Jobs at Unifi Group

About the Role

• Unifi Africa is seeking a detail-oriented and inquisitive Business Analyst to support product development across all domains. In close collaboration with Product Owners and business stakeholders, you’ll help bridge business needs and technical delivery—ensuring we build impactful, user-focused products across South Africa, Zambia, Uganda, and Kenya.
• This is a hands-on, cross-functional role ideal for someone who enjoys unpacking complex systems, translating business challenges into clear requirements, and supporting execution with solid documentation, analysis, and solution design. You’ll gain exposure to the full spectrum of our microlending business—from credit and collections to client acquisition, onboarding, and system integrations.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product Owners to understand, generate, and document business requirements through workshops, interviews, and analysing relevant data.
• Assist in creating solution design documents, user stories, wireframes, and process flows to support software development.
• Analyse current state processes and contribute to designing future state solutions that enhance customer experience and operational efficiency.
• Define and maintain business rules and configuration parameters across various product areas and systems.
• Facilitate alignment between cross-functional teams—including development, credit, data, and operations—to ensure shared understanding of scope and objectives.
• Support testing and validation by preparing test cases and verifying functionality against business requirements.
• Contribute to backlog grooming and sprint planning, ensuring requirements are clearly defined and development-ready.
• Maintain structured documentation and internal knowledge bases (e.g., Confluence, Google Sites) to support team alignment and institutional knowledge.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 2–5 years of experience in business analysis, product support, or functional consulting—ideally within the financial services or technology sectors.
• Solid understanding of business process analysis, requirements discovery, and documentation best practices.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and experience working in cross-functional teams.
• Proficient in SQL for data extraction, analysis, and validation to support business and technical solutions.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to simplify complex information.
• Skilled in tools such as Jira, Confluence, Miro, Google Sheets, or equivalent platforms.
• Highly detail-oriented, self-motivated, and methodical in approach to problem-solving.
• Experience in the African financial services landscape is a plus.
• Passionate about working in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment focused on financial inclusion.

Closing Date 20 July 2026

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About the role

• Unifi is on the lookout for a talented Data Engineer with strong expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to join our fast-growing team. In this role, you’ll design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and architectures that power our business. You’ll collaborate closely with data scientists and analysts to ensure seamless data flow across the organisation, enabling smarter decisions and impactful solutions.
• We’re looking for someone who is analytically sharp, self-motivated, and thrives in an unstructured environment. A genuine passion for African business is a must—along with a healthy sense of adventure and a good sense of humour to match our dynamic culture.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable data pipelines and architectures using GCP technologies such as Dataflow, BigQuery, Pub/Sub, and Cloud Storage.
• Develop and manage ETL processes to transform diverse data sources into clean, structured formats for analysis and reporting.
• Partner with data scientists and analysts to understand their needs and deliver solutions that enable insights and decision-making.
• Create and maintain documentation for data pipelines, architecture, and data models to ensure clarity and consistency.
• Troubleshoot and resolve data-related issues quickly to minimise disruption.
• Continuously optimise data pipelines for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Automate workflows and processes through scripts and tools that streamline operations.
• Safeguard data quality and integrity across all sources, pipelines, and platforms.
• Stay ahead of the curve by keeping up with new GCP tools, best practices, and data engineering trends.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field.
• 5+ years’ experience as a Data Engineer or in a similar role.
• Strong programming skills in BigQuery, Python, SQL, and GCP.
• Proven expertise in ETL development and data modeling.
• Familiarity with data lakehouse concepts and techniques.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and critical-thinking skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities.
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) technologies—especially BigQuery, with additional exposure to Dataflow, Pub/Sub, and Cloud Storage—considered highly beneficial.
• Background in financial services would be an added advantage.

Closing Date 28 July 2026