Forward Deployed Business Analyst, Associate - BTO

BlackRock•Atlanta, NY

12d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Forward Deployed Business Analyst works in cross-functional teams to reimagine, innovate and scale solutions that support growth and operating models across 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. The role calls for structured analysis, product-oriented prioritization, an enterprise perspective and a bias toward building and testing solutions. The position is part of the BlackRock Transformation Office (BTO), a global group of change professionals delivering strategic transformation. BTO connects the firm’s people, processes and technology to drive shared outcomes, while supporting employees’ development of delivery and leadership skills and broadening their firm and industry knowledge. Projects and roles consider both delivery outcomes and individual development objectives and career aspirations.

Requirements

3–5 years of relevant work experience in transformation, product delivery, business architecture, technology-enabled change or a comparable discipline.
Experience in business architecture and operating-model design, connecting solutions to business capabilities, roles, governance, policy ownership, controls and exception handling.
Proficiency in prototype-led problem solving and converting ambiguous business problems into functional prototypes that stakeholders can see, test and challenge.
Expertise using AI-enabled development environments to accelerate analysis, prototyping, requirements definition and testing, including critically evaluating generated outputs, maintaining traceability and understanding where human judgment remains essential.
Experience with iterative delivery and hands-on ownership through cycles of analysis, experimentation and solution shaping.
Experience in financial services or a similar industry.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate objectives and influence outcomes.

Responsibilities

Take ownership of complex, ambiguous business problems and translate them rapidly into testable solution hypotheses with measurable outcomes.
Build structured business context—including terminology, entities, relationships, decision logic, data dependencies, controls and exceptions—for subject matter experts, AI tools and engineering teams.
Decompose business processes into explicit logic, controls and exception paths for implementation by technology teams.
Create functional prototypes using AI-enabled development capabilities to discover requirements, challenge assumptions and validate future-state processes, data, policies and controls.
Shape the target operating model, including data ownership, 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 across levels.
Apply sound judgment and critical thinking to solve complex problems, adapt as the business evolves, explore new approaches and technologies, and rigorously challenge results.