IT Business Analyst

Description

Investec Sandton is looking for a candidate that will be responsible for fulfilling the role of an IT Business Analyst within the Capital Management team sitting within the CS Tech Risk division. The role will involve focusing on business‑as‑usual deliverables and support for multiple global regions across Investec.

Key Responsibilities

• Write and maintain business specifications. Also produce functional documents, system configuration changes and consider best practice operational controls
• Participate in and drive technical design sessions with IT architects (when required) before compiling the functional specifications
• Design and manage the implementation of automated schedules in Control‑M with the respective team
• When applicable, create and document test scenarios for testing purposes
• Work with the Data Warehouse team to define and source new data requirements and maintain the team's data mapping specifications
• Work with the software vendor on implementing new business rule configurations and / or update existing configurations when required
• Participate in the full SDLC process but responsible for managing the entire delivery – from understanding the requirements, to documentation, managing the change with developers, testing of the change, logging the change control and review the changes post deployment
• Involved in general day‑to‑day production application support and operational requests from business – data and system specific queries and the resolution of them
• Manage stakeholder expectations and priorities effectively
• Build and maintain strong communication with a range of stakeholders across other IT teams and Business Units
• Ability to multi‑task, prioritize, deliver to milestones, be flexible and adjust to change in priorities quickly
• Ability to deal with pressure and remain level headed
• Ability to manage stakeholder expectations regarding requirements
• Ability to write SQL queries to retrieve data from databases
• Take ownership of tasks and projects assigned and follow issues or concerns through to delivery
• Demonstrate the ability to work well in a team with strong facilitation skills
• Customer focused attitude
• Ability to collaborate and facilitate attainment of the best possible solution for the situation
• Ability to conceptualize big picture while maintaining a high level of attention to detail and accuracy
• A proactive mind‑set focused on identifying and mitigating risks and resolving issues

Qualifications, Experience and Skills

Investec Culture

At Investec we look for intelligent, energetic people filled with passion, integrity and curiosity. We value individuals who in turn value our culture that is, a flexible attitude comfortable to live with ambiguity and willing to challenge the status quo. Diversity, talent and leadership are respected in pursuit of the growth of our business. People who can manage themselves and build strong relationships in order to get things done, will perform in out of the ordinary ways in our environment.

We are committed to diversity and inclusion when recruiting internally and externally.

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