Senior Business Analyst (Statistical Applications)

BIS - Bank for International Settlements

Basel, Switzerland

The Bank for International Settlements is an international organisation which fosters international monetary and financial cooperation via wide-ranging banking, economic research and policy coordination activities.

Description:

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is an international organisation promoting global monetary and financial stability and is a bank for central banks. The BIS's head office is located in Basel, Switzerland, with representative offices in Hong Kong SAR and Mexico City. We are able to recruit globally, regardless of nationality, and offer competitive employment packages.

We are looking for a Senior Business Analyst (Statistical Applications) to join the team responsible for supporting the statistical data processing applications in the Monetary and Economic Department. The ideal candidate has a background in analysing the business requirements around the exchange, compilation and analysis of statistical data, as well as an understanding of the relevant technologies and solutions.

Key responsibilities:

• Analyse business processes, specify related IT requirements and define test cases;
• Act as the interface between business users and development/support team;
• Act as first and second level support for statistical applications;
• Manage IT projects and assume related budget responsibility.

Qualifications, skills and experience:

• University degree in a statistical, economics or IT-related field;
• At least 5 years of relevant experience in business analysis and/or application development;
• Experience using statistical software packages, relational databases, and/or programming languages (e.g. MATLAB, R, C#, JAVA, PERL, SQL Server);
• Familiar with the exchange, compilation and quality control of statistical data;
• Experience with software development and testing methodologies and tools, in particular agile methodologies;
• Experience in managing software development teams;
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team;
• Excellent command of written and spoken English.

The BIS employs staff on both open-ended and fixed-term contracts. However, all new entrants are initially recruited on a fixed-term basis. The BIS is fully committed to equal opportunity employment and strives for diversity among its staff. We encourage applications from female candidates.

To find out more about this opportunity and to submit your CV (in English), please visit www.bis.org/careers.

Deadline for applications is 29/06/2015.