These jobs were popular with other job seekers Reference: JHB006289-MM1-1**NOTE: This is a hybrid work model (2 days in office)One of our clients in the banking sector, based in Johannesburg is urgently looking for a Business Systems Analyst – Industry Specialist to be responsible to convert business initiatives into world class IT Solutions and design efforts will extend to both existing and/or new systems and databases. Responsible to research problems, plan solutions, recommend solutions and coordinate development to meet the needs of business / other external stakeholders. Interact with product owners, business analysts or solution strategists (when outsourced to business) and the QA Team and also be required to interact with other project team members like vendors (for COTS systems), project managers, project sponsors, product managers and project stakeholders. Duties & Responsibilities In order to be considered the following is required:Degree or Diploma and/or CBAP Certification7 to 10 years relevant systems analysis experience, as enumerated above.4 to 5 years Payments and Forex industry domain experienceStrong working knowledge of Use Cases and UMLExposure to the system or applications being developed would be an added advantageAll elements that make up the Forex IT infrastructureDevelopment and Production Incident ManagementScope Change ManagementMust have a solid understanding of traditional and emerging cross border payment rails, like SwiftShould ideally have a solid understanding of the ISO20022 payments message standards (i.e. PAIN, PACS and CAMPT messages) as well as the equivalent Swift MT100, 200 and 900 series messages)Exposure to SAMOS and cross border local market infrastructure RTGS payments will also be beneficialUnderstands and keeps abreast of the payments modernisation industry changesUnderstanding and facilitating requirements sessions that include financial payment flows and postings to internal financial accountsResponsibilities:Responsible for the analysis and design of new systems, major enhancements to existing systems and general maintenance of systemsLeading and facilitating requirements gathering sessions across both the business and technological domain to produce functional and system specifications. Ensure that functional / systems requirements represents a common view among end-usersParticipate in system design sessions to arrive at an optimal solution. Assist with the identification of risks and issues within the project(s) and mitigation strategiesIn conjunction with the Systems Architect or Developer, analyse and design: Integration files or messages (e.g. web service definitions, XML schemas, business functions, flat file or delimited files, APIs)Help design and update system configurations (outside of the production environment)Write SQL queries (not embedded in code), interrogate database tables for analysis purposes and assist in designing database structuresAnalyse and participate in systems functional design sessions for ‘run the bank’ enhancements and upgrades or migrations which require functional expertise / analysisParticipate in systems functional design sessions for ‘change the bank’ and ‘grow the bank’ initiatives as well as brand new products or capabilities Examine and analyse current process flows and recommend solutions for improving and restructuring processes required to meet business objectives, and to address industry changes and/or opportunitiesGuide suggestions for appropriate solutions taking into account cost, risk, delivery and feasibilityModelling system designs to meet business objectives. These will include behavioural and structural UML diagrams (like use case diagrams, activity diagrams, sequence diagrams, timing and state machine diagrams, component diagrams, as well as ERD diagrams and interface diagrams when needed)Ensure that requirements models and analyses is done per internationally accepted best practices (Use Case modelling and UML 2.5)Modelling and designing screens for usability, documenting screen flows and designsWhere business requirements or user stories have already been provided, interpret and provide system solutions to meet the requirement, along with the functional and system documentationWhere business requirements or user stories are not available, must be able to work and co-create with the business stakeholders and to run with a project end to end by applying sound payments industry knowledge and research into the industry and engaging subject matter experts that can provide answersAssist with problem analysis and resolutionInterfacing across all teams involved in the project as needed, i.e. all applicable stakeholders external, internal and product heads (e.g. Subject Matter Experts, QA, Architecture, Process Engineering, external project teams, change management teams)Assist QA team by reviewing test cases and scenarios and assist the QA teams in identifying final system tests to validate that requirements have been metMay be required to perform sanity / acceptance tests to ensure the requirement, as documented, has been met, as neededAttend and actively contribute towards the SA Forum / Community of PracticeWill ideally have exposure to working within a disciplined agile or other agile environment where project deliverables are put into production at least monthly or more oftenDrive business profitability in the context of cost management through Information technology solutionsArticulate and document functional and systems requirements in a manner which is understood by all stakeholders and which is at the appropriate level of detailEnsure that all requirements are documented within agreed deadlines, signed off by stakeholders timeously and always up to date on the WikiEnsure all artefacts delivered are peer and stakeholder reviewed regularlyEnsure that all work is of high standardEnsure that all deadlines are met for any work committed toEnsure that all work done meets customer (business) expectationsActively participate in daily stand-up meetingsIf you would like to email your CV directly – please send it to millerm@bedifferent.co.za Information displayed above not limited to advertisement. Please consider your application as unsuccessful if you have not received a response within 14 days of submitting your application. 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