Overview
Senior Business Analyst – Financial Services Jobs in Centurion, South Africa at HuntWave Technologies
Are you ready for an exciting career opportunity? We’re looking for a dynamic Agile Senior Business Analyst to join our team!
We are one of the fastest growing fintech companies in Southern Africa. The company operates in several jurisdictions in SADC and Europe and is backed by the largest Africa focused US private equity fund. Our passion is to help facilitate safe, affordable and regulated financial products using a myriad of innovative technologies.
We are looking for an experienced Agile Senior Business Analyst who enjoys a challenge. This role would afford you the opportunity to grow your career as a Business Analyst in a fast-paced, agile team environment, while collaborating across verticals in the business.
Our Agile Business Analysts are a key part of our process to help facilitate a diverse group of bright and passionate people, who are responsible for building and operating our enterprise level systems that are at the core of the business. This specific role is focussed on our Financial Services products which aims to diversify our product offering in a multi-country, multi-language, multi-product and multi-channel environment.
The Agile Senior Business Analyst reports directly to the Head of Product Domain:
Financial Services
Internal liaison takes place with the Product Owners, Agile Development Teams (including Developers, QA and Scrum Master), Business Leaders and Users, Project Management and Application Support. External liaison takes place with third parties – both partners and suppliers, as well as with customers. Some travel may be needed from time to time.
Duties and Responsibilities (include but is not limited to):
Work closely with stakeholders across all levels and business areas to elicit requirements
Assist stakeholders, Product Owners and Scrum teams in the prioritisation of work in order to maximise return on investment (ROI)
Facilitate requirements gathering through interviews, requirements workshops, etc.
Analyse business needs and opportunities, document requirements and translate these into user stories
Communicate these needs clearly and effectively to both business and technical stakeholders
Maintain a steady backlog of requirements that are ready to go into sprints for a Scrum team
Support the day-to-day needs of Scrum teams in understanding customer and business requirements
Liaise with the development team for estimation on work
Work with the QA department to ensure functionality matches business requirements
Assist in drafting user and training documentation
Liaise with various industry partners around service integration and product offerings
Manage own professional and self development
Key Requirements:
Degree / Diploma preferably with an Information Systems focus (Essential)
Recognised business analysis/agile/information systems/UX qualification (Desirable)
Minimum 3 years experience in a Business Analysis or similar role (Essential)
Previous experience working in an Agile environment (preferably Scrum)
Experience in customer onboarding and customer service, specifically in a financial services environment (Essential)
Experience in customer self service channels, such as Whats App and USSD (Desirable)
Experience in the financial industry (Desirable)
Experience working with REST APIs (Desirable)
Experience dealing with compliance regulations KYC and FIC (Desirable)
Knowledge and ability to translate requirements into user stories, process diagrams and data flows
Knowledge and understanding of project scoping, planning & prioritisation
Knowledge of agile and UX methodology
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to manage stakeholder expectations
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Ability to obtain descriptive and exhaustive requirements from stakeholders
Title: Senior Business Analyst – Financial Services
Company: HuntWave Technologies
Location: Centurion, South Africa
Category: Business (Business Development), IT/Tech (Business Development)
