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A leader within the retail industry is looking for an experienced Business Analysis Manager to join the team. This proudly South African company has been in existence for over half a century and has grown into a leader within the market.

The Successful candidate will be responsible for:

1. Coach and lead the business analysis team
2. Strategic thinking in how to provide the best solution for the business
3. Business process design and documentation expertise
4. Improve the quality of the business analysis team
5. Identify business opportunities
6. Risk management
7. Ensure all Project Issues are properly reported
8. Assist Group Financial Management Team with all financial reporting requirements
9. Assist with IT Audit requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information / Business Systems
• Proven experience as a Financial Business Analysis Manager

• 5 to 7 years experience within a similar role

R 8000 - R 9000 - Annually

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SUMMARY:

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Senior Specialist: Business Analysis

Recruiter:

Specd

Job Ref:

JHB002063/Josh

Date posted:

Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

SUMMARY:

The Senior Specialist: Business Analysis plays a pivotal role in driving strategic initiatives by analyzing, interpreting, and translating business needs into actionable requirements. This role ensures that business solutions are fit-for-purpose, user-centric, and aligned to organizational goals. As a key liaison between stakeholders and technical teams, the incumbent will contribute to solution design, project delivery, and continuous business improvement efforts.

POSITION INFO:

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Job Title: Senior Specialist: Business Analysis

Employment Type: 6 months Contract

Work Location: Johannesburg, Hybrid

JOB CONTEXT:

As a Senior Specialist: Business Analysis, you'll be at the heart of innovation—transforming complex business needs into smart, actionable solutions that truly make an impact. You won’t just gather requirements; you’ll bring ideas to life by collaborating with stakeholders and technical teams to co-create solutions that are user-friendly, purpose-built, and future-focused. This isn’t your average BA role. You’ll shape projects from the ground up, help design meaningful change, and make sure every solution aligns with the bigger mission. If you're passionate about solving problems, love translating vision into value, and thrive in dynamic environments, we want you on our team.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Sourcing and validating resolution funding and collateral-related data from multiple source systems.
• Performing data and process gap analyses aligned to SARB’s Resolution Funding expectations.
• Assisting in the design and build of the funding estimation and forecasting model.
• Developing dashboards and reports to support resolution funding MIS and internal governance.
• Engaging with Treasury, Risk, Finance, and IT stakeholders to ensure alignment and interlock of data sources.
• Supporting the process analysis required for embedding new funding processes in resolution scenarios.
• Documenting requirements and maintaining traceability across data, systems, and reporting layers.
• Build the internal capabilities to estimate, manage, and report the institution’s funding and liquidity position in resolution scenarios, in line with SARB’s requirements under the Financial Sector Laws Amendment Act (FSLAA).
  
  

• Resolution cost estimation.
• Forecasting and MIS solutions for resolution funding.
• Scenario analysis and modelling for liquidity shortfalls.
• Governance and compliance framework development.
• ELA collateral assessment and FMI liquidity gap identification.
  
  

• Minimum 5 years’ experience.
• SQL (min 1 year).
• Business and data analysis (min 2 years).
• Power BI or QlikView/Qlik Sense (min 1 year).
• Banking experience.
• PowerBI experience or similar reporting platform.
• SAS experience.
• Business and/or Data Analysis experience.
  
  

• SAS (exposure or working knowledge).
• Ability to work with large datasets from Hadoop or similar environments.
• Strong documentation and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Treasury or Liquidity Management experience.
• Familiarity with financial forecasting or resolution modelling.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset.
• Ability to communicate effectively with cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders.
• Experience in creating reporting dashboards and automated data pipelines.
• Exposure to compliance, risk governance, or financial planning processes.
  
  

• Compensation will be determined based on qualifications, applicable banking experience, and previous earnings.
  
