Bratislava, SK
IT Business Analyst - Maternity Cover
About the Role
In your role you will contribute to Swiss Re's healthy and transparent risk culture where everyone engages in continuous risk accountability activities.
As a Senior IT Business Analyst, you work closely with software engineers on building and enhancing IT solutions which move functionalities to the new technical framework. This includes specifications, architecture decisions and testing. It requires communication with an international user community as well as wide range of other IT colleagues across the globe.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive building of new business application functions
- Collect and translate business and technical requirements to developers including testing support
- Contribute to architecture decisions in new technical landscape and analyze dependencies on other teams
- Build up and share knowledge about applications and processes
- Communicate with international user community as well as wide range of other IT colleagues across the globe
- Help to embed our culture of continuous improvement
- Drive implementation of new application services from specification to roll-out
- Monitor and maintain interfaces, implement data quality checks
- Monitor system processes, analyze errors and incidents and propose improvements
- Support operations inclusive developing and processing quality assurance checks
About the Team
The Subledger input preparation area consists of multiple teams based in Zurich, Bratislava and Bangalore. It is a community of Business Analysts, Developers and Product owners. We are responsible for JAVA based systems and related micro-services communicating with each other to ultimately feed the SAP and other sub-ledgers with inputs for financial closing.
About You
Key skills and Experience
- Five or more years of software design experience
- Good knowledge of SQL and MSOffice
- Experience with project management methodologies and tools
- High level of abstraction, fast understanding, conceptual thinking and problem-solving skills, ability to prioritize tasks and drive objections to completion, ability to work independently as well as within a global team
- Good communication and presentation skills across Finance and IT, basic understanding of accounting principles and the insurance business
- Previous experience with Python and Microsoft Azure DevOps tech stack is a plus
For Slovakia the base salary range for this position is between [EUR 2,100] and [EUR 3,400] per month (for a full-time role). The specific salary offered considers:
- the requirements, scope, complexity and responsibilities of the role,
- the applicant’s own profile including education/qualifications, expertise, specialisation, skills and experience.
In addition to your base salary, you may be eligible for additional rewards and benefits including an attractive performance-based bonus.
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About Swiss Re
Swiss Re is one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient. We anticipate and manage a wide variety of risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime. Combining experience with creative thinking and cutting-edge expertise, we create new opportunities and solutions for our clients. This is possible thanks to the collaboration of more than 14,000 employees across the world.
Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking. We embrace a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thought or other characteristics. In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and their passion for sustainability.
If you are an experienced professional returning to the workforce after a career break, we encourage you to apply for open positions that match your skills and experience.
Swiss Re is an equal opportunity employer. It is our practice to recruit, hire and promote without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, pregnancy, sexual orientations, marital status, military status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Decisions on employment are solely based on an individual's qualifications for the position being filled.
During the recruitment process, reasonable accommodations for disabilities are available upon request. If contacted for an interview, please inform the Recruiter/HR Professional of the accommodation needed.
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