Cape Town: Finance Business Analyst posted by iOCO Digital Pty Lty

Were looking for an experienced Finance Business Analyst with experience working in Finance and Investment Administration environments. Youll play a critical role in bridging business and technology within Finance and Investment Administration environments. Youll support strategic initiatives such as system enhancements, financial process optimisation, and large-scale platform migrations (including SAP-related initiatives), ensuring business requirements are accurately translated into functional solutions.

What you’ll do:

• Engage with stakeholders across Finance, Investment Administration, and the Vendor to gather, analyse, and document detailed business requirements.
• Develop Business Requirement Specifications (BRS), Functional Requirement Documents (FRD), and Process Flow Diagrams.
• Perform gap analyses between current (as-is) and target (to-be) processes.
• Analyse and interpret financial data flows between SAP modules and investment systems.
• Support integration between front-office, middle-office, and back-office applications, ensuring data integrity and alignment with accounting standards.
• Participate in workstreams related to large-scale system or platform migrations (e.g., SAP S/4HANA, investment administration systems).
• Define test cases, manage UAT cycles, and ensure defect resolution in collaboration with development and QA teams.
• Collaborate with senior management and Finance to ensure alignment of business objectives with technical delivery.

Your Expertise:

• Minimum 5 years experience as a Business Analyst within a Financial Services or Investment Management environment.
• Experience in Investment Administration, Unit Trust Operations, or Life Insurance Finance highly preferred.
• Hands-on experience with SAP Finance modules.
• Proven track record of involvement in large system/platform migrations or finance transformation programmes.
• Advanced proficiency in MS Excel and SAP reporting tools.
• Experience in testing of changes to large Financial platforms

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Accounting.
• Professional qualification advantageous (CA(SA), CIMA, or equivalent).