Business Analyst - Product Control/Financial Accounting (She/He/They)

CAPCO POLAND

Capco Poland is a global technology and management consultancy specializing in driving digital transformation across the financial services industry. We are passionate about helping our clients succeed in an ever-changing industry.

We also are:

• Experts in banking and payments, capital markets, wealth and asset management
• Focused on maintaining our nimble, agile, and entrepreneurial culture
• Committed to growing our business and hiring the best talent to help us get there

Overview:

We are seeking a highly skilled Business Analyst to join Financial accounting & reporting team. The successful candidate will play a key role in driving strategic change initiatives, improving control frameworks, and enhancing front-to-back processes across the Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet lifecycle.

Experience: 3–5 years of hands-on experience within a Product Control (PC) function, Financil reporting or Financil accounting  with a total professional background spanning 5–10 years.

• Accounting Standards Knowledge: Familiarity with key financial reporting standards including IAS 32/39, IFRS 7, and IFRS 9. Demonstrates understanding of business models and the corresponding accounting treatments.
• Month-End Close Expertise: Proven track record in closing month-end financials for market products. This includes:
• Reconciliation between Front Office (FO) systems and Accounting Rules Engine (ARE)
• FO to General Ledger (GL) reconciliations
• Journal entries and postings
• Management of cash breaks and nostro-vostro controls
• Balance sheet substantiation
• Product Lifecycle Awareness: Understands major lifecycle events of financial products and their accounting implications.
• Technical Accounting Skills: Strong candidates can articulate accounting events through T-accounts and engage effectively with accounting policy and implementation teams.
• Market Product Specialization: Brings deep expertise in at least one market segment, such as:
• Foreign Exchange (Spot, Forwards, Options)
• Debt Markets (Rates, Credit, Structured Products)
• Equities (Cash, Securities Lending & Borrowing, Structured Equities)
• Change Management Experience: Has worked as a Business Analyst within a change function or contributed meaningfully to strategic change initiatives as a Subject Matter Expert (SME).
• Data-Driven Mindset: Comfortable working with complex market product datasets, deriving insights, and translating them into actionable requirements, user stories, and discussion points.
• Control Orientation: Promotes both functional and non-functional aspects of change, with a strong focus on control and risk mitigation.
• Agile Methodology: Possesses a general understanding of Agile project management and demonstrates a willingness to deepen expertise in Agile practices.

WHY WORTH JOINING US

• Hybrid work 
• Speaking English on daily basis, mainly in contact with foreign stakeholders and peers
• Multiple employee benefits packages (MyBenefit Cafeteria, private medical care, life-insurance)
• Access to 3.000+ Business Courses Platform (Udemy)
• Access to required IT equipment
• Ongoing learning opportunities to help you acquire new skills or deepen existing expertise
• Being part of the core squad focused on the growth of the Polish business unit
• A flat, non-hierarchical structure that will enable you to work with senior partners and directly with clients
• A work culture focused on innovation and creating lasting value for our clients and employees

ONLINE RECRUITMENT PROCESS STEPS

• Screening call with the Recruiter
• Competencies interview with Capco Hiring Manager
• Client’s interview
• Feedback/Offer

Joining Capco means joining an organisation that is committed to an inclusive working environment where you’re encouraged to #BeYourselfAtWork. We celebrate individuality and recognize that diversity and inclusion, in all forms, is critical to success. It’s important to us that we recruit and develop as diverse a range of talent as we can and we believe that everyone brings something different to the table – so we’d love to know what makes you different. Such differences may mean we need to make changes to our process to allow you the best possible platform to succeed, and we are happy to cater to any reasonable adjustments you may require. You will find the section to let us know of these at the bottom of your application form or you can mention it directly to your recruiter at any stage and they will be happy to help.