Analyst / Senior Analyst - Strategic Finance

MeDirect is a Maltese digital bank, founded in 2004, with over 180,000 clients and operations in Malta and Belgium. We offer a wide range of financial services to both retail and corporate clients, including daily banking, savings, and corporate services.

We are always on the lookout for determined and hard-working individuals who are eager to take the next step in their career. At MeDirect, we strive to provide an exceptional employment experience, fostering growth, collaboration, and innovation.

Role Overview

We are looking for a proactive and dynamic individual to join our finance function operating within a growing, fast-paced, international financial services organisation, to hold the rewarding role of Analyst / Senior Analyst. You will form part of the Strategic Finance team of this ECB banking group, reporting directly to the Head of Strategic Finance.

This position calls for a person with strong analytical background and communication skills; someone who is self-motivated, open to new challenges, and embraces a flexible, changing, international environment. You will have a unique opportunity to contribute to business development and bring value to the business while being offered a hybrid, flexible working arrangement with attractive rewards. 

The selected candidate should be willing to relocate to the specified job location.

Key Responsibilities

• A key role in the annual budgeting, capital and liquidity planning process
• Performing rolling forecasts and other ad-hoc analyses
• Building and maintaining tools to analyse and simulate the outcome of business proposals
• Analysing product-level risk/return characteristics for current and prospective products
• Analysing trends in key performance indicators and explaining the causes of variances
• Clear and insightful communication of modelling results to business heads and management
• Performing research to challenge, support, or improve forecasting and modelling approaches
• Performing market research to support pricing and other business decisions
• Analysing the impact of macroeconomic changes on portfolio/business performance
• Understanding underlying data sources and using such sources in financial models
• Supporting preparation of ICAAP, ILAAP, and other regulatory submissions
• Supporting regulatory stress testing exercises
• Ensuring high-quality model documentation that meets internal and regulatory requirements
• Other duties as may be assigned by the Head of Strategic Finance or Deputy CFO
  
  

Requirements & Qualifications 

• A University degree in Banking and Finance, Economics, Statistics or a related subject
• Previous experience in Financial Planning & Analysis, preferably in banking
• Excellent knowledge of MS Excel
• Good knowledge of SQL & Python or similar languages will be considered an asset
• Working knowledge of AI tools
• Good communication, presentation skills, including use of PowerPoint
• A pro-active and flexible team player