Solution Analyst, Cards ETL team

We are looking for a Solution Analyst to join our ETL team in the Everyday Banking tribe. The position is based in Helsinki but remote work practices in Finland area are flexible.

What is the role and team like? 

As a Solution Analyst you will work as part of the Cards ETL Team. In total the team has 12 members, and the main responsibility area is ETL based integrations. Some older parts of our cards system is still running in IBM mainframe environment, and we appreciate knowledge of that environment. Your responsibilities include a wide range of critical activities such as specifying and describing technical and functional requirements, analyzing, and mapping relevant business processes and IT infrastructure, and conducting in-depth research on regulations that could influence solution delivery, such as compliance, data governance, and organizational mandates. 

You will also play a key role in proposing solutions aligned with organizational objectives, participating in the technical design, development, and testing phases of these solutions. Furthermore, your responsibilities extend to overseeing quality assurance and deployment processes, as well as maintaining open communication by providing regular reports to stakeholders and senior IT leaders throughout the project lifecycle. This role requires a combination of technical expertise, analytical thinking, and effective communication skills to ensure successful project outcomes. 

What we hope from you? 

We are seeking enthusiastic team member who already has an established knowledge and skillset in batch interfaces and is ready to grow further in innovative environment. The ideal candidate should have existing experience in business analysis, systems analysis, and tech infrastructure. The ability to identify potential improvements that can help delivering organizational goals is essential. 

To be able to seamlessly join our team, we hope that you already possess a few key competences needed in this position:

• Experience from ETL based integrations (batch interfaces)

• Ability to operate in an environment with multiple stakeholders

• Perception of large entities and the ability to split the entity into smaller sub-entities

• Previous experience with core system reforms that integrate the new system into the existing system environment

• Good documentation skills (technical, functional)

• IBM Mainframe experience is appreciated

As mentioned, in this role you will actively co-operate with many different stakeholders and teams. For this reason, we hope you are a person who enjoys teamwork and are always excited when meeting new people. For this position fluency in English is required.

What is the catch, then?  

It wouldn’t be fair if we had nothing to offer you. We have a wide range of staff benefits including a personnel fund and special terms for employee banking, insurance, and loan services. We offer comprehensive occupational health care, extensive medical treatment expenses insurance and a full-time group accident insurance policy. We invest in wellbeing at work by encouraging a good work-life balance, providing flexibility in your daily life, and offering lunch, sport and cultural benefits and opportunities for affordable holidays in OP timeshares. 
 
We also encourage and help you to further develop yourself as a technical professional. We have the so called “70/20/10 rule” in use, which means you will use 70% of your time for your daily tasks, 20% to develop the way you do those tasks, and the last 10% is reserved for you to learn and try new things. You will also have our OP Software Academy at your disposal in case you are interested in learning new technologies or methodologies, or why not in honing your skills in your current stack.  

Sounds like your future role?

Great – that’s what we were hoping for! The application period is open until Sunday 3.3.2024. Any questions in mind? Competence Lead Atte Björklund will be happy to answer your questions (+358 50 520 3636 or atte.bjorklund(at)op.fi). Talk to you soon future colleague!   

In the financial sector, our business is founded on trust and accountability, which is why the successful candidate will be checked for credit history and corporate connections, must take a drug test and a security clearance vetting made by the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service. 

Equality and diversity are highly valued at OP Financial Group. We welcome job applications from people of all kinds, regardless of their gender identity or age, or the culture or minority group with which they identify.

OP Financial Group is the leading financial services group in Finland. Owned by our customers, we are one of the most alluring employers in the Financial sector. OP Financial Group employs over 13,000 professionals and provides banking, asset management, wealth management, insurance and brokerage services for our four million customers. For more information about OP as an employer and for all vacancies, go to www.op-careers.fi.