Job description:
You will work in the IT solutions team within the company. You will drive technology solutions that enable business goals and create efficiencies. Your relevant industry experience together with a strong skillset in systems and data will give you the toolset to add value in an environment that is striving to provide first class solutions to a growing business.
Responsibilities:
- Design end to end solutions for business including processes, systems and data.
- Have a strategic view on projects and systems and see the big picture.
- Develop business requirement specifications.
- Develop functional and technical specifications.
- Analyse and test systems as part of investigations and system changes.
- Work with vendors to plan, design and implement enhancements.
- Work with in-house and 3rd party technical resources to develop and enhance business applications.
- Continuously identify and implement incremental improvements to current processes, independent of larger project deliverables.
- Effective stakeholder management.
- Be a driver of process improvement within the team.
- Mentoring of junior team members.
Minimum requirements:
- Relevant degree
- 5 or more years of experience as a business analyst
- Proven track record of project delivery
- Solid understanding of relational databases and ability to analyse data
Advantageous requirements:
- Experience in Unit Trust Financial Services environment
Competencies required:
- Problem solving skills
- Dealing with complexity
- Documentation skills
- Planning/organising and coordinating skills
- Interpersonal skills (Interaction with different business divisions and level of management)
- Communication skills (verbal and written)
- Solutions driven
- Strong analytical skills
- Strong numeracy skills
- Industry specific knowledge
Desired Skills:
- Time Management
- Critical Thinking
- Spreadsheet software
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Active Listening
- Tax preparation software
- Accounting Software