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Calvin Smith
Business Analyst
Johannesburg
Summary
Business Analyst with experience in credit origination and supporting applications within the FNB Commercial space. Proficient in drafting business requirement specification documents and solutions analysis. Currently employed as a business analyst within the Lend Capability space.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
2
2
Languages
Work History
Business Analkyst
First National Bank
01.2023 - Current
- Analysis and translation of stakeholder requests into business requirements used to develop application solutions.
- Frequent and efficient collaboration with applications owners, business subject matter experts, and technical subject matter experts to enable design and development of optimal applications solutions.
- Frequent and efficient collaboration with application end-users and business owners to ensure requirements and proposed solutions will sufficiently support business processes.
- Identification of technical and/or business requirements necessary to transform applications into the required state.
- Facilitation of functional testing in conjunction with technical testing teams to ensure system integrity is maintained and proposed solutions have been developed as defined in business requirement specifications.
- Facilitation of user acceptance testing in conjunction with business users of applications to ensure proposed solutions are developed as defined in business requirement specification to the satisfaction of stakeholders and end-users.
- Ensuring defined business requirements are aligned to strategic objectives of the business area, particularly the enablement of an enchanced digital customer experience.
- Continual self-development in the areas of credit origination, credit risk measurement and assessment, legal and compliance risk when granting credit, and ongoing risk management.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa 05.2001 -
Skills
G-Suite
Google Workspace
MS Office
Written Communication
Data Entry
Mathematics
Requirements Gathering
Project Management
Business process improvement
Data Analysis
Stakeholder Management
Gap analysis
Microsoft Office Suite
Workflow Analysis
Business Process Mapping
Software development life cycle
Microsoft Excel Mastery
Customer Needs Assessment
User Acceptance Testing
Quality Assurance
Test case scenarios
Operations Analysis
Pivot tables
CRM Systems
Product Development
Technical Writing
Product Management
Competitive Analysis
Process Optimization
Business process modeling
Consulting
Cost-benefit analysis
Requirements Analysis
Problem-solving abilities
Analytical Thinking
Analytical Skills
Business Analysis
Business Case Validation
Business solutions development
Wireframing techniques
Accomplishments
Academic Accomplishments
- Good academic performance with an average of 76.7% and a total of 32 distinctions across 48 modules
- Top achiever award for Applied Mathematics 1B, with an average of 99%.
Major Project implementations at FNB:
- CAD to CAS in eSwatini, Lesotho, and Zambia: Implementation of the scored credit platform, CAS.
- CAS to Collate in eSwatini, Lesotho, and Zambia: Implementation of an integrated solution between CAS and the collateral management application, Collate.
- Credit Monitor eSwatini, Lesotho, and Zambia: Implementation of an integrated and advanced credit monitoring tool, Credit Monitor.
- Records and Information Management Engine for Lending Capability applications: Implementation of an automated solution to dispose of customer personal information in-line regulations prescribed by the POPI Act.
Other Achievements
- Second place overall in the FNB graduate project program completed concurrent to primary business analyst job expectations and responsibilities.
- Completion of white belt process efficiency training.
- Completion of yellow belt process efficiency training.
- Completion of credit academy training at FNB.
Software
Matlab
SolidWorks
Ultimaker Cura
MS Excel
MS Word
MS Powerpoint
JIRA
Confluence
VISIO
Miro
Squirrel SQL Client
Interests
Programming
Mathematics
Physical exercise
Reading
Mathematics and physics tutoring
Credit Risk Assessment
Credit orgination systems
Fintech
Data Science
Digital enablement
Timeline
Business Analkyst
First National Bank
01.2023 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
University of Johannesburg
05.2001 -
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