Change Management Lead Project Analyst at Brown Brothers Harriman in New York, NY

Job description

At BBH, Partnership is more than a form of ownership—it’s our approach to business and relationships. We know that supporting your professional and personal goals is the best way to help our clients and advance our business. We take that responsibility seriously. With a 200-year legacy and a shared passion for what’s next, this is the right place to build a fulfilling career. The Change Management Lead Project Analyst will be responsible for supporting projects falling under the Change Management discipline within Capital Partners. They will initiate, organize, analyze, and complete small, medium, and large sized projects that address business goals and needs. S/he will be responsible for any or all phases of the project life cycle and is responsible for execution of both business analysis and project management tasks (depending on assign role within a project) in accordance with standards and best practices. This position works with project members to define scope, prioritize deliverables, and manage resources. They will coordinate the project team throughout the project lifecycle including planning, scoping, analysis, design, development, testing, and implementation. They will manage project meetings, write detailed requirements, complete required project reporting, maintain project documentation, and support the use of project management tools. They will contribute towards user acceptance test planning and execute user acceptance testing. Finally, they will coordinate and oversee a successful implementation of the projects and product roll outs. The Change Management Lead Project Analyst is results-oriented and understands the impact of the project on the organization. The role leads small, medium, and large sized projects that address business goals and needs. The Change Management Lead Project Analyst will track project tasks, align resources, execute analysis, and write requirements to ensure alignment with project objectives and scope. They will escalate concerns to management and provide recommendations to help determine when project status may change from green, amber or red. The role of the department is to manage and execute a portfolio of projects. This role will work on new large-scale projects budgeted, recurring application upgrades, and smaller application enhancements. This role will strive to deliver projects on time and on budget, helping to achieve strategic and tactical goals of the business line. The Change Management Lead Project Analyst role serves as a liaison between individuals assigned to specific projects to ensure project tasks and deliverables are being met. This will include managing project meetings, creating project reporting, working with subject matter experts to understand and write requirements, working with the technology team to ensure appropriate design based on requirements, and updating and escalating to management, as needed. The role may interact with external vendors as needed based on project scope. This role leads effective meetings to gather, validate and document business requirements as well as current and future state workflows, analyzes data, researches issues, and devises solutions for the project. In addition, s/he may lead user acceptance testing, training, and implementation of new and existing applications as defined in a project or product roll-out plan. Private wealth management and/or investment management experience is preferred. Experience participating in a portfolio accounting system transition, or experience with portfolio accounting concepts, time-weighted returns (TWR) or internal rate of return (IRR) calculations is a plus. Familiarity with FIS Addvantage, SEI’s Wealth Platform, Charles River Development (CRD) for order management and investment book of records, and/or Addepar is a plus. 1. Project Management and Execution Define project scope and oversee project planning. Lead projects. Prepare a plan for the project, including task assignments, timelines, d