Senior Business Analyst

Job Overview

We’re seeking a Senior Business Analyst to join our team. The successful person will be based in one of the hubs of South Africa (ideally Cape Town or Johannesburg). The position will be for an initial 12‑month contract. Experience with in the Financial Services industry will be beneficial.

• Consult to various clients and their stakeholders to understand their value chain, structure, functions, and products and/or services.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients and act as a consultant on the projects or applications.
• Challenge the business in their thinking, especially to understand the intent of the business requirement.
• With little supervision, elicit, gather, analyse, document, validate and communicate business requirements (user stories and acceptance criteria).
• Write clear and concise user stories, epics, and features aligned with the INVEST principles to support effective agile development.
• Collaborate with the business to build and maintain a well‑prioritized backlog, ensuring delivery teams have a continuous flow of valuable work.
• Conduct in‑depth product analysis by developing strong knowledge of the existing product and identifying opportunities for improvement and innovation.

• Experienced with Scrum principles in an Agile environment.
• Proven project experience in writing user stories, epics, and features in line with the INVEST principles of agile.
• At least 7 years of experience in business analysis across a custom software development environment.
• Exposure to systems analysis would be beneficial.
• Beneficial if you have a technical understanding of development (ex‑developer experience is a plus).
• At least 3 years of experience in Agile projects.
• Working knowledge of (OAS) Open API specification 2.0 and 3.0.
• Able to read and interpret JSON and XML files.
• Able to understand and work using the Behaviour‑Driven Development (BDD) & Test‑Driven Development (TDD) approach for new requirements that require development.

• Formal qualification such as a
  
  B. Com or BSc, diploma or certification (IIBA or similar).
• Personal attributes:
  • A proven ability to work across multiple project teams at a given time.
  • Demonstrated ability for high levels of communication skills – both verbally and written.
  • Strong problem‑solving, communication and presentation skills.
  • Ability to work under pressure towards predetermined/established business objectives.