Job Vacancies at Discovery Limited

Key Purpose

• Understanding the business requirements and through a structured process documenting, validating and translating it into functional specifications that are used by developers to craft a technical solution. Testing and validating the functionality of the technical solution against the business requirements. Interfacing between the business client and the development team with regards to the business and functional requirements. Ensuring that the business requirements are delivered in the implemented solution. Working with multiple business areas and multiple teams that require deep integration of solutions. Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients and acting as a consultant on the application.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

Business Case

• Assist business to articulate the benefits they wish to realize with the solution. Facilitating the development of a Business Case.

Product Requirements Specification (PRS)

• Design and validate the functional solution.
• This involves interpreting the CRS into a set of Product Requirements Specification (PRS).
• Apply knowledge of the system, interfaces and dependencies to highlight integration aspects that must be considered.
• Identify a set of stakeholders that need to be involved in creating and validating the PRS. Interview business and technical owners, as well as experienced members of the development team (Development Manager, Architect, Snr BA).
• Design a set of test cases/scripts, test scenario's and test data sets to accompany the PRS.
• Validate the PRS and Test Basket with the client and identified stakeholders and obtain

Release Notes & Training Material

• Update and publish release notes related to the current system changes implemented, and notify impacted parties. Maintain and update the BRS and PRS with any added content.

Personal Attributes And Skills

Behavioural competencies

• Stress Management
• Time management and prioritization
• Creativeness
• Learning orientation
• Negotiation skills
• Innovation

Technical Skills

• Project Management
• SQL queries
• Business Writing Skills
• Presentation and Facilitation Skills
• Solution Architecture
• Process Mapping
• Entity Diagram mapping
• Software testing pack design, functional testing

Education And Experience

Minimum

• Informatics or other relevant degree
• 5 years business analyst experience

Advantageous

• Mobile experience
• Dip.BA (FTI or equivalent)
• 1 year user interface analyst experience
• Honours degree
• Business experience and product knowledge

Methodologies

• Waterfall and Agile

Tools

• Enterprise architect
• Visio
• SoapUI (SOAP) / REST client (JSON)
• Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence)

Processes

• ITIL (Incident, Release, Problem Management)
• Technologies
• SQL (Oracle and IBM Netezza)
• UML
• XML
• JSON

Other

• Software architecture
• JAD sessions
• Data modelling techniques

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY

• The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.

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Key Purpose of the role

Reinvent an industry with the power of Discovery and our shared value model at your disposal. This role will support the effort to shake up the employee benefits industry, both in umbrella funds and group risk. We are looking for an individual of outstanding calibre to work with a team that’s focused on innovation. Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

• Ensure new products being implemented on the day of the Discovery Launch
• Develop expertise and offer insight relating to Discovery shared value model
• Develop and model pricing for umbrella fund and group risk products
• Ensure products and benefits are functioning at an optimal level
• Define data intelligence requirements, utilization objectives

Personal Attributes and Skills

The Successful Candidate Must Demonstrate The Following Competencies

• Formulating Strategies and Concepts
• Creating and Innovating
• Applying Expertise and Technology
• Analysing
• Learning and Researching
• Persuading and Influencing
• Presenting and Communicating Information
• Writing and Reporting
• Planning & Organising
• Adhering to Principles and Values
• Delivering Results and Meeting Customer Expectations

Education and Experience

• Fully or Partially Qualified Actuary with Employee benefits or Risk Product Development experience
• 2-4 Years Experience in actuarial modelling, profit testing, problem solving, data analysis, mathematical and statistical reasoning
• Advanced proficiency in MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint
• Track record of strong communication skills (written, presentations, negotiations)
• Experience in the Group Risk or Employee Benefits industry

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY

• The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.