This client is an innovative digital financial service provider who specializes in fast, flexible loans and funeral cover policies. Their aim is to offer products that are affordable, transparent and easy to access.
The ideal candidate for this role will be responsible for the analysis, project management and product ownership within our Platform area; act as liaison between the business and IT and will deliver on business objectives through technical and design innovations and enhancements.
Key Performance Areas
Business analysis
Facilitate workshops with stakeholders and analyse user requirements
Compile artefacts needed to complete development tasks (documentation)
Compile wireframes and flow diagrams
Conceptualise and document solutions and features that will be developed in our products
Effectively liaise with different business units (engineering, customer services, marketing, credit risk) to enable the delivery of comprehensive specifications
Product management
Be the custodian of the product vision on behalf of your stakeholders
Build a strategic roadmap for the product
Conduct data-driven analysis that informs product roadmap and feature decisions
Analyse user data and trends and compile reports for analysis
Manage the specification backlog to make sure that specs are ready for development
Facilitate the release management of the product
Product ownership
Facilitate agile sprint planning, daily scrum meetings and day to day team delivery
Responsible for the Quality of the Product
Define user stories and success criteria
Engage with customers to understand how your product is used
Testing
Collaborate with the testing team on test schedules for the complete system(s) to test if the outcome and results meet the business requirements
Training
Provide adequate support and documentation for the training to users of the new and approved system(s) and procedures
Reporting and communication
Responsible for the compilation, distribution and presentation of status and analysis reports to relevant parties
Requirements
Qualifications & Accreditations
BSc / BCom / IT Degree
Analytics Certification
Experience & Skills
A minimum of 5 years’ business analysis experience
3 Years’ experience within a financial services environment
Good working knowledge of agile development practices
Good working knowledge skills with Microsoft Office Products, Microsoft Visio, JIRA, Confluence, Draw.io
Experience in the development and implementation of standards, procedures and guidelines to support operational processes
Experience in a Product Owner role within a FinTech business will be a great advantage
Salt is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
