IT Business Analyst_PSS @ING Hubs Romania

About the Position

We are looking for an IT Business Analyst for our Payment & Settlement Services (PSS) team at ING Hubs Romania, focusing on SEPA payments. This role is part of the SEPA (Single Payment Euro Area) area and involves extending the platform for Instant Payments and SEPA Credit Transfer payments for all European ING entities.

Responsibilities

• Determine the functional impact on our IT-domain based on business, architecture, and IT-requirements.
• Design features in close cooperation with key stakeholders, splitting epics into features, and determining mutual interdependencies.
• Support decision-making by presenting clear design alternatives and substantiating them.
• Act as the primary contact for stakeholders on key projects, aligning with business, IT, and architects across different areas and countries.
• Collaborate with different stakeholders to translate business requirements into detailed functional and technical specifications.
• Work with architects and developers to design and choose the best technical solutions, strategy, risks, and non-functional impact.
• Highlight IT and business dependencies within an area or across areas.
• 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 the software development cycle.
  • Strong analytical skills and logical thinking.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Customer-focused and self-organized.
  • Proactive attitude.
  • Ability 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 in an IT-related field (bachelor’s degree or higher).

We Offer

• Opportunity to work in a dynamic and innovative environment.
• Be part of a global team focused on delivering efficient payments and settlement services.
• Flexible way of working and a highly collaborative environment.

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. We operate from two locations: Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca. Our tech capabilities remain the core of our business, with more than 1,700 high-performing engineers and risk and operations professionals.

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.