The successful candidate will act as the interface between the Systems Teams, Business, PIT and other 3rd Parties, through a set of tasks and techniques, to recommend solutions (New and or improved business process, information systems, software applications) that enable the Functional Department/s and Business to achieve its goals.

We're a fully in-office team. This role is based at our Support Centre in Kuils River, Cape Town.

Finance & systems experience required

Essential 

• Proven experience in a Finance environment 
• Exposure to Financial Systems and processes
• Proven experience of business processes flowing into journal entries & finance reporting
• Business Analyst exposure: system analysis; business process development, including the facilitation of workshops, stakeholder management
• Finance System support exposure: maintaining an incident management process; analysing the nature of incidents; liaising with system developers in order to resolve incidents.
• Co-ordination of quality assurance and testing

Preferred

• Experience in online commerce (finance team), mobile industry, finance revenue, cash & banking reconciliation
• An understanding of in-store & website transactional messaging environment
• Finance inventory / finance treasury / revenue / cash reconciliation experience
• Previous experience as a Business Analyst / Systems Business Analyst will be an advantage but not a necessity
• Thorough grasp of business fundamentals and strategic priorities from a financial perspective
• Understanding of writing business requirements, system requirements and functional specifications
• Project Management responsibilities
• Exposure to successful technology implementation and process projects
• SAP Finance
• Business Analyst/Business Partners/SME’s (Subject Matter Expert)

Qualification required 

Essential

▪ Grade 12 Certificate/Matric
▪ A relevant Degree and or Higher National Diploma (Information Technology, Computer Science, System Design, Management Science, Business studies, Information Systems, Business Analyst)

Preferred

▪ Project Management Diploma/Certificate

Knowledge & Skills required

Knowledge required:
▪ Waterfall and Agile working methodologies and principles.
▪ Working knowledge of implementing and maintaining systems/services/applications.
▪ Knowledge of PMBOK and BABOK management principles
▪ Ability to compile quantitative and or qualitative information/reporting
▪ MS Suite Intermediate - Advanced user
▪ System integration (environment/area specific)
▪ Knowledge of Personal Data Protection – POPIA
▪ Working knowledge of:
o Cloud based (SaaS) software applications that can enable services.
o Hardware and Software lifecycle management
o SDLC
o Change Control governance principles and Defect management.
o Fit for purpose system integration in an ERP- and non-ERP environment.
o Utilising various modelling techniques
o UI / UX
o Process Mapping tools (Draw.io, etc)

Skills required:

• Planning
• Analytical
• Critical thinking
• Multi project/activity management
• Prioritisation of projects/activity/resources
• Requirement’s elicitation
• Risk management
• Facilitation
• Communication