Senior Business Analyst

Location Cape Town
Discipline: IT & Telecoms
Job type: Contract
Contact name: Erika Reeves

Contact email: erika@networkersint.co.za
Job ref: 43750
Published: about 21 hours ago
Overview

An established investment management environment is looking for a Senior Business Analyst to support and deliver complex initiatives across its investment platform. This role is best suited to a Business Analyst with strong multi-manager experience who can operate end to end, from early discovery and operating model design through to detailed requirements and delivery support.

You’ll work closely with Investment, Portfolio Management, Operations, Risk, Compliance, Data, and Technology teams, acting as the link between business strategy, data, and technology delivery.

What you’ll do
  • Lead workshops with senior business and technical stakeholders to gather and define requirements

  • Produce clear business, functional, and non-functional requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria

  • Translate complex investment and operational needs into structured, delivery-ready outputs

  • Apply strong investment management and multi-manager knowledge across initiatives, including fund structures, mandates, asset allocation, manager selection, performance, and reporting

  • Support change across Front, Middle, and Back Office investment processes

  • Ensure requirements align with regulatory, governance, and industry standards

  • Analyse and design processes and operating models, including AS-IS and TO-BE workflows

  • Identify inefficiencies and recommend improvements to enhance scale, control, and transparency

  • Work with data and technology teams to understand data flows, support data mapping and reconciliation, and enable reporting and analytics

  • Operate across Agile and Waterfall delivery environments, supporting backlog refinement, sprint planning, UAT, and releases

  • Assist with change impact analysis and transition into BAU

  • Build strong working relationships across Investment, Operations, Finance, Risk, Compliance, Data, and Technology teams

What you’ll need
  • 8+ years’ experience as a Business Analyst within Investment or Asset Management

  • Proven multi-manager experience (essential)

  • Experience working end to end, from early discovery through to detailed delivery

  • Exposure to large-scale change initiatives, platform implementations, or operating model redesigns

  • Strong requirements engineering capability

  • Experience with process modelling (AS-IS / TO-BE) and operating model design

  • Solid data literacy, including understanding data flows and system dependencies

  • Experience working in Agile (Scrum / SAFe) and Waterfall environments

  • Degree in Finance, Investments, Business, Information Systems, or a related field

  • BA or Agile certifications are advantageous

  • Experience with investment platforms, data warehouses, or reporting tools is beneficial