Job description:
You will work in the IT solutions team within an Asset Management company. You will drive technology solutions that enable business goals and drive 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
- Drive process improvement within the team
- Mentor 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