(Senior) Business Analyst with German for Banking Industry (all genders)

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From the business case to the realization of your ideas: As a leading consultancy for strategic transformations, we are a trusted partner for our clients - and for our employees. Responsible, efficient and always with a focus on people. #WeAreWavestone

We support you in realizing your personal vision. Because we believe in employees who want to achieve something and are passionate about their personal development. As a global company, we offer you a dynamic, diverse environment with a genuine interest in your goals and a wide range of opportunities. Do you want to grow with us? Then become part of Wavestone as a (Senior) Business Analyst with German for Banking Industry (all genders) in Romania.

Your Tasks

• Analyze, elicit and document, business and functional requirements for our banking clients, particularly in the context of transformation programs, regulatory initiatives and system migrations
• Act as the bridge between business and IT, translating business needs into clear, structured and implementable requirements
• Model and optimize banking processes, identifying improvement opportunities and supporting the design of future-state business processes
• Create and maintain requirements specifications, user stories, process documentation and functional concepts, ensuring end-to-end traceability throughout the project lifecycle.
• Coordinate requirements across multiple stakeholders, facilitate workshops and drive alignment between business units, project teams and technology partners
• Support implementation and change initiatives from requirements definition through business acceptance, making sure delivered solutions meet business objectives
• Safeguard quality by defining and validating business test scenarios and supporting functional, integration, end-to-end (E2E) and user acceptance testing (UAT)
• Leverage AI-assisted tools (e.g., Microsoft 365 Copilot, GenAI-based documentation and analysis assistants) in day-to-day work to accelerate requirements engineering, improve documentation quality and enhance decision-making - always with a critical, quality-first mindset
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of our requirements engineering methods, business analysis standards and banking process frameworks, while sharing knowledge with colleagues and clients
• Collaborate closely with business and IT colleagues to develop innovative solutions for complex banking challenges, building on existing platforms and technologies where appropriate
• Build trusted relationships with clients, management and project teams to ensure successful delivery and sustainable project outcomes

Your Profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Banking & Finance, Business Administration, Business Informatics, Economics or a related field
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in requirements engineering and business analysis, ideally in large-scale transformation, implementation or migration projects within financial services
• Solid understanding of banking products, financial services processes and regulatory requirements, with experience in core banking domains such as lending, customer and account management, payments and/or related banking processes
• Strong expertise in requirements engineering methodologies, business process analysis and requirements lifecycle management
• Experience eliciting, documenting and managing business and functional requirements using industry-standard tools and delivery approaches (Agile, Waterfall or hybrid)
• Proven ability to analyze and optimize banking processes and translate business needs into implementable functional specifications
• Experience supporting implementation projects, including defining and validating business test scenarios and supporting functional, integration, E2E and UAT testing
• Familiarity with common project management frameworks and delivery approaches
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and managing stakeholder communication across business and IT
• Interest and first hands-on experience with AI-assisted business analysis and requirements engineering - for example, using GenAI tools to draft user stories, structure documentation, analyze processes or accelerate research - combined with a clear understanding of when a human expert needs to stay in the lead
• A certification in Requirements Engineering (e.g., IREB CPRE) is a plus
• A customer-oriented, proactive, structured and solution-driven mindset
• Fluent business German (C1 or higher) and a good command of English are mandatory for this role
• Willingness to travel occasionally to customer sites within the DACH region

Does this sound like an exciting challenge for you? Then we look forward to receiving your application!