Business Analyst

Juru Holdings; Stellenbosch; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading payment solutions provider is seeking a Business Analyst to enhance their innovative team in Stellenbosch. This role involves gathering and documenting business requirements, supporting UAT and testing, and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have 2-3 years of experience, a relevant qualification, and a solid understanding of the payments environment. Knowledge of tools like Jira and Confluence is important, along with fluency in English.

Qualifications

• 2 – 3 years’ business analysis experience.
• Ability to engage with all levels of stakeholders.
• Understanding of systems and technical software development.

Responsibilities

• Gather and document business requirements.
• Translate business requirements into plans.
• Support UAT and testing requirements.

Skills

Business analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Technical understanding

Payments industry experience

Self-starter

Teamwork

Fluent in English

Ideally fluent in Afrikaans

Education

Relevant qualification

Tools

Microsoft suite

Draw.IO

Jira

Confluence

Visio

Job description

Overview

Our client, a leading payment aggregator and provider of secure payment solutions, is looking for a Business Analyst to join their growing team. They offer innovative and customer-focused payment solutions for both banked and unbanked individuals. Their team specialises in convenient and secure payment solutions for retailers, digital solutions, banking institutions, wallets, and informal vendors across Southern Africa.

Responsibilities

• Gather and document business requirements from both internal and external stakeholders.
• Bridge the gap between business and technical teams by translating business requirements into requirements and plans.
• Assist business in documenting operational procedures and presentation flows.
• Assist in gathering and documenting reporting requirements.
• Maintain and manage changes to requirements during a project phase.
• Work closely within PMO to support priority projects and manage backlog grooming with the product owners and project manager.
• Manage and update BA artifacts and ensure that requirements are approved by stakeholders.
• Constantly review requirements gathering process and tools and suggest changes to ensure efficiencies.
• Support UAT and testing requirements to ensure that features were delivered as per documented requirements and within acceptable quality standards.

Qualifications & Skills

• 2 – 3 years’ business analysis experience.
• Self-starter that can work individually as well as in teams.
• Ability to engage with all levels of stakeholders to include senior management and developers.
• Understanding of systems and the technical software development environment.
• Experience in the payments or financial industry required.
• Understanding of the end-to-end payments’ environment (retailers, digital, banking, card schemes, EFT, settlement, acquiring, etc.) beneficial.
• Relevant qualification.
• Full understanding of the Microsoft suite, Draw.IO, Jira, Confluence and Visio.
• Driver’s license.
• Fluent in English and ideally Afrikaans.