Senior Feature Analyst - FinTech & Advisory Platforms

Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (SA) Ltd; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (SA) Ltd is seeking a Senior Feature Analyst to translate business needs into detailed specifications. You will lead cross-functional collaboration with Product Owners, Solution Architects, and stakeholders to deliver aligned solutions and drive strategic initiatives.

You will provide thought leadership on processes, mentor teammates, and support leadership in managing scope and delivery of initiatives in a dynamic financial planning domain.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, CS, Finance or equivalent.
• Business analysis certification and SAFe/Agile knowledge.
• Deep domain experience in financial planning and advisory tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead backlog & agile delivery, refining user stories and enablers.
• Model requirements with scenarios, flows and process maps.
• Collaborate across release teams to meet customer needs at scale.
• Drive modernization with fintech trends and automation opportunities.
• Define acceptable criteria and improve test coverage and automation.
• Lead and mentor the feature analyst practice and recruitment.

Skills

Adaptive Thinking

Analytics Software

Application Development

Business Intelligence

Computer Literacy

Database Reporting

Data Modeling

Data Recovery

Requirements Development

User Requirements Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in IT or related

Postgraduate qualification in finance / IT / digital transformation

Lean Six Sigma Certification

Business Analysis certification

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Figma

MIRO

CRM tools (e.g., xPlan)

Job description

Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (SA) Ltd is seeking a Senior Feature Analyst to translate business needs into detailed specifications. You will lead cross-functional collaboration with Product Owners, Solution Architects, and stakeholders to deliver aligned solutions and drive strategic initiatives.

You will provide thought leadership on processes, mentor teammates, and support leadership in managing scope and delivery of initiatives in a dynamic financial planning domain.