Functional Analyst

Jit Team; Województwo pomorskie; Hybrid; PLN 92,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Jit Team is seeking an experienced Functional Analyst for a strategic financial market infrastructure project. The platform handles registration of ownership, securities, and cash settlement across European markets, with a focus on accuracy and scalability.

You will lead requirements, write user stories, coordinate with cross-functional teams, and support end-to-end delivery in an Agile setup. Fluent English is required; hybrid work from Gdańsk with 2 days in the office.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as Functional Analyst/Business Analyst/Product Owner or similar role.
• Strong experience refining product backlogs.
• Experience supporting prioritization and planning in Agile environments.
• Ability to assess requirement complexity, delivery feasibility, and effort.
• Experience writing user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration.
• Knowledge of UML and BPMN for business/process modeling.
• Experience releasing planning and coordination.
• Knowledge of acceptance testing and product validation processes.

Responsibilities

• Support prioritization of business and technical initiatives based on roadmap and objectives.
• Plan and coordinate team activities from short- to long-term perspectives.
• Monitor delivery progress and support successful execution of planned work.
• Resolve planning conflicts, dependencies, and delivery challenges.
• Gather, analyze, document, and manage business and functional requirements.
• Write and maintain user stories, acceptance criteria, and story mapping.
• Perform functional analysis related to securities processing and Corporate Actions events.
• Analyze system behavior, business processes, data flows, and integrations.
• Prepare and coordinate releases with delivery teams.
• Support acceptance testing and validate delivered functionality.
• Report project progress, risks, dependencies, and delivery status.
• Create and maintain business/technical process models (UML/BPMN).
• Translate complex business needs into clear, implementable requirements.
• Contribute to end-to-end product delivery in Agile environments.

Skills

Functional Analyst

Business Analyst

Product Owner

Agile backlog management

Stakeholder management

UML

BPMN

SQL

Cross-functional delivery

Communication skills

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Salary: 500-900 PLN/day on B2B

Work model: elastic hybrid from Gdańsk (2 days per week from the office)

Why choose this offer?

• Be part of the digital transformation of financial markets
• Strong full-stack exposure - ability to work across frontend, backend, and infrastructure layers
• Quality-driven engineering culture
• Opportunity to explore AI-assisted development workflows and integrate AI tools into products

Project

We are looking for an experienced and versatile Functional Analyst within a strategic financial market infrastructure project. The platform is responsible for registering securities, maintaining ownership records, and handling the financial settlement of transactions for all securities traded on financial markets in Norway. The solution supports the registration of ownership changes for shares, bonds, and other financial instruments, while ensuring accurate processing of transaction-related cash flows.

Responsibilities You'll Have

• Support prioritization of business and technical initiatives based on product roadmap and business objectives
• Plan and coordinate team activities from both short-term and long-term perspectives
• Monitor delivery progress and support successful execution of planned work
• Resolve planning conflicts, dependencies, and delivery challenges
• Gather, analyze, document, and manage business and functional requirements
• Write and maintain user stories, acceptance criteria, story decomposition, and story mapping
• Perform functional analysis related to securities processing and Corporate Actions events
• Analyze system behavior, business processes, integrations, and data flows
• Prepare and coordinate releases together with delivery teams
• Support acceptance testing and validate delivered functionality against business requirements
• Report project progress, risks, dependencies, and delivery status
• Create and maintain business and technical process models using UML and BPMN
• Translate complex business needs into clear, implementable requirements
• Contribute to end-to-end product delivery in Agile environments

Expected competences and knowledge

• Proven experience as a Functional Analyst, Business Analyst, Product Owner, or similar role
• Strong experience managing and refining product backlogs
• Experience supporting prioritization and planning activities in Agile environments
• Ability to assess requirement complexity, delivery feasibility, and implementation effort
• Experience writing user stories, acceptance criteria, and managing requirements throughout the product lifecycle
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Experience working closely with cross-functional delivery teams
• Strong knowledge of UML and business process modeling
• Experience using BPMN for business and process analysis
• Experience with release planning and coordination
• Knowledge of acceptance testing and product validation processes
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Good SQL knowledge
• Fluent English

Nice-to-have

• Experience within financial services, capital markets, securities processing, clearing, settlement, or depository services
• Knowledge of Corporate Actions processing
• Experience working with securities ownership registration and settlement processes
• Understanding of post-trade systems and financial market infrastructure

Technologies you'll work with

• SQL
• UML
• BPMN
• Agile (Scrum/Kanban)
• Jira
• Confluence

Client – why choose this particular client from the Jit portfolio?

Jit Team is proud to partner with one of the leading European financial groups responsible for the registration, ownership records, and financial settlement of securities traded on financial markets in Norway and recently extended to other European markets. Jit Team has been a strategic partner to our client in the area of software development since 2017. Over the course of the partnership, Jit Team's dedicated team working for our client has grown from three to over 30 people, who have worked on the modernization of legacy applications, the implementation of new systems, and the development of a private cloud-based platform to host a variety of financial systems.

About Jit Team

The Human Factor of IT - it’s not just a slogan, it’s a philosophy. The foundation of Jit Team is people, which is why we prioritise you. We employ over 770 experienced experts, to whom we offer developmental projects, a wide range of benefits, and a proprietary professional development programme. Together with clients from around the world, we create innovative IT solutions delivered by highly specialised and efficient teams.

Behind our maxim are also charitable and educational activities. We support schools, universities, and educational institutions by conducting workshops, running educational projects, sponsoring events, and donating learning equipment. We offer internships that help launch careers in IT. We support water rescuers and hospitals by providing the necessary equipment. We also support numerous charitable organisations helping people in need, children, and the elderly. We are a Polish company and we share what we have achieved over more than 15 years of activity. By supporting local initiatives, we contribute to the circulation of good energy.