OMF IT Senior Business Analyst at Old Mutual South Africa

Job Description

• A relevant Business Analyst qualification/certification, IT Diploma or a related degree will be advantageous
• 5+ years’ experience in the Banking, Financial Services or Insurance industry
• Experience in using Agile methodologies
• Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving
• Business Acumen
• Interpersonal skills
• Communication skills
• Detailed orientated
• Methodical
• Highly communicative and willing to engage with people e.g. 3rd Party/ Dev/ Testing/ PO
• Ability to build good relationships
• High context switching
• Open to feedback
• Be resilient to a fast pace and ever-changing priorities
• Good time management
• Maturity in self-managing
• Translates business requirements into detailed functional specifications that undergo business stakeholder review.

Responsibilities
Requirements Management

• Identify, elicit, and document project/process requirements, using appropriate modeling technique, if required. Analyze requirements and validate with original users, eliminating confusion. Define the testing scripts and verification criteria to ensure requirements are met. Maintain documentation and traceability throughout project.

Data Collection and Analysis

• Use data from a wide range of sources to analyze key themes and identify possible impacts on the business.

Database Specifications

• Contribute to the approval process for database specifications to ensure all agreed standards and protocols are followed and data integrity is preserved.
• Analysis of "As Is" and "To Be"
• Document "as is" and "to be" processes and describe the changes required to migrate to the "to be" capability to record accurately the change required.

Business Requirements Identification

• Collect business requirements using a variety of methods, such as interviews, document analysis, workshops, and workflow analysis, to express the requirements in terms of target user roles and goals. 

Feasibility Studies

• Contribute to and support feasibility studies from a technological and organizational perspective, and document findings.

Horizon Scanning

• Explore and develop a basic understanding of external developments or emerging issues and contribute to the evaluation of their potential impact on, or usefulness to, the organization.

Enterprise Business Analysis

• Interpret the business need and identify solution recommendations to business problems at a business unit level.

Business Case

• Carry out feasibility and assessment work for proposed and current projects to contribute to the development and continuous review of business cases.

Documentation and Backup

• Create and maintain technical and/or user documentation to a high standard, and back up files to ensure instant recovery if problems occur.

Culture of Innovation

• Support a culture of innovation by contributing to solutions that boost creativity, innovation, and collaboration, such as idea generation platforms, jam sessions, and hackathons.

Personal Capability Building

• Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation, where relevant, to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.

Skills

• Adaptive Thinking, Analytics Software, Business Case Development, Business Intelligence (BI) Analysis, Business Requirements Analysis, Business Requirements Elicitation, Computer Literacy, Current State Assessment, Database Reporting, Data Compilation, Data Controls, Gaps Analysis, Readiness Assessments, Requirements Development, User Requirements Documentation

Competencies

• Action Oriented
• Business Insight
• Cultivates Innovation
• Decision Quality
• Ensures Accountability
• Manages Complexity
• Nimble Learning
• Optimizes Work Processes

Education

• NQF Level 7 - Degree, Advance Diploma or Postgraduate Certificate or equivalent

Closing Date

• 16 February 2025 , 23:59