Business Analyst (FinTech)

About the position

Scope of Services:

• Identification of systems solutions to problems, bringing business and information technology (IT) together, translating business requirements into systems requirements and conveying the business requirements into the development space.


• Identifying solutions to business problems, focusing on business optimisation and investigating more efficient ways of working and organising resources to achieve business goals.


• Bringing together different elements of the business by performing a consolidation and innovation role in order to create new or different alternatives and solutions.


• Consulting with business to understand business objectives, drivers, functions and structures, and developing detailed workflow analyses.


• Consulting with business and technical stakeholders to elicit, analyse, communicate, document and validate requirements for changes to business processes or systems requirements.


• Investigating problems and proposing possible solutions by interacting with users, developers and other participating stakeholders.


• Analysing the feasibility of options, recommending viable solutions, validating these with stakeholders and developing the supporting business case

Minimum Requirements:

Minimum Experience Required:

• A minimum of 5 - 7 years relevant experience

Minimum qualification required:

• B-Degree / B-Tech / National Diploma in Economics/Finance/Accounting/IT/IS or equivalent, and


• Diploma in Business Analysis, and


• Experience in a transformational project will be an advantage


• Experience in Business Process Modelling and Re-engineering will be an advantage

Competencies:

• Knowledge of the systems development life cycle (SDLC) (essential)


• Skilled in business process modelling, analysis, design and documentation (essential)


• Ability to use basic software applications (e.g. Microsoft (MS) Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, Internet and e-mail) (essential)


• Skilled in Agile tools (e.g. JIRA, Azure) and Confluence (essential)


• Skilled in using modelling tools (e.g. Visio, Bizagi, ADONIS) (essential)


• Analytical thinking ability


• Communication skills (verbal and written)


• Facilitation skills


• Quality orientation


• Negotiation skills


• Interpersonal relationship building and maintaining skills


• Presentation skills


• Ability to build customer loyalty


• Ability to work in a team

Desired Skills:

• systems solutions
• systems requirements
• business analysis
• workflow analyses