Job Openings at Nedbank

Job Purpose
To translate macro design into detailed micro designs which will realise the business solution in their relevant areas of focus. Translate and communicate the required changes to the programmer community. Develop critical component parts.

Job Responsibilities

• Make recommendations based on cost and user ability and feasibility
• Advise and make recommendation on what kind of system software and availability will be required on low risk, smaller projects
• Deliver work products according to the agreed time lines and within agreed budget
• Provide reporting to customers on progress
• Participate in disaster recovery planning with stakeholders
• Understand client needs by meeting with clients when necessary
• Ensure information is provided correctly to stakeholders by maintaining knowledge and sharing knowledge with team
• Analyse the system requirements
• Identify the application impact and complete system impact analysis documentation
• Identify project dependencies , possible conflicts and manage these to resolution
• Keep record of test results with the view to providing pre and post images
• Conduct setting of system software standards and usage recommendations
• Participate in system environment design (defining data bases to be used, connectivity aspects, ensuring adherence to licensing of software)
• Participate in the release cycle.
• Provide basic support during application development, implementation, post implementation and operational cycle.
• Do reconfigurement under supervision
• Participate in the analysis of reports and Problem solving.
• Participate in creating proof of concepts under supervision
• Maintain the system software environment through monitoring and updates
• Identify risks and escalate timeously to relevant stakeholder
• Keep abreast of legislation and other industry changes that impacts on role by reading the relevant newsletters, websites and attending sessions
• Understand and embrace the Nedbank vision and demonstrate the values through interaction with team and stakeholders
• Improve personal capability and to stay abreast of developments in field of expertise by identify training courses and career progression opportunities for self with input from managers
• Ensure personal growth and enable effectiveness in performance of roles and responsibilities by ensuring all learning activities are completed, experience practiced and certifications obtained  and/or maintained within specified time frames   
• Contributing to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals by participate in Nedbank Culture building initiatives
• Participate and support corporate social responsibility initiatives for the achievement of key business strategies
• Identify and recommend opportunities to enhance processes, systems and policies and support implementation of new processes, policies and systems

Key Responsibilities

• Incedent Management, Standby Duties, Development and implemantation of Program/ JCL changes
• Application Support
• Using Nedbank approved deployment tools (ISPW)
• Working with current Agile tools (JIRA), XK Release

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Diploma

Preferred Qualification

• IT Diploma: Cobol Programming or Computer Programming

Essential Certifications

• Advanced Certification in relevant technologies where available
• Technical Knowledge
• Cobol programming, CICS, JCL and DB2

Type of Exposure

• Built and maintained stakeholder relationships
• Designed Workforce Planning Solutions
• Manage internal process
• Managed Relationships
• Managed Stakeholder / Client Relationships
• Managed Self

Minimum Experience Level

• 3-5 years programming experience 1 year design experience
• 3-5 years experience on MVS systems, Microsoft tool (Office)

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Administrative procedures and systems
• Banking knowledge
• Banking procedures
• Business principles
• Business terms and definitions
• Data analysis
• Governance, Risk and Controls
• Microsoft Office
• Principles of project management
• Relevant regulatory knowledge
• Relevant software and systems knowledge
• Decision-making process
• Business writing skills
• Cluster Specific Operational Knowledge
• Service orientated Architecture (SOA)
• Object Orientation (Devlopers)
• Modelling (ARIS /UML)
• Joint application development
• Testing principles and processes
• Relevant development tools
• Systems application Design
• Application systems
• Relevant design tools
• Systems integration
• Behavioural Competencies
• Continuous Learning
• Collaborating
• Customer Focus
• Initiating Action
• Work Standards
• Managing Work
• Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills

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Job Purpose

• To apply  specialisation Under minimal direction within SAP projects and technical expertise that meets customer business needs by interacting with stakeholders to define requirements and priorities.  Performs systems analysis, solution design, develop, supports and maintains SAP system.

