Senior Business Analyst

Project/Client: Banking
Location: Baltic States and Poland Citizen (remote)
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: Until 2027-02-28 with possible extension
Language: English

Role Overview:

We are looking for a Senior Business Analyst to support regulatory reporting initiatives within a banking environment. The role focuses on analyzing and implementing regulatory requirements, driving process automation, reducing manual adjustments, and contributing to ECB remediation activities. The consultant will serve as a liaison between business and IT stakeholders, with strong expectations around SQL proficiency, data warehouse knowledge, and hands-on experience with banking financial data and reporting systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Analyze and implement new business and regulatory reporting requirements

• Drive automation of manual file-based processes and identify opportunities to reduce manual adjustments

• Support ECB remediation activities and ensure alignment with supervisory expectations

• Act as a key liaison between business and IT stakeholders across cross-functional teams

• Translate complex datasets and statistical concepts into clear business insights

• Model and optimize business processes using established business process modelling techniques

• Translate regulatory reporting rules and validation logic into clear business and data requirements

• Contribute to the design and improvement of data warehouse and reporting solutions

• Write and maintain requirements documentation using Confluence and manage tasks in Jira

• Perform data analysis and reporting using SQL and Microsoft Office

• Engage and manage stakeholders at multiple levels, ensuring clear communication and alignment

Must-Have Requirements:

• Strong business knowledge of banking regulatory reporting processes and frameworks

• Solid understanding of banking products, systems, processes, and financial data

• Proven experience in business analysis and requirements engineering

• Experience in business process modelling

• Ability to analyze and translate regulatory reporting requirements into clear business and data requirements

• Understanding of reporting rules, validation logic, and supervisory expectations

• Strong leadership and stakeholder engagement skills

• Experience working in cross-functional teams

• Good understanding of Data Literacy principles

• Knowledge of software development processes and methodologies

• Understanding of data warehouse and reporting concepts and solutions

• Strong SQL skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office

• Experience with Atlassian Jira and Confluence

• Fluent English (spoken and written)

Nice to Have:

• Hands-on regulatory reporting experience

• Knowledge of BCBS239 principles and requirements

• Experience with ECB remediation initiatives

• Background in finance or banking transformation projects
  
  💼 What we offer

  • Model: B2B contract with Bonapolia - one contract, one monthly invoice

  • Rate: negotiated per candidate seniority and client budget

  • Payment: monthly invoice, paid on the same schedule the client pays us (usually 30 days)

  • Contract written under your country's law

  • We handle the client-side paperwork: MSA, NDA, invoicing

  🏢 About Bonapolia

  Bonapolia is a family-owned IT staff augmentation team based in Lisbon. We build engineering teams for product companies and IT consultancies across Europe and the US.

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