Business Analyst Job at IpNX Nigeria Limited

ipNX is one of Nigeria’s fastest growing Information and Communications Technology companies, serving a multitude of needs across enterprises, small businesses and residents with innovative, world-class services.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Business Analyst
Job Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Division: Corporate Centre
Function: Business Analysis
Department: Business Intelligence & Data Analytics
Reporting to: Head, BIDA
Job Grade: Permanent
Travel Frequency: Occasionally
Work Schedule: 8.00 AM- 5.00 PM

Purpose of the Job (Brief)

• The purpose of this job is for the Business Analyst to find ways to improve process efficiency, reduce waste, identify and implement solutions, meet project deadlines and accurately document the necessary requirements.
• The Business Analyst would continuously deliver value to the Divisions and Departments along the lines of strategy execution, operational efficiency and Business Continuity.
• The role will gather and document business requirements, assist in streamlining processes, research various solutions and work collaboratively with business stakeholders and technical teams to document and implement the solution.

Deliverables
Business Requirements:
Documentation:

• Participate in requirements definition sessions with stakeholders to capture business requirements
• Evaluate and create business requirements document in sufficient detail to support solution development and or system implementation.
• Utilize all available tools and information sources to elicit requirements, including interviews/meetings, document analysis, business process descriptions, use cases, and workflow analysis
• Develops mockups to test out ideas, then iterates them based on user feedback. Create use cases and other artifacts such as user stories.
• Lead business stakeholders through walkthroughs of requirements to ensure understanding and obtain sign-off.

Process Analysis/Process:

• Re-engineering
• Document ‘as –is’ processes and ‘to-be’ process, applying the knowledge of business process modelling notations to process documentations.
• Lead process discovery, re-engineering, improvement and analysis sessions to identify activities or tasks that are repeatable, inefficient and recommend improvements.
• Recommend process or system changes to resolve issues and avoid growing problems.
• Analyze, develop and implement sustainable and quantifiable improvement plan
• Facilitate process design and redesign workshops that involve eliciting process requirements and liaising with process managers & owners, and implementation teams, using appropriate methodologies

Reporting and Data Analysis:

• Review process data to determine/ensure that the output of the process are achieving the desired results
• Diagnose process failures, prepare detailed reports and present them to key stakeholders.

Demonstrate (Key competencies)
Educational Qualifications & Functional Skills:

• University Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information System, Business Management or other related courses (minimum of 2.2 / Upper Credit)
• Ability to leverage technology to develop and enhance functional competencies
• Requirements elicitation and gathering, requirements analysis skills
• Business Process Analysis
• Post Graduate degree (MBA, M.Sc., etc.) an added advantage
• Professional Qualification (ECBA, CCBA, CBPP) an added advantage
• Practical knowledge of process modelling, process mapping

Work Experience:

• 2-4 years of experience as a Business Analyst/Business Process Analyst
• Understanding of workflows, processes, and their representation using standard modelling techniques.
• Proactive, high sense of responsibility as well as independent and structured way of working
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills:
• Experience translating business requirements into actionable user stories for development teams
• Strong analytical skills, ability to abstract & systematic approach to problem solving
• Listen, Observation, Written, Verbal and Non Verbal.
• Considerable experience in using Microsoft Suites like Microsoft Excel and LibreCalc, Powerpoint, MSword, etc

Other Requirements:

• Customer Focus
• Tech savvy
• Action orientation
• Self Development
• Nimble Learning
• Drive results
• Cultivate Innovation
• Ability to optimize work processes
• Resilience
• Ensures Accountability.