Sam Pyzer
Associate Director
Business Analyst - Private Equity/ efront
Egg b. Zürich, Switzerland
Apply by 12 Dec 2026
CHF800 - CHF1100 per day
Job Ref.: BH-58507
Job Description
Contract: 12 months
Focus: Private Equity / Investment Management Technology
Role Overview We are looking for an experienced Business Analyst to support a technology and transformation programme within a Private Equity environment.
The role will sit between investment/business stakeholders and technology teams, translating business requirements into clear functional and technical specifications. The successful candidate should understand the Private Equity investment lifecycle and associated technology landscape, ideally including eFront, while being technically comfortable enough to define integrations and write API specifications.
This is a generalist BA position requiring a blend of business analysis, functional understanding and technical capability.
Key Responsibilities
- Gather, analyse and document business and functional requirements across Private Equity operations and technology.
- Work with investment, operations, finance and technology stakeholders to understand existing processes, identify gaps and define target-state solutions.
- Translate business requirements into functional specifications, user stories, acceptance criteria and technical requirements.
- Support technology relating to the Private Equity investment lifecycle, including areas such as fund/investment data, portfolio management, capital activity, valuations and reporting.
- Work closely with developers, architects and integration teams to define APIs, interfaces, data mappings and system integrations.
- Produce clear API specifications, including data requirements, field mappings, business rules and integration flows.
- Support system changes, implementations and enhancements across eFront or comparable Private Markets platforms.
- Analyse data flows between investment platforms, downstream systems and reporting solutions.
- Coordinate requirements through development, testing, UAT and implementation.
- Act as the link between business SMEs and technical delivery teams throughout the project lifecycle.
- Strong experience as a Business Analyst within Financial Services / Investment Management.
- Previous exposure to a Private Equity, Private Markets or Alternative Investments environment.
- Understanding of the Private Equity lifecycle and associated investment/operational processes.
- Strong requirements gathering, process analysis and stakeholder-management capability.
- Comfortable working with both functional and technical stakeholders.
- Technical enough to understand system architecture, integrations and data flows.
- Experience defining REST API/interface requirements and writing API specifications.
- Experience producing user stories, functional specifications, process flows and acceptance criteria.
- Experience supporting UAT, implementation and technology change programmes.
- Hands-on experience with eFront.
- Experience with comparable Private Markets technology platforms.
- Understanding of fund accounting, portfolio monitoring, investment data and reporting.
- Knowledge of SQL, APIs, data mapping or integration technologies would be beneficial.
- Experience working within a large asset manager, private bank, PE house or investment-management organisation.
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We believe in equal opportunity for all and actively encourage applications from diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.
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