Senior System Analyst

Overview

Flash 2025 / 06 / 03 Western Cape

Job Reference Number : T194

Department : Technology

Business Unit : Industry : Fintech

Job Type : Permanent

Positions Available : 1

Salary : Market Related

Job Description

The Senior Systems Analyst plays a critical role in bridging the gap between business needs as defined by the Product Manager and technical requirements and implementation. Responsible for analysing complex business requirements, this role translates them into detailed system specifications.

Responsibilities

• Analyse business requirements and translate them into detailed system specifications and technical documentation.
• Collaborate with Solution Architects to define and maintain system interfaces, workflows, and integration points.
• Produce system-level functional specifications, data mapping documents, and sequence diagrams to support development.
• Ongoing analysis and documentation of existing systems
• Identify and document edge cases, error handling requirements, and system constraints.
• Review business requirement documents (BRDs) and flag inconsistencies, gaps, or technical feasibility issues.
• Validate proposed system designs with development teams to ensure clarity and technical alignment.
• Decompose epics and features into structured system requirements aligned to sprint-ready development tasks.
• Manage traceability between business requirements, system specifications, and test cases.
• Own and maintain the system requirements baseline throughout the development lifecycle.
• Participate in solution design walkthroughs and provide clarifications during development and testing.
• Support QA teams by reviewing test plans and ensuring coverage of all functional and system scenarios.
• Perform impact assessments for change requests or enhancements on existing system components.
• Maintain up-to-date system documentation aligned to released functionality.
• Assist in the definition of non-functional requirements (NFRs) such as performance, security, and availability.
• Work across multiple projects or initiatives simultaneously, managing system analysis deliverables to agreed timelines.

Minimum Requirements

Required Knowledge / Technical Skills

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