Senior Business Analyst #130391

Credit Suisse is a leading global wealth manager with strong investment banking capabilities. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, we have a global reach with operations in about 50 countries and employ more than 45,000 people from over 150 different nations. Embodying entrepreneurial spirit, Credit Suisse delivers holistic financial solutions to our clients, including innovative products and specially tailored advice. Striving for quality and excellence in our work, we recognize and reward extraordinary performance among our employees, provide wide-ranging training and development opportunities, and benefit from a diverse range of perspectives to create value for our clients, shareholders and communities. We are Credit Suisse.

We Offer

• You will work as a Senior Business Analyst within the project reporting into the Workstream Lead / Project Manager
• Extensive interactions with Business and IT would be expected to ensure business requirements are understood and design approaches are agreed with consensus.
• Extensive analytical work will also be required to support business requirements/challenge the status quo and to provide a pragmatic and scalable resolution to the problem/opportunity
• Responsible for the gathering of business requirements and related documentation including putting forward recommendations for solutions, where required.
• You will help us to deliver strategic initiatives using leading project management and business analysis as we pursue our goal of protecting and enhancing shareholder value through optimizing the use of our financial resources.
• Preparation of functional specifications and use cases for the delivery of the business requirements.
• Preparation of test plans, test cases, co-ordinating with users and IT during the testing phase
• Execution of specific test cases
• Liaison with business users for executing the “User Acceptance Test” and securing sign-off
• Preparation of the documentation and steps for deployment, including user training where required.

You Offer

• You have experience in accounting, or a deep understanding of financial/regulatory requirements and have worked extensively with users in these areas
• Strong business and data analytical skills and logical reasoning; ability to challenge the business and bring creative ideas
• Full cycle project implementation experience
• You have a background in working with onshore/offshore model
• You bring experience of working closely with IT and Support Teams
• Prior experience working with some / all of the following will be of additional advantage; Reporting tools (e.g. QLIK, Axiom, Analytical Tools (e.g. OBIEE, Tableau), Big Data projects / technologies, General Ledger systems, Financial Consolidation tools (e.g. Hyperion Financial Management), ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) related projects
• Familiarity with project management approaches, tools and phases of a project lifecycle including familiarity with Waterfall / AGILE / Scrum project methodology
• Deep knowledge of MS Office suite with advanced Excel skills
• Active listener with superb communication skills –both written and spoken with strong organizational skills
• Solid sense of ownership, can deliver independently with minimal supervision
• Ability to articulate messages to a variety of audiences
• Ability to build and maintain strong and positive relationships
• Flexibility and ability to adapt to changing priorities in ambiguous situations
• You are a great teammate and are able to work closely with others in a dynamic and diverse environment
• You are proactive, dedicated and demonstrate initiative to get things done

Mr. Florian Golde would be happy to receive your application.

Please apply via our career portal.

Credit Suisse is an equal opportunity employer. Welcoming diversity gives us a competitive advantage in the global marketplace and drives our success.

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