Business Analyst - Financial/Banking Domain

We are looking for Business Analyst who is ready to work on a data related project in financial/banking domain to support different regulatory & risk calculation software applications.

As part of the Data Layer team your main responsibility is to gather data requirements from applications teams and propose modelling solutions and mapping implementations.

You will be involved in the whole delivery chain of the software until its delivery including aftercare and implementation support.

We deliver financial content through purpose-built software so a strong affinity with or interest in information technology and software development is a must.

8-12 years of experience

Qualifications and Skillset

Education

- A solid academic background in economics, banking / finance / accounting, or strong affinity with those topics through prior relevant work experience.

- Any IT related education, in particular data modelling or database related, is a plus.

Essential

- Understanding Reg/Risk domain, in depth knowledges of financial instruments + accounting+ risk + Reg (EBA)

- In depth knowledges of financial instruments + accounting + risk + Reg (EBA) knowledge to test the flows.

- Financial Products, Risk processes, Regulatory reporting knowledge to create Data models. (Looks like the client already created the datamodel but it will be good to have this knowledge to contribute changes to the data model)

- Problem solving skills with understanding of the logic and issues with data not flowing through the processes.

- Domain knowledge (must have: financial instruments (equities, bonds, derivatives)) instrument purpose, pricing, cash flows generated

- Domain knowledge Risk management in banking sector, regulatory frameworks;

- Hands-on Functional testing experience with end to end Data Flows

- Experience with data migration projects

- Full cycle from financial instruments and other assets and liabilities into balance sheet/P&L into respectively Reg, Risk, Finance tables, into the unified data model, into thereports a candidate should be able to understand above flow and in depth knowledge of bankbalance sheet, behaviour of instruments and their impact on accounting and how that will translate to Risk, Reg and Finance

- Database basic knowledge , Data analysis, Excel, QA basics;

- Readiness to programming (using DSL, SQL);

- Sound technical background or eagerness to learn about relational databases;

- Ability to work in a dynamic, agile project environment under time-sensitive deadlines;

- IT Minded & General understanding SDLC processes;

- Good English and communication skills;

Responsibilities

- Analysing regulatory requirements (risk, finance or regulatory requirements);

- Data structure modelling

- Analyzing requirements, user stories, calculation examples and supporting development process.

- Mapping data from source to target outputs using DSL (Domain specific language) build on top of Java;

- Conducting QA activities - creating and maintaining test cases, executing end to end, integration and manual testing.

- Working closely with PO: maintaining sprint and program backlog, planning release scope;

- Evaluating the impact of new developments on the application data model and specifyingnecessary changes;

- Conducting sprint and release demo sessions ; Analytical mind with an eye for accuracy and quality