Senior Business Analyst

Company Description Leino is a senior IT partner specializing in staff augmentation and full-cycle product development for clients across the GCC and worldwide. The company quickly adds experienced engineers to client teams or delivers end-to-end products, operating as a committed partner that treats each solution as its own. Leino provides stability and reliability in contrast to lengthy hiring processes and short-term freelance engagements. Based in Dubai (FZCO), Leino supports diverse industries with scalable, high-quality technology services.Role Description:We are looking for a Senior Business Analyst to join the Regulatory Reporting Value Stream within the Group Finance Department.The engagement focuses on regulatory compliance, process optimization, and business analysis in a banking environment. The consultant will support regulatory reporting initiatives by analyzing and implementing new business and regulatory requirements, driving automation of manual file-based processes, identifying opportunities to reduce manual adjustments, and contributing to ECB remediation activities.The Business Analyst will act as a key liaison between business and IT stakeholders, ensuring the delivery of efficient, compliant, and sustainable regulatory reporting solutions. The role requires strong analytical capabilities, stakeholder management skills, and a solid understanding of banking regulatory reporting processes, financial data, and reporting systems.Seniority: Senior, Very High End Consultant requiredMusts Required:Proven 7 - 10+ years of experience in business knowledge of banking regulatory reporting (Baltics banks level highly preferred, EU as fallback)Strong, practical, proven, justified in-depth knowledge/hands-on-based understanding of banking products, systems, processes, and financial dataSenior proven clearly showcased in the CV via numerous tasks experience in business analysis and requirements engineeringSenior proven clearly showcased in the CV via numerous tasks experience in business process modellingProven and very fluent justified ability to analyze and translate regulatory reporting requirements into clear business and data requirementsStrong very mature, practical, proven, justified in-depth knowledge/hands-on-based understanding of reporting rules, validation logic, and supervisory expectationsProven justified ability to translate complex datasets and statistical concepts into clear business insightsStrong leadership, proactiveness and stakeholder engagement skills, high-end English and top-notch soft skills, convincing, confidenceExperience working in cross-functional teamsResults-oriented mindsetGood understanding of Data Literacy principlesKnowledge of software development processes and methodologiesUnderstanding of data warehouse and reporting concepts and solutionsStrong SQL skillsMicrosoft Office proficiencyHands-on proven experience with Atlassian Jira and proven practical long-term experience of work in Agile teamsHands-on proven experience with ConfluenceStrong, utmost senior analytical and reporting skillsExcellent written and verbal communication skillsFluent English (spoken and written)Skills that will put you in front of other candidates at once; thus, they are sort of must-haves if we want to get into the project smoothly:Knowledge of BCBS239Experience with ECB remediation initiativesExperience in finance or banking transformation projects