Payments Data Analyst – Banking Transformation (On-Site)

Sasso Consulting (Pty) Ltd; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 344,000 - 620,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive hourly rate

12-month contract with extension

On-site in Sandton

Job summary

Sasso Consulting (Pty) Ltd is seeking a seasoned Data Analyst – Payments for a 12-month contract based in Sandton. The role focuses on analysing payment processes, transactional data and operational requirements to help shape a future-state payments platform.

The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years in data analysis with strong banking payments experience, expert SQL skills and the ability to collaborate with business and technical teams across departments.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in data analysis or closely related role.
• Strong, proven payments experience within banking or financial services.
• Advanced SQL skills and experience analysing large transactional datasets.
• Solid understanding of end-to-end payment processing and lifecycles.
• Experience with business requirements gathering, data mapping and process documentation.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and stakeholder management abilities.

Responsibilities

• Analyse end-to-end payment processes, transactional data and operational workflows.
• Map payment journeys, including initiation, validation, screening, routing, settlement and reconciliation.
• Use SQL to analyse payment data, identify exceptions, trends and operational inefficiencies.
• Gather and document business, functional and data requirements.
• Support the development of a future-state Payments Order Management platform.
• Analyse payment channels and systems, including EFT, RTC, PayShap, DebiCheck and SWIFT.
• Identify payment failures, processing bottlenecks and reconciliation issues.
• Develop reporting requirements, operational metrics and performance insights.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, technical teams and external vendors.
• Produce detailed process documentation, data analysis and recommendations.

Skills

SQL

Payments domain experience

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Job description

Sasso Consulting (Pty) Ltd is seeking a seasoned Data Analyst – Payments for a 12-month contract based in Sandton. The role focuses on analysing payment processes, transactional data and operational requirements to help shape a future-state payments platform.

The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years in data analysis with strong banking payments experience, expert SQL skills and the ability to collaborate with business and technical teams across departments.