Business Analyst

If you are a talented Business Analyst you will join our dynamic Sanlam Corporate IT team in Bellville, Cape Town. The role will give you exposure to the retirement, investment and group risk industry. You will report to the Platform Owner and work closely with the Product Owner in assisting the team in meeting their objectives in terms of business continuity while driving innovation and client centricity.

• Understand business requirements
• Determine, map and document 'As-Is" processes and then define "To-Be" processes
• Business engagements and work closely with all stakeholders across IT and business
• Ensure that the business needs are defined and that the most appropriate solution is selected and implemented
• Works in an agile environment to determine and deliver epics, features and user stories
• Maintains the agile backlogs accordingly
• Defines business cases as required
• Defines and executes test cases and facilitates business acceptance testing
• Active member in delivery/agile sprint - Epic/Feature/user story articulation and delivery.

• Relevant tertiary qualification in IT
• Relevant Development Certifications: Agile and/or BA Certifications
• 3-5 years hands-on business analysis experience
• Insurance industry experience required (preferably within an Employee Benefits environment)
• 2 years' experience working in an agile environment
• MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio)
• Scripting knowledge (advantageous)
• GhostDraft (advantageous

• Business and data analysis
• Quality assurance
• Logical thinking
• Problem solving

• Cultivates Innovation - Creating new and better ways for the organisation to be successful.
• Client Focus - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
• Drives Results - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
• Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Resilience - Rebounding from setbacks and adversity when facing difficult situations