Business Analyst

We are seeking a Business Analyst (BA) with strong accounting knowledge and proven experience in financial reporting systems. The ideal candidate will bring both functional expertise and hands-on experience in system implementations, stakeholder engagement, requirements gathering, and manual testing. Prior experience in banking or a solid understanding of financial products is highly preferred.

Description of the role

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to define project scope, objectives, deliverables, and timelines.
• Elicit, analyze, and document business and functional requirements.
• Facilitate communication between business units and technical teams.
• Perform gap analysis and identify areas for process improvement.
• Design, document, and maintain business processes, workflows, and models using tools such as BPMN.
• Write and execute test cases, test plans, and test strategies for application development and implementation.
• Provide end-to-end support throughout the project lifecycle.
• Prepare high-quality presentations, process flows, and documentation using tools such as MS PowerPoint and Visio.
• Analyze and evaluate current systems, identifying areas for upgrade or optimization.
• Ensure alignment with software development life cycle (SDLC) methodologies such as Agile, Scrum, or Waterfall.

Needed qualifications

• Strong understanding of accounting principles and financial reporting.
• Experience with banking or understanding of banking financial products is a strong advantage.
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively across cross-functional teams.
• Stakeholder management and interpersonal communication skills.
• Practical experience with requirement and test management tools such as JIRA, Confluence, or Azure DevOps.
• Bachelors degree in Accounting, Finance, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience as a Business Analyst.
• Solid understanding of SDLC and experience working within structured project environments.
• Proven track record in implementing financial/accounting systems.
• Experience in manual functional testing.
• Upper-intermediate or higher level of English (written and spoken).
• Experience with business process modeling (preferably using BPMN).

All applications will be treated in strict confidentiality

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be invited to an interview