Associate Business Analyst - BSTD at South African Reserve Bank

Brief description

The purpose of this position is to provide end-to-end business analysis services (with the assistance from more senior business analysts) to the departments within the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) to identify business problems and needs, determine solutions and enable an improvement in organisational processes. 

Detailed description

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Work as part of a team in consulting with stakeholders and business clients in respect of problem definition and the identification of business requirements for low- to medium-risk projects.
• Provide analytic support in the form of data analysis and modelling; reviewing business processes and procedures; assessing possible solutions and the definition of solution requirements; and perform acceptance testing of the ultimate solution.
• Propose inputs to the elaboration of solutions, their scope, feasibility and supporting business case for assurance by a senior/experienced business analyst.
• Assist a more senior/experienced business analyst in modelling the business and information technology (IT) domain.
• Stay abreast of changes to analytical tools and methodologies and apply these in the course of own work.
• Facilitate workshops, prepare presentations and independently engage customers in respect of problem definition and the identification of business requirements.

QUALIFICATIONS

Job requirements

To be considered for this position, candidates must have:

• an Honours degree in IT or an equivalent qualification;
• a relevant Business Analysis certificate; and
• two to five years’ experience within a business analysis environment.

Additional requirements include knowledge of and skill in:

• industry, business and organisational awareness;
• quality assurance;
• continuous improvement;
• continued learning/professional development;
• business transformation and optimisation;
• elicitation techniques;
• business analysis practices, methodology and tools;
• realisation and testing practices; and
• IT domain management.