Financial Business Analyst at Recru-IT

Role Purpose:

Provide financial business analysis services which support business objectives.

Experience & Qualifications

• Bcom in Accounting or 3 year National Diploma in Accounting or Finance
• Business Analyst Qualification
• 3-5 years’ experience as a business analyst with insurance or financial services environment
• Experience in creation of business and functional specifications

Responsibilities

• Identify, investigate and analyse problems faced by business and product owners; propose documented solutions that fully address the business requirements needed to optimise the business.
• Accountable for soliciting requirements and solution design through conducting requirement session (JAD), interviews and reviewing existing documentation.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to document business process maps, business requirement definitions and business requirements specifications.
• Critically evaluate business processes in order to establish time and cost parameters and make innovative recommendations that will positively impact the business.
• Develop solutions that encompass the entire system(s) (People, process and technology).
• Identify areas of user technical / system training and assist with roll-out plans, together with involvement in sign off of testing before UAT testing.
• Contribute to the successful implementation of projects in order to achieve the business outcome.
• Assist in setting the research agenda by highlighting areas of concern and potential opportunities for improvement and optimisation.
• Communicate benefits, risks and innovations in area of specialisation.
• Conduct research and consolidate and collate information to serve as input to managerial reporting and decision making related to area of specialisation.
• Conduct research to obtain market intelligence to inform the development of new products and associated client services.
• Conduct surveys to assess the effectiveness of business processes and provide the results to assist in the identification of future improvements.
• Consult in area of expertise to provide specialist input into the development and amendment of policies, financial processes, accounting and procedures.
• Identify and analyse deficiencies, loopholes, etc. in operational processes and propose a way forward to effectively deal with them.
• Analysis of production problems, solution / fix designed, discuss and negotiate with business and implement.
• Investigate and propose process optimisation opportunities in the context of best practice and improved operational efficiency.
• Research best practices and recommend improvements to current organisational service delivery processes.

 Ref: CPT003604/BB