Business Analyst Saxo Bank

About Saxo Bank

Saxo Bank is a Danish investment bank that specialises in online investment and trading. Lars Seier Christensen, Kim Fournais, and Marc Hauschildt established it in 1992 as a brokerage firm under the name Midas Fondsmæglerselskab. The company changed its name to Saxo when it obtained a banking licence in 2001.

Job Description

FRT: Sr Business Analyst

Function: Finance

Department: FRT IT

Reports to:  FRT IT Head

Your Profile

• You are a team player, positive in nature and passionate about making things happen.
• You have an open mind and like to learn and grow yourself as well as helping others do the same.
• You have strong analyst skills and eye for the details to support business/ finance teams
• You assist in various initiatives running in the F&R apps area and be the bridge between the development and finance team
• You will align with business and define the scope of the work for the development teams to cater business requirements
• You need to provide direction to development teams to ensure the development, UAT and implementation run smoothly
• You have knowledge of Agile/Scrum frameworks
• You have good SQL skills to pull the data from the db and perform the analysis
• Effective at quickly understanding technology and explaining it in non-technical terms
• Establish and maintain productive relationships with developers, project managers and other team members

Mandatory Skills

• 9-12 years’ of strong experience working as the Business Analyst in the Trading Domain
• Analyze and present complex financial data in a way that is easily understandable. Pro-actively suggest ways to solve problems and to display presentations
• Be the 'Go To' contact for financial and operational issues and act as a trusted business adviser. Develop effective working relationships with the Finance team and leadership, becoming a key point of contact.
• Strong technical skills with the ability to analyze problems, design and implement solutions independently.
• Good SQL skills to write the complex queries to fetch the data from the Data warehouse.
• Ability to manage projects/tasks independently to ensure successful delivery (on time and within budget) while identifying potential issues/risks. Able to prioritize effectively and manage workload against tight deadlines
• Strong communication, influencing, presentation & collaboration skills required to achieve results across the organisation
• High comfort modelling & understanding large & complex data sets into useful information & insights

• Advanced Excel & PowerPoint skills - Pivot, v-look ups and ability to manipulate and draw trends from vast amounts of data. Highly team-oriented approach, with flexibility regarding tasks undertaken and the ability to prioritize a number of conflicting demands to meet exacting deadlines.
• Strong interpersonal skills - can work alongside and gain the trust and respect of stakeholders at all levels of seniority.
• Credibility and confidence to challenge and propose better ways of doing things as well as build bridges and harmonize divergent interests and priorities.
• Excellent communication skills – written and verbal; excellent presentation and client advisory skills.