Lead Business Analyst

For our banking client in Zürich we are currently looking for a Lead Business Analyst:

START: ASAP

Duration: 6 months

Location: Zürich

The role involves:

- Identifying and documenting business requirements from key business stakeholders
- Overseeing business testing and user acceptance testing activity
- Conducting deep dive analyses, gap analyses and proposing responses
- Managing and supporting user acceptance testing
- Working in partnership with key stakeholders and programs to define business solutions that deliver requirements
- Responsibility for timely resolution of ongoing regulatory and industry group outcomes and other events on business requirements
- Providing direction and oversight to business analysts developing functional specifications that meet business requirements
- Working effectively in and leading working groups with diverse Business stakeholders to ensure requirements and priorities are successfully met
- Providing up-to-date status report throughout the release cycle

The candidate must have:

- Relevant business analysis experience within banking and financial services with prior project management
- Experience in market/credit/operational risk implementations
- Strong understanding on front to back systems, data, calculations and processes within an Investment Banking environment
- Effective stakeholder management, experience in facing senior business stakeholders, and ability to engage with quantitative experts.

Other attributes:

- Track record of sourcing and defining clear and comprehensive requirements
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills; numerically competent
- Good business analysis and functional specification design
- Strong attention to detail, accuracy and timeliness of delivery
- Self-motivated and proven ability to work with little supervision
- Proven ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner (written and verbal)
- Effective time management - able to work under pressure and meet project deadlines
- Good team player - the team has a reputation of being able to deliver with quality and upholding these high standards individually and as a team will be given the highest priority

Other skills and qualifications:

- University degree in relevant subject (finance/accountancy is a plus but not mandatory)
- Recognized relevant professional qualification (eg CFA, MBA, CA, risk certification)
- Familiarity with business processes, financial products, credit risk management and regulatory requirements (eg FSA Basel II/III; FINMA)
- Strong SQL skills
- Proficiency in MS Excel

Michael Bailey International is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.