Senior IT Business Analyst

Place of work
Mlynské nivy 12, Bratislava
Contract type
full-time
Wage (gross)
From 2 000 EUR/monthMinimum base salary for this job from 2000 EUR gross/month/full time. Our offer to you may be higher based on your skills and experience and will include additional rewards and benefits. We are required by law to disclose basic wage component (minimum salary) for the advertised positions. We carefully consider your professional competencies, qualifications and experience in our compensation package and/or when offering you other positions. Our compensation philosophy is to pay fairly, also considering market situation and the value employees may bring to Swiss Re.

Information about the position

Job description, responsibilities and duties

Are you a smart, ambitious and enthusiastic team worker who wants to play a key role in supporting the way how we support the financial quarterly close process? If yes, then join our team and be part of an exciting journey to improve the way how we run our quarter close process.

This opportunity offers you the possibility to develop a wide skillset, both technical and professional as well as learning about actuarial processes in a global setup! In your role you will have the opportunity to work on projects as well as support of production processes.
The work will focus on the design and development of additional functions in our reserving platform which is already part of a global systems platform used by actuaries. You will work in close collaboration with Application Engineers other colleagues and Actuaries. You will be involved in all steps of agile software development and assigned to own user stories which you will manage independently.

On the production side the main tasks will be to provide user support.

You will:
• Contribute in the development maintenance and improvement of the system
• Capture and translate business requirements to developers including testing support
• Respond to, and handle issues in testing and production
• Provide ad-hoc analysis (incl. data mining)
• Help to embed our culture of continuous improvement

About the team

Our team of business analyst together with you is responsible for in-house built applications related to reserving and actuarial quarter close production.
Our main team is in Bratislava and you will also have other colleagues in Switzerland, America and India. Our customer is the global actuarial community within the company.

Requirements for the employee

Candidates with education suit the position

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

Language skills

English - Upper intermediate (B2)

Other knowledge

Microsoft Excel - Advanced

Personality requirements and skills

You are an agile and curious analyst, actively seek creative solutions to improve things for us and our business partners. To succeed in this opportunity, you should be results driven, knowing when to seek help.
You have a passion to learn about and understand business logic behind the solutions as well as the technical aspects of the solutions themselves. You like to question and challenge the status quo and you are comfortable in an agile setup.
You have good communication skills and are fluent in English.

You have graduated with a Bachelors or a Master's degree in computer science, or in Business Administration or Economics with good mathematical understanding, or Mathematics with good business understanding

Finally, you should possess a range of skills and the dedication to expand them.
The other important skills include (but are not limited to):
• Knowledge in MS Excel as analytical tool
• Basic knowledge of either SQL, R or Python could be an asset
• Experience with agile software development (Scrum)
• Experience in insurance/reinsurance, actuarial or IT project work is an asset

Are you curious to know more and considering applying? Don't wait and get in contact with us!

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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: 4141332  Megjelentetés dátuma: 14.9.2021  Alapbér (bruttó): 2 000 EUR/month