Pretoria: Senior Business Analyst | Centurion

Role: Senior Business Analyst (12 Month Contract) Location: Centurion Are you a highly experienced Senior Business Analyst ready to lead complex initiatives that redefine efficiency through process automation in the investment sector? A leading Financial Services Group’s Investment Cluster is seeking a top-tier professional to drive its Business Process Automation (BPA) capability. This high-impact, temporary role, based in Centurion, Gauteng, offers the opportunity to translate ambiguous, complex business challenges into clear, technical solutions that significantly improve operations across the cluster. If you have a knack for leading multi-stakeholder initiatives and possess deep technical knowledge of process automation platforms, we want you to be the driving force behind our operational excellence. Responsibilities: You will serve as the expert analyst, responsible for identifying, modeling, and designing automated solutions to complex business constraints. Strategic Leadership: Lead and manage complex business analysis efforts, determining system requirements and identifying key areas for improvement and automation across the investment business. Process Mastery: Define, document, and conduct end-to-end process analysis and design using BPMN and UML tools, ensuring solutions align perfectly with business objectives and user experience. Technical Translation: Translate complex functional and non-functional requirements into highly detailed artifacts suitable for implementation (e.g., user stories with acceptance criteria, data models, business rules, and mockups). Automation Blueprint: Collaborate with architects to define service boundaries, integration touchpoints, and leverage your experience with automation platforms (such as IBM BAW, Appian, Camunda) and API-driven process orchestration to define the automation blueprint. Quality & Standards: Partner closely with QA and technical teams to ensure comprehensive test coverage. You will also contribute to continuous improvement of BA methodologies in alignment with IIBA standards. Qualifications and Experience: Experience: A minimum of 10 years experience as a Business Analyst, with at least 3 years in the investment environment. Automation Expertise: Proven experience in business process analysis and modeling using BPMN 2.0 or equivalent. Demonstrated experience with specific process automation platforms is required. Technical Foundation: Proficient in BPMN 2.0 tools (e.g., Bizagi), able to produce UML diagrams, and comfortable working with SQL for data validation. Education: A BCom Informatics or BSC Degree is required. A Diploma in Business Analysis is preferred. Methodology: Experience with Agile delivery frameworks and use of JIRA/Confluence. Our client is looking for a naturally curious and methodical analyst who can thrive in a fast-paced environment and influence decision-making through data and process insights.