Business Analyst (Contract)

Sabenza IT & Recruitment; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Sabenza IT & Recruitment in Cape Town seeks an experienced Business Analyst to lead analysis across multiple projects, elicit and document requirements, and produce BRDs, FSDs, user stories and process maps.

You will facilitate stakeholder workshops, translate requirements for development teams, and support SDLC phases including UAT while maintaining requirements traceability and driving process improvements aligned with business objectives.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years’ relevant Business Analysis experience within Software Application Development environments.
• Matric with 10 years’ BA experience and a recognised BA certification (CBAP, CCBA, PMI-PBA) is acceptable.
• Process Engineering background is beneficial and preferred.
• Proven experience working on multiple projects simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Lead business analysis across multiple concurrent projects.
• Elicit, analyse, and document business and system requirements.
• Produce high-quality documentation including BRDs, FSDs, User Stories and Process Maps.
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops and engagement sessions.
• Translate business requirements into functional specifications for development teams.
• Support SDLC phases including design, development, testing and UAT.
• Support the UAT process by providing guidance and clarifying requirement ambiguities.
• Maintain requirements traceability.
• Conduct gap analysis and process improvement activities.
• Analyse and map current and future-state business processes to identify inefficiencies, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Facilitate process redesign and optimisation initiatives aligned with business objectives and technology solutions.
• Define process measures, controls, and performance indicators to support continuous improvement.

Skills

Documentation

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical thinking

Agile methods

Education

Relevant Degree / Diploma in IT or Business Analysis

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Azure DevOps

Visio

Job description

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead business analysis across multiple concurrent projects.
• Elicit, analyse, and document business and system requirements.
• Produce high-quality documentation including Business Requirements Documents, Functional Specifications, User Stories and Process Maps.
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops and engagement sessions.
• Translate business requirements into functional specifications for development teams.
• Support SDLC phases including design, development, testing and UAT.
• Support the UAT process by providing guidance and clarifying requirement ambiguities.
• Maintain requirements traceability.
• Conduct gap analysis and process improvement activities.
• Analyse and map current and future-state business processes to identify inefficiencies, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Facilitate process redesign and optimisation initiatives aligned with business objectives and technology solutions.
• Define process measures, controls, and performance indicators to support continuous improvement.

Key Deliverables:

• Business and functional requirements documentation.
• Process maps and workflow diagrams.
• Stakeholder engagement outputs.
• Traceability matrices and UAT support artefacts.

Governance, Risk & Compliance:

• Ensure all processes align with organisational governance, compliance, and audit standards.
• Maintain audit-ready documentation for process changes and digital initiatives.
• Support internal and external audits by providing process evidence, metrics, and controls.
• Embed quality, risk management, and controls into process design.

Requirements

• Relevant Degree / Diploma in IT, Business Analysis, Information Systems; OR Matric with 10 years’ experience and a recognised Business Analysis certification (CBAP, CCBA, PMI-PBA).
  
• Minimum 10 years’ relevant Business Analysis experience within Software Application Development environments.
• Process Engineering background and experience would be beneficial and preferred.
• Proven experience working on multiple projects simultaneously.

Required Skills and Competencies:

• Strong documentation and requirements specification skills.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability.
• Innovation-driven, with a demonstrated ability to develop practical, future-focused solutions.
• Experience with Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall methodologies.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
  
• Proficiency in tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Azure DevOps, Visio.