We are partnering with a leading client in Zurich to recruit an experienced Senior Business Analyst (m/w/d) to join a leading organization within the financial markets sector. This role is ideal for a professional with deep expertise in exchange trading, market infrastructure, and requirements engineering who enjoys working at the intersection of business and technology.

Your Responsibilities

• Analyse, document, and validate complex business requirements within trading and market infrastructure environments.
• Produce high-quality business requirements, functional specifications, interface specifications, and implementation-ready analysis deliverables.
• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders, product managers, architects, developers, and testing teams to ensure successful delivery.
• Assess business, operational, and technical impacts of new trading functionality across multiple systems.
• Support Agile delivery teams throughout feature refinement, implementation planning, testing, and deployment.
• Contribute to the enhancement of trading platform capabilities and market infrastructure services.
• Ensure requirements align with regulatory, operational, and business objectives.

Your Profile

• Minimum 7-8 years of experience in requirements engineering within exchange trading, market infrastructure, capital markets, or broader financial services.
• Strong expertise in exchange-traded financial instruments, particularly:Fixed Income and Structured Products
• Experience with Equities and ETFs is advantageous.
• Deep understanding of:
  • Trading platforms and matching engines
  • Order management and order handling
  • Trade execution workflows
  • Market models and trading lifecycle processes
• Proven experience analysing and specifying complex trading functionality in multi-system environments.
• Ability to create clear, comprehensive, and implementation-ready specifications and analysis artefacts.
• Strong analytical skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Financial market regulations and market infrastructure concepts
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Fluency in English.

What You'll Bring

• Strong problem-solving capabilities and a structured analytical mindset.
• Ability to translate complex business and trading requirements into practical technical solutions.
• Confidence engaging with senior stakeholders across business and technology functions.
• A collaborative approach and commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes.

Additional Information:

• Role: Senior Business Analyst, Skill Level: Senior (Level 3 - 7+ years of experience)
• Start Date: 01 November 2026
• End Date: 31 October 2027
• Language: English
• Duration: 12 months
• Location: Zurich, Switzerland
• Workload: 100%
• Remote Work: Up to 20%
• Type of contract: temporary staffing

If you are passionate about financial markets, trading technology, and business analysis in a fast-paced environment, we would love to hear from you.