Finance Business Systems Analyst

Job Description

Responsibilities:

Consult with the business to gain an understanding of their strategic financial objectives, identify business problems and opportunities
Conduct research to identify key financial trends, best practices and investigate tools to enable technological advancement and continuous improvement
Analyze the needs of the business and translate the business requirements into business requirements definition and functional specifications, including the documentation of the to-be business processes
Continuously identify opportunities to improve and streamline finance system, formulating the suggested changes to business processes resulting in improved efficiencies
Seek out opportunities for automation through review and redesign of existing processes in collaboration with stakeholders
Ensure strategic and project objectives are met by validating that the requirements and solutions will deliver on the agreed objectives
Develop finance and information technology strategy implementation plan
Review the requirements for the system maintenance checks
Create a plan for routine maintenance and document the list of proposed changes;
Develop effective and efficient test plans

Requirements:

5 – 8 years of functional experience in Finance Information Systems
Honours Degree in Finance / Business / Mathematics / Stats \
CA (SA) / CIMA / ASSSA is desirable
SAP experience is desirable