Company Description

Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We’re passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.

Job Description

Our ground-breaking Technology team is playing one of the biggest roles in the future of our organisation. They’re the driving force behind our transformation to a digital platform-led organisation. 

Working in partnership with some of the biggest and best tech companies in the world, our trailblazing engineers are fast-tracking the build of our platform capabilities, as we move beyond financial services into exciting new digital ecosystems. 

And to do that, we are investing in the best imaginable engineering skills. We’re building a team of leading engineers who are passionate about innovation to enable the group’s platform and partner to drive value for our clients – this will enable the progress in Africa we all want to see.

Our Feature Analyst teams are responsible for understanding, facilitating, and clarifying business requirements and work in collaboration with business stakeholders and feature teams to ensure that the business requirements are delivered effectively.

There is high demand for Feature Analyst skills in the market. This is a skill you want to have on your CV and the possibilities are endless.

The programme includes:

Structured workplace exposure

You will work under the supervision and expertise of the technical leads and learn to capture and maintain business and data rules essential for iteration execution. Create and maintain Epics, stories and tasks to monitor progress and produce regular reports and statistics. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product management, UX, technology, support, testing, and other subject matter experts to clarify and refine user story requirements. Document findings from elicitation sessions and workshops to support iteration requirements. Refine and update all tasks in the backlog to prepare for the upcoming sprint. Track the progress of stories within the current iteration, identify any blocked or at-risk stories, and reassign them as needed. Participate in discovery and inception workshops to create a shared understanding of user needs and the required technology solutions. Participate in iteration meetings, including product backlog grooming, planning meetings, daily stand-ups, review meetings, and retrospectives. Manage the backlog by ensuring all requirements are captured, stories are properly linked to epics, and tasks are identified for each sprint. Identify gaps or inconsistencies and address gaps or inconsistencies in the user story map. Coordinate stories, ensuring all requirements are documented as stories and tasks, and are linked to epics. Provide regular feedback on product development progress and validate that deliverables meet business goals. Collaborate with the Product Owner to review and update user stories as required. Collaborate with stakeholders to showcase completed stories and gather feedback.

Knowledge componentCertificate: Business AnalysisAgile Methodology                                   AWS foundationsAzure fundamentals

If you are interested in gathering requirements and documentation, collecting, organising and data analysis and to gain hands on experience working in the Agile development environment with the guidance and coaching of our Technical leads, then the Feature Analyst Learnership Programme is the programme to join. We look forward to welcoming you to our team and equip you with future ready skills.

QualificationsA completed degree as follows;BSc IT degree majoring in Computer Science or InformaticsBCom InformaticsBSc Engineering or BEngMust be a South African CitizenMust be between the ages of 18 and 30Must be able to speak, read and write EnglishNot be registered on any other learnershipNot be studying at any other institution

Additional Information

Start Date:                1 April 2025
Duration:                   18 Months

Type of Employment: Contract
Learner Stipend:      R10 000 per month plus Student Medical Aid

Qualification at end of programme: Certificate: Business Analysis

Location: Gauteng