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Business / Functional Analyst – Vision Next Product

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Job Description & Details

This contract role is for a Business/Functional Analyst focused on the Vision Next core‑banking platform, based in Berkeley Heights, NJ. You'll be the go‑to SME for card and payment workflows, translating business needs into functional specs that engineering can actually build.

What You'll Actually Be Doing

You’ll run requirement‑elicitation workshops, map current state processes to Vision Next capabilities, and produce detailed functional specifications. The day will involve maintaining JIRA backlogs, drafting user stories with clear acceptance criteria, and coordinating with product owners, architects, and engineers to keep sprints on track. You’ll also own functional testing and regression cycles, surface automation opportunities, and churn out senior‑level KPI reports for stakeholders.

The Core Tech Stack

The heart of the job is Vision Next – a core banking/cards/payments suite that handles everything from card authorization to billing and fee calculations. You need to speak the language of the card lifecycle (auth, validation, personalization, admin) and understand banking processes like invoicing and fee structures. On the tooling side, you’ll be expected to navigate JIRA/Confluence for Agile delivery, query MS SQL for data analysis, and grasp REST/OpenAPI concepts for integration work. Heavy Excel reporting and PowerPoint decks round out the everyday toolkit.

Interview Expectations

  1. “Walk me through how you’d model the card authorization flow in Vision Next and which edge‑cases you’d validate.” – They want to see you can break down the end‑to‑end flow, spot fraud checks, decline handling, and how you’d document those scenarios.
  2. “Design a functional test plan for a new billing module, including regression coverage.” – The hiring manager is probing your ability to translate specs into test cases, prioritize critical paths, and ensure existing VN modules aren’t broken by the change.

Application Advice

Tailor your resume to highlight Vision Next or any similar core‑banking platform experience, and sprinkle in keywords like card lifecycle, payments, regulatory compliance, functional analysis, Agile, JIRA, Confluence, MS SQL, REST/OpenAPI, user stories, acceptance criteria, test strategy, automation, stakeholder workshops. Show concrete examples of backlog grooming, sprint planning, and KPI reporting to get past the ATS and catch the recruiter’s eye.