Test Analyst

Nordea Bank Abp; Helsinki; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance

Learning opportunities

Holiday subsidies

Bonuses

And much more

Job summary

Nordea Bank Abp in Helsinki is seeking a seasoned Business Analyst to translate complex business needs into clear, testable requirements and to drive end-to-end validation across integrated systems. You will partner with developers, ensure data quality, and lead test design and release readiness across the middle-office technology stack.

The role requires senior BA experience, strong SQL skills, and a track record in finance or data-heavy domains.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Analyze and translate business needs into clear, structured, and testable requirements in collaboration 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 expected outputs across integrated systems.
• Prepare test cases covering not only the happy path, but also corner cases and cross-system impacts.
• Ensure release readiness and provide quality assurance sign-off before deployment.

Skills

Senior BA

Translate requirements

Requirements gathering

Test design

SQL data validation

Clear communication

Finance domain experience

Tools

Jira

qTest

Confluence

Job description

About our team

Ready to make a real impact in Markets Middle Office technology? Join Nordea's Accounting team and help shape the quality, reliability, and transparency of the systems that support critical financial reporting and business decisions. We're a collaborative team of 20+ professionals - developers, analysts, testers, DevOps engineers and scrum masters - working together across multiple locations. As Nordea's middle office domain, we're at the heart of the action, connecting front and back office operations. Our technology stack includes Java, Spring Boot, Spark, Kafka, Cloudera, Oracle Database, Snowflake, Kubernetes, Bitbucket, Bamboo.

What you'll be doing:

• Analyze and translate business needs into clear, structured, and testable requirements in collaboration 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 expected outputs across integrated systems
• Prepare test cases covering not only the happy path, but also corner cases and cross-system impacts
• Ensure release readiness and provide quality assurance sign-off before deployment

Who you are

You are an analytical problem solver with a passion for quality. You enjoy understanding complex business processes, working with data, and collaborating with both business stakeholders and technical teams to ensure successful outcomes.

Your background and skills include:

• Senior-level experience in business or functional analysis
• Ability to translate business intent into specific, structured, and testable requirements
• Experience in requirements gathering, refinement, and documentation
• Hands-on experience with test case design, defect management, and release validation
• Practical knowledge of SQL for data investigation and validation
• Strong communication skills and a structured, ownership-driven approach
• Experience in finance, banking, insurance, or another regulated, data-heavy domain

Nice to have:

• Experience with test automation tools or scripting
• Experience with tools such as Jira, qTest, Confluence, or similar
• ISTQB certification (or equivalent)

What we offer

At Nordea, we know that an inclusive workplace is a sustainable workplace. We deeply believe that our diverse backgrounds, experiences, characteristics, and traits make us stronger together. You'll enjoy a full-time role with comprehensive benefits based on your location:

• private health insurance
• learning opportunities
• holiday subsidies
• bonuses
• and much more.

We enable dreams and aspirations for a greater good.