Senior IT Business Analyst

Place of work
Mlynské nivy 12, Bratislava
Contract type
full-time
Wage (gross)
From 2 000 EUR/monthThe minimum gross monthly base salary for this role is 2000 EUR full time. Our final offer to you will be set up fairly, considering the skills and experience that you bring to the Swiss Re Group. You can look forward to extra rewards and benefits including an attractive performance-based bonus..

Information about the position

Job description, responsibilities and duties

Are you a sharp, ambitious and enthusiastic team worker who wants to play a key role in supporting risk management in a company where taking risk is the business model? If yes then join our team and be part of an exciting journey to improve the way how we manage risks.

This opportunity offers you the possibility to develop a wide skillset, both technical and professional as well as learning about actuarial controlling processes at a global corporation. In your role you will have the opportunity to work on global projects as well as support of production processes.

The project work will focus on the design and development of functions in our new reserving platform which will replace existing systems. Parts of the application already productive a substantial part of functional requirements still needs to be designed and developed. You will work in close cooperation with Application Engineers 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 and maintenance of the system
- Capture and translate business requirements to developers including testing support
- Respond to, and handle complex issues in testing and production
- Provide ad-hoc analysis (incl. data mining)
- Communicate with international user community
- Help to embed our culture of continuous improvement

About the team

Our team of business engineers together with you is responsible for in-house built applications related to reserving and actuarial analysis. We are based in Bratislava. Our main customer is the global actuarial community within the company.

Information about the selection process

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity at our company. Our aim is to live visible and invisible diversity – diversity of age, race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, physical abilities, personalities and experiences – at all levels and in all functions and regions. We also collaborate in a flexible working environment, providing you with a compelling degree of autonomy to decide how, when and where to carry out your tasks.

We provide feedback to all candidates via email. If you have not heard back from us, please check your spam folder.

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

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 solution 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 and fluid landscape.

You are a good communicator and 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 commitment to expand them. The other important skills include (but are not limited to):

- Knowledge in MS Excel as analytical tool, basic knowledge about cloud borne software development on Azure
- Basic knowledge of either Java, SQL, R or Python could be an asset
- Experience with continuous integration/delivery and build automation
- Experience in insurance/reinsurance, actuarial or IT project work is an asset

Are you curious to know more and considering to apply? 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: 4130484  Dátum zverejnenia: 30.8.2021  Základná zložka mzdy (brutto): 2 000 EUR/month