Achim Gschwend - Senior Business Analyst

Q: What languages does Achim speak?

Achim speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), French (Advanced), Luxembourgish (Advanced) .

Q: How many years of experience does Achim have?

Achim has at least 25 years of experience. During this time, Achim has worked in at least 6 different roles and for 16 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 6 months . Note that Achim may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Achim's latest experience?

Achim's most recent position is Senior Business Analyst at VP Bank AG .

Q: What companies has Achim worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Achim has worked for VP Bank AG , Bank Frick AG , Deutsche Bank Luxembourg , BNP Paribas Luxembourg , and Nord/LB Norddeutsche Landesbank Hannover .

Q: Which industries is Achim most experienced in?

Achim is most experienced in industries like Banking and Finance .

Q: Which business areas is Achim most experienced in?

Achim is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology , Business Intelligence , and Quality Assurance . Achim also has some experience in Project Management , Finance , and Operations .

Q: Which industries has Achim worked in recently?

Achim has recently worked in industries like Banking and Finance .

Q: Which business areas has Achim worked in recently?

Achim has recently worked in business areas like Business Intelligence , Information Technology , and Quality Assurance .

Q: What is Achim's education?

Achim holds a Master in Sustainable Development from Pôle Universitaire Euclide , a Bachelor in Sustainability Management from SRH and a Bachelor in Economics from Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt Nürtingen .

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Experience

Jun 2025 - Present

11 months

Liechtenstein

Senior Business Analyst

VP Bank AG

Business analysis for the Group Controlling department (Methodology: Scrum)
Creation of a business structure tree for cash flows
Development of business definitions and requirements for cash flows
Business analysis of net new money, new loans, custody net new money, third-party bank net new money, and product revenue in Avaloq
Conducting regular stakeholder workshops with Group Controlling team specialists
Functional analysis with the Avaloq core banking system
Avaloq test parameterization of Classes/ClassIf at business process, position, container, and asset levels
Technical workshops with Avaloq specialists
Data mapping with Avaloq
Describing business models for Group Controlling and functional models for Avaloq IT specialists
Obtaining and documenting business approvals
Documenting business requirements in SAP CALM
Creating test cases in SAP CALM
Running the weekly Metis Business Table (stakeholder engagement)
Participating in and reporting at Metis project meetings and stand-ups

May 2025 - Oct 2025

6 months

Liechtenstein

Project Manager

Bank Frick AG

Developing and creating a concept document, including presentation and management summary
A proposal for the implementation phase presented to the board
Capturing, analyzing, and visually representing requirements and the current state of contracts and components
Identifying possible adjustments in COBOL, SQL, and RPG
Detailed breakdown of expected project costs (OPEX) and investments (CAPEX)
Creating a detailed project plan
Defining the release process (number of releases per year)
Detailed design of the technical architecture for 24/7 availability and zero-downtime patching
Planning, moderating, and participating in workshops and meetings in Miro
Documenting project results in terms of impacts, drawbacks, and improvements for the business side
Developing an authorization concept (need-to-know) with user groups, roles, and access rights
Creating a catalog of actions with options, grouped by business area, including costs and impacts for each option

Oct 2023 - May 2025

1 year 8 months

Luxembourg

Lead Business Functional Analyst Data and Analytics CTB

Deutsche Bank Luxembourg

Business analysis and data analysis services for AML (Methodology: Scrum)
Data analysis services for EMEA covering AML, AFC, transaction monitoring, compliance, KYC, regulatory reporting, and risk reporting
Analysis of fact and dimension data as well as metadata (XML, JSON)
Mapping requirements for RDM DWH and CCO datamart to the data source in the Avaloq core banking system
Creating test cases and defining expected results in Avaloq
Selecting test data with Avaloq and Oracle SQL
Requirements engineering for the Avaloq core banking system
Test documentation and defect logging in Jira
Regional datamart team monitoring and installation support
Handling Unix change requests and service request lifecycle in ServiceNow

Jun 2023 - Sep 2023

4 months

Luxembourg

Business Analyst

BNP Paribas Luxembourg

Business analysis and UAT business testing for the LHS Global BCM TA project (Methodology: Scrum)
Migration of SWIFT, sFTP, and CFT reporting from Luxembourg to Paris
Analysis of TA reporting processes (Temenos Multifonds, eStars) and SWIFT message routing
Workshops with BCM, application support, and IT
Configuring HP ALM Quality Center
Creating test cases and defining expected results
Selecting test data with SQL and creating test data for Multifonds order processes
Test execution, documentation, and defect logging
Designing and automating the daily test status reporting

