Business Analyst
Help shape the future of pension administration - Join a company transforming the Dutch pension landscape
Festina Finance is modernising how Life & Pension administration is delivered across Europe. With a strong presence in Denmark and the Netherlands, we are implementing our platform at two of the largest pension administrators in the Dutch market.
To support this growth, we are expanding our local team in Amsterdam and looking for a Business Analyst who wants to work hands-on with complex pension products, system implementations, and international collaboration.
About the role
As a Business Analyst, you will work closely with customers, domain experts, and development teams to translate business needs into clear system requirements. You will be involved throughout the implementation process — from understanding pension products and events to shaping system behaviour and supporting configuration.
You enjoy working with complexity, take ownership of your tasks, and feel comfortable navigating between business and IT. You thrive in a role where you collaborate across countries and contribute to solutions used by major pension providers.
What you will work on
Analysis & requirements
- Understand and translate business requirements into functional and system specifications
- Analyse pension products, processes, and events to ensure correct system behaviour
Implementation & solution design
- Support Life & Pension system implementations and change initiatives
- Participate in business process modelling and contribute to solution design
- Work with system configuration and understand the technical implications of requirements
Collaboration & stakeholder engagement
- Work closely with customers, domain experts, and internal teams
- Align across teams and locations, building strong professional relationships internationally
What you bring
- Strong knowledge of the Dutch Life & Pension industry (must-have)
- Fluency in Dutch and comfortable working in English
- Experience with IT implementation projects or change management
- Solid understanding of pension products, processes, and events
- Analytical mindset with the ability to simplify complexity
- Creative approach to business process modelling
- A somewhat technical mindset — able to understand and contribute to configuration
- Proactive, collaborative, and comfortable working in a distributed team
Location & collaboration
- Office in Amsterdam
- Regular collaboration with customers across the Netherlands
- Opportunities to visit our Head Office in Værløse, Denmark
- Work in international teams across multiple locations
In short - why this role, and why Festina
This role is for someone who wants to work hands‑on with complex Dutch pension products and influence how modern pension administration is implemented in practice. You will be the link between business and IT, work closely with major Dutch pension providers, and help shape how our platform supports their processes.
At Festina Finance, you join a fast‑growing company with a flat structure, short decision lines, and real responsibility from day one. You work with a modern platform used by leading European providers, collaborate with skilled colleagues across countries, and have direct impact on the solutions we deliver. We value initiative, clear communication, and teamwork and your ideas will be heard.
We expect you to challenge us, just as we challenge the industry. In return, we offer a dynamic and flexible workplace where professional growth and teamwork are central.
About Festina Finance
Festina Finance is a software company that focuses on building life policy administration systems for the pension sector and 360-degree advisory solutions for the financial sector.
- 40+ customers; we assist a range of banks, insurance companies, pension funds, and pension administration companies across Europe in providing the best service to their clients. The solutions include the tools necessary for calculations, optimizations, and forecasting in the most frequently used financial areas.
- 100+ employees and growing; Since we welcomed our first customer in 2014, we have grown from less than 10 to more than 100 employees and continue to grow. We have branches in Denmark, the Netherlands, and the UK, with HQ located in Værløse in Denmark.
- Highly experienced team, where a significant part of the team has 10 – 30 years of experience in the sector with a proven track record of several successful life and Pension policy administration implementations.
You are welcome to read more about Festina Finance on our website, www.festinafinance.com
