Senior Business Analyst

Project/Client: Banking
Location: Baltic States and Poland Citizen (remote)
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: Until 2027-02-28 with possible extension
Language: English

Role Overview:

We are looking for a Senior Business Analyst to support regulatory reporting initiatives within a banking environment. The role focuses on analyzing and implementing regulatory requirements, driving process automation, reducing manual adjustments, and contributing to ECB remediation activities. The consultant will serve as a liaison between business and IT stakeholders, with strong expectations around SQL proficiency, data warehouse knowledge, and hands-on experience with banking financial data and reporting systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Analyze and implement new business and regulatory reporting requirements

• Drive automation of manual file-based processes and identify opportunities to reduce manual adjustments

• Support ECB remediation activities and ensure alignment with supervisory expectations

• Act as a key liaison between business and IT stakeholders across cross-functional teams

• Translate complex datasets and statistical concepts into clear business insights

• Model and optimize business processes using established business process modelling techniques

• Translate regulatory reporting rules and validation logic into clear business and data requirements

• Contribute to the design and improvement of data warehouse and reporting solutions

• Write and maintain requirements documentation using Confluence and manage tasks in Jira

• Perform data analysis and reporting using SQL and Microsoft Office

• Engage and manage stakeholders at multiple levels, ensuring clear communication and alignment

Must-Have Requirements:

• Strong business knowledge of banking regulatory reporting processes and frameworks

• Solid understanding of banking products, systems, processes, and financial data

• Proven experience in business analysis and requirements engineering

• Experience in business process modelling

• Ability to analyze and translate regulatory reporting requirements into clear business and data requirements

• Understanding of reporting rules, validation logic, and supervisory expectations

• Strong leadership and stakeholder engagement skills

• Experience working in cross-functional teams

• Good understanding of Data Literacy principles

• Knowledge of software development processes and methodologies

• Understanding of data warehouse and reporting concepts and solutions

• Strong SQL skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office

• Experience with Atlassian Jira and Confluence

• Fluent English (spoken and written)

Nice to Have:

• Hands-on regulatory reporting experience

• Knowledge of BCBS239 principles and requirements

• Experience with ECB remediation initiatives

• Background in finance or banking transformation projects

  What we offer

  • Model: B2B contract with Bonapolia - one contract, one monthly invoice

  • Rate: negotiated per candidate seniority and client budget

  • Payment: monthly invoice, paid on the same schedule the client pays us (usually 30 days)

  • Contract written under your country's law

  • We handle the client-side paperwork: MSA, NDA, invoicing

  About Bonapolia

  Bonapolia is a family-owned IT staff augmentation team based in Lisbon. We build engineering teams for product companies and IT consultancies across Europe and the US.

  More at bonapolia.com

  Ready to Join?
  We look forward to receiving your application and welcoming you to our team!