The Role
Business Analyst responsible for identifying business problems, defining measurable outcomes, eliciting and validating requirements, documenting processes, and supporting delivery across complex stakeholder environments. The role creates process flows, user stories, test scripts, data mappings, reports, and dashboards; manages Agile artifacts in JIRA; supports UAT and data validation; and communicates risks, trade-offs, milestones, and blockers. Financial services, investment operations, consulting, or credit investment experience is required.
Summary Generated by Built In
Location: Cape Town | Work Type: Hybrid | Contract Duration: 6 - 12 Months | Job ID: J107274
About our client:
Our client is a global investment advisory firm focusing on long-term value creation through investment strategies. They work with a diverse group of institutional partners and pride themselves on their collaborative, sustainable, inclusive culture and performance. You are welcome to go into the office daily or to take advantage of their hybrid in-office / remote benefit. This company places significant investment in employee wellness, their benefits which are on top of generous basic salaries, are industry leading in their generosity. Our client is large, offering fantastic career development opportunities but also very dynamic, they track as many metrics as possible in order to continuously improve - they spare no expense on the tools to do so. Automation, AI and R&D are pillars of their business framework which ensures you should never be at risk of falling behind or getting stuck working with old legacy software. Culturally they are very cosmopolitan and diverse, you will be working with the best globally.
What you will be doing:
- Identify business problems, challenge proposed solutions, and define clear, measurable outcomes prior to agreement.
- Assess options, trade-offs, risks, and value in collaboration with both technology and business stakeholders.
- Elicit, document, and validate requirements, serving as the central "single point of truth" for the project.
- Prepare high-quality artifacts - including process flows, user stories, and test scripts - while proactively managing delivery milestones and escalating blockers.
- Assist with data mapping and validation, while maintaining ongoing stakeholder visibility through reports and dashboards (e.g., Power BI, Excel).
- Manage Agile artifacts (e.g., JIRA), keep stakeholders informed, and continually enhance team tools, templates, and processes.
What our client is looking for:
- Experience across the full delivery lifecycle, with a preference for involvement in complex, multi-stakeholder projects.
- Able to clearly articulate your specific contributions and level of ownership on past work, demonstrating an ability to run workstreams with minimal oversight.
- A track record of engaging directly with senior stakeholders and showing strong problem-solving abilities and documentation discipline when managing complexity.
- Clear written and verbal communicator who is comfortable presenting findings and providing constructive challenges.
- Prior experience in financial services, investment operations, consulting, or credit investment processes is required.
- Strong in Excel and familiar with analytical tools (SQL, Power BI), data integration (APIs, ETL), workflow/CRM platforms and Agile/Scrum delivery models.
For a more comprehensive list of opportunities that we have on offer, do visit our website - https://www.parvana.co.uk/careers
Requirements
Business Analyst, Process Optimization, Systems Thinking, Project Lifecycle Management, Stakeholder Management, Data & API Integrations, ETL, Requirements Gathering, UAT, Agile
Skills Required
- Experience across the full delivery lifecycle
- Experience with complex, multi-stakeholder projects
- Ability to articulate specific contributions and ownership on past work
- Ability to run workstreams with minimal oversight
- Experience engaging directly with senior stakeholders
- Strong problem-solving abilities
- Strong documentation discipline
- Clear written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to present findings and provide constructive challenges
- Prior experience in financial services, investment operations, consulting, or credit investment processes
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills
- Familiarity with SQL and Power BI
- Experience with data integrations, APIs, and ETL
- Experience with workflow or CRM platforms
- Experience with Agile or Scrum delivery models
- Process optimization, systems thinking, project lifecycle management, stakeholder management, requirements gathering, and UAT experience
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Parvana is an IT recruitment agency specializing in connecting top tech talent with leading companies in South Africa and the UK, focusing on software development, finance, and telecommunications.
