Explore career opportunities with McKinsey & Company, a global leader in management consulting. Known for its strategic insights and innovative solutions, McKinsey offers diverse roles for professionals seeking to impact various industries. Discover positions that leverage your expertise in areas such as business analysis, project management, and technology consulting. 2,822 Mckinsey Company jobs in the United Kingdom
Head of Business Analysis
Greater London, London
£75000 - £80000 Annually
Hays Technology
Posted 8 days ago
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Job Description
Your new company
A property organisation specialising in the ownership and management of some of the UK's best and most sustainable real estate. They have a portfolio of high-quality commercial properties across London. They are passionate about managing their business in an environmentally and socially responsible way. Leveraging on their best-in-class platform and proven expertise in development, repositioning and active asset management to create and manage the best possible outcomes for their stakeholders on a long-term basis.
Your new role
An opportunity has arisen to work within Technology, to lead the Technology Business Partner team to identify opportunities for improving business output and performance through the strategic use of technology. The roleholder will be instrumental in helping to shift the business culture towards greater technology awareness and adoption. The role involves leading a team of Tech Business Partners and the QA team, working closely with the Senior Leadership team.
- Leadership and Team Management: Lead, mentor, and develop a team of five Business Analysts and QA professionals; fostering a collaborative and high-performance team culture.
- Strategic Partnership: Act as a liaison between the technology department and other business units, collaborating with senior leadership to identify and prioritise technology initiatives that drive business growth and efficiency. Provide deep strategic insights and recommendations to enhance business processes through technology, ensuring alignment with long-term business goals. This role requires a visionary approach to technology integration, focusing on transformative business impact and strategic value.
- Change Management: Drive initiatives to increase tech awareness and adoption across the organisation. Develop and deliver training materials and programmes to enhance technology proficiency amongst employees
- Technology Change Requests: Lead the Tech Business Partner team to translate business needs into technical requirements, design optimal solutions with software teams, and manage the Technology Change Plan for timely project delivery
- Quality Assurance: Work with the Senior Test Analyst to ensure the highest standards of quality in technology solutions, implement best practices in QA processes and methodologies, and ensure timely and effective testing of technology solutions.
What you'll need to succeed :
- You will have a strategic mindset with the ability to identify and analyse potential opportunities to improve processes, technology etc.
- Experience of working in a Business Analysis capacity - with the ability to act as the conduit between business and technology to successfully translate requirements.
- Knowledge of the software development lifecycle methodologies, system testing and software QA best practices.
- Experience in a leadership capacity - able to motivate and inspire team members and manage their development and progression. Experienced people manager with a proven track record of leading and developing teams.
- Customer service orientation: experience in a customer service environment, with a strong appreciation for delivering excellent customer service.
- Technology proficiency with software applications, including MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
What you'll get in return
80K basic salary
15% pension
25% discretionary bonus
Hybrid working - 4 days in the office
25 days of annual leave
Group Income Protection
Several others
What you need to do now
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Business Analysis Team Leader
Manchester, North West
Sage
Posted 3 days ago
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Business Analysis Team Leader
Job Description:
At Sage, Solution Design is a function that includes the two crucial roles of Business Analyst and Product Owner. These roles are at the centre of our design teams that are formed with colleagues from user experience, content, user experience research and architecture. These teams work closely with product management, product marketing and development to deliver products and services that our users love.
The role has line management responsibility for a team of business analysts and product owners working in a specific part of the Accountants Business Unit. They are also accountable for the work this team delivers, supporting the team in scoping, managing requirements and designing their individual projects or features. They may even own projects or features themselves. They identify and manage risks and dependencies in a complex system landscape and excel in their field, helping to improve processes and performance across the team.
This is a hybrid role - three days per week in our Newcastle or Manchester office.
This role:
- Is a recognised expert and leading performer in design craft in product .
- Delivers robust and effective processes, practice, and strategy to enable individuals and teams.
- Delivers exceptional quality design projects covering product areas, whole products, or undefined spaces.
- Delivers high-performing, thriving and contented teams.
Key Responsibilities:
In this role you'll:
- Line manage solution designers, business analysts and/product owners
- Act as an expert in analysis and design in software product development
- Deliver robust and effective processes, practice, and strategy to enable individuals and teams.
