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Financial Business Analyst

Financial Business Analyst

Nedbank • ZA
30+ days ago
Job description

Job Purpose

  • The Financial Business Analyst is responsible for supporting and enhancing the organisation’s business intelligence and reporting capability, with a primary focus on the SAP Business Warehouse (BW) and Business Objects (BOBJ) platforms.
  • The role combines technical expertise, financial analysis, and stakeholder engagement to deliver efficient reporting solutions, optimise system performance, and provide data-driven insights that support strategic decision-making and financial management.

Job Responsibilities

Business Intelligence & System Management

  • Maintain, support, and optimise the SAP BW and Business Objects reporting environments
  • Monitor system performance and proactively resolve reporting and usage inefficiencies
  • Collaborate with SAP technical teams on system enhancements, upgrades, and issue resolution
  • Support testing, validation, and deployment of new system functionality

Reporting & Data Analytics

  • Design, develop, and maintain standardised and ad hoc financial and operational reports
  • Translate business requirements into effective reporting and analytics solutions
  • Perform financial and data analysis to provide actionable insights to stakeholders
  • Ensure the accuracy, consistency, and integrity of reporting outputs

Stakeholder Engagement

  • Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders across all organisational levels
  • Communicate insights, solutions, and system capabilities through presentations and reports
  • Provide guidance and support to users to improve report design and utilisation
  • Promote the adoption and effective use of SAP BW and BOBJ within the business

Process Improvement & Data Management

  • Identify and implement improvements to reporting, data processes, and system utilisation
  • Ensure effective maintenance and governance of master data within SAP (CO and Loans modules)
  • Recommend and implement solutions that enhance decision-making and operational efficiency
  • Continuously seek opportunities to optimise business processes and add value

Project Delivery

  • Support the delivery of business intelligence and finance-related projects
  • Work closely with cross-functional teams to implement system enhancements and new initiatives
  • Contribute to requirements gathering, solution design, and implementation activities

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

  • Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees
  • Professional Qualifications/Honour’s Degree

Preferred Qualification

  • Diploma or degree in Financial Management
  • SAP Business Intelligence certification (BW and/or Business Objects)

Preferred Certifications

  • IIBA endorsed

Minimum Experience Level

  • 3–6 years’ experience within a financial services or finance-related environment
  • Proven experience working with SAP Business Warehouse (BW)
  • Strong experience in SAP Business Objects (BOBJ), including Web Intelligence (Webi)
  • Experience working with SAP Analysis for Microsoft Excel

Technical / Professional Knowledge

  • Research methodology
  • BA Body Of Knowledge
  • Business writing skills
  • Agile Concepts
  • Data and Business analysis
  • Process Engineering Skills
  • Global business analysis Trend
  • Business Analysis Descipline , Techniques and Practices
  • Microsoft Office Product

Behavioural Competencies

  • Decision Making
  • Building partnerships
  • Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills
  • Initiating Action
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Customer Orientation
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