Senior Payments Business Analyst (EDIFACT & ISO 20022 Mapping)

TechDigital Group; Burnsville (MN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

TechDigital Group is seeking a Senior Payments Business Analyst with deep EDIFACT experience to support ISO 20022 migration and Hybrid Address work across host-to-host and SWIFT channels. You will analyze legacy messages, map data, and collaborate with product, integration, and migration teams.

You will own detailed specifications, guide testing, participate in migration readiness, and ensure cross-border payment scenarios align with CBPR+ requirements.

Qualifications

• 8–12+ years of payments business analysis experience.
• Deep hands-on experience with EDIFACT payment formats.
• Strong knowledge of ISO 20022, CBPR+, and cross-border payments.
• Experience with SWIFT messaging and cross-border payments.
• Strong analytical, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyze legacy EDIFACT payment messages (e.g., PAYMUL, PAXLST, CREMUL).
• Define detailed field-level mappings from EDIFACT to ISO 20022 message structures.
• Address structured vs. unstructured address translation and compliance requirements.
• Develop and maintain mapping documents, data dictionaries, and transformation rules.
• Collaborate with product, integration, and migration teams across regions.
• Support testing, defect triage, and migration readiness activities.

Skills

EDIFACT payments

ISO 20022

CBPR+

SWIFT integrations

H2H integrations

Stakeholder management

Analytical

Job description

Primary focus: EDIFACT → ISO 20022 Migration

Role Summary

We are looking for Senior Payments Business Analysts with strong EDIFACT payments expertise to support ISO 20022 and Hybrid Address migration activities across host-to-host and SWIFT-based channels.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze legacy EDIFACT payment messages (e.g., PAYMUL, PAXLST, CREMUL).
• Define detailed field-level mappings from EDIFACT to ISO 20022 message structures.
• Address structured vs. unstructured address translation and compliance requirements.
• Develop and maintain mapping documents, data dictionaries, and transformation rules.
• Collaborate with product, integration, and migration teams across regions.
• Support testing, defect triage, and migration readiness activities.

Required Skills & Experience

• 8–12+ years of payments business analysis experience.
• Deep hands‑on experience with EDIFACT payment formats.
• Strong knowledge of ISO 20022, CBPR+, and cross‑border payments.
• Experience with SWIFT and H2H integrations.
• Strong analytical, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.

NOTES for HIRING TEAM

When sourcing:

• Explicitly ask for "EDIFACT experience”
• Look for candidates with:
• Strong hands‑on experience with EDIFACT payment formats.
• Solid understanding of ISO 20022 and CBPR+ requirements.
• Experience with SWIFT messaging and cross‑border payments.

Must-Ask Questions

• Which EDIFACT payment messages have you personally mapped or analyzed?
• What are the biggest challenges when converting EDIFACT → ISO 20022?
• How do you deal with free-text vs structured data differences between EDIFACT and ISO 20022?
• What defects typically arise during EDIFACT migrations, and how do you identify root cause?
• How do you validate that an ISO 20022 message is functionally equivalent to the legacy EDIFACT message?