12 months contract - Business Analyst - Structured Product (Through an External Agency Payroll Provider)

At Julius Baer, we celebrate and value the individual qualities you bring, enabling you to be impactful, to be entrepreneurial, to be empowered, and to create value beyond wealth. Let’s shape the future of wealth management together.

YOUR CHALLENGE General Description Julius Baer Group Ltd., a leading global wealth manager headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, is committed to delivering exceptional client service through innovation, excellence, and deep domain expertise. We foster a culture that values individual strengths, encourages entrepreneurship, and empowers our people to deliver sustainable value — both for our clients and across our organisation.

We are currently seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Business Analyst (12 months contract) with specialised knowledge in capital markets, particularly in structured products, foreign exchange (FX), and precious metals, to join our Middle Office Technology team. This role represents a unique opportunity to shape the evolution of critical middle office platforms by driving the integration of robust technological solutions aligned with evolving business and regulatory demands.

The ideal candidate will possess a combination of financial market knowledge, technical proficiency, and analytical thinking, with a proven ability to act as a trusted supporter of the Product Owner and a swift intermediary between business stakeholders and IT delivery teams. The focus will be on enhancing and modernising core operational systems, with particular emphasis on API-driven architectures, data flow optimisation, system interoperability, and end-to-end process automation within the middle office landscape.

Note: This will be a 12 months contract role with an external agency payroll provider. Key Features And Accountabilities Business Analysis & Requirements Gathering

• Partner closely with front-office, middle-office, operations, architecture, and technology stakeholders to analyze, design, implement, deliver, validate, and formally document comprehensive IT solutions.
• Ensure full coverage of key functional domains in the Middle Office area, regarding Structured Products, FX, and Precious Metals, including: product setup and configuration; trade capture; lifecycle event management (e.g. corporate actions, barrier monitoring, redemption); fee accruals and distributions; position reconciliation; control frameworks; and billing/invoicing processes.
• Assess current-state operating models, map end-to-end workflows, identify performance bottlenecks and control gaps, and recommend scalable, future-ready solutions that align with organizational objectives and digital transformation priorities.

Data & System Integration Expertise

• Conduct in-depth analysis of existing system interfaces, payloads, and data exchanges across integrated platforms. Document granular field-level mappings and dependencies.
• Review and catalogue relevant database schemas, table structures, relationships, and usage patterns to support impact assessments and solution design.
• Model and document integrated workflows encompassing user interfaces, APIs, backend services, and databases.
• Lead the definition of solution specifications, including detailed functional designs, interface contracts, and non-functional requirements.
• Develop clear, traceable solution artefacts such as requirement specification documents, test strategies, end-to-end test cases, architectural blueprints, and implementation roadmaps.
• Collaborate proactively with Product Owners, Solution Architects, and Development Teams to ensure technical feasibility, scalability, and adherence to enterprise architecture principles.

Regulatory Compliance & Governance Oversight

• Demonstration of appropriate values and behaviours including but not limited to standards on honesty and integrity, due care and diligence, fair dealing (treating customers fairly), managemen