Senior Technical Business Analyst

Job Title

Senior Technical Business Analyst

Location

New York, NY

• Who We Are
• Jennison Associates is a global investment management firm with over $200
• billion in Assets under Management spanning across a range of various equity and
• fixed income investment strategies. Jennison was founded in 1969 on the
• principle that doing what’s best for clients will always be right for the
• business. Grounded in our firm values of integrity, collaboration and client
• focus, the mission across all areas of our firm is to deliver superior long-term
• investment returns and excellence in client service. This singular focus is
• embedded in our culture and reflected in the way we invest, the service we
• provide to our clients, and the people we hire. We recognize that each employee
• plays a key part in achieving our mission, regardless of their role or title. As
• a result, we continually strive to make Jennison a fulfilling and rewarding
• place to work for all employees.

Our Function

• The Technical Business Analyst is responsible for collaborating with product,
• engineering, operations, compliance, trading, and vendor teams to define
• requirements, document workflows, support testing, and deliver reliable
• technology solutions. The Senior Technical Business Analyst is expected to serve
• as a subject matter expert and provide deep functional and technical expertise
• across core applications, business processes, and operational domains. The role
• may include coaching, training, and supervisory responsibilities as needed,
• along with leading department-level, cross-vertical initiatives. This position
• may operate within a dual-reporting model, partnering with both technology
• leadership and business unit or functional management.

Your Impact

• Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to the following:
• The Technical Business Analyst works closely with application development teams,
• business stakeholders, vendors, and control partners to define and validate
• business requirements, document workflows, produce functional specifications,
• support testing, and deliver reliable technology solutions. The Senior Technical
• Business Analyst operates independently to ensure analysis, specifications, test
• cases, implementation deliverables, and technical deployment runbooks are
• clearly documented, executed, and aligned with business objectives, production
• readiness standards, and modern delivery practices.

Analysis Functions

•  Translate business and functional requirements into clear functional
• specifications that support integration with existing systems, platforms, and
• operational workflows.
•  Anticipate stakeholder needs by developing a clear understanding of business
• objectives, operational requirements, and desired outcomes.
•  Identify, assess, and communicate risks, dependencies, and downstream impacts
• when evaluating solution options.
•  Consistently keep the big picture in mind by considering how individual tasks
• affect project outcomes while ensuring details are complete.
•  Partner with business and technology project leads to define project tasks,
• estimates, dependencies, and work plans that support successful delivery.

Implementation Functions

•  Manage multiple complex initiatives simultaneously while maintaining delivery
• quality, clear priorities, and timely execution.
•  Analyze data requirements, process flows, business rules, and system impacts,
• and document practical solution options.
•  Facilitate specification review sessions with business stakeholders across
• operations, compliance, trading, and related functions to confirm requirements
• and translate them into clear written specifications.
•  Prepare impact analysis reports and provide estimates for change requests.
•  Work with project managers and delivery leads to define tasks, estimates,
• dependencies, and execution plans, or independently maintain work plans needed
• to support project delivery.
•  Create and maintain accurate project documentation, including analysis
• deliverables, requirements, specifications, test documentation, implementation
• notes, and supporting artifacts.
•  Communicate project status, risks, decisions, and next steps clearly across
• stakeholder groups.
•  Continuously assess deliverable progress against stated timelines and
• proactively raise concerns when appropriate.
•  Support user training, adoption, and issue resolution while mentoring less
• experienced team members as needed.
•  Serve as a liaison across business, technology, vendor, and control teams to
• align requirements, decisions, delivery activities, and issue resolution.

Testing Functions

•  Define and coordinate the user acceptance testing process, including review
• cycles, stakeholder communication, feedback tracking, and sign-off support.
•  Create functional and integration test cases to support Jennison's in-house
• and proprietary applications.
•  Coordinate and execute application and user testing efforts.
•  Develop and maintain traceability between requirements, test cases, defects,
• and acceptance criteria to confirm test coverage.
•  Develop comprehensive test plans, execute testing, support defect resolution,
• and assist users with system navigation and data workflow validation during user
• acceptance testing.
•  Partner with business stakeholders and application teams to define test
• environment availability, data needs, scheduling constraints, and readiness
• requirements.
• Production Support and Continuous Improvement Functions
•  Identify and document process gaps, control weaknesses, system inefficiencies,
• and improvement opportunities, and recommend practical solutions.
•  Own assigned deliverables and provide clear status updates on completed work,
• active priorities, planned tasks, risks, blockers, and dependencies across
• projects.

