Regulatory Reporting Data Analyst


 

Duties and responsibilities

  • Collaborating with data analysts and other stakeholders to understand system data requirements and ensure accurate data integration
  • Extracting and transforming data from the data warehouse to be ingested into the system
  • Participating in SQL code reviews and providing feedback to improve code quality
  • Optimizing SQL queries for performance and efficiency
  • Producing monthly financial reports for management and regulatory authorities to support decision making and reporting
  • Taking an active role in data analysis and interpretation in relation to the bank’s capital adequacy and liquidity position
  • Participating in relevant projects, systems implementation and enhancements
  • Automating processes to streamline regulatory reporting production
  • Implementing changes in regulatory requirements in liaison with the project teams    
  • Performing rigorous data validation and testing to ensure accuracy and integrity
  • Improving the quality of the financial information available and reporting by the team to the stakeholders
  • Collaborating with IT and data management teams to optimize data workflows and resolve data quality issues
  • Assisting with queries from regulatory authorities and external auditors
    Building and developing effective working relationship with staff within various business units and other colleagues in Malta, Belgium, Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Turkey

Required knowledge, skills and experience

  • Strong knowledge of MS Excel
  • Advanced SQL skills, with the ability to write and optimise complex SQL queries and experience with database management systems
  • Experience in data warehousing and ETL processes
  • Accounting qualification or banking/financial services working experience will be considered an asset
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities
  • Team player with effective communication skills, both written and verbal

Officer – Loan Support Operations


 

Duties and responsibilities

  • Assist the Deputy Senior Manager/Senior Manager with the operational side of the business in relation to Corporate Lending and Malta Mortgages
  • Record activities on lending facilities in the Bank’s system, such as loan account opening, drawdowns, rescheduling, and extra loan repayments
  • Preparing the necessary documentation for the perfection of the collateral, inputting of collateral in the Bank’s system and collateral monitoring, ensuring collateral is maintained in order
  • Preparing of postponement, waiver, and cancellation letters, collecting and allocating of funds, updating the related collateral in Bank’s system
  • Portfolio monitoring: Monitor past due on loans/excesses on accounts and provide business with information in a timely manner
  • Assist the Deputy Senior Manager/Senior Manager with the administrative/operational side of the business on international (mainly European) large corporate loan portfolio and Mortgage operations across other geographies in which the bank currently operates Belgium and the Netherlands
  • Ensuring that credit policies and procedures are always adhered to
  • Other duties as may be determined by Management

Required knowledge, skills and experience

  • A minimum of 1 year experience in a similar role 
  • A solid understanding of lending products and services
  • Proficiency with MS Office in particular with MS Excel
  • Diploma in Finance, Economics or a related field
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Maltese

Site Reliability Engineer


Duties and responsibilities

  • Actively participate in the design, setup and configuration process for the introduction of new systems and infrastructure related projects
  •  Maintain and compile procedures and documentation for all systems under the Corporate team responsibility
  • Installing and maintaining up to date Operational System software, patch levels, firmware, drivers and related services and in adherence with the patch management lifecycle
  • Configure and customize software in accordance with the requirements
  • Providing support to other technical staff in performing account management, disk space management, backups, baseline security administration, testing of system features and other systems administration activities
  • Monitoring, analyse and troubleshoot Systems and Services to ensure optimal uptime
  • Producing and maintaining appropriate documentation describing hardware setups, diagrams, operational procedures and overall inventory management
  • Suggesting and promoting System Changes in accordance with company policies and SOPs
  • Engaging in capacity planning and monitoring usage reports. Recommends alternatives to infrastructure reconfiguration including replacement or addition of capacity
  • Pro-actively reviewing and monitoring service indicators in order to ensure adherence to agreed upon service levels
  • Interacting with software and hardware maintenance providers in enforcing adequate levels of support
  • Reporting and responding to critical security events and take corrective measures per defined security policies and procedures
  • Implementation, administration, monitoring and support for switches, firewalls, and other network appliances
  • Participate in an ‘On Call’ roster supporting off hours and weekend activity.
  • Keep abreast with latest technological advances
  • Any additional duties which will be assigned by the Head/Manager of the team

Required knowledge, skills and experience

  • Microsoft Technologies:

✓ Windows Operating Systems – Server/Workstation
✓ Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, DFS, Certificate Management
✓ MS Exchange Hybrid & EOP
✓ SCCM
✓ Azure Knowledge (SAML, Azure AD, storage accounts, networking, tenant         administration etc.)
✓ Telephony – Teams Voice, Cisco CUCM
✓ Azure AD Connect, Azure Information Protection, MS Intune, Autopilot
✓ Azure Virtual Desktop
✓ Office365 Suite, MS Defender , MS Compliance Manager, Intune, Conditional     Access
✓ PowerShell

Expertise in modern management through Intune and Autopilot is considered as an asset.