Jan 2023 - Apr 2023

4 months

Germany

Business Analyst

Nord/LB Norddeutsche Landesbank Hannover

Business analysis of the SPOT data warehouse model (Methodology: Scrum)
Analyzing banking requirements in credit, collateral, bank controlling, regulatory reporting, market data, and reporting
Functional analysis of all layers of the SPOT DWH and SAP FSDP (CDM/PDM) using PowerDesigner
Collaborating with DataStage developers in Scrum sprints
Advising on test portfolio design and supporting development and business tests
Data mapping using descriptive SQL statements
Analyzing MDE errors and developing solutions
Data mapping from Murex, WM DATEN, OBS, etc. to the SAP data model FSDP (market data, risk, ESG)

Sep 2021 - Sep 2022

1 year 1 month

Germany

Business Analyst

Baader Bank AG

Further development of regulatory reporting (methodology: Scrum)
Error analysis in the transaction reporting tool and documentation in the backlog and Jira
Created an error log and fixed issues according to Article 26 and Article 27 RTS
Prepared requirement analyses, epics, stories, features, and tasks
Developed new features for the regulatory reporting GUI prototype
Conducted interviews with stakeholders from the regulatory reporting team
Provided recommendations for error handling in the reporting environment (ESG)
Reviewed code of the reporting tool for regulatory compliance (MiFIR, MiFID II, FCA, SIX, OeKB, CSDR, SFTR, LCR, CRR)
Produced detailed documentation of changes and created test cases

Apr 2021 - Aug 2021

5 months

Switzerland

Business Engineer

ZKB Zürcher Kantonalbank

Senior regulatory projects for asset management (methodology: Scrum/Kanban/SAFe)
Analyzed regulatory requirements for AIA (AEOI), FATCA, and QI for ZKB-Connect
Prepared and conducted workshops for requirements gathering and acceptance criteria
Organized and led kick-off meetings with all stakeholders
Created requirement and detailed specifications, epics, user stories, and features
Managed the acceptance process with all stakeholders
Designed business and technical solution proposals, sketches, user interaction designs, and user flows
Created and executed test cases (X-Ray), including defect management in Jira
Developed training materials and user documentation

Oct 2014 - Mar 2020

5 years 6 months

Luxembourg

Business Analyst

DekaBank S.A.

Enhancement projects in the custody business (methodology: Scrum)
CI/CD pipeline for DWH objects, interfaces, and datamarts
Gathered functional requirements from MiFIR, EMIR, AEOI (AIA), GDPR, and ESMA AI reports according to Article 9 CSDR
Transaction reporting on IBM DB2
Defined business processes and collected complete requirements
Managed project status reporting with HP ALM
Led product backlog, performed sprints, and managed releases
Conducted stakeholder management and maintained the stakeholder list
Managed changes and prioritized requirements
Provided reporting for quality and risk management
Automated tests with VBA SendKeys scripts for DOLL and PM1e

Jun 2014 - Oct 2014

5 months

Luxembourg

Project Manager

European Stability Mechanism

Acted as liaison between users and developers
Wrote the feasibility study and created the ESM project charter
Conducted AS-IS analysis using data from Murex, Bloomberg, and Access
Created dashboard visualizations with VBA in Excel and PowerPoint
Defined system requirements and system architecture
Outlined operational business processes and converted them into system requirements
Created a cross-departmental framework concept
Developed technical concepts for liquidity and risk management
Prepared procurement planning, RFI documents, and pre-selection of suppliers for RFP
Drafted project plan for solution implementation and strategic reporting
Organized project meetings, project status reporting, and managed SharePoint

Sep 2013 - Apr 2014

8 months

Germany

Business Analyst

HSBC INKA

Projects "Reporting Innovations" (methodology: Scrum)
Developed migration concept for INKA e-reportings
Created UX mockups and technical descriptions of XML structures
Managed the product backlog and sprint backlog
Developed the configuration concept for AIM-Bloomberg
Developed the organizational transition concept for KAGB implementation
Defined test strategy and created test concepts
Organized periodic stakeholder meetings
Managed defects and reported test status using Cognos reports

Mar 2011 - Aug 2013

2 years 6 months

Luxembourg

Business Analyst

DekaBank S.A.

