Business Analyst

Job description / Role

The Business Analyst has one primary objective: use a set of structured processes and tools to translate business requirements into business solutions.

- Obtain, analyze and document business requirements using structured analysis methods
- Analyze and document requirements from various perspectives, including process, information inputs, outputs, functionality and business rules
- Develop a deep understand of the business processes and rules
- Translate business and systems requirements into functional systems requirements
- Translate business and systems requirements into test requirements
- Produce high-level solution designs
- Interact with developers and testers to ensure delivery of solution
- Participate in the testing cycles, by providing input and guidance for technical and user acceptance testing
- Validate actual results against expected results
- Log and retest defects on the test management tool
- Update progress reports
- Understand the functionality of the system through interaction with developers; business analysts and business users
- Update job knowledge by tracking and understanding best practices in the software solution space
- Contribute towards evolving the Business Analysis practice

Requirements

- Bachelor’s degree in Finance Business and/or IT - preferred
- Minimum of 3 years’ Business Analysis experience preferably across the MENA region
- Financial Services / Insurance Background preferred

PREFERRED SKILLS:
- Fluent in English (written and spoken) and Arabic preferred
- Excellent oral and written communication
- Able to take on responsibility and quickly gain credibility
- Strong commercial acumen and negotiation skills
- Strong organisational and time-management skills

About the Company

Takaud Savings and Pensions B.S.C (c) is licensed as an Investment Business Firm (Category 1) by the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) and is a closed joint stock company incorporated in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

TAKAUD is 50% owned by Kuwait Projects Company (Holding) K.S.C. (c) (KIPCO) and 50% by United Gulf Bank (UGB) and is part of the KIPCO group of companies. KIPCO is one of the largest diversified holding companies in the MENA region with some 60 Companies in 26 Countries.

Some of the KIPCO group companies you may recognize are Orbit Showtime Network (OSN), United Gulf Bank (UGB), Bahrain Kuwait Insurance Company (BKIC), Gulf Insurance Company (GIC), Burgan Bank, KIPCO Asset Management Company (KAMCO) and Saudi Dairy & foodstuff Company (SADAFCO).

TAKAUD is a specialist savings and pensions provider, the first of its kind in the MENA region. TAKAUD has been established by experts in the field with a wealth of local and international experience making it uniquely positioned to provide local corporate solutions.