Description

Experis® is a global leader in IT professional resourcing, permanent recruitment, project solutions, and managed services. With over 25 years of experience in Switzerland and offices in Zürich, Basel, and Geneva, we connect top IT talent with leading companies. Our mission is to help professionals unlock their potential and thrive in dynamic, future-ready careers.

Location: Zurich
Start date: ASAP
Duration: 15 months - with possibility of extension

Key Responsibilities

• Lead requirements definition, target-state design, and delivery coordination for the execution service and FX workstreams.
• Support the migration of the Frankfurt execution desk onto the target EMS and the implementation of the future operating model.
• Coordinate between the various parties involved, including Business, Technology, Operations, local Germany platform teams, Avaloq, custody migration activities, and external service providers, to achieve end-to-end readiness.
• Act as the primary subject-matter expert, bridging business requirements and technology delivery, and driving stakeholder alignment and solution decisions.
• Write technical and business specifications.
• Prepare presentations and materials (PowerPoint) for stakeholders and steering committees.
• Coordinate end-to-end system integration, testing, migration planning, operating model readiness, and business adoption activities across execution and FX capabilities.
• Ensure successful delivery by proactively managing dependencies, risks, timelines, and stakeholder expectations.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience delivering trading, execution, FX, capital markets, and platform transformation initiatives within Private Banking, Wealth Management, or Financial Services.
• Proven experience leading end-to-end system integration and target operating model implementations in complex financial services environments.
• Strong technical expertise in the FIX Protocol, with the ability to communicate effectively at business level.
• Strong understanding of financial markets, execution services, trading workflows, FX products, custody processes, order lifecycle management, and post-trade operations.
• Background in banking, e.g. within client onboarding, with a strong understanding of securities (equities, bonds, ETFs, and other products) and a solid understanding of FX.
• Strong analytical, technical, and business expertise, with strong problem-solving capabilities and the ability to translate business requirements into pragmatic solutions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence, align, and bridge executive, business, technology, operations, control functions, external vendors, and senior management.
• Proven track record delivering large-scale, highly complex, business-critical programmes with significant interdependencies, demanding timelines, and high execution risk, using a combination of Agile delivery practices and traditional waterfall governance.
• Highly resilient, delivery-focused, and capable of performing effectively under pressure while managing competing priorities.
• Relevant project delivery, business analysis, change management, Agile, or project management certifications are advantageous.

If you are interested in this opportunity, we look forward to receiving your CV or if you have any questions, contact Kaixi Jia at +41 44 229 99 43.
Check out all open positions at Experis at www.experis.ch
Due to Swiss work permit restrictions, we can only consider applications from EU citizens or holders of valid working permit in Switzerland.