Business Analyst - BSTD

Brief description

The main purpose of this position is to provide end-to-end business analysis services to the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) departments to identify business problems and needs, and to determine solutions and enable improvement in organisational processes.

Detailed description

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Take responsibility for driving business analysis initiatives, from initiation to implementation, on projects of low/medium risk with a cycle of up to 12 months.
• Facilitate workshops independently and consult with business owners and stakeholders in respect of problem definitions and the identification of business requirements/needs.
• Review business processes and procedures, analyse business needs and associated data, identify and assess possible solutions, and define the associated requirements.
• Elaborate on the scope and feasibility of solutions and develop the supporting business case.
• Manage change requirements and supporting specifications.
• Investigate problems and propose solutions by interacting with users, developers and other stakeholders.
• Develop manuals and plans, and present training courses in support of implementation.
• Stay abreast of changes to analytical tools and methodologies, and identify opportunities to improve and standardise work processes, and apply these in the course of own work.

Job requirements

To be considered for this position, candidates must be in possession of:

• an Honour’s degree in Information Technology (IT);
• a relevant Business Analysis certificate; and
• five to eight years’ experience within a business analysis environment.

Additional requirements include:

• industry, business and organisational awareness knowledge and skill;
• continued learning and/or professional development knowledge and skill;
• quality assurance knowledge and skill;
• continuous improvement knowledge and skill;
• business transformation and optimisation knowledge and skill;
• elicitation techniques knowledge and skill;
• business analysis practices, methodology and tools knowledge and skill;
• realisation and testing practices knowledge and skill; and
• IT domain management knowledge and skill.

In line with the SARB’s commitment to diversifying its workforce, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups. People with disabilities are welcome to apply.

The SARB offers remuneration and benefits commensurate with the level of the position and in line with the market. The level at which the successful applicant will be appointed will depend on his/her competence and experience.