Rainer Schindwolf - Senior Business Analyst

Q: Where is Rainer based?

Rainer is based in Schwandorf, Germany .

Q: What languages does Rainer speak?

Rainer speaks the following languages: German (Advanced), English (Advanced) .

Q: How many years of experience does Rainer have?

Rainer has at least 21 years of experience. During this time, Rainer has worked in at least 3 different roles and for 15 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 1 year . Note that Rainer may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Rainer's latest experience?

Rainer's most recent position is Senior Business Analyst at German Service Company for Financial Service Providers .

Q: What companies has Rainer worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Rainer has worked for German Service Company for Financial Service Providers , Finanz Informatik , and German Savings Bank Publisher .

Q: Which industries is Rainer most experienced in?

Rainer is most experienced in industries like Banking and Finance and Information Technology (IT) .

Q: Which business areas is Rainer most experienced in?

Rainer is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology (IT) , Quality Assurance (QA) , and Project Management . Rainer also has some experience in Product Development , Operations , and Finance .

Q: Which industries has Rainer worked in recently?

Rainer has recently worked in industries like Banking and Finance and Information Technology (IT) .

Q: Which business areas has Rainer worked in recently?

Rainer has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology (IT) , Project Management , and Customer Service .

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Schwandorf, Germany

Experience

Jul 2023 - Apr 2024

10 months

Senior Business Analyst

German Service Company for Financial Service Providers

Support the business units with the administrative implementation of PPS processes in OSPlus applications
Collaborate on OSPlus releases
Provide support to business units on OSPlus application features
Collaborate with Finanz Informatik and contribute to projects
Training and onboarding in the area of OSPlus Portal/OSPlus_neo
Create documentation and guides
Create onboarding materials
Administration of FDVG, document templates, securities, and basic administration for clients

Jan 2022 - Jun 2023

1 year 6 months

Frankfurt, Germany

Senior Business Analyst

Finanz Informatik

Communication Center Neo and document hub network, document distribution
Preparation and evaluation of complex requirements
Create functional specifications
Perform error analyses
Create highly complex test cases using TFE sheets and dependencies in the overall OSPlus system
Execute test cases including regression testing and create test documentation in HPQC
Handle tickets in SRPlus
Lead a work package to establish the technical foundation for integrating input management's inbox processes into the communication center in OSPlus neo

May 2021 - Dec 2021

8 months

Hanover, Germany

Senior Business Analyst

Finanz Informatik

OSPlus customer service
Support KS Loans with ticket processing
Handling customer inquiries: receiving, analyzing, advising and developing solution proposals for customer requests, issues and disruptions, especially in the area of OSPlus interest rollover/OSPlus interest rollover neo, administration and business transactions AZ6

Jan 2021 - Mar 2021

3 months

Hanover, Germany

Senior Business Analyst

Finanz Informatik

OSPlus personnel management
Support in implementing business requirements in the area of document management and connecting the form center
Design and implementation of FDVG
Creation of a prototype (XDP) with Adobe LiveCycle Designer

Nov 2020 - Apr 2021

6 months

Stuttgart, Germany

Senior Business Analyst

German Savings Bank Publisher

Form creation for OSPlus
Creation of form templates for OSPlus/Finanz Informatik using Adobe LiveCycle Designer

Nov 2020 - Dec 2020

2 months

Magdeburg, Germany

Senior Business Analyst

Investitionsbank Land Sachsen-Anhalt

Pre-project "Carve out"
Assumed the business sub-project lead role in sub-project 1
Provided business and methodological leadership in developing a conceptual target image
Took on expert tasks as part of the "OSPlus Pre-project"
Supported the sub-project management
Supported the overall methodology for deriving an application target concept based on the methodological framework of Finanz Informatik
Developed individual business concepts through interviews with subject-matter experts and independently documented business topics

Sep 2020 - Dec 2020

4 months

Hanover, Germany

Senior Business Analyst

Finanz Informatik

OSPlus personnel management
Supported implementation of business requirements in document management and integration of the form center
Identified, analyzed, and documented system requirements
Created basic concepts and use scenarios
Collaborated on creating business specifications
Collaborated on developing the IT concept
Designed and technically implemented the business concept
Created, executed, and documented developer test cases

