About this role
<p><img id="Picture_x0020_1" src="https://rmkcdn.successfactors.com/dd82a348/461743ac-ca78-42fa-8634-a.png" style="height:255.0px;width:600.0px"></p> <div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Location</H2> </div><div><p>Durban/Johannesburg</p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Job Family</H2> </div><div>Project, Process and Product</div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Career Stream</H2> </div><div>Process</div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Job Purpose</H2> </div><div><p>The Financial Business Analyst is responsible for supporting and enhancing the organisation’s business intelligence and reporting capability, with a primary focus on the SAP Business Warehouse (BW) and Business Objects (BOBJ) platforms.</p> <p>The role combines technical expertise, financial analysis, and stakeholder engagement to deliver efficient reporting solutions, optimise system performance, and provide data-driven insights that support strategic decision-making and financial management.</p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Job Responsibilities</H2> </div><div><p><strong>Business Intelligence & System Management</strong></p> <ul type="disc"> <li>Maintain, support, and optimise the SAP BW and Business Objects reporting environments</li> <li>Monitor system performance and proactively resolve reporting and usage inefficiencies</li> <li>Collaborate with SAP technical teams on system enhancements, upgrades, and issue resolution</li> <li>Support testing, validation, and deployment of new system functionality</li> </ul> <p><strong>2. Reporting & Data Analytics</strong></p> <ul type="disc"> <li>Design, develop, and maintain standardised and ad hoc financial and operational reports</li> <li>Translate business requirements into effective reporting and analytics solutions</li> <li>Perform financial and data analysis to provide actionable insights to stakeholders</li> <li>Ensure the accuracy, consistency, and integrity of reporting outputs</li> </ul> <p><strong>3. Stakeholder Engagement</strong></p> <ul type="disc"> <li>Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders across all organisational levels</li> <li>Communicate insights, solutions, and system capabilities through presentations and reports</li> <li>Provide guidance and support to users to improve report design and utilisation</li> <li>Promote the adoption and effective use of SAP BW and BOBJ within the business</li> </ul> <p><strong>4. Process Improvement & Data Management</strong></p> <ul type="disc"> <li>Identify and implement improvements to reporting, data processes, and system utilisation</li> <li>Ensure effective maintenance and governance of master data within SAP (CO and Loans modules)</li> <li>Recommend and implement solutions that enhance decision-making and operational efficiency</li> <li>Continuously seek opportunities to optimise business processes and add value</li> </ul> <p><strong>5. Project Delivery</strong></p> <ul type="disc"> <li>Support the delivery of business intelligence and finance-related projects</li> <li>Work closely with cross-functional teams to implement system enhancements and new initiatives</li> <li>Contribute to requirements gathering, solution design, and implementation activities</li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Essential Qualifications - NQF Level</H2> </div><ul style="margin-top:0.0;margin-bottom:0.0"><li>Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees </li><li>Professional Qualifications/Honour’s Degree </li></ul></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Preferred Qualification</H2> </div><div><ul type="disc"> <li>Diploma or degree in Financial Management</li> <li>SAP Business Intelligence certification (BW and/or Business Objects)</li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Preferred Certifications</H2> </div><div><p>IIBA endorsed </p> </div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Minimum Experience Level</H2> </div><div><ul type="disc"> <li>3–6 years’ experience within a financial services or finance-related environment</li> <li>Proven experience working with SAP Business Warehouse (BW)</li> <li>Strong experience in SAP Business Objects (BOBJ), including Web Intelligence (Webi)</li> <li>Experience working with SAP Analysis for Microsoft Excel</li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Technical / Professional Knowledge</H2> </div><ul style="margin-top:0.0;margin-bottom:0.0"><li>Research methodology </li><li>BA Body Of Knowledge </li><li>Business writing skills </li><li>Agile Concepts </li><li>Data and Business analysis </li><li>Process Engineering Skills </li><li>Global business analysis Trend </li><li>Business Analysis Descipline , Techniques and Practices </li><li>Microsoft Office Product </li></ul></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Behavioural Competencies</H2> </div><ul style="margin-top:0.0;margin-bottom:0.0"><li>Decision Making </li><li>Building partnerships </li><li>Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills </li><li>Initiating Action </li><li>Continuous Improvement </li><li>Customer Orientation </li></ul></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Employment Equity Statement</H2> </div><div><p>Preference will be given to individuals from underrepresented groups.</p> <p> </p></div></div></div><p style="line-height:18.9px"><img alt="" height="228" src="https://rmkcdn.successfactors.com/dd82a348/61ad7a3f-eb85-4980-a04c-e.jpg" style="height:75.0px;width:600.0px" width="245"></p> <p style="line-height:18.9px">---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p> <p style="line-height:18.9px"><span style="color:#006341"><em><b>Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at +27 860 555 566 </b></em></span></p>