Welcome to the team:

Senior Business Analyst – Strategic Market Data Initiative (m/f/diverse)

• University degree (Master/PhD) in physics, mathematics, computer science or natural, engineering or economic sciences with a corresponding quantitative, analytical or technological specialization.
• Completion of CFA/FRM levels or similar certification is an advantage.
• Minimum 5+ years work experience as a Senior business analyst within the financial industry, with additional experience of working as a technical analyst.
• Domain experience in Investment Banking, Treasury, Market Risk Management, Risk Valuation or related IT roles.
• In-depth knowledge of financial markets and instruments/products (FX, IR, Credit, Commodities, Equities) their valuations and models (fair value calculations), and financial mathematics.
• Familiar with at least one of the following subjects: mathematical statistics, numerical analysis, simulation techniques (e.g. Monte Carlo), optimisation methods (e.g. simulated annealing), and financial mathematical modelling.
• Industry experience within the IT area having previously worked on projects with client facing exposure.
• Strong knowledge of major market data providers (e.g., Refinitiv, Bloomberg etc.) and their technical products.
• Strong knowledge of data analysis, business workflow and data modelling and experience of creating specification for development team.
• Experience with working with off the shelf products and with customer defined product customisations.
• Previous experience of working with GoldenSource is beneficial.
• Possess significant IT knowledge coupled with practical programming skills.
• Motivated to work on challenging applied quantitative issues requiring both, business understanding and technological expertise.
• Proficiency with data analysis using SQL, Python and Excel as well as general Java knowledge.

Key Analytical, Personal Skills and Communication competencies:

• Critical thinking, attention to detail, agility to deal with changing objectives at short notice.
• Ability to perform sound analysis, present your findings, and defend your conclusions as necessary.
• Ability to communicate effectively with peers as well as with senior colleagues.
• Strong focus on delivering solutions in a timely and effective manner with minimum guidance or supervision.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, self-starter, highly motivated team player with excellent communication/ problem-solving skills.
• Capacity to drive topics through development and implementation.
• Strong customer service ethos & focus on making it better.
• Effective and proficient English verbal and written communication skills. Able to adapt communication to suit different audiences.
• Effective facilitation skills: the candidate should be able to facilitate group discussions & meetings with various teams in the organization.
• Action orientated. Able to follow up on feedback from the business & relay/develop positive outcomes.

In Commerzbank Digital Technology Centre Prague, we are transforming a traditional bank into a digital agile enterprise! We provide a wide range of various IT solutions, .Net and Java development, services in the area of application operation and infrastructure. As a part of Commerzbank Group, we work closely together with the Delivery Organisation of more than 50 different Clusters in our Headquarter in Frankfurt and around the globe.

We are looking for thinkers with unconventional ideas and in return, we offer the freedom to create own job with own vision, wide range of benefits including home office. Sounds interesting?

In case of interest please apply via this portal.