Senior IT Analyst — Accounting QA & Data Validation

Nordea; Helsinki; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance

Learning opportunities

Holiday subsidies

Bonuses

Job summary

Nordea in Helsinki is seeking a Senior IT Analyst to strengthen the Markets Middle Office Accounting team. You will drive testing and quality across releases, translating business needs into clear, testable requirements and validating data and logic across integrated systems.

You will design end-to-end test cases, collaborate with developers during refinement, and sign off on releases. Finance domain experience and ISTQB or equivalent certification are advantageous.

Qualifications

• Senior-level experience in business or functional analysis.
• Translate business intent into structured, testable requirements.
• Experience in requirements gathering, refinement, and documentation.
• Hands-on test case design, defect management, and release validation.
• Knowledge of SQL for data investigation and validation.
• Strong communication and ownership-driven approach.
• Experience in finance, banking, insurance, or regulated data-heavy domains.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and translate business needs into clear, structured, and testable requirements with stakeholders.
• Partner with developers during refinement to shape solutions and validate logic and setup decisions.
• Validate data quality and business logic throughout the development lifecycle.
• Execute end-to-end business flow validations and verify outputs across integrated systems.
• Prepare test cases for happy path, corner cases, and cross-system impacts.
• Ensure release readiness and provide QA sign-off before deployment.

Skills

Business analysis

Requirements translation

Test case design

SQL

Communication

Finance domain knowledge

Education

ISTQB Certification

Tools

Jira

qTest

Confluence

Job description

Nordea in Helsinki is seeking a Senior IT Analyst to strengthen the Markets Middle Office Accounting team. You will drive testing and quality across releases, translating business needs into clear, testable requirements and validating data and logic across integrated systems.

You will design end-to-end test cases, collaborate with developers during refinement, and sign off on releases. Finance domain experience and ISTQB or equivalent certification are advantageous.