Technical Business Analyst (Product office) Investment Management

Recruiter

Strategic Personnel

Job Ref

JHB000851/AC

Date posted

Thursday, June 25, 2026

Location

Cape Town, South Africa

Salary

600000 Annually

SUMMARY

Our client, a leading Investment Manager, seeks a dynamic, analytically minded Business Analyst to join their Product Office.

POSITION INFO

You'll work at the intersection of investment technology, user experience, and business strategy-translating complex portfolio management challenges into clear requirements, compelling visuals, and deliverable solutions. What we're looking for: 3 - 5 years relevant working experience as a BA in Product in investment, wealth, or asset management Minimum completed Honours with strong academics at school and university. Demonstrable analytical ability Comfort with quantitative and qualitative analysis Clear, confident communication-written and visual A bias toward action and continuous improvement Duties will include: Analyse business needs, investment-domain problems, processes, and system behaviour across a range of products. Apply quantitative, qualitative, and visual analysis to understand complex problems and communicate possible solutions clearly. Support discovery activities, problem definition, solution framing, and visualisation of workflows, concepts, user journeys and UI ideas. Translate business and regulatory needs into structured requirements and backlog inputs. Create user interface mock-ups, diagrams, process flows, and other visual artefacts that make complex problems easier to understand and guide front-end development. Use and continuously improve the company's approved AI tools to support the business analysis process, including meeting note analysis, requirements gathering, use-case creation, UI specification, documentation, and insight generation to enhance quality and speed of output. Prepare product artefacts to support governance and decision making. Support product committee submissions and evidence packs. Shadow the Head of Product Office in prioritisation, trade-off, and governance decisions. Where applicable, take ownership of defined technology features, products or components. Provide input into prioritisation of product backlogs within agreed guardrails. Ensure delivery outcomes align to product intent and business value. Assist with demos, documentation and rollout of new features and products. Assist with the definition and measurement of success of the feature or product that is analysed. This is a high-exposure role. You'll work with senior product leadership, engage stakeholders across Technology, Operations, Compliance, and Distribution, and take ownership of features that directly impact how they serve clients. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you have not heard back from us by mid July 2026, please consider your application unsuccessful.