Senior Business Analyst Job Placements – Kiira Motors Corporation
Job Title: Senior Business Analyst
Organization: Kiira Motors Corporation
Duty Station: Kampala or Jinja, Uganda
Reports to: Business Development Manager
Salary Scale: K5
About US:
Kiira Motors Corporation or KMC is a State Enterprise in Uganda established to champion the Development of the Domestic Automotive Value Chain for job and wealth creation.
Job Summary: The Senior Business Analyst is responsible for reviewing Kiira Motors Corporation business processes from end-to-end to identify opportunities to improve efficiency and address any operational, financial and technological risks. Responsibilities will include a full range of activities from leading small to mid-size projects to assisting other project managers on larger more complex projects related to operational business functions of the Company that affect team members and providers at the market level.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Develop new business strategies and business models, taking all aspects into consideration and providing insight into how these strategies will benefit the company.
- Demonstrate up-to-date expertise in Information Systems and apply this to the development, execution and improvement of action plans by providing advice and guidance to others in the application of information and best practices.
- Support and align management efforts to meet customer and business needs.
- Manage customer and stakeholder relationships and expectations by developing a communication process to keep key stakeholders up-to-date on project results.
- Stay current with customer needs and strategies; utilizing formal and informal written communication methods (for example, emails, newsletters, PowerPoint presentations, executive updates, task lists, updates) to communicate updates and findings; and facilitating internal project meetings and presentations to all types of diverse audiences (for example, senior management, Customers, technical staff and stakeholders).
- Lead and/or participate in multiple projects by completing and updating project documentation; managing project scope; adjusting schedules when necessary; determining daily priorities; ensuring efficient and on-time delivery of project tasks and milestones; and following proper escalation paths.
- Create and maintain project schedules by developing project plans and specifications, estimating time and resources, monitoring milestone completion, tracking all phases of the project lifecycle, providing timely reporting of issues that impact project progress, coordinating actions and resolving conflicts.
- Meet with project team regularly to review project deliverables and deadlines.
- Provide leadership to team members and peers by collaborating with others; articulating ideas and viewpoints to senior management, peers and others; identifying and initiating projects; managing resources; driving the resolution of issues; and holding self and team accountable for results.
- Identify, create and facilitate process design changes by conducting business and systems process analysis and design at a complex level; focusing on quality improvement and data management; ensuring data is reliable and valid; developing process improvements or re-engineering and recommending elimination; integrating new systems and processes with existing ones; and partnering with internal and external customers to ensure systems provided meet the long-term business strategies.
- Provide and support the implementation of business solutions by building relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders; identifying business needs; determining and carrying out necessary processes and practices; monitoring progress and results; recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities; `and adapting to competing demands, organizational changes and new responsibilities.
- Provide internal project level analysis – producing required project analysis documentation (business requirements, scope matrices, use cases, sequence diagrams, financial analyses).
- Identify improvement opportunities (proactive and reactive) in internal processes.
- Elicit and clearly document business and systems requirements.
- Identify ways to increase adoption and customer satisfaction.
- Any other duties assigned by the Business Development Manager
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal applicant must hold a Bachelor’s Degree (Honors) in Business Administration, Statistics, Economics, Actuarial Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or Related Field from a recognized Institution;
- Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Business Analytics, Financial Engineering, Statistics, Data Science or Related Field from a recognized Institution;
- General Working Experience of at Least Five (5) Years; Three (3) of which should have been Served in the as a Business Analyst or related field
- Experience working on large scale projects as well as handling day-to-day operational requests from the business
- Strong project management, ability to successfully manage multiple tasks at any given point, strong relationship building skills & communication skills
- Understanding of Indices, fundamentals and analytical data, returns level data etc.
- Data analysis – Must have proficiency with Database Management Packages, Microsoft Excel
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Leadership
- Teamwork
- Client Management
- Process Improvement
How to Apply:
All interested and qualified candidates must send your application through email to hr@kiiramotors.com
Please note that we are not accepting hand-delivered applications.
Your application should include the following documents Only in PDF Format:
A duly signed application Letter (Cover Letter) addressed to the Chief Executive Officer, Kiira Motors Corporation.
- A duly signed CV (Please use this CV template). Certified copies of Academic Documents (Certificates and Transcripts). Only copies certified by the awarding institution will be accepted.
- We do appreciate your interest in working with us, however, only shortlisted candidates shall be contacted for interviews through e-mail and Telephone calls within two (2) working days after close of Applications.
- Shortlisted candidates shall sit a Competence and Aptitude Test. All candidates who pass the Competence and Aptitude Test shall proceed to the next stage which shall be the Oral Interview. Candidates shall be informed of the date and time of the Tests/Interviews two (2) working days in advance.
Deadline: 17th July 2020