Business Analyst

5 days a week in-office in Dublin

12 month contract

A leading global payments organisation is undertaking a major multi-year transformation programme, modernising its core processing platforms into a cloud-native, event-driven architecture on AWS.

As part of this journey, they are hiring a Product Owner / Business Analyst to play a key role in the modernisation of merchant pricing, one of the most complex and commercially critical areas of the acquiring lifecycle.

This is a high-impact role sitting at the intersection of product, engineering, and business, focused on translating a complex pricing domain into clear, deliverable outcomes.

Merchant pricing directly impacts revenue, client experience, and regulatory compliance, making this a strategically important programme with strong visibility across the organisation.

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• Elicit and document business and system requirements
  
• Break down complex pricing structures into clear user stories and acceptance criteria
  
• Analyse legacy systems and support modernisation decisions (retain, simplify, retire)
  
• Conduct market research and gap analysis
  

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• Define and maintain structured, traceable requirements
  
• Work with architecture and engineering to shape target-state solutions
  
• Ensure alignment with strategic and architectural objectives
  

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• Support backlog refinement and prioritisation
  
• Own acceptance criteria and UAT support
  
• Provide ongoing analysis throughout delivery cycles
  

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• Act as the bridge between business, product, and engineering
  
• Work across regions and functions xcfaprz
  
• Communicate complex concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
  

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• 5+ years’ experience as a Business Analyst / Product Owner / Consultant
  
• Experience in payments, banking, or financial services
  
• Strong skills in requirements gathering, process mapping, and UAT
  
• Experience working in Agile environments (Scrum, SAFe)
  
• Ability to understand APIs, data models, and event-driven architecture
  
• Experience in platform modernisation or transformation programmes (highly desirable)