Technical BA
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Job Location:
Cape Town - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
14 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Intermediate Technical Business Analyst to join a dynamic financial services environment on a 12-month contract.
The successful candidate will play a critical role in translating business requirements into clear technical specifications with a strong focus on API-driven integrations system enhancements and digital platform delivery.
This role requires close collaboration with cross-functional (technical) teams to ensure that requirements are well-defined technically sound and aligned to enterprise architecture and regulatory standards typical of the financial services sector.
The successful candidate will play a critical role in translating business requirements into clear technical specifications with a strong focus on API-driven integrations system enhancements and digital platform delivery.
This role requires close collaboration with cross-functional (technical) teams to ensure that requirements are well-defined technically sound and aligned to enterprise architecture and regulatory standards typical of the financial services sector.
Key Responsibilities
Key Requirements
Qualifications & Certifications
Experience
Technical & Functional Skills
Competencies
- Engage with business stakeholders to elicit analyse document and validate business and functional requirements.
- Translate business needs into technical requirements and user stories suitable for development teams.
- Produce high-quality documentation including:
- Business Requirement Documents (BRDs)
- Functional Specification Documents (FSDs)
- User stories and acceptance criteria
- Process flows and data models
- Work extensively with API integrations including:
- RESTful APIs
- JSON/XML payloads
- API request/response mapping
- Error handling and integration flows
- Collaborate with solution architects and developers to ensure technical feasibility and alignment to design standards.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning backlog refinement stand-ups reviews and retrospectives.
- Support testing phases by assisting with:
- Test scenario creation
- UAT coordination
- Defect triage and resolution
- Ensure solutions comply with financial services regulations security standards and data governance requirements.
- Facilitate workshops and stakeholder sessions to clarify requirements and drive delivery outcomes.
- Act as a key liaison between business and technology teams throughout the delivery lifecycle.
Key Requirements
Qualifications & Certifications
- Relevant tertiary qualification in:
- Information Technology
- Computer Science
- Information Systems
- Business Analysis or related field
- Business Analysis certification (preferred):
- IIBA (ECBA CCBA or CBAP)
- FTI IQBBA or equivalent BA certification
Experience
- Up to 4-5 years experience as a Business Analyst with at least:
- 23 years at an intermediate technical BA level
- Proven experience within the financial services industry such as:
- Banking
- Insurance
- Investments
- Payments
- Asset management
- Strong experience working on systems integration projects.
- Demonstrated hands-on experience with APIs including:
- REST APIs
- Swagger / OpenAPI specifications
- Postman or similar API testing tools
- Experience working in Agile and/or hybrid delivery environments.
- Exposure to digital platforms backend systems and data-driven solutions.
Technical & Functional Skills
- Strong understanding of:
- API-based architectures
- System integration concepts
- Microservices environments
- Ability to read and interpret:
- API documentation
- Technical diagrams
- Data mappings
- Solid understanding of:
- SQL (advantageous)
- Data flows and data lineage
- Experience using BA tools such as:
- Jira / Confluence
- Azure DevOps
- Visio or similar modelling tools
- Knowledge of SDLC and BA best practices.
Competencies
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication abilities.
- Comfortable operating between business and technical teams.
- High attention to detail and documentation quality.
- Ability to manage multiple deliverables in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong understanding of financial services processes and terminology.
Key Skills
- B2C
- ABAP
- Fpga
- Front Office
- Body Care
- Insurance Sales
About Company
WHO WE ARE EQPlus Technologies (Pty) Ltd was founded in 1999 by an exceptionally talented team of professionals and entrepreneurs. Today EQPlus is an industry-recognised Information Communications Service Provider that reflects South Africa’s unique diversity and is proud to announce ... View more
