Financial Business Analyst at JD Group

We are looking for a dynamic and focused Financial Business Analyst who will provide a specialist business and process analysis function. The incumbent will be responsible for documenting and evaluating existing business processes, designing and implementing new business processes in support of the development of comprehensive fit-for-purpose and efficient processes to optimise business results.

Minimum Requirements:

• Grade 12
• Relevant financial degree with Accountancy as major (mandatory),
• CA (SA),
• Minimum 2 years’relevant experience preferably in the Retail or Financial industry,
• Experience in implementing new products or processes to the business.
• Knowledge of business analysis and business processes
• Understand of the retail and consumer finance environment
• Understanding of the relevant retail systems and operating procedures
• Express and implied ethical responsibilities
• Communication
• Project management
• Risk management
• Enterprise Analysis
• Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring
• Elicitation (Intelligence collection)
• Requirements Analysis
• Stakeholder Relationship Management

Competency requirements and Job Specification:

• Understanding current business processes, identifying risk and addressing those risks by designing and implementing controls.
• Identify poor and manual processes and recommend improvements and automation.
• Contribute to strategy development and innovative processes.
• Implementing new strategies to optimize and grow different revenue streams.
• Calculating cost reduction initiatives and doing impact analysis on the changes made in the business.
• Analysing various business data points to develop insights to identify business opportunities and risks.
• Researching best practices and trends, and implementing new strategies.
• Monitoring new strategies implemented and reporting the effects of the changes made to the business.
• Day to day operational risk management.
• Designing various reports and key dial matrix's that could assist business to better manage components of the business.
• Understanding of the IT system, then linking the information in the business data systems to the operational management of the business.
• Using the data obtained and the understanding of the business to optimize the managerial decision making process and to make recommendations to top management.
• Building models and doing calculations for a variety of business needs together with detailed impact and sensitivity analysis.
• Contributing to the successful implementation of projects in order to achieve the business outcome.
• Strong technology, analytical, MS Office proficiency and communication skills are must-have traits.
• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, colleagues, etc.
• Take accountability for own performance and development. Engage in appropriate training interventions to promote own professional development;
• Continuously develop own expertise in terms of industry and subject matter development and application thereof in an area of specialisation.