Senior Technical Business Analyst - Banking, Cards & Payments

Senior Technical Business Analyst - Banking, Cards & Payments

Contract

Sydney or Melbourne, Australia

Requirements & Business Analysis

• Lead the elicitation, analysis, validation and documentation ofcomplex business and technical requirements.
  
• Facilitate workshops and discussions with business, product,technology and operational stakeholders.
  
• Analyse current-state capabilities, processes and systems toidentify gaps, impacts and improvement opportunities.
  
• Define future-state business and system requirements.
  

Technical & Systems Analysis

• Analyse complex applications, systems, interfaces, integrationsand data flows.
  
• Work with architects, developers and technical specialists todefine and validate solution approaches.
  
• Produce functional and technical solution designs andsupporting documentation.
  
• Analyse API, online and batch interfaces and associated systemdependencies.
  
• Perform data mapping and support definition of datarequirements.
  

Solution Design

• Develop and evaluate solution options in response to businessand technical requirements.
  
• Work collaboratively with Solution Architects and technicalteams to ensure solutions meet business objectives.
  
• Support the transition of requirements and designs intodevelopment and implementation.
  

Banking, Cards & Payments

• Apply strong knowledge of Banking, Cards and Payments processesand technology environments.
  
• Analyse impacts associated with card product, processing,payments and scheme changes.
  
• Support initiatives involving Credit, Debit and Prepaid Cards.
  
• Analyse payment scheme requirements and associated systemimpacts.
  

Stakeholder Management

• Act as a key bridge between business stakeholders and technicaldelivery teams.
  
• Build effective relationships with senior business andtechnology stakeholders.
  
• Facilitate communication between clients, vendors, technologyteams and third parties.
  
• Translate complex technical concepts into clear businesslanguage.
  

Testing & Implementation

• Support the definition of test requirements and UAT scope.
  
• Work with testing teams to ensure requirements are adequatelyrepresented in test scenarios and cases.
  

Documentation

Develop, review and maintain high-qualitybusiness and technical documentation, including:

• Business Requirements Documents
  
• Functional Requirements
  
• Process and Data Models
  
• Data Mapping Documents
  
• Gap and Impact Assessments
  
• Change Requests
  

Requirements

• Significant experience as a Senior Business Analyst,Technical Business Analyst, Systems Analyst or Business/IT Consultant.
  
• Strong experience working across complex business andtechnology environments.
  
• Demonstrated ability to analyse complex systems, processes,interfaces and integrations.
  
• Strong requirements elicitation, analysis and documentationskills.
  
• Experience producing functional and technical solutiondocumentation.
  
• Strong stakeholder management and workshop facilitationcapability.
  
• Ability to operate independently and provide senior-levelanalysis and advice.
  

Highly Desirable

• Banking or Financial Services experience.
  
• Strong Cards and Payments domain knowledge.
  
• Experience with Credit, Debit and Prepaid Cards.
  
• Card issuing and processing experience.
  
• Visa and/or Mastercard scheme experience.
  
• Experience with disputes and claims processing.
  
• Experience with payment integrations and interfaces.
  
• Experience with API, online and batch processing environments.