  
  
  

• Seniority level Mid-Senior level

• Employment type Contract

• Job function Research, Analyst, and Information Technology
• Industries Advertising Services

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Designation: Graduate Programme: Business Analysis

Category: Group Technology

Posted by: Alexander Forbes

Posted on: 29 Jul 2025

Closing date: 12 Aug 2025

Location: Sandton

Overview

Purpose of the Job:

Graduate Programme Area: BizTech

Sub Area of Graduate Programme: Business Analysis

The ideal candidate is a curious, detail-oriented problem solver who enjoys working with data, understanding business processes, and translating needs into actionable insights. They thrive in a structured, team-oriented environment and are eager to learn how financial services function at both operational and strategic levels. A passion for data-driven decision-making and business transformation is key.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Analytics, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
• Strong academic foundation in business analysis
• An academic background in finance is advantageous
  
  

• Assist in gathering and analysing business requirements across departments.
• Support the documentation of business processes, use cases, and workflows.
• Engage with stakeholders to understand and communicate business needs.
• Participate in solution design discussions and construct associated user stories for agile projects.
• Help monitor and report on project and performance metrics.
  
  

• Analytical and critical thinking
• Strong verbal and written communication
• Knowledge of UML or other business modelling protocols
• Attention to detail
• Stakeholder engagement
• Team collaboration
• Time management and adaptability

Alliance Banking Senior Business Analyst - Key Requirements

• Business Analysis & Strategy Alignment
  
  

• Financial Services & Regulatory Knowledge
  
  

• Process Design & Optimisation
  
  

• Data Analysis & Insights
  
  

• Partner & Stakeholder Management
  
  

• Project Management & Agile Delivery
  
  

• Documentation & Communication
  
  

• Qualifications & Experience
  
  

Alliance Banking Senior Business Analyst – Key Requirements

1. Business Analysis & Strategy Alignment

Proven ability to elicit, document, and validate business requirements in a complex partnership-driven banking environment.

Strong understanding of Alliance Banking models, including BaaS, white-label platforms, and embedded financial services.

Ability to conduct gap analyses, feasibility studies, and cost-benefit analyses for proposed solutions.

Experience in supporting business case development, particularly for new partner onboarding, product enhancements, or regulatory projects.

2. Financial Services & Regulatory Knowledge

Strong grasp of banking products and services (e.g., payments, savings, credit, cards, collections, remittances).

Familiarity with South African financial regulations including SARB, FSCA, FICA, and POPIA requirements.

Exposure to risk, compliance, and audit processes, particularly in third-party/partner environments.

3. Process Design & Optimisation

Experience in documenting and improving end-to-end business processes, especially those involving external partners.

Ability to model workflows using tools such as BPMN, Visio, or Lucidchart.

Knowledge of control environments, KPIs, SLAs, and escalation frameworks across operational value chains.

4. Data Analysis & Insights

Competency in data-driven decision-making, including data profiling, reconciliation, and insights to support product performance.

Ability to work with Excel, SQL, Power BI or equivalent to perform ad hoc analysis.

Understanding of data governance and quality, especially in integrated partner environments.

5. Partner & Stakeholder Management

Strong stakeholder management skills with experience interfacing across IT, Legal, Risk, Compliance, Product, and external partners.

Proven ability to act as a bridge between business and technical teams, ensuring shared understanding and execution.

Confidence in participating in governance committees, product working groups, and external partner discussions.

6. Project Management & Agile Delivery

Hands-on experience in Agile/Scrum or hybrid project methodologies, including backlog grooming and sprint planning.

Exposure to JIRA, Confluence, DevOps, Trello, or similar tools.

Ability to manage multiple initiatives and deliver under tight deadlines in a fast-paced Alliance environment.

7. Documentation & Communication

Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with a focus on clear, concise, and structured reporting.

Ability to create and present business requirement documents (BRDs), functional specifications (FRDs), and user stories.

Experience in preparing partner onboarding documentation, SOPs, and support playbooks.

8. Qualifications & Experience

Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Information Systems, or related field (postgraduate advantageous).

Minimum of 5–8 years’ experience in business analysis within banking or FinTech environments.

Certifications such as CBAP, PMI-PBA, Agile BA, or Lean Six Sigma are advantageous.

