Business System Architect at Santam Insurance

The Claims Business Architect plays a key role in structuring solutions across the claims enterprise.  This encompasses people, process and technology. The ideal candidate aligns strategic claims goals to business objectives. The Business Architect strives toward developing an integrated view of the Claims enterprise using industry standard best practises and approach. The Business Architect will be competent at transforming the high-level claims business strategy into implementable models,; developing  business cases;  recommends business architecture solutions - thereby enabling Santam claims to achieve its goals. The Business Architect works closely with Solution Architects and Business Analysts, ensuring that the most appropriate architecture is applied throughout the Delivery life cycle.

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Converts strategy opportunities into business architecture initiatives
• Interpreting claims business strategies and develops conceptual business models.
• Identifies anomalies across the business processes, and facilitates efficient execution of the business operation.
• Assist claims teams in realising the defined architectures
• Analyses complex Business requirements and creates consumable designs for Business analysts to further refine

Qualification And Experience

•      BSc / BCom/ BTech / BEng/ Honours with Information Systems or Business as a major
•       Minimum of 3 years’ experience in developing or managing Business Architectures
•       Experience in applying architectural principles to business solutions is key for success
•       Experience using model-based representations required
•       Extensive experience planning and deploying both business and IT initiatives
•       Experience within the Short-Term Insurance industry (or in broader Financial     services industry) advantageous
•       Solid understanding of the strategic issues facing short term insurance industries
•       Thorough Knowledge of Architecture Frameworks such as TOGAF and  working in an Agile environment is essential
•       Experience working with Jira and Confluence
•       Experience in business modelling methodologies & standards such as BPMN, Archimate and UML essential