CONTRACT POSITION 12 MONTHS - CENTRE OF TSHWANEFINANCIAL BACKGROUND. SNR BUSINESS ANALYST.Our client is a leading financial institution, committed to fostering a stable and efficient financial system, promoting economic development, and safeguarding the financial well-being of all South Africans. The main purpose of these BAs is to conduct end-to-end business analysis services to the Bank, for the purpose of business optimisation, defining appropriate information and communications technology (ICT) solutions for business, and providing innovative solutions to business problems. The current Business Analysis capacity is insufficient to meet the demands on projects and should be supported by short-term contracts to supplement capacity on key projects.PLEASE NOTE: NO CV'S WILL BE KEPT FOR FUTURE USE. PLEASE ONLY APPLY IF YOU QUALIFY IN FULL. DO NOT APPLY IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE NECESSARY EXPERIENCE. B degree or equivalent (e.g., BTech/BSc/BCom Informatics/Computer Science/Information System/Computer Engineering).Diploma in Business Analysis.Minimum eight years experience in Business Analysis.Knowledge, experience and qualifications in Financial Market.Experience with industry-wide Regulatory and/or Compliance project.Experience in business optimisation, problem-solving, or strategic solution roles with progressive responsibility, preferably within the financial markets and investment/asset management environment.Experience gathering and consolidating requirements from cross-functional groups.Ability to work under pressure and meet constantly changing timelines.Exceptional process and organisational skills with the ability to mobilise change.Advanced knowledge of unified modelling language (UML) and structured system analysis and design methodology (SSADM).Intermediate to advanced knowledge of financial messaging (viz. ISO20022), extensible markup language (XML) and application programming interface (API) usage; andExperience working with data, data governance, treasury or capital markets systems.Deep knowledge of the systems development life cycle (SDLC) (essential).Skilled in business process analysis, design and documentation (essential).Ability to use basic software applications (e.g., Microsoft (MS) Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, Internet and e-mail) (essential).Skilled in using modelling tools (required).Analytical thinking ability.Communication skills (verbal and written).Facilitation skills.Quality orientation.Negotiation skills.Interpersonal relationship-building and maintaining skills.Strong team player.Motivated self-starter.Enterprising.All the required deliverables related to the Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring Knowledge Area.All the required deliverables related to the Requirements Elicitation and Collaboration Knowledge Area.All the required deliverables related to the Requirements Lifecycle Management Knowledge Area.All the required deliverables related to the Strategy Analysis Knowledge Area.All the required deliverables related to the Requirements Analysis and Design Definition Knowledge Area.All the required deliverables related to the Solution Evaluation Knowledge Area.Participate in Solutions Quality Assurance.Training documentation; andTraining and knowledge transfer documentation.