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NTT America Solutions, Inc. Senior Business Analyst III in Johannesburg, South Africa

Make an impact with NTT DATA

Join a company that is pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We are renowned for our technical excellence and leading innovations, and for making a difference to our clients and society. Our workplace embraces diversity and inclusion – it’s a place where you can grow, belong and thrive.

Your day at NTT DATA

The Senior Business Analyst’s key function is to work with internal and external clients to determine requirements and to define solutions to address more complex business, process and systems problems, and improvements in the organisation. They act as a liaison among stakeholders in order to understand the structure, policies, and operations of an organisation, and to recommend solutions that enable the organisation to achieve its goals.

What you'll be doing

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Conduct iterative and adaptive planning and monitoring tasks to estimate, organize and coordinate the BA efforts on large/complex enterprise initiatives.

  • Conduct elicitation and collaboration tasks to obtain information from stakeholders.

  • Conduct requirements analysis and design definition to structure, organize, specify and model requirements and designs.

  • Conduct Requirements Life Cycle Management tasks to manage and maintain requirements and design information from inception to retirement .

  • Conduct strategy analysis to define the future and transition states needed to address the business need, the work required to define that need and the scope of the solution.

  • Conduct Solution Evaluation to assess the performance of and value delivered by a solution, and eliminate barriers/constraints that prevent the full realization of the value.

  • Execute according to IIBA best practices, agile product delivery and lean principles based on delivery approach as per the BA methods, frameworks, standards, tools, techniques, competencies and practices.

  • Analyse and document requirements based on changes to users, interfaces, processes, data flows, constraints, environments, and non-functional requirements.

  • Understand the portfolio's strategic themes, product roadmap, vision, KPIs and metrics, and align requirements accordingly.

  • Understand all elements of the program and team backlog and align requirements accordingly.

  • Explore and articulate the opportunity/problem to be solved and identify stakeholder wants and needs and participate to define the proposed solution.

  • Use visual diagrams and collaborative games to model scope, interfaces, story context, data flows, processes, retrospectives and dependencies across projects.

  • Decompose and document epics, features, themes, hypothesis statements, PI objectives and user stories by identifying gaps, missing stories and acceptance criteria, scenario development and all requirement categories.

  • Own decomposition of portfolio epics, features, elicitation, analysis, story writing and acceptance criteria writing throughout the requirements value chain.

  • Collaborate/co-create process and capability alignment by pairing with the PE and Business Architect.

  • Support the team in working on impediments and spikes and enabler epics, enabler stories, and synthesize the data to articulate requirements.

  • Work with development/QA to identify test cases/scenarios, conduct user acceptance testing and train the trainer/user and support change management commercialization.

  • Conduct/participate in Backlog Refinement, prioritization, WSJF, and increment planning and drive Devops and Built-in quality principles.

  • Analyse/document data requirements and model data flows through all seven product dimensions on a solution/program level by pairing with BDMs.

  • Foster stakeholder relationships and engagement for discovery and delivery, backlog refinement, dependencies and enterprise delivery up to senior level.

  • Conduct system demos and contribute to I&A and offer and implement suggestions for improvement.

  • Actively participate and lead program/squad ceremonies by pairing with Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches, Product and BITE Owners.

  • Drive minimum viable thinking, continuous deployment and integration.

  • Ensure early remediation by reducing waste, rework, identify risks, issues

Knowledge, Skills and Attributes:

  • Advanced Diplomas/National

  • Preferred Qualification IT qualification

  • Business Analysis, Certificate in BA endorsed by IIBA ,

  • Safe Certification Essential Certifications Preferred Certifications IIBA endorsed

  • Minimum Experience Level 8 years BA experience

  • Manage multiple IT Projects and exposure to complex projects, business exposure, industry exposure.

  • Guiding others on how to effectively use common techniques. Demonstrate these skilled proficiency descriptors.

  • Wealth Management or/and financial services Technical / Professional Knowledge

  • Research methodology • BA Body Of Knowledge

  • Business writing skills

  • Agile Concepts

  • Data and Business analysis

  • Process Engineering Skills

  • Global business analysis Trend

  • Business Analysis Discipline , Techniques and Practices

  • Microsoft Office Product

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About NTT DATA

NTT DATA is a $30+ billion trusted global innovator of business and technology services. We serve 75% of the Fortune Global 100 and are committed to helping clients innovate, optimize and transform for long-term success. We invest over $3.6 billion each year in R&D to help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have diverse experts in more than 50 countries and a robust partner ecosystem of established and start-up companies. Our services include business and technology consulting, data and artificial intelligence, industry solutions, as well as the development, implementation and management of applications, infrastructure, and connectivity. We are also one of the leading providers of digital and AI infrastructure in the world. NTT DATA is part of NTT Group and headquartered in Tokyo.

Equal Opportunity Employer

NTT DATA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer with a global culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to providing an environment free of unfair discrimination and harassment. We do not discriminate based on age, race, colour, gender, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, disability, pregnancy, marital status, veteran status, or any other protected category. Join our growing global team and accelerate your career with us. Apply today.

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