- Define, embed, and drive continual improvement to processes and practice, operating on a scale beyond their team.
- Drive change, deliver major strategic projects, and provide thought leadership on major workstreams
- Effectively communicate organisational and process change at all organisational and individual levels.
- Influence stakeholders, leadership, and thought leaders through engagement and outreach, to deliver tactical advances.
- Be fluent with constructive challenge.
- Drive requirements gathering and analysis, solution ideation, iteration, and design decision-making with evidence and rationale
We're looking for the following skills and experience:
Analysis and Design
- A recognised expert in solution design/business analysis.
- A recognised expert in analysis and design standards, processes, industry best practice, and trends.
- Systems-level design thinker and visionary with strong instincts and outstanding intuition.
- Has an uncanny sense of design, acts as a fierce advocate for the user, and is committed to creating elegantly simple user experiences from otherwise complex workflows.
- Understands not just execution of analysis and design, but the business aspects of products as well.
- Expert knowledge of industry-standard tools.
- Shares knowledge, skills, and inspires other team members.
Process, Practice, and Strategy
- Appropriate experience in defining effective high-level analysis and design processes, practice, and strategies.
- Ability to tailor textbook and industry-standard solutions to organisational and user context.
- Ability to operate with wide organisational scale and influence.
- Experience of influencing stakeholders and leadership to drive improvement.
Projects
- Appropriate experience of leading major projects and setting strategic direction.
- The ability to communicate complex concepts clearly and persuasively across different audiences and varying levels of the organization.
- Effectiveness in working across organizational boundaries to define, manage, and prioritize work.
- Develops processes for tackling problems using known methods; anticipates problems; develops facilitation skills to engage cross-functional teams.
- Handle uncertainty and acute challenges with grace and calm.
- Are proactive, goal-oriented, and go after exciting challenges, rather than only being reactive.
People
- Appropriate experience of people management and team leadership.
- Demonstrates exceptional people skills - communication, presentation, negotiation, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
- Expert in both leveraging strengths, and developing people.
- Experience of successful performance management.
- Experience of recruitment.
#LI-MD1
Function:
Product Delivery
Country:
United Kingdom
Office Location:
Newcastle;Manchester
Work Place type:
Hybrid
Advert
Working at Sage means you're supporting millions of small and medium sized businesses globally with technology to work faster and smarter. We leverage the future of AI, meaning business owners spend less time doing routine tasks, like entering invoices and generating reports, and more time pursuing their ambitions.
Our colleagues are the best of the best. It's why we were awarded 2024 Best Places to Work by Glassdoor. Because to achieve extraordinary outcomes, we need extraordinary teams. This means infusing Sage with people who knock down barriers, continuously innovate, and want to experience their potential.
Learn more about working at Sage:sage.com/en-gb/company/careers/working-at-sage/
Watch a video about our culture:youtube.com/watch?v=qIoiCpZH-QE
We celebrate individuality and welcome you to join us if you embrace all backgrounds, identities, beliefs, and ways of working. If you need support applying, reach out
Learn more about DEI at Sage:sage.com/en-gb/company/careers/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
Sage is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities.
In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at Sage will be based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. Sage does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Job Description:
At Sage, Solution Design is a function that includes the two crucial roles of Business Analyst and Product Owner. These roles are at the centre of our design teams that are formed with colleagues from user experience, content, user experience research and architecture. These teams work closely with product management, product marketing and development to deliver products and services that our users love.
The role has line management responsibility for a team of business analysts and product owners working in a specific part of the Accountants Business Unit. They are also accountable for the work this team delivers, supporting the team in scoping, managing requirements and designing their individual projects or features. They may even own projects or features themselves. They identify and manage risks and dependencies in a complex system landscape and excel in their field, helping to improve processes and performance across the team.
This is a hybrid role - three days per week in our Newcastle or Manchester office.
This role:
- Is a recognised expert and leading performer in design craft in product .
- Delivers robust and effective processes, practice, and strategy to enable individuals and teams.
- Delivers exceptional quality design projects covering product areas, whole products, or undefined spaces.
- Delivers high-performing, thriving and contented teams.
