Business Analyst / Software Quality Assurance at Paelyt

Location: Lekki Pennisula, Lagos

Summary

• The Business Analyst/SQA will ensure that Technology solutions required to optimize our Business are robustly designed, implemented in line with specifications, and seamlessly deployed within our ecosystem

Job Responsibilities

• Analyse business domains
• Develop business case/justification document
• Prioritize initiatives based on business needs and requirements
• Develop robust Business Requirement Document (BRD) template
• Engage cross functional stakeholders to document functional and non-functional Business requirements for new and existing products
• Business Process Management – documentation, storage and retrieval, awareness, improvement, etc.
• Evaluate business processes to identify opportunities for improvement
• Translate BRDs into pseudo-code like user stories which can be easily implementable by developers
• Create low fidelity mock-ups
• Monitor deliverables and ensuring timely completion of projects
• Develop standards and procedures to determine product quality and release readiness
• Develop and implement testing framework
• Create test plans,
• Create test scripts/use cases
• Conduct User Acceptance Tests (UAT)
• Record test progress and results
• Create code automated tests
• Discover bugs within software – Identify, isolate and track bugs throughout testing
• Manage solution release
• Develop of user manuals
• Train end users
• Change Management
• Research and implement the latest process and IT advancements to automate and modernize systems
• Research new tools, technologies, and testing processes
• Other tasks assigned to from time to time based on business priorities

Required Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Business-related field
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in Business Analysis / Software Quality Assurance or a related field
• Postgraduate/professional qualifications (CBAP, Six Sigma, PMP, etc.) in a numerate field will be an added advantage

Skills:

• Good knowledge of credit products/operations/industry
• Exceptional analytical and conceptual thinking skills
• Ability to influence stakeholders
• Tact
• Excellent documentation skills
• Ability to breakdown complex solutions into simple forms
• Competency in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and Outlook
• Competency in using automated and semi/automated test tools
• Fundamental understanding of development operations
• Excellent planning, organizational, research and time management skills
• Experience creating detailed reports
• Ability to deliver exceptional presentations
• Experience leading and developing top-performing teams
• A history of leading and supporting successful projects

Abilities:

• Stakeholder Analysis & Management
• Attention to detail
• Digital Literacy
• Self-starter
• Problem Solving
• Service Orientation
• Quality Assurance
• Relationship Management
• Teamwork
• Communication Skills – Written and Oral