Our client in the financial services industry is seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst to join their team on a 12-month contract basis

Key Responsibilities:

• Requirements Documentation
  • Stakeholder management and communication skills
  • Execution of business analysis methodology
  • Identify, refine, clarify, and define the business need.
  • Able to assist with project requirements planning.
  • Applying and anticipating technical expertise
  • Process documentation
  • Business Requirements specification
  • Impact Assessment
  • Ad-hoc reporting
  • Process and data integrity
  • Project Skills
  • Strong Business Analytic Skills
  • Balance Sheet Reconciliation
  • Execution and implementation of identified solutions and processes

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Insurance or Financial Services experience or finance/financial reporting processes and systems
• Financial accounting / Financial reporting capability
• Strong account reconciliation skills
• Problem-solving ability.
• Cost Allocations and Product Fund accounting understanding
• Finance qualification & background
• Business Analysis Diploma
• Knowledge of the insurance industry and products
• Business analysis and project exposure are essential.
• Experience in mapping out complex business processes
• Exposure to a complex organisational structure at Group level
• CA(SA) / CIMA – beneficial

Competencies:

• Solid understanding of Finance Business Processes
  Self-starter, independent worker
  Analytical and looks for improvement/smarter ways of achieving the outcome.
  High cognitive ability to pick up complex financial processes and rules, products etc. quickly.