Lead, Business Analyst : PPB Finance MI & Analytics at Standard Bank Group

Job Description

• To guide the clarification of business requirements, through in-work collaboration with business stakeholders, and work within the data engineering team to ensure these are delivered effectively. Adhere to sound financial principles in addition to implementing and challenging sound financial principles for the various areas, including automation of all reports where possible, delivery on ad hoc requests and queries from finance and business in a timeous manner, as well as implementation, management and review of all monthly financial reporting. Collaborate with cross-functional teams comprised of product management, User Experience (UX), technology, support, testing and other subject matter experts to gather and analyse functional needs and user story requirements.

Qualifications

• Degree in  Accounting/ Finance/ IT / Computer Sciences
• Honours / Post Graduate advantageous.
• Data/ Business Analyst Certification advantageous.

Experience 

• 5 Years experience as a Business/ Data Analyst.
• 5 Years experience in requirements elicitation, gathering, documentation and management and analysing business needs and provide solutions, working in an agile environment.  
• 3 Years experience processing/ analysing large data sets.
• 3 Years experience with financial data.

Additional Information

Behavioral Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Challenging Ideas
• A logical thinker – having a clear and methodical approach to work
• Well-developed verbal and written communication and presentation skills (for example, when interpreting and explaining information to business)
• Quick to assimilate and integrate new information
• Negotiation skills – in times of conflicting deadlines