A leader within the retail industry is looking for an experienced Business Analysis Manager to join the team. This proudly South African company has been in existence for over half a century and has grown into a leader within the market.

The Successful candidate will be responsible for:

1. Coaching and leading the business analysis team
2. Strategic thinking in how to provide the best solution for the business
3. Business process design and documentation expertise
4. Improving the quality of the business analysis team
5. Identifying business opportunities
6. Risk management
7. Ensuring all Project Issues are properly reported
8. Assisting Group Financial Management Team with all financial reporting requirements
9. Assisting with IT Audit requirements

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information / Business Systems
• Proven experience as a Financial Business Analysis Manager

Job Experience & Skills Required:

• 5 to 7 years experience within a similar role

Package & Remuneration:

R 8000 - R 9000 - Annually

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply directly. For more finance jobs, please visit our website .

If you have not had any response in two weeks, please consider the vacancy application unsuccessful. Your profile will be kept on our database for any other suitable roles/positions. We also invite you to contact us to discuss your next career move in finance!

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Recruitment Consultant

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Job Description

RMB is a place where exceptional people create their own opportunities by challenging the conventional and driving sustainable impact.

Job Description

RMB is a place where exceptional people create their own opportunities by challenging the conventional and driving sustainable impact.

United by our proud heritage, strong ethics and philosophy of Traditional values. Innovative ideas, it’s the magic of our people and culture that sets us apart.

Now, is the time to imagine your next move with South Africa’s number one employer in Financial Services for 2025, where you can embrace the power of collective thinking to unlock unique opportunities for our clients and society.

The Purpose Of The Role Is As Follows

To collaborate with cross-functional teams to collectively decipher requirements and apply a deep knowledge of quantitative methodologies in the context of the core businesses. i.e. Trading, BRM, Risk, Credit.

To lead the analysis, investigation, collaboration, implementation, optimisation, and maintenance of business solutions.

To be a hands-on leader for the Quantitative Business Analysts that includes line management and delivery oversight.

Are You Someone Who Can

• Integrate specialist understanding of Investment banking, technology, business processes, and data analysis to provide an optimal solution that satisfies stakeholder needs and requirements, expanding the delivery footprint of the capability.
• Engage with internal business (viz. Trading, Risk Managers, XVA specialists, Quantitative specialists) and technical stakeholders to understand requirements and ensure objectives, priorities and key requirements are agreed.
• Ensure adequate and timely responsiveness and resolution on production incidents and feedback on queries relating to risk, pricing and technical queries linked to Workflows, Integration and Reporting.
• Coordinate and participate in the test effort to ensure that the delivered solution meets agreed business requirements and functional/process specifications.
• Provide input into the design and implementation of scalable, fit for purpose and resilient platform solutions.
• Liaise with external contracted suppliers (e.g., CompatibL) to implement new solutions required by business and technology users according to an agreed roadmap.
• Build and manage an effective, skilled team with appropriate succession planning.
• Manage performance of employees by clearly defining goals and objectives and providing direction, coaching and regular feedback
• Drive team optimisation and synergies by organising the team with client and output aligned goals through Quarterly Business Reviews and agile ceremonies and practices.
• Ensure compliance with relevant statutory, legislative, policy and governance requirements in area of accountability.
• Build effective relationships that allow for the managing of expectations, the sharing of knowledge and diverse insights, the creation of buy-in and aligned delivery focus.
• Initiate stakeholder engagements to track progress, manage expectations and ensure stakeholders' requirements are delivered.
• Research, enable and consult on improvements and opportunities to harness technology and platform enablement.
• Review existing processes and suggest innovative ideas to improve and streamline processes to drive efficiencies and minimise redundancy.
  
