Business Analyst for Credit Risk Stress Testing
At a glance
Mid-level Risk & Financial Compliance role at act digital. Porto.
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What you'll do
- Turn business team needs into clear specifications, then test the solution against budget, regulatory and deadline limits
- Coordinate with business contacts and developers as the work moves through an Agile delivery process
- Help produce official stress test results and provide functional guidance
- Suggest changes that keep the calculation engines running and support their upkeep and growth
What you bring
- A degree in mathematics, information technology or computer science
- Three to four years as a business analyst or functional expert in credit risk, IFRS9, Basel rules or stress testing
- Working knowledge of both SQL and Python
Who this fits
This role suits someone with business analysis experience in credit risk or stress testing who can work across business and development teams. The position is based in Porto with a hybrid work model.
From the employer
act digital is a multinational company present in 12 countries, which combines local agility and global expertise to act as a strategic partner for our clients in delivering customized and scalable solutions.
In Portugal, we have around 120 clients and a team of over 400 people, working on projects in sectors as diverse as Banking, Insurance, Transport, Aviation and Energy.
Main Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Understand and analyze the needs expressed by the business teams, specifying, and testing them in order to enable the deployment of the solution while respecting the budget and both regulatory and deadline constraints, in an Agile organization.
- Work in close collaboration with the various stakeholders and, in particular, the business contacts and the team's developers.
- Participate in the process of producing official stress test results and provide functional support.
- Be a force for proposals with a view to continuous improvement, in order to guarantee the operation of the engines, their maintainability and their scalability.
- Acquire a transversal vision of the products / processes within its perimeter of responsibility.
Technical skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Information Technology or Computer Science;
- Relevant professional experience as a business analyst / functional expert on Credit Risk, IFRS9, Basel regulations or Stress Tests is mandatory (3 - 4 years);
- Previous banking experience is a plus;
- Knowledge of SQL is mandatory;
- Knowledge of Python is mandatory;
- Knowledge of Dataiku is a plus;
- Knowledge of Agile methodology is a plus.
Location: Hybrid working model in Porto.