We are looking for a
Business Analyst (m/f/d)
(unlimited, fulltime) Join our team at our location in Berlin – flexible working conditions available.
I n this role You will focus on our accounting products, helping us understand and improve complex business processes and automate manual work. The role sits in the Product organisation, with a clear focus on business analysis rather than deep technical system design.
What you will do
* Participate in internal product discovery to understand business problems, payment and accounting flows, and improvement opportunities across products and operations.
* Gather and structure business requirements by facilitating workshops and discussions with internal and external stakeholders.
* Analyse and document end-to-end business processes, including current state and target state, using clear diagrams, narratives and use cases.
* Transform business needs into clear, actionable documentation for both business and technical teams, including business requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
* Support product managers in breaking down larger initiatives into MVPs, epics, and well-formed backlog items that are ready for implementation.
* Conduct impact and feasibility analyses together with product managers, engineers and other experts, particularly for changes that affect payments, accounting, and ledgers.
* Help the cross-functional team understand the business logic behind requirements and how changes affect financial and operational accounting.
* Support quality assurance by validating that delivered functionality matches the intended business behaviour and acceptance criteria.
* Contribute to planning and estimation in sprint and product backlog sessions, bringing a clear view of complexity and dependencies from a business perspective.
What you bring
* Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics or related field
* 4+ years of experience as a Business Analyst in a software product or financial services environment
* Proven experience in analysing and documenting complex business processes, ideally in the fintech domain
* Demonstrated ability to translate business needs into structured requirements, high-quality user stories, and clear, testable acceptance criteria.
* Strong understanding of how software products are developed in Agile/Scrum environments, including familiarity with Software Development Life Cycle.
* Experience collaborating closely with product managers/owners, engineers and stakeholders to refine scope, clarify requirements and manage trade-offs.
* Ability to work with data to support your analysis, by using reports, dashboards etc
* Familiarity with Agile delivery tools such as Jira or Azure DevOps for backlog management and documentation.
* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, you can identify root causes and define practical solutions and improvement
* Excellent communication and facilitation skills, comfortable leading requirement discussions and workshops with stakeholders at different levels.
* Fluency in English. German language skills are a strong plus, as many stakeholders are German-speaking.
Nice to have
* Fluency in one of the following languages: German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish
* Experience in payments, finance, accounting or BNPL, for example working with reconciliations, settlements, ledgers or booking logic.
* Experience defining or tracking business KPIs in a product context.