Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) is a privately-held financial institution that has been a thought leader and solutions provider for over 200 years. We serve the most sophisticated individuals and institutions with expertise in Private Banking, Investment Management and Investor Services. Our 5,000 employees operate from 17 locations throughout North America, Europe and Asia.

Join us as a Senior Systems Business Analyst in our Mutual Funds Systems team!

Brown Brothers Harriman is seeking a Senior Systems Business Analyst to join its Mutual Funds Systems team within Custody Systems. S/he will work as part of a dynamic and growing team responsible for delivering all IT project services for major technical product initiatives. The individual will take part in the identification and definition of the change, design, development, testing and deployment of solutions as well as run communication to both business and technical audiences. The Systems Analyst will participate in all phases of the systems development life cycle (SDLC) from project scoping, planning and requirements definition to issues resolution, testing, training and implementation.

Responsibilities

• Help design and build new products and product features surrounding Mutual Funds Processing platform within Custody Systems
• Populate, review and refine product backlogs, including, but not limited to, platform themes, epics, features, user stories, business validation and user acceptance test plans and scripts
• Work closely with Software Engineering, Design, Business and Program Management teams in an agile environment to deliver products and features, benefiting our global clients and internal business teams
• Analyze, study and understand applications, user workflows and objectives, and create conceptual and final solution designs that bring simplicity and user friendliness to complex, enterprise design challenges
• Write and maintain clear system documentation including service API specifications, workflow diagrams, dataflow diagrams, screen design etc.
• Effectively communicate, influence, and deliver quality across a demanding agile-driven environment
• Conducting analysis of applications and systems
• Involvement in design and development process as well as in system and UAT testing, deployments, and checkout of the solution
• Working with project managers, developers, testers and other specialists across multiple teams and locations to make sure that projects meet business needs
• Mentoring/guiding more junior team members

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, business analysis, engineering, mathematics, banking, finance, and other related discipline or five or more years of relevant work experience
• Expert level knowledge of user interface design guidelines and user-centered design methodologies
• 5+ years of analysis experience in software development projects
• Good experience in agile development methodologies
• Wireframe and prototyping experience
• Excellent communication, presentation and collaboration skills
• Demonstrates ability to take ownership and initiative
• Highly organized and able to manage priorities and multiple work streams
• Positive, can do attitude, open to change
• Previous experience of working in an international corporate environment is a big plus
• Basic technical knowledge of application development and solution designing