IT Business Analyst Open Banking & XS2A

Your day to day:

As an IT Business Analyst in our Open Banking & XS2A area, you will play a crucial role in aligning with various stakeholders to understand business requirements and translating them into functional and technical specifications, to ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions.

• You will determine the functional impact on our IT-domain, as primary objective, based on functional and non-functional business, architecture and IT-requirements.
• You will design features in close cooperation with key stakeholders, splitting epics into features, determining the mutual interdependencies resulting in a functional roadmap.
• You will support decision-making by presenting clear design alternatives and substantiating them.
• You will act as our primary contact for stakeholders on key projects, aligning with business, IT, and architects across different areas and countries.
• You will collaborate with different stakeholders to understand and translate business requirements into detailed functional and technical specifications.
• You will focus on removing impediments and ensuring that work is directed towards maximizing consumers’ value.
• You will work with architects and developers to design and choose the best technical solutions, considering aspects like Open Banking & XS2A area strategy, risks, and non-functional impact.
• You will combine the business and IT knowledge to slice Epics into Features.
• You will highlight the IT and business dependencies within an area or across areas.
• You will have the end-to-end view, and you will see the impact and identify needs and dependencies across areas or Domains.
• You will coach on accurate Feature definition, estimation, and creation of functional roadmaps.
• You will collaborate closely with developers during the programming phase.

What you’ll bring to the team

Experience:

Mandatory:

• At least 3-5 years of experience in IT/ business analysis in banking or related business area.
• Experience with industry best practices for API documentation and design following OpenAPI specifications.
• Practical IT related knowledge (development and operation of modern APIs in micro-service architecture, databases, operating systems, programming languages)
• Experience with sequence diagrams, using tools such as PlantUML and/or draw.io.
• Experience with testing APIs using tools like Postman
• Strong analytical capabilities, methodical thinking, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to make informed decisions and think conceptually.
• Ability to manage a global product in an international context with multiple consumers.
• Experience with global products aligned to multiple stakeholders’ requirements.
• Adaptability to multiple consumers’ requirements and changing project needs.
• Knowledge and best practices of security, audit, IT architecture
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Fluency in English

Nice to have:

• Bachelor’s Degree (or higher) in an IT related field
• Basic coding/programming skills
• Basic knowledge of release management
• Experience with Azure Devops or Gitlab is considered a plus
• IT Landscape and software development life-cycle knowledge (experience of working with an agile methodology) would be an advantage
• Knowledge of Open Banking & PSD2 standards and regulations