Apply on Employer Site

HarbourVest Partners · 1 day ago

Senior Business Analyst

Boston

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$94K/yr - $150K/yr

3+ years exp

HarbourVest Partners is a global private markets firm with over 40 years of experience. They are seeking a Senior Business Analyst to join their Wealth Management team within the IT organization, focusing on implementing innovative solutions to meet client needs.

Asset ManagementFinanceFinancial ServicesVenture Capital

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Contribute to Wealth product roadmap development and delivery to achieve strategic business objectives

Engage business and technology partners to define and document requirements, features or user stories, while proactively identifying and mitigating related dependencies or risks

Provide input and feedback relating to solutions alternatives and prioritization to support delivering the highest business value

Coordinate with teammates to iterate on feature development, testing and readiness

Develop test plans and support testing to ensure the technical development enables the business needs

Capture business requirements, translating them into an easy to implement technical solutions, integrations, system designs, tests, transformations, and reports

Create and update project artifacts such as task boards, use cases, application documentation, release notes, and technical writeups

Proactively seek challenges to identify and resolve potential issues with new development or ongoing operational support

Identify and implement efficiencies to optimize capabilities

Conduct or facilitate training and information sharing sessions with supporting documentation or reference material for employees and team members as needed

Additional responsibilities related to the role as required

Qualification

Business Process ManagementAgile DevelopmentProject ManagementData ModelingSalesforceAnalytical SkillsMicrosoft ToolsCommunication SkillsProblem SolvingAttention to Detail

Required

Consistently performs with a positive and proactive demeanor to understand business needs and contributes to technology solutions that achieve business and client objectives

Builds and maintains effective working relationships with internal and external teammates

Demonstrates ability to lead across projects and teams

Has strong analytical and problem solving skills, the skill to dissect and detail complicated situations and propose creative process & technical solutions

Can facilitate and engage in multiple intricate projects at a given time

Operates with a continuous learning and improvement approach to deliver high quality and timely outcomes

Possesses excellent facilitation, communication skills, and can communicate effectively at all levels, in all forms, and to all functional groups

Proven capabilities and experience in three or more of the following areas: Applications Development, Business Process and Workflow Management, Enterprise Architecture, Project Management, Quality Assurance, Infrastructure, and Systems Support

Background in Financial Services and/or financial applications; Experience with Salesforce a plus

Experience with Agile software development, traditional project management, and Six Sigma methodologies and techniques

Successful results leading large or sophisticated projects and processes from initiation through implementation

Data modeling and design understanding, including conceptual and logical modeling

Effective interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, including experience translating business and technical concepts or decisions with diverse audiences

Strength with analytical, data, problem solving and collaboration skills

Attention to detail and quality to fulfill responsibilities

Proficient with Microsoft, process/workflow and collaboration tools

Preferred

Experience with systems integrations and data mapping preferred

Bachelor of Arts (B.A) or Science (B.S), or equivalent experience

3-8 years or more in Financial Services preferred

Benefits

Discretionary annual bonus

Long-term reward programs

Comprehensive total rewards package

Retirement

Health

Insurance

Paid time off

Wellness programs

Company

HarbourVest Partners

Glassdoor4.4

HarbourVest Partners is a private markets firm providing solutions to help clients invest in primary funds, real assets, and private credit.

Founded in 1982

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://www.harbourvest.com

H1B Sponsorship

HarbourVest Partners has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)

Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship

Represents job field similar to this job

Trends of Total Sponsorships

2025 (3)

2023 (2)

2021 (1)

2020 (1)