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Business Analyst (Product focussed within Investment Management) Jobs in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa at ExecutivePlacements.com
Title: Business Analyst (Product focussed within Investment Management)
Company: ExecutivePlacements.com
Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Recruiter:
Strategic Personnel
Job Ref:
JHB000837/AC
Date posted:
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Location:
Johannesburg, South Africa
Salary:
650000 Annually
SUMMARY:
High profile and established investment management company seeks a dynamic Business Analyst to work with the Head of Product and DevOps team.
POSITION INFO:
Completed BCom Honours or similar with 4-5 years relevant working experience as a Business Analyst dealing with a financial services product.
Exposure to BA and product development within an investment management / asset management / wealth management / financial services environment is preferred.
Candidate must have strong communication skills as well as excellent marks in matric and university.
Duties will include
- Analyse (quantitative and qualitative) business needs, processes, and system behaviour across the range of products.
- Support discovery activities and problem definition.
- Translate business and regulatory needs into structured requirements and backlog inputs.
- Use the company’s approved AI tools to support analysis, documentation, and insight generation to enhance quality and speed of output.
- Create user interface mock-ups that are consistent with existing product and will guide the development effort on the front-end.
- Prepare product artefacts to support governance and decision making.
- Support product committee submissions and evidence packs.
- Shadow the Head of Product Office in prioritisation, trade-off, and governance decisions.
- Where applicable, take ownership of defined technology features, products or components.
- Provide input into prioritisation of product backlogs within agreed parameters.
- Assist with day-to-day product decisions aligned to governance standards.
- Engage stakeholders across Technology, Operations, Compliance, Proposition and Distribution.
- Ensure delivery outcomes align to product intent and business value.
- Assist with demos and rollout of new features and products.
- Assist with the definition and measurement of success for chosen product
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. If you have not heard from us by the end of May 2026, please consider your application unsuccessful.