Manager, Business Analysts

About the Role
  
A global investment firm is seeking an experienced Manager to oversee its international Business Analyst team spanning multiple offices across North America and Europe. This position will directly supervise a high-performing group of analysts working at the convergence of industry operations, technology, and data analytics. The successful candidate should embody a player/coach leadership style – capable of both shaping strategic direction and developing team members while remaining actively involved in daily operational execution.
  
Key Responsibilities
  
Team Leadership

• Lead, coach, and grow a geographically dispersed team of Business Analysts.
• Promote cross-regional collaboration while establishing unified objectives, deliverables, and performance standards.
• Develop team capabilities in technical and analytical methodologies, facilitating knowledge sharing and professional growth.

Strategic Oversight

• Partner with senior stakeholders to evaluate and prioritize initiatives based on business value and practicality.
• Ensure projects align with organizational strategy, operational objectives, and data management frameworks.
• Establish and implement standardized methodologies across locations to ensure consistent quality of delivery.

Hands-On Execution

• Participate directly in project delivery—eliciting requirements, creating reports, and building automated solutions in partnership with the team.
• Convert multifaceted business requirements into actionable functional and technical documentation.
• Evaluate and redesign operational processes to improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention.
• Drive organizational transformation initiatives while supporting the team’s execution of concurrent projects.

Technical Enablement

• Direct and contribute to data architecture design, integration planning, process documentation, and system specifications.
• Maintain uniformity in data standards, analytical logic, and technical frameworks across team deliverables.
• Serve as a technical authority in relevant areas including database query languages, analytical expressions, data transformation tools, integration protocols, and analytics platforms.

Project Management & Change Enablement

• Coordinate multi-stakeholder project planning, delivery, and communication.
• Ensure comprehensive documentation, quality assurance, end-user training, and adoption facilitation.
• Track and evaluate performance indicators for implemented solutions.

Additional Responsibilities

• Execute ad hoc projects and strategic initiatives as required to support the ongoing development of the analytical and innovation function.

Requirements
  
Experience & Qualifications

• 7+ years of applicable experience within the industry sector.
• Previous experience leading and developing teams in a collaborative, results-oriented setting.
• Proven track record of managing initiatives across multiple regions and diverse working environments.
• Expertise in process documentation, workflow optimization, data architecture, and analytics solution development.
• Excellent relationship-building and communication capabilities; adept at engaging and collaborating with stakeholders across organizational levels.
• Adaptable in uncertain environments with strong ability to transform ambiguous challenges into clear, executable strategies.

Technical Competencies

• Business intelligence platforms and related data transformation/modeling tools
• Workflow automation or robotic process automation solutions
• Database query languages and API integration methodologies
• Process visualization and diagramming software
• Agile delivery practices, organizational change management, and data governance frameworks

Education & Professional Credentials

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, accounting, economics, information technology, or a related discipline required.
• Professional industry certifications are beneficial.
• Technical credentials in analytics, automation, or data platform technologies preferred.