Senior Business Analyst – Card Payments
- Location
- Johannesburg, Gauteng
- Contract
- Fixed-term contract
- Minimum qualification
- Bachelor's degree
- Closing date
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In brief
**Overview** This is a 6-month contract role for a Senior Business Analyst specializing in Card Payments with Sabenza IT & Recruitment. The position requires a seasoned Business Analyst with deep expertise in banking and card payments to deliver complex transformation and migration projects. The scope of work covers issuing, acquiring, scheme integrations, and processing platforms, working across business and technology teams on requirements, impact assessments, stakeholder engagement, regulatory alignment, and seamless system/process integration. **What you will do** * Lead end-to-end BA for card payment migration projects * Gather and document requirements with business, product, compliance, and technical teams * Conduct impact analysis across card systems, payment platforms, and downstream integrations * Produce business process models, user stories & epics, functional/non-functional requirements, data mapping and migration specs * Support data migration strategy, validation, and reconciliation * Facilitate workshops and drive stakeholder alignment * Translate business requirements into technical specifications * Provide SME input on card lifecycle, authorization flows, settlement, disputes, and compliance * Support UAT planning, execution, defect triage, and sign-off * Identify and manage migration risks * Contribute to Agile sprint planning and backlog refinement. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * 8+ years’ BA experience in banking * Strong hands-on payments experience (issuing and/or acquiring) * Proven migration or transformation project delivery * Solid understanding of core banking systems, card management systems, payment processing platforms, and regulatory/compliance frameworks * Requirements elicitation, process modelling, and documentation experience * Strong stakeholder management across business and IT * Agile/Scrum experience * FTI or IIBA certification (required) **Who should apply** This role is for a seasoned Business Analyst with a minimum of 8 years of BA experience within the banking sector. The ideal candidate will possess deep, hands-on expertise in payments, specifically issuing and/or acquiring, with a proven track record in delivering migration or transformation projects. Applicants should have a solid understanding of core banking systems, card management systems, payment processing platforms, and relevant regulatory/compliance frameworks. Essential skills include requirements elicitation, process modelling, documentation, and strong stakeholder management across business and IT teams. Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies and an FTI or IIBA certification are also required. The role demands an individual capable of driving complex card payment projects, including scheme integrations, working across technical and business teams to ensure seamless system and process integration. **Deadline** Not specified **Reference** Original posting: https://www.jobmail.co.za/jobs/it-computer/other-it-computer/johannesburg/senior-business-analyst-%E2%80%93-card-payments-id-7598676 Source: jobmail
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At a glance
- At least 8 years of experience.
- Project management
- Agile / Scrum
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