Business Analyst - FX/PM (GPS Platform Transformation)

About the role

Julius Baer's Global Products & Solutions (GPS) Platform & Services team is running a GPS Platform Transformation to drive innovation across its platform. It is seeking an experienced Business Analyst with a strong global Foreign Exchange (FX) and Precious Metals (PM) background covering Spot, Forwards, Swaps, NDFs, Options, ACDC and TARF/TARN. The role translates business needs into practical technology solutions within the sales and trading environment and reports to the Head of Sales Platform. It is a 12-month contract with an external agency payroll provider.

Key responsibilities

• Gather and document business requirements with cross-functional stakeholders, review processes and recommend improvements, and turn needs into requirement documents, user stories, process maps and acceptance criteria.
• Document end-to-end user journeys and workflows, maintain requirements traceability and manage controlled change.
• Analyse FX and PM instruments and workflows across pricing, quoting, execution, booking, risk management, settlement, accounting and post-trade processing, including client allocation.
• Review FX and PM applications, interfaces and processes for capability gaps, duplicated activities and control weaknesses.
• Produce solution documents and implementation blueprints, working with architects and subject matter experts.
• Ensure requirements reflect product conventions such as currency pairs, value dates, settlement methods and delivery types.
• Meet legal, regulatory and compliance standards, including best execution and market conduct, and act with integrity and due care.

Required profile

• Higher education and professional background with more than 5 years of experience in business analysis and support.
• Deep knowledge of FX products and applications used by sales, relationship managers and end clients.
• Experience with an Agile delivery team and distributed teams.
• Clear communication, independent work and strong problem-solving skills.

Required skills

• Knowledge of volatility surfaces (smile, skew, term structure) and option Greeks (Delta, Gamma, Vega, Vanna, Volga).
• Knowledge of OTC multi-leg strategies such as risk reversals, straddles, strangles and bull/bear spreads is beneficial.
• Application of Jira, Confluence and Agile methodologies.