Key Responsibilities:
In this role you'll:
- Line manage solution designers, business analysts and/product owners
- Act as an expert in analysis and design in software product development
- Deliver robust and effective processes, practice, and strategy to enable individuals and teams.
- Define, embed, and drive continual improvement to processes and practice, operating on a scale beyond their team.
- Drive change, deliver major strategic projects, and provide thought leadership on major workstreams
- Effectively communicate organisational and process change at all organisational and individual levels.
- Influence stakeholders, leadership, and thought leaders through engagement and outreach, to deliver tactical advances.
- Be fluent with constructive challenge.
- Drive requirements gathering and analysis, solution ideation, iteration, and design decision-making with evidence and rationale
We're looking for the following skills and experience:
Analysis and Design
- A recognised expert in solution design/business analysis.
- A recognised expert in analysis and design standards, processes, industry best practice, and trends.
- Systems-level design thinker and visionary with strong instincts and outstanding intuition.
- Has an uncanny sense of design, acts as a fierce advocate for the user, and is committed to creating elegantly simple user experiences from otherwise complex workflows.
- Understands not just execution of analysis and design, but the business aspects of products as well.
- Expert knowledge of industry-standard tools.
- Shares knowledge, skills, and inspires other team members.
Process, Practice, and Strategy
- Appropriate experience in defining effective high-level analysis and design processes, practice, and strategies.
- Ability to tailor textbook and industry-standard solutions to organisational and user context.
- Ability to operate with wide organisational scale and influence.
- Experience of influencing stakeholders and leadership to drive improvement.
Projects
- Appropriate experience of leading major projects and setting strategic direction.
- The ability to communicate complex concepts clearly and persuasively across different audiences and varying levels of the organization.
- Effectiveness in working across organizational boundaries to define, manage, and prioritize work.
- Develops processes for tackling problems using known methods; anticipates problems; develops facilitation skills to engage cross-functional teams.
- Handle uncertainty and acute challenges with grace and calm.
- Are proactive, goal-oriented, and go after exciting challenges, rather than only being reactive.
People
- Appropriate experience of people management and team leadership.
- Demonstrates exceptional people skills - communication, presentation, negotiation, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
- Expert in both leveraging strengths, and developing people.
- Experience of successful performance management.
- Experience of recruitment.
#LI-MD1
Function:
Product Delivery
Country:
United Kingdom
Office Location:
Newcastle;Manchester
Work Place type:
Hybrid
Advert
Working at Sage means you're supporting millions of small and medium sized businesses globally with technology to work faster and smarter. We leverage the future of AI, meaning business owners spend less time doing routine tasks, like entering invoices and generating reports, and more time pursuing their ambitions.
Our colleagues are the best of the best. It's why we were awarded 2024 Best Places to Work by Glassdoor. Because to achieve extraordinary outcomes, we need extraordinary teams. This means infusing Sage with people who knock down barriers, continuously innovate, and want to experience their potential.
Learn more about working at Sage:sage.com/en-gb/company/careers/working-at-sage/
Watch a video about our culture:youtube.com/watch?v=qIoiCpZH-QE
We celebrate individuality and welcome you to join us if you embrace all backgrounds, identities, beliefs, and ways of working. If you need support applying, reach out
Learn more about DEI at Sage:sage.com/en-gb/company/careers/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
Sage is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities.
In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at Sage will be based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. Sage does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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Business Analysis Team Leader
Newcastle, Northern Ireland
Sage
Posted 3 days ago
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Job Description
Business Analysis Team Leader
Job Description:
At Sage, Solution Design is a function that includes the two crucial roles of Business Analyst and Product Owner. These roles are at the centre of our design teams that are formed with colleagues from user experience, content, user experience research and architecture. These teams work closely with product management, product marketing and development to deliver products and services that our users love.
The role has line management responsibility for a team of business analysts and product owners working in a specific part of the Accountants Business Unit. They are also accountable for the work this team delivers, supporting the team in scoping, managing requirements and designing their individual projects or features. They may even own projects or features themselves. They identify and manage risks and dependencies in a complex system landscape and excel in their field, helping to improve processes and performance across the team.
This is a hybrid role - three days per week in our Newcastle or Manchester office.
This role:
- Is a recognised expert and leading performer in design craft in product .
