Functional Analyst (German speaking)

Position Description:

We are looking for an experienced Functional Analyst (German Speaking) to join our team and contribute to one of the most strategic transformation programs within a leading international bank. This long-term initiative focuses on transforming the bank's Target Operating Model (TOM) across the Private Banking and Investment Management domains.

In this role, you will act as the link between business and technology, analyzing business requirements and translating them into technical user stories that enable successful solution delivery. You will work in an international Agile environment alongside business stakeholders, architects, developers, and testing teams, contributing to the full software development lifecycle.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

• Analyze business and functional requirements related to Private Banking and Investment Management solutions.

• Translate business requirements into detailed functional specifications and technical user stories for development teams.

• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders, Solution Architects, Developers, Product Owners, and QA teams throughout the project lifecycle.

• Analyze existing applications, interfaces, and business processes to identify functional improvements and integration requirements.

• Define and document APIs, integration scenarios, and data exchange formats (e.g. REST, JSON).

• Support solution design by ensuring functional consistency across multiple systems and applications.

• Participate in Agile ceremonies, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.

• Support testing activities by clarifying functional requirements and validating delivered solutions.

• Continuously expand knowledge of banking products, investment processes, and new technologies to support the evolving needs of the transformation program.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

• Experience as a Functional Analyst, Business Analyst, or Systems Analyst within the banking or financial services industry.

• Understanding of banking products, particularly securities processing.

• Knowledge of portfolio management systems and their integration with other banking platforms.

• Understanding of investment advisory processes and MiFID regulations.

• Experience gathering, analyzing, and documenting functional and non-functional requirements.

• Experience creating functional specifications and technical user stories in an Agile environment.

• Good knowledge of SQL and relational databases for data analysis.

• Basic knowledge of Java or other programming languages to effectively collaborate with development teams.

• Experience specifying REST APIs and working with JSON data formats.

• Strong analytical thinking, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

• Professional working proficiency in English.

• German language skills at minimum B1 level (required).

Nice to have

• Experience within Private Banking, Wealth Management, or Asset Management.

• Knowledge of AI-supported analysis or requirements engineering.

• Experience working on large-scale banking transformation programs.

• Familiarity with cloud-based integration solutions.

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Skills:

• German

• Analytical Thinking

• Securities and Derivatives

What you can expect from us:

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Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

That same commitment to fairness extends to how we use technology. To support our recruitment team, AI tools may be used to help assess applications though they never replace human judgement. All hiring decisions remain entirely in the hands of our recruitment professionals.

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