Business Analyst - Corporate Banking & Payments Integration

Optimum Solutions Pte Ltd; Chennai District; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Optimum Solutions Pte Ltd in Chennai invites a seasoned Business Analyst with deep Banking domain experience, especially Corporate Banking, Payments, and API integrations. You will gather requirements, document BRD/FRD, analyze REST/SOAP APIs, coordinate with vendors, ensure security, and guide testing from SIT to hypercare for successful deployments.

This role demands 5+ years in Banking/Payments integrations and strong stakeholder/vendor management, with a focus on data mapping, API contracts

Qualifications

• 5+ years BA experience, incl. 5+ years in Banking/Payments/Financial Services integrations.
• Strong experience with API-based integration projects and third-party vendors.

Responsibilities

• Gather, analyze and document requirements (business, functional, technical).
• Prepare BRD, FRD/FSD, user stories, process flows, data mappings and API specs.
• Analyze REST/SOAP APIs, payloads, validations and integration workflows.
• Support TAS & RERA integrations involving payments, escrow and notifications.
• Work with architects and development teams on interface design and API contracts.
• Define and review SIT/UAT scenarios, test cases and traceability matrices.
• Support defect triage, UAT sign-off, deployment and hypercare.
• Coordinate with Business, Digital Banking, Architecture, Security, Operations, Vendors and external partners.
• Support security requirements including API security, SSL/certificates and secure connectivity.
• Track project dependencies, risks, issues and delivery milestones.

Skills

Payment lifecycle

Digital Banking integrations

Vendor management

Stakeholder management

API-based integration

REST/SOAP APIs

JSON/XML/XSD/WSDL

Postman/SoapUI

SQL & data validation

Data mapping & integration concepts

Event-driven/callback integrations

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering/IT

Tools

Job description

We are looking for a Business Analyst with strong experience in Corporate Banking, Payments and API-based integrations. The role will work closely with Business, Technology, Architecture, Vendors and external partners to deliver banking integration solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Gather, analyze and document business, functional and technical requirements.
• Prepare BRD, FRD/FSD, user stories, process flows, data mappings and API specifications.
• Analyze REST/SOAP APIs, payloads, validations, error handling and integration workflows.
• Support TAS & RERA integrations involving payments, escrow, transaction/balance inquiries, inflow services and payment notifications.
• Work with architects and development teams on interface design and API contracts.
• Define and review SIT/UAT scenarios, test cases and traceability matrices.
• Support defect triage, UAT sign-off, deployment and hypercare.
• Coordinate with Business, Digital Banking, Architecture, Security, Operations, Vendors and external partners.
• Support security requirements including API security, SSL/certificates and secure connectivity.
• Track project dependencies, risks, issues and delivery milestones.

Required Skills

Functional

• Payment lifecycle and transaction processing
• Digital Banking / Core Banking integrations
• Strong stakeholder and vendor management

Technical

• REST/SOAP APIs
• JSON/XML, XSD/WSDL
• Postman/SoapUI
• SQL and data validation
• Data mapping and integration concepts
• Event-driven/callback integrations

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT or related field.
• 5+ years of Business Analysis experience, including 5+ years in Banking/Payments/Financial Services integrations.
• Strong experience with API-based integration projects and third-party vendors.

Preferred

• UAE Banking experience.
• Digital Payments / Escrow solutions.
• Government, Land Department, Property or Real Estate integrations.
• Large-scale banking transformation programs.