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Business Analyst Job at Asset & Resource Management Company (ARM)
Established in 1994 as an asset management firm, ARM offers wealth
creation opportunities through a unique blend of traditional asset
management and alternative investment services.
At ARM, our people are our most valued asset. The quality of our
people is the cornerstone of our ability to serve our clients. For this
reason, we invest significantly in identifying exceptional people,
developing their skills, and creating an environment that fosters their
growth as leaders. We encourage entrepreneurship and innovation at all
levels because we believe they are key to developing good quality and
committed professionals.
Job Title: Business Analyst
Job Summary
- Support continuous improvement of business processes and
improvements in technology leverage across the group with the objective
to build operational efficiency
- Work collaboratively with stakeholders and support the businesses to
achieve benefits and return on investments for major transformational
initiatives through effective Change management and and management of
specific cross-functional and strategic group-wide projects
- synergies realisation opportunities and seamless business integration and alignment initiatives across the group
- Support the new product development lifeycle to ensure timely and
efficient product development and enable improved product performance
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
- Design new and/ or update business processes, policies and
operational frameworks, as may be required and assist the Business Units
Shared Services/ Business Support Areas to identify, define, interpret
and document business and operational requirements especially
pertaining to policies and processes
- Support the Business Units and Shared Services/ Business Support
Areas in the implementation of new business processes and policies
- Support the documentation of business requirements and
specifications and support Businesses in identifying systems or
solutions that can be utilised
- Monitor and measure the performance and effectiveness of business
processes to ensure continuous improvement to policies, procedures and
methodologies
- Work closely with Operations, Business Unit teams and third party
partners to support the execution of strategic group-wide projects and
programmes and improvement initiatives
- Working with Business Unit and Business Development managers, to
ensure proper management of new product development utiliisng the
approved Product Development Framework
- Develop/manage third party collaboration/agreements with regards to new Products as needed
- Develop, monitor and evaluate metrics in assessment of product profitability
- Develop and maintain a central Business Process and Policy
Repository which is populated with a comprehensive process and policy
documentation
- Ensure that process and policy documentation is up to date,
adequate, functional and conform to leading practices and industry
standards
- Define creative ways to ensure Group-wide awareness and drive
utilization of the Business Process and Policy Repository to ensure and
encourage compliance
- Conduct benchmarking of processes and operations against leading
practices and identify process improvement opportunities and ensure
adequacy of processes and policies to meet business and market
requirements
- Support the strategic cost management drive Group-wide and identify
revenue generating opportunities through operational excellence and
cross-selling initiatives
- Strong Business Process Management Skills
- Knowledge of Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) and use of mapping tools
- Basic understanding of process improvement methods (e.g. LeanSix Sigma, TQM, etc.)
- Strong Business Analytical Skills
- Understanding of Financial Services Industry and the Firm’s products and services
- Comfortable working with ambiguity and able to distil complex ideas or approaches
- Methodical and details-oriented approach to problem solving
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Strong Work Ethic
- Ability to multitask and work within stringent timelines
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team
- Excellent Communication Skills
- Excellent written and oral communication skills - interviewing, presentation, & facilitation
- Good listening skills
- Good Interpersonal Skills
- Ability to build strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Ability to build consensus among stakeholders with divergent opinions
- Negotiation and conflict resolution skills
- High Motivation and Commitment
- Self-starter and self-motivated and strong commitment to quality
- Highly committed to exceeding expectations and continuous improvement
- Strong Computing Skills
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office applications - Visio, Excel, Project, PPT, Word
- Strong Project Management Skills
- Ability to disaggregate complex tasks into smaller activities
- Ability to identify and escalate project risks and proactively work to mitigate them
- Ability to track project progress and report performance against set targets
- Good Change Management Skills
- Ability to be persuasive and manage stakeholders
- Ability to elicit cooperation and buy-in from key process owners
- First degree in a related discipline
- Masters degree and/ or relevant professional qualification/ certification
- Five (5) to seven (7) years experience, with relevant experience in consulting or in a related role.
How to apply
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