Senior Business Analyst - Private Credit (iOCO0186) at iOCO

Job Description

• Our client, a leading investment firm operating within the Private Credit space, is looking for a highly experienced Senior Business Analyst to join their Technology team on an initial 6-month contract.
• This is a true end-to-end ownership role where you'll work closely with investment professionals, technology teams, and business stakeholders to enhance investment systems, reporting platforms, and data processes. We're looking for someone who doesn't simply gather requirements, but takes accountability for defining solutions, driving delivery, and ensuring successful outcomes.

What you'll do:

• Analyse business challenges and define practical, measurable solutions.
• Elicit, document, and validate business requirements across multiple stakeholders.
• Produce high-quality user stories, process flows, business requirements documentation, and test scenarios.
• Support data mapping, integration, validation, and reporting initiatives.
• Drive User Acceptance Testing (UAT), defect management, and delivery readiness.
• Work closely with technical teams to assess solution options, risks, dependencies, and business impact.
• Build and maintain reporting and analytical dashboards using tools such as Power BI and Excel.
• Manage delivery milestones, proactively identifying risks and driving resolutions.
• Act as a trusted advisor to both business and technology stakeholders.

Your Expertise:

• 7+ years' Business Analysis experience across the full project lifecycle.
• Private Credit experience is mandatory.
• Demonstrated experience working directly with senior stakeholders and independently driving workstreams.
• Strong requirements gathering, process analysis, documentation, and testing experience.
• Solid understanding of data analysis, reporting, and business process improvement.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to confidently challenge and influence stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking capabilities.
• Financial Services, Investments, Asset Management, or Credit Investment experience.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Exposure to SQL, Power BI, APIs, ETL processes, and workflow tools such as JIRA or ServiceNow.
• Experience working within Agile delivery environments.

Qualifications:

• Relevant Degree/ Diploma
• BA Certificate or Diploma

We're looking for someone who is:

• Proactive, self-motivated, and delivery-focused.
• Comfortable taking ownership with minimal supervision.
• Diligent, naturally inquisitive, and able to critically analyse business challenges.
• Accurate and detail-oriented, producing documentation that stands up to scrutiny.
• Confident and clear when engaging with senior stakeholders.
• Passionate about improving processes and driving business value.

Other information applicable to the opportunity:

• Contract role
• Location: Cape Town (Hybrid way of work)
• Senior Level role (7+ years)