Payments Business Analyst

A Leading Financial Services Group is seeking a detailed-oriented Payments Business Analyst to support its transaction banking and payment operations practice. In this high-impact functional role, you will take responsibility for leading requirement workshops and translating complex business needs into precise Epics, User Stories, and Acceptance Criteria. Furthermore, you will drive functional solutions across Cross Border Payments, FX engines, Digital Wallets, and ISO20022 messaging standards. Consequently, this position is vital for modernizing payment applications and ensuring multi-geography compliance.

The Payments Business Analyst must combine deep operational banking domain expertise across front-end and back-end applications with advanced Agile requirement modeling. Operating across international jurisdictions, you will facilitate backlog grooming sessions, execute risk analysis, and manage cross-functional stakeholder alignments. Therefore, the organization is looking for a proactive functional lead who understands the end-to-end delivery lifecycle thoroughly. If you want to engineer premier international payment solutions, this position is for you.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead business requirement workshops and compile detailed Epics, User Stories, and Acceptance Criteria.
• Collaborate with cross-functional technology and operations teams to deliver backend and front-end Payments Ops solutions.
• Drive Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, and backlog grooming sessions to ensure technical delivery readiness.
• Manage multi-geography stakeholder communication, ensuring operational alignment across global business units.
• Conduct risk and issue analysis across payment processing flows, establishing proactive mitigation strategies.
• Ensure full compliance with ISO20022 payment messaging standards, regulatory rules, and institutional frameworks.
• Deconstruct complex functional flows across Cross Border Payments, FX engines, Digital Wallets, and Payment Operations.

Requirements and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
• 8+ Years of Business Analysis experience in Banking, specifically within Payments, Payments Ops, and Retail Banking Ops.
• Sub-domain exposure to Cross Border Payments, FX engine integration, ISO20022, and regulatory payments across >2 geographies.
• Minimum 2+ years of hands-on Agile experience writing Epics and User Stories, leading workshops, and grooming backlogs.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills; immediate joiners or candidates with maximum 60 days’ notice period preferred.