Jun 2020 - Sep 2020

4 months

Hanover, Germany

Senior Business Analyst

Finanz Informatik

Interest rate extension OSPlus neo, PK Plus
Created the business concept for OSPlus new interest extension
Tested the PKPlus application
Documented the results and defects in HPQC
Conducted retests of the defects
Created test cases for the interest extension user authorization module (NBM)
Created the test cases using the test case engine (TFE)
Tested the NBM interest extension
Administered test users and profiles (KURS)
Created a BPMN flow diagram in Visio

Nov 2019 - Dec 2019

2 months

Stuttgart, Germany

Senior Business Analyst

LBBW

Active business forms
Adapted existing active business forms using Adobe LiveCycle Designer

Sep 2019 - May 2020

9 months

Hanover, Germany

Senior Business Analyst

Finanz Informatik

Functional enhancement of the "Personalinformation Online" application
Took on tasks in analysis, design, implementation, and testing/acceptance
Implemented business requirements in document management and integration of the form center
Identified, analyzed, and documented system requirements
Created basic concepts and use scenarios
Collaborated on creating business specifications
Collaborated on developing the IT concept
Designed and technically implemented the business concept
Created, executed, and documented developer test cases
Created a prototype (XDP) using Adobe LiveCycle Designer
Designed and implemented FDVG
Created test cases in HPQC
Conducted tests and documented them in HPQC

Aug 2019 - Dec 2019

5 months

Senior Business Analyst

Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband e.V.

Contributed to the "current account and payment strategy of the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe – Phase 3"
Document review

Apr 2019 - Aug 2019

5 months

Stuttgart, Germany

Senior Business Analyst

Deutscher Sparkassen Verlag GmbH

EbilPro
Sub-project lead for creating requirements specification for the new EbilPro
Guidance of functional teams
Collaboration and coordination with various departments
Preparation of the requirements specification for the new EbilPro
Created the description for the SFP self-service component
Created the description for the SFP material cost ratio component
Support in ticket processing for EbilPro
Administration of customization
Coordinated the dynamic interface between Finanz Informatik and the EbilPro balance sheet review interface
Support in mapping the digital financial report to the dynamic interface Finanz Informatik

Jan 2018 - Oct 2018

10 months

Munich, Germany

Senior Business Analyst

LBS München

Design of target roles for the II migration
Rights analysis with a custom-built Access database
Extracting data from Active Directory using PowerQuery
Importing all rights into the MS Access database
Role design
Migration of identities, roles, and permissions
Role mining
Creating authorization concepts
Quality assurance of authorization concepts
Creating a SoD matrix
Identifying critical rights
Creating role proposals based on the rights analysis
Preparing a bulk role import into SAM for initial setup

Oct 2017 - Jan 2018

4 months

Potsdam, Germany

Senior Business Analyst

Mittelbrandenburgische Sparkasse

Forms
Replacing Excel forms with new OSPlus forms created with Adobe LiveCycle Designer
Documentation in code

May 2017 - Jul 2018

1 year 3 months

Stuttgart, Germany

Senior Business Analyst

Landesbank Baden-Württemberg

ASF and FDVG, credit forms
Creation of new forms and letters using Adobe LiveCycle Designer
Correction and modification of forms and letters using Adobe LiveCycle Designer
Correction and modification of ASF data feeds (3270 application)
Creation and correction of form data feeds in OSPlus
Creation and correction of form data modules in OSPlus
Creation of form data parameters in OSPlus
Creation of field codes and key directories for form data feeds
Creation of DMS service products for forms and letters
Administration of forms and letters in OSPlus (uploading, publishing, product assignment)
Creation of text modules for letters and forms
Documentation of corrections and changes

