Data Management Business Analyst (12 Months Contract/Permanent) at Momentum

Role Purpose    

The Data Management Business Analyst will contribute to the development and implementation of robust data management processes, fostering a culture of data-driven excellence. To transform business requirements (functional & non-functional) into a set of technical software requirements that specify the software solution.

Requirements    

• BCom Informatics or BSC Degree.
• Diploma in Business Analysis preferred.
• A minimum of 8 years’ experience as a Business Analyst.
• A minimum of 4 years’ experience in the investment environment.
• 5+ years’ experience in advanced analytics (data mining, predictive modelling), and/or
• 5+ years in data science, machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI)
• Must have experience working in an Agile working environment.
• SQL knowledge a must.
• Python.
• 3 years AWS experience.

Duties & Responsibilities    

• Own business, system, and data analysis, determine business system and data requirements and identify alternatives.
• Set up and facilitate workshops with stakeholders to gather, elicit, and identify business and system requirements.
• Design and document innovative business and analytical solutions using information technology. Considering data practices and governance.
• Translate business requirements to a level of detail appropriate for implementation using user journeys, user stories with acceptance criteria; process diagrams; data models; business rules, and mockups).
• Develop, document, and implement data control standards and best practices for all data analysts and testers and coach these analysts and testers to ensure that these standards are upheld.
• Advocate and adhere to data analysis and testing best practices.
• Support data analysts and testers with analysing and testing any new data products that are required.
• Develop, implement, and own the maintenance of templates for data analysis to be used by data analysts and testers as part of federated teams.
• Actively contribute to the design of data products.
• Provide support, collaborate, and coach parties across the data platform for Momentum Investments.
• Assist data teams to understand the business requirements.
• Assisting in defining technical solutions, business and technical processes and calculations with the relevant teams.
• Participate and provide input into the design and functional discussion with the technical designers.
• Assist and sign off the test cases for functional and non-functional, integration and testing activities.
• Own, Investigate, identify, and document business requirements to address process or system constraints resulting in repeated queries or errors to optimise operational processes across the data platform
• Investigate, identify and document business requirements to create reports relevant to data projects within the capability.
• Train the trainers and enable the creation of Process and training documentation.
• Work with internal stakeholders to define the client experience by turning client data and experiences into intelligence and build solutions aligned with the client needs.
• Drive, determine and define the user experience and interactions your stakeholders have with data products and services.
• Articulate and advocate the users needs while ensuring the business objectives are met.
• Conduct user research, design and document, validate/test with user and sell/present the design solution to the business.
• Ensure effective and consistent service delivery and support to both internal and external clients aligned with the MMH values.

Competencies    

• Effective written and verbal communication.
• Ability to own elicitation sessions from a business and technical perspective.
• Have the expertise to document processes.
• Apply people/process/system and data analytical skills to all work performed.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Investigative and information-gathering skills.
• Ability to work independently and coordinate across teams
• Take initiative, ownership, and accountability.
• Structured problem-solving.
• Must be able to build and maintain relationships.
• Apply business analysis tools and techniques to continuously improve thinking and solutions.
• Passion for data, analytics, research and design.
• Understand and able to interpret client and stakeholder needs and behaviours.
• Ability to advise and engage on an enterprise level regarding data and analytics solutions and represent the capability in the various community of practices across MMH.
• Must have Business and data analysis, profiling and exploratory analysis skills.
• Leading in sustainable technical best practices and frameworks.
• Ability to consider various scenarios and use cases to challenge solutions.
• Strong documentation and strategic data story-telling capabilities.
• Innovative skills with data profiling using associated methods and tools.
• Able to work in a team across the portfolio in various Agile or waterfall methodologies.