Position Title:  IT Snr Business Analyst

At PMI, we’ve chosen to do something incredible. We’re transforming our business and building our future with one clear purpose – to deliver a smoke-free future. We're disrupting our company from the inside out. Our transformation is redefining every area of our business. From where and how we make and sell our products—to how we engage our consumers and society.

To support this vision, PMI is evolving into a science and technology-based, consumer-facing, multi-category company—and Information Technology (IT) is a vital partner in helping to lead the way. As we accelerate PMI's vision, we get to dream big too.

With unique and transformative IT projects matching all levels of skill and ambition, we've taken on the spirit of a start-up, with the freedom to craft and define our digital future, but with the support and scope of a vast global

business.

The Senior IT Business Analyst is part of our IT department; they will support our commercial and consumer functions by gathering and analysing business requirements, documenting associated user stories and acceptance criteria, and collaborating with business collaborators, cross-functional teams, and product owners to ensure the end-to-end delivery of expectations is accurate and effective.

Your day to day

• Identifies and establishes scope and parameters of requirements analysis on a project-by-project basis to define project impact, outcome criteria, and metrics. Performing requirements elicitation and analysis and validating the business needs of all partners.
• Analyses and verifies requirements for completeness, consistency, comprehensibility, and feasibility.
• Works with collaborators and the project team to prioritize the requirements.
• Analyse data elements and systems, data flow, dependencies, and relationships to contribute to the conceptual physical and logical data models
• Review and validate the collected data to ensure data is within the required quality standards
• Design and develop integration service (ETL)
• Ensure alignment to all PMI policies and guidelines on security and compliance by assessing and implementing IT IPG requirements and Data Privacy (policies, guidelines, SOX, GDPR, etc.) to minimize risks regarding confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data

Who We’re Looking For

• University degree in Computer Sciences / Information Systems or Similar
• Certification in Salesforce Admin is essential
• 10-15 years of experience in business analysis and systems development
• 5-7 years of understanding of Agile working practices and LEAN and SCRUM proficiency and working collaboratively across teams with experience in developing requirements for the creation of a solution or application from scratch
• 5-7 years of proven experience in requirements elicitation, gathering, documentation and management and analysing business needs and providing solutions, working in an agile environment
• Experience in analysing data to draw business-relevant conclusions and in data visualization techniques and tools (PowerBI) is key
• Good understanding and experience with software testing strategy, approaches, and techniques (from quality assurance, and regression to UAT)
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to gather and analyse requirements for the development of a solution or application from inception
• A strong understanding of data flow, data sources, system integration

Key Behavioural Competencies

• Excellent People Skills
• Self-starter & willing to learn
• Ability to work in a team and independently
• Adopting practical approaches
• Ability to explain technical details
• Excellent analytical skills.

Why Should You Join Us?

At PMI IT, we believe success to be fueled by our employees, depending on them coming to work every single day with a sense of purpose and an appetite for challenge. We are a people-first organisation committed to empowering you to take risks, grow and explore. Here’s what sets us apart:

• We’re redefining the big picture of well-being and personal development. We seek the best professionals but recognize them as parents, caregivers, family, and community members. We look after each other and care for our people, so wherever you join us around the world, we’re committed to providing the type of benefits only a company like PMI can offer
• Being the fastest-learning IT organization in the world is core to our culture, so we invest significantly in developing our people. From mentoring to technical certifications, stretch roles, soft skills development, and executive education, we help our people develop the skills they need to do their best work and create their own unique impact.
• At PMI IT, we believe diversity and inclusiveness are essential to every industry. We’re proud that our culture is built upon strong corporate values, a foundation of respect and belonging, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion that welcomes a variety of skill sets, backgrounds, and experiences.
• We see digital technology as disruptive, and possibilities as endless. Our teams work with innovative technologies such as Cloud, APIs, IoT, and AI, supported by management practices and principles such as Agile, Design Thinking, and Product Management.

Every single IT member is part of our Transformation journey. Join us and pursue your ambitions – our staggering size and scale provide endless opportunities to progress. If our culture and mindset resonate with you, we look forward to receiving your application and getting to know you.

Together, let’s deliver a smoke-free future.

PMI is an equal opportunities employer. We encourage applications from all members of society irrespective of age, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, ancestry, religion or belief, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances

PMI is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from South African citizens who are members of designated groups who may contribute to Employment Equity within the workplace and the further diversification of ideas. In this regard, the relevant laws and principles associated with Employment Equity will be considered when appointing potential candidate.