Senior Business Analyst

Job description:You will work in the IT solutions team within the company. You will drive technology solutions that enable business goals and create efficiencies. Your relevant industry experience together with a strong skillset in systems and data will give you the toolset to add value in an environment that is striving to provide first class solutions to a growing business.Responsibilities:Design end to end solutions for business including processes, systems and data.Have a strategic view on projects and systems and see the big picture.Develop business requirement specifications.Develop functional and technical specifications.Analyse and test systems as part of investigations and system changes.Work with vendors to plan, design and implement enhancements.Work with in-house and 3rd party technical resources to develop and enhance business applications.Continuously identify and implement incremental improvements to current processes, independent of larger project deliverables.Effective stakeholder management.Be a driver of process improvement within the team.Mentoring of junior team members.Minimum requirements:Relevant degree5 or more years of experience as a business analystProven track record of project deliverySolid understanding of relational databases and ability to analyse data Advantageous requirements:Experience in Unit Trust Financial Services environment Competencies required:Problem solving skillsDealing with complexityDocumentation skillsPlanning/organising and coordinating skillsInterpersonal skills (Interaction with different business divisions and level of management)Communication skills (verbal and written)Solutions drivenStrong analytical skillsStrong numeracy skillsIndustry specific knowledge