Job Responsibilities

• Contribute to quality and  financial goals by operating within agreed budget and by conforming to the Service Level Agreements.
• Plans and prioritise work outputs with a realistic sense of time an resources involved. Ensure  conformance to programming and/or configuration standards and /or documentation in line with best practices.
• Investigate and propose enhancements which will result in improved performance.
• Delivers to stakeholders with the appropriate level of urgency.
• Works under limited supervision of mentor/Senior in supporting the achievement of project/deliverables.
• Highlights potential project or solution risks and issues to project management.
• Act in a technical integration specialist  role across various SAP disciplines.
• Actively support other team members on projects as well as SAP internal tasks.
• Consult on SAP landscape according to agreed standards.
• Provide input and oversight into testing and implementation of SAP programs.
• Takes ownership in insuring that internal customers expectations  are met.
• Share knowledge.
• Prioritise and/or integrate multiple projects /tasks concurrently.
• Provide input  to highlight inter dependencies between projects and support.
• Identify and Mitigate risk.
• Drive problem resolution.
• Keep up to date on Nedbank strategy and SAP technologies.
• Takes a disciplined approach and works effectively towards clear objectives and prioritises.
• Analyses and appropriately judges the pro's, cons, opportunities and risks of a problem.
• Uses and share  information from different sources to aid in problem solving.
• Effectively resolves complex problems using creative approaches outside area of expertise.
• Maintaining and sharing team  knowledge.
• Continually develop core skills, cross-functional expertise and business knowledge.
• Coach and mentor other resources in technical.reparation of SAP Process Procedures, test scenarios, end-user documentation and user manuals.
• Participate in Nedbank Culture building initiatives  thereby contributing to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals.
• Participate and support corporate social responsibility initiatives.
• Add value to Nedbank by identifying and recommending opportunities to enhance processes, systems and policies and support implementation of new processes, policies and systems.

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees

Preferred Qualification

• Bcom/IS/IT ENG/BSc/Com Science related degree  

Preferred Certifications

• Preferred certified in more than one  SAP module /ASAP certification 

Type of Exposure

• Relevant data analysis and interpretation
• IT Practices and Industry Knowledge
• Advanced Business Acumen
• Proficient Business Acumen
• Testing of software solutions
• Managing personal work delivery according to timelines and quality standards
• Building and maintaining effective cross-functional relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Consulted Stakeholders
• Contributing to improve team performance
• Mentoring and coaching

Minimum Experience Level

• 5 years plus SAP BW experience 
• Experience with applying LSA++ Architecture in SAP BW/4HANA
• Experience with modelling using the core modelling artefacts of SAP BW/4HANA
• Experience with the application of hybrid modelling in Mixed scenarios 
• Experience with Analysis Authorization in SAP BW/4HANA 
• Experience with Analytic privileges in SAP HANA
• Experience with ODP 2.0 framework and other SAP BW/4HANA data provisioning methods
• Experience with Shell conversion using SAP BW/4HANA Transfer Cockpit and other relevant tools
• Experience with using SAP HANA Studio and the respective perspectives for modelling 
• Experience with SAP HANA expert scripts
• Must be able to translate complex ABAP programs to SAP HANA calculation views

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Technical Proficiency
• Quality assurance
• Relevant project and process applications
• Troubleshooting
• Behavioural Competencies
• Managing Work
• Building Customer Loyalty
• Decision Making
• Quality Orientation
• Continuous Learning
• Innovation

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About the job
Job Purpose

To apply specialisation within multiple SAP projects and support and technical expertise that meets customer business needs by interacting with stakeholders to define requirements and priorities. Performs systems analysis, solution design, develop, supports and maintains SAP system. Drives technical solution design, system integration, SAP architecture and landscape.
Job Responsibilities

