Johannesburg: Senior Business Analyst

January 5, 2026 Jobs in Central Johannesburg

Job Description

About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Business Analyst to join our team in Johannesburg. As a key member of our business analysis function, you will be responsible for defining project scope and requirements, facilitating stakeholder engagement, and ensuring the successful delivery of change initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Scope definition and/or gap analysis for features as prioritized by the Blueprint Committee or the Change Prioritisation Committee
Identification of key stakeholders who are required to ensure thorough and accurate analysis
Facilitate requirements gathering workshops with stakeholders across the business to define detailed business requirements and business rules
Business process definition using BPMN to ensure that the Operations team is enabled to create the required Standard Operating Procedures
Identification of risks and issues and raising these timeously with the Project Managers
Collaborate with technical leads, Solution Architects, and subject matter experts to establish the technical solution and analyse trade-offs between usability and performance needs
Systems analysis in collaboration with stakeholders and technical resources to document detailed functional requirements
Brief business and functional requirements to the technical and development teams in preparation for development sprints
Review and validation of the developed solution to ensure that it fulfills all the specified requirements
Handovers to the test team for functional and user acceptance testing
Review the test plan and test scripts to ensure quality and coverage of all requirements

Requirements

At least 8 years’ business analysis experience in the Financial Services Industry within a finance project environment
Experience in Agile projects
Business process definition experience, to ensure optimal business performance
Operating Model analysis and design experience, e.g., using UML or BPM
Experience in working with a third-party platform vendor
Experience in solving complex problems for customers (internal or external)
Experience in building successful relationships and working collaboratively across departmental teams
Experience working in a fast-paced, proactive, and delivery-focused environment
Experience in analyzing large data sets across different systems and identifying key attributes that can be used to derive logic from e.g., matching transactions

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Qualifications

Relevant Commerce degree in Finance, Economics, Statistics, Investment Management, or Business Management, or equivalent

Salary & Benefits

No information provided in the original job description.

How to Apply

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