Ryan Julies
Senior Business Analyst
Cape Town,Western Province
Summary
Seasoned Business Analyst offering 10 years of Financial Services industry success. Expert on business and systems requirements, user acceptance testing and end-user training. Accomplished at leveraging past lessons to inform future decision-making.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
7
7
Certification
2
2
Language, Afrikaans
Work History
Senior Business Analyst
Old Mutual Finance (Pty) Ltd
7 2023 - Current
- As the Senior Business Analyst, I engage with multiple stakeholders, understand their existing business problems, through thorough engagements and service their needs by coming up with the best possible solution
- I’m involved with drawing of flows and processes, high-level scoping, business, and functional requirements analysis (agile).
- Analyzed data to identify root causes of problems and recommend corrective actions
- Executed analysis of risks and identified risk mitigation strategies
- Improved project efficiency by analyzing business processes and identifying areas for improvement
- Identified patterns and trends in large data sets and provided actionable insights
- Evaluated vendor proposals for technology solutions, ensuring alignment with organizational needs and budget constraints
- Managed team performance by implementing measurable metrics to track delivery of supporting requirement artifacts
- Identified cost-saving opportunities by conducting thorough financial analysis on company expenditures
- Analyzed key aspects of business to evaluate factors driving results and summarized into presentations
- Assessed business requirements to forecast annual budgetary operational costs
- Created data models to support decision-making processes
- Conducted gap analyses to identify discrepancies between current and desired states, leading to actionable recommendations
- Managed stakeholder expectations through transparent communication and timely status updates, ensuring alignment between project deliverables and business objectives
Lead IT Business Analyst
Sanlam Investments Group (SIG IT)
09.2019 - 06.2023
- As an analyst, I engage with multiple Businesses, understand their problems, and develop suitable solutions for the Businesses across multiple systems and platforms
- I’m involved with designing, high-level scoping, business and functional requirements analysis as well as technical testing.
IT Business Analyst
Old Mutual Life (Pinelands)
07.2015 - 08.2019
- Worked in a department called Interoperability, which acts as Old Mutuals internal Servicing & integration layer for various entities within the Old Mutual Group
- I execute tasks with tight deadlines for multiple consumers and entities across Old Mutual.
Education
Financial Markets And Instruments - Asset Management
Full Value Financial Services
South Africa 02.2021 - 11.2021
Introduction to Python - Information Systems
Sanlam Practical Training
Cape Town 03.2019 - 10.2019
Certificate of completion: IDQ Analyst & IDQ Developer Certificates - Data Analysis
Sanlam Data & Digital Academy
Cape Town 02.2020 - 11.2020
Certificate of completion: EBX Master Data Management - undefined
TIBCO EBX
Certificate: Introduction to SQL - Information Systems
Torque IT
02.2023 - 09.2023
Bachelor of Commerce Degree: Information Technology Management - undefined
MANCOSA
Certificate: Business Analysis Diploma - undefined
Faculty Training Institute
Diploma: Retail Business Management - undefined
Cape University of Technology
Senior Certificate (Grade12 / Matric / High School Diploma) - undefined
Kasselsvlei Secondary High School
Skills
User Acceptance Testing
undefinedAvailability
1 Calendar Months' Notice
Additional Courses Training
- ITIL (2014)
- Advance Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Visio, MS Project
- MDP Role Orientation
- Project Management Course
Personal Information
- Name & Surname : Ryan Julies
- ID Number: 8308045156089
- Ethnicity: Coloured
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: South African
Last Name
Julies
References
· City OF Cape Town : Head of Custom Development, Floris Kok, 083 459 1873
· City OF Cape Town : NET Competency Centre Manager, Neven Payne, 021 400 1520
· Senior Dev & Architect : Kevin Morris, 076 980 2554
· Old Mutual : IT Manager, Michael Smit, 083 444 3526
· Sanlam Investments : Head of Application Platforms & Dev Ops, Tshivhidzo Makungo, 073 025 4772
· Sanlam Investments : Head of Change and Programme Management, Jabulani Shabalala, 083 451 8079
· Sanlam Investments : Project Manager & Head of Lean Portfolio Office, Annette Venter, 083 304 3204
· Old Mutual : Senior IT Manager, Nazeem Martin, 082 410 7856
· Old Mutual : IT Consultant, Jean Hague, 072 228 2416
· Old Mutual : Project Manager, Roshan Dhaya, 082 496 6080
· IT Business Solutions Manager, Jonel Kritzinger, 083 677 5414
· Sanlam Investments : IT Solutions Designer/ Senior Dev, Kevin Morris, 076 980 2554
· Sanlam Investments : IT Enterprise Architect, Charl Petersen, 072 120 0518
Certification
CBAP - Certified Business Analysis Professional
Timeline
Certificate: Introduction to SQL - Information Systems
Torque IT
02.2023 - 09.2023
Financial Markets And Instruments - Asset Management
Full Value Financial Services
02.2021 - 11.2021
Certificate of completion: IDQ Analyst & IDQ Developer Certificates - Data Analysis
Sanlam Data & Digital Academy
02.2020 - 11.2020
Lead IT Business Analyst
Sanlam Investments Group (SIG IT)
09.2019 - 06.2023
Introduction to Python - Information Systems
Sanlam Practical Training
03.2019 - 10.2019
IT Business Analyst
Old Mutual Life (Pinelands)
07.2015 - 08.2019
CBAP - Certified Business Analysis Professional
10-2009
Senior Business Analyst
Old Mutual Finance (Pty) Ltd
7 2023 - Current
Certificate of completion: EBX Master Data Management - undefined
TIBCO EBX
Bachelor of Commerce Degree: Information Technology Management - undefined
MANCOSA
Certificate: Business Analysis Diploma - undefined
Faculty Training Institute
Diploma: Retail Business Management - undefined
Cape University of Technology
Senior Certificate (Grade12 / Matric / High School Diploma) - undefined
Kasselsvlei Secondary High School
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