Solution Analyst at Absa

Job Summary

• Work as part of Wholesale Loan Solution team, apply analysis tools, frameworks, techniques and practices to elicit, define and organize business requirements into requirement specifications. And following this analysis, work collaboratively within project team during design & delivery activities validating that requirements have been met.

Job Description

• Proactively build relationships with business areas, technology, and vendor teams to proactively develop expertise in the various business process.
• Apply analytical techniques to elicit and validate business (product & service) needs
• Translate elicited needs and knowledge acquired into user story format to be used by Technology and vendor teams
• Participate in peer reviews & problem solving within and across the broader team
• Translate business requirements into detailed systems requirements. Detailed system requirements must include capabilities, interfaces and functionalities within and across technologies.
• Leverage business analysis & modeling tools and apply notation standards such as UML/BPMN to diagrammatically/visually document: business requirements, business processes, system processes & integration.
• Socialize and gain business approval for integrated requirements with key stakeholders
• Proactively learn & leverage knowledge on the organisations technical landscape, environment and broader architecture to systems requirements
• Continuously improve system requirements mapping (e.g. leverage input from questions asked etc. to consistently improve the quality of the requirements analysis for easier interpretation by the development teams)
• Work as part of the embedded Technology and Vendor teams throughout the design process to review solution design (features and functionality)
• Facilitate resolution during development & testing phases for any change requirements
• Effectively communicating insights and plans to cross-functional team members and management.
• Perform user acceptance testing.

Skills and experience required:

• 2 - 3 years business & systems analysis experience
• Ability & aptitude for working in integrated multi disciplinary teams
• Knowledge of Agile Methodology & working embedded within an Agile team / teams
• Banking domain experience, preferred
• Experience in Systems Design & Integration
• Experience in Development
• Knowledge of Business Continuity Management & Disaster Recovery
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Facilitation skills

• Fundamental analytical, conceptual thinking and problem solving skills
• The ability to influence stakeholders and work closely with them to determine acceptable solutions
• Experience creating detailed reports with the ability to deliver at a high level of accuracy, business requirements, and presenting
• An interest in, and understanding of, project management techniques and computing systems
• Stakeholder analysis
• Requirements engineering
• Processes modeling
• Understanding of networks, databases and other technology
• Advanced Excel, Word, Visio, and PowerPoint skills

Education

• Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised