Discovery

The Programme 

Business Analyst Intern – Discovery Invest Systems – Reports About Discovery. 
 
Discovery’s core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose, and whose own values align with those of Discovery.  
 
Our fast-paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self-driven people to be their best. As global thought leaders, Discovery is passionate about innovating to not only achieve financial success, but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society. 
 
Key Purpose: 
 
To create specifications to meet/improve Operation requirements/processes. Projects involve the design/enhancement of all communications sent by Discovery Invest to clients.  
 
The incumbent is responsible for managing the development life cycle from inception to implementation. 

Required Skills and Abilities 

Competencies Required: 

• Excellent written and verbal communication. 
• Able to articulate, educate and clearly communicate ideas and requirements in a persuasive and compelling manner to various stakeholders. 
• Has detail-oriented focus when developing requirements specifications such as Business and Functional Requirements documentation. 
• Able to package solutions to deliver against a plan and responsible for outcomes.
• Ability to manage roll out and post implementation processes.  

Personal Attributes and Skills:

• Drives Results. 
• Values Driven. 
• Optimistic. 
• Learns on the Fly. 
• Resilient. 
• Instils Trust. 
• People Savvy.
• Problem Solver.
• Resourcefulness. 

Qualifications: 

• Matric. 
• BSc Computer Sciences / Information Systems or equivalent IT tertiary qualification. 
• BA Certification or BA Diploma or Advanced BA (Advantageous).
• Compass Training (Advantageous). 

Technical Knowledge and Experience: 

• A Minimum of solid 0 – 2 years Business Analysis and Integration working experience. 
• Proficiency in MS Office (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint). 
• Client and Broker communication.
• Basic data analysis experience SQL.  

About Invest: 

Discovery Invest is an ever-growing fast-paced and dynamic environment that provides innovative products.  
 
This environment thrives on customer engagement and customer experience as well as mutually beneficial relationships with our brokers and other stakeholders. It is important for our employees to provide world class service to our internal and external clients, thereby ensuring long and sustainable relationships.  
 
An individual who is goal orientated, has the innate ability to critic complex business problems, able to provide analysis support throughout the entire project lifecycle, develop and deliver comprehensive solutions and processes within a mature investment management environment.  
 
Has extensive experience been refactoring system requirements, conducting exhaustive gap analysis and identifying areas of improvement as well introduce process efficiencies. 
 
About Us: 
 
As a proudly South African company and a global financial services provider, we differentiate ourselves by focusing on how our products are adding value to people’s lives, while impacting society in a positive and sustainable way.  
 
We achieve this with our Shared-value Insurance model that offers incentives to encourage people to be healthier and enhances and protects their lives.  
 
Our model delivers better health and value for clients, superior results for the business, and a healthier society.