IT Business Analyst

Place of work
Karadžičova 12, Bratislava
Contract type
full-time

Information about the position

Job description, responsibilities and duties

We are looking for an all-around player combining the skills of an IT business analyst and an information engineer willing to join the Quality Assurance (QA) team of the Data Warehouse Solutions unit.
The focus of the QA team is to ensure the reliability and the usability of the data centralized in the Client Markets & Products Data Warehouse (CMP DWH) for our internal clients. The methods, solutions and processes addressing data quality and developed in this environment, referred hereafter as the CMP DWH QA framework, will be reused in different other warehousing initiatives within Swiss Re.
You will work in a team of highly qualified and experienced information engineers and business analysts, in charge of data integration and exploitation for Property & Casualty and Life & Health direct insurance and reinsurance businesses. You will support our unit in the process of ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the data according to client and regulatory requirements. Furthermore you will participate to the continuous improvement of the CMP DWH QA framework. The tasks that will be assigned to you will include:
- Continuous monitoring of material data quality breaches and active communication to impacted stakeholders. A particular emphasis will be put on the data underlying the different risk models in order to ensure compliance with the Solvency II data quality requirements
- Assessment of impact and elaboration of solution proposal to fix reported data quality issues, in coordination with various stakeholders along the whole information supply chain
- Gather data quality requirements from clients and translate them into workable QA programs that are supported by the CMP DWH QA framework. A QA program can consist of reconciliations, data profiling-based techniques as well as business rules / plausibility checks
- Assess potential usage of other techniques for QA purposes, e.g. data mining in the fields of quality mining and knowledge discovery

Requirements for the employee

Candidates with education suit the position

University education (Bachelor's degree)
University education (Master's degree)

Language skills

English - Upper intermediate (B2)

Personality requirements and skills

We are looking for candidates who ful-fill all or most of the following:
- Master / Bachelor degree in relevant subject or equivalent
- Experience with quality assurance / testing in a data warehouse environment and/or a software engineering context,
- Sound knowledge of SQL (and/or willingness to learn / deepen skills)
- Strong analytical skills
- Excellent team player, proactive and client oriented attitude, good communicator
- Good organization skills
- Curiosity and perseverance
- Good command of English written and spoken, any additional language is a plus

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Brief description of the company

As the world's leading and most diversified global reinsurer, we offer as our core business financial services products that enable risk taking essential to enterprise and progress. Our company was founded in Zurich, Switzerland in 1863, and operates in more than 25 countries and provides its expertise and services to clients throughout the world. We combine financial strengths with experience, knowledge and creative thought to explore new opportunities in the interests of our clients, staff and shareholders.

Number of employees

1700 and more employees

Company address

Contact

Contact person: Lucia Vargova

ID: 2423407  Dátum zverejnenia: 4.2.2016