•  Collaborate with internal development teams and vendor partners to assess,
• prioritize, and deliver system enhancements across supported platforms.

• Support production issues by analyzing data, assessing application

• behavior, determining business impact, coordinating resolution activities, and
• providing guidance               across supported applications and business
• domains.

• Support escalation protocols, contingency procedures, and recovery plans

• for sensitive or business-critical processes to enable timely response and issue
• resolution.

Communication

•  Communicate relevant project information clearly to a variety of stakeholder
• audiences.
•  Provide user support, training, and knowledge transfer as needed, and mentor
• less experienced team members.
•  Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills, communicate
• effectively and confidently with users, team members, and management, and
• escalate issues appropriately.
•  Communicate complex technical and business information clearly, tailoring
• messages to support understanding, decision-making, and alignment across large
• or complex initiatives.

In addition, the following competencies are expected

•  Foster collaboration, shared ownership, and accountability across project
• teams while mentoring analysts, developers, and other team members.
•  Apply industry best practices and drive improvements within the department.
•  Demonstrate a strong understanding of the project lifecycle and related
• deliverables, and identify opportunities to improve documentation, processes,
• and delivery practices.
•  Influence solution decisions by clearly presenting analysis, trade-offs,
• risks, and recommendations to stakeholders and management.
•  Clarify goals, priorities, deliverables, and success criteria needed to
• support team and department objectives.
•  May require occasional after-hours or weekend support for production issues,
• critical releases, or time-sensitive business needs.
•  Anticipate stakeholder needs by understanding business priorities, operational
• requirements, constraints, and expected outcomes.
•  Adhere to the firm’s mandatory hybrid work model, which requires in-person
• attendance at the primary office location on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays
• to support collaboration, mentorship and team development. Remote work is
• permitted on Mondays and Fridays.

Your Required Skills / Job Requirements & Qualifications

•  Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Information
• Technology, or a related field; advanced degree or relevant financial industry
• certification preferred.
•  Extensive business analysis experience in asset management, investment
• operations, financial services technology, or a related field.
•  Strong experience with investment accounting, operations workflows, data
• flows, controls, and production support processes.

•  Experience with Eagle Accounting and Security Master systems.
•  Experience with SQL and/or navigating databases using query tools is required.
•  Experience with business process reengineering.
•  Experience managing technical resources.
•  Experience implementing or enhancing investment technology platforms,
• including order management, investment accounting, regulatory, compliance, or
• related operational systems.
•  Experience producing clear, well-organized requirements, functional
• specifications, workflow documentation, test cases, and implementation support
• materials.
•  Experience using approved AI tools, such as Microsoft Copilot, to support
• business analysis, meeting notes, requirements drafting, documentation, data
• review, and process improvement.
•  Ability to review and validate AI-assisted work against source documents,
• data, and business input before sharing or using it for decisions.
•  Exceptional analytical, strategic thinking, and problem-solving skills.
•  Experience writing and executing test plans.
•  Ability to balance multiple priorities and shift priorities as needed.
•  Comfortable working directly with business stakeholders to address production
• issues and complete project-related work.
•  Strong understanding of modern delivery practices, including Agile, SDLC,
• requirements management, testing, release coordination, production readiness,
• and post-implementation support.

What We Offer

• Jennison offers a generous benefits package including but not limited to:
• premier medical benefits, paid time off, a retirement profit sharing plan,
• wellness reimbursement, fully paid parental leave, family planning support, paid
• membership to concierge primary care, supplemental mental wellness benefit
• provides annual allotment of fully paid therapy sessions and unlimited coaching,
• additional health and wellness benefits, and life insurance. Our hybrid work
• model provides employees with the flexibility to work remotely 2 days a week.

• The base salary range for this role is $200,000 - $225,000. Individual salaries
• for this role may vary based on various factors including but not limited to,
• years of experience, range in corporate level, candidate skills, and geographic
• location. Eligibility to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program
• is subject to rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on
• various factors including but not limited to, individual and organizational
• performance.
• Jennison is committed to treating all applicants and employees fairly and to
• providing equal opportunity in compliance with applicable federal, state and
• local laws. Jennison does not and will not discriminate against any employee or
• applicant for employment on the basis of race, religion, ancestry, color,
• gender, gender identity, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, national
• origin, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, covered-veteran
• or military status, genetic information, and/or any other factor protected by
• law.