Luno Jobs in Cape Town, South Africa

The world is changing. We all want something different.

At Luno, we see you as an individual, and we want to unleash your potential and empower you to become the best possible version of yourself.

Luno welcomes crypto lovers and crypto newbies. You - just like everyone in the world - are on your own unique crypto-learning journey.

We are a mission-driven cryptocurrency company that is building more open and equal access to the future of money. You don’t have to know lots about crypto to be interested in joining us, you just have to feel that upgrading the world to a fairer financial system matters, and that you’d like to be part of this global change. We’re a passionate and committed team taking on a challenge of epic proportions. Like the first moon landing, it requires a special kind of people working together with unusual skill, focus and determination. We need the best team on board for our mission.

If that sounds like a culture you’d thrive in, then we are excited to hear from you.

A little about us

• Luno means moon in Esperanto, we chose the name because at night, wherever you are in the world, you look up at the same moon. We believe in the power of working together, as one team, across borders, with clear focus and shared purpose.
• Our popular mobile app and website helps people around the world grow and manage their money using the world's most mature cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDC. We’ve processed over $32 billion to date.
• Over 9 million customers across 40 countries have chosen to hold their crypto wallets on Luno because we offer a delightfully simple experience and bank-grade security.
• We're part of the Digital Currency Group, named in 2021 as one of TIME magazine’s 100 Most Influential Companies, in the “Disruptors” category alongside Tesla, AirBnB, SpaceX, Peloton. TIME noted that DCG is “mainstreaming cryptocurrency”.
• We’re proud to be one of the world’s most international cryptocurrency teams, with colleagues from 43 different nationalities working across South Africa, Indonesia, the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Nigeria, Australia and Singapore. Financial inclusion is part of our mission, but on a deeper level, inclusion is a way of life, and a way of work for us. It is part of who we are as a company, and a group of human individuals.

The role in a nutshell

You will form part of the Operations Onboarding team based in Cape Town and Kuala Lumpur, reporting to the Head of Customer Onboarding. You will work in a fast paced environment, collaborating with other business units, including Engineering, Product and Compliance teams, servicing the business on an international level together with the teams from South East Asia, Africa and Europe.

The role of the Business Analyst is to understand the customer onboarding business requirements, and through a structured process, modelling, validating and translating it into business requirement specifications that are used by the delivery team(s) to prioritise, size and provide a level of feasibility.

Your mission will involve

• Work on solutions supporting the onboarding operations area, integration points and a large number of affected components
• Gather and interpret requirements from various teams
• Participate in the solution design process
• Prepare the requirements specifications
• Contribute in defining the success criteria for changes and projects within the programme office
• Analyse and improve relevant onboarding business processes
• Performing business analysis and process improvement within assigned solution project
• Provide assistance to solution delivery on implementation and training

The ideal candidate will have:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Great analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving abilities
• Superior presentation and negotiation skills
• Adaptable and capable of working in fast-paced environments
• Strong attention to detail, report writing and documenting outcomes of investigations
• Interpret, prepare and represent complex management information
• The ability to influence and make recommendations confidently with the use of data and analyses, to various stakeholders including the senior leadership team
• Ability to analyse data (customer and financial analytics) and conceptualise or identify potential business and operational improvement opportunities
• Ability to analyse and model end to end customer or business processes
• Minimum of 2 years of Business Analyst experience
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in business analysis, business administration, finance or related field
• Ability to collaborate with various teams, ensuring quality of delivery
• Experience in customer onboarding/ KYC environment is advantageous

Life at Luno

If you’re looking to work on something truly global and disruptive with a forward-thinking and ambitious team that highly values diversity, teamwork, and the continuous quest for excellence, then this is an opportunity for you.

Like the majority of the companies, Luno is currently working remotely to keep our employees safe, which means you will not be physically, but virtually onboarded for now!

Live long and prosper. We’ve got you covered with excellent private medical insurance.

You'll be able to continuously up-skill yourself with access to free courses on Udemy, Coursera and CodeAcademy.

For the crypto fans among you (should be everyone!), you'll pay 0 fees with Luno from the day you start

Generous maternity / paternity and even (yes, you are reading it correctly) paw-ternity for your furry friend.

Annual Inspiration Day... for that pottery course you’ve always been meaning to do!

Work with a diverse team of hardworking, ambitious and friendly people on something that will truly revolutionise the financial world.

We have virtual cooking, dancing, drawing and house planting classes hosted by our Lunauts to break up your day and work that other part of your brain.

Work is important, but your mental health should always take priority. At Luno, we do everything we can to make sure you lead a healthy and happy life. That's why Luno gives you free access to Headspace – a full library of guided meditations, sleep stories, and music.