Role Purpose
The purpose of the Mid-Level Front Arena System Analyst (SA) at Andile is to provide Capital Markets knowledge and practical application of business analysis to design, develop and implement functional and/or technical system solutions to Capital Markets challenges. This role has a client system focus.
Role Objectives
- Understand and clarify client functional and/or technical system requirements in order to identify and define client system challenges in the context of client business and/or system requirements.
- Deliver functional and/or technical system solutions in order to solve client business and/or system challenges.
- Ensure that implemented system solutions address the original client business and/ or system requirement with the requisite quality.
- Ensure Andile’s continual growth in system analysis competence through continuous individual learning and development.
Qualifications
The following educational requirements were found to be relevant to this role:
- B.Sc. Honours Financial Mathematics or B.Sc. Actuarial Science, or
- B.Sc. Honours Computer Science or B.Eng. Electrical and/or Electronic Engineering or similar
Knowledge
- 3+ years’ experience in FIS Front Arena, Murex is essential
- Capital Markets subject matter, across asset classes, across business areas.
- FIS Front Arena or similar Capital Markets Software Systems.
- Business Analysis fundamentals.
- System Configuration and/or Development fundamentals.
Skills
- Requirements Gathering – elicitation of client system requirements for input to functional and/or technical requirements specifications.
- Solution Design – design of functional and/or technical system solutions that address client system requirements.
- Scoping – contribute to client deliverable scope analysis and definition within context of system requirements.
- System Configuration and/or Development – the ability to configure systems and/or develop system software in order to deliver functional and/or technical solutions to client system requirements.
- Planning – plan task execution and deliver accordingly.
- Documentation – documenting of all required aspects related to system analysis, including requirements, solutions and testing.
- Testing – definition, validation and documentation of functional and/or technical testing scope, test and user acceptance testing. cases and test outcomes across all testing phases, including unit, functional/integration, regression
- Solution Verification – quality control and verification of final solution adherence to functional and/or technical requirements specifications before final production delivery and implementation.
- System Training – training to client business users in the use and/or understanding of system functionality.
- Post Implementation Support – system maintenance and client assistance in the use and/or understanding of the implemented system solutions.
- Stakeholder Engagement – the ability to engage relevant stakeholders of a client deliverable for all functional and/or technical delivery aspects.
- Prioritisation – the ability to identify the object of highest importance and executing accordingly.
- Communication – the ability to convey relevant information in written and verbal form with the intent of creating clarity.
- Interpersonal Skills – the ability to interact with other people, individually and in groups through listening, effective speaking and the ability to control and manage emotions.
- Collaboration – being intentional about working together with others to achieve a common purpose, and the realisation that the collective result is superior to individual results.
Top Skills
What We Do
We are a partner for Banks and Financial Institutions - making your trade, treasury, risk and assurance functions smarter and more efficient.
With its deep expertise in capital markets and its wide range of partnerships, Andile is creating an entirely new professional services consulting approach: One that proudly embraces the talent and experience of its people to offer a solution-neutral perspective on running, changing and transforming Trade, Treasury, Risk and Assurance operations in Banks and Financial Institutions.
Andile’s specialised Platform and Advisory “Centres of Excellence” teams, with their deep technical and subject matter expertise, service institutions in the United Kingdom, European Union, Australia, India and many countries across Africa.
