About the Role
We are offering a career opportunity in the Data Management team within the Investment Accounting and Administration department, a part of Investment Management.
This hybrid role combines technical capabilities in data engineering with strong business analysis skills to bridge the gap between our Investment Accounting and Management teams and our data platform.
Responsibilities
* Act as a key liaison between Investment Accounting, Finance stakeholders, and the data engineering team.
* Elicit, document, and translate complex financial and accounting business requirements into clear technical specifications.
* Produce functional and data mapping documentation, including business rules for financial datasets.
* Support UAT and data validation activities, ensuring outputs align with business expectations.
* Collaborate with internal global Investment Management clients to understand their unique reporting and data needs.
* Contribute to the definition and governance of financial data quality standards and KPIs.
* Work alongside experts in various technological domains.
* Enhance your skills with real-world experience.
* Contribute to a team that values your input and creativity.
* Design, develop, enhance, and maintain data products using data pipelines and APIs.
* Help with client requests for data extraction using your business and technical knowledge.
* Work with the team to understand platform capabilities and continuously improve and expand them.
* Instill excellence into processes, methodologies, standards, and technology choices embraced by the team.
* Keep pace with fast-moving data engineering technology and AI developments.
Qualifications
Business Analysis & Finance – Required
* 2+ years of business analysis experience within an asset management, investment accounting, or financial services environment.
* Good understanding of investment accounting concepts — including NAV, portfolio valuations, P&L attribution, general ledger structures, and regulatory reporting (e.g. IFRS, US GAAP).
* Demonstrated ability to translate complex financial and accounting requirements into data models, pipeline logic, and reporting solutions.
* Experience producing business requirements documents (BRDs), functional specifications, data dictionaries, and process flow diagrams.
* Familiarity with financial data providers such as Bloomberg (highly desired).
Technical – Required
* 2+ years of hands‑on Python / PySpark / SparkSQL and/or Scala experience.
* 2+ years of SQL experience.
* Experience with AI, LLMs, Databricks Genie or similar tools.
Soft Skills
* Strong communication skills — able to engage confidently with both technical teams and senior finance/accounting stakeholders.
* Analytical mindset with the ability to challenge assumptions and drive data‑driven decisions.
* Comfortable working in a fast‑paced, globally distributed team environment.
* A positive attitude and a “can do” mentality are essential.
* Must be comfortable communicating in English.
Benefits
* Competitive salary and a yearly bonus.
* Flexible working model to support work‑life balance.
* Over €300 to set up your home office and an additional monthly home office allowance.
* Wide range of internal and external training, including English, German, and Spanish classes depending on the needs.
* Ticket restaurant and Health Insurance with the flexibility to exchange it for other benefits.
* Life and accident insurance.
* Collective life retirement plan.
* €2000 referral bonus if you bring other talented people like you to the company.
* Special banking and insurance conditions plus exclusive employee discounts.
* Functional diversity benefits.
* Different social clubs such as hiking, investment, beach volleyball and many more.
* Stock options and mortgage benefits.
Location
Via Augusta, Barcelona.
Schedule
Full Time.
Equal Opportunity Employer
At Zurich, we are an equal opportunity employer. We attract and retain the best-qualified individuals available, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability.
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