Functional Analyst

1 week ago


Brackenfell, South Africa ShopriteX Full time

**Purpose of the Job**

To evaluate the demands and requirements of stakeholders; transform those demands and requirements into an abstract business model and identify use cases; transform them into logical and technical solution views and be able to configure the system to realise the solution. Lead the team in technical analysis.

**Job Objectives**
- Gather business requirements, document and translate into a design with limited assistance, author detailed functional specifications for developers to deliver working functionality. Specify testing, training, definition and implementation of procedures for support of practical business solutions.
- Customizing the respective business area and making sure the system reacts in the manner according to the constraints of the request.
- Prepare test scripts for testing the configured scenarios and perform the testing.
- To provide support to the junior members of the team as well as users of the SAP System.
- Estimate, schedule and prioritise discrete pieces of work and deliver consistently, quality and accurate results.
- Gather business requirements, document and translate into a design with limited assistance, author detailed functional specifications for developers to deliver working functionality. Specify testing, training, definition and implementation of procedures for support of practical business solutions.
- Assist the Business Analysts with the capabilities of the SAP system in the required functional area when required.
- To generate knowledge about the current business process, design current business flows, study current business processes and its complication, and getting through with current business setup.
- Identifies use cases and transform them into logical and technical views, architectural diagrams and functional specifications.
- Present functional designs to multiple functional areas and obtain agreement on designs. Ensure that the users agree and sign-off the suggested designs/solutions.
- Maintain the task management systems.
- Do accurate timekeeping of time spent on changes.
- Customizing the respective business area and making sure the system reacts in the manner according to the constraints of the request.
- Convert Business requirements into customizing configuration.
- Maintain configuration guides for applied customizing.
- Identify and resolve design decisions with business and IT owners.
- Prepare test scripts and execute testing of the configured scenarios.
- Maintain detailed, accurate and auditable test documentation according to standards.
- Maintain the task management systems.
- Do accurate timekeeping of time spent on changes.
- To provide support to the junior members of the team as well as users of the SAP System.
- Assist business users when necessary.
- Mentor junior members of the Team.
- Assist the Business Analysts with the capabilities of the SAP System when required.
- Estimate, schedule and prioritise discrete pieces of work and deliver consistently, quality and accurate results.
- Accurate and justifiable effort estimations for completion of discrete pieces of work.
- Understand business and functional dependencies to effectively prioritize and schedule delivery of work packages.
- Provide accurate and concise feedback to team leads highlighting task status, issues and risks.

**Qualifications**
- Diploma /Degree in Information Systems / BSc Computer Science (or similar) - Desirable
- Matric with experience equal to three times the number of years study specified - Essential

**Experience**
- 3-5 years experience in SAP- Hybris Marketing - Desirable
- 3-5 years experience in a Retail - Desirable
- 3-5 years experience in functional analytics - Essential
- 3+ years experience in cloud solutions (Preferably AWS) - Essential
- 3-5 years experience of working on projects in both Agile and DevOps - Essential

**Knowledge and Skills**
- Understanding of marketing campaigns - Essential
- Understanding of cloud technology - Essential
- Agile/Scrum Toolset, preferably Atlassian - Desirable
- Working as a functional analyst - Essential


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