Senior IT Analyst – Cards & Payments (f/m/x)

We are looking for an experienced Senior IT Analyst to join a large-scale card transformation programme within an international financial organization.

The role covers end-to-end analysis across card processes, systems, integrations, data and card portfolios – from discovery and target solution design through development, testing and migration to post-implementation validation.

Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end analysis across complex card transformation initiatives,

• Translate business objectives into clear business, functional and non-functional requirements,

• Own requirements quality and traceability throughout the full delivery lifecycle,

• Perform current-state, target-state, gap and impact analysis across processes, systems, integrations and data,

• Facilitate workshops with business, product, architecture, development, testing, operations and migration teams,

• Contribute to target solution design, considering architecture, security, regulatory requirements and Mastercard/Visa scheme requirements,

• Define acceptance criteria and support testing, defect clarification and migration readiness,

• Identify dependencies, assumptions, risks and requirement gaps and provide recommendations,

• Use AI/GenAI tools to support requirements analysis, documentation, refinement and quality reviews.

Requirements:

• Minimum 5 years of experience as an IT / Business / System Analyst,

• Strong experience within banking and payments, preferably in the cards domain,

• Experience with card lifecycle, card servicing, card migrations and/or Mastercard/Visa requirements,

• Experience owning requirements end-to-end – from discovery through implementation and validation,

• Strong skills in business, functional and non-functional requirements analysis,

• Experience with gap analysis, impact analysis and target-state analysis,

• Ability to analyze complex changes involving multiple processes, systems, integrations and data,

• Experience facilitating workshops and working with cross-functional stakeholders,

• Very good command of English.

Nice to have:

• Experience with SAFe,

• Practical use of AI/GenAI tools in analysis, documentation or requirements refinement.