Cognizant - Business Analyst/Product Manager - Payments

Job Description:

Roles & Responsibilities:

- Consult with product stakeholders to understand business drivers and translate them into functional and non functional requirements

- You will work with Product Managers to evaluate the Product Roadmap to identify features for development and identify the "definition of done" for each feature

- Lead robust, fast (through) inceptions (identify scope, value, solution) and Own prioritized actionable backlogs Manage scope and drive trade-off decisions in conjunction with internal/external stakeholders while balancing business requirements with technical requirements

- Elicit, capture, analyze, and document business requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and other technical documentation

- Work with the development team & provide walkthroughs, resolve queries & communicate details in a timely manner

- Attend standups, grooming meetings, estimation meetings, retrospectives, and other key meetings for the scrum team

- Identify blockers that will impact timeline, scope, cost, or other product variables and escalate to the appropriate stakeholders

- Build and maintain a strong collaborative relationship

Domain Knowledge Retail Payments

- Experience in Payments (Cards, Networks, Issuers, Acquirers)

- Experience in working on the entire Card Payments value chain i.e. Online Acquisition, Decisoning, Billing & Posting, Fraud & Dispute Management, Network Compliance & Regulation, Loyalty & Rewards, and Account Management & Services.

- Nice to have (optional) - Experience in working on Alternate Payments & Areas such as Wallets, BNPL, Cryptocurrency, Open Banking, IoT-based Payments, and New Payment flows.

Domain Knowledge Corporate Payments

- Experience in Payments message types such as MT / MX, ISO20022, and proprietary messages

- End-to-end understanding of the Payments lifecycle from Front to Mid to Back-office processing

- Experience working across geo-specific Payment types such as FedWire, CHIPS, BACS, Faster payments, SEPA

- Deep understanding/experience of Payments Clearing & Settlement mechanisms

- Experience in executing engagements in Liquidity, FX Processing & Cash Management

Thought Leadership:

- Independently research industry trends and support to shape innovative ideas and opinions for practice thought leaders

- Actively contribute to research, development, and authoring of consulting mindshare i.e. articles, whitepapers, and other collaterals via traditional and social media channels

Business Development: Support RFI/RFP responses and other business development opportunities as needed

Customer Relationship Management:

- Build and maintain trusted relationships with client stakeholder(s)

- Be seen as a go-to resource that the client wants to bring back for future engagements

Practice Development: -

- Draw conclusions from market/industry trends and client experiences to support the design and build of new go-to-market service offerings

- Support service line development and case study support through the gathering of industry best practices

Knowledge Management: Assist in creating client and/ or practice-related materials (deliverables, solutions, industry best practices, standards, and other knowledge artifacts) for Cognizants knowledge management repository

People Management: Actively support recruitment for campus candidates through pre-placement discussions Help to onboard and mentor junior associates; actively support their ongoing development; be known as a leader among peers

Employee Status : Full Time Employee

Shift : Day Job

Travel : No

About Cognizant

Cognizant (Nasdaq-100: CTSH) is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant is ranked 185 on the Fortune 500 and is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com or follow us @Cognizant.