Senior IT Analyst with Mainframe or Java experience (Cards Tech Requirements and Analysis Team)

Job ID: 30630

Welcome to Group Technology, where we pride ourselves on engineering solutions and direct Nordea’s transformation by providing a holistic technological view and structured understanding of the bank, and its surrounding environment to enable the Customer Vision and the Business Strategy.

We are looking for an IT Analyst to support the Consumer Cards Product teams by performing analysis work for the team backlog. The position is permanent and located in Poland (Gdańsk/Gdynia, Warsaw) or Finland (Helsinki). 

Nordea is a place where traditions meet tomorrow. We're not just a bank, we're a tech employer on a mission to evolve finance securely and responsibly. Together, we impact millions of people’s daily lives by ensuring they can access our solutions anytime, anywhere, while safeguarding their personal data and wealth. Join us in making an impact on the banking industry.

About our team

Meet the Cards Technology Requirements and Analysis Team. At the Cards Domain we are deeply committed to providing the financial solutions of tomorrow to our customers. We’re creating an agile environment where we experiment and grow together – and we need your ideas and unique background.

With us, you’ll be in good company, with a chance to make your mark on something bigger.

What you'll be doing

Main responsibilities in this role:

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand and document business strategies and objectives. 
• Translate business strategies into detailed technical requirements for the IT team. 
• Prepare and manage the requirements on Mainframe applications 
• Liaise with IT developers, architects, and other technical staff to ensure that business requirements are clearly understood and accurately implemented. 
• Analyze and map current business processes to identify areas for improvement and optimization. 
• Develop and propose new business processes that align with strategic goals. 
• Conduct user acceptance testing (UAT) and obtain sign-off from business stakeholders.
• Provide training and support to business users to ensure successful implementation.
• Generate reports and provide insights to stakeholders on the effectiveness of implemented solutions.
• There are many opportunities to shape the position and title around a skilled and ambitious candidate.

Who you are

This is the right role for you if you:

• Worked with Mainframe based applications as an analyst.
• Have strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills. 
• Are effective in a cross-functional team environment.
• Can manage multiple priorities and projects simultaneously. 
• Utilize excellent analytical and collaboration skills in the requirement refinement process.
• Are ambitious, quick to learn, and willing to grow and develop the role and the team.
• Actively share your knowledge and experience to enable successful initiatives and strengthen team performance and skills.
• Have experience with SAFe/agile methodology and agile teams.
• Have experience in Test-Driven Development and are adept at using the system development life cycle in your daily work.
• Have experience in close collaboration with the Architects.
• Have experience working with UML and can draw and read solution designs.
• Enjoy working in an international environment.

Your background and skills include: 

• 5-8 years of experience in IT or business areas.
• Experience in the banking and financial services industry highly preferred (especially consumer card services).
• Proven experience with Agile methodologies and the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Background in data mapping and migration.
• Proficiency in process modeling.
• Hands-on experience with SQL. 
• Strong understanding of the cards domain.
• Solid technical knowledge for effective collaboration with developers.
• Proficiency with analysis tools and methodologies.
• Familiarity with regulatory requirements in the banking sector.

What we offer

Collaboration. Ownership. Passion. Courage. These are the values that guide us in how we work and how we make decisions – and that we imagine you share with us.

People are driven by many different factors. For some, it’s to take their career to the next level. For others, it’s to break new ground within their area of expertise – in other words, with us, you will always move forward.

A culture that fosters performance and growth in one of the largest Nordic banks, offering various opportunities to evolve, develop and learn from brilliant colleagues with diverse backgrounds in a vibrant working environment.

Hybrid working model – we believe in the value of bringing people together and at the same time we embrace the freedom of flexibility.

Diversity and inclusion are a natural part of our daily work. We know that an inclusive workplace is a sustainable one. We genuinely believe that our diverse backgrounds, experiences, characteristics and traits make us stronger together. Every day we strive to find new ways to improve diversity and inclusion within our community e.g. we have signed the European Diversity Charters in the countries where we operate to show our commitment and engage with others to continue learning and improving.

If this sounds like you, get in touch!

Next steps

​Submit your application no later than 30/09/2025. 

We enable dreams and aspirations for a greater good.

We build relationships. We add a personal touch to everything we do – when advising our customers, collaborating with colleagues, and meeting our potential candidates.

We learn and develop. We take pride in being experts and thinking ahead. We use our expertise to meet our customers’ needs, from the simplest to the most complex. We bring a growth mindset to our work that enables us to focus on a broader perspective in our daily challenges.

We lead change. We are responsible and aware of the impact of our decisions, both for our customers and for our local and global communities. Mindful of our responsibility towards current and future generations, we have made sustainability an integrated part of our business strategy.

We are Nordea. We have a 200-year history of supporting and growing the Nordic economies and our values are deeply rooted in these open, progressive and collaborative societies. As one of the biggest employers in the Nordics, Poland and Estonia, you have excellent opportunities to evolve, develop and move forward with us.

Studies show that members of underrepresented communities don’t apply for jobs unless they tick all the qualification boxes. If this is part of why you hesitate to apply, we would like you to reconsider and give it a chance. Maybe your profile fits our needs much better than you think.

Only for candidates in Finland: A security clearance will be performed for the person selected for this position.

Only for candidates in Poland: Please include permit for processing personal data in CV as following:

In accordance with art. 6 (1) a and b. Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) hereinafter ‘GDPR’. I agree to have: my personal data, education and employment history proceeded for the purposes of current and future recruitment processes in Nordea Bank Abp.

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