Business Analyst

Sabenza IT & Recruitment; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 520,000 - 860,000; Full time

Job summary

Sabenza IT & Recruitment in Cape Town seeks an experienced Business Analyst to translate complex business needs into clear requirements. You will document processes, map workflows, and develop functional specifications for large-scale Microsoft and Oracle solutions.

The role requires a minimum of 5 years' BA experience, agile product ownership, strong communication, and the ability to lead projects under pressure while delivering data-driven insights.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and/or B-Tech in IT and/or Business Analysis certification.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience as a Business Analyst.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in process mapping and IT strategic planning.
• Experience as a Product Owner with Agile methodology.

Responsibilities

• Investigates and analyses business problems to understand their nature, cause, effects and drivers.
• Documents business process requirements through interviews or facilitation sessions.
• Engages with key stakeholders across departments to understand processes, needs and challenges.
• Analyzes existing processes & technology and proposes new developments based on requirements.
• Develops functional and technical specifications to meet client needs.
• Conducts system analysis for new and existing systems.
• Contributes to program code development including testing and debugging.
• Prepares business cases and conducts risk assessments.
• Leads playback sessions with the Business to verify extracted information.
• Bridges IT and business using data analytics to deliver data-driven recommendations.
• Guides businesses in improving processes, services and software.
• Oversees a team of professionals when required.
• Experience delivering large-scale Microsoft and Oracle solutions.

Skills

Business Analysis

Stakeholder Mgmt

Agile

Product Owner

Data Analytics

Process Mapping

Team Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s Degree / B-Tech in IT or BA cert

Tools

Microsoft technologies

Oracle systems

Job description

Cape Town, South Africa | Posted on 07/08/2026

Responsibilities

• Investigates and analyses business problems to understand their nature, cause, effects and drivers, using a variety of methods and techniques.
• Documenting business process requirements through interviews or facilitation sessions.
• Conducting engagements with key role-players within the various departments to further understand their business processes, needs and challenges.
• Analyze existing business processes & technology and propose new developments and changes based on business requirements.
• Develop functional and technical specifications to meet the business needs of clients.
• Conduct system analysis for new and existing systems.
• Construct programs including coding, testing, and debugging.
• Preparing business cases and conducting risk assessments.
• Conducting playback sessions(presentations) with the Business to ensure that the information extracted from the business documents and through the interview process is accurate and complete.
• Responsible for bridging the gap between IT and the business using data analytics to assess processes, outlining problems, determine requirements and deliver data-driven recommendations and documents.
• Helps in guiding businesses in improving processes, services and software.
• Ability to lead and oversee a team of professionals.
• Large scale Microsoft and Oracle solutions delivery experience.
• Relative business development experience and skills.
• Experience and capability of leading IT technologies.
• The ability to work under pressure and to meet tight deadlines.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s Degree and/or B-Tech in Information Technology and/or Business Analysis Certification.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience as a Business Analyst.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in process mapping, business case development and IT operational and strategic planning.
• Experience as a product owner with agile methodology