Business Analyst

Sygnia Asset Management; Wes-Kaap; On-site; ZAR 480,000 - 720,000; Full time

Job summary

Sygnia Asset Management seeks a Senior Business Analyst for its Retail Investment Platform Development team. This role involves collaborating with various stakeholders to enhance investment platform solutions through process analysis and requirements gathering. An ideal candidate will have strong expertise in the financial services sector, especially related to retail investment products, and a solid understanding of both technical and business aspects.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience as a Business Analyst in financial services
• Experience with retail investment platforms
• Certification in Business Analysis is a plus

Responsibilities

• Act as liaison between business units and development teams
• Conduct process analysis and solution design
• Create and maintain technical documentation

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Requirements gathering

Process analysis

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or related field

Tools

SQL

API

Job description

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NAME OF THE ROLE: BUSINESS ANALYST – RETAIL INVESTMENT PLATFORM

Sygnia is a leading listed financial services group, specialising in institutional, retail, and employee benefits administration. With a dedicated in-house development team, we strive to innovate and provide cutting-edge solutions to meet the evolving needs of our clients and customers.

We are seeking an experienced and technically proficient Business Analyst to join our Retail Investment Platform Development team. The successful candidate will work closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, project managers, and business stakeholders, to deliver innovative investment platform solutions. This role requires a deep understanding of retail investment platforms, financial products, and technology, with a strong focus on requirements gathering, process analysis, and solution design.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Business Engagement: Act as a liaison between business units, stakeholders, the in-house development team and other vendors, ensuring clear communication and alignment of objectives.
• Requirements Gathering: Collaborate with stakeholders, including business users, development teams, and product owners, to analyse, document, and prioritize business and technical requirements for the retail investment platform, ensuring a thorough understanding of needs and objectives.
• Process Analysis: Conduct detailed analysis of business processes, workflows, and systems to identify inefficiencies, gaps, and opportunities for optimisation that align with platform development goals.
• Solution Design: Work closely with stakeholders and the development team to translate business requirements into functional specifications, ensuring solutions meet business needs and objectives.
• Technical Documentation: Create and maintain comprehensive documentation, including business requirements documents (BRDs), functional specifications, use cases, process flows, data mapping, and user stories.
• Platform Development Support: Work closely with the development and QA teams to ensure requirements are properly understood, implemented, and tested. Assist with user acceptance testing (UAT) and troubleshooting.
• Project Support: Support the Projects Team in project planning, tracking, and management, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.
• Quality Assurance: Collaborate with testing teams to ensure thorough testing of solutions, verifying that they meet business requirements and quality standards.
• Continuous Improvement: Proactively identify opportunities for process improvement and innovation, providing recommendations to enhance efficiency, effectiveness, and customer experience.
• Market & Product Analysis: Stay up to date with trends and regulatory changes in the investment platform space, providing insights to inform platform enhancements and new product development.
• Compliance & Risk Management: Ensure that all platform enhancements and new developments comply with industry regulations and internal risk management standards.

ROLE QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

A successful candidate must have:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
• Proven experience as a Business Analyst in the financial services industry with at least 5 years of experience.
• Proven experience working on platform development projects, ideally within a retail investment environment (e.g., LISP, DFM, ETF, or unit trust platforms).
• Solid understanding of investment products, trading systems, and financial instruments.
• Proficiency in requirements gathering and analysis methodologies, including Agile and Waterfall approaches.
• Familiarity with SQL, APIs, system integration, data analysis, and workflow automation tools.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to analyse complex business processes and systems.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively engage and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels.
• Solid understanding of software development lifecycle and methodologies.
• Experience working with development teams and translating business requirements into technical specifications.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality results in a fast-paced environment.
• Specific Certification in Business Analysis is a plus.

If you are passionate about driving business transformation and delivering value through innovative solutions, we would love to hear from you! Apply now to join our team as a Business Analyst.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance, Consulting, and Administrative

• Industries

  Financial Services and Business Consulting and Services

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