Finance Systems Business Analyst – ACK230414-2

By | June 6, 2023

Ackermans in Kuilsriver, Cape Town, Western Cape Province of South Africa is looking for a Finance Systems Business Analyst.

Job TitleFinance Systems Business Analyst
DepartmentFinance
BrandAckermans
Reporting To PositionManager
Job Type ClassificationPermanent
Number of Positions1
Location – Town / CityKuilsriver, Cape Town
Location – ProvinceWestern Cape
Location – CountrySouth Africa
Job AdvertAre you looking to expand your career as a Systems Business Analyst in Finance? If you are, then look no further!
We have an exciting opprtunity for a Systems Business Analyst to join our Finance Systems team on a permanent basis. This position will be based at our offices in Kuilsriver and will report directly to the Finance Systems Manager.
By taking on this opportunity, you will use your Finance knowledge and experience by playing a significant role within the business between the Business, Pepkor IT and other suppliers, by acting as the interface between the Systems Teams, Business, Pepkor IT and other 3rd parties 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.
Not only do we have more than 106 years of success behind us, but we have 1000 stores spread across South Africa and Africa. We are a key part of the Pepkor Group and are extremely proud of our culture, and take pride in the development of our employees as we continue to be a leading value fashion retailer for women and children in their lives by continuously setting the standard for value and affordability.
If you have a proven track record in a Finance environment with exposure to Financial Systems, projects and processes along with system support, then this is your opportunity to support our Commercial business initiatives and to shine.
QualificationsEssential:

BCom Degree

Preferred:

Project Management Diploma/Certificate
Knowledge, Skills and ExperienceKnowledge 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

Experience required:
Essential:

Proven experience in a Finance environment
Exposure to Financial Systems and processes
Business Analyst exposure: system analysis; business process development, including the facilitation of workshops
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
Proven experience of processes flowing into journal entries and reporting± 5 years’ experience in Apparel Retail (Business area specific / Systems), with exposure to:
Business process exposure/understanding (Area specific)
Process optimizing/improvement
Elicitation and documenting BRS/BRD
IT and 3rd party collaboration
Setup, Management and execution of testing
Project Management
Training/Change management
Systems/Business support for BAU
System Architecture understanding (area specific – integration environment/technical competency)
Unified Modeling Language (UML – High-level context diagram, Product Breakdown Structure, System Architecture diagram, Flow Chart, Business Workflow diagram, Business Process Model and Notation, Use Case diagram, Use Case Narrative)
Basic Oracle / Structured Query Language (SQL) – area specific

Preferred:

Experience in commercial and financial industry
Exposure to successful technology implementation and process projects
Business Analyst/Business Partners/SME’s (Subject Matter Expert)
SAP finance exposure

 
Key Responsibilities

Collaborate and interact with functional business areas to gather requirements


Facilitate workshops between multiple stakeholders to gather information


Project manage Stategic projects


Continuous communication with stakeholders to either keep them updated on project progress or to highlight risk or follow-up on outstanding items


Write user-stories or business requirement specifications


Manage the critical path and timelines of deliverables


Compile test packs where needed and support it with testing


Manage pilots, roll-outs, and training of projects

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