Business Technology Analyst at Sahara Group

Job Description

Accountabilities

• Help balance business requirements with technical feasibility
• Help balance business requirements with technical feasibility
• Recommends changes in business process in place of complex solutions where possible
• Synthesis of out-of-the-world tech ideas to solve current and future business problems.
• Documentation of business cases to evaluate new ideas and concepts i.e. “as is” processes and “to-be” process flows
• Documentation of data flow diagrams, flowcharts .i.e. communication of ideas to application developers
• Evaluation of solutions presented by app developers to ensure they meet requirements
• Creation of business solutions from analysis of simple to complex datasets.
• Championing activities that can funnel innovative ideas to the department
• Communicate effectively and persuasively in a business context
• Supports team goals and perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Business Innovation Manager

Knowledge/Skills

• Strong quantitative and analytic skills
• Excellent business writing and verbal communication skills
• Excellent numeracy skills
• Excellent project management skills
• Intermediate to advance modelling skills
• Ability to use Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio for effective presentation of ideas.

Minimum Qualification

• University degree (Preferably in Computing, Engineering or Management Sciences)
• 2 - 5 years of cognate (Post-NYSC) working experience in a similar role
• Experience soliciting, gathering and analysing user input and requirements. Experience with data querying and data mapping work
• Experience documenting user stories/requirements, and creating to-be process flow diagrams