THE ROLE
As a core member of the Product team, the Sn. Business Analyst elicits and analyzes business and functional requirements to solve complex problems. These requirements and solutions are clearly and concisely detailed in requirements specifications. The analyst plays an active role in the Agile project team and performs acceptance testing to validate the high-level functionality of solutions. It is critical for the analyst to build subject matter expertise in our core solutions. The analyst will further support commercial teams in customer solution discussions.
The ideal candidate should have a strong background in complex financial solutions and is comfortable with lots of moving pieces. They should have exquisite attention to detail, take pride in writing stellar requirement specifications and comfortable learning new technologies and systems.
The duties and responsibilities of the role will be as follows:
Document detailed business, functional and non-functional requirements in a traceable, testable format, including functional specifications, workflows, use cases, business rules, process flows, data flows, test cases, and training materials as required
Develop user stories
Conduct requirements elicitation through interviews, workshops, use cases, and scenarios
Provide recommendations and specifications to refine business processes, as needed, to achieve a positive impact
Support development, project management and execution of functional testing
REQUIREMENTS
Domain Knowledge
A working knowledge of merchant payment / online payment solutions is required
Experience in the mobile money industry
Pan-African exposure, experience, and expertise
Qualifications and Experience
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science or related field
7+ years of direct work experience as a Business Analyst / Product Owner
Demonstrated acumen and experience in complex, deep product/solutioning in financial services/ Payments / E-commerce
Passionate about system design, consistency, and high-quality documentation
Used to Agile/Scrum
Thrive in a diverse, collaborative environment involving different stakeholders and subject matter experts
Can work autonomously in a highly demanding and often ambiguous environment
Are a pragmatic innovator; gets quick wins done while thinking big
BENEFITS
We are highly innovative and were ranked by Fast Company as one of the most innovative companies in the world
We work at the very cutting edge of fintech in Africa
We solve relevant problems for Africa and the world. We are building the MFS Africa Hub into a payment infrastructure designed to last 100 years
We have a culture of caring and executing and a very diverse work environment with over 30+ nationalities represented
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