- Delivers robust and effective processes, practice, and strategy to enable individuals and teams.
- Delivers exceptional quality design projects covering product areas, whole products, or undefined spaces.
- Delivers high-performing, thriving and contented teams.
Key Responsibilities:
In this role you'll:
- Line manage solution designers, business analysts and/product owners
- Act as an expert in analysis and design in software product development
- Deliver robust and effective processes, practice, and strategy to enable individuals and teams.
- Define, embed, and drive continual improvement to processes and practice, operating on a scale beyond their team.
- Drive change, deliver major strategic projects, and provide thought leadership on major workstreams
- Effectively communicate organisational and process change at all organisational and individual levels.
- Influence stakeholders, leadership, and thought leaders through engagement and outreach, to deliver tactical advances.
- Be fluent with constructive challenge.
- Drive requirements gathering and analysis, solution ideation, iteration, and design decision-making with evidence and rationale
We're looking for the following skills and experience:
Analysis and Design
- A recognised expert in solution design/business analysis.
- A recognised expert in analysis and design standards, processes, industry best practice, and trends.
- Systems-level design thinker and visionary with strong instincts and outstanding intuition.
- Has an uncanny sense of design, acts as a fierce advocate for the user, and is committed to creating elegantly simple user experiences from otherwise complex workflows.
- Understands not just execution of analysis and design, but the business aspects of products as well.
- Expert knowledge of industry-standard tools.
- Shares knowledge, skills, and inspires other team members.
Process, Practice, and Strategy
- Appropriate experience in defining effective high-level analysis and design processes, practice, and strategies.
- Ability to tailor textbook and industry-standard solutions to organisational and user context.
- Ability to operate with wide organisational scale and influence.
- Experience of influencing stakeholders and leadership to drive improvement.
Projects
- Appropriate experience of leading major projects and setting strategic direction.
- The ability to communicate complex concepts clearly and persuasively across different audiences and varying levels of the organization.
- Effectiveness in working across organizational boundaries to define, manage, and prioritize work.
- Develops processes for tackling problems using known methods; anticipates problems; develops facilitation skills to engage cross-functional teams.
- Handle uncertainty and acute challenges with grace and calm.
- Are proactive, goal-oriented, and go after exciting challenges, rather than only being reactive.
People
- Appropriate experience of people management and team leadership.
- Demonstrates exceptional people skills - communication, presentation, negotiation, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
- Expert in both leveraging strengths, and developing people.
- Experience of successful performance management.
- Experience of recruitment.
#LI-MD1
Function:
Product Delivery
Country:
United Kingdom
Office Location:
Newcastle;Manchester
Work Place type:
Hybrid
Advert
Working at Sage means you're supporting millions of small and medium sized businesses globally with technology to work faster and smarter. We leverage the future of AI, meaning business owners spend less time doing routine tasks, like entering invoices and generating reports, and more time pursuing their ambitions.
Our colleagues are the best of the best. It's why we were awarded 2024 Best Places to Work by Glassdoor. Because to achieve extraordinary outcomes, we need extraordinary teams. This means infusing Sage with people who knock down barriers, continuously innovate, and want to experience their potential.
Learn more about working at Sage:sage.com/en-gb/company/careers/working-at-sage/
Watch a video about our culture:youtube.com/watch?v=qIoiCpZH-QE
We celebrate individuality and welcome you to join us if you embrace all backgrounds, identities, beliefs, and ways of working. If you need support applying, reach out
Learn more about DEI at Sage:sage.com/en-gb/company/careers/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
Sage is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities.
In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at Sage will be based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. Sage does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Job Description:
At Sage, Solution Design is a function that includes the two crucial roles of Business Analyst and Product Owner. These roles are at the centre of our design teams that are formed with colleagues from user experience, content, user experience research and architecture. These teams work closely with product management, product marketing and development to deliver products and services that our users love.
The role has line management responsibility for a team of business analysts and product owners working in a specific part of the Accountants Business Unit. They are also accountable for the work this team delivers, supporting the team in scoping, managing requirements and designing their individual projects or features. They may even own projects or features themselves. They identify and manage risks and dependencies in a complex system landscape and excel in their field, helping to improve processes and performance across the team.