Jan 2015 - Dec 2016

2 years

Bremen, Germany

OSPlus Credit Administrator / Senior Business Analyst

Bremer Landesbank

OSPlus Credit administrator in the New Credit IT project
OSPlus Credit (private, commercial)
AZ6
OSPlus GPS administration
Modernization loans / decision engine
VVS (managing assets and collaterals)
OSPlus model calculation
Performing administration of OSPlus applications
Form development with Adobe LiveCycle Designer
Creating text snippets for letters and forms
Form administration in ISV
KWG18 (process and letters)
Supporting business design and creating a detailed admin concept for templates/contracts, credit processes (GPS), KURS, and the event system
Supporting validation in OSPlus Credit
Test case creation and execution
OSPlus rights management
OSPlus event system
OSPlus interest rate extension
Documentation of changes
FATCA support

Jul 2014 - Dec 2014

6 months

Vienna, Austria

Senior Business Analyst

sIT Solutions

DBR TSY (Treasury contribution margin accounting)
Analysis of the original documentation
Creation of the functional database documentation at product level (bonds, EQO, LDD, equities, etc.)
Analysis of the MS-SQL database, tables, and procedures
Creation of the technical database documentation (tables, procedures)
Creation of a data change plan from importing to exporting results

Nov 2013 - Dec 2013

2 months

Senior Business Analyst

GAD eG

Regulatory reporting (own funds, own funds requirements, leverage ratio, liquidity coverage ratio, NSFR)
Creating user manuals in DocBook
Adapting functional concepts
Translating individual forms

Feb 2013 - Jul 2013

6 months

Business Analyst

Sparda-Datenverarbeitung eG

Mortgage financing
Coordination with on-site customers
Functional Product Owner following Scrum process
Creation of user stories using Jira
Detailed analysis of collateral valuation
Investigation of form printing
SEPA reconciliation
BLW portfolio evaluation
Coordination of BLW services with KBS development

Jul 2001 - Sep 2012

11 years 3 months

Senior Business Analyst

Sparkassen Informatik / Finanz Informatik / IZB Soft

Working in customer service for OSPlus loan applications
First and second-level support for a distributed application (OSPlus Credit, consumer credit, decision engine, VVS, OSPlus model calculation)
Administration service of OSPlus applications for savings banks (OSPlus mortgage/commercial credit, consumer credit, decision engine, VVS, OSPlus model calculation)
Coordination and consultation with on-site customers
Performing administration of OSPlus applications
Staff training
PINQ (complaint handling in SWIFT payment transactions between savings banks and Landesbank): creating a technical overview for the architecture board
CPS – taking over technical credit card processing: identifying external departments using credit card data and coordinating with them
S-MobileBanking: testing, creating a merger guide
PAC-MAC new (securing authorization messages between host and self-service devices through 3MAC calculation and PAC generation) and self-service device key distribution
Requirements analysis and creating a functional concept with business modeling
Creating a requirements specification for external contractors
Creating a test plan and test concept
Core banking system IZB-Soft level 1: creating functional design, analysis, and supporting project management
Cross-account statement: quality assurance officer, project management, creating requirements specification, functional design, and IT concept, and conducting tests
New mortgage financing: creating functional design and use cases, quality assurance of conditions, dependencies, and rules within the application
Creating prototypes using MS Access
Identifying test cases, creating a test case database in MS Access and exporting test data to HP Testcenter, and conducting tests
Recentralization of decentralized systems: coordination with project management
Self-service deposit online: deputy project lead and quality assurance officer, creating functional design, IT concept, test concept, test case database, and conducting tests
DAS-CS (unified evaluation tool for various savings bank data sources: HOST, transaction DB, SDWH): project management
Optimizing central log evaluation (Net-IQ): adjusting PL/SQL program, creating operational and support documentation, formal review of the IT concept

Industries Experience

See where this freelancer has spent most of their professional time. Longer bars indicate deeper hands-on experience, while shorter ones reflect targeted or project-based work.

Experienced in Banking and Finance (20.5 years) and Information Technology (15 years).

Banking and Finance

Information Technology

Business Areas Experience

The graph below provides a cumulative view of the freelancer's experience across multiple business areas, calculated from completed and active engagements. It highlights the areas where the freelancer has most frequently contributed to planning, execution, and delivery of business outcomes.

