Senior IT / Business Analyst with technical background - Finland, Nordea Payments

Job ID: 26835

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. Nordea is one of the biggest banking employers in the Nordics, Poland and Estonia, and with us, you’ll find plenty of opportunities to grow, develop and make your mark on something bigger.

About our team 

Meet the Payments Information Provisioning (PIP) team. Our role is to aggregate payments data of different origin (cross-border and internal, inbound and outbound, classic and instant etc.) and populate respective data sources with it, so it can be consumed by both internal systems and external customers (e.g. for reporting, payments search etc.)

The team operates in a matrix organization with analysts, developers, product owner and project manager spread across Nordics, Poland and India all working together on the same goals / deliveries. The team is part of Data and Reporting service domain under Payments and Financial Transactions Technology service area.

We are looking for an experienced IT/Business analyst with strong technical background, who will help us document and better understand current applications landscape, its dependencies and data sourcing and work towards improving and unifying its design to meet both customer and regulatory expectations.

What you’ll be doing:

• Cooperate with product owners and business stakeholders to translate business requirements into functional specifications for developers
• Collaborate with developers, architects, and other technical staff to ensure that business requirements are clearly understood and properly implemented
• Analyse current business processes to identify areas for improvement and optimization
• Understand and document complex systems with multiple upstream and downstream dependencies in multiple technologies
• Be involved in data mapping and modelling, cooperate with data architects on master data management

Who you are

Collaboration. Ownership. Passion. Courage. These are the values that guide us in being at our best – and that we imagine you share with us.  
 
To succeed in this role, we believe that you:

• Are a team player who takes ownership, builds cross-functional relationships and loves sharing knowledge
• Has curious mindset, challenges status quo, suggests improvements and offers alternative views
• Can communicate constructively, and contribute to a productive work environment and good atmosphere in the team

Your experience and background: 

• 5+ years experience as IT / Business Analyst (at least 2 in financial or banking sector or 3+ years on the same position in financial or banking sector
• Understanding different payment flows, SWIFT, ISO 20022, XML
• Working on projects with multi-system and multi-dependencies environments
• Background in applications built on event-driven architecture (ideally with Apache Kafka)
• Exposure to main relational data storage (at least one of Oracle, MySQL, MSSQL, Snowflake, PostgreSQL etc.) / data transfer (FTP, HTTP, TCP/IP etc.) / REST API technologies
• Hands-on experience with SQL
• Experience in working with agile methodlogy with tools like Confluence, Jira or similar
• Confident written and spoken English, working in international environment (including remotely) with different stakeholder groups

It would be ideal if you also have basic knowledge of any programming / scripting language (Python, Java, JavaScript, bash etc.)

What we offer

At Nordea, we know that an inclusive workplace is a sustainable workplace. We deeply believe that our diverse backgrounds, experiences, characteristics and traits make us stronger together.

We offer a full-time employment with various benefits based on your location, which may include private health and life insurance, learning opportunities, holiday subsidies, bonuses, special Nordea banking conditions and many more.

We treasure flexibility. That’s why we offer a hybrid working model, where you can experience both working from our offices and from home (2-3 days at home).

If this sounds like you, let’s get in touch!

Next steps

Submit your application no later than 30/11/2024. For more information contact Oleksandr Titorchuk.

At Nordea, we know that an inclusive workplace is a sustainable workplace. We deeply believe that our diverse backgrounds, experiences, characteristics and traits make us better at serving customers and communities. So please come as you are.

Please be aware that any applications or CVs coming through email or direct messages will not be accepted or considered.