Finance Systems Business Analyst: Online Commerce

Ackermans; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 450 000 - 600 000; Full time

Job summary

A retail company in South Africa is seeking a Finance & Systems Analyst to enhance business processes and provide systems support. This full-time position is based at the Support Centre in Kuils River, Cape Town. Ideal candidates should have extensive finance experience, proficiency in financial systems, and a relevant degree. Strong skills in communication, analytical thinking, and project management methodologies are crucial for success in this role.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a Finance environment.
• Exposure to Financial Systems and processes.
• Proven experience of business processes flowing into journal entries & finance reporting.
• Business Analyst exposure: system analysis; business process development.
• Finance System support exposure.

Responsibilities

• Act as the interface between Systems Teams, Business, PIT and other 3rd Parties.
• Recommend solutions to enhance business processes.
• Facilitate workshops and manage stakeholders.
• Coordinate quality assurance and testing.

Skills

Planning

Analytical

Critical thinking

Multi project/activity management

Prioritisation of projects/activity/resources

Requirement's elicitation

Risk management

Facilitation

Communication

Education

Grade 12 Certificate/Matric

Relevant Degree or Higher National Diploma (IT, Computer Science, System Design, etc.)

Tools

MS Suite

Project Management methodologies (PMBOK, BABOK)

Cloud based (SaaS) software applications

Process Mapping tools (Draw.io, etc)

Job description

The successful candidate will act as the interface between the Systems Teams, Business, PIT and other 3rd Parties, through a set of tasks and techniques, 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.

We’re a fully in-office team. This role is based at our Support Centre in Kuils River, Cape Town.

Finance & systems experience required

Essential

• Proven experience in a Finance environment
• Exposure to Financial Systems and processes
• Proven experience of business processes flowing into journal entries & finance reporting
• Business Analyst exposure: system analysis; business process development, including the facilitation of workshops, stakeholder management
• 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

Preferred

• Experience in online commerce (finance team), mobile industry, finance revenue, cash & banking reconciliation
• An understanding of in‑store & website transactional messaging environment
• Finance inventory / finance treasury / revenue / cash reconciliation experience
• Previous experience as a Business Analyst / Systems Business Analyst will be an advantage but not a necessity
• Thorough grasp of business fundamentals and strategic priorities from a financial perspective
• Understanding of writing business requirements, system requirements and functional specifications
• Project Management responsibilities
• Exposure to successful technology implementation and process projects
• SAP Finance
• Business Analyst/Business Partners/SME's (Subject Matter Expert)

Qualification required

Essential

• Grade 12 Certificate/Matric
• A relevant Degree and or Higher National Diploma (Information Technology, Computer Science, System Design, Management Science, Business studies, Information Systems, Business Analyst)

Preferred

• Project Management Diploma/Certificate

Knowledge & Skills required

Knowledge 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:
  • Cloud based (SaaS) software applications that can enable services.
  • Hardware and Software lifecycle management
  • SDLC
  • Change Control governance principles and Defect management.
  • Fit for purpose system integration in an ERP- and non-ERP environment.
  • Utilising various modelling techniques
  • UI / UX
  • 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

Department Finance Locations Ackermans Support Centre Employment type Full-time