Our client in the banking industry is seeking to employ Business Process Engineers for their newly acquired Business banking division in Sandton.
The purpose of this role is to develop and implement new or improved business solutions (system developments and / or process improvements) for the client in support of the company’s overall business objectives and strategy.
The ideal candidate :
Responsible for complex systems process analysis, design, and simulation.
Has high level understanding of organisation's business systems and industry requirements.
Conducts mapping sessions with business units to facilitate process enhancement and change in terms of business strategies.
Focus is on process analysis and reengineering with an understanding of technical problems and solutions as they relate to the current and future business environments.
Creates process change by integrating new processes with existing ones and communicating those changes to business system teams.
Recommends and facilitates quality improvement efforts.
May lead re-engineering team and act as project manager in some cases.
Operates within banking and credit legislative requirements.
Should have knowledge of relevant regulatory bodies.
The role reports to the Head of Client Experience.
Key Performance Areas
Design business processes and derive requirements for business needs to deliver on company objectives (system changes and process improvements) and prioritised projects.
Drive continuous improvements to ensure the business benefits (strategy and objectives) are achieved.
Support the delivery of new revenue growth initiatives.
Influence the strategic and planning process in defining and introducing innovative concepts.
QUALIFICATIONS :
A relevant tertiary qualification (i.e. IT, Engineering, Finance or Commercial) Required
A relevant business oriented tertiary qualification (i.e. B.Comm, B.Sc / B.Eng. Industrial Engineering, Business Engineering, etc.) would be preferred.
Business Analyst (i.e. BA FTI) qualification would be preferred.
KNOWLEDGE
In-depth knowledge and understanding of banking operational environment and objectives (i.e. productivity, profit, efficiency, processes and procedures and client service)
Banking transactional processes
Business process mapping methodologies
Project Management methodologies (Agile, DevOps, etc.)
Management Operating System best practices
Continuous improvement best practices (Lean, 6-Sigma, Theory of constraints, PDCA, etc.)
Incident management and workflow methodologies
Supply chain methodologies
Workflow methodologies
Business analytics and new developments
System design standards
Requirements gathering
SKILLS REQUIRED
Strategic insight
Communications skills (verbal and written) across all organisational levels and functions
Computer literacy (Microsoft (advanced Excel), simulation modelling, process modelling, SQL data manipulation, etc.)
Detailed data analysis and aggregation into simplified business solutions
Interpersonal & relationship management skills
Presentation and facilitation skills
Business process and Financial modelling skills (Enterprise Architect, BPMN, IDEF0, etc.)
Management (Planning, organising and controlling) skills
Simulation modelling skills
Research skills
Fully adapted to mobile technology
Business acumen
Must be able to function under pressure and tight dead lines
Min :
5 to 10 years’ relevant experience of enterprise wide business solution design and business process improvement, processing systems, processes and procedures in a banking / financial environment
Translating corporate strategies and objectives into initiatives and / or projects
Initiation and implementation of projects with the goal to improve performance through business process improvements
Initiation and implementation of continuous improvement capability
Ideal :
Initiation and implementation of revenue growth initiatives
Enabling business strategies and objectives into business benefits
Initiation and implementation of innovative concepts