(Senior) Business Analyst

Nordic Investment Bank; Helsinki; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid work

International environment

Competitive remuneration

Professional development

Job summary

The Nordic Investment Bank in Helsinki seeks a (Senior) Business Analyst to drive data, analytics and BI in the Lending business. You will translate business questions into analytical requirements, build workflows in Databricks using Snowflake data, and collaborate with units across risk, treasury and finance.

You will lead requirements gathering, write specifications, support testing, and may act as Product Owner for selected applications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree required in Finance, Business, IS, Data Analytics or related field.
• 2–10 years of relevant experience in financial institutions, large corporations or consultancies.
• Strong skills in requirements writing, process mapping and blueprint creation.

Responsibilities

• Initiate and lead business development projects for Lending initiatives.
• Gather, document, and validate business and functional requirements for applications and BI products.
• Create clear requirement specifications and process flows; analyze gaps between current and target states.
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops and interviews; support testing and UAT; act as Product Owner for selected applications.

Skills

Requirements writing

Process mapping

Blueprint creation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or related field

Tools

DataBricks

Python

SQL

Power Automate

Power Apps

MS Power BI

Job description

The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) offers you the chance to do banking that makes a difference. We are the international financial institution of the Nordic-Baltic region, with a mission to strengthen the competitiveness, sustainability and resilience of the region. We offer you the possibility to work with experts from around the world. Working at NIB is a unique journey and will provide you with meaningful professional experience in an international environment. We value diversity and are a community of some 270 professionals located in Helsinki and Riga. The atmosphere is international, and our official working language is English. NIB has the highest possible credit rating, AAA/Aaa, from leading rating agencies.

(Senior) Business Analyst

We are looking for a proactive, analytically strong, and technology-minded professional to drive Business Development initiatives in the Lending business of the Nordic Investment Bank. The role combines data, analytics, business intelligence, application and AI development to improve the scale and efficiency of Lending operations in line with NIB’s strategic goals.

Why Join Us

This is an opportunity to take on a visible role at the intersection of business, data, and technology in a mission-driven international financial institution. You will help shape how lending operations evolve, work closely with experienced colleagues across functions, and contribute to meaningful improvements in systems, data quality, and automation. The role offers broad scope, real ownership, and the chance to work with modern tools and emerging technologies in an environment that values collaboration, quality, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Data Analysis and Business Intelligence

• Develop advanced analytics and data-driven insights to support commercial and strategic decision-making for the Lending business.
• Build and maintain analytical workflows using SQL and Python in the Databricks workspace, integrating large and complex Snowflake datasets and creating scalable, reusable data transformations, models, and analytical outputs.
• Partner with banking units, risk, treasury & finance, and business intelligence teams to translate business questions into analytical requirements, define relevant data sets and metrics.
• Support the development and maintenance on the catalogue of Lending business intelligence reports, primarily using MS Power BI.

Data Ownership & Governance

• Represent the Lending domain in bank-wide data platform development and define and prioritise business requirements.
• Define lending data standards, including business definitions, lineage, quality requirements, and governance rules.
• Validate, test, and prioritise lending data entities, working with architects, engineers, and governance teams to ensure integrity and consistency.
• Monitor and drive resolution of data quality issues and support business readiness for migration from legacy data marts to the cloud EDW.
• Identify and prioritise high-value AI use cases across the Lending business.
• Develop and prototype AI solutions leveraging Microsoft Copilot, Snowflake and Databricks AI toolsets, and a broad range of emerging AI technologies.
• Prepare and integrate structured and unstructured banking data for AI applications.
• Test and validate AI solutions for accuracy, robustness, control and business value.
• Collaborate with business, technology and control functions to deploy AI solutions into production.
• Promote a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.

Business Analysis & Requirements Management

• Initiate and lead business development projects.
• Gather, document, and validate business and functional requirements for applications and BI products.
• Create clear requirement specifications and process flows.
• Analyse gaps between current and target states.
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops and interviews.
• Support testing, user acceptance testing, and implementation.
• Depending on the initiative, act as Product Owner for selected business applications representing business priorities and ensuring deliverables support strategic objectives.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or a related field.
• 2–10 years of relevant experience in a financial institution, large corporation or management consultancy.
• Strong skills in requirements writing, process mapping, and blueprint creation.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Experience working with Enterprise Data Warehouses and data governance frameworks, data modelling and SQL
• Data analysis using DataBricks, Python & SQL
• Microsoft Power Automate and Microsoft Power Apps
• AI and automation technologies, including agent development
• Strategic thinking and product mindset
• Experience of working at the intersection of business and technology
• Data governance and analytical rigor
• Innovative and creative mind‑set
• Stakeholder management and communication
• Problem-solving and decision-making
• Attention to detail and control focus

What we offer

• A novel perspective on the financial industry through NIB’s role as an international financial institution
• Interesting and demanding tasks, with opportunities for continuous learning and professional development
• A friendly, trusting and inclusive work culture
• A flexible way of working combining office life and remote work
• An international working environment with a competitive remuneration package

Additional information

The position is located at the NIB headquarters in Helsinki, Finland. We warmly welcome expatriate employees and their families by supporting their relocation and integration to a lively Nordic capital with a modern atmosphere.

In this recruitment, NIB is collaborating with Korn Ferry (Sweden). If you have any questions regarding the specifics of the role, please contact Robert Persson (email: [e-mail] ).

The deadline for submitting your application is 31 October 2026.

The vision of NIB is a prosperous and sustainable Nordic-Baltic region. Our employees are our strongest asset in realising this vision. Our core values are collaborative, competent, committed and courageous.

NIB puts the main emphasis on personal and professional qualifications and experience. The Bank has zero tolerance for any type of discrimination, which includes discrimination based on gender, age, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnic origin, family status, religion, health, political activities, or any other comparable circumstance.

NIB is a professional expert organisation and encourages and supports its employees to continuously develop their professional competencies while maintaining a sustainable work-life balance.