Mid/Sr Technical Business Analyst
T. Rowe Price
2021-12-03 07:40:10
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Job type: fulltime
Job industry: Consulting & Corporate Strategy
Job description
A career at T. Rowe Price says you want to contribute and make a difference at a leading global investment management firm where success results from the dedication our associates have in building success for our clients. We are a growing organization of associates from diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.
We take a long-term view on associates and their careers. Our associates do phenomenal work with purpose, and as a result, we provide growth opportunities through in-person and online training, management development programs, and career development on the job.
If you are seeking a meaningful work experience along with a workplace culture that thrives on teamwork, we invite you to explore the opportunity to join us.
The Global Trading Technology team is looking for a Business Analyst who combines ambition with humility and is happy to let their performance do the talking. In this role, you will work directly with our trading desks and act as the main interface between technology infrastructure and various business/functional areas. Incumbents help define business requirements, build application and process specifications, coordinate with delivery teams, and ensure that work is prioritized by business value and in alignment with the overarching business and technical strategies. You may have dual reporting relationship to technology and to business/functional unit management. Incumbents may be involved in crafting technical materials and documentation. This role requires working and conceptual knowledge in your job discipline, in which you will have the opportunity to perform a range of assignments.
Are you a dedicated professional who is accountable for your own work? Can you effectively cooperate with others to build sustainable processes and information? Are you able to tackle problems independently under general guidance? If so, we encourage you to apply.
Role summary and job responsibilities:
- Defining business needs for new and/or enhanced products, services, or optimized business processes
- Active participation throughout the software development process
- Working closely with a variety of internal and external business partners to ensure that all business requirements are understood, documented, and met
- Applies a lean-agile mind-set to work and supports organizational agility
- Efforts are focused on a specific system or business applications
- Independently works with domain experts on low to medium complexity work to ensure clarity of the problem/opportunity and elicit business requirements
- Demonstrating strong logic and reasoning capabilities
- Delivering on well-specified work items
- Using questions and proposals to clarify requirements when unclear
- Leading discussions with the business on multiple options to help address the root cause, including various trade-offs and recommended approach.
- You may provide on-the-job training to new team members
Business knowledge
- You can apply your understanding of the Financial Services and Asset Management industries
- Your work interconnects with the strategy of their team and/or department
- You articulate business needs and translate them into technology solutions
Requirements
- You have experience working closely with stakeholder- requirements gathering, user stories, solutioning, data analysis, research, etc.
- You have experience working and partnering closely with software development teams
- Experience working in the investments or financial services domain helpful
- You can articulate all phases of the software development process
- You actively seek feedback and guidance to improve technical skills
- Identify system/process/data impacts (upstream and downstream) and proposes appropriate alternatives/ remediation
- Demonstrate some understanding in multiple technologies/ applications
- Can explain basic technical concepts to a non-technical audience
- Identify impacts across teams and coordinates to manage dependencies and potentially competing priorities
Job Family: Business Analyst
Level: KM2 or KM3
T. Rowe Price is committed to providing our associates with a comprehensive total rewards benefit program, including wellness, retirement and quality-of-life benefits. Please view What We Offer to see what's available to you.
As part of T. Rowe Price's Health and Safety protocols, effective October 19, 2021, any US-based new hires, including interns will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or have a valid medical or religious exemption from receiving a COVID-19 vaccine.
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