Application Engineer (Full / part-time)

Place of work
Bratislava
Contract type
full-time, part-time
Wage (gross)
Minimum base salary for this job from 1200 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.*

Information about the position

Job description, responsibilities and duties

About the role

•You will develop and support the existing investment accounting framework
•You will develop a keen understanding of various aspects of FAH, the implementation and its place in AM IT application landscape.
•In this role you will master multiple tools we use in our landscape (Powercenter, UC4 and others)
•You will closely collaborate with Investment Reporting team to get to know their work and processes
•Discussion, design iteration and agreement of the design with the Business Analysts and the product owner
•Your role is to document the technical solution, the data model and the implementation
•You will have the opportunity to work independently on sub-projects without close supervision
•Provide out of hours support where required
•You will be in close cooperation with the project leader and other team members in various locations

About the team

Swiss Re Group is a global leader in the insurance industry with more than 150 years of history. Our unit, Asset Management IT, is focused on delivering IT services for Group Asset Management, which handles Swiss Re's investments.
The main role of our AM IT Investment Accounting squad is to develop and maintain the Finance Accounting Hub (FAH) application and provide business analysis and technical support for the Finance Reinsurance Investment Reporting team.
AM IT has introduced an agile operating model with a unique shared leadership concept, allowing our colleagues to become leaders from content, process or people perspective. We are using agile methodologies Scrum and Kanban, to deliver improvements to our clients focusing on high value and speed.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. Our flexible working options offer you greater autonomy to decide how, when and where to carry out your tasks.
We are open to have this position filled as full-time or 80% part-time.

Requirements for the employee

Candidates with education suit the position

Secondary with school-leaving examination
University education (Bachelor's degree)
University education (Master's degree)
Postgraduate (Doctorate)

Language skills

English - Upper intermediate (B2)

Personality requirements and skills

About you

You have a degree in a technical field or shown experience in Information Technology
You have educational background or proven experience with Object-oriented software development, relational database platform (preferably Oracle)
You know how to work with issue tracking, source control and continuous integration tools
You posses strong analytical and problem solving skills
You are a reliable teammate able to deliver high performance when working in a team but also when working independently
You are very good at abstraction, fast understanding and conceptual thinking
Good command of English language is a necessity



Additional advantageous skills
•Experience in batch programming
•Experience with business intelligence tools such as Business Objects
•Validated experience in all application tiers - user interface, client / server applications, backend processing and databases
•Understanding of data modelling concepts
•Good knowledge of MS Office and VBA
•Exposure to Financial Markets and understanding of financial products
•Familiarity with agile frameworks and tooling (Scrum, Kanban)

*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.

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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: 3396631  Dátum zverejnenia: 3.9.2018  Základná zložka mzdy (brutto) a ďalšie odmeny: Minimum base salary for this job from 1200 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.*