Associate Functional Analyst

Wolters Kluwer N.V. (AEX: WKL) is a global leader in information services and solutions for professionals in the health, tax and accounting, risk and compliance, finance and legal sectors.

In our specific business unit, Wolters Kluwer Governance, Risk and Compliance we possess deep insight into the industry, providing governance, risk and compliance programs and solutions to more than 15,000 financial services organizations worldwide.

More than 400 in-house experts - former regulators and compliance officers, risk analysts, lawyers and financial industry specialists – embed their knowledge and expertise in every service or solution so that financial organizations can be confident they are managing their organization's Finance, Risk and Regulation needs effectively.

e expect a solid knowledge of vanilla banking products and banking concepts in general through your academic background or through relevant work experience. Knowledge of more complex banking products, the Basel (II/III) prudential regulatory framework for financial institutions and its supervisory standards, is a clear bonus.
In this role, you will work on a wide variety of projects, analysing supervisory regulation and implementing these within our purpose built applications. You will be involved in the whole delivery chain: from functional conception of the software until its delivery to our worldwide customer base, including aftercare and implementation support. We deliver financial content through purpose built software so a strong affinity with or interest in information technology is a must.

Your responsibilities:

Analysing business requirements for new features, take in customer requests and analyse publications from supervisory bodies
Translating requirements into functional specifications, study the impact on the current application, implement your analysis into our applications, conduct functional acceptance testing and document your work
Being a key member of a team of seasoned professionals consisting of both senior business analysts and senior developers who are there to train, to guide and to mentor you
In time, taking a pro-active role in the continuous enhancement of our Regulatory Risk applications and to support internal stakeholders in their implementation and sale of our software.

Qualifications, Skills, Behaviours & Attitudes

A solid academic background in economics, banking or finance, or strong affinity with those topics through prior relevant work experience.
Solid knowledge of banking products and banking concepts
Relevant knowledge in the finance industry
Good knowledge of Microsoft tools (Excel)
Fluent in English, written and oral, is a must. All other languages (French, Dutch ,…) are an asset
Desirable

Knowledge of more complex banking products, the Basel (II/III) prudential regulatory framework for financial institutions and its supervisory standards
Affinity with IT
Experience with relational databases and/or SQL
First experience with agile/SCRUM development techniques