ENVIRONMENT:
DESIGN usable, elegant, practical and scalable tech solutions to support the needs of client facing teams as the next BI Business Analyst sought by fast-paced innovative Investment Firm to join its Client Servicing Domain division. Your role will also entail documenting underlying client reporting solutions, conducting feasibility studies, business cases & risk assessments, writing proposals and creating functional requirements for new and changes to existing solutions. You will also provide insight to business problems and assist the Domain with implementing long-term reporting solutions. The ideal candidate must possess a suitable BComm/B.Bus.Sci Degree or similar with strong academic performance, 5 years’ in a BA role preferably within Asset Management, strong T-SQL skills, solid understanding of Asset Management & Client Reporting processes, understands how applications are constructed and knows how to structure tests and to test interfaces and integrated systems.
DUTIES:
- Work as part of a larger IT team using the Scrum methodology.
- Liaise with domain stakeholders to determine effective solutions to meet business requirements.
- Design usable, elegant, practical, and scalable solutions to meet business needs.
- Conduct Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions with Developers, business users or Testers.
- Document system solutions (e.g., process flows, requirements, and functional specifications).
- Plan and manage implementation of client reporting solutions.
- Train and facilitate end user adoption of client reporting solutions.
- Manage business expectations and proactively mitigate any risks of production releases by conducting impact analysis, User Acceptance Testing, Software Testing, and relevant user training.
- Conduct post-implementation reviews to ascertain value added and address any post-release issues.
- Support team members in achieving delivery objectives.
- Help with domain quality and performance continuous improvement efforts.
- Collaborate and interact with business users, Business Analysts, Testers and Developers to understand business solutions.
- Design and coordinate IT and Business testing.
- Maintain the backlog and coordinate sprint planning.
- Maintain production solutions and provide timely resolution of production support logs.
- Proactively understand why production support is happening and its impact on business processes.
- Provide technical and business support to users at critical business periods.
- Determine the importance and priority of problems and requests raised.
- Coordinate and manage production defects to closure.
REQUIREMENTS:
Qualifications –
- BComm / B.Bus.Science Degree or other relevant tertiary qualification with strong academic performance.
Experience/Skills –
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a Business Analysis role, preferably in Asset Management.
- Sound understanding of Asset Management and Client Reporting processes.
- Require a good understanding of –
- Asset Management Business
- System Development Life Cycle / SCRUM methodology
- Release Processes and IT environments
- Testing Methodology
- T-SQL skills.
- Understands how applications are constructed.
- You know how to structure tests and to test interfaces and integrated systems.
- You are passionate about great software and have an appreciation for sustainable solutions.
ATTRIBUTES:
- Strong analytical skills and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to analyse complex problems spanning multiple areas/system.
- Conscientiousness.
- Driven to implement efficiencies.
- Ability to deal with senior stakeholders.
- Determined and persistent / ability to perform well under pressure.
- Self-motivated.
- Able to manage personal workload and delivery expectations.
- Flexible approach to working hours.
- Can work effectively as part of a team.
- Good communication and coordination skills.
- Accepts responsibility for all tasks done.
- Flexible, energetic, trustworthy, organised, self-disciplined.
- Independent thinker.
- Attention to detail.
- Comfortable with change.
- Ability to lead a team effectively.
While we would really like to respond to every application, should you not be contacted for this position within 10 working days please consider your application unsuccessful.
COMMENTS:
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Desired Skills:
- BI
- Business
- Analyst