A leading financial services company based in Cape Town is looking for Business Analyst.
Minimum requirements:
• A university graduate with majors in either Finance, Risk Management, Mathematics, Computer science, Engineering or Information Systems.
• At least 5 years’ work experience in a financial services environment.
• Work experience in the equity specific markets would be advantageous.
• A proven track-record of successful delivery as a Business Analyst, Data Analyst and / or Subject Matter Expert in data integration, system implementation or reporting projects.
• Strong communication skills including verbal, written and listening skills
• Proven stakeholder management capability
• Experience in any of the following would be advantageous:
• Data Analytics tools in a financial services environment, including master data or static data management
• Microsoft SQL Server Business Intelligence (Integration, Analysis and Reporting Services)
• FactSet

Duties will include:
• Develop business requirement specifications through well facilitated discussions and interviews with relevant stakeholders.
• Document existing business processes and develop and document new business processes.
• Primary interface between investment professionals and IT developers and vendors for the development or implementation of business applications.
• Liaise with relevant stakeholder management to prioritise project deliverables.
• A solid understanding of data modelling (metadata, content, taxonomy, navigation) and the ability to leverage same in user interfaces, reporting, etc.
• Transfer of “care, custody and control” of new processes and applications to the business owners, including user training and support.
• Effective coordination of the projects and their inter-dependencies and any risks and any other issues that may arise. This includes timeline and milestone management,
• Continuously identify and implement incremental improvements to current processes, independent of larger project deliverables
• Effective stakeholder management - Keep management, users and developers informed of progress through effective communication and management of expectations.
• In short: End-to-end solution development and implementation.