Rand Merchant Bank (RMB), a division of FirstRand Bank Limited, is a leading African corporate and investment bank and part of one of the largest financial services groups in Africa. We offer our clients innovative, value-added advisory, funding, trading, corporate banking and principal investing solutions. As the corporate and investment banking arm of Firs...
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To liaise with Business Analysts, development teams, business users, project teams and vendors to provide end-to-end production and project support for all applications in production to ensure the smooth running of day-to-day activities and to optimise the efficient performance of the applications and related processes.
Are you someone who can do the following:
Assist in providing input into the budgeting process, and track spending against agreed objectives
Assist in promoting the use of a shared infrastructure and application roadmap to reduce costs and enhance information flows
Ensure roadmaps have appropriate targets and are validated against business objectives
Partner with business and technology lead domain experts to elicit and translate business requirements into suitable technology solutions
Develop roadmaps in line with stakeholder needs best practices and RMBs change process
Coordinate and facilitate annual working sessions for the roadmap to add change or remove initiatives
Ensure roadmaps align BT priorities with business partner needs that they include appropriate targets and have been validated against business objectives
Build professional trusted advisor relationships with key stakeholders displaying sound abilities to listen, advise, influence and consult at all levels
Liaise with various business stakeholders to provide information and assist with queries
Communicate proactively to manage expectations
Manage and deliver on projects and provide feedback thereon
Manage project resources to ensure delivery
Act as an internal consultant during the design and execution of solutions that cater for specific business requirements, and advise management on best practices
Assist BAs and Architects to translate strategic decisions into business solutions
Participate in building a longterm infrastructure roadmap for all IT systems architecture
Adhere to all processes within the system development lifecycle and ensure that a consistent framework is applied across the business
Develop and prepare documents for the design of solutions that meet system and security requirements
Participate in producing requirement specifications, technical documentation test packs and training material
Demonstrate pride in the organisations brand services and products by consistently delivering on the brands promise
Follow through to ensure that personal quality and productivity standards are consistently and accurately maintained
Stay relevant and up to date with legislations and new developments
Maintain a positive attitude and respond openly to feedback
Handle stress in ways that do not negatively impact others
Plan and manage own workflow anticipating obstacles juggling priorities and following through on objectives within agreed time frames and according to quality standards
Take ownership of personal career development leveraging formal and informal opportunities
Read situations and organisational realities
Set aside personal agenda for the greater good
Act in an ethical transparent and morally defensible manner including highlighting unethical practices
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