Technical Data Analyst at Nedbank

Job Purpose

• Ensure consistency and automation of credit risk analytics operations, data and processes
• Drive business optimisation through engagement to create integration, automation, process efficiency including digitisation
• Operationalisation of business requirements specifications for credit systems
• Ensure quality and availability of credit data (risk and return), aligned to EDP principles
• Effective RDARR remediation of in scope reports, including the enforcement credit data standards and policies
• Ensure that all items raised in credit regulatory environment are planned, specified and implemented

Job Responsibilities

• Conduct research by undertaking and documenting feasibility and impact study
• Assist in the technical provision of large, complex data sets for credit analytics 
• Drive the improvements in efficiency of credit risk capital processes
• Provision of credit data quality analytics 
• Documentation of business requirements and user acceptance testing including prototyping 
• Create a proposed solution based on the Business Requirements Definition (BRD) to produce a High Level Design (HLD)
• Deliver final solution by obtaining customer acceptance and sign off
• Contribute to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals by participating in Nedbank Culture building initiatives
• Participate and support corporate responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy
• Seek opportunities to improve business processes and systems by identifying and recommending effective ways to operate and adding value to Nedbank
• Engage and agree proposed solution as contained in High Level Design (HLD) Document by iterative engagements with clients
• Conduct regular feedback sessions with developers to ensure alignment with technical specifications
• Build collaborative relationships by assisting clients with resolutions of technical issues
• Adhere to the customer engagement model by training and communicating new or changed solutions
• Keep customer satisfied by providing regular feedback sessions and defining the relevant operational level agreements
• Ensure work is completed on time by adhering to the deadlines as per the Task Request System
• Gather and document business requirements by facilitating information gathering sessions with the customer
• Produce the technical specification document by identifying and analysing relevant data sources; documenting and applying business rules; creating the dimensional model and cube design
• Explain the design to the front and back end developers by facilitating technical sessions
• Produce report/ dashboard specification document by engaging with client and developers
• Ensure quality of output and alignment to requirements by conducting / coordinating unit; integration and user acceptance testing
• Ensure compliance by adherence to standards; policies and procedures throughout the development lifecycle
• Support the achievement of the business strategy; objectives and values by reviewing Nedbank and Business Unit Plan and ensuring delivered systems; process; services and solutions are aligned
• Identify training courses and career progression for self through input and feedback from management
• Ensure all personal development plan activities are completed within specified timeframe
• Share knowledge and industry trends with team and stakeholders during formal and informal interaction
• Obtain buy-in for developing new and/or enhanced processes that will improve the functioning of stakeholders' businesses by highlighting benefits in support of the implementation of recommendations

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate

Preferred Qualification

• IT Bachelors Degree

Minimum Experience Level

• 5 -8 years experience in IT and BI environment

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Administrative procedures and systems
• Business principles
• Business terms and definitions
• Business writing
• Communication Strategies
• Data analysis
• Governance, Risk and Controls
• Industry trends
• Microsoft Office
• Principles of financial management
• Principles of project management
• Relevant regulatory knowledge
• Relevant software and systems knowledge
• Research methodology
• Decision-making process
• Cluster Specific Operational Knowledge
• Business Acumen
• IT / Banking knowledge
• IT / Banking procedures

Behavioural Competencies

• Applied Learning
• Building Partnerships
• Collaborating
• Decision Making
• Quality Orientation
• Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills