Senior Business Analyst

Main Responsibilities

• Executing Business Analysis 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.

• Mapping the identified functional requirements and define a solution

- Designing and executing the test cases for the IT business requirements

• Defect reporting and triage

• Multi-tasking: Work in Agile – Scrum environment as a BA & PM/Scrum Master. 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

Qualifications and Profile

The position requires a minimum of 7 years of relevant business analyst experience with banking IT systems (Payment systems and Core Banking applications).

Key Functional Skills

• End-to-End payments system knowledge with detailed insights on payment file format ISO20022, SWIFT and
SEPA payments. 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

• Good knowledge on payment life-cycle (Client <> Clearing) for High Value, Payments. Also, experience on
handling R-Msgs. – Must Have

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

• Strong understanding of SDLC and Software Testing Lifecycle – Must have

• Break FSD & EPICs 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 able to connect dots from bigger picture to smaller chunks and maintain Change requirements. –
Good to have

• Experience in following areas is a plus: Corporate Banking, Corporate commercial Payments, International &
Domestic Payments, Payment Hub/Factory, Correspondent Banking, Real Time Payments, Cash & Liquidity
Management, Compliance/AML, FX, & Messaging (Swift and ISO)

Other Professional Skills and Mindset

• Should be experienced working as Scrum Master /PM on payments related projects with exposure to
sprint/project planning & monitoring, stakeholder management

• Hands-on experience in driving the sprint along with various sprint ceremonies

• Should be experienced on Agile tools (Atlassian), BA tools (MS Word, Excel, MS Visio), QA tools and standard
documents

• Ownership & requirements management: Create, Maintain & periodically update specifications documents.

• Knowledge of all phases of IT system development and implementation life cycle

• Highly analytical and detail oriented in approach with Excellent communication and presentation skills, with
experience converting highly complex information into clear, concise documentation.

• Capable to effectively interact with development & delivery teams, should have worked in cross-functional
departments.

• Strives to deliver the solution in the most effective and timely manner

• Team spirit - Like explain and share knowledge

• Hands on and versatile