Finance Solutions Specialist needed at Rand Merchant Bank

Job Description

• To design and implement finance processes and control across multiple business areas within business projects or as part of finance continuous improvement projects. Ensure that there is financial integrity across the financials systems and provide business with effective, reliable, and timely financial information for management, strategic operational and financial reporting.
• Generate end to end finance process design and complete a detailed BRS document on projects, in particular but not limited to Master Data requirements, Business Rules, Clear and Detailed Process Maps, Accounting Rules/Entries, Control requirements and reporting requirements.
• Conduct workshops with relevant stakeholders to understand and document finances business requirement across multiple departments/divisions.
• Liaise with Project Manager/IT with regards to project plans and agree deliverables and timelines.
• Provide input to project plans and timelines.
• Provide feedback on project risks including financial risks, time risks and requirements risks.
• Work with the Systems Analyst to communicate the business requirement and ongoing interaction to ensure that any development meets the business need.
• Develop test scripts in line with business scenarios.
• Conduct thorough System and Integration Testing.
• Resolve any integration errors on a weekly basis.
• Responsible for developing business requirement specifications for processes and documenting enhancements.
• Responsible for investigating and resolving incidents logged by the business on a weekly basis.
• Provide input into finance policies, principles, and procedures.
• Help ensure that environment is setup for business change which includes analyze process changes, risks and impacts and facilitating communication thereof and assist with the analysis of process changes, risk impacts and communication required.
• Compile training material and delivery thereof responsible for supporting the business during implementation.
• Support the users until processes and systems have stabilized.
• Responsible for weekly status reporting, feedback on issues and risks.
• Responsible for ensuring that all documentation and portfolio of evidence is saved on the network.
• Identify, analyze, and define business requirements received from Business Owners, Subject matter experts and/or Project teams.
• Make recommendations for the enhancement or replacement of existing applications used with modern, practical, cost-effective solutions.
• Identify opportunities where new technology, digital developments and/or automation can be value adding.
• Clearly document and articulate business requirements to development- and testing teams using appropriate solution diagrams, user stories, use cases or high-level functional requirements documents.
• Ensure the final deliverable meets project and business specifications and qualifications.
• Sign off User Acceptance Testing and Business Readiness Testing.
• Assist with production enquiries.