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Business Architect

Job Ref
277414
Job Type
Contracting
Employer Type
Recruitment Agency
Date Added 18 Jan 2018
Expiry Date 4 Mar 2018
* There have been 2 applications to this job.
* This job has been viewed 997 times.
Employer:
Datacentrix

Location:
South Africa

Salary:
Negotiable

Benefits:


Role details:
One of our clients based inPretoria is seeking a Business Architect for a 7 month contract. Possibly of extension there.
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Business Architect (one) The BusinessArchitect aligns strategic goals and objectives with decisions regarding products andservices, partners, organization, capabilities and key business and IT initiatives. The primaryfocus of the Business Architect includes the analysis of business motivations and operations,through the use of business analysis frameworks and related networks that link these aspects of theenterprise together.
 
Qualifications
The business architect shouldpossess Bachelor's degree; Master of Business Administration preferred
Certification in ArchitectureFrameworks (e.g. Zachman and/or TOGAF), or have an equivalent qualification.
 
Experience
The business architect should have10+ years experience in:

Business analysis;

Experience in delivery results athighest management level

Proven experience in Business Process Engineering andunderlying methods

Expert in Requirement Management

Proven experiences intransformation projects


 
Duties
The business architectwill be required to:

Manages multiple initiatives of extensive scope andcomplexity. 

Leads and facilitates cross-functional teams in transformational initiativesusing business architecture principals to ensure goals are achieved.

Develops and applies expertknowledge of assigned and related business domains and enterprise business architecturediscipline.

Captures and understands business objectives, measures and targets to providetraceability.  

Ensures that target state designs align to and enable business and enterpriseobjectives.

Develops and maintains working relationships with business leaders/strategyowners. 

Advises executives through objective metrics of progress and recommendeddirectional changes.

Define the set of strategic, core and support processes that transcend functionaland organizational boundaries.

Identify and describe external entities such asmembers, TPA’s and external systems that interact with the business.

Be part of the teamresponsible for the successful delivery of the new process and application architecture of thecompany. Support here with expertise in transformation initiatives.

End-to-End Business Processanalysis and Requirement gathering on enterprise level

Design Future Processes based onKPI’s and lean principals but as well looking for short/mid-term improvements

Drive improvementsbased on clear measurements

Propose changes and improvements with a clear visionabout the results to achieve

Implement those changes and demonstrateresults

Conduct Proof of Concepts, write option papers and advice senior management on right choicesregarding process and technology investments based on risk analysis

Promotion, training andenhancement of the COMPANY Business Process Practice

Maintenance of the BusinessProcess Documentation

Act as bridge between business and IT


 
Knowledge
The business architect should havestrong knowledge and sound understanding of:

Deep understanding of Business Architecture focusingon processes, preferable from the public sector. Agency regulated environment business processknowledge could be considered as a plus.;

Sound understanding of Architecture, ProjectManagement, Analysis Frameworks



Modelling expertise (BPMN, UML) with state of the artmodelling tools like Sparx Enterprise Architect, ARIS, Mega or others

Ideally experiences with BusinessProcess Suite like Oracle Fusion Middleware SOA / BPM, Camunda, or others

Experienceunderstanding, evaluating, and recommending changes to business processes are required.

Expertise ofAgile Development methodologies is required.

Experience with formal Project methodologies ispreferred.

Experience developing strategic business process methodologies to drive collaboration andbusiness results.
 
 


Skills
The business architect should havethe following skills:

Exceptional communication skills and ability to communicate appropriately at alllevels of the organization (written, verbal and visual). 

Business Analysis modellingskills and application of modelling techniques;

Change Management;

Strong situational analysis anddecision making abilities; and Conceptual and ability to decompose abstract theory into smallerbites of detail;

Conflict management skills and techniques;

Quick thinker, decision maker andresults oriented

Capable to work within a multidisciplinary and multinational environment,together with internal and external team members


 




 
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