Business Analyst - SSA Job

Corporate Finance & Operating ComponentsGE Global Business Services (GBS) is a fast-growing professional services organization providing Centers of Excellence for Statutory, VAT and Tax Reporting, and Payroll and Employee Services to GE businesses throughout Middle East and Africa.Because of further growth to our operations, we are looking for exceptional talent to be part of our IT team during an exciting time of growth.
As a Business Analyst, you will contribute in enhancing business' efficiency and productivity by working on new IT solutions. You will combine data analytical capabilities with good business understanding that can aid the business' to make the best data-based decisions.* Collaborate with customers, Controllership team as well as the Six Sigma Quality team to define business requirements and agree specifications for systems solutions.

* Understand and represent stakeholder needs, interpreting high level requirements into functional specifications to ensure product deliverables meet customer requirements.

* Plan, facilitate, monitor and report on the work of project teams to deliver solutions to meet functionality, quality, cost and timescales.

* Interface with customers to provide support on current internal IT process and provide on-going upgrade & maintenance
* Preparing Project Feasibility reports

* Design & implement testing as well training programs to ensure new systems are functional before going live.

• Kenyan Citizen or ability to live and work in Kenya without restriction
• Bachelors’ degree in Information Technology
• Minimum 4 years’ experience ideally in a Multinational organization
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, take initiative and execute on assigned projects.
• Strong written and oral communication skills with the ability to influence all levels of the organization and multicultural/multinational environments
• Demonstrated success in development & application of up-to-date practice in Information Technology
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively with people at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to influence, effective communication skills - both written and oral.
• Ability to work in a cross-cultural environment.• Master’s degree in Information Technology
• Previous experience with Support Central or a similar tool
• Previous GE experience and/or familiarity with GE policies, procedures, practices & programs
• Languages: Bi-lingual (English and French or Portuguese)  

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