Job Description

One of our clints in the Banking industry has a contract vacancy available for a Senior Business Analyst to join their team.Scope of Work:The main purpose of this position is to conduct business analysis and document requirements in a manner that is suitable for business information and technology solutions; this includes but is not limited to:

• Identifying systems solutions to problems, bringing business and information technology (IT) together, translating business requirements into solution requirements and conveying the business and functional requirements into the development phase.
• 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.

• Identifying stakeholders who are impacted by an initiative or share a common business need.
• Planning and executing business analysis activities.
• 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 updating the business requirements specification or change request document.
• Working collaboratively with the business customers and technical stakeholders to document the specifications for a chosen solution in terms of information systems, processes and people requirements.
• Leading business requirements formulation and logical design in various committees.
• Interacting with architects and developers to ensure the system is properly implemented, and monitoring whether requirements are being met.
• Managing the quality of the solution being deployed.
• Managing change requirements and specifications.
• Participating in user acceptance testing (ensuring the deployed solution meets the business need).
• Participating in business transition activities.

• B degree or equivalent (e.g., BTech/BSc/BCom Informatics/Computer Science/Information System/Computer Engineering)
• Diploma in Business Analysis
• Minimum 8 years experience in Business Analysis
• Deep proven experience with Securities Finance Transactions, Securities Lending and Borrowing, and Collateral Management solutions development projects
• Knowledge, experience and qualifications in Financial Markets (added advantage)
• Experience with Financial Sector industry-wide Regulatory and/or Compliance projects (added advantage)
• Experience in business optimisation, problem-solving, or strategic solution roles with progressive responsibility, preferably within the financial markets and investment/asset management environment
• Experience gathering and consolidating requirements from cross-functional groups
• Ability to work under pressure and meet constantly changing timelines
• Exceptional process and organisational skills with the ability to mobilise change
• Advanced knowledge of unified modelling language (UML) and structured system analysis and design methodology (SSADM)
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of financial messaging (viz. ISO20022), extensible markup language (XML) and application programming interface (API) usage
• Experience working with data, data governance, treasury or capital markets systems

• Deep knowledge of the systems development life cycle (SDLC) (essential)
• Skilled in business process 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 using modelling tools (required)
• Analytical thinking ability
• Communication skills (verbal and written)
• Facilitation skills
• Quality orientation
• Negotiation skills
• Interpersonal relationship building and maintaining skills
• Strong team player
• Motivated self-starter
• Enterprising

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