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Job Description - Business Analyst Data Product

MAIN PURPOSE:

The purpose of the Business Analyst is to assist with the identification,
investigation, documenting, User Acceptance Testing, Project Management and
implementation of changes within the assigned department in line with the WFS
platforms within WFS.


KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Project Delivery
  • Interface between CRO and business
    project teams, partners, development teams and IT to ensure optimised project
    implementations. 

  • Participate in departmental
    initiatives to continuously seek improvements in business strategies, policies,
    systems and procedures. 

  • Manage integration projects or sub
    projects and assign responsibilities to project team members. 

  • Participate in the post
    implementation reviews for completed projects. 

  • Make appropriate recommendations
    to ensure solutions are optimally implemented. 

  • Provide subject matter expertise
    w.r.t. technical feasibility of implementing, data and credit systems
    infrastructure -related changes. 

Business and Systems Requirement Specifications

  • Interpret requirements document
    and analyse existing system and interfaces for modification / improvement
    purposes and evaluate the best design for the expected requirement 

  • Develop and maintain system
    requirement specification, program specifications and test documentation for
    audit purposes. 

  • Obtain approval from all related
    process owners to proceed with changes.  

  • Monitor the end -to -end execution
    of changes requested. 

Change Management (Software and Systems)

  • Maintain a change log/chronology
    over time.

  • Follow appropriate governance
    processes for implementation approval.

Testing

  • Develop test plans for system and
    integration testing.

  • Change systems specifications
    based on testing problems / amended requirements.

  • Participate in testing and
    document any failures or issues identified. Ensure that all the issues
    identified by all the testers are adequately documented, prioritised and
    scheduled for correction.

Reporting

  • Produce and automate regular
    reporting including executive and management summaries.

Systems
Stability and Support

  • Ensure the stability of the
    existing Data and Analytics environment.

  • Monitor, support and maintain data
    and report delivery.

  • Support
    all Data -related matters, including data transfers, DWH, etc.

Stakeholder
Management and Specialist Advice

  • Manage the creation and hand -over
    of the system administration procedures.

  • Liaise with 3rd Party Vendors as
    appropriate.

  • Identify opportunities for data
    and process optimization within CRO and the broader WFS business

  • Ensure
    awareness, adherence and compliance to all data and security related policies
    and procedures.



Requirements

TECHNICAL
COMPETENCIES

  • Financial Services
    Industry Knowledge

  • WFS Market Knowledge
  • Management
    Information Production

  • Data Quality
  • Project Management
  • Governance and Compliance
  • WFS Management Information
  • Release Management
  • Solution / Application Testing
  • Technical and Business
    Requirements and Design Documentation

 

MINIMUM
QUALIFICATION

  • Relevant post -graduate degree.
  • 5 Years minimum experience as a Business Analyst with 1 of these years as a senior
  • Knowledge of the financial services industry
  • 3 years’ experience in supporting and/or managing SQL and/or Credit Decision systems
  • Experience with Cloud tools such as Airflow, redshift. AWS Glue and so on

 EXPERIENCE
REQUIRED

  • Basic
    knowledge of TRIAD, Blaze Advisor, VisionPLUS or CAMS

  • Basic
    Knowledge of system infrastructures and architectures.

  • Experience
    in managing third -party relationships is essential.

  • Experience
    in testing the implementation of software strategies.

  • Experience
    of relevant change methodologies.     

 

ADDITIONAL
REQUIREMENTS

  • Ability to apply
    Project management methodology. Both Agile and Waterfall  

  • Ability to troubleshoot
    implementation requirements including problem solving, development,
    decision -making and analysis of proposed solutions. 

  • Ability to effectively
    plan and organise, integrate, innovate and manage multiple implementations. 

  • Ability to assimilate
    new information and developments and adapt to later implementations. 

  • Passionate about data
    analytics and how this contributes to the business.    

  • Proven ability to
    effectively communicate analytical insights and improvement recommendations. 

  • Pro -active,
    Self -motivated and milestone driven. 

  • Ability to package and
    present ideas and results in a logically ordered, understandable and practical
    way to both technical and non -technical project stakeholders. 


Woolworths Financial
Services is a proud South African brand, who is committed to transformation.
Meeting our employment equity goals will be taken into account in our
recruitment decisions.




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