Senior Business Analyst (Africa Delivery) | Contract

Role Summary

• iqbusiness is seeking hands-on Business Analysts for contract opportunities. The ideal candidates will have proven experience delivering projects across Africa and/or international markets, with a willingness to travel as required. Successful candidates will bring strong digital transformation experience, ideally within banking and payments environments, and will be comfortable operating in complex, fast-paced organisations.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver end-to-end business analysis across data, process, system, and business domains
• Elicit, document, and manage business, functional, and technical requirements
• Translate requirements into user stories and support Agile delivery
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops, interviews, and information-gathering sessions
• Participate in solution design with cross-functional teams
• Analyse, map, and optimise current- and future-state business processes
• Ensure data integrity, quality, and governance throughout the delivery lifecycle
• Define success criteria, prepare test cases, and support testing activities
• Support solution implementation, training, and business readiness

Requirements

• Minimum of 5+ years' experience as a Business Analyst within financial services environments
• Experience working across Agile, Waterfall, and RUP methodologies
• Strong stakeholder engagement, facilitation, and business writing skills
• Solid experience in data analysis, process modelling, and systems analysis
• Working knowledge of BABOK practices, SDLC, and Business Change Lifecycle
• Familiarity with tools and frameworks such as JIRA, Confluence, ARIS, ACORD Framework, SOA, TOGAF, and ArchiMate

Education

• Matric required
• Relevant tertiary qualification Bachelor's Degree, Diploma, or recognised certification from an accredited institution