
Lead Business Analyst - Payments - Accelerator Business
- London
- Permanent
- Full-time
- In-depth analysis of complex initiatives, producing documentation and defining business requirements
- Use knowledge of the various SEPA clearing schemes and SWIFT network to write appropriate work packages for the Engineering team
- Create user stories and acceptance criteria
- Use technical expertise and knowledge of process modelling to help manage change with partnership from stakeholders, make judgement calls on what level of documentation/analysis is appropriate to each project
- Support implementation and testing, including operational set-up and training where required
- Collaborate with Process Engineering, Operations etc to ensure the right process flows, procedures, training materials, etc are in place in good time
- Product requirements gathering and writing
- Participate in defining operating model, procedures and R & Rs for management of the connected payment schemes
- Assist with the running of Agile ceremonies, e.g. DSUs
- Experience working as a Business Analyst on European / UK clearing schemes
- Knowledge of financial messaging e.g. SWIFT MTxxx, ISO20022
- Exposure to some payment types / schemes e.g. SEPA, FPS, Cross Border and connectivity models used for them
- Strong understanding of payment operations
- Comfortable working with financial grade APIs
- Experience working with directly with clearing and settlement mechanisms (CSMs)
- Project Management / Delivery qualifications e.g. Prince2, Agile
- Knowledge of the external transaction banking landscape, key players (inc. banks, PSPs, fintechs, vendors), legislative environment (Open Banking, PSD2/3 etc)