project impact, outcome criteria, and metrics

Work with stakeholders and project team to prioritize elicited requirements

Research, review and analyze the effectiveness and efficiency of existing requirements- gathering processes and develop strategies for enhancing or further leveraging these processes.

Maintain an understanding of business processes and their IT needs

Maintain an awareness of current and emerging technologies

Identify opportunities where business objectives can be met by using IT

Develop and manage relationships with business and subsidiary management and assist all levels within the business area to define their overall business requirements

Provide Business Units/Subsidiaries with advice, guidance and assistance in the identification, selection, testing, and analysis of IT Services’ capabilities

Work with users to define the details of their requirements in terms of functionality and performance

Support introduction of new services

Proactive identification of

value-adding IT business solution for the business units/domains

Ensure business requests align with IT strategy and recommend IT solution that will maximize influence and business process improvements

Draw out business prioritization process – assist in making the case for funding and supporting stakeholder discussion leading to approval

Represent specific business user constituencies in ensuring that realistic but robust requirements are submitted

Facilitate understanding of specific requirements and adequate packaging of service for represented Business/Subsidiaries

Monitor overall application and functionality build, ensuring requirements are implemented

Manage key stakeholders in IT and business to ensure tight alignment of IT initiatives with the business objectives

Coordinate communication strategies with end-users and business community

Establish (with Business & Technical solutions) the best technical support to deliver cost-effective solution satisfying the business requirements and needs

Monitor specific functionality build, ensuring requirements, budget and calendar are respected

Support on acceptance and user testing

Voice concerns and/or satisfaction on the user community with IT Service effectively creating a continuous improvement circle

Qualifications

Qualifications:

First degree in Business or ICT related discipline from a recognized university

Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) certification

ITIL, Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, PRINCE2 certification is an added advantage

MBA is an added advantage

Knowledge of a mainstream project methodologies and frameworks (e.g. Agile, SAFe, Scrum, Prince2 etc.) is an advantage

Years of experience:

Minimum -5 years as a Business Analyst Manager; Senior Business Analyst, Senior Process Analyst or IT Project Manager

Minimum 3 years’ experience as an IT Business Analyst or IT Project Manager

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; Equity Bank Business Analyst Manager Jobs in Kenya

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