Finance Business Analyst

The Business Analysis team is an integral part of Global Investment Reporting (GIR), who has ownership of the sub-ledger accounting for Investments, including all valuations and related reporting deliverables. The Business Analysis teams provide development and analysis support for the various workstream projects, which address the accounting and reporting requirements for IFRS 9, US GAAP, Solvency II, Economic Value Management, Local / statutory regulation, Group Finance Data Model, etc.

The role will sit in Bratislava but will closely align with other Business Analysis teams and stakeholders based in USA, Slovakia, India, United Kingdom, and Switzerland,

About the Role

The role will be to respond to development issues arising from the updates being made to the accounting system infrastructure, understanding the underlying issues, raising change requests and resolving them by coordinating with the business users and the development team.

• A strong hands-on knowledge of accounting for Fixed Income Securities, foreign exchange derivatives and other Investment related vehicles.
• A reasonable technical knowledge of IT to the level necessary to facilitate interaction with IT on the specification and development of solutions.
• Hands-on experience of investment banking Finance implementations and be proactive, detailed, and focused.
• Work with external and internal clients to review release issues in various environments – QA, UAT and Production.
• Ability to manage and contribute during all phases of requirement gathering.
• Research, analyze, test and sign-off new financial security products.
• Understand end-to-end process and Initiate improvements in the process by implementing best practices
• Preparation of good quality business requirement and functional specifications documents
• Participation and coordination of projects and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Test software code releases in various environments and reporting on issues.
• Track and report on software defects, enhancement requests, and release statuses.

You can look forward to extra rewards and benefits including:
• Attractive performance-based bonus
• Ultra flexible working time in hybrid setup, allowing you to work also from home
• Modern office spaces in attractive location
• 5 additional days of holiday
• Lunch allowance fully paid by Swiss Re
• Referral bonus
• Pension & risk insurance contribution
• Sick days and sick leave support
• Public transport benefit
• Multisport card

This job offer is suitable for people who have been impacted by the invasion of Ukraine.

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.

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