Business Systems Analyst - Payments

C. G. Consulting Group Inc.; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting group is seeking a Product Owner to define project scope and manage product backlogs for technology projects in the Banking and Capital Markets sector. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree and at least 5 years of relevant experience, with strong skills in requirements management and agile methodologies.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in business and systems analysis in Banking and Capital Markets.
• Knowledge of relational data models and SQL.
• Understanding of waterfall and agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Define scope and requirements for technology projects and information systems.
• Develop project vision for the development team and manage the product backlog.
• Facilitate meetings and communicate requirements to stakeholders.

Skills

Requirements management

Elicitation

Facilitation

Documentation

Analytical mindset

Technical writing

Business writing

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or Mathematics

Job description

The job description provides a comprehensive overview of the responsibilities and requirements for the role. However, it can be improved in terms of formatting for better readability and clarity. Here is a refined version:

Responsibilities

1. Define scope and requirements for technology projects and information systems.
2. Gather functional, non-functional, and data requirements from various stakeholders and document them accurately and logically.
3. As a product owner, develop project vision for the development team, manage the product backlog, prioritize needs, develop the product roadmap, oversee development, and support agile teams. Lead product functional design based on business and user knowledge. Translate features into user stories and acceptance criteria.
4. Develop specifications for business processes, workflows, or data flows.
5. Verify the target solution and support technology to ensure the system meets requirements.
6. Test solutions to validate project requirements and objectives.
7. Facilitate meetings/interviews and communicate requirements to sponsors, stakeholders, and team members.
8. Investigate and resolve data issues in risk systems.
9. Support and collaborate with team members.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or Mathematics.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in business and systems analysis in Banking and Capital Markets.
• At least 5 years in requirements management, elicitation, facilitation, and documentation.
• Knowledge of relational data models and SQL.
• Understanding of waterfall and agile methodologies.
• Excellent technical and business writing skills.
• Logical and analytical mindset.
• Strong team player.

Key Skills

1. Experience with high-value payment platforms, preferably FIS OPF, SWIFT, Lynx, LVTS based on real-time systems.
2. Experience with next-generation ACH payment solutions.
3. Experience with payment products from vendors like Fiserv, Global Payments, First Data, etc. (asset).
4. Knowledge of ISO20022 payment standards.
5. Experience with MT/MX messaging.