SUMMARY:
We’re looking for an experienced Finance Business Analyst with experience working in Finance and Investment Administration environments. You’ll play a critical role in bridging business and technology within Finance and Investment Administration environments. You’ll support strategic initiatives such as system enhancements, financial proce...
POSITION INFO:
We’re looking for an experienced Finance Business Analyst with experience working in Finance and Investment Administration environments. You’ll play a critical role in bridging business and technology within Finance and Investment Administration environments. You’ll support strategic initiatives such as system enhancements, financial process optimisation, and large-scale platform migrations (including SAP-related initiatives), ensuring business requirements are accurately translated into functional solutions.
What you'll do:
- Engage with stakeholders across Finance, Investment Administration, and the Vendor to gather, analyse, and document detailed business requirements.
- Develop Business Requirement Specifications (BRS), Functional Requirement Documents (FRD), and Process Flow Diagrams.
- Perform gap analyses between current (“as-isâ€) and target (“to-beâ€) processes.
- Analyse and interpret financial data flows between SAP modules and investment systems.
- Support integration between front-office, middle-office, and back-office applications, ensuring data integrity and alignment with accounting standards.
- Participate in workstreams related to large-scale system or platform migrations (e.g., SAP S/4HANA, investment administration systems).
- Define test cases, manage UAT cycles, and ensure defect resolution in collaboration with development and QA teams.
- Collaborate with senior management and Finance to ensure alignment of business objectives with technical delivery.
Your Expertise:
- Minimum 5 years’ experience as a Business Analyst within a Financial Services or Investment Management environment.
- Experience in Investment Administration, Unit Trust Operations, or Life Insurance Finance highly preferred.
- Hands-on experience with SAP Finance modules.
- Proven track record of involvement in large system/platform migrations or finance transformation programmes.
- Advanced proficiency in MS Excel and SAP reporting tools.
- Experience in testing of changes to large Financial platforms
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
- Professional qualification advantageous (CA(SA), CIMA, or equivalent).
Other information applicable to the opportunity:
Why work for us?
Want to work for an organization that solves complex real-world problems with innovative software solutions? At iOCO, we believe anything is possible with modern technology, software, and development expertise. We are continuously pushing the boundaries of innovative solutions across multiple industries using an array of technologies. 
You will be part of a consultancy, working with some of the most knowledgeable minds in the industry on interesting solutions across different business domains. 
Our culture of continuous learning will ensure that you will have all the opportunities, tools, and support to hone and grow your craft. 
By joining iOCO you will have an open invitation to developer inspiring forums. A place where you will be able to connect and learn from and with your peers by sharing ideas, experiences, practices, and solutions. 
iOCO is an equal opportunity employer with an obligation to achieve its own unique EE objectives in the context of Employment Equity targets. Therefore, our employment strategy gives primary preference to previously disadvantaged individuals or groups.
