Business Analyst

Description

BankservAfrica forms part of the South African National Payments System and is a trusted partner of the financial industry, including banking institutions. Therefore, it requires that employees adhere to unwavering standards of honesty and transparency in performing their duties.

PURPOSE

The main purpose of the Business Analyst is to provide analytical and operational support for the BankservAfrica business's key projects. This role primarily provides skill in investigating, analyzing, and optimizing business models and business processes to support a variety of internal projects. The Business Analyst is involved in the delivery of business solutions, from conceptualization to implementation, where the scope is limited by the project.

Stakeholders

You will engage with the following stakeholders:

• Product / business owners
• Product development and IT
• Project managers
• Finance and operations
• Legal, risk, and compliance

Key Responsibilities

Your key responsibilities include:

1. Develop effective proposals and presentations to communicate and justify project designs, solutions, and approaches.
2. Analyze new solutions to ensure that they fulfill original requirements and close identified gaps.
3. Execute feasibility and viability assessments at a project / product level.
4. Compile product and pricing strategies for identified products.
5. Monitor and report on strategies implemented.
6. Systemically analyze market trends for identified product streams to assist with the development of growth platforms such as geographic growth opportunities, combining product functionalities, identification of new markets, simplifying services, and business processes.

Qualifications / Knowledge

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, and/or Diploma in Business Analysis from an IIBA endorsed education provider and/or Valid CBAP or CCBA certification.
• Advanced computer literacy.
• Financial services knowledge.
• Advanced knowledge of the BABOK.
• SDLC methodology knowledge.

Experience

• Minimum 3 years' experience in the financial services sector.
• Minimum 5 years' experience in IT.
• Requirements elicitation and collaboration.