Company Description
Sopra Steria is a major European technology company with 51,000 employees in nearly 30 countries. The Group provides consulting, digital services and solutions to help clients drive digital transformation and achieve sustainable benefits.
Job Description
Within the Financial Services vertical, you will support banks, payment institutions, fintechs and market operators in transformation projects related to payments, card services, regulation and digital innovation.
As a Business Analyst, you will work on strategic payment-system transformation projects, optimization of payment acceptance journeys and evolution of payment platforms. You will act as the interface between business and IT teams and contribute to defining, designing and implementing solutions aligned with clients' regulatory and business needs.
Responsibilities
- Collect and challenge requirements from Payments, Card Services, Payment Methods and Digital departments.
- Facilitate functional workshops with stakeholders.
- Contribute to opportunity studies and scoping phases.
- Write functional specifications and user stories.
- Formalize user journeys, payment flows, business rules and acceptance criteria.
- Coordinate business and technical teams.
- Contribute to impact management and change management.
- Prepare test specifications and conduct or coordinate functional testing campaigns.
- Support business teams during validation phases.
Areas of Expertise
- Bank card payments, including acquiring, issuing, authorization and clearing.
- CB, Visa and Mastercard flows.
- SEPA payments, including SCT and SDD.
- Instant payments, wallets and mobile payments.
- Open Banking and PSD2.
- E-commerce, digital payments and merchant acceptance.
- Innovative payment solutions.
Qualifications
You have at least four years of experience as a Business Analyst or Functional Consultant, ideally within an IT services company or consulting firm in the banking sector. A master's-level degree from an engineering school or university is required.
Required knowledge includes the payments and card-services ecosystem, acceptance and issuing journeys, card and/or SEPA flows, and payment regulations. Appreciated technical skills include SQL, Jira and Confluence, UML and BPMN, APIs and SI architectures, and Agile or SAFe methodologies.
You should demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills, strong analytical and synthesis abilities, a consulting mindset, autonomy, a sense of responsibility, and confidence facilitating workshops with business and IT stakeholders.
Why Join Sopra Steria in Lyon?
The Financial Services vertical offers more than 1,000 training courses, certification paths and support in Data, Cloud, AI and Payments. Career paths may include Lead Business Analyst, Payment Expert Consultant, Project Manager, Manager or Project Director.
Additional Information
- Teleworking agreement allowing up to two days per week depending on the assignment.
- Benefits package including health insurance, works council benefits, meal vouchers, profit-sharing, holiday bonuses and co-option bonuses.
- Multiple career opportunities across more than 30 job families.
- Access to self-paced training platforms and the Target BA expert community.
Sopra Steria is an inclusive and committed employer that promotes diversity and a respectful working environment.