Customer onboarding and customer output projects (Methodology: Waterfall, ITIL)
Migration concept analysis for LBBW Luxembourg and VM Bank International
Requirements analysis for Olympic customer output, tax and year-end obligation dispatch
Calculation of custody balances and individual securities settlements
Technical prototype using SQL on IBM DB2 and simulation of SWIFT messages
SCRUM implementation of "New Output Tool" with microservices and web frontend
Load and performance tests with VBA SendKeys
Defect management with Bugzilla and partial automation via VBA Access and Cognos

Jan 2010 - Dec 2010

1 year

Luxembourg

Business Analyst

BNP Paribas Securities Services

Central multi-region data warehouse project (Methodology: CMMI)
Concept phase, correction and refinement of business specifications
Stakeholder management and coordination with international vendors
Data foundation for multi-fund FA mapping and XML schema configuration
Test lab setup, test case documentation, test execution and status monitoring
Test status reporting with HP Quality Center
Execution of mass tests in a 24/7 operation
Daily videoconference training for external developers and testers in Chennai
Documentation of user manuals and multi-fund training materials

Jan 2009 - Dec 2009

1 year

Netherlands

Business Analyst

ING Investment Management

Multi-fund business processes project (Methodology: CMMI, Prince2)
Feasibility study for mortgage-backed securities
Business specification, configuration and implementation concept
Creation of interdependency matrix and release planning
User training and operations and maintenance organization
Test concept creation for ABS/MBS trading lifecycle and UML modeling
Test data criteria catalog and test case documentation
Defect management with Mercury Test Director

Mar 2007 - Oct 2008

1 year 8 months

Luxembourg

Business Analyst

UBS Fund Services S.A.

Tax reporting and regulatory fund reporting (Methodology: ITIL)
Creation of business specifications for CRS, FATCA and investment funds in DE, AT, CH
Reporting based on GP3 Global Portfolio Sungard, Reuters and Bloomberg
Reporting for financial regulators and central banks (ECB, BCL, OeKB, BaFin, FMA, MFSA, FINMA, FSA, HKMA, CSSF)
Support for business units during GP3 user acceptance testing

Jun 2006 - Mar 2007

10 months

Luxembourg

Business Analyst

IQ Solutions S.à.r.l.

Regulatory and tax topics (Solvency regulation, fund taxes, GroMiKV, BVI, DPG)
Analysis of MIG21 interface changes
Refinement of business specifications and interface descriptions
Creation and execution of test cases for multi-fund FA upgrade
Tax data mapping for GTS application (Microsoft DB)
Creation of configuration concept and definition of test environments
Test status reporting and defect management with HP Quality Tester and CoolTester
Documentation of test case execution

Oct 2002 - Jun 2006

3 years 9 months

Luxembourg

Business Analyst

Citigroup International Ltd

Business requirements documents and stakeholder meetings in English
Release management and first-/second-level support for multi-fund TA/FA (Oracle DB)
Prototype development of an investment restrictions database (Access VBA)
Data mapping (MFFA, Bloomberg API, MSCI index, benchmark, rating tables)
System migration MIG21 and transfer agency reporting MFTA
Data delivery to Euroclear Fundsettle, Clearstream Vestima, and SWIFT migration
UAT testing with Mercury Test Director

Mar 1999 - Oct 2002

3 years 8 months

Luxembourg

Transfer Agent

Union Investment Asset Management AG

Master data maintenance for multi-fund TA at Attrax S.A.
KYC checks and system parameterization of distribution fee agreements
Maintenance of fund price and exchange rate interfaces
Processing of securities account transfers
Development of STP holdings provisioning, distribution statistics, and reports using Oracle ODBC, MS Access VBA, MS Query SQL, and Excel
Fund registration procedures for UCITS, FCP, SIF, SICAV, SICAF
Daily holdings and cash account reconciliation, AML and NAV consistency checks
Reporting of active investment limit breaches to regulatory authorities
NAV valuation of umbrella funds and migration from Excel to MFFA software
Booking of unit transactions, capital movements, and corporate actions
Preparation of annual general meeting reporting and periodic fund price publications
Support for auditors

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Banking and Finance.

Banking and Finance

Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Business Intelligence, Quality Assurance, Project Management, Finance, and Operations.

Information Technology

Business Intelligence

Quality Assurance

Project Management

Finance

Operations

Summary

My skills include business analysis, requirements management, requirements engineering, project management, change and test management, test execution, parameterization and software programming mainly for core banking systems and financial systems (Avaloq, Olympic, SimCorp Dimension, Multifonds, GP3, PM1, SAP) in roles such as BA, BE, PM, PO and QA. Over two decades of hands-on experience and expertise in the financial industry and IT form my foundation. I have supported international banks, private financial institutions and EU public financial institutions at various locations. My professional knowledge covers financial management, investment fund management, custodian banking, treasury, credit, risk management, controlling, regulatory reporting, audit, compliance, sustainable development (UN PRI, UN PRB, SDG, ESG), sustainability management and sustainable finance. My core values are structured work, systematic problem solving, professionalism, integrity, trustworthiness, reliability, punctuality, a positive attitude, sound judgment, stress resistance, proactivity, pragmatism, efficiency, positive thinking, empathy and teamwork.

