Change Management Lead Business Analyst
Boston, MA 
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JOB TITLE: Lead Business Analyst

POSITION SUMMARY:

At BBH we value diverse backgrounds, so if your experience looks a little different from what we've outlined and you think you can bring value to the role, we will still welcome your application!

What You Can Expect At BBH:

If you join BBH you will find a collaborative environment that enables you to step outside your role to add value wherever you can. You will have direct access to clients, information and experts across all business areas around the world. BBH will provide you with opportunities to grow your expertise, take on new challenges, and reinvent yourself-without leaving the firm. We encourage a culture of inclusion that values each employee's unique perspective. We provide a high-quality benefits program emphasizing good health, financial security, and peace of mind. Ultimately, we want you to have rewarding work with the flexibility to enjoy personal and family experiences at every career stage. Our BBH Cares program offers volunteer opportunities to give back to your community and help transform the lives of others

Change Management Lead Business Analyst

As a Lead Business Analyst in our Service Delivery Change Management team, you will initiate, organize, and drive small/medium-sized projects or segments of large projects that address business goals and deliver business value. Under the direction of a project or program manager, you will participate in all phases of the project life cycle and be responsible for execution of project tasks in accordance with standards and best practices. You will lead effective meetings to gather, validate and document business requirements, as well as current and future state workflows. You will analyze data, research issues, and design solutions to meet business needs. In addition, you may lead user acceptance testing, training, and implementation of new and existing applications as defined in a project or product roll-out plan.

Your knowledge of financial services and SDLC, as well as strong organizational skills, will enable you to multi-task in a fast-paced environment driven to deliver on the strategic investments of the Firm. To be successful, you'll need to be results-oriented and understand the impact of the project on the business as a whole. Your creativity and intellectual curiosity will enable you to manage through obstacles and drive resolution of issues. You will need strong communication and negotiation skills to successfully liase between business managers and systems analysts and developers to understand and articulate business requirements, and assist in the design, development and implementation of technology enhancements.

If you are looking to push your career to the next level, introduce yourself by submitting your resume.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Lead small/medium sized projects or workstreams/segments of large projects or programs
  • Plan meetings, prepare materials, and lead or participate in meetings with business users and sponsors, systems groups, vendors and clients
  • Document and/or review business requirements gathered from business users, sponsors and clients, and obtain user signoff on the requirements
  • Conduct business analysis to determine how changing business needs will affect the system or product; clearly articulate the business need and potential solutions with support of insightful analysis and documented evidence
  • Design creative solutions that meet the goals and objectives of the project and align with product/ discipline strategy. Lead design sessions, driving to creative, thoughtful, viable solutions.
  • Prepare project status reporting and other project communications for internal and external stakeholders
  • Track and organize open items; understand the time sensitivities of open issues and drive to resolution
  • Provide guidance for Business Analysts through coaching, resolving conflicts, coordinating activity, and assigning work.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, COMPETENCIES: (Completed by Manager)

Education Level

BA or Equivalent

Relevant Professional Experience

Up to 5 Yrs

Technical Capabilities

(include linguistic competencies)

Knowledge-Skills

- Understanding of project management principles

- Familiarity with project management software (e.g., CA PPM, MS Project) to build/manage schedules and produce dashboard reporting.

- Experience with MS Office applications including: Word, Excel, and Outlook

- Knowledge of project methodologies including theoretical aspects of project management

- Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.

- Analytical and problem-solving skills.

Other Requirements

- Demonstrated planning, organization, critical thinking and problem solving skills.
- Ability to learn, adapt, and apply new concepts and technologies
- Customer-focused perspective, team work, negotiation, conflict management and adaptability.
- Demonstrated influencing and leadership skills, including negotiation and conflict management
- Demonstrated understanding in areas of application programming, database and system design or with business-side knowledge of custodian, administrator, transfer agent roles.
- Demonstrated decision-making skills, including delegation, team work
- Effective interpersonal and negotiation skills and is able to communicate effectively with project team and department/group managers.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, creed, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other protected status under federal, state or local law.

Full time

Boston

 

Job Summary
Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Experience
Open
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