Senior Systems Analyst

SUMMARY:
Purpose of the role:

• The Systems Analyst is responsible to convert large scale business initiatives into world-class IT Solutions
• The systems analysis and design efforts will extend to both existing and/or new systems and databases, but will especially focus on more complex projects or programmes or those that may cut across more than one team or business unit
• Smaller-scale initiatives may, however, still be handled by the Systems Analyst, where the need arises
• The Systems Analyst will need to have solid experience and be a domain expert in the Systems Analysis competency, and ideally in the industry of the projects they will work with
• They may also be required to mentor and guide more junior analysts
• The Systems Analyst will therefore play a pivotal role in leading the systems analysis efforts at a programme/project level (i.e., not from a people management point of view, but rather from a project/programme level
• The Systems Analyst is responsible for researching problems, planning solutions, recommending solutions, and coordinating development to meet the needs of business/other external stakeholders
• The System Analyst will interact with system architects, product owners, business analysts, solution strategists, and the QA Teams
• The Systems Analyst will also be required to interact with other project team members, like vendors (for COTS systems), project managers, project sponsors, product managers, and project stakeholders
• The role will require several speciality domains as enumerated below
• Each individual in the project may require one or more of the undermentioned functions to be performed, and the analyst may specialise in all or several of these functions

POSITION INFO:
Systems Analyst Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the analysis and design of new functionalities or upgrades that require payment domain and analysis discipline expertise
• Facilitating functional and system design sessions to produce functional and system specifications. Ensure that functional / systems requirements represent a common view among end-users
• Assist with the identification of risks and issues within the project(s) and mitigation strategies

• Must have solid exposure and have worked on projects for traditional and emerging cross-border payment rails and/or Remittances (SWIFT, CIPS, Remittance Rails, Card rails for remittances)
• Should ideally have a solid understanding of the ISO20022 payments message standards (PAIN, PACS, and CAMT messages)
• Exposure to SAMOS and cross-border local market infrastructure RTGS payments will also be beneficial
• Should understand and keep abreast of payments modernisation industry changes
• Should be able to understand and facilitate requirements sessions that include financial payment flows and postings to internal financial accounts
• Must have a solid understanding of cross-border Balance of Payments reporting (Financial Surveillance), exchange controls, and similar cross-border payments controls
• Should ideally have experience with integration technologies or functionalities that interface with the SARB / Finsurv

• Degree or Diploma and/or CBAP Certification

• 7 years or more relevant systems analysis experience, as enumerated above
• 4 to 5 years of Payments and Forex industry domain experience
• 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