Business Analyst - Contract I Trade Finance
Overview
iqbusiness is looking for experienced Senior Business Analysts to join their team on a contract basis within the financial services sector, specifically focusing on Trade Finance. The role involves a comprehensive understanding of Trade Finance processes and systems, aimed at identifying control gaps, improving operational efficiency, and implementing compliant and scalable solutions throughout the trade lifecycle.
Requirements
- Minimum 6–10 years’ experience as a Business Analyst in complex, multifaceted financial services environments
- Hands-on experience across Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery models
- Strong business analysis fundamentals aligned to BABOK and SDLC
- Strong stakeholder facilitation, influencing, and negotiation skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and conceptual thinking
- Experience with Jira, Confluence, SharePoint, and SQL for requirements and analysis
- Matric (required)
- Relevant tertiary qualification (Bachelor’s Degree, Diploma, or recognised certification from an accredited institution)
Responsibilities
- Translate trade finance business, regulatory and compliance requirements into clear business, functional, and non-functional requirements
- Analyse end-to-end trade lifecycles (origination, documentation, processing, settlement) and identify risks, control gaps, and operational inefficiencies
- Define, document and optimise current- and future-state Trade processes, ensuring full coverage across front, middle and back-office functions
- Produce high-quality analysis artefacts including BRS, FSDs, user stories, use cases, data models, SOPs, and process maps aligned to Trade Finance standards
- Participate in Trade system implementations, upgrades, and integrations, including SWIFT messaging and document management platforms
- Collaborate with Solution Architects and Trade system vendors (e.g. Finastra, Eximbills, Surecomp) to translate business requirements into technical solutions
- Support UAT planning and execution, including test case design, defect management, and traceability to trade requirements and business scenarios
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