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.

Key performance areas:

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.

Minimum Requirements:

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

Competencies:

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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