  

• Minimum qualification: post-graduate qualification in Mathematical Finance, Statistics, or another quantitative discipline
  
  

• 3 to 5 years’ experience in a similar environment, of which 1 to 2 years ideally at junior (entry level) management level
• Experience in experience in implementing and supporting Financial Markets systems and related interfaces.
• Experience in designing, testing, and configuring quantitative systems.
• Experience and knowledge of Market and credit risk and XVAs (incl. CVA, SA-CCR, KVA, SA-CVA, MVA, etc)
• Working knowledge of SQL and ability to analyse data.
• Multi asset class, and trade life cycle knowledge
• Business process modelling and design capabilities.
• Understanding of data models and ability to validate data flows between and within systems
  
  

• Seniority level Mid-Senior level

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Research, Analyst, and Information Technology
• Industries Banking

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We are seeking an experienced Business Analytics Manager who will report to the Head of Business Insights. This challenging and pivotal role is responsible for proactively providing analysis and creating compelling insights that drive key business decisions and business growth.

This means, ensuring data integrity at all times, responding quickly, being agile to respond to the business needs and supporting the delivery of effective reporting tools to improve performance.

Requirements

• Maintain existing master data sets such as sector, product and pest types which are used for global reporting ensuring there is a robust exception process in place to identify issues or gaps in the master data.
• Work with stakeholders to validate and improve the data quality.
• Proactively identify third party data requirements and support its successful procurement and integration with other data sets.

• Work with stakeholders across the organisation globally, to understand priorities and business challenges and conduct advanced analytics (planned or adhoc requests) using the available data to support them.
• Use SQL, BigQuery, Python and Google Sheets to prepare and analyse large and complex datasets .
• Develop predictive analytic models to support planning and fully realise emerging customer and industry opportunities.
• Be an analytics subject matter expert, build knowledge about existing and emerging technologies and techniques in the data-science area.
• Collaborate closely with the internal AI team to identify opportunities and integrate relevant AI functionalities and tools into data analysis projects to enhance insights and drive business value.

• Work with our Data Platform team and others to define the Business Insights data and technical requirements in the short, medium and long term.
• Measure global performance based on the demands from key stakeholders by working in conjunction with the Data Platform team to:
• Prepare QVDs
• Develop proof of concept (POC) reports and once approved push them into production
• Exploit tools (including Qlik, Looker Studio and others) to provide advanced analytics and data visualisation

• Provide insight into complex relationships, trends and patterns in data to meet the needs of stakeholders.
• Based on the data analysis conducted, present findings clearly and concisely with actionable visual insights to senior stakeholders to influence decision making .
• Utilise previous trends and predictive analytic models that you develop to provide future based insights.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Grade 12
• Preferably hold relevant data analytics and insights degree or equivalent qualification/s.
• +3 years of data analytics and insights experience in large matrixed organisations.
• Highly numerate with excellent data manipulation and analytical skills.
• Proven ability to successfully influence others and support change through projects.
• Naturally curious and questioning insight who has the ability to cut through the data to identify what is most important for the decision making process.
• Be able to turn data into insights and present it clearly and concisely in a highly visual but easy to understand way.
• Advanced level of Google sheets / MS Excel and intermediate competence in Google Applications (Drive, Word, Slides) or Microsoft Office equivalent
• Proficient in SQL / Big Query, Python and data visualisation tools such as Qliksense, Looker Studio (or equivalent)
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with experience communicating and working across various teams.
• Self-motivated, takes ownership and responsibility for making things happen.
• Adopts a flexible/can do approach to work and is highly resilient and results focused.
• Interest in application of AI for Data Analysis and Insight

Benefits

Benefits including:

• Company contribution to Medical Aid and Pension / Provident Fund
• Opportunity for Growth and Development

Employment Equity

Rentokil Initial believes in diversity and thus offers all employees opportunities and avoids discrimination in compliance with the Employment Equity Act. Our selection process will therefore give preference to suitably qualified Employment Equity candidates in order to to achieve our Employment Equity numerical targets.

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As the Head of Business & Systems Analysis, you will be responsible for overseeing the strategic and tactical execution, financial performance, service excellence, quality assurance, and overall performance of the projects and services within your area of responsibility (discipline).

Required Qualifications :

1. Honours degree in relevant field, e.g. Industrial Engineering, Computer Science.
2. Business and / or Leadership related diploma or degree will be advantageous.