• Contribute to quality and financial goals by operating within agreed budget and by conforming to the Service Level Agreements.
• Plans and prioritise work outputs with a realistic sense of time a resources involved.
• Ensure conformance to programming and/or configuration standards and /or documentation in line with best practices.
• Investigate and propose enhancements which will result in improved performance.
• Delivers to stakeholders with the appropriate level of urgency.
• Works under limited supervision of mentor/Senior in supporting the achievement of project/deliverables.
• Highlights potential project or solution risks and issues to project management.
• Act in a Technical integration specialist role across various SAP disciplines.
• Provide and develop new proposals to key stakeholder.
• Provide Industry solutions and bets practices knowledge to clients.
• Maintain and expand client contact as a high level and build credible relationship with key client personnel.
• Actively support other team members on projects as well as SAP internal tasks.
• Consult on SAP landscape according to agreed standards.
• Provide input and oversight into testing and implementation of SAP programs.
• Takes ownership in ensuring that internal customers expectations are met.
• Share knowledge.
• Prioritise and/or integrate multiple projects /tasks concurrently.
• Provide input to highlight inter dependencies between projects and support.
• Consult on SDLC processes.
• Identify and Mitigate risk.
• Drive problem resolution.
• Involved in solution design activities.
• Work closely with project mangers to guide on deliverables.
• Guide op Technical principles.
• Keep up to date on Nedbank strategy and SAP technologies.
• Takes a disciplined approach and works effectively towards clear objectives and prioritises.
• Analyses and appropriately judges the pro's, cons, opportunities and risks of a problem.
• Uses and share information from different sources to aid in problem solving.
• Effectively resolves complex problems using creative approaches outside area of expertise.
• Maintaining and sharing team knowledge.
• Continually develop core skills, cross-functional expertise and business knowledge.
• Coach and mentor other resources in technical preparation of SAP Process Procedures, test scenarios, end-user documentation and user manuals.
• Responsible for contributing to professional development of consultants.
• Plays a role in the recruitment of new consultants.
• Participate in Nedbank Culture building initiatives), thereby contributing to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals.
• Participate and support corporate social responsibility initiatives for the achievement of key business strategies.
• Add value to Nedbank by identifying and recommending opportunities to enhance processes, systems and policies and support implementation of new processes, policies and systems.
   

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees

Preferred Qualification

• Bcom/IS/IT ENG/BSc/Com Science related degree  

Preferred Certifications

• Preferred certifies in more than multiple SAP module /ASAP certification 
• SAP BPC Certification

Type of Exposure

• Teamwork
• Collaboration across functional areas
• Relevant data analysis and interpretation
• IT Practices and Industry Knowledge
• Business Consulting skills
• Proficient Business Acumen
• Managing personal work delivery according to timelines and quality standards
• Building and maintaining effective cross-functional relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Mentoring and coaching

Minimum Experience Level

• 10 years plus SAP Functional experience
• Team leadership
• Experience with BPC Embedded and BPC Standard - BW4HANA BPC 11.1
• Experience with BPC EPM reporting and BW Query development
• Experience with Fox coding
• Experience with applying LSA++ Architecture in SAP BW/4HANA
• Experience with modelling using the core modelling artefacts of SAP BW/4HANA
• Experience with the application of hybrid modelling in Mixed scenarios
• Experience with SAP ECC FI module
• Experience with Analysis Authorization in SAP BW/4HANA
• Experience with using SAP HANA Studio and the respective perspectives for modelling
• Experience with SAP HANA expert scripts
• Experience with SAP HANA ABAP to developed and convert programs to SAP HANA calculation views

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Performance monitoring and tuning
• Data Analysis and Interpretation
• IT Solutions Architecture
• ASAP
• SAP System
• SAP Architecture
• knowledge of SAP
• Microsoft Office
• System Development Life cycle(SDLC)
• Problem solving skills

Behavioural Competencies

• Building Trusting Relationships
• Customer Focus
• Communication
• Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills
• Strategic Influence
• Coaching
• Innovation