Junior Business Analyst - Securities Operations

Julius Baer; Zürich; On-site; CHF 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Julius Baer in Zürich invites a Junior Business Analyst to join Banking Operations within our transformation program. You will help define future-state processes for securities processing, trade settlement and corporate actions, analyse impacts, validate data and prepare teams for the migration.

Working closely with local SMEs and international project teams, you elicit requirements, map processes, design tests, coordinate data quality initiatives and develop user guides and training materials.

Qualifications

• Completed apprenticeship in banking and/or higher education with focus in banking.
• Experience in a business analyst or coordination role within banking operations.
• Strong interest in process analysis, digital transformation and change enablement.
• Solid skills in database querying or data analysis tools (e.g. SQL, Excel, Power BI).
• Understanding of post-trade securities operations, particularly in trade settlement and corporate actions processing across equities, fixed income, funds and derivatives.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement abilities.
• Independent way of working combined with a solution‑driven attitude and willingness to go the extra mile.
• Fluent in English; working knowledge of German is advantageous but not mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Elicit, document and structure business requirements in cooperation with Operations stakeholders.
• Analyse and map current and future-state processes within securities processing, with emphasis on trade settlement and corporate actions.
• Assess operational impact of system and process changes across asset classes.
• Contribute to the design of test scenarios and support end-to‑end testing activities.
• Extract, validate and interpret data to support solution design and decision‑making.
• Prepare procedural documentation, user guides and training materials for Operations teams.
• Support data quality initiatives and coordinate clean‑up activities ahead of migration.

Skills

SQL

Excel

Power BI

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical thinking

English fluency

German (basic)

Education

Banking apprenticeship or higher education

Job description

Julius Baer in Zürich invites a Junior Business Analyst to join Banking Operations within our transformation program. You will help define future-state processes for securities processing, trade settlement and corporate actions, analyse impacts, validate data and prepare teams for the migration.

Working closely with local SMEs and international project teams, you elicit requirements, map processes, design tests, coordinate data quality initiatives and develop user guides and training materials.