Experience and Knowledge :

1. Preferred 5 years’ experience in leading a team of professionals within the specific Discipline domain.
2. Preferred 3 years' Leadership / Management experience.
3. Preferred 8 years’ Discipline specific experience, i.e. business and / or systems analysis.
4. Preferred 5 years’ experience in professional services (consulting) industry.

Key Responsibilities :

Business Development :

1. Drive continuous improvement processes regarding offerings and service delivery.
2. Identify key competencies required per domain and industry within the existing client base and industry.
3. Define and develop market & industry relevant service offerings, aligned to the strategy, augmenting existing offerings within your area of responsibility.
4. Mature existing service offerings to ensure it is clearly defined, market relevant, and can be efficiently and effectively executed.
5. Understanding of all company's service offerings and disciplines and how they work together across all Business Units.
6. Understand client strategies / future business needs and how the company's offerings could address those requirements including appropriate engagement models.
7. Work closely with relevant Business Development Managers to drive and achieve financial targets for the Discipline.

Project Delivery :

1. Oversight of project execution, quality control, risk management, issue resolution and client expectation management.
2. Support the technical pre-sales process related to "inputs to proposals", effort estimates, pricing, and engagement models.
3. Own the technical pre-sales process, coordination of input to proposals, commercials (engagement & pricing models), positioning solutions at C- level (executive level).
4. Assist the Account / Business Development Managers to obtain new business within existing client environments and / or external / new environments.
5. Identify possible leads and opportunities within existing client environments.
6. Recommend ideal client engagement models (Resourcing vs Turnkey; Onsite vs employer Premises vs Hybrid) based on client requirements, but that also align to employer's preferred models promoting quality, control and team culture.
7. Active participant and member of the Business Development forum.
8. Liaise with Account / Business Development Management regarding strategic leads and opportunities.

Relationship Management :

1. Liaise with relevant stakeholders that are actively engaging and managing the expectations of the client base where the Team is delivering services.
2. Focus on relationship with Business Unit Team including General Manager, other Heads of Discipline, Business Unit Operations Managers and Consultants associated to the Discipline.
3. Actively own and drive skills depth and growth plan for discipline.
4. Responsible for the overall management of the Discipline and adherence to Business Unit’s Governance frameworks.
5. Responsibility for Discipline's pipeline and resource allocation.
6. Driving the strategic and tactical roadmaps of service offering development and continuous improvement with the Business Unit General Manager.
7. Present in the relevant demand management meetings and present the Discipline’s pipeline at the Management Committee forums.
8. Report on Demand (Leads & Opportunities), Resource Utilisation, Risks, Issues, and overall Status.
9. Align with Operations Managers around the oversight and collaboration with HR regarding team PDPs.
10. Ensure that unallocated resources are effectively managed and that the broader Business Unit Management Committee is aware of any available resources. Ensure that unallocated resources are effectively utilised to add internal value or use the time for adequate upskilling and preparation for future client projects.
11. Responsible for the overall invoice management, rates, forecasts, and cash flow of the Discipline.
12. Assist the Business Unit General Manager when preparing the budget, target per service offering, monthly tracking of profitability and project financial oversight.
13. Support Business Development Team by reviewing rates and pricing presented in proposals.
14. Prepare the discipline’s monthly team forecasts to prepare a Discipline-specific view.

Human Resource Management :

1. Work with the HR Department to define the Discipline’s Development & Training plans that supports and compliments the Discipline's service offerings and aligns to the Business Unit & Discipline’s strategy.
2. Support the Operations team with personal development plans of respective team members where required.
3. Assist with the end-to-end recruitment process (job specifications & profiles, review CVs, conduct interviews).
4. Provide ad-hoc Support & Assistance to the Business Unit General Manager & Operations Managers throughout the Performance Management Process.

Must be willing and able to travel within Gauteng on a daily basis and further travel might be required from time-to-time.

Must be able and willing to be involved in various projects across multiple client sites at times.

Must be willing and able to work overtime from time to time as required not only by client deadlines but internal commitments as well.