{"id":13512,"date":"2025-07-10T10:00:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T10:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/job\/product-analyst\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T00:24:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T00:24:35","slug":"product-analyst","status":"expired","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/?post_type=job_listing&p=13512","title":{"rendered":"Product Analyst"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Key Responsibilities<\/p>\n<p>Service Mapping &amp; Definition:<\/p>\n<p>\tGathering and translating insights into actionable requirements, and supporting change initiatives that improve client experience, efficiency, and scalability.<br \/>\n\tDevelop and maintain service blueprints and the service ecosystem map to ensure alignment and prioritization.<br \/>\n\tBreak complex operational services into product components with clear value propositions.<br \/>\n\tDefine product scope, inputs\/outputs, SLAs, and client touchpoints.<\/p>\n<p>Client &amp; Market Insight Gathering:<\/p>\n<p>\tEngage with internal stakeholders and clients to gather service improvement needs.<br \/>\n\tAnalyse usage patterns and pain points across reporting, NAV, reconciliation, and trade functions.<br \/>\n\tBenchmark against industry best practices (IFRS 17, ASISA, etc.).<\/p>\n<p>Business &amp; Functional Requirements:<\/p>\n<p>\tBreak down epics into features and user stories with stakeholder input, documenting business rules, use cases, and system requirements.<br \/>\n\tUtilize tools like ARIS, Confluence, Visio, Lucidchart, or Miro to document data flows, business processes, SOPs, and work instructions.<\/p>\n<p>Project &amp; Change Support:<\/p>\n<p>\tIn collaboration with project and testing teams, oversee the quality delivery of requirements and business process specifications in line with best practices and business process.<br \/>\n\tParticipate in service rollouts, client onboarding, and process transitions.<br \/>\n\tSupport communication, training, and documentation of new features or services.<br \/>\n\tParticipate in UAT and guide users to ensure that the designed solution ultimately meets business requirements.\u00a0<br \/>\n\tUse scenario testing and test cases to ensure that testing covers all aspects of the business specification and anticipated processes.<\/p>\n<p>Product Performance &amp; Reporting:<\/p>\n<p>\tTrack service performance KPIs (e.g., accuracy, turnaround time, usage metrics).<br \/>\n\tIdentify areas for automation, simplification, or scalability.<br \/>\n\tSupport development of internal and client-facing dashboards.<br \/>\n\tEnsure that requirements and business process specifications are reviewed, validated, tested and approved by relevant stakeholders at each stage in the development cycle,\u00a0from conceptual to end product.<\/p>\n<p>Qualifications &amp; Experience<\/p>\n<p>\t3+ years in product analysis, business analysis, or financial services operations.<br \/>\n\tDegree in Finance, Economics, Information Systems, or related field.<br \/>\n\tBusiness Analysis Certification (e.g., CBAP, PMI-PBA) is advantageous.<br \/>\n\tFamiliarity with regulatory environments (e.g., IFRS 17, ASISA) is a plus.<br \/>\n\tExperience working with data, reporting tools, or financial systems.<br \/>\n\tSolid understanding of fund administration, NAV pricing, trade processing, or reporting.<\/p>\n<p>Apply via company website ( N \/ A ) or<\/p>\n<p>curo.mcidirecthire.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_promoted":"","_job_location":"","_application":"http:\/\/curo.mcidirecthire.com","_company_name":"Curo Funds Service","_company_website":"http:\/\/N%20\/%20A","_company_tagline":"Our approach Investors take risks and entrust their hard earned money to our clients. 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