Feature Analyst

Job Details

Department other

Minimum experience Mid-Senior

Company primary industry Financial Services

Job functional area Business Analyst

Contract term 6-12

Job Description

Role Purpose

We are seeking an experienced Feature Analyst who is currently operating in a hands-on analysis role within an Agile delivery environment. The successful candidate will partner with Business Stakeholders, Product Owners, Architects, Engineers and Test Analysts to translate business objectives into well-defined Features, Epics, User Stories and Acceptance Criteria that enable successful delivery of business value.

Key Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyse and document business, customer and operational requirements.

• Translate business needs into Features, Epics, User Stories and Acceptance Criteria.

• Conduct impact, dependency, gap and process analysis.

• Facilitate workshops, stakeholder engagements and backlog refinement sessions.

• Support feature prioritisation and backlog management.

• Collaborate closely with Product Owners, Engineering and Testing teams throughout the delivery lifecycle.

• Validate that delivered solutions meet business objectives and customer needs.

• Identify opportunities for business process improvement and operational optimisation.

• Contribute to continuous improvement of analysis and delivery practices.

• Core Competencies

• Agility & Adaptability

• Communication

• Business Acumen

• Facilitation Skills

• Problem Solving

• Relationship Building

• Stakeholder Management

• Continuous Improvement

• Essential Experience

• Minimum 5 years' experience working in Agile delivery environments.

• Minimum 4 years' experience in Feature Analysis, Functional Analysis, Systems Analysis or Business Analysis.

• Demonstrated experience in:

• Feature discovery and analysis

• Requirements elicitation

• Feature decomposition

• User Story creation

• Acceptance Criteria definition

• Backlog refinement

• Impact and dependency analysis

• Stakeholder facilitation

• Experience working with Azure DevOps (ADO), Jira, Confluence and related delivery tools.

• Financial Services experience advantageous.

• Highly Advantageous Experience

• Business Process Analysis and Process Mapping.

• Process Re-engineering and Operational Optimisation initiatives.

• Customer Journey Mapping and Process Improvement.

• Experience supporting automation, digitisation or transformation initiatives where existing processes were redesigned to improve customer experience, efficiency, risk management or operational effectiveness.

• Critical Requirements

• Cape Town Based

• Candidates must be permanently based in Cape Town and available for onsite workshops and stakeholder engagements when required.

• Current Hands-On Feature Analyst

• We are specifically seeking candidates who are currently performing Feature Analysis activities as part of their day-to-day responsibilities.

Candidates should be able to demonstrate recent experience in:

• Feature discovery and refinement
• User Story creation
• Acceptance Criteria definition
• Stakeholder workshops
• Backlog refinement
• Requirement clarification with Engineering teams

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in Information Systems, Computer Science, Commerce, Engineering or related discipline.

• Agile, Scrum, SAFe, CBAP, CCBA or similar certifications advantageous.

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