Job description:
• Deep understanding of payment processing workflows, especially H2H and SWIFT.
• Hands-on experience with legacy formats (IDOC, EDIFACT) as well as ISO 20022 and GFF
Job Responsibilities:
1. Payments and File Format Expertise
• Deep understanding of payment processing workflows, especially H2H and SWIFT.
• Hands-on experience with legacy formats (IDOC, EDIFACT) as well as ISO 20022 and GFF
• Ability to interpret and translate complex file specifications and payment instructions.
2. Technical Analysis and Mapping
• Strong analytical skills for field-by-field mapping between client files and internal standard formats.
• Experience creating and maintaining detailed mapping requirement documents and data dictionaries.
• Familiarity with structured and hybrid address fields, and compliance requirements (e.g., CBPR+).
3. Stakeholder Management
• Ability to collaborate effectively with Product, Technology, and Implementation/Migration teams.
• Experience gathering requirements from clients and translating them into actionable technical specifications.
4. Problem Solving and Adaptability
• Resourcefulness in working with obsolete or poorly documented formats.
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve mapping or data translation issues.
5. Documentation and Communication
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for clear documentation and stakeholder updates.
• Experience preparing business and technical documentation for both technical and non-technical audiences.
Required Qualifications, Skills, and Capabilities:
• 5-8 Years or more relevant business & technical analysis experience in Payments
• Graduate in any Computer Science stream
• Proven capability of applying project management methodology to execute deliverables for complex and strategic implementations
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
• Ability to map and document progress of complex workflows
• Technical experience with transmissions, ERPs (technical roles) and file formats
• Knowledge and experience with IDOC, EDIFACT, ISO 20022 and EDI message formats
About Cognizant:
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, bridging the gap between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, drive tangible outcomes and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at cognizant.ai or @cognizant.
Additional employment information
Compensation information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
Language requirements vary depending on roles, but we ask that all candidates have basic English proficiency for company-wide communications purposes. For roles based in Quebec, professional English proficiency is required, as you’ll deliver services to and collaborate with stakeholders outside the province who may not speak French.
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