Business Analyst with German

Part of the Ratiodata Group, Accesa is a leading technology company headquartered in Cluj-Napoca, with offices in Oradea and Munich. Over the past 17 years, the company has been establishing itself as an employer of choice for IT professionals who are passionate about problem-solving through technology and want to have a measurable impact through their work.

A trusted partner for major brands in Retail, Consumer Goods, Manufacturing, and Automotive, Accesa helps businesses embrace flexibility, adaptability, and evolution within their digital journey, through a large spectrum of tailored IT services, leveraging mainstream, niche, as well as legacy technologies.

Its sister-company RaRo delivers complex digital evolution solutions for highly regulated industries like Insurance and Banking and, together, the two companies cover the complete digital evolution journey of their customers, from hardware to software and managed services solutions.

With more than 700 IT professionals in its 13+ Competence Areas, the two sister-companies join forces to build a distinctive people-first culture that enables their people to thrive, their clients’ business to evolve and end users to succeed.

About the project

Our customer is building/modernizing their insurance global platform while using the scaled agile framework and needs support primarily on the business analysis side in order to achieve their goals in an effective manner. 

Your team

Your team will have diverse skills, from Business Analysis and Testing to Project Management and Software Development. Given its size, the project is split into several areas where each team consists of 5-15 members. In terms of efficiency, our core is focused on strong communication, both within the team and with our peers from the customer side. We’re ready to support ramp-ups and deliveries, as well as to facilitate sustainable learning paths for each member. All in all, we strive to enjoy the work we do, both individually and as a team.

We are looking for an enthusiast Business Analyst who can adjust to different business contexts in order to identify functional and technical solutions for the application's development.

As a BA, you'll become one of the most valuable assets of the company by playing the role of a facilitator who bridges the gap between Business and IT on various projects.

You’ll have the opportunity to develop a flexible mindset, communication, and persuasion skills, but also to engage yourself in defining/proposing the way of working within different business contexts related to the software development process.

As a BA you will play the key role in a project life-cycle by ensuring that the final solution meets the customer’s needs and objectives. Your responsibilities will be the following: 

• Be the main contact person for the customer and be in direct contact with project stakeholders, UI/UX Designer, PM, Development, and Testing within the software development process
• Aim to understand both business and market context
• Identify business needs and high-level project scope
• Analyze AS-IS and TO-BE state of the product
• Participate and lead functional kick-off workshop
• Engage in clarifying, documenting requirements, but also in the business process modeling as part of the requirements/stakeholder management
• Manage the product backlog and work closely with the Product Owner/Product Manager on the customer side for road-map and prioritization
• Plan and refine the product backlog with a focus on delivering valuable increments, taking into account all three perspectives – user, business, and technical
• Monitor and control project scope/alignment with business goals and roadmap

Real impact one step at a time 

You will have an impact on the project’s evolution, as well as the chance to contribute with your own ideas and expertise in building a successful relationship with the client.

Professional opportunities

In this role, you will interact with different stakeholders to understand the business context and support them in the digitalization process.

You will participate in all aspects of the software development lifecycle.

You will have the opportunity to contribute with solutions to improve our customer’s technological ecosystem.

Community insights

Our competence center supports professional development according to individual needs and the project context.

• Spoken and written fluency in German and English is mandatory
• 2-5 years experience working in (agile) software development projects
• Experience with QA/testing and/or with requirements engineering
• Knowledge in UML, SQL, pseudocode, relational databases is a plus
• Any development experience (especially Java) is a plus
• Good understanding of the business context and of the technical context as well
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively
• Critical thinking and good analytical & problem-solving skills
• Proven client-facing & stakeholder management experience
• Team player

At Accesa & RARo you can:

Enjoy our holistic benefits program that covers the four pillars that we believe come together to support our wellbeing, covering social, physical, emotional wellbeing, as well as work-life fusion.

• Physical: premium medical package for both our colleagues and their children, dental coverage up to a yearly amount, eyeglasses reimbursement every two years, voucher for sport equipment expenses, in-house personal trainer
• Emotional: individual therapy sessions with a certified psychotherapist, webinars on self-development topics
• Social: virtual activities, sports challenges, special occasions get-togethers
• Work-life fusion: yearly increase in days off, flexible working schedule, birthday, holiday and loyalty gifts for major milestones, work from home bonuses