Business Analyst Job in Kenya

Resolution Insurance Company Ltd is a general insurer offering innovative and responsive insurance solutions. 

We have learned to adapt in this constantly changing society, and develop comprehensive products that are relevant to our clients. 

We currently have over 60,000 members in our fold and have partnered with over 500 medical service providers across East Africa; a strong network of hospitals, clinics and doctors.
 

In pursuit of our ambitious growth plan, we are looking to fill the position below in our IT Department.
 
Business Analyst
 
Job Purpose: Reporting to the IT Manager the overall purpose is to ensure optimal availability, configuration and utilization of RI’s business applications in a manner that minimizes waste, creates profitable and timely solutions, and improves efficiency, whilst providing leadership to the team and applying best practice in the management of IT projects.

Key Responsibility Areas:
  • Administration and monitoring of business applications and business intelligence tools
  • Understand business needs for translation into technical requirements and Identify solutions to presented business problems.
  • Monitor project progress by tracking activity, resolving problems, publishing progress reports and recommending actions.
  • Maintain system protocols by writing and updating procedures.
  • Improve systems by analyzing requirements and current practices and designing new programs/modifications.
  • Maintain user confidence and protect operations by keeping information confidential.
  • Prepare technical reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
  • Design of testing and training scenarios and plans for company business applications.
Required Qualifications, Knowledge, Skill and Ability
 
Knowledge & Experience Required
 
Essential
  • Bachelors Degree in IT/Computer Science
  • 3-5 years working experience in the insurance industry
  • Project Management experience in the implementation of a general business MIS – a must.
  • Good knowledge of Microsoft XP and Server 2003 systems. Expertise in SQL Server.
  • Good Problem solving skills and highly analytical
Desirable
  • Excellent Leadership skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
If you believe you are a team player and would be a valuable resource to this ever growing brand, kindly CLICK HERE to make your application online.


By COB, Friday 2nd January 2014, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.