Senior Business Analyst / Developer Office location: Basel Department: Banking Unit: Banking IT Service: Employment - Duration: 3 years Contract type: Fixed-term FTE%: 100 Application Deadline: 01/04/2024
Description
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is hiring a Senior Business Analyst / Developer to join our Trading Applications team within Banking IT.
The role is based in Basel, Switzerland, however, thanks to our status as an international organization, we can hire globally and welcome applications from candidates of all nationalities located anywhere in the world. Relocation support is available for the successful candidate and their dependent family members.
Purpose of the job:
To analyse, define and document business processes and to maintain departmental operating procedures, including training of staff. To support the business area in implementing and maintaining business user and departmental business applications. To guide and assist users with their development of business tools and small applications. To customise package business applications using internal scripting languages and to develop small/medium size business applications, tools and interfaces.
By joining the team:
- You will work with a truly international team of professionals with a diverse set of personal and professional backgrounds and experiences.
- As a member of Banking IT, you will work with modern tools, systems, and architecture.
- Benefit from the flexibility of hybrid working with a balance of home office and onsite work from our central office in Basel.
Principal accountabilities:
- Undertakes analysis of business processes and documents business requirements for automation of operating procedures. Utilises specialised business/institutional knowledge and technical skills to support end users in the business area in the development and maintenance of business tools and small applications and tools. Implements and customises package applications using internal scripting/macro languages and reporting tools. Develops bespoke small/medium size departmental business applications, interfaces and web-based services.
- Protects the departmentโs business processes by ensuring that the Bankโs standards for system documentation, version control, change management, testing and backup/recovery are applied appropriately to departmental development. Undertakes application related administration of designated IT environments.
- Supports tools and applications in use in the department, whether developed by business users or provided by software suppliers.
- Provide production support for business applications. Readiness to work outside normal working hours during service windows and to provide on-call cover for evenings and weekend.
- Interacts with the other IT and Security groups in the organisation for systems design, integration, standards and change management.
- Informs Line Manager of major technology trends relevant to the business area for input into IT strategy.
- May be required by Line Manager to help set objectives for area of responsibility.
- Maintains overview of his/her broad technological area of expertise, including market trends, or of changing business needs of a Department or Service.. Represents interest of business area in Bank-wide IT projects. Liaises with external suppliers in area of responsibility and is involved in negotiations as well as definition of terms for provision of their services.
- May be required to lead a project team. Ensures that team objectives are met. May be required to coach and train other business support analyst/developers.
Qualifications, skills, and experience:
- University degree in computer science, information management or related field.
- Proven work experience in a technical department of a Financial Institution or software provider to Financial Institutions.
- Excellent programming skills in one or more major globally recognised programming language and/or scripting language.
- Good knowledge of financial instruments and/or financial messaging technologies.
- Solid writing skills including the ability to write system and user documentation in English.
- Experienced working in an agile development environment.
- Solid understanding of source control management, and importance of automated testing and deployment.
- Solid understanding of business processes related to trading, back office, records management, settlements or financial messaging.
- An excellent team player with good communication and interpersonal skills. Comfortable liaising with and engaging staff across the organisation at all levels.
- A hands-on, practical approach.
Who we are:
The Bank for International Settlements is a diverse organization with colleagues from over 60 countries. By joining us in the international city of Basel, you will work in a unique, highly rewarding, and international work environment. We truly value diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the world we serve. At the BIS, we value equality and diversity in all its forms and one way we support diversity and inclusion is through our staff-run networks. You can discover more about diversity at the BIS here.
What the BIS offers:
We want your time at the BIS to be a rewarding and career-enriching experience. We offer an agile and flexible working environment with hybrid working opportunities including home office and working from abroad days. To support our international applicants, we offer relocation support that extends to your dependent family members. In addition, thanks to our ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, including support for working families including childcare and education allowances (where applicable). Finally, we offer a genuinely unique international working environment, which will give you exposure to the global financial system and the opportunity to collaborate with passionate experts from all over the world.
We strive to ensure that individuals are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, and to perform essential job functions. Should you wish to request accommodation, support in completing this application or participating in the application process, then please reach out to the recruitment team at staffing@bis.org.