Senior Business Analyst and Team Lead

Structureit; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing software consultancy in Cape Town seeks a Senior Business Analyst to lead projects and teams. The role involves business analysis, stakeholder management, and delivery management across various domains. Candidates should have strong leadership skills and experience in financial services. This position offers flexible working conditions and a supportive culture focused on employee well-being and development.

Benefits

Fully remote or from the office with daily lunch

Flexible working hours

First Day Starting Kit

High-spec laptop and screens

Learning Budget

20 days annual leave

Paid maternity/paternity leave

Long-term benefits

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience leading teams.
• 5 years of experience in financial services, ideally in a business analysis role.

Responsibilities

• Lead requirement gathering and documentation.
• Act as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert to clients.
• Mentor and coach other analysts.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Communication

Problem Solving

Agile Methodologies

Job description

StructureIt is a growing software consultancy in the capital markets with offices in the UK, US, South Africa, Mauritius, Thailand, and New Zealand. We are trusted partners that help our customers in the Commercial Real Estate and Credit Markets leverage technology to unlock value throughout their business. Our mission is to deliver high-quality and robust software that quickly solves customer pain points while keeping them in control throughout the engagement.

Main focus of the role

We are looking for a self-starting Senior Business Analyst to support StructureIt projects and lead a team of business analysts. This role requires a high degree of autonomy, leadership, and stakeholder engagement, with a focus on business analysis, delivery management, and team leadership and line management. The successful candidate will work across multiple business domains, ensuring high-quality requirement gathering, solution design, and implementation.

What you'll do

1. Business Analysis & Solution Design
   • Lead requirement gathering and documentation, translating client needs into functional specifications.
   • Define and document use cases, user stories, process flows, and UI designs.
   • Work closely with the development team to design scalable solutions.
   • Drive feature backlog grooming and prioritization.
   • Ensure that solutions align with business strategy, compliance, and risk management requirements.
2. Stakeholder & Client Management
   • Act as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert to clients and internal teams.
   • Build and maintain strong relationships with senior stakeholders.
   • Support presales efforts and revenue retention by identifying value-driven enhancements.
   • Ensure effective communication and expectation management across all stakeholders.
3. Delivery & Quality Management
   • Work with QA teams to define test cases and ensure system testing meets business needs.
   • Lead peer reviews and ensure adherence to quality standards across all BA deliverables.
   • Identify and mitigate risks in solution implementation.
   • Ensure timely and accurate information flow between all project stakeholders.
   • Deliver work at a Level 4 initiative, operating independently with minimal supervisory support.
4. Domain Expertise & Cross-Application Engagement
   • Develop and maintain a deep understanding of the domain and system architecture.
   • Provide thought leadership on best practices for business analysis within financial services.
   • Work across multiple application domains and business units to ensure cohesive solutions.
   • Act as the go-to person for functional and strategic aspects of business analysis.
5. Strategic Capability Building & Leadership
   • Mentor and coach other analysts and provide line management support.
   • Support recruitment and onboarding of new BAs, ensuring alignment with strategic goals.
   • Contribute to goal setting, process improvement, and toolset development within the BA capability.
   • Champion best practices in business analysis, improving methodologies and frameworks.

To succeed in this role, you'll need

People & Leadership

• 5 years of experience leading teams.
• Passion for mentoring and developing a team of direct reports.
• Ability to provide constructive feedback and drive capability growth.
• Strong sense of ownership and commitment to delivering high-quality work.

Technical & Domain Expertise

• 5 years of experience in financial services, ideally in a business analysis or solution delivery role.
• Experience in building solutions from the ground up as part of project teams.
• Experience working across multiple business applications and domains.

Business & Delivery Skills

• Proven track record as a lead analyst from project inception to delivery.
• Experience with agile and waterfall methodologies.
• Strong ability to translate business needs into technical requirements.
• Expertise in requirement gathering, user story writing, and feature prioritization.
• Ability to work independently with high standards.

Communication & Stakeholder Engagement

• Strong communication and presentation skills, able to simplify complex concepts.
• Experience managing senior stakeholder relationships and influencing decisions.
• Ability to operate effectively in a distributed, multi-region team environment.

Benefits

• Working: Fully remote or from the office with daily lunch
• Flexible working hours
• First Day Starting Kit: Money towards keyboard of your choice, headset, laptop riser, mouse
• Company-owned setup: High-spec laptop, 27" and 24" screens, insurance, medical aid including Gap Cover, life and disability insurance, funeral cover
• Learning Budget: Books or courses of your choice
• Culture: Employee-first culture, work/life balance, everyone has a voice, psychological safety, annual outings
• Leave: 20 days annual leave, paid maternity/paternity, study & moving leave
• Long-term benefits: Cell phone or petrol budget after 2 years, company bursary after 3 years, additional leave after 5 years, weekend getaway after 7 years, sabbatical after 10 years

Interested?

Send your CV to us.