Job Description

A career at Lombard Odier means working for a renowned global wealth and asset manager, with a strong focus on sustainable investing. An innovative bank of choice for private and institutional clients, our independently owned Firm is one of the best-capitalised banking groups in the world, managing close to CHF 300 billion and operating from over 25 offices across 4 continents.

With a history spanning over 230 years, Lombard Odier is an investment house providing a comprehensive offering of discretionary and advisory portfolio management, wealth services and custody. We also offer asset management services and investment strategies through Lombard Odier Investment Managers and provide advanced banking technology to other financial institutions.

“Rethink Everything” is our philosophy – it is at the heart of everything we do. We have grown stronger through more than 40 financial crises by rethinking the world around us to provide a fresh investment perspective for our clients.

SAP FI Application Expert (80-100%)

Within our IT Department, you will join a team of experts responsible for the evolution of our financial ecosystem. In a Private Banking environment where data precision and availability are critical, you will play a key role within a scope covering accounting, business intelligence, planning and consolidation, and expense management. Your mission will be threefold:

• Ensure operational continuity through second and third-level support,

• Steer the evolution of the platform in close collaboration with the SAP product owner, and Finance stakeholders,

• Contribute to cross-functional project delivery.

You will also participate to our technological transition toward next-generation solutions (S/4HANA).

YOUR ROLE

Product Evolution & Project Delivery:

• Gather and analyze business requirements from Finance and Controlling teams.

• Design functional solutions and write specifications

• Contribute to BPC planning model evolution and BW/4, SAP Analytics Cloud reporting developments

• S/4HANA Transformation: Actively contribute to S/4 Hana conversion projects and new onboarding projects.

• Manage end-to-end delivery of change requests and projects (scoping, testing, training, go-live).

• Configure SAP FI (GL, AR, AP, Asset Accounting) and CO modules.

• Ensure all changes comply with internal change management and audit frameworks.

Application support & maintenance:

• Provide Level 2 / Level 3 functional and technical support for SAP FI/CO, BW/4 Hana, SAC, BPC and Concur.

• Investigate, diagnose and resolve incidents within agreed SLAs; escalate to SAP when required.

• Monitor batch jobs, interfaces and data flows; ensure system health and data integrity.

• Manage transports, patches and corrections across the landscape.

• Maintain functional and technical documentation up to date after every change.

YOUR PROFILE

• Minimum 7 years of hands-on SAP FI (80%) / CO (20%) experience in a complex, regulated environment (functional & technical expertise)

• Proven track record in both support/run activities and project mode

• Good command of SAP BW reporting, BPC planning & consolidation, and SAP Concur configuration and integration with SAP FI

• Knowledge or experience on S/4HANA architecture and migration concepts will be appreciated

• Solid understanding of financial accounting processes: general ledger, accounts payable/receivable, asset management, bank reconciliation

• Familiarity with private banking operational flows (client accounting, fees, treasury, regulatory reporting) is a plus

• Strong analytical mindset with ability to translate complex functional requirements into technical solutions

• Excellent communication skills – able to present to both technical and business audiences

• Rigorous, autonomous and structured; comfortable managing several tasks and priorities simultaneously

• Collaborative team player with a service-oriented attitude

• Full proficiency in French and English

• Residence in Switzerland or willingness to relocate.

Our Maison’s DNA is defined by five core values. Excellence drives us to be the best at what we do, while Innovation fuels our progress. Respect underpins every interaction, and Integrity shapes our actions. Together, we are One Team, united in serving our clients with unwavering dedication.

As a responsible and supportive employer, we promote a diverse and inclusive work environment for our employees and candidates. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are woven into the fabric of our Maison’s DNA, and we strive to ensure that our employees can fulfill both their personal and professional aspirations by encouraging internal mobility and individual upskilling programs. We firmly believe that building Diverse Teams contributes to our successes and to deliver on this, we actively embed Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in our business strategy.

It is an exciting time to join our Teams. All applications will be handled in the strictest confidence.