Business Analyst

How do you want to pay? It’s a question you’ve answered on-screen or in-person thousands of times, but your choices have always been limited. Imagine the flexibility to pay however you want – credit, debit, multiple currencies, frequent flyer miles, loyalty points, or digital payments - all on the same card or digital wallet. Sound impossible? Episode Six makes the seemingly impossible happen every day.

We’re a global provider of API-based payment processing and wallet management infrastructure. We’re 100% cloud-native, hyper-configurable, and a “Top 10 Place to Work in Fintech.” And we’re changing how people think about payments.

Today, we’re powering payments for one of the world’s largest banks and airlines and numerous innovative fintechs. E6 is headquartered in Austin with offices in Tokyo, Singapore, Brisbane, and London. We provide technology for clients in 24 countries on four continents. Since 2018 when we launched with HSBC, we have grown more than 10x.

Interested in redefining what’s possible in payments? Join Episode Six today.

What we’re hiring for:

We are a growing fintech organization looking to add a Business Analyst for our Delivery team! This role will be based for our Japan team out of our Tokyo or remotely in Japan!

What you’ll be responsible for in this role:

• Liaising between the customers and the internal tech team.
• Understanding and analyzing customer's business needs.
• Acting as an information source and communicator between multiple parties/teams, including but not limited to:
• Gathering business requirements from customers.
• Providing business analysis based on the requirements for solution design.
• Assisting Client PM in providing business impact analysis and milestone definition for projects.
• Preparing documents for internal tech teams for interpreting business requirements.
• Assisting internal tech teams for requirements details explanation during development and testing.
• Supporting customer implementations, including issue capturing/preliminary analysis/reporting/cause analysis/business impact analysis/etc.
• Coordination with different teams for trouble shooting.
• Organizing and summarizing issue report analysis for internal team reference. Facilitating root cause analysis and assisting the internal team for permanent enhancement.
• Assisting support team for operational issues.
• Contributing to internal product enhancement.
• Providing subject matter expertise to our clients and colleagues
• Traveling as required, typically Asia Pacific

What experiences and skills are necessary to be successful in this role:

• 3 years of experience in: IT development industry.
• 1 year of experience in Requirement Definition.
• Experience in customer-facing roles.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Analytical mindset.
• Ability to articulate ideas clearly, visually and written.
• Experience working with APIs.
• Knowledge of JAVA programming, Relational Database, Linux Operating.
• Strong technical understanding, capability and willingness to learn and develop skills on a daily basis.
• Very driven and self-motivated, able to work autonomously.
• A team player with a ‘can-do’, entrepreneurial attitude that thrives in an agile, ever-changing world.
• Ability to read, write, listen, and speak both English and Japanese with at least business fluency.

What experiences and skills are preferred in this role:

• Experience or knowledge in payments industry, especially card processing and issuing.
• Knowledge of ISO8583/Credit Card/Digital Wallets (Tokenization)/Japan domestic payment networks (CAFIS/Cardnet)/PCI DSS.
• Knowledge of AWS.
• Knowledge of data encryption and decryption.
• Experience or knowledge of cloud-based distributed operating system designing or operation.

What makes a successful E6er?

• We appreciate the unique backgrounds, skill sets, experiences, and contributions each E6er brings. With a strong culture of respect for all, we foster an inclusive and supportive environment for every E6er to excel and grow.
• We take immense pride in everything we do, no matter how big or small. We work hard, we work smart, and we sweat the details. We are humble enough to know that we do not know it all. We are excited to come to work every day, knowing we will be learning, improving, innovating, and making an impact.
• A people first mentality. Professional development from day 1, a 360 focus on your wellbeing, and the ability to work where you need to, we’re here to support you.