Technical Process Engineer (Banking) 6 Month Contract
Africonology Solutions · Johannesburg, Gauteng · Hybrid
Overview
Africonology Solutions is hiring a Technical Process Engineer for a six month hybrid contract in Johannesburg. You will analyse and document complex banking processes, translating business operations into detailed technical specifications. If you have five to eight years of experience in business analysis or process engineering within financial services, this role offers a strong opportunity to shape banking technology transformation.
About the role
Our client in the banking sector needs an experienced Technical Process Engineer to support technology and process transformation initiatives on a six month contract. You will work in a hybrid setup from Johannesburg, collaborating with business stakeholders, system analysts, developers, architects and testing teams.
What you will do day to day:
- Analyse existing banking processes and document current state workflows.
- Build future state process models that align with business and technology requirements.
- Translate business processes into detailed technical specifications covering system interactions, data flows and integration points.
- Map APIs, interfaces, messaging flows and system hand offs.
- Facilitate workshops with business and technical stakeholders to gather and validate process information.
- Identify process gaps, inefficiencies and opportunities for automation.
- Maintain accurate, version controlled process documentation that supports development and testing.
This role sits right at the intersection of banking operations and technical delivery, so you will need to be comfortable switching between business conversations and technical detail.
Requirements
- Relevant degree or diploma in Information Systems, Business Analysis, Industrial Engineering, Process Engineering, Computer Science, IT or a related discipline.
- 5 to 8 years of experience in Business Analysis, Process Engineering, Systems Analysis or Technical Process Engineering.
- Demonstrable experience in the banking or financial services industry.
- Strong experience documenting complex end to end business and technical processes.
- Experience developing As Is and To Be process models.
- Understanding of banking systems, transaction processing and system integrations.
- Experience translating business requirements into technical process documentation.
- Strong stakeholder engagement and workshop facilitation skills.
- Experience with tools such as Microsoft Visio, Bizagi Modeler, BPMN 2.0, ARIS, Jira and Confluence.
- SQL and data analysis skills.
- Knowledge of API and systems integration concepts including REST and SOAP services, XML and JSON.
- Advantageous: experience in Transaction Banking or Corporate Banking, payments and settlements processes, core banking systems, banking modernisation programmes, Agile delivery, and BPM or Lean Six Sigma certification.
Responsibilities
- Analyse existing banking processes and document current state workflows across business and technology environments.
- Develop future state process models that align with business and technology requirements.
- Document detailed operational and technical workflows across banking systems.
- Identify process gaps, inefficiencies, bottlenecks, duplication and control weaknesses.
- Map process activities, decision points, exceptions, hand offs and dependencies.
- Translate business processes into detailed technical process specifications.
- Document system interactions, application dependencies and integration points.
- Map data flows between upstream and downstream banking systems.
- Document APIs, interfaces, messaging flows, data exchanges and system hand offs.
- Facilitate workshops and working sessions with business and technical stakeholders.
- Collaborate with operations, product, technology, risk and compliance teams.
- Identify opportunities for process simplification, standardisation and automation.
- Conduct root cause analysis to investigate process inefficiencies and operational issues.
- Maintain accurate, structured and traceable process documentation with version control.
Job details
- Organisation
- Africonology Solutions
- Location
- Johannesburg, Gauteng
- Job type
- Contract
- Work arrangement
- Hybrid
- Experience level
- Senior (5+ years)
- Education
- Diploma
- Category
- IT & Software Development
- Application Method
- Apply manually
Success Guide
This is a great fit if you have solid banking process experience and enjoy documenting how systems and people work together. When you apply, tailor your CV to highlight specific banking projects you have worked on, especially any end to end process mapping or system integration work. Mention the tools you have used, like Visio or Bizagi, and be ready to talk through a process you documented from start to finish. Since it is a six month contract, show that you can hit the ground running and manage your time well. A portfolio or examples of process maps you have created could really set you apart. Good luck!
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