Skills

Programming

Sql (Oracle, Db2, Microsoft)
Vba (Excel And Access)

Methodology

Sdlc
Cmmi
Itil
Pmbok
Waterfall
Prince2
Hermes
Agile
Safe
Scrum
Bpmn 2.0
Istqb
Babok
Ux

Operating Systems

Ibm-as400
Windows 10
Unix
Mac Osx 10.11
Linux

Software

Avaloq
Olympic (A03)
Powerdesigner
Sap Datasphere
Sap Calm
Sap Fsdp (Cdm|pdm)
Miro
Jira
Confluence
Bitbucket
Servicenow
Zkb-connect
Pm1e
Kuno
Ors
Tukan
Doll
Murex
Simcorp Dimensions
Multifonds Fa
Multifonds Ta
Multifonds Infocenter (Fa/ta)
Sungard Gp3
Mig21
Financekit
Charles River
Engageone
Sap Saas
Docbridge
Businessobjects
Toad
Squirrel
Adonis
Ms Visio
Bugzilla
Micro Focus Alm Octane
Hp Alm
Hp Open View
Hp Quality Center
Hp Quality Tester
Mercury Test-director
Cooltester
Db2
Oracle
Query Builder
Tableau
Cognos
Report Builder
Crystal Reports
Informatica
Sql-plus*
Pl Sql-developer
Actuate
Wm Daten
Bloomberg (+Excel Addin)
Reuters (+Excel Addin)
Telekurs
Wvs
Ms Project
Cosofin
Swift
Xml
Adobe Creative Suite
Grammarly
Zotero
Zoom
Lotus Notes
Office-365-office-suite Enterprise Edition
Word
Excel
Powerpoint
Access
Ms Query
Power Query
Microsoft Teams
Sharepoint
Exchange
Skype
Onedrive
Onenote.

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

French

Advanced

Luxembourgish

Advanced

Education

Sep 2020 - Mar 2021

Economics

Sep 2020 - Mar 2021

SRH

Bachelor of Arts in Sustainability Management, focus on ESG sustainable finance · Sustainability Management · Berlin, Germany

Jun 2020 - Apr 2021

Pôle Universitaire Euclide

MBA Sustainable Development · Sustainable Development · Serrekunda, Gambia

...and 3 more

Certifications & licenses

Operational Aspects of Sustainable Finance (Advanced)

Chambre de Commerce Luxembourg

Sustainable Finance (Foundation)

Chambre de Commerce Luxembourg

ISTQB

ITIL

Prince2

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 17

Experience in Banking and Finance 25 y

Avg length 1 y 6 m

Longest experience 5 y 5 m

Global Experience

Countries worked in 5 (Luxembourg, Germany, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Netherlands)

Primary country Luxembourg

Expertise

Recent roles Senior Business Analyst, Project Manager, Lead Business Functional Analyst Data and Analytics CTB

Main industries Banking and Finance

Main business areas Information Technology, Business Intelligence, Quality Assurance

Qualifications

Highest degree Master

Certifications earned 5

Profile

Created

December 2025

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What languages does Achim speak?

Achim speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), French (Advanced), Luxembourgish (Advanced).

How many years of experience does Achim have?

Achim has at least 25 years of experience. During this time, Achim has worked in at least 6 different roles and for 16 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 6 months. Note that Achim may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Achim be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Achim would be well-suited for roles such as: Senior Business Analyst, Project Manager, Lead Business Functional Analyst Data and Analytics CTB.

What is Achim's latest experience?

Achim's most recent position is Senior Business Analyst at VP Bank AG.

What companies has Achim worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Achim has worked for VP Bank AG, Bank Frick AG, Deutsche Bank Luxembourg, BNP Paribas Luxembourg, and Nord/LB Norddeutsche Landesbank Hannover.

Which industries is Achim most experienced in?

Achim is most experienced in industries like Banking and Finance.

Which business areas is Achim most experienced in?

Achim is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Business Intelligence, and Quality Assurance. Achim also has some experience in Project Management, Finance, and Operations.

Which industries has Achim worked in recently?

Achim has recently worked in industries like Banking and Finance.

Which business areas has Achim worked in recently?

Achim has recently worked in business areas like Business Intelligence, Information Technology, and Quality Assurance.

What is Achim's education?

Achim holds a Master in Sustainable Development from Pôle Universitaire Euclide, a Bachelor in Sustainability Management from SRH and a Bachelor in Economics from Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt Nürtingen.

Does Achim have any certificates?

Achim has 5 certificates. Among them, these include: Operational Aspects of Sustainable Finance (Advanced), Sustainable Finance (Foundation), and ISTQB.

What is the availability of Achim?

Achim is immediately available for suitable projects.

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