This is a hybrid role - three days per week in our Newcastle or Manchester office.
This role:
- Is a recognised expert and leading performer in design craft in product .
- Delivers robust and effective processes, practice, and strategy to enable individuals and teams.
- Delivers exceptional quality design projects covering product areas, whole products, or undefined spaces.
- Delivers high-performing, thriving and contented teams.
Key Responsibilities:
In this role you'll:
- Line manage solution designers, business analysts and/product owners
- Act as an expert in analysis and design in software product development
- Deliver robust and effective processes, practice, and strategy to enable individuals and teams.
- Define, embed, and drive continual improvement to processes and practice, operating on a scale beyond their team.
- Drive change, deliver major strategic projects, and provide thought leadership on major workstreams
- Effectively communicate organisational and process change at all organisational and individual levels.
- Influence stakeholders, leadership, and thought leaders through engagement and outreach, to deliver tactical advances.
- Be fluent with constructive challenge.
- Drive requirements gathering and analysis, solution ideation, iteration, and design decision-making with evidence and rationale
We're looking for the following skills and experience:
Analysis and Design
- A recognised expert in solution design/business analysis.
- A recognised expert in analysis and design standards, processes, industry best practice, and trends.
- Systems-level design thinker and visionary with strong instincts and outstanding intuition.
- Has an uncanny sense of design, acts as a fierce advocate for the user, and is committed to creating elegantly simple user experiences from otherwise complex workflows.
- Understands not just execution of analysis and design, but the business aspects of products as well.
- Expert knowledge of industry-standard tools.
- Shares knowledge, skills, and inspires other team members.
Process, Practice, and Strategy
- Appropriate experience in defining effective high-level analysis and design processes, practice, and strategies.
- Ability to tailor textbook and industry-standard solutions to organisational and user context.
- Ability to operate with wide organisational scale and influence.
- Experience of influencing stakeholders and leadership to drive improvement.
Projects
- Appropriate experience of leading major projects and setting strategic direction.
- The ability to communicate complex concepts clearly and persuasively across different audiences and varying levels of the organization.
- Effectiveness in working across organizational boundaries to define, manage, and prioritize work.
- Develops processes for tackling problems using known methods; anticipates problems; develops facilitation skills to engage cross-functional teams.
- Handle uncertainty and acute challenges with grace and calm.
- Are proactive, goal-oriented, and go after exciting challenges, rather than only being reactive.
People
- Appropriate experience of people management and team leadership.
- Demonstrates exceptional people skills - communication, presentation, negotiation, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
- Expert in both leveraging strengths, and developing people.
- Experience of successful performance management.
- Experience of recruitment.
#LI-MD1
Function:
Product Delivery
Country:
United Kingdom
Office Location:
Newcastle;Manchester
Work Place type:
Hybrid
Advert
Working at Sage means you're supporting millions of small and medium sized businesses globally with technology to work faster and smarter. We leverage the future of AI, meaning business owners spend less time doing routine tasks, like entering invoices and generating reports, and more time pursuing their ambitions.
Our colleagues are the best of the best. It's why we were awarded 2024 Best Places to Work by Glassdoor. Because to achieve extraordinary outcomes, we need extraordinary teams. This means infusing Sage with people who knock down barriers, continuously innovate, and want to experience their potential.
Learn more about working at Sage:sage.com/en-gb/company/careers/working-at-sage/
Watch a video about our culture:youtube.com/watch?v=qIoiCpZH-QE
We celebrate individuality and welcome you to join us if you embrace all backgrounds, identities, beliefs, and ways of working. If you need support applying, reach out
Learn more about DEI at Sage:sage.com/en-gb/company/careers/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
Sage is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities.
In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at Sage will be based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. Sage does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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Business Analysis Professional Traine
£32000 - £54000 annum
e-Careers Limited
Posted 360 days ago
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Job Description
NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY Are you looking to build a career working in an office environment? Does a future in Business Analysis appeal to you?
If so, this opportunity could be for you!
Due to a severe skills shortage in the marketplace, Business Analysts are in high demand.
We have a pool of employers who are seeking to employ newly trained individuals who are motivated to pursue a career in a variety of Business Analysis related roles.
