General Information
Type of contract
Fixed-term contract which may be converted into a permanent contract after three years subject to individual performance and organisational needs
Who can apply?
EU nationals
Salary
E/F (bracket 1 - step 1) full time monthly net salary: €4,611 plus benefits, for further information see
what we offer.
Role specialisation
Business Analysis
Working time
Full time
Place of work
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Closing date
05.02.2021
Your team
You will be part of the Supervisory Technologies and Data Section of the Prudential Domain Services Division in the Directorate General Information Systems. We are a team of around 30 information technology (IT) professionals delivering tailored IT solutions for financial stability, statistics and ECB Banking Supervision.
In your role as a Business Analysis Specialist, you will be part of a team which ‒ together with external contractors ‒ is responsible for developing, maintaining and supporting IT solutions in line with business needs. You will work closely and collaboratively with business customers, technical teams (e.g. development, testing, integration, maintenance and support teams) and external stakeholders. We are currently seeking to fill two Business Analysis Specialist positions.
The ECB is an inclusive employer and we strive to reflect the diversity of the population we serve. We encourage you to apply, irrespective of your gender, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability or other characteristics.
Your role
As a Business Analysis Specialist you will:
- engage and collaborate with the IT Project Manager on business opportunities and challenges ahead, documenting business needs (including acceptance criteria), modelling business processes and supporting the creation of data models;
- collaborate with business customers to understand, elicit and clarify requirements, especially in terms of testability, consistency and completeness;
- support the preparation and execution of software testing activities;
- support supplier management, purchasing, procurement and budget monitoring activities;
- contribute to the organisation of meetings, training and large-scale workshops with internal and/or external participants, including supporting the preparation of agendas, minutes and action points;
- produce and review deliverables (e.g. requirements documents, manuals, guidance documents, training materials), support the preparation of documentation (e.g. briefings, notes, presentations, external publications and dossiers for the governing bodies), and manage information (e.g. in Darwin, PPM, Jira or HP ALM), ensuring it is up to date;
- contribute to the development of processes and tools for analysis and reporting purposes to support quality assurance in supervisory stress tests;
- support the administration of frequently asked questions processes for supervisory stress tests;
- support central communication with internal and external stakeholders, and support supervisory stress test teams with the preparation of reports on content.
The position offers you excellent opportunities to gain valuable insights into banking supervision functions and to contribute to the establishment of supervisory processes and methodologies in Europe. You will be part of a multicultural team that strives for continuous innovation to make a positive impact on the lives of European citizens.
Qualifications, experience and skills
Essential:
- a bachelor’s degree or equivalent in economics, business administration, computer science or another relevant field (click here for details on degree equivalences);
- in addition to the above, a minimum of three and ideally five or more years’ experience in the field of business analysis, information management, procurement, resource management, budget monitoring or IT project execution processes;
- a sound understanding of Project Management Methodology (PM2) and/or the six knowledge areas of the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® (BABOK®);
- professional work experience in a project management office (PMO);
- experience in using Jira Software for issue tracking, workflow management, and HP ALM for requirements or test management;
- proficiency in using Microsoft Office (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint);
- strong customer orientation and the ability to manage stress;
- an advanced (C1) command of English and an intermediate (B1) command of at least one other official language of the EU, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
Desired:
- experience in stress testing, a finance environment, a fast-paced multicultural environment, international projects or working experience in European institutions;
- a good understanding of ECB banking supervision business processes and the ability to act as bridge between business customers and IT technical teams;
- knowledge of the techniques and methods involved in requirements engineering and the ability to quickly pick up requirements management tools (e.g. HP ALM);
- exposure to IT project management during which projects were successfully managed, ideally large, complex, custom-built application development projects;
- project management certification (e.g. PM2, PMI) and/or business analysis certification (e.g. CBAP®);
- experience in liaising with legal, controlling and procurement functions.
You engage collaboratively with others. You pursue team goals and learn willingly from other people’s diverse perspectives. You signal any need for change by explaining it and proposing alternative solutions. You analyse complex information effectively and can evaluate different views to arrive at solutions. You know and anticipate stakeholder needs.
You are motivated to contribute to the ECB’s mission, to serve the citizens of the EU as a member of a public institution and to work with colleagues from all over Europe.
You are motivated to be part of our team and to use your skills and competencies to achieve the objectives of this position.
Working modalities
To enable the Section to maintain its business continuity capability, you will occasionally be expected to perform work during non-standard working hours.
We are willing to discuss part-time arrangements.
Further information
For additional information on this specific vacancy, you can speak to the Team Lead, Ana Padrão, on +49 (0)69 1344 7944 between 14:30 and 15:30 on Friday, 29 January 2021.
Application and selection process
For further information on how to join us,
read more.
The recruitment process for this position will include a written exercise, a presentation and interviews.
