Senior Automation Design Practitioner

NedBank; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading banking group as a Senior Automation Design Practitioner, where you will contribute to process optimization and automation strategies across Retail and Business Banking. You will utilize your strong development background and business analysis skills to drive impactful solutions in a fast-paced environment with ample growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• 5 years practical experience in business process analysis.
• 2 years practical experience in analysing processes to identify automation opportunities.
• Competent software developer with experience in Java, C#, C++, SQL.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and re-engineer business processes to drive automation.
• Develop implementation processes and document business case information.
• Provide mentoring and coaching to team members.

Skills

Business process evaluation

Problem solving

Data analysis

Education

Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees

NQF Level 7 Qualification in Business Analysis

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Requisition Details & Talent Acquisition Contact

Requisition nr: 139982
Talent Acquisition Specialist: Tshego Semenya
Location: 135 Rivonia Road, Sandown
Closing date: 20 June 2025

Cluster

Nedbank Retail Business Banking

Career Stream

IT Application Development

Leadership Pipeline Position

Senior Automation Design Practitioner

Why join our team!

Step into a high-impact role where innovation, growth, and real business transformation converge. Join a dynamic, fast-paced team leading the charge in automation across Retail and Business Banking. This is more than just a job; it’s a chance to work with the latest automation tools, collaborate across business units, and be part of a forward-thinking environment that values continuous improvement.

You’ll play a key role in evaluating and re-engineering business processes, identifying automation opportunities, and designing smart, scalable solutions that drive measurable results. With strong leadership support, access to upskilling opportunities, and a culture that encourages innovation, you’ll have the tools and mentorship to grow your career while making a tangible impact.

If you're a sharp process analyst with a solid development background (Java, C#, C++, SQL), and you're passionate about solving problems, improving efficiency, and delivering value—this is your next big move.

Job Purpose

To contribute to business success by providing analyst services in order to understand and optimise business processes and prepare appropriate Automation business cases and solution designs.

Job Responsibilities

• Application of business process evaluation and mapping techniques to describe current business processes and identify the feasibility of optimising business results through automation.
• Determine the current productivity using existing business processes.
• Apply evaluation and estimation techniques to estimate and project the possible productivity improvements using automated processes.
• Calculate the cost benefits of automation.
• Document required business case information, including potential risk and risk reduction.
• Application of process re-engineering techniques to optimise business processes.
• Evaluate business process performance.
• Develop business process improvements.
• Test and verify improvements.
• Develop implementation processes.
• The application of specific process constructor techniques to describe the ideal and feasible automated process indicating the expected productivity improvements.
• Define the automated process.
• Develop a solution design.
• Anticipate risks.
• Improve design to mitigate/eliminate risks.
• Provide Coaching and Mentorship.
• Execution of coding and programming activities in order to create sustainable, reusable automation artefacts, and the execution of quality tests.
• Interpret the solution design and define process and object design instructions.
• Use development techniques and programming language to build the required objects.
• Conduct testing.
• Conduct peer coding reviews.
• Facilitate user acceptance testing.

Minimum Experience Level

• 5 years practical experience in business process analysis
• 2 years practical experience in analysing processes to identify automation opportunities
• Competent software developer with experience on different languages (Java, C#, C++, SQL)
• Experience testing product functionality
• Experience with performance and/or security testing
• Ability to Design Solutions

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees

Preferred Qualification

• NQF Level 7 Qualification in Business Analysis

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Banking knowledge
• Banking procedures
• Business principles
• Business terms and definitions
• Data analysis
• Governance Risks and Controls
• Microsoft Office
• Relevant Software and system Knowledge
• Business writing skills
• Cluster Specific Operational Knowledge

Disclaimer

Preference will be given to candidates from the underrepresented groups

Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at [phone]

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Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at [phone]