Description
The Forward Deployed Business Analyst will work in cross-functional teams to reimagine, innovate and scale solutions that drive growth and operating models within BlackRock.
This role combines business analysis, product discovery, business architecture and hands-on prototyping to turn ambiguous problems into tangible solutions that business users and engineers can test and refine together.
Responsibilities:
- Take ownership of complex business problems and rapidly translate them into testable solution hypotheses with measurable outcomes.
- Build structured business context covering terminology, entities, relationships, decision logic, data dependencies, controls and exceptions.
- Decompose business processes into explicit logic, controls and exception paths for implementation by technology teams.
- Create functional prototypes using AI-enabled development capabilities.
- Shape the target operating model, including ownership of data, governance, controls, roles and exception management.
- Partner continuously with business experts, product managers, engineers, architects, data specialists and control partners from discovery through implementation.
- Develop measurable project objectives, drive consensus, and communicate plans, progress and outcomes effectively to stakeholders and management.
Experience:
- 3–5 years of relevant work experience in transformation, product delivery, business architecture or a comparable discipline.
- Experience in business architecture and operating-model design.
- Proficiency in prototype-led problem solving.
- Expertise using AI-enabled development environments.
- Experience with iterative delivery and hands-on ownership.
- Experience in financial services or a similar industry.
- Excellent communication skills.
Benefits: BlackRock offers a wide range of employee benefits, including retirement investment, education reimbursement, comprehensive resources to support physical health and emotional well-being, family support programs, and Flexible Time Off (FTO).
Hybrid Work Model: BlackRock's hybrid work model requires employees to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with flexibility to work from home 1 day a week.