Senior Business Analyst

Place of work
Twin City B, Mlynské nivy, Bratislava, Slovakia (Job with occasional home office)
Contract type
full-time
Wage (gross)
3 300 - 5 400 EUR/monthFor Slovakia the base salary range for this position is between EUR 3 300 and EUR 5 400 per month (for a full-time role). The specific salary offered considers: • the requirements, scope, complexity and responsibilities of the role, • the applicant’s own profile including education/qualifications, expertise, specialization, skills and experience. In addition to your base salary, you may be eligible for additional rewards and benefits including an attractive performance-based bonus.

Information about the position

Job description, responsibilities and duties

Is this You?
A person eager to learn - business context, external market data, end to end processes.
The person is at the same time curious about data from its origin till final product. Passionate about data as well as user experience. Loving challenges and turning them into solutions and personal and professional growth.
Are you The person? Read further about role and team!

About the role
As an IT Business analyst in Markit, you'll work on business and data driven initiatives centered around market data platforms. You will primarily focus on technical aspects of the platform while embracing business heavy assignments too.

As a member of our team, you will:
• support Markit EDM platform by analyzing data discrepancies through mastering market data vendors offering and datasets down to writing crystal clear specifications.
• have your hands and mind working with market data (instruments, pricing) as well as static data (portfolios, accounts...).
• focus on cyber security, governance, performance aspects and propel them forward.
• build and maintain trusted relationships with internal customers by understanding their business process as well as issues and challenges.
• take ownership and ship features, bug fixes, and improvements with support from other team members when needed.
• gain an understanding of the end-to-end landscape and support testing and rollout of new products and asset classes.
• provide support, knowledge and team capabilities to larger projects and initiatives.
• work closely with developers and architects on more technical aspects of service we provide.

We offer a working environment where curious, adaptable and self-started people thrive.

About the team
Our motto is: "Delivering trusted data and expertise".
Our team is in the center of Asset Management data processing - including generation of golden copy for security master, credit ratings, prices and other market data related datasets. We do support teams through workflows and data maintenance processes, delivered to users and downstream systems on time. We also support data governance over unstructured data, data lineage and AI use-cases.

Employee perks, benefits

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

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)
Postgraduate (Doctorate)

Language skills

English - Upper intermediate (B2)

Personality requirements and skills

Your qualifications: 
• 5+ years of work experience in securities trading organization
• data oriented and data savvy with good command of SQL
• proficiency in Python or Stargate for data analysis and automation
• experience with data integration tools and ETL processes
• familiarity with Azure and its data services
• good understanding of financial product data models (transactions, positions, security master) and products such as bonds, equities, derivatives etc.
• strong communication skills with excellent documentation & facilitation skills
• great standout colleague with a ‘can do’ approach and curiosity about learning
• high degree of flexibility, independent and proactive working style, able to lead and manage others

Nice-to-have:
• solid grasp of any market data golden copy system (S&P Markit EDM, GoldenSource)
• experience with business intelligence tools like PowerBI, Tableau

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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: Juraj Naderer

ID: 5077317  Dátum zverejnenia: 16.6.2025  Základná zložka mzdy (brutto): 3 300 EUR/month