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BUSINESS INFORMATION ANALYST [MIDRAND]   DETAILS

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Business Information Analyst [Midrand]


POSTED BY: Development Bank of Southern Africa
REF:DBSA 289
Date Published:Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Date of Expiration:Monday, October 2, 2023 EXPIRED
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LOCATION OF THIS JOB
 South Africa |  MIDRAND in South Africa
INDUSTRY
DEVELOPMENT FINANCE INSTITUTIONS
JOB TYPE
Full-Time
MAIN JOB DESCRIPTION
Closing Date 2023/04/14
Reference Number DBS230331-1
Job Title Business Information Analyst [Midrand]
Job Grade 15
Job Type Classification Permanent
Location - Town / City Midrand
Location - Province Gauteng
Location - Country South Africa

JOB DESCRIPTION
1. The purpose of this role is to provide development and implementation of the Infrastructure Delivery Division’s Project Portfolio Management systems (PPMS).
2. The role include amongst others project portfolio management system design, information source integration, document management, reporting dashboards, monitoring and evaluation, baselines, early warning and knowledge management.
3. This role will provide overall management of project input data, analysis and reporting system. The role will provide quality assurance on information and reports from the PMIS to IDD management.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Provide Oracle Primavera, Unifier system solution design and admin configuration for the requirements of IDD project portfolio management
2. Capture new datasets and perform regular data updates and publishing on the portfolio management system (Oracle Primavera, Unifier)
3. Publish accurate, relevant and up-to-date third-party datasets
4. Develop and maintain an accurate inventory of data managed and owned by IDD
5. Execute data analysis to support organisational decision-making
6. Develop dashboard reports and advanced filters to provide leadership with meaningful operational/performance metrics and status reports.
7. Create/maintain projects on project and programme management system (Oracle Primavera and Unifier)
8. Ensure that new users are registered on specialist systems.
9. Provide user management training, and support to project teams
10. Manage all complaints and resolve all issues on systems
11. Perform test planning and information quality analysis to ensure data integrity and accuracy
12. Ensure timely resolutions of database queries related P6 and Unifier
13. Act as the single point of responsibility for portfolio management systems within IDD, acting in liaison with DBSA ICT
14. Identify IDD technology business needs analysis and BIM Lab requirements
15. Provide IDD technology needs guidance in-line with the DBSA ICT architecture framework, strategy and roadmaps
16. In conjunction with DBSA ICT, build out a technology road map and architecture for the IDD and cascade it to the IDD business areas.
17. Participate in the systems planning process for IDD, clearly identifying the impacts of business requirements on technology and the impacts of technology on the business strategy and requirements.
18. Be the single point of responsibility for all systems related project delivery to the business unit to which you are accountable, to ensure that all projects are formally delivered through the IDD Central Team, in-line with the DBSA’s ICT governance framework and as by necessary committees.
19. In conjunction with DBSA ICT, facilitate the development and maintenance of enterprise systems architecture for IDD, defining standards and protocols for data exchange, communications and software (includes defining standards and protocols for data exchange, communications, software and interconnection to the Group DBSA network information systems, if applicable).

Key Measures/KPIs:
1. Management of data and reports from the IDD
2. Project Portfolio Management System
Oracle P6 and Unifier solutions design, configuration and updating.
3. Establishing, maintaining, integrating, and analyzing project and programme datasets.
4. Integration and efficiency of IDD PPMS.
5. Management of relationships with key stakeholders.

REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS JOB
EXPERTISE & TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
Minimum Requirements
1. Bachelors degree in Commerce/Finance/ ICT
Minimum 10 years knowledge and experience in Oracle Primavera P6, EPPM, Unifier, SAP environment
2. Extensive knowledge, capability and experience and in database administration and information management system reporting
3. Knowledge of infrastructure project delivery life cycles
4. Knowledge and experience in EDMS document management solutions as well as GIS
Technical Competencies: Computer Literacy:
1. Demonstrates advanced skills in the use of one or more software tools.
Integrates technology and information technology systems with workplace activities in order to resolve operational problems.
2. Provides guidance to others in the effective use of specialised systems or automated equipment.
3. Has enhanced skills in understanding the purpose for, and applying the functionality of, various programs and databases, such as when gathering intelligence.
4. Is a recognised specialist in how to use one or more office software products or office tools to significantly enhance the value of own and others’ work.
5. Ensures staff has access to the appropriate technology.
6. Regularly evaluates the appropriateness of technological improvements and workplace tools and products.

Project Management:
1. Defines, plans and manages projects, including those with a high degree of technical complexity, with impacts across the organisation and/or with national implications.
2. Supports multi-disciplinary teams.
3. Successfully manages reporting to senior managers on the progress and results of projects.
4. Identifies complex issues that need escalation and proposes appropriate corrective actions

Solutions Focused:
1. Identifies solutions to broad, complex problems based on a multitude of factors, many of which may be sweeping in nature, difficult to define and often contradictory.
2. Creates procedures to articulate the nature of problems and to identify and weigh alternate solutions.
3. Evaluates the effectiveness of solutions using approaches tailored to the situation.

IT Business Analysis:
1. In-depth knowledge of the business processes for one or more functional areas.
2. Able to conduct independent business analysis to determine areas where technological solutions could improve operational efficiency.
3. Thorough knowledge of analysis, methods and able to apply theoretical and analytical concepts in a practical work environment.
4. Based upon a deep and broad knowledge of DBSA's business processes, able to recommend the implementation of large-scale technological solutions to improve operational effectiveness.
5. Able to develop and direct the implementation of QA processes.
6. Able to carry out post-implementation business studies for quality assurance solutions and determine that user requirements have been met.

REQUIRED PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
Behavioural Competencies
Customer Service Orientation:
1. Tries to understand the underlying needs of customers and matches these needs to available or customized products and services.
2. Adapts processes and procedures to meet ongoing customer needs.
3. Utilises the feedback received by customers, in order to develop new and/or improve existing services/ products that relate to their ongoing needs.
4. Thinks of new ways to align offerings with future customer needs.

Self-Awareness and Self-Control:
1. Withholds effects of strong emotions in difficult situations.
2. Keeps functioning or responds constructively despite stress.
3. May apply special techniques or plan of time to manage emotions or stress.

Strategic and Innovative Thinking:
1. Experiments with new approaches, tests scenarios, questions assumptions and challenges conventional thinking.
2. Creates new concepts that are not obvious to others, leveraging internal and external sources of information, to build incremental revenue and growth opportunities.

Driving Delivery of Results:
1. Sets challenging goals that will have a significant impact on the business or support the organisational strategy.
2. Commits significant resources and/or time to ensure that challenging goals are achieved, while also taking action to mitigate risk.

Teamwork and Cooperation:
1. Acts to promote a friendly climate and good morale and resolves conflicts.
2. Creates opportunities for cross-functional working.
3. Encourages others to network outside of their own team/department and learn from their experience.



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