IT Business Analyst Market Risk - Materiality & Fair Value

IT Business Analyst Market Risk - Materiality & Fair Value

• Permanent
• 14761

Company Description

Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking is a leading global financial institution that provides advisory, investment banking, financing, corporate banking and capital markets services to corporations, financial institutions, financial sponsors and sovereign and supranational organizations worldwide.

Our teams of experts in close to 30 countries advise clients on their strategic development, helping them to grow and transform their businesses, and maximize their positive impact. Natixis CIB is committed to aligning its financing portfolio with a carbon neutrality path by 2050 while helping its clients reduce the environmental impact of their business.

As part of Groupe BPCE, the second largest banking group in France through the Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Epargne retail networks, Natixis CIB benefits from the Group’s financial strength and solid financial ratings (Standard & Poor's: A+, Moody's: A1, Fitch Ratings: A+, R&I: A+).

Job Description

In the IT department Counterparty and Market Risk, you join the Trade and Sensitivities repositories team of 20 people. We work for the finance, market risk and counterparty risk departments based in Paris and Porto. Your future team is responsible for managing two applications: BOP and LINK. BOP centralizes the descriptions of operations and instruments. LINK allows you to categorize derivatives and estimate their FairValue level for the calculation of the reserve D1.

LINK uses many risk indicators (sensitivities, PNL, credit risk, market data shocks) from several systems, to categorize transactions and assess their risks. The information we calculate is used in regulatory reporting, finance and market risk calculations. The main end users of the application are the finance department, and the data quality teams of Market Risk.

On a daily basis, your tasks are to:

• Participate in the identification of business needs in order to translate them into IT specifications, by leading specific workshops with the business line and team;
• Feed the backlog of the team (update user stories, identify priorities, report on different projects, coordinate with other IT or business teams);
• Explain users' needs to developers, write specifications and take into account technical constraints;
• Define the test strategy, carry them out and continue their automation;
• Help and train our users as well as IT teams, investigate production problems;
• Communicate progress of team work to various projects and applicants.

The technical stack used is as follows: Hadoop, Spark, Scala, Java.

We work in agile methodology and you are integrated into our business analyst community.

#TransformativeFinance

The position is based in Paris and with us it’s 10 days of teleworking per month, 15 to 17 days of RTT per year, on-site services such as catering, gym or corporate concierge. Our remuneration consists of a fixed amount, an annual bonus, a corporate savings scheme including profit-sharing, participation and contributions.

As a top employer, we put our people first. Internal mobility, career development and training programs allow you to grow and thrive throughout your career.

You work in a hybrid, inclusive and collaborative environment.

You also have the opportunity to be involved in society and causes that are important to you through our corporate foundation.

About the recruitment process

You will be contacted by one of our recruiters before meeting with our business experts (manager, team member or business line member).

Required Skills/Qualifications/Experience

About you: If you recognize yourself in the following description you are made to work with us!
With a higher education in IT, you have at least 4 years of experience as a business analyst or support analyst in the investment banking sector.

You are familiar with:

• Financial products: the characteristics of the main derivatives and the basis for product valuation;
• Data modeling and querying (SQL server);
• Project management with significant experience on testing;
• Agile methodology.

You are:

• Methodical, organized and rigorous;
• Known for your analytical skills and ability to intervene on complex issues.

You are fluent in English with a minimum B2 level (you can host an English meeting with our colleagues in Porto, New York, London and Hong Kong).