Senior Business Analyst
Lead payments solutions, manage integration projects, collaborate on business transformation, and earn R530,000-R725,000 per year. 5+ years’ BA experience required.
Main Responsibilities and Role Overview
This permanent, senior-level position earns a salary between R530,000 and R725,000 a year. Candidates are expected to have at least five years of experience in business analysis, specifically leading payment integration projects and supporting new finance product development.
Day-to-day, you’ll be driving iterative project planning, collaborating with stakeholders, and developing requirements documentation. You’ll ensure payment product delivery is aligned with business needs, using methods based on IIBA and agile principles. Understanding business goals and translating them into detailed technical requirements is crucial.
Responsibilities extend to overseeing third-party system integrations, supporting migration from legacy platforms, and managing solution evaluation throughout the project lifecycle. You’ll also pair with business architects and DevOps teams, contributing directly to user acceptance testing, backlog refinement, and prioritisation.
Strong communication, visual modelling, and process engineering skills are necessary, as you’ll be representing both technical and non-technical needs across multiple teams and stakeholders. The job calls for proficiency in business writing and international analysis trends.
Qualifications include IT credentials, an IIBA-endorsed certificate, and demonstrable experience with payment platforms. Prior project management or agile certification is advantageous.
Job Pros: Skills Growth and Project Ownership
This role offers significant exposure to end-to-end payment solutions, from design to deployment. You’ll take full ownership of business analysis for complex financial products and drive real business strategy changes.
The position enables you to enhance your leadership through multi-team collaboration and directly impact core business transformation. Employing modern agile practices means you’ll stay current in methodologies and standards.
Job Cons: High-Pressure and Demanding Deadlines
This job demands a high level of accountability and pressure to deliver results—sometimes to tight deadlines and across multiple simultaneous projects.
Stakeholder management can be challenging due to shifting priorities, evolving business requirements, and the need to balance technical, regulatory, and user needs without a lot of buffer time.
Our Verdict: A Role for Experienced Analysts Seeking Impact
If you have a track record of senior business analysis in payments and thrive when delivering complex projects with autonomy, this is a highly rewarding career step. You’ll contribute to meaningful business outcomes and refine your expertise in a dynamic environment. The workload is considerable but presents ample learning and leadership opportunity.