Business Analyst Data Product

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• 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.