Job Description

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Drive business analysis initiatives and projects of a low to high risk and multi-year nature, characterised by an elevated level of solution complexity.

• Lead the analysis/solution life cycle for initiatives, from initiation (problem identification), management of changing requirements to implementation.

• Assist business to develop comprehensive business cases (scope and feasibility) for proposed solutions to the identified business problems and needs.

• Facilitate workshops independently and engage business owners and stakeholders to identify problems, define business requirements/needs, identify optimisation opportunities and develop and propose solutions.

• Lead and present engagements with business customers, taking responsibility for managing the relationship and interface with the customer, development/ technical team and other impacted stakeholders.

• Investigate problems and propose solutions by interacting with users, developers and other stakeholders.

• Review business processes and procedures, analyse business needs and associated data, define the associated requirements and identify and assesses possible solutions.

• Engage and influence stakeholders by negotiating timelines, deliverables and priorities.

• Engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously and liaise with the relevant stakeholders on these initiatives.

• Coordinate between GSMD stakeholders, technology teams and support teams, as required.

• Actively develop own expertise and support and encourage skills development.

• Stay abreast of changes regarding trends and methodologies and apply these in the course of own work.

To be considered for this position, candidates must have:

• an Honours’ degree in Computer Science, Information Technology (IT) or an equivalent qualification (at NQF 8 level);

• a relevant Business Analysis certificate;

• five to eight years’ business analysis experience; and

• sound knowledge of security incident management, vulnerability management and security detection and response.

The following will be an added advantage:

• experience in enterprise security architecture; and

• experience in system or business analysis on cybersecurity projects covering technologies such as security incident and event management (SIEM); identity and access governance (IAG); privilege access management (PAM); public key infrastructure (PKI); firewall assurance/filtering; and network security segmentation.

Additional requirements include:

• industry, business/domain and organisational awareness;

• IT domain management knowledge and skill;

• business analysis practices, methodology and tools;

• elicitation techniques;

• business transformation and optimisation;

• quality assurance;

• continuous improvement;

• benefits realisation and testing practices;

• effective communication;

• building and maintaining relationships;

• analysing and problem-solving;

• planning and organising;

• judgement and decision-making;

• strategic thinking;

• conceptual thinking; and

• managing complexity and ambiguity.

About SARB

Primary mandate of the SARB

Section 224 of the Constitution of South Africa states the mandate of the SARB as follows:

The primary object of the South African Reserve Bank is to protect the value of the currency in the interest of balanced and sustainable economic growth in the Republic.

The South African Reserve Bank, in support of its primary objective, must perform its functions independently and without fear, favour or prejudice.

WHAT WE DO

Monetary Policy

The Constitution gives the SARB the mandate to protect the value of the rand. We use interest rates to keep inflation low and steady.

Financial Stability

The SARB has a mandate to protect and enhance financial stability. We identify and mitigate systemic risks that might disrupt the financial system.

Prudential Regulation

The Prudential Authority regulates financial institutions and market infrastructures to promote and enhance their safety and soundness, and support financial stability.

Financial Markets

Open market operations are the main tool we use to implement monetary policy. We manage South Africa’s gold and foreign exchange reserves.

Financial Surveillance

The SARB is responsible for regulating cross-border transactions, preventing the abuse of the financial system and supporting the regulation of financial institutions.

Payments and Settlements

The SARB is responsible for ensuring the safety and soundness of the national payment system, which is the backbone of South Africa’s modern financial system.

Statistics

The SARB provides important economic and financial statistics that present an overview of the economic situation in South Africa.

Research

Research conducted by the SARB focuses on economics, financial stability, banking and emerging trends in finance. Our research supports policy decision-making.

Banknotes and Coin

The SARB has the sole right to make, issue and destroy banknotes and coin in South Africa.