Systems Analyst (Forex)

In order to be considered the following is required:

• Degree or Diploma and/or CBAP Certification
• 7 years or more relevant systems analysis experience, as enumerated above
• 4 to 5 years Payments and Forex industry domain experience
• Strong working knowledge of Use Cases and UML
• Exposure to the system or applications being developed would be an added advantage
• All elements that make up the Forex IT infrastructure
• Development and Production Incident Management
• Scope Change Management
• Must have solid exposure and have worked on projects for traditional and emerging cross border payment rails, like Swift
• Having an understanding of other payment rails, especially international cross border rails, would be highly advantageous
• Should ideally have a solid understanding of the ISO20022 payments message standards (i.e. PAIN, PACS and CAMT messages) as well as the equivalent Swift MT100, 200 and 900 series messages)
• Exposure to SAMOS and cross border local market infrastructure RTGS payments will also be beneficial
• Understands and keeps abreast of the payments modernisation industry changes
• Understanding and facilitating requirements sessions that include financial payment flows and postings to internal financial accounts
• Solid understanding of cross border balance of payments reporting (Financial Surveillance), exchange controls and similar cross border payments controls
• Experience with integration technologies or functionalities that interfaced with the SARB / Finsurv
• Experience in cross border payments / forex beneficial
• Drive business profitability in the context of cost management through Information technology solutions
• Articulate and document functional and systems requirements in a manner which is understood by all stakeholders and which is at the appropriate level of detail
• Ensure that all requirements are documented within agreed deadlines, signed off by stakeholders timeously and always up to date on the Wiki
• Ensure all artefacts delivered are peer and stakeholder reviewed regularly
• Ensure that all work is of high standard
• Ensure that all deadlines are met for any work committed to
• Ensure that all work done meets customer (business) expectations
• Actively participate in daily stand-up meetings

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the analysis and design of new functionalities or upgrades that are more complex and that require expertise (e.g. complex projects, projects that cut across multiple teams, major enhancements to existing systems and general maintenance of existing systems)
• Leading and facilitating functional and system design sessions to produce functional and system specifications. Ensure that functional / systems requirements represents a common view among end-users
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