Business Analyst at BankservAfrica

PURPOSE

• The main purpose of this role is to provide analytical and operational support for the BankservAfrica business’s key projects. This role primarily provides skill in investigating, analyzing and optimizing business models and business processes to support a variety of internal projects. The business analyst is involved in the delivery of business solutions, from conceptualization to implementation where the scope is limited by the scope of the project.

You will engage with the following stakeholders:

• Product/business owners, product development and IT;
• Project managers;
• Finance and operations; and
• Legal, risk and compliance.

Your key responsibilities include:

• Develop effective proposals and presentations to communicate, justify project designs, solutions and approaches.
• Analysis of solutions to ensure that they fulfil original requirements and close identified gaps.
• Execute feasibility and viability assessments at a project / product level.
• Compile product and pricing strategies for identified products
• Monitor and report on strategies implemented.
• Systemically analyse market trends for identified product streams to assist with development of growth platforms such as geographic growth opportunities, combining product functionalities, identification of new markets, simplifying services and business processes.

QUALIFICATION / KNOWLEDGE

• Undergraduate qualification in Computer Science, Information Systems/Engineering and/or;
• Diploma in Business Analysis from an IIBA endorsed education provider and/or;
• Advanced computer literacy.
• Financial services knowledge.
• Advanced knowledge of the BABOK.
• SDLC methodology knowledge.

Experience

• Business analysis planning & monitoring
• Strategy Analysis
• Requirements elicitation and collaboration
• Solution evaluation
• Process Analysis
• Requirement's lifecycle management
• Requirement's analysis & design definition
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in financial services sector
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in IT