Contract Business Systems Analyst
Location: Cape Town - Hybrid (3 days in office)
Duration: 6 months contract (renewable) - South African citizens only
Duties & Responsibilities
We are seeking a Senior CONTRACT Business Systems Analyst with no less than 5 years of Financial Services experience, ideally from Offshore Investments or Asset Management industries.
Key responsibilities include:
- Understanding business needs related to potential changes or transformations.
- Gathering, identifying, and documenting business requirements.
- Analyzing business and system requirements and their implications on business processes.
- Producing documentation and proposing improvements where appropriate.
- Assisting with solution design to ensure requirements are met.
- Engaging with business representatives to obtain input and agreement on alternative solutions.
- Acting as a consultant to the business on best outcomes for specific problems or initiatives.
- Facilitating group workshops and meetings.
- Managing the product development process by prioritizing requirements for implementation.
- Explaining technical jargon to non-technical teams.
- Defining scope of solutions and ensuring understanding among business users.
- Building relationships with key stakeholders including business owners and development teams.
- Liaising with other project areas to coordinate interdependencies and resolve issues.
- Business process modeling and improving processes across various units.
- Implementing, testing, and deploying solutions to business problems.
- Understanding and escalating project risks.
- Supporting business transitions and knowledge transfer.
- Assisting in the continuous development of the analysis framework.
- Mentoring and coaching other analysts.
- Working in an agile team within the scrum framework.
- Maintaining an understanding of enterprise business initiatives and technology trends.
Qualifications and Experience
- B.Com. or B.Sc. in Information Technology or Informatics (Honors/Masters advantageous)
- Relevant formal qualification in Business Analysis (e.g., CCBA or AdBA)
- At least 8 years’ experience in a similar role
- Experience with SQL, data management, and data analysis
- Experience working with offshore vendors
- System testing experience
Desired Skills
- Strong facilitation and negotiation skills
- Analytical thinking and problem-solving
- Attention to detail
- Ability to work under pressure
- Interpersonal skills and relationship building
- Innovative thinking and planning skills
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