IT Business Analyst - Risk IT (f/m/d)

Deutsche Börse Group is one of the leading global market infrastructure providers. Our group covers the full value of pre-trade, trade and post-trade, including services like trading, clearing, settlement, market data distribution and other services for a broad range of instruments. 
 

Area of work:

Risk IT is part of the Risk Product of Deutsche Börse Group IT and mainly serves the Risk Management department of Eurex Clearing AG. We are at the heart of the Deutsche Börse Group market infrastructure offering and of utmost importance for the stability of the global financial market. We are challenged every day to meet latest regulatory standards, evolve our products and provide operational stability. 

We are looking for a highly motivated and dedicated IT business analyst to join our Core Specification team in Prague.

Your responsibilities:

To be part of the software delivery process by:

• understanding of business concepts and requirements and translating them into clear system specifications for our existing as well as new risk system
• analytical and logical thinking to provide accurate impact analysis to find the best long-term solution
• communicating ideas clearly and act as a liaison between trading, clearing, risk experts and IT teams
• supporting the solution through the whole software development lifecycle

Your profile:

• Experience in IT business / functional analysis, technical specifications  
• Degree in a quantitative field (Computer Science, Maths, Physics, Quantitative Economics) or equivalent experience
• Analytical mindset and interest in information technology and financial markets
• Proficiency in written and spoken English, German would be an advantage
• Databases and SQL knowhow

Nice to have: 

• Knowledge of financial markets (bonds, equities, interest rate swaps, futures, options), ideally also of corresponding market data and pricing concepts (e.g. Black-Scholes option pricing model)
• Knowledge of market risk management concepts (e.g. historical simulation based Value-at-Risk)
• Experience with JIRA, Confluence
• Awareness of IT architecture, data modelling, cloud technologies
• Knowledge of modelling languages, mainly UML 
• Knowledge of BPMN, Archimate methodology 

In addition, if you are a team player with excellent communication skills promoting proactive communication rather than passive response, continuously self-assessing, open-minded, positively thinking, motived and flexible, highly result oriented but never losing a sense of humour.
We would be happy to meet you and discuss our future cooperation!