Business Analyst PG10-12 - Business Change at Sanlam Group

The five business clusters (Personal Finance, Investments, Emerging Markets, Corporate, and Short-term insurance) house the Group’s business operations. The Group Office serves as the ‘glue’ that keeps the Group together by providing strategic direction and support to the five clusters to assist them in meeting their business objectives. The Group Office is responsible for the Group’s centralised functions, which include: Finance, Actuarial and Risk Management, Information Technology, Human Resources, Market Development and Brand Services.

What will make you successful in this role?

• Identify and define business requirements for new business models/applications or changes to existing models/applications.
• Produce Business Requirements Specifications (BRS) and prepare use case specifications / user stories supported by appropriate UML diagrams and identification of test conditions.
• A key responsible on agile projects will be to define the features and stories along with grooming and the prioritization of the team backlog
• Define and design changes to existing processes as required and ensure integration of changes into process environment.
• Work with business owners, Business Consultants, users, Project Managers, Architects and other team members to define non-functional requirements (including metrics and performance goals) for the application.
• Support Business Consultant on selected projects within the Business Design unit.
• In agile projects assist with the preparation for PI Planning events and participate in PI Planning events
• Participate in transitioning the requirements and use cases to Systems Analysts and Designers, and ensure a clear and complete understanding of the requirements.
• Review test approach and test cases to ensure coverage of relevant business scenarios.
• Participate in quality management reviews throughout the business change life cycle and systems development life cycle to ensure requirements are fulfilled. On agile projects, this will include the acceptance of stories as done.
• Participate in review of test results to ensure that business requirements have been met.
• Be actively involved in limited testing if required on a particular project.
   

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• Grade 12.
• Relevant Degree will be an advantage.
• Accredited Business Analysis Diploma could be an advantage.
• Relevant Agile certification could be an advantage.
   

Knowledge

• Knowledge of business and understanding of IT, and ability to converse in both domains.
• Ability to articulate complex or technical concepts and issues in business terms.
• Relationship development.
• Sound knowledge of Object Oriented Analysis and Design, writing effective use cases and the application of the appropriate UML models for business analysis.
• Sound knowledge of agile frameworks & methodology.
• Knowledge of modelling tools e.g. Rational Software Modeller, Visio (UML stencils), Aris.
• RPA knowledge could be an advantage.
• Client journey mapping and Client Experience knowledge could be an advantage.
   

Experience

• At least 2 years’ relevant experience within the Financial Services industry.
• Exposure to analysis methodologies, process disciplines and SDLC methodologies.
• At least 1-year’s relevant experience on Agile projects.

Competencies

• Good communication skills
• Decision making
• Analytical thinking
• Work standards
• Planning and organising
• Treating customers fairly
• Building and maintaining relationships
• Team success
• Learning orientation
• Computer skills (MS Word & MS Excel & MS PowerPoint)