Change Management Senior Business Analyst

at  Brown Brothers Harriman

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.
Join us as a Change Management Senior Business Analyst!
Brown Brothers Harriman is currently recruiting a Senior Project Business Analyst to join our Change Management team. The Change Management Senior Business Analyst works as part of a project team, participating in all phases of the project life cycle. As a member of the Change Management Team, the Business Analyst engages in and contributes to the continued evolution and improvement of our project execution processes and tools to improve business results. The successful candidate will be able to gather and document business requirements, perform analysis, research issues, complete traceability and contribute to system and process design solutions. In addition to their Project Team, the BA will interface with clients, operations teams, Systems partners, Project Management Office, and other internal and external parties as required. The Senior Business Analyst may participate in the user acceptance testing, training and implementation of new and existing applications as defined in a project plan. They will be equally at ease discussing business and technical issues and will be able to lead solution discovery.

Some of your key responsibilities include:

• Assist the Project Manager or Lead Business Analyst in defining the scope of the project
• Identify business goals and problems in individual business units and across the organization Perform assessment of feasible solutions and the range of problems they may solve
• Perform assessment of feasible solutions and the range of problems they may solve
• Assist in the preparation of a project plan as appropriate
• Document business requirements gathered from business users, sponsors and clients, and obtain user signoff on the requirements
• Track and organize open items; understand the time sensitivities of open issues and drive to resolution
• Communicate defects to Systems developers. Track delivery dates for defect fixes and maintain status reporting. Escalate appropriately
• 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
• Recognize patterns in complex information and identify key issues
• Identify gaps between business requirements and existing or proposed design solutions
• Contribute ideas and solutions to management to enhance design and deliverables
• Understand technical concepts and how they impact the project/business
• Work with business areas to identify productivity improvements in workflows and procedures
• Plan meetings, prepare materials, and participate in meetings with business users and sponsors, systems groups, vendors and clients

What we offer:

• 2 additional days added to your holiday calendar for Culture Celebration and Community Service
• Private medical care for you and your family
• Life Insurance
• Hybrid Working Opportunities
• Professional trainings and qualification support
• Thrive Wellbeing Program
• Online benefit platform
• Contracts for an indefinite period of time with no probation period

Desired Qualifications:

• BA/BS degree and/or equivalent work experience
• 3+ years of industry or project experience
• Takes ownership and follow through on tasks; results oriented
• Creative thinking, intellectual curiosity
• Problem-solving and sound judgment
• Analytical and problem solving skills
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Ability to multi-task
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with all audiences
• Knowledge of project management principles and methodologies

• Assist the Project Manager or Lead Business Analyst in defining the scope of the project
• Identify business goals and problems in individual business units and across the organization Perform assessment of feasible solutions and the range of problems they may solve
• Perform assessment of feasible solutions and the range of problems they may solve
• Assist in the preparation of a project plan as appropriate
• Document business requirements gathered from business users, sponsors and clients, and obtain user signoff on the requirements
• Track and organize open items; understand the time sensitivities of open issues and drive to resolution
• Communicate defects to Systems developers. Track delivery dates for defect fixes and maintain status reporting. Escalate appropriately
• 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
• Recognize patterns in complex information and identify key issues
• Identify gaps between business requirements and existing or proposed design solutions
• Contribute ideas and solutions to management to enhance design and deliverables
• Understand technical concepts and how they impact the project/business
• Work with business areas to identify productivity improvements in workflows and procedures
• Plan meetings, prepare materials, and participate in meetings with business users and sponsors, systems groups, vendors and client