Business Systems Analyst Responsibilities: Responsible for the analysis and design of new systems that may cut across teams or business units, major enhancements to existing systems and general maintenance of systems Leading 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-users Participate in system design sessions to arrive at an optimal solution. Assist with the identification of risks and issues within the project(s) and mitigation strategies In 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 etc.) 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 structures Analyse and participate in systems functional design sessions for run the bank enhancements and upgrades or migrations which require functional expertise / analysis Participate 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 opportunities Guide suggestions for appropriate solutions taking into account cost, risk, delivery and feasibility Modelling 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 designs Where business requirements or user stories have already been provided, interpret and provide system solutions to meet the requirements, along with the functional and system documentation Where 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 answers Assist with problem analysis and resolution Interfacing 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 met May be required to perform sanity/acceptance tests to ensure the requirement, as documented, has been met, as needed Attend and actively contribute towards the SA Forum/ Community of Practice Will 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 often As a senior analyst, will be required to lead the analysis efforts of a project end to end (not leading people, but rather a project / programme), mentor and guide other analysts in the team, and assist in the upskilling and knowledge share efforts required to build an effective team Cross Border Payments and/or Finsurv Industry Experience: Must have solid exposure and have worked on projects for traditional and emerging cross border payment rails, like Swift Having an understanding of other payment rails, especially international cross border rails, would be highly advantageous Should ideally have a solid understanding of the ISO20022 payments message standards (i.e. PAIN, PACS and CAMT 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 beneficial Understands and keeps abreast of the payments modernisation industry changes Understanding and facilitating requirements sessions that include financial payment flows and postings to internal financial accounts Other: Drive business profitability in the context of cost management through Information technology solutions Articulate and document functional and systems requirements in a manner which is understood by all stakeholders and which is at the appropriate level of detail Ensure that all requirements are documented within agreed deadlines, signed off by stakeholders timeously and always up to date on the Wiki Ensure all artefacts delivered are peer and stakeholder reviewed regularly Ensure that all work is of high standard Ensure that all deadlines are met for any work committed to Ensure that all work done meets customer (business) expectations Actively participate in daily stand-up meetings Qualifications: Degree or Diploma and/or CBAP Certification Experience: 7 to 10 years relevant systems analysis experience, as enumerated above 4 to 5 years of Payments and Forex industry domain experience Strong working knowledge of Use Cases and UML Exposure to the system or applications being developed would be an added advantage All elements that make up the Forex IT infrastructure Development and Production Incident Management Scope Change Management

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