Business Analyst - Finance and Accounting

A career at Lombard Odier means working for a renowned global wealth and asset manager, with a strong focus on sustainable investing.

An innovative bank of choice for private and institutional clients, our independently owned Firm is one of the best-capitalised banking groups in the world, managing close to CHF 300 billion and operating from over 25 offices across 4 continents.

With a history spanning over 225 years, Lombard Odier is an investment house providing a comprehensive offering of discretionary and advisory portfolio management, wealth services and custody.

We also offer asset management services and investment strategies through Lombard Odier Investment Managers and provide advanced banking technology to other financial institutions.

Rethink Everything is our philosophy it is at the heart of everything we do. We have grown stronger through more than 40 financial crises by rethinking the world around us to provide a fresh investment perspective for our clients.

Within Technologies & Operations department, Finance Core Banking development team is composed of around fifteen people organized according to agile principles, Finance Core is in charge of strategic projects and evolutive maintenance for Finance and Accounting components.

YOUR ROLE

Establish effective communication between the client / end users and the development team, helping them to communicate together directly when requirements are clear enough

Design clear and comprehensive functional specification, including user journey, process models, and data flow diagrams

Manipulate data, extract insights, and use it to inform decision-making and support the development of project requirements

Ensure the quality and integrity of project requirements and deliverables

Identify opportunities for process improvement and efficiency within the project or the product

Describe and perform end-to-end testing scenarios and their execution at transversal (multi-products) level

Oversee the planning, execution and successful delivery of project within the organization

Identify and mitigate risk, issue and dependencies across the project

Prepare and present project status including progress, risks, issues and dependencies

Manage project arbitrations and escalate to appropriate stakeholders

YOUR PROFILE

Master degree in business management, computer engineering, information system or a relevant field

Experience working in cross-functional teams or in a significant transformation project

3+ year experience in a similar role within banking industry

A previous experience in Finance and Accounting will be highly considered

Good command of project management tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, Microsoft 365)

Strong critical thinking to analyze, challenge and translate the client’s requirements distinctly

Be able to interpret the problem and find alternative business and technical approaches

Good understanding of project management principles, methodologies, and processes to align activities with the overall project plan, schedule, and deliverables

Present project findings and outcomes in front of the stakeholders

Ability to process modeling and analysis capabilities to map and assess business processes, identify inefficiencies, and propose improvements

Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively interact with stakeholders at all levels of the organization in French and English

Ability to analyze data and metrics to drive data-driven decision making

Resident in Switzerland or willingness to relocate

Our Maison’s DNA is defined by five core values. Excellence drives us to be the best at what we do, while Innovation fuels our progress.

Respect underpins every interaction, and Integrity shapes our actions. Together, we are One Team , united in serving our clients with unwavering dedication.

As a responsible and supportive employer, we promote a diverse and inclusive work environment for our employees and candidates.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are woven into the fabric of our Maison’s DNA, and we strive to ensure that our employees can fulfill both their personal and professional aspirations by encouraging internal mobility and individual upskilling programs.

We firmly believe that building Diverse Teams contributes to our successes and to deliver on this, we actively embed Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in our business strategy.

It is an exciting time to join our Teams. All applications will be handled in the strictest confidence.