Main responsibilities

·   Executing Business Analysis & software testing best practices and Engagement of Stakeholders across Front-to-Back functions.
·   Responsible for all analysis of functional requirements arising from the requirements of business stakeholders, business users and technology.
·   Multi-tasking: Work in Agile – Scrum environment as a BA & QA. Should be able to refine/groom future stories & perform BA tests within the sprint time-box.
·   Managing the requirements and provide design options for the solutions available and guide the team.
·   Evaluation of alternative IT solutions and provide appropriate recommendations.
·   Provide Payments domain expertise to help define a viable business solution, working with the key business sponsors.
·   Ensuring that the services delivered conforms with, and contributes to the development of the business strategy.
·   Assess the impacts on the project plans resulting from change requests, adhoc projects, or technology issues.
·   Coordinating with various users groups and interface teams and getting them on board as interface services for various financial services.
·   Managing stakeholders, risks, issues, quality, and project controls.
·   Work closely with the technical implementation team in bridging the gap from translating functional to technical details
·   Involve in QA activities when needed.
·   Provide functional Guidance to the Team, working closely with developers/Tech Leads for assisting in resolution of queries
Professional Skills and Qualifications

The position requires a minimum of 4 years of relevant business analyst experience with banking IT systems (Payment systems and Core Banking applications)

Key Functional Skills

·   Experience of working on Instant Payment-Europe region or any similar Real time payment processing system or Payment Engine. – Must Have
·   End-to-End payments system knowledge with detailed insights on payment file format ISO20022 (SEPA) and SWIFT. Experience with payments field/value mapping and validations. – Must Have
·   Hands on experience on payment systems and exposure to Payments Hub, Clearing and Settlement, Automated clearing house programs and channels. – Must Have
·   Extensive knowledge on payment life-cycle (Client <> Clearing) for High Value, Mass & Bulk payments and Instant Payments. Also, experience on handling R-Msgs. – Must Have
·   Proficient in User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Functional & System Integration testing of banking and financial applications. – Must have
·   Break SFD & EPIC into developable stories for developers by creating linkage & traceability of requirements.  – Must have
·   Should have high experience in creating Cucumber test cases (gherkin) & working with developers in Behavior Driven Development (BDD). – Good to have
·   Functional automation of Test cases using SOAP UI / Selenium and other automation tools – good to have

Key Functional Skills

·   Experience of working on Instant Payment-Europe region or any similar Real time payment processing system or Payment Engine. – Must Have

·   End-to-End payments system knowledge with detailed insights on payment file format ISO20022 (SEPA) and SWIFT. Experience with payments field/value mapping and validations. – Must Have

·   Hands on experience on payment systems and exposure to Payments Hub, Clearing and Settlement, Automated clearing house programs and channels. – Must Have

·   Extensive knowledge on payment life-cycle (Client <> Clearing) for High Value, Mass & Bulk payments and Instant Payments. Also, experience on handling R-Msgs. – Must Have

·   Proficient in User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Functional & System Integration testing of banking and financial applications. – Must have

·   Break SFD & EPIC into developable stories for developers by creating linkage & traceability of requirements.  – Must have

·   Should have high experience in creating Cucumber test cases (gherkin) & working with developers in Behavior Driven Development (BDD). – Good to have

·   Functional automation of Test cases using SOAP UI / Selenium and other automation tools – good to have

·   Should be connect dots from bigger picture to smaller chunks and maintain Change requirements. – Good to have

·   Experience on at least one of the payment engines like; Dovetail, GPP, Clear2Pay or in-house payment engines & workflows. – Must have

Degree and above in relevant discipline