Senior Systems Analyst at PwC South Africa

• The incumbent will be required to analysis Africa wide systems and ensure the logical flows of these systems are well documented.
• All available Global documentation are available in a central repository and that they are categorized in a neat and well organised manner to local staff.
•  Ensuring that the correct contacts & stakeholders and their roles are listed centrally.
• Liaise with the business analyst, business representative manager, developers and project managers to ensure requirements are met and project plan/milestones are up to date.
• Performs analysis and makes recommendations in areas that require a high level of technical competency.
• Provides technical training, guidance, and resources support for staff.
• Provides application support and enhancements to existing applications. Defines system requirements and viable alternatives.
• Creates and maintains user documentation and departmental policies and procedures that impact the use of application systems.
• Creates and maintains artifacts such as data flow diagrams by establishing specifications; coordinating production with programmers.
• Defines application problem by conferring with Business Analysts; evaluating procedures and processes.
• Assist in analyzing and developing documentation standards.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
• Manage and implement strategies leading towards Automated Documentation solutions to reduce developer time spent on manual documentation tasks.

Preferred skills and competencies:

• As the successful incumbent, you have a Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Systems or related field. Post graduate studies would be advantageous.
• Minimum of five years’ experience in systems analysis.
• Must have practical programming experience in MS SQL or other languages.
• Exposure to SCRUM framework and AGILE methodologies.
• Must have ability to exercise independent judgment in planning, organizing, and performing systems analyst tasks.
• Some independent judgment required in setting priorities of tasks among multiple assigned projects.
• Any equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience that fulfills the requirements of the position will be considered.