Business Analyst – Finance & Accounting Systems

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 confidence.

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