Senior Solutions Analyst – Commercial Lending Tech

1001 Absa Bank; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Absa Bank in Sandton is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to bridge business stakeholders and technology teams within Commercial Lending Technology. The role combines business and systems analysis, testing, and application support to drive improvements and stable production solutions.

You will develop deep knowledge of Commercial Lending products and processes, collaborate with multiple teams, and support production adoption while ensuring traceability and quality deliverables.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in IT or a related field.
• Min 5 years experience in Business Analysis and Systems Analysis.
• Gathering, analysing, and documenting business and system requirements.
• Supporting business-critical applications and resolving production issues.
• Solution design, testing, defect management, and user acceptance testing.
• Working with business stakeholders, technology teams, and third-party vendors.
• Commercial Lending or Commercial Property Finance experience is essential.
• FIS Commercial Loan Servicing (CLS/ACBS) will be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyse, and document business and system requirements.
• Translate business needs into user stories, functional specifications, process models, and acceptance criteria.
• Analyse business and system processes to identify gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Maintain requirement traceability from business need through to solution delivery.
• Manage and prioritise requirements, defects, and enhancement backlogs.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders and technology teams.
• Support testing, implementation, and production adoption.
• Coordinate incident resolution and drive production stability.

Skills

Business Analysis

Systems Analysis

Stakeholder Management

UML/BPMN

Testing/UAT

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology

Tools

FIS CLS/ACBS

SQL

Job description

Absa Bank in Sandton is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to bridge business stakeholders and technology teams within Commercial Lending Technology. The role combines business and systems analysis, testing, and application support to drive improvements and stable production solutions.

You will develop deep knowledge of Commercial Lending products and processes, collaborate with multiple teams, and support production adoption while ensuring traceability and quality deliverables.