Governance Project Analyst

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We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping  our employees to realise their worth. Through its five business clusters – Sanlam Fintech, Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Allianz, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.

Purpose of the role

End-to-end Support, coordination & analysis of project governance and benefit realisation of all business change initiatives (strategic, governance, BAU improvements, data quality improvements, etc.) in accordance with Sanlam Corporate’s defined Project Management Office (PMO) Methodology Framework. Ability to oversee and fulfil various analytical & coordination duties is critical.
 

Roles and responsibilities

• Conduct Business process analysis and requirements gathering on all change demands within the business, including but not limited to:
  • Modeling, validating and translating business processes, data & information needs into business requirement specifications, user stories, business rules, and/or use cases that are used by developers to craft technical solutions
  • Act as liaison between business & project stakeholders, and acting as a facilitator of organizational and cultural change.
  • Continuous engagement with various stakeholders in conducting and gathering analysis work
  • Provide operational direction, guidance and support on complex people, process and system challenges.
  • Provide root cause analysis and recommendations for successful project deliveries
• Work closely with the relevant Business Transformation Office (BTO) business leads and the respective project leads in order to provide project governance analysis, coordination, and support, including but not limited to:
  • Champion process improvement initiatives and ensure smooth adoption through effective change management practices.
  • Stakeholder analyses and mapping across all change initiatives, as well as monitoring and tracking dependencies regularly, to ensure conflicts are proactively mitigated
  • Support project leads with automated solutions in better facilitating effective Stakeholder management, including meetings; packs & completeness thereof; actions; etc.
  • Benefits realization measurement of all change initiatives, as well monitoring & tracking after project closure and handover to BAU
  • PMO Portfolio Reporting: monitor and maintain all established project reporting, to ensure adherence across all change initiatives, as well as enhancements where applicable
  • Continuous analysis of Project Management Office (PMO) processes, identify gaps and improvement opportunities, and make recommendations for successful project deliveries
  • Conduct regular independent assessments on the cluster’s projects within the PMO landscape, highlighting gaps, and driving remediation accordingly.
     

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree; National Diploma in Commerce; Information systems; Data Science; Engineering or equivalent
• 2 – 5 years Functional experience in business analysis; reporting & analytics; data visualization packages is essential
• Project management functional experience or related qualification is advantageous
• Demonstrated experience in working within corporate governance and audit environment is advantageous
   

Knowledge and skills

• Excellent Analytical & Time Management skills
• Excellent Business process analysis, design and mapping skills
• Excellent data analysis and reporting skills
• Excellent Presentation skills
• Financial, Audit & Risk management skills
• Stakeholder management skills, both internal & external
• Regulatory environment understanding and exposure is advantageous
• Employee-benefits related product exposure is advantageous
• Financial services industry exposure is advantageous
   

Personal qualities

• Confidence with engaging at all levels
• Agility with Leading & being leader-led
• Structured and results driven
• Problem-solving & attention to detail 
• Accountable & Focused
• Great Communication
• Collaborative & Team player
• Self-mastery & Change Adaptive
   

Turnaround time

The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers. 

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