Business Analyst (Senior)

Discovery Limited; Gauteng; Sur place; ZAR 700 000 - 1 000 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Discovery Limited, within Discovery Central Services, seeks a Senior Finance Business Analyst to shape initiatives from concept through delivery. You will clarify problems, define scope and translate needs into structured requirements, working with initiative owners and project managers to ensure finance initiatives are well defined and commercially sound.

You will contribute to building consistent business analysis practices, templates and standards within the PMO as the capability matures, and

Qualifications

• Relevant degree (Finance, Accounting, Business, Information Systems or similar)
• Professional finance or analysis qualifications advantageous but not essential

Responsabilités

• Initiative shaping and scoping: Clarify problems, objectives and outcomes for proposed initiatives, translate ideas into statements and success measures, and assess readiness for delivery pipeline.
• Business case and impact analysis: Develop fit-for-purpose business cases with benefits, risks, dependencies and high-level resources; perform impact assessments across processes, systems and stakeholders.
• Process mapping and requirements: Own standard process mapping quality; map processes to ensure visibility and shared understanding; translate gaps into structured requirements.
• Delivery support and change enablement: Work with Project Managers to align business intent with delivery, assess scope changes and support benefits tracking and post-implementation reviews.
• Capability contribution: Contribute to standardized business analysis practices within PMO and evolve templates and ways of working.

Connaissances

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder engagement

Process mapping

Finance processes familiarity

Problem solving

Communication skills

Delivery coordination

Formation

Relevant degree (Finance, Accounting, Business, Information Systems or similar)

Professional finance or analysis qualifications advantageous but not essential

Description du poste

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Business Analyst (Senior)

Business Unit: Discovery Central Services

Function: Accounting

Date: 10 Oct 2026

Senior Finance Business Analyst

Key purpose

Group Finance has established a Programme Management Office (PMO) to strengthen governance, prioritisation and delivery of finance initiatives across the function and the wider Group. We are seeking a Senior Finance Business Analyst to help shape initiatives from early concept through to delivery readiness by clarifying business problems, defining scope, assessing impacts and translating needs into structured requirements. The role will work closely with initiative owners and project managers to ensure finance initiatives are well defined, commercially sound and set up for successful implementation.

The successful candidate will also contribute to building consistent business analysis practices, templates and standards within the PMO as the capability matures.

Key responsibilities

Initiative shaping and scoping

• Work with finance stakeholders to clarify problems, objectives and desired outcomes for proposed initiatives
• Translate high-level ideas into clear problem statements, scope boundaries and success measures
• Assess initiative readiness prior to entry into the delivery pipeline

Business case and impact analysis

• Develop fit-for-purpose business cases, including benefits, risks, dependencies and high-level resource requirements
• Perform impact assessments across finance processes, systems, controls and stakeholders
• Support prioritisation decisions through structured analysis and clear articulation of trade-offs

Process mapping and requirements

• Own the standard, quality and completeness of process mapping for initiatives and the Group Finance function
• Perform or facilitate process mapping (typically L2/L3) to ensure process visibility and shared understanding
• Translate business and process gaps into clear, structured requirements to support delivery

Delivery support and change enablement

• Work closely with Project Managers to maintain alignment between business intent and delivery execution
• Assess scope changes and support informed decision-making during delivery
• Support benefits tracking, adoption and post-implementation reviews

Capability contribution

• Contribute to the development of consistent business analysis practices within the PMO
• Act as a reference point for structured problem-solving and analytical quality
• Support the evolution of templates, standards and ways of working as the PMO matures

Experience and skills

• Proven experience in a Business Analyst or similar role within a complex corporate environment
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, with the ability to structure ambiguous problems
• Solid understanding of finance processes, reporting, systems or controls
• Experience engaging with senior stakeholders and navigating competing priorities
• Excellent written and verbal communication skill
• Experience in finance transformation, optimisation or process improvement initiatives
• Exposure to finance systems or reporting platforms
• Experience working alongside PMOs or project managers
• Familiarity with governance, control or audit environments

Personal attributes

• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and asking challenging questions
• Structured, disciplined thinker with strong attention to detail
• Confident, pragmatic and collaborative stakeholder style

Qualifications

• Relevant degree (Finance, Accounting, Business, Information Systems or similar)
• Professional finance or analysis qualifications advantageous but not essential

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY
The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.