Business Architect II, Operations Systems

Acadian Asset Management LLC • Boston, MA

9h • Hybrid

About The Position

Acadian Asset Management is a global, systematic investment manager established in 1986, managing over $170 billion for institutions worldwide. They leverage advanced technology, rich datasets, and multidisciplinary expertise to navigate complex markets. Acadian fosters a collaborative, intellectually curious environment, valuing diverse perspectives and innovation, and is united by a shared purpose of delivering effective client outcomes. The company offers a flexible hybrid work environment, strong benefits, and a casual but focused office culture. This position is for an experienced, detail-oriented Business Architect with strong communication skills, who will analyze, design, implement, and support various projects. The role acts as a liaison to the business stakeholder community, identifying development solutions, modifications, and integrations for applications. The Business Architect II will work closely with cross-functional teams to translate business needs into a prioritized backlog for the Scrum team, communicating impacts across workflow functions and downstream applications. This role is expected to drive medium to large-sized projects with considerable independent judgment and discretion. Acadian supports a hybrid work environment, requiring employees to be on-site in the Boston office 3 days a week.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree is required
• 6-8 years of experience supporting the Investment Operations function in the financial services industry, reviewing business requirements, system functional requirements, and developing systems specifications
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to translate broader business initiatives into clear team objectives and concrete goals
• Ability to manage multiple projects, priorities and/or teams; Ability to think strategically and to inform, influence and collaborate with senior managers on business opportunities and risks
• Identify, assess and resolve complex business problems; facilitate issue resolution and risk mitigation
• Ability to work with the business users, understand their needs and translate those needs to software deliverables; work with the technical resources and coordinate their efforts to deliver project solutions

Responsibilities

• Assist in creating the business architecture for Investment Operations group by gathering the business functions, identifying the dependencies, and performing gap analysis on the future and current state business architecture
• Manage the project delivery pipeline by developing project mandates, generating value stream maps, incorporate the architectural principles into the backlog, and ensure the delivery teams meet sprint goals and objectives
• Serve as a Product Owner to translate complex business needs into deliverable features/user stories on behalf of stakeholders and identify ways to deliver Minimum Viable Product in alignment with Product Roadmap/epics
• Manages delivery of scope, partners with delivery teams to ensure user stories are clear and resolves impediments quickly and efficiently
• Plan and execute User Acceptance Testing as well as Post Implementation Validations to ensure successful releases of your projects
• Provide subject matter expertise and coaching to the delivery teams and mentor the business analysts in successfully implementing Agile and DevOps methodologies
• Support the daily operations of our customers and identify operational efficiencies to improve customer experience

Benefits

• flexible hybrid work environment
• strong benefits
• casual but focused office culture
• comprehensive benefits program, which includes health, retirement, and wellness offerings
• discretionary incentive compensation

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees