8 Strategic Thinking jobs in Johannesburg

Responsibilities

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

Overview

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.

Head, Strategy Enablement, People & Culture, Business & Commercial Banking

Job Overview

Business Segment: Business & Commercial Banking

Location: ZA, GP, Johannesburg, 30 Baker Street

To provide specialised and defined business management and project management support to the Head People & Culture, Business & Commercial Banking and to design, consolidate, integrate and implement BCB's People & Culture strategic initiatives. Implement mechanisms to monitor progress, identify implementation challenges and develop tactical plans for problem solving and managing the risk.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications
Degree in Business Commerce

Experience required
• Minimum 10 years experience in Business Consulting, with the ability to demonstrate experience managing broad range of projects to completion to achieve defined business objectives or metrics.
• Builds support amongst organisational partners/stakeholders, influences and facilitates co-operation and collaboration to support the achievement of People & Culture objectives across the Business and Commercial Banking business.
• Contributes and supports the development of annual operational plans, provides a framework to operationalise the strategies in the day -to-day operations. Consolidates, monitors and provides regular feedback on the delivery of the plan, adjusts plan and resource allocation in line with changed priorities and provides analytical and research support.
• Provides periodic reports on implementation and the achievement of objectives. Provides external reporting when required. Collates and analyses relevant management information to assist business decision-making.
• Recommends, guides and implements improvement processes, procedures and analytical tools to increase efficiencies and effectiveness.
• Tracks, measures and monitors implementation of the business plan(s) and KPIs effectively. Monitors the effectiveness of plans and strategies.
• Translates, articulates and communicates the operational project and programme plans; provides direction and support to optimise the efficiency of internal resources in delivering results in collaboration with the internal communication on strategy goals and progress on execution.
• Analyse external factors and market trends to anticipate, identify and flag challenges/issues/risks, to inform decision makers, in the achievement of plans and develops mitigating plans for issue/risk resolution.

Head, Strategy Enablement, People & Culture, Business & Commercial Banking

Job Overview

Business Segment: Business & Commercial Banking

Location: ZA, GP, Johannesburg, 30 Baker Street

To provide specialised and defined business management and project management support to the Head People & Culture, Business & Commercial Banking and to design, consolidate, integrate and implement BCB's People & Culture strategic initiatives. Implement mechanisms to monitor progress, identify implementation challenges and develop tactical plans for problem solving and managing the risk.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications
Degree in Business Commerce

Experience required
• Minimum 10 years experience in Business Consulting, with the ability to demonstrate experience managing broad range of projects to completion to achieve defined business objectives or metrics.
• Builds support amongst organisational partners/stakeholders, influences and facilitates co-operation and collaboration to support the achievement of People & Culture objectives across the Business and Commercial Banking business.
• Contributes and supports the development of annual operational plans, provides a framework to operationalise the strategies in the day -to-day operations. Consolidates, monitors and provides regular feedback on the delivery of the plan, adjusts plan and resource allocation in line with changed priorities and provides analytical and research support.
• Provides periodic reports on implementation and the achievement of objectives. Provides external reporting when required. Collates and analyses relevant management information to assist business decision-making.
• Recommends, guides and implements improvement processes, procedures and analytical tools to increase efficiencies and effectiveness.
• Tracks, measures and monitors implementation of the business plan(s) and KPIs effectively. Monitors the effectiveness of plans and strategies.
• Translates, articulates and communicates the operational project and programme plans; provides direction and support to optimise the efficiency of internal resources in delivering results in collaboration with the internal communication on strategy goals and progress on execution.
• Analyse external factors and market trends to anticipate, identify and flag challenges/issues/risks, to inform decision makers, in the achievement of plans and develops mitigating plans for issue/risk resolution.