Our programmes will provide you the knowledge, skills and certifications required to succeed. Upon completion we will match you with our pool of employers, to help fill essential roles within this sector.
Join us on our FREE Business Analysis Webinar, by clicking 'Apply for this job', and we will send you the joining link.
Once you have attended this Free Webinar, you can decide if this is something that you would like to pursue.
Requirements
NO EXPERIENCE REQUIREDYou should:
- Be analytical and have good attention to detail.
- Be committed to pursuing a career in Business analysis.
- Be a quick learner.
- Be able to think in a structured manner.
Benefits
- Quickest way to build an exciting career in the business world, whether you have little or no prior experience.
- Gain the skills, knowledge and certification required for a career in the Business analysis.
- Increased earning potential and job security.
- Flexible working opportunities within the industry.
- This programme is a great alternative to attending university or college, as this pathway offers a quicker and more flexible route to success in this sector.
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Payment/Solution Architect (with business analysis expertise)
Chester, North West
Ascendion
Posted today
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Job Description: We are seeking a Payments/Solution Architect with strong expertise in payment system architecture, clearing mechanisms, and business analysis. The ideal candidate should have experience in SEPA (SCT & Instant), RTGS, ACH, ISO 20022 migration, SWIFT messaging (MT/MX), and cross-border payments. This role requires both technical leadership and business analysis proficiency, ensuring seamless design and implementation of payment solutions while engaging with regulators, payment schemes, and internal stakeholders. Key Responsibilities: Architect and design payment solutions aligned with global standards, including SEPA SCT/Instant, RTGS, ACH, & TARGET2. Lead business analysis activities, including functional requirement gathering, solution documentation, and process reengineering. Lead ISO 20022 migration projects, ensuring alignment with SWIFT MX and GPI standards. Collaborate with regulators and payment schemes to facilitate direct or indirect participation in payment networks. Conduct gap analysis and requirement validation to ensure completeness and accuracy in payment system implementations. Drive payment system modernization initiatives, including real-time payment processing, accelerated settlements, and API-based payment integrations. Required Skills & Experience: 10 years of experience in Payment Architecture, Solution Design, and Business Analysis within the banking or fintech sector. Expertise in SEPA SCT & Instant, RTGS, ACH, SWIFT (MT/MX), ISO 20022, and real-time payments. Strong knowledge of payment settlement mechanisms and FX integration. Experience working with payment system regulators and payment scheme participation (direct/indirect). Proficiency in requirement gathering, process mapping, and gap analysis to identify and mitigate missed requirements. Hands-on experience with payment orchestration, billing integration, and high-value/low-value payment processing. Experience in Agile methodologies, working with cross-functional teams in a financial institution or fintech environment. Ability to engage with stakeholders across business, operations, IT, and regulatory bodies to ensure smooth implementation of payment solutions. About Us: Ascendion is a global, leading provider of AI-first software engineering services, delivering transformative solutions across North America, APAC, and Europe. We are headquartered in New Jersey. We combine technology and talent to deliver tech debt relief, improve engineering productivity solutions, and accelerate time to value, driving our clients’ digital journeys with efficiency and velocity. Guided by our “Engineering to the power of AI” (EngineeringAI) methodology, we integrate AI into software engineering, enterprise operations, and talent orchestration, to address critical challenges of trust, speed, and capital. For more information, please go to .
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Payment/Solution Architect (with business analysis expertise)
Chester, North West
Ascendion
Posted 2 days ago
Job Viewed
Job Description
Job Description:
- We are seeking a Payments/Solution Architect with strong expertise in payment system architecture, clearing mechanisms, and business analysis. The ideal candidate should have experience in SEPA (SCT & Instant), RTGS, ACH, ISO 20022 migration, SWIFT messaging (MT/MX), and cross-border payments.
- This role requires both technical leadership and business analysis proficiency, ensuring seamless design and implementation of payment solutions while engaging with regulators, payment schemes, and internal stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities:
- Architect and design payment solutions aligned with global standards, including SEPA SCT/Instant, RTGS, ACH, & TARGET2.
- Lead business analysis activities, including functional requirement gathering, solution documentation, and process reengineering.
- Lead ISO 20022 migration projects, ensuring alignment with SWIFT MX and GPI standards.
