Business Developer

ABN AMRO Asset Based Finance N.V. (ABF) is a subsidiary of ABN AMRO Bank. ABF is made up of two leading asset based finance providers, ABN AMRO Lease and ABN Commercial Finance and employs around 750 employees. Primarily based in the Netherlands, with offices in the UK, Germany, and France it offers clients asset based lending expertise and provides flexible funding solutions whilst maximizing working capital availability. Specializing in refinancing or recapitalization, acquisition finance, asset based finance and finance growth, ABF also aims to help customers finance sustainable assets and projects to support growth and innovation.

Within the Software Engineering (SE) department, we are organized as Agile / Scrum teams, moving towards DevOps. As Business Analyst, you will take part in one of these teams in the Generic domain, specific in de Application Support team. Within your team, you will work closely together with software engineers and Product Owner. You will have direct contacts with both business compliancy and security people from the ABF organization, ABN AMRO as well as external contacts.

Key objectives for the Business Analyst:

• Define true requirements based on interviews with business and/or IT and data stakeholders, in close cooperation with Product Owner
• Analysis of requirements and determination of impact
• Translation of requirement to produce product configuration or to items that need to be developed
• Participate in the process of harmonizing processes across countries
• Provide training and support
• Handle requests of our stakeholders related to information and support and SME for data request.

Within ABN AMRO Asset Based Finance we have our own Software Engineering (SE) department which consists of approximately 150 FTE. This SE department is organized in Agile / Scrum development teams (moving towards DevOps), of which most are located in the Netherlands (Utrecht).

You will be working in a team (consisting in average of 6 to 9 persons, location Utrecht, spoken language mainly English) which is responsible for maintenance and further developments of the applications needed for our proposition. The team works closely together with the business and other stakeholders the vendors and other teams within Software Engineering and Platform & Technology . Within ABF we implemented the hybrid way of working, with the expectation to work at the office on the average of 2 days a week.  

Professional

• Minimal required education and work level: Bachelor’s degree/HBO with Experience in IT
• Minimum of 2  years of experience in the role of business analyst in a similar environment
• Professional communication skills, both spoken and written, in English and Dutch
• Knowledge and experience with Agile / Scrum
• Experience in projects of process harmonization and product rationalization
• Knowledge and experience in the Financial Industry / Banking sector
• Knowledge of lease and commercial finance products and processes (data management related) is a bonus

Soft skills

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills (i.e. constructive, persistent, critical, convincing)
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Pro-active, and a hands-on approach that is needed to get things done
• Coaching skills to help your team members and colleagues to excel

We offer you a challenging position in a professional environment in which you get the opportunity to be the best version of yourself. You are able to gain a lot of knowledge of the financial field and develop your analytical skills.

We offer you excellent terms of employment and benefits:

• A good monthly salary based on a 36-hour working week

• We help you to stay fit & vital

• An additional benefit budget of 11%, with which you can buy flexible terms of employment

• A personal development budget of € 1,000 per year

• An annual public transport ticket for unlimited travel

• A good pension scheme

• A great organization with a great work culture

• Interesting work and challenging projects

• A team that likes to help, supplement and strengthen each other

For further information about this position you can reach out to Malou Gordijn (mail: malou.gordijn@nl.abnamro.com)

The success of our organisation depends on the quality of our people and the ideas that they have. Truly surprising insights and innovative solutions for our clients result from an interplay of cultures, knowledge and experience. Diversity is therefore extremely important to our organisation. To ensure that everyone at ABN AMRO can develop their talents, we encourage an inclusive culture in which all colleagues feel engaged and appreciated.

External recruitment agencies need to have a signed agreement with ABN AMRO BANK N.V., executed by a Talent Acquisition Specialist, when submitting a resume to a vacancy. No unsolicited services or offers, please.