Principal Specialist – Business Advisory - Lesaka ( FinTech) at Lesaka Technologies

Purpose

The Principal Specialist: Business Advisory is the most senior business relationship practitioner within the Merchant Data Department.

You will:

• Own senior stakeholder relationships across the business
• Drive demand management and requirements quality
• Translate business needs into actionable data use cases
• Ensure insights drive decisions and measurable impact
• Set the standard for advisory excellence across the team

This role is critical in ensuring that data initiatives are aligned to commercial objectives, clearly defined, and effectively delivered.

Key Responsibility Areas

Senior Business Relationship Management

• Own relationships with senior and executive stakeholders across business units.
• Act as a trusted advisor, aligning data initiatives to commercial strategy and priorities.
• Proactively identify opportunities where data and analytics can drive value.
• Represent the Merchant Data function in leadership forums and strategic discussions.
• Manage competing priorities and expectations with transparency and professionalism.

Requirements Leadership & Demand Management

• Lead discovery for complex, high‑impact data and analytics initiatives.
• Produce high‑quality, structured requirements that enable clear delivery outcomes.
• Support pipeline governance, prioritisation, and escalation of constraints.
• Define standards for requirements quality across the advisory team.
• Contribute to business cases for major data investments.

Insights Playback & Mentorship

• Lead delivery of insights to senior audiences with clear commercial framing.
• Partner with Analytics & Insights to shape narrative and business meaning.
• Ensure outputs move stakeholders from understanding to action.
• Mentor and guide Business Advisory team members.
• Act as escalation point for complex stakeholder or delivery challenges.

Qualifications & Experience

Essential:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Commerce, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field
• 8+ years’ experience in business analysis, advisory, consulting, or similar
• Strong experience managing senior (executive‑level) stakeholder relationships
• Proven ability to lead requirements discovery and structured analysis
• Experience with demand/portfolio management processes
• Strong exposure to data, analytics, and insight delivery environments
• Demonstrated ability to present to senior stakeholders and drive decisions

Advantageous:

• Experience in fintech, payments, or financial services
• Understanding of modern data platforms and analytics environments
• Experience building business cases for data or technology investments
• Experience mentoring analysts or advisory professionals

 Closing Date 19 May 2026