Strategic Business Analyst – Hybrid, AI-Driven Growth

Parvana; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Parvana is partnering with a global investment advisory firm seeking a results-driven Business Analyst to support delivery across complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives in the financial services sector.

You will map requirements, document processes, and act as a single source of truth for business and technical teams. Proficiency in Excel, SQL, Power BI and data integration (APIs/ETL) with Agile/Scrum experience is essential. Hybrid work in Cape Town offers strong career growth.

Qualifications

• Experience across the full delivery lifecycle in complex projects.
• Able to articulate your contributions and ownership on past work with minimal oversight.
• Strong in stakeholder engagement, documentation discipline, and problem solving when managing complexity.

Responsibilities

• Identify business problems, challenge proposed solutions, and define clear, measurable outcomes prior to agreement.
• Assess options, trade-offs, risks, and value in collaboration with technology and business stakeholders.
• Elicit, document, and validate requirements, serving as the central "single point of truth" for the project.
• Prepare high-quality artifacts - including process flows, user stories, and test scripts - while proactively managing delivery milestones and escalating blockers.
• Assist with data mapping and validation, while maintaining ongoing stakeholder visibility through reports and dashboards (e.g., Power BI, Excel).
• Manage Agile artifacts (e.g., JIRA), keep stakeholders informed, and continually enhance team tools, templates, and processes.

Skills

Excel

SQL

Power BI

APIs

ETL

Agile/Scrum

Tools

JIRA

Job description

Parvana is partnering with a global investment advisory firm seeking a results-driven Business Analyst to support delivery across complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives in the financial services sector.

You will map requirements, document processes, and act as a single source of truth for business and technical teams. Proficiency in Excel, SQL, Power BI and data integration (APIs/ETL) with Agile/Scrum experience is essential. Hybrid work in Cape Town offers strong career growth.