Business Analyst (IAM & Data Protection)

About the role

A global investment advisory firm, represented by Parvana, is looking for a Business Analyst focused on Identity and Access Management (IAM) and data protection. The role is based in Cape Town with a hybrid or remote option, on a 12-month contract. The analyst leads end-to-end requirements definition, documentation and validation across business and technical workstreams, and supports solutions that meet IT governance, information security and GDPR standards.

Key responsibilities

• Evaluate current and target processes to find gaps, control weaknesses and optimisation opportunities.
• Translate business, compliance and security needs into functional and technical specifications.
• Facilitate workshops with business stakeholders, technical subject matter experts and delivery teams to validate designs and elicit requirements.
• Create user journeys, workflows and data models, and prepare user documentation and training materials.
• Support functional testing and UAT, ensuring alignment with IT governance, information security and GDPR.
• Perform data reconciliation across systems and provide impact analysis for the Change Manager, defining exit criteria for pilots moving to wider rollouts.

Required profile

• Relevant tertiary qualification (Information Systems, Business or Computer Science, etc.).
• 5+ years of business analysis experience in technology-led change initiatives within large, complex corporate environments.
• Experience managing complex business integrations and mergers across multiple jurisdictions and geographies.
• Experience in systems integration and IAM governance, including directory technologies such as Azure AD, SSO and MFA.
• Understanding of governance, risk and control frameworks and data protection regulatory and audit standards.
• Ability to map complex business processes, document requirements and reconcile data across systems.
• Excellent facilitation and communication skills, and experience in Agile and hybrid delivery frameworks.