Job Opportunities at Discovery Limited

Key Purpose

The Senior Business Analyst within Product Supply is a critical role that has the responsibility of ensuring that the bespoke systems are managed efficiently, to the benefit of the system users and with a future view on sustainability and robustness. Due to the fact that the Product Supply Area has such a wide range of functions, the senior Business Analyst role will overlap with various functions ,initiatives, responsibilities.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

• Overseeing the current systems team (tasking / reviewing / guiding / mentoring)
• Overseeing/Monitoring the external service provider
• System owner for the whole suite of bespoke developed systems (approx. 9 systems)
• System Analysis
• Business Requirements
• System design
• Ensure audit readiness
• Environment (QA/DEV/PROD) control
• Production Support
• User support
• Data Fixes
• Data Extractions, Investigations & Analysis
• Data migrations
• Report writing and design (Ownership of approx. 600 reports)
• Audit queries
• Compliance queries
• System Overview presentations
• Knowledge Base build up & maintenance
• Constant Technical Debt Servicing on the existing systems
• Version (Stadium\Linx\Office\SQL) upgrades
• Corrective maintenance
• Adaptive maintenance
• Preventive maintenance
• CONSTANTLY be on the lookout for enhancements/automations that can be implemented in the Product Supply area but also within the bigger Finance Area. We also often deliver small enhancements/automations to other teams within Discovery Invest – as the need arises
• Regular reporting to stakeholders (Management, Business owners)
• Opportunity to get involved with business during the launch/setup phases of any new initiatives as well as operational exposure to the business

Personal Attributes and Skills

• Drives Results
• Values Driven
• Optimistic
• Learns on the Fly
• Resilient
• Instils Trust
• People Savvy
• Problem Solver

Additional Attributes

•  Financial Acumen
•  Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Highly motivated self-starter who takes initiative
• Analysis and Problem assessment skills
• Manages Complexity
• Ability to operate in a pressurised environment
• Ability to function in a team, be self-motivated and disciplined
• Ability to lead others in a constructive way and help them grow
• Ability to identify and implement process optimizations
•  Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
• Ability to manage deadlines and plan, organise and control work-flow
• Ability to investigate and find a resolution
•  Ability to inspire
•  Ability to plan and organize

Education and Experience

Education

· BSc in Informatics / Computer Sciences or related qualification

Experience

• 6 years in IT role at senior level
• Strong system design & analysis skills
• Strong data analysis skills
• MS Excel – must be excellent
• SQL Syntax – must be excellent
• 2 – 3 years of experience in an investment environment
• Exposure to an Investor Registration System – Advantageous
• Exposure to a Fund Administration/Pricing System – Advantageous
• Exposure to 5th generation configuration tools Linx & Stadium – Advantageous

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Key Purpose

Within the CAS system area, the Java Developer must work together with Business Analyst to understand the overall business need and the requirements, design the system solution using various approaches and technologies, implement the designed solution in the system with high quality source codes.

The Senior Developer will support the projects throughout the project life-cycle, including requirements, design, implementation, release and post release support.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

• Develop, test, and maintain the deployed application software with high quality
• Analyse, maintain and enhance existing application and troubleshoot issues with efficiency
• Perform accurate development estimation
• Produce technical specifications and designs
• Analytical and problem solving skills
• Self-starter who takes ownership, is accountable, and is able to work under minimum supervision
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Can help with quality assurance and provide comments
• Present to senior stakeholders
• Offer support and guidance to peers
• Perform analysis at a strategic level and understand principles of business, technical and enterprise architecture

Personal Attributes And Skills

• Unit testing and mocking frameworks
• Source control, experience with GIT
• Passionate about technology and development.
• Results oriented with the ability to work under pressure and juggle multiple concurrent projects with changing priorities and deadlines
• Analytical thinking
• Personal organisation and time management skills
• Technical and business writing skills
• Presentation and facilitation skills
• Communication skills (written, verbal/presenting and listening)
• Attention to detail
• Ability to build relationships with people from all different backgrounds and at different job levels

Education And Experience

Minimum

• Matric/Grade 12 and formal Java qualifications.
• 6 years Java systems development experience
• Java EE knowledge and experience
• Experience with SOAP and REST services

Preferred

• IT related Degree or Diploma (BSc/BTech or similar).
• Angular Framework
• Spring Framework
• ORM/Hibernate/JPA experience
• JMS, Tibco EMS experience
• Oracle and PL/SQL knowledge
• SOAP and REST (XML/JSON)
• Experience with Business Rules Management Frameworks
• Experience using formal modelling languages (UML, etc) and modelling tools (Enterprise Architect, Visual Paradigm etc.)

Advantageous

• Honours degree
• DevOps/Continuous integration
• Exposure to the Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence, Bamboo and Bitbucket)