open system analyst, cards - vp2

Overview

Who you'll be working for

What requirements you'll need to be eligible

• Degree in Computer Science or related discipline.
• Minimum of 7 – 8 years of technology experience with at least 7 years System Analyst capacity in the cards application domain on a mainframe platform.
• Good functional knowledge of cards to design and develop effective / efficient solutions in meeting business requirements.
• Experience with large scale Cards migration on Cardlink will be advantageous.
• Proven experience to project manage a team of developers and vendors in ensuring timely delivery of system enhancement of varying scales.
• Good working knowledge skills with Microsoft Office Products, Microsoft Visio, and Microsoft Project.
• Concise understanding of the system development life cycle.
• Effective people leader with good interpersonal skills.
• Excellent communication skills, strong problem solving skills.
• Ability to multi-task and perform well under pressure.
• Past roles as a Senior Business Analyst with demonstrable experience having led solution delivery in an Agile delivery environment.
• Experience having worked as a business analyst and provided solutions design in the Cards/Vision Plus space – across multiple functions like Cards Management, Transaction Management, Disputes, Authorization , Loans , EPP, rewards , Loyalty etc.
• Past experience having executed projects requiring cross functional analysis across business lines and technology teams.
• Ability to think through technical solutions to business problems/requirements and bridge the gap between application development teams and functional product/business owners.
• A strong understanding of the cards & payments industry fundamentals and ongoing payment industry trends.
• Ability to work with remote teams across geographies and organization lines.
• Strong team player able to motivate team to respond to multiple demands and able to manage changing priorities and meet challenging timelines.
• Prior experience working in a large Agile teams using scrum methodology is a must.
• Ability to own delivery responsibilities end to end and be accountable for driving results for the team.
• Ability to formulate processes and procedures and quickly put them in to practice.
• Strong team orientation and commitment to overall team success; willing to go above and beyond to ensure team success; intense customer focus and commitment to driving quality.
• Effective time management skills in order to manage multiple priorities with flexibility on time zones and timelines Logical thinking, High analytical and problem solving skills; innovative and solutions oriented.
• Ability to remain abreast of industry technical trends and new development to maintain current skills and remain current with industry standards.
• Strong functional and technical platform knowledge on CardLink/Visionplus, mainframe (Cics/Cobol) and distributed platforms.
• Responsible for estimation and coordinate with all stakeholders to collate costs.
• Work with external vendors to walkthrough the requirements and finalize design approach and cost.
• Document the overall cost, out of scope, assumptions and risks during project pre-planning and approval.
• Write design documents and conduct walkthrough with business and internal teams.
• Manage SIT and UAT defects and work with TCOE and business to close the testing on time.
• Provide post deployment support in production to work with business and close all issues before warranty closure.
• Have extensive knowledge on Core Cards functionality eg interest, fees, loans, balance transfers.
• Have led or experience in performing Cards conversion/migration from Vision+ to Cardlink platform.

What you'll be doing on the job

• Elicit detailed requirements from all impacted business and control teams. Translate the requirement insights as user stories with well-defined acceptance criteria.
• Ensure cross functional analysis is carried out while define and grooming phase, by tapping into collective knowledge of BA practice & other technology teams.
• Contribute to esralishment of design solution by sharing and validating options in context of requirements and roadmap.
• Contribute to maintaining repository of features inventory and data maps for the domain space.
• Work with design and testing teams to ensure that the requirements and solutions are correctly understood, refined as well as being translated into equivalent deliverables at each stage of execution.
• Facilitate discussion of concepts with variety of stakeholders in order to establish use cases. Assist with establishing MVP based on priorities and cost involved.
• Establish L0 sizing and Tshirt sizing by connecting needs, requirements with solution options and dependency factors.
• Contribute to driving high quality of systems design and adherence to global architecture principles.
• Be-come a superior Subject Matter Expert in specializing domains and cultivate wider insights and hands-on delivery capabilities for others.
• Contribute to establishment of design solution by sharing and validating options in context of requirements and MVP.
• Prepare FSD and ensuring documentation provided meets required bank's documentation standards.
• Provide insights to UTT team regarding priority, criticality of features to test for a product as well as review the test strategy and scripts.
• Provide function validation support during UAT phases to ensure that requirement exit criteria are met correctly.
• Engage in innovative problem-solving activities, requiring conceptual thinking creating 'out of the box' solutions with prototypes and pilots.
• Foster an environment of technology excellence and innovation.
• Work effectively with remote teams, with a focus on fostering positive working relationships.
• Ensure responsible deliverables are created by adding thoroughness, accuracy and reliability in the mix.

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