Business analyst in payments

Handelsbanken; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Handelsbanken UK is seeking a highly proficient Business Analyst to join our payments modernisation programme. You will collaborate with Product Owners, 3rd party vendors and cross-functional teams to elicit requirements, break down epics, and map requirements into designs and test scenarios.

You will maintain the backlog, support prioritisation and Sprint planning, and document As-Is/To-Be processes, including happy paths and exception flows for inbound/outbound payments.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Business Analyst on payments projects in banking.
• Familiarity with payments technologies, channels, and regulations.
• Proven ability to work with Product Owners and delivery managers to maintain a product backlog.

Responsibilities

• Elicit requirements from business and technical teams via workshops and meetings.
• Break down epics into detailed requirements and features mapped to designs.
• Maintain and help prioritise the product backlog and support sprint planning.

Skills

Requirements elicitation

Agile ceremonies

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Tools

Jira

Confluence

MS SharePoint

MS Teams

Job description

Описание:

At Handelsbanken UK, we are about to embark on an a programme of rationalisation and modernisation of our payments technologies. This includes the replacement of our legacy platform with a brand new payments engine. We are looking for a highly proficient Business Analyst to work specifically within our payments area and alongside Product Owners, as part of a multi-disciplinary, Agile, payments modernisation team.

Задачи:

Working with 3rd party vendors, business and technical teams to elicit requirements through a variety of means, including running Discovery workshops. Breaking down epics, containing high level requirements, into detailed requirements and features that will be mapped into designs. Helping to maintain a product backlog and supporting prioritisation efforts and sprint planning. Tracing approved requirements to detailed designs and test scenarios, through User Stories, Prototypes and Design / UX. ensuring optimal ways of working and that clear accountabilities are in place. Sharing output and managing stakeholder relationships where business analysis interaction is involved across technology, the business, at management level and 3rd party vendors. Documenting As Is and To Be process flows to map the payments processes and handoffs between teams – including happy paths and exception flows of Inbound and Outbound payments, Returns and Rejects Supporting Acceptance and Regression testing for areas including audit logging, accounting, reports, notifications and downstream BAU Supporting the production of materials, including writing instructions, training and colleague comms, and in the production of IT Ops runbook processes Working with teams including architecture, testing and release management and in accordance with the Bank’s change management methodology, to ensure that all necessary documents and artefacts are in place, toll-gates are adhered to and evidences are captured Operating in line with the Bank's Risk Management frameworks and relevant risk and compliance policies and procedures, ensuring that appropriate and timely escalation of any concerns are made being at the heart of ensuring that governance and guidelines are applied. This includes applying Business Analysis standards and those of the Bank, to developing and nurturing standards through the quarterly BA Community of Practice

Требования:

Be an experienced Business Analyst, possessing experience in working on payments projects within a banking environment. You will be familiar with payments technologies, channels, processes, and payment types; and you will have a good understanding of the latest payments industry regulations and standards. Be adept at Agile ways of working and ceremonies and with an understanding of controls within the context of a regulated environment. Experience of working in close union with product owners and/or delivery managers to establish and maintain a product backlog, support prioritisation efforts and sprint planning, whilst collaborating with developers and quality assurance analysts. Able to 'T-shape' were necessary. Have good knowledge of tools such as Jira, Confluence, MS SharePoint, MS Teams and virtual white boarding tools – and use these to produce quality output throughout the lifecycle of the project, including Feasibility and Business Case documentation, Requirements Definition, User Stories, Prototypes and Design / UX, and supporting Acceptance testing. Have strong analytical, organising and problem solving skills, with a quality-focused attitude, high attention to detail. You will understand the overall business strategy and problem statements. You will be able to elicit and refine requirements and align the technology vision and solution requirements to strategic goals. You will have excellent communication and stakeholder management skills and will have used these to produce clear output to a range of stakeholders across technology, the business and at management level. You will be experienced in managing stakeholder engagement and will have a proven reputation in building effective and positive relationships with project vendors and 3 rd parties. You will have experience of collaborating with, learning from, and teaching others as you work within a team producing sustainable systems You will have the ability to adapt and flex your business analyst approach, to get the most out of your fellow team members and to provide an excellent service to stakeholders.

Условия:

That’s why, alongside brilliant colleagues, meaningful work and training and development opportunities, we provide a variety of benefits designed with your wellbeing in mind. In addition, there is a flexible benefits package with the key highlights detailed below.