Required skills
- Business Analysis
- Payments
- Swiss Payments (SIC, SIC Instant Payments, Swiss Payment Standards)
- International Payments (SEPA, SWIFT, Cross-Border)
- ISO 20022 (pain, pacs, camt)
- End-to-End Payment Processing
- Regulatory Requirements (Compliance, Sanctions Screening, AML, Fraud Prevention)
- Payment Engines
- Bank Interfaces (EBICS)
- Agile Methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe)
- Product Owner
- German (Fluent)
Languages: German
Job description
We are looking for a Business Analyst with deep expertise in Swiss and international payment systems to join a Swiss bank's payment team. The role involves analyzing and specifying requirements, supporting end-to-end processing, and working within an agile environment.
Project overview
Start Date: November 2026
Industry: Bank / Financial Sector
Responsibilities
- Analyze and specify payment requirements for retail and/or interbank payments.
- Support end-to-end processing from a functional perspective: initiation, validation, routing, clearing, settlement, booking, and reconciliation.
- Work with ISO 20022 and the formats pain, pacs, and camt, including format issues and mappings.
- Consider Swiss infrastructure as well as SEPA, SWIFT, and cross-border processing in solutions.
- Include regulatory requirements (compliance, sanctions screening, AML, fraud prevention).
- Collaborate with Payment Engines and bank interfaces (e.g., EBICS); backlog work in the agile team until implementation.
Requirements
Advantageous (Evaluation Relevant):
IMPORTANT:
Languages
Languages Spoken Written Priority
German Fluent Fluent a must
Description Priority
Payment Transactions a must
Business Analyst a must
Kind regards / Best Regards
André van Sprundel
CEO
GHR Global Human Resources AG
Blegistrasse 13
CH-6340 Baar / ZG
Direct Line: *
Email: *@*.ch
Web: www.ghrgroup.ch
- Level -> from Professional with 3 to 5 years of professional experience.
- Swiss Payments -> good knowledge of SIC as RTGS system, SIC Instant Payments, and Swiss Payment Standards.
- International Payments -> sound knowledge of SEPA, SWIFT, and cross-border processing; experience in retail and/or interbank payments.
- ISO 20022 -> good knowledge of the standard and the formats pain, pacs, and camt.
- End-to-End Understanding -> entire processing chain from initiation to booking and reconciliation.
- Regulatory & Platforms -> compliance, sanctions screening, AML, fraud prevention; experience with Payment Engines and interfaces like EBICS.
- Methodology & Certification -> experience as BA or Product Owner at a bank, financial service provider, or FS consulting; certification Scrum PO, IREB CPRE or similar; agile practice with Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe.
- Presence -> at least one day per week on-site, the rest remote.
- Market View -> knowledge of current developments in national and international payment transactions.
- Language -> fluent German.
- Migration and format change projects, e.g., introduction of new ISO 20022 releases.
- Practical experience at the interface with compliance or fraud units.
- Instant Payments beyond the introduction, including operational and exception processes.
- Remote Policy -> 20% on-site at the client / 80% home office, depending on the project phase; remote work only allowed within Switzerland (internal regulations / banking secrecy)
- Debt collection and criminal record extracts will be requested (residence Germany: SCHUFA report and police clearance certificate).
Project details
6 months with option
Possible Contract Types: Consultant / Rental
60-80%
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Number of Positions: 1
Deadline: 2026-10-26, 22:00
Zurich
Creation Date: 2026-10-24
Description
For our end client, a Swiss bank, we are looking for a Business Analyst Payments as follows:
Background & Mandate:
The end client is strengthening its payment team with a Business Analysis role with real technical depth. We are looking for someone who knows the Swiss infrastructure (SIC as RTGS, SIC Instant Payments, Swiss Payment Standards) and connects it with international procedures such as SEPA, SWIFT, and cross-border payment processing – including ISO 20022 (pain, pacs, camt) and an end-to-end understanding of the processing chain.
Work will be done in an agile environment. Conditions: fixed-term employment through our contracting partner; residence in Switzerland is a prerequisite.
- Start: 2026-11
- Duration: 6 Monate
- Remote: hybrid
- Location: Zürich, Schweiz, CH
- Languages: German
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