Job Description

Closing Date 2024/02/16
Reference Number MMH240208-6
Job Title Data Management Business Analyst (12 months contract/Permanent)
Position Type Permanent
Cluster Momentum Investments
Remote Opportunity Some of the time
Location - Country South Africa
Location - Province Gauteng
Location - Town / City Centurion
Introduction

Through our client-facing brands Metropolitan and Momentum, with Multiply (wellness and rewards programme), and our other specialist brands, including Guardrisk and Eris Property Group, the group enables business and people from all walks of life to achieve their financial goals and life aspirations.

We help people grow their savings, protect what matters to them and invest for the future. We help companies and organisations care for and reward their employees and members. Through our own network of advisers or via independent brokers and utilising new platforms Momentum Metropolitan provides practical financial solutions for people, communities and businesses. Visit us at
Role Purpose

The Data Management Business Analyst will contribute to the development and implementation of robust data management processes, fostering a culture of data-driven excellence. To transform business requirements (functional & non-functional) into a set of technical software requirements that specify the software solution.
Requirements

• BCom Informatics or BSC Degree.

• Diploma in Business Analysis preferred.

• A minimum of 8 years experience as a Business Analyst.

• A minimum of 4 years experience in the investment environment.

• 5+ years experience in advanced analytics (data mining, predictive modelling), and/or

• 5+ years in data science, machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI)

• Must have experience working in an Agile working environment.

• SQL knowledge a must.

• Python.

• 3 years AWS experience.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Own business, system, and data analysis, determine business system and data requirements and identify alternatives.

• Set up and facilitate workshops with stakeholders to gather, elicit, and identify business and system requirements.

• Design and document innovative business and analytical solutions using information technology. Considering data practices and governance.

• Translate business requirements to a level of detail appropriate for implementation using user journeys, user stories with acceptance criteria; process diagrams; data models; business rules, and mockups).

• Develop, document, and implement data control standards and best practices for all data analysts and testers and coach these analysts and testers to ensure that these standards are upheld.

• Advocate and adhere to data analysis and testing best practices.

• Support data analysts and testers with analysing and testing any new data products that are required.

• Develop, implement, and own the maintenance of templates for data analysis to be used by data analysts and testers as part of federated teams.

• Actively contribute to the design of data products.

• Provide support, collaborate, and coach parties across the data platform for Momentum Investments.

• Assist data teams to understand the business requirements.

• Assisting in defining technical solutions, business and technical processes and calculations with the relevant teams.

• Participate and provide input into the design and functional discussion with the technical designers.

• Assist and sign off the test cases for functional and non-functional, integration and testing activities.

• Own, Investigate, identify, and document business requirements to address process or system constraints resulting in repeated queries or errors to optimise operational processes across the data platform

• Investigate, identify and document business requirements to create reports relevant to data projects within the capability.

• Train the trainers and enable the creation of Process and training documentation.

• Work with internal stakeholders to define the client experience by turning client data and experiences into intelligence and build solutions aligned with the client needs.

• Drive, determine and define the user experience and interactions your stakeholders have with data products and services.

• Articulate and advocate the users needs while ensuring the business objectives are met.

• Conduct user research, design and document, validate/test with user and sell/present the design solution to the business.

• Ensure effective and consistent service delivery and support to both internal and external clients aligned with the MMH values.

Competencies

• Effective written and verbal communication.

• Ability to own elicitation sessions from a business and technical perspective.

• Have the expertise to document processes.

• Apply people/process/system and data analytical skills to all work performed.

• Excellent attention to detail.

• Investigative and information-gathering skills.

• Ability to work independently and coordinate across teams

• Take initiative, ownership, and accountability.

• Structured problem-solving.

• Must be able to build and maintain relationships.

• Apply business analysis tools and techniques to continuously improve thinking and solutions.

• Passion for data, analytics, research and design.

• Understand and able to interpret client and stakeholder needs and behaviours.

• Ability to advise and engage on an enterprise level regarding data and analytics solutions and represent the capability in the various community of practices across MMH.

• Must have Business and data analysis, profiling and exploratory analysis skills.

• Leading in sustainable technical best practices and frameworks.

• Ability to consider various scenarios and use cases to challenge solutions.

• Strong documentation and strategic data story-telling capabilities.

• Innovative skills with data profiling using associated methods and tools.

• Able to work in a team across the portfolio in various Agile or waterfall methodologies.

Technical Competencies Required

• At least 4 years Data management and reporting experience.

• Data Integration skills.

• Understanding of Data Integrity validation and data testing methodologies.

• Understand the data mesh framework.

• Intermediate understanding of analytics coding languages: Python, R, Java

Policy

We are committed to Employment Equity, diversity and inclusion when recruiting internally and externally. All appointments are made in alignment to our Employment Equity goals and we encourage people with disabilities to apply.

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