Finance Systems Business Analyst: Online Commerce

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.

• 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

• 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)

• 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)

• Project Management Diploma/Certificate

• 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)

• 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