- Collaborate with regulators and payment schemes to facilitate direct or indirect participation in payment networks.
- Conduct gap analysis and requirement validation to ensure completeness and accuracy in payment system implementations.
- Drive payment system modernization initiatives, including real-time payment processing, accelerated settlements, and API-based payment integrations.
Required Skills & Experience:
- 10+ years of experience in Payment Architecture, Solution Design, and Business Analysis within the banking or fintech sector.
- Expertise in SEPA SCT & Instant, RTGS, ACH, SWIFT (MT/MX), ISO 20022, and real-time payments.
- Strong knowledge of payment settlement mechanisms and FX integration.
- Experience working with payment system regulators and payment scheme participation (direct/indirect).
- Proficiency in requirement gathering, process mapping, and gap analysis to identify and mitigate missed requirements.
- Hands-on experience with payment orchestration, billing integration, and high-value/low-value payment processing.
- Experience in Agile methodologies, working with cross-functional teams in a financial institution or fintech environment.
- Ability to engage with stakeholders across business, operations, IT, and regulatory bodies to ensure smooth implementation of payment solutions.
About Us:
- Ascendion is a global, leading provider of AI-first software engineering services, delivering transformative solutions across North America, APAC, and Europe. We are headquartered in New Jersey. We combine technology and talent to deliver tech debt relief, improve engineering productivity solutions, and accelerate time to value, driving our clients’ digital journeys with efficiency and velocity. Guided by our “Engineering to the power of AI” (EngineeringAI) methodology, we integrate AI into software engineering, enterprise operations, and talent orchestration, to address critical challenges of trust, speed, and capital. For more information, please go to .
This advertiser has chosen not to accept applicants from your region.
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Payment/Solution Architect (with business analysis expertise)
Chester, North West
Ascendion
Posted today
Job Viewed
Job Description
Job Description
Job Description:
- We are seeking a Payments/Solution Architect with strong expertise in payment system architecture, clearing mechanisms, and business analysis. The ideal candidate should have experience in SEPA (SCT & Instant), RTGS, ACH, ISO 20022 migration, SWIFT messaging (MT/MX), and cross-border payments.
- This role requires both technical leadership and business analysis proficiency, ensuring seamless design and implementation of payment solutions while engaging with regulators, payment schemes, and internal stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities:
- Architect and design payment solutions aligned with global standards, including SEPA SCT/Instant, RTGS, ACH, & TARGET2.
- Lead business analysis activities, including functional requirement gathering, solution documentation, and process reengineering.
- Lead ISO 20022 migration projects, ensuring alignment with SWIFT MX and GPI standards.
- Collaborate with regulators and payment schemes to facilitate direct or indirect participation in payment networks.
- Conduct gap analysis and requirement validation to ensure completeness and accuracy in payment system implementations.
- Drive payment system modernization initiatives, including real-time payment processing, accelerated settlements, and API-based payment integrations.
Required Skills & Experience:
- 10+ years of experience in Payment Architecture, Solution Design, and Business Analysis within the banking or fintech sector.
- Expertise in SEPA SCT & Instant, RTGS, ACH, SWIFT (MT/MX), ISO 20022, and real-time payments.
- Strong knowledge of payment settlement mechanisms and FX integration.
- Experience working with payment system regulators and payment scheme participation (direct/indirect).
- Proficiency in requirement gathering, process mapping, and gap analysis to identify and mitigate missed requirements.
- Hands-on experience with payment orchestration, billing integration, and high-value/low-value payment processing.
- Experience in Agile methodologies, working with cross-functional teams in a financial institution or fintech environment.
- Ability to engage with stakeholders across business, operations, IT, and regulatory bodies to ensure smooth implementation of payment solutions.
About Us:
- Ascendion is a global, leading provider of AI-first software engineering services, delivering transformative solutions across North America, APAC, and Europe. We are headquartered in New Jersey. We combine technology and talent to deliver tech debt relief, improve engineering productivity solutions, and accelerate time to value, driving our clients’ digital journeys with efficiency and velocity. Guided by our “Engineering to the power of AI” (EngineeringAI) methodology, we integrate AI into software engineering, enterprise operations, and talent orchestration, to address critical challenges of trust, speed, and capital. For more information, please go to
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