Business Analyst - Corporate Banking & Payments Integration

We are looking for a Business Analyst with strong experience in Corporate Banking, Payments and API-based integrations. The role will work closely with Business, Technology, Architecture, Vendors and external partners to deliver banking integration solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Gather, analyze and document business, functional and technical requirements.
• Prepare BRD, FRD/FSD, user stories, process flows, data mappings and API specifications.
• Analyze REST/SOAP APIs, payloads, validations, error handling and integration workflows.
• Support TAS & RERA integrations involving payments, escrow, transaction/balance inquiries, inflow services and payment notifications.
• Work with architects and development teams on interface design and API contracts.
• Define and review SIT/UAT scenarios, test cases and traceability matrices.
• Support defect triage, UAT sign-off, deployment and hypercare.
• Coordinate with Business, Digital Banking, Architecture, Security, Operations, Vendors and external partners.
• Support security requirements including API security, SSL/certificates and secure connectivity.
• Track project dependencies, risks, issues and delivery milestones.

Required Skills:

Functional:

• Corporate Banking, Cash Management & Payments
• Payment lifecycle and transaction processing
• Reconciliation
• Digital Banking / Core Banking integrations
• Strong stakeholder and vendor management

Technical:

• REST/SOAP APIs
• JSON/XML, XSD/WSDL
• Swagger/OpenAPI
• Postman/SoapUI
• SQL and data validation
• Data mapping and integration concepts
• Event-driven/callback integrations

Tools: Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, Visio, Postman, Excel, SQL Developer

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT or related field.
• 5+ years of Business Analysis experience, including 5+ years in Banking/Payments/Financial Services integrations.
• Strong experience with API-based integration projects and third-party vendors.

Preferred

• UAE Banking experience.
• Digital Payments / Escrow solutions.
• Government, Land Department, Property or Real Estate integrations.
• Large-scale banking transformation programs.