Sr. Business Analyst - Credit Card Merger

Job Id: 0000177737Job Category: Financial ServicesJob Location: Mclean, VirginiaSecurity Clearance: No ClearanceBusiness Unit: Piper CompaniesPosition Owner: Chase ReesePiper Companies is seeking a Senior Business Analyst – Card Integration & Data Mapping to support a leading federal credit union. This individual will lead technical discovery, data mapping, and integration activities associated with credit card portfolio conversions and mergers and acquisitions (M&A), ensuring seamless migration across card processing platforms while minimizing operational risk. This role is Hybrid 3 days per week in McLean, VA. Responsibilities for the Senior Business Analyst Include:Lead technical discovery and requirements gathering for credit card portfolio mergers, acquisitions, and conversions.Develop data mapping documents aligning acquired credit card products, system parameters, rates, fees, and rewards programs with existing platforms.Perform data analysis, field-level mapping, reconciliation, and validation throughout the conversion lifecycle.Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT), test case development, defect tracking, and post-conversion validation.Coordinate with IT, Card Operations, Risk, Compliance, vendors, and business stakeholders to support integration activities.Manage conversion documentation, business rules, decision logs, and operational handoffs.Support production cutover, issue resolution, and post-implementation stabilization of migrated card portfolios.Qualifications for the Senior Business Analyst Include:5–7+ years of experience in credit card operations, card servicing, payment systems, or business analysis.Experience supporting 2+ full credit card conversions, portfolio migrations, or merger integrations.Strong experience with data mapping, requirements gathering, SQL, Advanced Excel, and data reconciliation.Understanding of card processing platforms, payment networks, settlement processes, and card servicing operations.Experience with Jira, Confluence, UAT, defect management, and technical documentation.Strong analytical, communication, and cross-functional stakeholder management skills.Compensation for the Senior Business Analyst Includes:Compensation: $120,000 - $150,000 depending on experienceComprehensive Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), PTO, and Paid Holidays.Keywords:#LI-CR2 #LI-HYBRIDSenior Business Analyst, Card Business Analyst, Credit Card Business Analyst, Card Integration Analyst, Card Conversion Analyst, Card Migration Analyst, Data Mapping Analyst, Payment Systems Analyst, Credit Card Operations, Card Servicing, Card Processing, Credit Card Conversion, Portfolio Conversion, Portfolio Migration, Merger Integration, Mergers and Acquisitions, M&A, Data Mapping, Field-Level Mapping, Data Reconciliation, Data Validation, SQL, Advanced Excel, Jira, Confluence, UAT, User Acceptance Testing, Fiserv, First Data, Fiserv DNA, Velera, PSCU, Co-op, FIS, TSYS, Jack Henry, Symitar, Hogan, Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Payment Processing, Financial Services, Credit Union, Banking, Core Banking Systems, Card Management Systems, Production Cutover, Data Migration, System Integration, Requirements Gathering, Technical Discovery