Senior Technical BA - SQL, API & Credit Decisioning

Samaha Consulting; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Samaha Consulting in Sandton (Johannesburg) is seeking a Technical Business Analyst with 7+ years of experience in credit decisioning, lending systems, and banking technology to bridge business, risk, credit, operations and technology teams and automate origination, underwriting and decisioning processes.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on API integrations, data mapping, and system analysis experience, can create API specs and integration mappings, and will document data flows.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience as Technical Business Analyst in banking domain.
• Hands-on API integrations, decision engines, data mapping and system analysis.

Responsibilities

• Gather, analyze, and document business, functional, and non-functional requirements.
• Conduct workshops with Credit Risk, Underwriting, Operations, Product, and Technology stakeholders.
• Translate business requirements into user stories, BRDs, FRDs, and technical specifications.
• Analyze existing credit decisioning workflows and identify opportunities for automation and optimization.
• Support design and implementation of credit policies, scorecards, and decision rules.
• Create API specifications and integration mappings.
• Document data flows, field mappings, and validation rules.
• Work with architects and engineers to design scalable solutions.
• Support SIT, UAT and production validation activities.

Skills

SQL

API integrations

Credit decisioning

Lending systems

Banking technology

Data mapping

System analysis

Stakeholder workshops

Job description

Samaha Consulting in Sandton (Johannesburg) is seeking a Technical Business Analyst with 7+ years of experience in credit decisioning, lending systems, and banking technology to bridge business, risk, credit, operations and technology teams and automate origination, underwriting and decisioning processes.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on API integrations, data mapping, and system analysis experience, can create API specs and integration mappings, and will document data flows.