Analyst, Feature

Company Description

Standard Bank Offshore is the offshore arm of the Standard Bank Group, a leading Africa focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage. Our international Banking, Lending, Investment, Fiduciary and Wealth Management services offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals.

Our clients range from individuals to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We’re passionate about creating growth in Africa and SBO is perfectly positioned to support the growth of our organisation from our office in the Isle of Man, Jersey, London, Mauritius and South Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Support the delivery of the Lending module on the new cloud version of SAP
• Manage and deliver small to medium features through Request for Change (RFCs)
• Clarify business requirements and document associated user stories and acceptance criteria
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, cross-functional teams, and product owners
• Contribute to the accurate and effective end-to-end delivery of expectations
• Assume the role of scrum master within the Feature team when required
• Support both change and run activities within the SAP&Core IT portfolio
• Focus on core banking platform SAP and transactional and payments technologies

Qualifications

Qualifications and Experience:

• First Degree in Information Technology
• 5-7 years of experience in requirements elicitation, gathering, documentation, and management
• Strong understanding of Agile working practices, LEAN, and SCRUM methodologies
• Experience working collaboratively across teams in an agile environment
• Business Analyst qualification or equivalent experience
• SAP Banking or SAP Loans skills preferred
• Experience within an IT team in a bank or large organisation
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Additional Information

Key responsibilities:

• Work closely with Lending and Credit Risk stakeholders and SMEs to solicit their requirements in delivering the Lending solution on the Cloud For Banking platform.

• Be responsible for managing delivery of features and stories of the Lending solution

• Proactively identify Issues, risks and mitigate where required

• Manage the Program Increment planning with stakeholders and delivery teams

• Engage the 3rd party with any identified technical issues that will impact business processes.

• Implement change in line with the Agile framework

• Liaise with SAP&Core Lead with regards to Sprint tracking and providing regular updates to the Sponsor and Product Owner

• Compile the test plan and test scenarios for the business

• Document the small to medium features where assigned, should there be capacity

Technical Competencies:

• IT Business Analysis/ Feature Analysis
• IT Knowledge
• Requirements Gathering and Management
• Research & Information Gathering
• Stakeholder Management (IT)