Business Analyst - Data Platform & Analytics

Job Description

Job Description

We are looking for a committed and competent Business Analyst to join our international team. You will act as a key interface between business stakeholders and technical teams, ensuring that business needs are clearly understood, analyzed, and translated into well-defined technical requirements.

You will work closely with business stakeholders, software engineers, technology vendors, and other technical teams to support the design and delivery of effective solutions.

Key tasks

• Gather, analyze, and understand business requirements from internal and external stakeholders.
• Translate business needs into clear and structured functional and technical requirements that can be implemented by development teams.
• Act as the bridge between business stakeholders and software engineers, ensuring a common understanding of requirements and expected outcomes.
• Analyze existing business processes, applications, interfaces, and data flows to identify appropriate solutions.
• Understand the Avaloq Core Banking Platform and the corresponding banking business processes and functional areas.
• Prepare and maintain requirements, functional specifications, process flows, user stories, acceptance criteria, and supporting documentation.
• Support developers during solution design and implementation by clarifying business and functional requirements.
• Support testing and validation activities to ensure that delivered solutions meet the agreed business requirements.
• Assist in root cause analysis and the resolution of functional and production issues.
• Ensure all documentation aligns with internal standards and best practices. Regularly review and update existing documentation to reflect any changes in processes or systems.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Information Systems, Finance, or an equivalent field.
• 3+ years of relevant experience as a Business Analyst, Functional Analyst, Technical Business Analyst, or in a similar role within banking or financial services.
• 2+ years with Avaloq Core Platform or similar banking technology
• Experience with documenting business requirements and functional specifications
• Familiarity with developing user stories and use cases
• Strong knowledge of SQL and PL/SQL
• Experience with SQL, Oracle/Snowflake databases data analysis, APIs, interfaces, or system integrations is considered an advantage.
• Experience with Oracle Data Integrator (ODI), including understanding data integration processes, mappings, interfaces, and ETL/data flows is considered an advantage.
• Excellent analytical skills and a structured approach to problem solving.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both business and technical stakeholders.
• Quality-conscious, self-motivated, and goal-oriented.
• Open-minded team player with strong communication skills and proficiency in written and spoken English.
• Willingness to develop strong knowledge of the Avaloq platform and complete relevant Avaloq training and certification.

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.

In Avaloq we are proud to embrace diversity and understand the success of our business is built on the power of different opinions, we are whole heartedly committed to fostering an equal opportunity environment and inclusive culture where you can be your true authentic self.

We hire, compensate and promote regardless of origin, age, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other fantastic traits that make us all unique, we have done our best to write this advert in an inclusive and neutral way.

Please be aware that we will not accept speculative CV submissions for any of our roles from recruitment agencies, and any unsolicited candidate submissions will be exempt from any payment expectations.