(658) Applications Functional Specialist x2 – BSTD needed at South African Reserve Bank

Detailed description

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Provide application functional support to the SARB applications for users in the SARB Group, namely the SARB and its subsidiaries.
• Drive business analysis initiatives for SARB applications enhancements, from the initiation to the implementation of projects.
• Facilitate workshops and consult with business owners and other stakeholders with regard to problem definition and the identification of business requirements/needs.
• Review business processes and procedures, analyse business requirements/needs and associated data and identify possible solutions.
• Expand the scope and feasibility of solutions and develop the supporting business cases.
• Facilitate user requirement management throughout the system development life cycle.
• Manage change requirements and supporting specifications, provide functional specification and manage acceptance testing.
• Manage stakeholder relationships to ensure the delivery of a high-quality service and fit-for-purpose solutions.
• Configure complex business processes and tasks (where appropriate) within a system for improvement.
• Identify and register risks within their application functional streams.
• Configure (functional) the application as per approved business requirements and align with best practice.
• Develop systems training material and training plans and present training courses in support of new application functions.

Qualifications

Job requirements

To be considered for this position, candidates must be in possession of:

• a Bachelor’s degree (NQF 7) in Information Technology or an equivalent qualification; and
• five to eight years’ experience in applications and functional and business analysis within the implementation and/or support environments of applications.

Additional requirements include:

• knowledge and skill in:
• industry, organisational and business awareness;
• quality assurance;
• continuous improvement;
• continued learning and professional development;
• business transformation and optimisation; 
• elicitation techniques;
• business analysis practices, methodology and tools;
• realisation and testing practices; 
• IT domain management;
• planning and organising; and
• analysis and problem-solving.