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You will play a critical role in translating business needs into technical requirements while ensuring alignment with industry standards and best practices.You will also act as a Product Owner within the scrum team, managing the product backlog of requirements, priority and necessary clarification.\nResponsibilities\nPayments & Industry Standards\nAct as the subject matter expert on card payments, with working experience on EMV and Card Not Present (Ecommerce) projects.\nProvide expertise in payment protocols such as ISO 8583, NEXO ISO20022, and proprietary acquirer-specific messaging formats.\nUnderstanding the transaction lifecycle across issuers, acquirers, processors, and merchants.\nFamiliarity with alternative payment options (e.g., digital wallets, BNPL etc.)\nFamiliarity with Fuel Fleet Cards & Loyalty Cards desired.\nWork closely with scheme rules (Visa, Mastercard, AMEX, etc.), ensuring compliance with schemes such as EMV and PSD2/SCA regulations, PCI.\nTechnical & API Integration\nCollaborate with development teams to design and document payment API specifications, ensuring seamless integration with third-party providers.\nDefine functional and non-functional requirements for payment processing applications, including authentication, authorization, and settlement flows.\nDocument user stories and requirements, process flows, UI and UX mockups \nWork with tokenization, encryption, and security standards (PCI-DSS, 3DS, HSM, etc.) to ensure secure transactions.\nProduct & Stakeholder Engagement\nPartner with product managers to shape the payments roadmap and define requirements based on business needs and market trends.\nAct as a liaison between clients, acquirers, and payment processors, understanding their needs and providing technical guidance.\nWork within an Agile/Scrum environment, contributing to sprint planning, managing backlog refinement, and user story definition.\nTake a lead role in showcasing functionality which is being developed to stakeholders, seeking early feedback\nCollaborate with other Business Analysts and colleagues, providing training and understanding of the payments industry and TNS services.\nQualifications\nExperience/Qualifications:\n5+ years of experience as a Business Analyst in the payments industry.\nExperience working with protocols such as ISO 8583, NEXO, EMV, and alternative payment methods.\nExperience working with acquirers, PSPs, and payment processors.\nHands-on experience with payment APIs, RESTful web services, and JSON/XML messaging.\nUnderstanding of regulatory and compliance frameworks (e.g., PCI-DSS, PSD2, SCA).\nAbility to write clear BRDs, functional specifications, and API documentation.\nManage and maintain the product backlog, working as a product owner within a scrum team.\nStrong collaboration skills with cross-functional teams in an Agile environment.\nIf you are passionate about technology, love personal growth and opportunity, come see what TNS is all about!\nTNS is an equal opportunity employer. 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