Business Analyst with Card/Payment Domain in Alpharetta, GA or Berkeley Heights, NJ_ Onsite Contract

Basic Must have – Card Issuance system, good BA, experience with settlements or disputes or clearing.

Required Skills

1 Strong understanding of the end-to-end cards and payments lifecycle from merchant initiation through clearing settlement and posting

2 Proven leadership and mentoring capabilities

3 Strong problem-solving analytical and communication skills

4 Effective stakeholder management skills

5 Solid understanding and hands-on experience with Agile Scrum methodologies

6 Experience in use case analysis feature creation backlog refinement and sprint planning

7 Knowledge of payment messaging standards such as ISO 20022 and ISO 8583

8 Experience in the card issuing and payments domain

9 Ability to guide teams through complex functional and integration requirements

Good to have skills

1 Working knowledge of SQL for data analysis validation and troubleshooting

2 Understanding of APIs and Microservices architecture including REST concepts and integrations

3 Familiarity with API documentation tools eg Swagger OpenAPI

4 Basic knowledge of data flows and system integrations in distributed systems.