Senior Business Analyst - Financial Instruments Data

Senior Business Analyst - Financial Instruments Data

Location

Allmendstrasse 140
8041 Zurich
Switzerland

Work arrangement

Full-time

A bit about the role

As Senior Business Analyst you will be a key member of Avaloq’s Banking Operations division, acting as a functional lead within the Asset Data Sourcing team. Banking Operations serves as the back office for more than 30 banks globally, ensuring efficient, compliant, and reliable processing across the Avaloq banking platform.

The Asset Data Sourcing team is responsible for the integration, mapping, governance, and distribution of financial instruments master data. In this role, you will take ownership of data sourcing activities for Avaloq’s global Financial Instruments Master Data Service (Asset Hub) and support the operational and strategic leadership of the team.

Your key tasks

• Overall responsibility and organization of Asset Data Sourcing service operations, as Senior Business Analyst
• Support team leadership through planning, prioritization and act as a senior escalation point for complex data, client, or vendor-related issues
• Overall Planning and implementation of asset, issuer, pricing etc. data migration projects
• Design and maintain complex business rules, mappings and specifications for successful releases
• Engaging with our clients in the capturing of their requirements and implementation (business analysis, functional specification, testing and releasing)
• Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders across Banking Operations, IT, Product, and regional teams to deliver client-specific solutions within our Master Data Services
• As part of the vendor & change management, you will coordinate with data providers (with SIX Financial but also Bloomberg) and advise our internal data consumers on feed topics (VDFS/FLEX) and content
• In-depth knowledge of data vendor SIX Financial Information in the context of (VDFS) data feeds in the light of being a Service Facilitator towards SIX FI

A bit about you

• A proven IT or business qualification combined with a strong banking or financial services background
• Minimum 3 years’ experience as a Business Analyst in reference and market data management (e.g. Asset Hub of a Bank)
• Strong hands-on experience in financial instruments, master data, data delivery, Data modelling and target-system mapping
• In-depth knowledge in the SIX Financial Information data feed (VDF/VDFS) management of financial data content and data delivery
• A solid experience of the Enterprise Data Management system "Temenos DataSource” (TDS) is a mandatory
• Experience in TDS rule engine, configuration, customization and data modelling is highly desirable
• Practical knowledge in SQL. PL/SQL scripting is required
• Experience with the Avaloq Core Banking System is highly advantageous
• You are highly motivated, proactive, and comfortable taking ownership of critical topics, by providing supervision and direction
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional and international teams
• Strong analytical mindset with a client-focused and solution-oriented approach
• Confident communicator, capable of engaging with senior stakeholders, clients, and vendors
• You are fluent in German and English
• Italian or French would be a plus

Additional information

We realize that managing work life balance is a challenge we all face in our daily lives and in order to support with this we are pleased to offer hybrid and flexible working for most of our Avaloqers to maintain work life balance and still continue our fantastic Avaloq culture in our global offices.

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Benefits

• Annual bonus or sales reward

  At Avaloq we work hard to remain an industry leading provider and we love to reward our colleagues with a share of that success with an annual bonus, you will even remain eligible for annual bonus while you do the hardest job of your life – taking care of your children during parental leave.

• Flexible working

  We understand that fitting your life around your job can be challenging which is why in most roles we offer flexible working to allow you to thrive both in and out of work.

• Kudos instant recognition scheme

  We love to see people thriving in their roles and we have an instant recognition scheme at Avaloq to help managers reward the great work our colleagues deliver with a gift to say thanks.

• Access to Udemy for professional and personal learning

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