Who We Are:
As a leading global investment management firm, AB fosters diverse perspectives and embraces innovation to help our clients navigate the uncertainty of capital markets. Through high-quality research and diversified investment services, we serve institutions, individuals, and private wealth clients in major markets worldwide. Our ambition is simple: to be our clients’ most valued asset-management partner.
With over 4,400 employees across 51 locations in 25 countries, our people are our advantage. We foster a culture of intellectual curiosity and collaboration to create an environment where everyone can thrive and do their best work. Whether you're producing thought-provoking research, identifying compelling investment opportunities, infusing new technologies into our business, or providing thoughtful advice to clients, we’re looking for unique voices to help lead us forward. If you’re ready to challenge your limits and build your future, join us.
Who You'll Work With:
In this role as a Business Analyst, you will have an opportunity to collaborate with a variety of teams across the firm to understand business needs and identify how technology can meet those needs through the design and implementation of efficient processes and tools. The BA will work with Business Sponsors and Stakeholders to understand the business problem we are solving for and the intended outcome. They will strategize on the approach, collaborate on requirements definition and partner with our Private Wealth teams to document and implement a solution. This role will specifically support our strategic initiatives, which will help grow our global footprint.
What You'll Do:
Work across multiple stakeholders to gather and define requirements and collaborate with development teams on design and implementation
Conducting meetings, gathering critical information, and producing organized, detail-oriented meeting notes, documentation, and requirements
Structuring ambiguous business problems and recommending concrete solutions using process design and supporting technologies
Performing in-depth requirement analysis
Communicating the results of your efforts in a clear and concise manner
Collaborate with development teams on interface design and implementation
Ensuring solutions meet business needs and requirements
Creation of test cases
Performing user acceptance testing
Monitoring deliverables and ensuring timely completion of assigned tasks
What We're Looking For:
Bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years’ business analyst experience
Experience working in an agile environment leveraging agile methodologies preferred
Understanding of the financial services industry, including market knowledge across equities, fixed income, multi-asset, and/or alternative strategies is a plus
Skills:
Excellent planning, organizational, and time management skills
Strong and concise communication skills (written, oral, and presentation)
Ability to structure ambiguous business problems and partner with IT to recommend technology solutions
Exceptional analytical and conceptual thinking skills
Excellent documentation skills
Skilled in building and managing relationships with key stakeholders and business partners
Client focused with a strong sense of ownership and follow-through
Highly motivated with the ability to work effectively independently and within a team
Extremely detail-oriented and deadline driven with proven ability to multi-task across projects
Ability to write User Stories with testable acceptance criteria that drive business value from a user perspective
Propensity to learn new areas of the business, processes, and applications quickly
Competency in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, and Outlook
Experience using Jira and Confluence (or similar systems) for agile project management and documentation preferred
AB does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status or any other basis that is prohibited by applicable law. AB’s policies, as well as practices, seek to ensure that employment opportunities are available to all employees and applicants, based solely on job-related criteria.
Nashville, Tennessee
