Junior Product Analyst

Company Description

(SBS) is a global financial technology company that’s helping banks and the financial services industry to reimagine how to operate in an increasingly digital world. SBS is a trusted partner of more than 1,500 financial institutions and large-scale lenders in 80 countries worldwide, including Santander, Societé Generale, KCB Bank, Kensington Mortgages, Mercedes-Benz, and Toyota. Its cloud platform offers clients a composable architecture to digitize operations, ranging from banking, lending, compliance, to payments, and consumer and asset finance.

With 5,000 employees in 50 offices, SBS is recognized as a Top 10 European Fintech company by IDC and as a leader in Omdia’s Universe :
Digital Banking Platforms. SBS is a subsidiary of European digital consulting leader Sopra Steria (EPA : SOP), a 56,000-person company that generates annual revenue of € billion in 2023.

Sopra Banking Software has an exciting opportunity to join one of the leading financial software providers as a Product Analyst, within the Product Management team, responsible for supporting the Product Managers with the definition and design of new features and products. As a Product Analyst, you will support in day to day operation of the team across our product set and also drive research and analysis into how emerging technologies can be integrated into our product offering to drive value and efficiency for our client will be involved in the ongoing evolution of our product suite at an exciting time when a lot of change is happening within the UK savings and lending market.

Included in the role there is the opportunity to get face to face engagement with our client base, through hosting key customer workshops focused on presenting our thought leadership and the vision and strategy of our solution.

The ideal candidate must be able to demonstrate :

• Understanding of the product management lifecycle, including design thinking principles
• Interest in software development such as digital banking solutions, including web portals and mobile apps
• Comfortable in customer facing situations, the successful candidate will be expected to organise, present and manage customer sessions (face-to-face and online)
• Knowledge of software development and different methodologies
• Ability to work in a team environment and independently
• Analytical and research skills, successful candidate will undertake research and analysis into emerging technologies, market trends, competitor analysis etc. to form business cases and suggest product direction
• Strong presentation skills
• Self-motivated

We are interested in hearing from you, if you have most of the following attributes :

• STEM degree
• Experience working with software products
• Knowledge and / or experience of software architecture and coding
• Understanding of the banking and building society sector, including lending, savings and mortgages
• Organised with good appreciation of effective stakeholder management
• Interest in emerging / current technologies, AI, ML, Data, APIs etc.

If you do not have all of the above experience or skills we would still like to hear from you.

As part of our hiring process new employees will be required to pass a confidential consumer credit check and DBS check. This is a straight forward credit check for CCJ’s, bankruptcy and a criminal record check, however if you wish to know more about what is or is not acceptable please ask our recruitment team.

Sopra Banking Software are a certified Great Place to Work!

By joining the Sopra Banking Software team you will enjoy a market competitive salary and our excellent rewards and benefits schemes including;

• 25 days holiday with an option to buy up to 5 more,
• 6% employer pension contribution,
• private medical insurance,
• critical illness cover,
• health cash plan,

We take pride in rewarding our colleagues through Summer parties, treat days in the offices, and a social budget for each department.

At our organization, we are committed to fighting against all forms of discrimination. We foster a work environment that is inclusive and respectful of all differences.

All of our positions are open to people with disabilities.