In order to be considered the following is required:
Degree or Diploma and/or CBAP Certification 7 to 10 years relevant systems analysis experience, as enumerated above 4 to 5 years payments and forex industry domain experience Solid understanding of cross border balance of payments reporting (Financial Surveillance), exchange controls and similar cross border payments controls Experience with integration technologies or functionalities that interfaced with the SARB / Finsurv Experience in cross border payments / forex beneficial Strong working knowledge of Use Cases and UML Exposure to the system or applications being developed would be an added advantage All elements that make up the Forex IT infrastructure Development and Production Incident Management Scope Change Management Responsibilities:
Responsible for the analysis and design of new systems, major enhancements to existing systems and general maintenance of systems Leading and facilitating requirements gathering sessions across both the business and technological domain to produce functional and system specifications.  Ensure that functional / systems requirements represents a common view among end-users Participate in system design sessions to arrive at an optimal solution. Assist with the identification of risks and issues within the project(s) and mitigation strategies In conjunction with the Systems Architect or Developer, analyse and design: integration files or messages (e.g. web service definitions, XML schemas, business functions, flat file or delimited files, APIs) help design and update system configurations (outside of the production environment) write SQL queries (not embedded in code), interrogate database tables for analysis purposes and assist in designing database structures analyse and participate in systems functional design sessions for ‘run the bank’ enhancements and upgrades or migrations which require functional expertise / analysis participate in systems functional design sessions for ‘change the bank’ and ‘grow the bank’ initiatives as well as brand new products or capabilities Examine and analyse current process flows and recommend solutions for improving and restructuring processes required to meet business objectives, and to address industry changes and/or opportunities Guide suggestions for appropriate solutions taking into account cost, risk, delivery and feasibility Modelling system designs to meet business objectives. These will include behavioural and structural UML diagrams (like use case diagrams, activity diagrams, sequence diagrams, timing and state machine diagrams, component diagrams, as well as ERD diagrams and interface diagrams when needed) Ensure that requirements models and analyses is done per internationally accepted best practices (Use Case modelling and UML 2.5) Modelling and designing screens for usability, documenting screen flows and designs Where business requirements or user stories have already been provided, interpret and provide system solutions to meet the requirement, along with the functional and system documentation Where business requirements or user stories are not available, must be able to work and co-create with the business stakeholders and to run with a project end to end by applying sound payments industry knowledge and research into the industry and engaging subject matter experts that can provide answers Assist with problem analysis and resolution Interfacing across all teams involved in the project as needed, i.e. all applicable stakeholders external, internal and product heads (e.g. Subject Matter Experts, QA, Architecture, Process Engineering, external project teams, change management teams) Assist QA team by reviewing test cases and scenario’s and assist the QA teams in identifying final system tests to validate that requirements have been met May be required to perform sanity / acceptance tests to ensure the requirement, as documented, has been met, as needed Attend and actively contribute towards the SA Forum / Community of Practice Will ideally have exposure to working within a disciplined agile or other agile environment where project deliverables are put into production at least monthly or more often Information displayed above not limited to advertisement.
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