Senior Business Analyst (Payspace)

Who we are is what we do.

Deel and our family of growing companies are made up of global teams dedicated to helping businesses hire anyone, anywhere, easily. 

The team comprises over three thousand self-driven individuals spanning over 100 countries, and our unified yet diverse culture keeps us continually learning and innovating the platform and products for customers.

Companies should be able to hire the best talent anywhere in the world, so we are building the best platform to make that a reality. Our market-leading technology, expertise, and global team are crucial to the platform’s success. We deliver the best products and features in our space, enabling millions of jobs worldwide and connecting the global workforce with the best companies and opportunities.

Why should you be part of our success story?

A 30-mile hiring radius should no longer dictate how companies hire because exceptional talent lives everywhere. Deel sees a world without hiring borders and endless talent that pairs perfect candidates with great companies.

We offer global teams all the tools they need to hire, onboard, manage, pay, and scale at full speed. We aim to foster a diverse global economy by building a generational platform that seamlessly connects companies with talent worldwide.

After our successful Series D in 2021, we raised another $50M in 2023, doubling our valuation to $12B. There’s never been a more exciting time to join Deel — the international payroll and compliance market leader.

Job Purpose

The Business Analyst is the key liaison between the commercial and development teams ensuring the successful delivery and ongoing evolution of the PaySpace product. The Business Analyst is entrusted with accurately documenting requirements and acceptance criteria at multiple levels of detail, for a program of work or a specific project.  The main objective of the Business Analyst is to ensure that all features and enhancements are designed to provide the most value to our customers, with the least amount of development effort.

Responsibilities

· Participate in deep dive sessions with commercial subject matter experts as a means to elicit business logic.

· Responsible for written requirements specifications from initial creation, through change management and solution delivery.

· Accurately document user stories on Azure DevOps for the various development teams detailing the solution to be developed.

· Closely work with the development team to conceptualize and design the best possible solutions technically and functionally.

· Attend grooming sessions and daily stand-ups to collaborate with the development team where challenges arise and provide the team with the expected behaviour from a user’s perspective.

· Ensure the enablement of a smooth transition and maintenance of the solution into production, working with internal team members and facilitating change requests with the broader team using a defined change management process.

· Provide input into the functional design of a solution.

· Provide consultative expertise (Internal & External)

· Become a PaySpace system black belt ensuring that you are up to date and fully understand the workings of each module.

· Collaborate with other Senior Business Analysts and developers to develop standard operating procedures and processes specific to the PaySpace environment

· Serve and support the business as the functional point of contact for the solution during design and development, working through data and design questions/issues as they arise.

· Work closely with the Quality Assurance team on story definition and execution of a test plan, which will include internal testing and user acceptance testing.

· Develop and deliver cross-training and knowledge sharing.

Information security

· Understand their role within the organisation from an information security perspective and commit to protecting the organisation’s security information assets.   

Self- development

· Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organisations.

· Prepare personal development plans in conjunction with Manager and implement in line with business requirements.

Teamwork

· Ensures teamwork to achieve shared goals.

Requirements

Qualifications and Experience:

· 10+ years’ experience as a Systems Business Analyst

· Formal certification in Business Analysis

· Experience working with software using .Net framework is required.

· Experience in payroll or financial software is advantageous.