  • VMware vCenter, ESXi
  • Backup Technologies – Veeam
  • SAN Technologies – Pure, HPE etc..
  • Ticketing Systems – Jira
  • Networking Background – CCNA level
  • Web Filtering Solutions
  • Apple MAC Device Management
  • Monitoring Software
  • Networking Knowledge – Switches, VPN Concentrators, Firewalls, IDS/IPS

Senior Engineer – Production Engineering


Duties and responsibilities

  • Configuring, supporting, and maintaining production networks and systems (routers, switches, network appliances, firewalls, Linux and Windows systems and the virtualization layer)
  • Create technical architecture models utilizing knowledge of industry and technical trends
  • Preparing written reports and other technical documentation necessary to communicate ideas, concepts, and detail necessary to accomplish specific goals
  • Operating the company’s business critical systems
  • Troubleshoot voice/ network/ security/ operating systems, backup, and coordinating installation of such items with appropriate vendors
  • Working with development teams to enhance and improve system operability. Conducting tests of network redundancy, resilience and failover of managed systems to ensure up-time standards are fully achieved
  • Providing on-call service coverage

Required knowledge, skills and experience

  • Technical – In-depth understanding of IP networking including routing, switching, addressing concepts, voice, storage, and operating systems such as Windows and Linux
  • The successful candidate must have operational experience with firewalls, VPNs, IPS and have been exposed to next generation firewalls. The candidate must also show in-depth experience with hardware installation, setup and monitoring, he will also have in-depth knowledge on virtualization technologies such as VMWare vSphere
  • Preference will be given to candidates who have experience with performance monitoring, cloud connectivity and highly available networks and systems, distributed on several geographical locations
  • Experience with automation and orchestration of infrastructure processes using tools such as Ansible, Chef, Puppet, etc
  • Experience with complex backup architecture, containing several levels of recoverability and resiliency
  • Knowledge on Kubernetes and containerized environments will be considered an asset
  • Understanding of cloud-based networking concerns such as load balancers and VPCs on AWS, Azure, or GCP Linux/Unix systems administration
  • Security – Promote adherence to security standards, defining processes to guarantee the best-in-class security for network connected systems

Intern – TechOps


Daily Operational Tasks

 TechOps Support:

  • Respond to support tickets and troubleshoot basic IT issues
  • Assist employees with hardware and software problems
  • Set up new workstations, including hardware installation and software configuration
  • Install and update software applications as required

Account Management:

  • Create and manage user accounts in various systems
  • Handle password resets and access permissions
  • Offer one-on-one support to employees needing assistance with IT tools
  • Help organize and support IT-related workshops or training sessions

Equipment Maintenance:

  • Perform routine maintenance on IT equipment (e.g., cleaning, checking for wear and tear)
  • Manage inventory of IT assets and report any discrepancies
  • Maintain records of IT assets, support requests, and resolutions

Specialist – Regulatory Affairs


Duties and responsibilities

  • Managing ongoing supervisory dialogue with various regulatory bodies.
  • Managing regulatory requests and the sharing of information with regulators.
  • Contribute to major workstreams stemming from key regulatory deliverables such as ICAAP/ILAAP, SREP, and OSIs.
  • Leading the assessment of major regulatory updates, ensuring the Bank’s timely response through legal interpretation and actionable strategies.
  • Work closely with the Head of Department on various tasks and projects, contributing to the team’s overall success.

