Data Analyst – Payments

Location: Sandton Johannesburg
Employment Type: 12-Month Contract (Potential Extension)
Working Arrangement: Fully Office-Based 5 Days per Week
Remuneration: Competitive hourly rate dependent on experience

We are seeking an experienced Data Analyst Payments to join a leading financial services organisation on a 12-month contract.

The successful candidate will support a Payments Order Management initiative analysing payment processes transactional data and operational requirements to help develop a future-state payments platform.

This opportunity is ideal for a technically strong Data Analyst with extensive banking payments experience excellent SQL skills and the ability to work across business and technical teams.

• Analyse end-to-end payment processes transactional data and operational workflows.
• Map payment journeys including initiation validation screening routing settlement and reconciliation.
• Use SQL to analyse payment data identify exceptions trends and operational inefficiencies.
• Gather and document business functional and data requirements.
• Support the development of a future-state Payments Order Management platform.
• Analyse payment channels and systems including EFT RTC PayShap DebiCheck and SWIFT.
• Identify payment failures processing bottlenecks and reconciliation issues.
• Develop reporting requirements operational metrics and performance insights.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders technical teams and external vendors.
• Produce detailed process documentation data analysis and recommendations.

Essential Requirements:

• Minimum 5 years experience as a Data Analyst or in a closely related role.
• Strong proven payments experience within banking or financial services non-negotiable.
• Advanced SQL skills and experience analysing large transactional datasets.
• Solid understanding of end-to-end payment processing and payment lifecycles.
• Experience with business requirements gathering data mapping and process documentation.
• Strong analytical problem-solving and stakeholder management abilities.
• Ability to translate complex business and technical requirements into practical solutions.
• Must be available to work on-site in Sandton five days per week.

Highly Advantageous:

• Experience with South African payment systems including PayShap RTC EFT and DebiCheck.
• Knowledge of SWIFT and ISO 20022.
• Experience with payment orchestration payment hubs settlement and reconciliation.
• Understanding of fraud prevention AML and sanctions screening.
• Experience with payment dashboards operational reporting and KPI analysis.

• Competitive hourly rate based on experience and expertise.
• Initial 12-month contract with potential extension.
• Full-time office-based position in Sandton.
• Opportunity to contribute to a significant banking payments transformation initiative.

To Apply: Please submit your updated CV current hourly rate expected hourly rate notice period and confirmation of your availability to work on-site in Sandton.

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