Business Analyst Jobs – Pride Microfinance Limited (MDI) (Pride)
Organisation: Pride Microfinance Limited (MDI) (Pride)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About US:
Pride Microfinance Limited (MDI) (Pride) is the leading microfinance deposit taking institution in Uganda with 34 networked branches and 10 contact offices countrywide, an equal opportunity employer and regulated by Bank of Uganda under the MDI Act, 2003.
Job Summary: The Business Analyst works closely with the business and IT technical teams and develops requirement specifications as well as the business and functional requirements. The Business Analyst possesses extensive business domain knowledge and ensures that there is integration between business and technology. He/She works closely with the project management unit to prioritize or sequence project deliverables and negotiates product functionalities. The BA understands systems development processes – SDLC – and is very analytical with problem solving and conflict resolution skills to help identify, communicate and resolve issues. The Business Analyst should be proactive, able to communicate with both business and technical stakeholders, and must be able to solve problems while under pressure.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Analyze, define, and document technical requirements for workflow, logical processes, and interfaces with other systems
- Using activity diagrams, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, flowcharts, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions and workflow analysis to clearly articulate and documents business processes and user requirements
- Identifying, defining and documenting project needs and objectives, current operational procedures, problems, input and output requirements and levels of systems access after consulting with functional unit management and stakeholder
- Analyzing the practicability of and developing requirements for new systems and upgradations to existing systems
- Gathering information and critically evaluating it, reconciling conflicts, identifying interdependencies, disseminating high-level information into details and distinguishing user requests from their true needs
- Interpreting business needs of users and translating them into the application and operational requirement with the help of strong analytical and product management skills
- Establishing the technical vision and analyzing tradeoffs between usability and performance needs by teaming up with developers and subject matter experts
- Liasioning between development teams, Database Administrator and Project Manager
- Using standard templates and natural language to develop requirement specifications
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal applicant must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, Information Technology or Information Systems or Software Engineering or financial accounting or Business Computing or Business Administration or a related field with hands on experience
- A recognized qualification in Vendor Management or Business Analysis or ITIL
- At least five years of IT Projects implementation preferably in Banking or Telecom Sector
- Should possess strong hands-on experience in undertaking Business Analysis during ERPs/Core banking/distributed Systems/ web-based Projects
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should apply online at the link below.
Deadline: 28th May 2022
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