Are you a Senior Business Analyst with strong finance, data, and system integration experience, and a passion for working on large-scale transformation programs?
A leading global reinsurance organization in Zurich is currently looking for a Senior Business Analyst to support a strategic Finance Transformation program, focused on building a new technical accounting integration platform and modern Finance Target Architecture based on Azure Databricks.
In this role, you will work closely with business stakeholders, product owners, architects, engineers, and finance teams to analyze complex data flows, capture business requirements, and translate them into high-quality technical specifications. You will play a key role in delivering a modern, scalable integration solution that replaces a legacy platform and enables end-to-end finance data flows.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Driving Finance IT business analysis to support the implementation of the Finance Target Architecture (Azure Databricks)
- Analyzing and specifying complex integration requirements for technical accounting systems
- Working closely with business stakeholders to capture and document business needs
- Translating business requirements into implementable user stories and work items in Azure DevOps
- Collaborating closely with development teams and other Finance IT teams
- Analyzing and documenting as-is processes and data flows, performing gap analysis, and defining to-be solutions
- Defining high-quality source system data derivation rules and proposing practical implementation solutions
- Modelling finance data and integrating with the existing enterprise data landscape
- Providing test data and supporting system and integration testing
- Coordinating and supporting UAT activities, including documentation and training materials
- Supporting go-live activities and transition into BAU operations
- Monitoring and adapting solutions based on changing business or technical requirements
To succeed in this role, you should bring:
- Minimum 8+ years of experience as a Senior Business Analyst working on complex transformation projects
- Strong background in financial services, insurance, finance IT, or accounting system integrations
- Excellent experience working in agile delivery environments
- Very strong SQL and data analysis skills
- Strong understanding of finance and accounting processes
- Solid data modeling literacy, able to read and analyze complex logical and physical data models
- Python skills (strong advantage)
- Ability to produce high-quality functional and technical documentation
- Excellent communication skills in English
- Highly analytical, structured, solution-oriented mindset
- Strong stakeholder management skills in complex, international environments
📍 Location: Zurich
💼 Workload: 100%
⏳ Duration: 12 months
📆 Start: ASAP
📩 Sava.Ocokoljic@nicollcurtin.com
📞+41 43 508 95 78