Senior Specialist: Business Analysis (Business Banking) - Sandton
Absa Group Limited Absa · Johannesburg, Gauteng
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- To provide specialist advice and support in the development and implementation of business analysis and associated service delivery processes, methods and techniques.
Job Description
- Reporting to the Head of Business Banking Change Risk, the Senior Business Analyst will play a pivotal role in driving the transformation, digitisation, and automation of the Business Banking Credit Value Chain. The role will be responsible for translating strategic business objectives into technology-enabled solutions that improve operational efficiency, strengthen risk management practices, enhance customer experience, and support the end-to-end credit origination, assessment, sanctioning, fulfilment, and monitoring processes.
Work closely with business stakeholders, credit teams, technology partners, vendors, and change delivery teams to:
- Identify opportunities for process optimisation.
- Define and document business requirements.
- Assess impacts across systems, processes, and operating models.
- Support the successful delivery of strategic change initiatives.
Provide end-to-end business analysis support across
- Requirements elicitation and analysis.
- Solution design and development support.
- Stakeholder engagement and management.
- Testing coordination and execution.
- Implementation and change support.
- Training and knowledge transfer.
- Operational readiness activities.
- Post-implementation support and continuous improvement.
Drive initiatives focused on
- Core credit platforms.
- Workflow automation.
- Credit decisioning processes.
- Risk assessment and management processes.
- Banking systems supporting the Business Banking Credit ecosystem.
Demonstrate substantial banking industry experience, including
- Strong exposure to Business Banking.
- Deep understanding of the end-to-end credit lifecycle.
- Experience within credit risk, credit operations, credit systems, or lending environments.
Effectively engage and influence stakeholders by
- Building relationships with senior business and technology leaders.
- Leading complex requirements gathering workshops.
- Driving delivery across cross-functional teams.
- Influencing key business and technology decisions.
- Operating successfully within a fast-paced and evolving change environment.
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree Business, IT, Finance, or related – essential
- Postgraduate qualification or BA certification e.g. CBAP, Agile, Lean Six Sigma – advantageous
- 7–10+ years' Business Analysis experience Banking experience Non-Negotiable
- Experience supporting large-scale automation and digital transformation initiatives within a banking environment will be highly advantageous.
- Demonstrable experience working within a credit environment is advantageous.
- Strong experience in business process transformation, requirements management, system implementation, testing, stakeholder engagement, and change delivery.
Education
- Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life Sciences Required
End Date: August 28, 2026