Required knowledge, skills and experience

  • A Bachelor’s Degree in Law, Banking, or a related field, and equivalent technical knowledge, skills, and 3-4 year’s experience.
  • Excellent command of English, both written and verbal, with strong interpersonal skills to engage effectively with both internal teams and external regulators.
  • A genuine interest in financial and banking regulatory matters. Knowledge of local and EU financial services regulations is an asset.
  • Strong prioritisation skills with the ability to manage your own workload and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Backend QA Engineer


Duties and responsibilities

  • Participate in daily squad scrum activities to identify API level test plans
  • Author integration and end-to-end backend test cases both at a functional and non-functional level
  • Execute tests and use test management tools to record test runs and communicate test results
  • Collaborate with the TPOs and developers daily to ensure sprint goals are consistently met
  • Report, and triage defects in a structured and effective manner using issue tracking software
  • Liaise with the automation team for any tests that are ideal candidates for automation
  • Define, identify, and execute API regression and smoke tests using collection runners
  • Perform basic troubleshooting and root cause analysis in case of defects and issues
  • Prepare test collection wireframe structures that can be used as helpers by the team during development of automated tests

Required knowledge, skills and experience

  • University degree in Computer Science or relevant field
  • Minimum of 3 years’ experience in similar roles, ideally within backend testing or development
  • Experience with issue tracking tools such as Jira and test tracking tools such as Testrail or Xray
  • Strong experience with API testing clients such as Postman, bruno, or JMeter
  • Working knowledge of SQL queries for databases such as MSSQL, Oracle or Postgres
  • Familiarity with messaging technologies such as Kafka or RabbitMQ
  • Ability to navigate through service logs and perform basic troubleshooting
  • Basic ability to use debugging tools such as browser dev tools
  • Good understanding of JSON schema definitions, and microservice architecture designs principles
  • Working knowledge of versioning tools and repos such as Git or SVN.
  • Basic knowledge of cloud infrastructures, CI/CD platforms will be considered an asset
  • Knowledge of scripting or development languages such as JS or C# will be considered as a very strong asset

Customer Support Officer (Dutch/ French)


Duties and responsibilities

  • Attracting new customers by answering incoming calls and responding to customer emails
  • Responding and resolving customer queries and escalating technical issues, whilst finding and explaining the best solution to solve the problem
  • Providing customers with information about the Bank’s products and services
  • Following up on customers’ instructions including payments, placement of trades, transfer of investment portfolios, and account opening and closure
  • Supporting the Bank’s marketing strategy throughout various campaigns focusing on savings and wealth products

Required knowledge, skills and experience

  • Native French and/ or Dutch language
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English is a plus
  • Previous experience in a customer service role will be considered an asset

ALM Analyst


Duties and responsibilities

  • Regular calculation and development of IRRBB/CSRBB metrics and reports
  • Development and maintenance of ALM models
  • Support management of the Bank’s IRRBB/CSRBB exposure including hedging activity
  • Support business decision making via various analysis, contribution to ALCO/Board presentations and documentation
  • Support in regular hedge accounting efficiency tests
  • Involvement in other activities related to ALM management

Required knowledge, skills and experience

  • Understanding of Treasury and Banking Book products and risks including derivatives
  • Understanding of regulatory framework related to IRRBB/CSRBB
  • Strong IT skills (VBA, Python, SQL)
  • Problem solving skills
  • Previous experience in Finance / Treasury /ALM would be considered as an asset

Platform Support Engineer


Duties and responsibilities

  • Analysing/Monitoring and Prioritising the team’s daily incident log
  • Taking ownership of software platforms relating to services that the bank offers to its clients
  • Keeping platforms up to date by testing and implementing the latest releases and patches delivered by third party suppliers throughout the year
  • Ensuring the smooth operation of platforms and monitoring for repeated issues, performing root cause analysis where necessary
  • Prioritising and resolving day to day 2nd line issues relating to the platforms by using issue tracking tools
  • Participating in daily standup meetings with Software Development team, highlighting concerning trends and potential wide issues to be prioritized as part of the teams ‘sprint/backlog
  • Assisting in post-implementation continuous improvement efforts in enhancing performance
  • Collaborating with the various business, technology, and external supplier teams to provide system support, testing and documentation

Required knowledge, skills and experience

  • Knowledge of SQL technologies (Microsoft SQL). Any prior knowledge of Postgre SQL would be considered as an asset
  • Knowledge and experience of Atlassian Cloud Suite, with proficiency on Jira and Confluence
  • Experience with Windows and Linux operating system environments
  • Self-motivated and willing to work in an energetic, fast paced team environment
  • Strong organizational and project management skills
  • Effective problem solving, judgment, and independent thinking skills for troubleshooting, repair, and recognition of acceptable or unacceptable software quality
  • Any knowledge or exposure of IT Service Management environment, with governance under ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) framework would be considered as an asset
  • Any knowledge or exposure of Agile Framework and SDLC would be considered as an asset

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