Operations Specialist for Derivatives Processing 100% (f/m/d) at Julius Baer International Limited

Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

22 Sep, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

24 Jun, 26

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

OTC Derivatives, Post-Trade Processing, Risk Management, Regulatory Compliance, Process Analysis, Trade Affirmation, Reconciliations, Microsoft Excel, German Language, English Language, Financial Product Knowledge, Stakeholder Management

Industry

Banking

Description

At Julius Baer, we celebrate and value the individual qualities you bring, enabling you to be impactful, to be entrepreneurial, to be empowered, and to create value beyond wealth. Let’s shape the future of wealth management together. To ensure accurate, timely, and compliant end-to-end post-trade processing of Over-The-Counter (OTC) derivatives within the Operations function. You are responsible for managing critical lifecycle events, executing daily reconciliations, and supporting seamless trade affirmation and pricing processes. By maintaining strong controls and operational resilience, you safeguard financial and client data integrity while providing responsive support to Front Office, Risk, Compliance, and cross-functional stakeholders. You will also play a key supportive role in system enhancements, product rollouts, and strategic initiatives, contributing to operational efficiency and risk mitigation across the operational value chain. YOUR CHALLENGE Ensuring post-trade processing for Over-The-Counter (OTC) derivatives, including interest rate swaps (IRS), total return swaps (TRS), inflation swaps (IFS), and Credit Default Swaps (CDS), as well as equity and bond options End-to-end handling and oversight of lifecycle events, including coupon payments, corporate actions, option exercises and assignment processing Daily position and cash reconciliations to ensure ledger accuracy and operational integrity Trade confirmation matching ( affirmation ) with counterparties, ensuring alignment across front and back office Monitoring and processing of price feeds and fixings for interest rate and inflation-linked products Monitoring of payment schedules and execution of payments Responding to operational queries and ad-hoc requests from key stakeholders, including Trading Desks, Relationship Managers, and other Operations teams Providing business support during testing, rollout, and implementation of new products, system releases, and strategic projects YOUR PROFILE Strong expertise in OTC Derivative products is essential; knowledge of Exchange-Traded-Derivatives (ETD) is a plus Solid risk management skills, with the ability to monitor risk positions and implement mitigation strategies Foundational understanding of regulatory requirements, such as FinfraG and EMIR Strong affinity for process analysis and continuous improvement A collaborative team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills Banking apprenticeship or similar education in the finance industry Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools (Excel, Word, Outlook) Fluent in both German and English (each at C1 level) System know-how in derivative tools is an advantage We are looking forward to receiving your full job application through our online application tool. Further interesting job opportunities can be found on our Career site. Is this not quite what you are looking for? Set up a job alert by creating a candidate account here. The international reference in wealth management Julius Baer is the leading Swiss wealth management group. We focus on servicing and advising sophisticated private clients from around the world, taking into account what truly matters to them – in their business and personal life, today and for future generations. Headquartered in Zurich, we are present in around 60 locations worldwide, including Bangkok, Dubai, Dublin, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, Monaco, Mumbai, Santiago de Chile, Shanghai, Singapore, Tel Aviv, and Tokyo. Why join Julius Baer? At Julius Baer our employees enjoy the benefits of a global company with the support and collegiality of a much smaller one. We are growing quickly, but we remain dedicated to maintaining our accessible structure with flat hierarchies, and approachable and supportive leaders. With offices around the world, we offer an international and stimulating work environment and the opportunity to work with a diverse team of highly motivated colleagues, bringing the best of the bank to our clients. Our core values of Care, Passion, and Excellence define the tone of how we interact with each other and our partners. Committed to your success Whether nurturing young talent with our renowned apprentice scheme, enabling ambitious university graduates to put theory into practice with our Graduate Programme, or providing first-class opportunities for experienced professionals, we look after our employees. We believe in continuous learning as a company and as individuals, which is why we put a focus on the health and well-being of our employees and offer flexible working options, a wide array of benefits, and extensive career development programmes. For more information visit www.juliusbaer.com or contact us via the Contact Form. For recruiting agents, please see the additional information here.

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Responsibilities

Responsible for the end-to-end post-trade processing of OTC derivatives, including lifecycle event management and daily reconciliations. The role involves ensuring data integrity and providing operational support to Front Office, Risk, and Compliance stakeholders.