Experienced in Information Technology (20.5 years), Quality Assurance (15 years), Project Management (12.5 years), Product Development (2 years), Business Intelligence (1 year), and Finance (1 year).

Information Technology

Quality Assurance

Project Management

Product Development

Business Intelligence

Finance

Skills

Certified Savings Bank Business Economist With Specialization In Wealth Advisory, Corporate Financing And Controlling
Software/application Designer And Developer
Business Process Management
Application Design (Service Architecture)
Application Development
Document Management
Data Modeling
Very Good Knowledge In Business Process Analysis
Very Good Knowledge Of Banking Processes And Data Management, Especially In The Credit Business (Consumer Credit Officer, Commercial Credit Officer, Credit Organizer, Customer Advisor, Deputy Service Group Leader)
Project Management Tasks
Analysis Of Requirements For Developing System Solutions Considering Economic Aspects (Time, Cost, Quality)
Conducting Technical And Functional Feasibility Studies
Design And Specification Of Application Systems
Implementation And Documentation Of Application Systems
Creation Of Prototypes (E.g., With Ms Access)
Creation Of The Functional Data And Function Model And Its Transformation Into The Technical Model Including Normalization
Testing Of Applications/products And Creation Of Test Concepts, Test Cases And Test Case Descriptions
Preparation For Acceptance And Participation In The Handover Of The Product To The Technical Deployment Environment
Continuous Coordination In The Design Process With Internal And External Parties (Clients, Developers, Project Managers, Etc.)
Application Customer Service
Administration At Client Sites
Creation Of Form And Letter Templates Using Adobe Livecycle Designer
Windows / Windows Server
Linux
Ms-dos
C
Html / Css
Java
C#
Sql
Javascript
Php
Xml
Vba
Uml
Mysql
Sql Server
Oracle
Access From Version 2.0
Openaccess Ii
Dbase
Epk
Eepk
Value Chain
Subject-oriented Process Modeling
Oo Modeling
Scrum
Rose
Ibo Ablaufprofi/prometheus
Ms Visio
Ms Office
Ms Visio
Ms Project
Gimp
Clearcase
Lotus Notes
Openoffice
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Flash
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Dreamweaver
Eclipse
Visual Studio 2003
Dokbook
Adobe Livecycle Designer
Common Web Browsers
Common Open-source Tools
Jira
Srplus
Hpqc

Languages

German

Advanced

English

Advanced

Certifications & licenses

Certified savings bank business economist with specialization in wealth advisory, corporate finance and controlling

Profile

Created

July 2024

Last Update

July 2025

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Where is Rainer based?

Rainer is based in Schwandorf, Germany.

What languages does Rainer speak?

Rainer speaks the following languages: German (Advanced), English (Advanced).

How many years of experience does Rainer have?

Rainer has at least 21 years of experience. During this time, Rainer has worked in at least 3 different roles and for 15 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year. Note that Rainer may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Rainer be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Rainer would be well-suited for roles such as: Senior Business Analyst, OSPlus Credit Administrator / Senior Business Analyst, Business Analyst.

What is Rainer's latest experience?

Rainer's most recent position is Senior Business Analyst at German Service Company for Financial Service Providers.

What companies has Rainer worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Rainer has worked for German Service Company for Financial Service Providers, Finanz Informatik, and German Savings Bank Publisher.

Which industries is Rainer most experienced in?

Rainer is most experienced in industries like Banking and Finance and Information Technology (IT).

Which business areas is Rainer most experienced in?

Rainer is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology (IT), Quality Assurance (QA), and Project Management. Rainer also has some experience in Product Development, Operations, and Finance.

Which industries has Rainer worked in recently?

Rainer has recently worked in industries like Banking and Finance and Information Technology (IT).

Which business areas has Rainer worked in recently?

Rainer has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology (IT), Project Management, and Customer Service.

Does Rainer have any certificates?

Rainer has 1 certificate: Certified savings bank business economist with specialization in wealth advisory, corporate finance and controlling.

What is the availability of Rainer?

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