IT Business Analyst_PSS

About the Position

IT Business Analyst_PSS @ING Hubs Romania

ING Hubs Romania offers 130 services in software development, data management, non-financial risk & compliance, audit, and retail operations to 24 ING units worldwide, with the help of over 2000 high-performing engineers, risk, and operations professionals.

We are currently extending the platform for Instant Payments and Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) Credit Transfer payments for all European ING entities. This includes new connectivity to many account management systems and clearinghouses.

Your day to day:

• Determine the functional impact on our IT-domain, based on functional and non-functional business, architecture, and IT-requirements;
• Design features in close cooperation with key stakeholders, splitting epics into features, determining the mutual interdependencies resulting in a functional roadmap;
• Support decision-making by presenting clear design alternatives and substantiating them;
• Act as our primary contact for stakeholders on key projects, aligning with business, IT, and architects across different areas and countries;
• Collaborate with different stakeholders to understand and translate business requirements into detailed functional and technical specifications;
• Focus on removing impediments and ensuring that work is directed towards maximizing consumers’ value;
• Work with architects and developers to design and choose the best technical solutions, strategy, risks, and non-functional impact;
• Combine the business and IT knowledge to slice Epics into Features;
• Highlight the IT and business dependencies within an area or across areas;
• Have the end-to-end view, and see the impact and identify needs and dependencies across areas or Domains;
• Coach on accurate Feature definition, estimation, and creation of functional roadmaps;
• Collaborate closely with developers during the programming phase.
• Define test scope and get corresponding stakeholders to approve the test coverage. This includes COPAF (Commercial / Communication, Operations, Process, Administration and Finance) coverage by Test Scope and approval by Risk.
• Ensure the investigation of Failures and conducting Defect Triage.

Responsibilities

• Determine the functional impact on our IT-domain, based on functional and non-functional business, architecture, and IT-requirements;
• Design features in close cooperation with key stakeholders, splitting epics into features, determining the mutual interdependencies resulting in a functional roadmap;
• Support decision-making by presenting clear design alternatives and substantiating them;
• Act as our primary contact for stakeholders on key projects, aligning with business, IT, and architects across different areas and countries;
• Collaborate with different stakeholders to understand and translate business requirements into detailed functional and technical specifications;
• Focus on removing impediments and ensuring that work is directed towards maximizing consumers’ value;
• Work with architects and developers to design and choose the best technical solutions, strategy, risks, and non-functional impact;
• Combine the business and IT knowledge to slice Epics into Features;
• Highlight the IT and business dependencies within an area or across areas;
• Have the end-to-end view, and see the impact and identify needs and dependencies across areas or Domains;
• Coach on accurate Feature definition, estimation, and creation of functional roadmaps;
• Collaborate closely with developers during the programming phase.
• Define test scope and get corresponding stakeholders to approve the test coverage. This includes COPAF (Commercial / Communication, Operations, Process, Administration and Finance) coverage by Test Scope and approval by Risk.
• Ensure the investigation of Failures and conducting Defect Triage.

Requirements

• Experience: 5-10 years in IT/ business analysis in banking or related business area.
• Core Skills:
  • Practical IT related knowledge (development and operation of modern APIs in a micro-service architecture, databases, operating systems, programming languages).
  • Experienced in stakeholder management.
  • Knowledge of software development cycle.
  • Strong analytical skills and logical thinking.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Customer focused and self-organized.
  • Pro-active attitude.
  • Able to adapt to different contexts, settings, and changing working situations.
  • Integrity, communication, teamwork, ability to cope with change.
  • Languages: English (advanced).

Nice to Have

• Banking knowledge and/or end-to-end **(SEPA/International) Payments **flows experience, payments standards (MT - ISO15022 standard and MX – ISO20022 standard) and current developments in the market.
• Good project management skills to handle multiple projects simultaneously and align all the teams involved to meet projects’ deadlines.
• Education: nice to have bachelor’s degree (or higher) in an IT related field.

We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Flexible way of working
• Highly collaborative environment
• Opportunities for professional growth and development

About the Company

ING Hubs Romania offers 130 services in software development, data management, non-financial risk & compliance, audit, and retail operations to 24 ING units worldwide, with the help of over 2000 high-performing engineers, risk, and operations professionals.

We enjoy a flexible way of working and a highly collaborative environment, where fair and constructive feedback is encouraged.

For us, impact isn't a perk. It's the driver of our work. We are guided and rewarded by a shared desire to make the world a better place, one innovative solution at a time. Our colleagues make it their job to do impactful things and they love doing it in good company. Do you?