Business Architect / Analyst

Introduction

My client based in Tygervalley is currently looking for a Business Architect / Analyst to join their team on a contract basis.

IT / FINANCE

Qualifications & Experience

• Enterprise-wide understanding of business, with specific exposure to insurance (short-term or life).

• Strong appreciation of strategy, processes, capabilities, enabling technologies, and governance.

• Experience in identifying structural issues, functional interdependencies, and cross-silo redundancies.

• Proven ability to apply architectural principles to business solutions.

• Skilled in assimilating and correlating complex documentation and articulating its relevance to high-priority business issues.

• Experience with model-based representations and creating high-level business architecture models.

• Extensive experience planning and deploying both business and IT initiatives.

• Proficient in business process modeling using various tools and techniques.

• Experienced in Agile methodologies, including SCRUM and user stories.

• Understanding of business and IT strategy alignment, workflow automation, and benefit realization.

• Previous experience in a similar role within financial services, ideally in short-term or life insurance.

Responsibilities

• Define business design principles and create the blueprint for the Wealth Bonus offering, ensuring alignment with suggested offerings and value propositions.

• Define and document business requirements for relevant platforms to meet business objectives.

• Identify underlying solution/system enablers and define requirements for each identified platform.

• Map end-to-end business processes and operational flows, highlighting integrated activities and events.

• Identify and map relationships between different business units, including roles, responsibilities, governance, and standards.

• Document high-level user stories for solution design.

• Assist Business Owners and Product Owners with backlog creation, prioritization, and process management.

• Contribute to conceptualization, design, and implementation of integrated business solutions.

Competency

• Exceptional written, verbal, and visual communication skills; able to communicate at all organizational levels.

• Strong liaison skills, bridging the gap between business needs and IT/data constraints.

• Team player with the ability to influence and build consensus across stakeholders.

• Advanced situational analysis, critical thinking, and decision-making abilities.

• Strong organizational awareness, understanding interdependencies, and cross-functional impacts.

If you are ready for the next exciting step in your career, and would like to apply, please send us your updated CV to review.