Business Analyst - Payments

About BNP Paribas Group

BNP Paribas is a top-ranking bank in Europe with an international profile. It operates in 71 countries and has almost 199 000 employees. The Group ranks highly in its three core areas of activity: Domestic Markets and International Financial Services (whose retail banking networks and financial services are grouped together under Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, centred on corporate and institutional clients. The Group helps all of its clients (retail, associations, businesses, SMEs, large corporates and institutional) to implement their projects by providing them with services in financing, investment, savings and protection. In its Corporate & Institutional Banking and International Financial Services activities, BNP Paribas enjoys leading positions in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas and has a solid and fast-growing network in the Asia/Pacific region.

About BNP Paribas India Solutions

Established in 2005, BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA, a leading bank in Europe with an international reach. With delivery centers located in Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai, we are a 24x7 global delivery center. India Solutions services three business lines: Corporate and Institutional Banking, Investment Solutions and Retail Banking for BNP Paribas across the Group. Driving innovation and growth, we are harnessing the potential of over 6000 employees, to provide support and develop best-in-class solutions.

About Business Line/Function

IT Payment Services department, the worldwide reference for payments in the BNP Paribas Group. We are working on the many applications used worldwide using various technologies and working in Agile methodology.

Job Title

System Analyst

Date

Department:

ITG

Location:

Chennai

Business Line / Function

Payments and Cash management

Reports To

(Direct)

Grade

(if applicable)

(Functional)

Number Of Direct Reports

None

Directorship / Registration

NA

Position Purpose

New Payment Engine NPE is an application that manages EURO transactions in SEPA zone specifically Instant Payments in Bnpparibas. Given the nature of payments – the engine is expected to process large volumes of transactions in utmost priority sequencing. The application is undergoing numerous enhancements to meet regulatory and product expectations from the business teams and direct consumers.

This position is for Business Systems Analyst for IT for the New payment engine ; this position Involves functional analysis, system analysis and detailed system requirements management for the Instant Payment scope. The position involves close co-ordination with all stakeholders alike – developers, product owner, business users and testing team members, includes testing support, incident investigation, sometimes testing activities and anchors delivery clarity from offshore

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

• Understanding and defining User stories/requirements
• Ability to conceive and define acceptance criteria.
• Able to communicate effectively with IT teams as well as Business Teams
• Functional Specification Analysis
• Work in close co-ordination with functional test team to Analyze test cases thoroughly to ensure adequate coverage of requirements.
• Closely work with Dev teams/BA to resolve technical & business issues and to develop a good understanding of the project and testing objectives.
• Must have good analytical skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Should be able to communicate effectively with IT teams as well as Business Teams
• Must be flexible, independent.
• Perform other testing-related duties as required
  
  

Contributing Responsibilities

• Team player
• Effectively communicate work and delivery status
• Adhere to timelines set for delivery
• Open to new technology adaptation, learning and implementation within the project.
  
  

IT Skills & Behavioral Competencies

Skills required – At least few from below on Business Analysis

• Experience of 5-8 years in System analysis required.
• Knowledge of Payments and Cash Management domain is required
• Customer oriented (required)
• Proficient in analytical skills (required)
• Excellent oral and writing communication skills (required)
• BDD/TDD approach knowledge (required)
• Skillful in XML/XSD and SQL language (required)
• Experience in JSON data formats
• Exposure to No SQL databases like Mongo, Cassandra will be nice to have
• Experienced user of ALM/QC, JIRA, Confluence, SharePoint
• Experience in working in Agile environment
  
  

Specific Qualifications (if Required)

Any Graduation / Master’s Degree

BABOOK certification is a plus

Skills Referential

Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)

Ability to collaborate / Teamwork

Decision Making

Active listening

Communication skills - oral & written

Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)

Ability to understand, explain and support change

Analytical Ability

Ability to develop and adapt a process

Ability to anticipate business / strategic evolution

Choose an item.

Education Level

Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Experience Level

At least 7 years