Systems Business Analyst Sr.

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. is seeking a Systems Business Analyst Senior to join our Capital Partners Technology Team.

The role acts as a liaison between Capital Partners’ systems and business groups, defining and documenting business needs, functional requirements, and ensuring technology solutions support operations. You will analyze current workflows, translate concepts for business and technical audiences, participate in SDLC phases, and use SQL or BI tools (e.g., Qlik Sense) for data

Qualifications

• 5–7 years in a financial services company, preferably Private Banking and/or Investment Management.
• 4+ years working directly with business counterparts to clarify requests and translate into functional requirements.
• Experience with development teams to describe requirements, answer questions, and perform integration/QA testing.
• Proven business analysis skills, including business requirements, proposals, and workflow design.
• Ability to analyze current workflows and identify improvement opportunities.
• Strong organizational and professional communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop clear methodology documents (interviewing, workflow analysis, dataflow diagramming, screen design).
• Review and assist in the development of project plans, workflows, and resource assignments.
• Facilitate definition of functional requirements through workshops, prototyping, and design sessions.
• Translate project concepts into visuals clarifying design elements for business and technical audiences.
• Manage distinct efforts via waterfall or iterative development processes.
• Ensure methodology is followed, provide feedback, and maintain issue logs.
• Coordinate communications around systems and user acceptance for assigned efforts.
• Identify and resolve miscommunications between business and technical teams.
• Conduct user training.
• Use SQL or BI tools (e.g., Qlik Sense) to perform data analysis and validate reports.
• Participate in development of test strategies, plans, and cases.
• Translate system workflows into system configuration and participate in test execution.

Skills

Business analysis

Financial services domain knowledge

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Systems Business Analyst Sr

Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) is recruiting a Systems Business Analyst Senior to join our Capital Partners Technology Team. The role acts as a liaison between Capital Partners’ systems and business groups, defining and documenting business needs, functional requirements, and ensuring technology solutions enhance and support operations. The analyst will evaluate technology alternatives and recommend solutions to both business and technical audiences, participating throughout all phases of the systems development life cycle with a focus on strategic initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop clear, concise methodology documents (interviewing, workflow analysis, dataflow diagramming, screen design, etc.).
• Review and assist in the development of project plans, workflows, and resource assignments.
• Facilitate definition of functional requirements through workshops, prototyping, and design sessions with user analysts and programmer analysts.
• Translate and present project concepts into visual images clarifying design elements for both business and technical audiences.
• Manage distinct efforts via waterfall or iterative development processes as assigned by the Project Manager.
• Ensure methodology is followed, provide meaningful feedback, and maintain issue logs.
• Coordinate and support communications around systems and user acceptance for assigned efforts.
• Identify, mediate, resolve, and eliminate miscommunications between business and technical project team members.
• Conduct user training.
• Use SQL or reporting/BI tools (e.g., Qlik Sense) to perform data analysis, validate report requirements, and confirm test results.
• Participate in development of test strategies, plans, and cases.
• Translate system workflows into system configuration.
• Participate in test execution and document results.

Qualifications

• 5‑7 years of experience in a financial services company, preferably Private Banking and/or Investment Management.
• 4+ years of relevant work experience working directly with business counterparts to clarify requests and translate them into functional requirements.
• Direct experience working with development teams to describe requirements, answer questions, and perform integration/QA testing.
• Proven business analysis skills, including business requirements, proposals, and workflow design.
• Ability to analyze current workflows and identify improvement opportunities.
• Strong organizational skills: manage multiple tasks simultaneously and meet deadlines.
• Professional communication skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office (advanced Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).

Salary Range

$100,000‑$150,000 Base Salary + Annual Target Bonus. BBH’s total rewards package includes discretionary bonuses, profit‑sharing, long‑term savings, healthcare, income protection, professional development, and paid time off.

Benefits

BBH’s compensation program recognizes contributions through a comprehensive benefits package that supports long‑term savings, healthcare, income protection, professional development opportunities, and paid time off.

Equal Employment Opportunity

BBH is 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, veteran status, or any other protected status under federal, state or local law.