Functional Analyst - Product Management

We are currently hiring a highly motivated Functional Analyst to join our team. We expect a solid knowledge of banking concepts and finance topics in general through your academic background and / or through relevant work experience. Knowledge of complex banking products, the IFRS regulatory framework for financial institutions and its supervisory standards, is a clear bonus.

Agile/SCRUM is our prevailing software development methodology which means you will be part of a multi-disciplinary scrum team and work closely with other software engineers and functional analysts under the guidance of a Product Owner and Scrum Master.

You will have the opportunity to play a role as Functional Analyst by turning your interpretations on regulatory requirements into functional and business requirements within our purpose-built applications. You will be involved in the whole delivery chain: from functional inception of the software until its delivery to our worldwide customer base, including aftercare and implementation support. We deliver financial content through purpose-built software so a strong affinity with or interest in information technology is a must.

Your responsibilities:

• Take part in the team Agile / SCRUM development process, actively participate to SCRUM ceremonies
• Perform detailed analysis of regulations to extract business requirements and write functional and business specifications according to your interpretations of regulatory requirements as well as do the actual implementation by using proprietary tools which abstract the technical complexity of the development work
• Evaluate the impact of new developments on the application and its data model and contribute to the functional design of the application as well as working closely with the technical team to ensure a clear understanding of those requirements
• Creating detailed functional design documentation for the software solution to be developed
• Create and maintain relevant tests cases based on the specifications made and ensure the developed software meets the expected acceptance criteria
• Contribute to estimating development efforts and impact analysis
• Create or enhance functional test data and expected results to test new developments
• Define test scenarios, perform non-regression analysis, analyse test results to validate new functionalities in close collaboration with the other team members to ensure the application is correct from a functional (accounting, banking) perspective
• Participate to product second line support, including analysis of customer cases, provide resolution recommendations and contribute to implementation
• Following up regulator publications to detect changes / updates required for our applications

Qualifications and Skillset

Education

• A solid academic background in economics, banking / finance / accounting, or strong affinity with those topics through prior relevant work experience.

Essential

• Solid knowledge of banking products, banking concepts
• Relevant experience in the financial industry
• Experience of working with financial software, particularly regarding banking and regulatory data warehouses or reporting solutions
• Good knowledge of Microsoft tools (Excel)
• Good understanding of how relational databases work and interested to become proficient in SQL
• Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
• Responsible, methodical and organized
• Logical proficiency
• Fluent in English, written and oral

Desirable

• Knowledge of more complex banking products, the IFRS regulatory framework for financial institutions and its supervisory standards
• Knowledge about ledger and sub-ledger systems, accounting and risk management in a banking context
• Affinity with IT
• Experience with relational databases and/or SQL
• Experience with Agile/SCRUM development techniques
• Good understanding and knowledge of FDA and or Data Foundation

           
Personality / Personal traits

• Motivated and eager to learn
• Analytical with an eye for accuracy and quality
• Strong TEAM player but independent thinker
• Hands-on, problem solving state of mind
• Relishes a challenge, results driven, willing to go the extra mile
• Problem-solving abilities and ability to meet reasonable deadlines

Our Offer

Wolters Kluwer is a fast growing company whose philosophy is based on a balanced combination of work and leisure activities. We offer you a team-based international organization with straightforward communication, a fast-paced work environment with challenging projects and interesting career opportunities, and a competitive salary package with extra benefits.