Job Description
Job description About the
Role:
As a Business Analyst at Baird, you will play a highly visible, impactful role at the intersection of business and technology, helping shape the business, translating evolving needs into clear direction for delivery teams expertise and grow into a trusted business proxy, helping teams make informed decisions and maintain momentum, even when direct business input is limited. Institutional Equities & Research, Private Wealth Management and our Corporate All positions require working from our Milwaukee office a minimum of 2 days per week. The Impact You'll Make:
Business Analysis & Delivery Drive business analysis efforts across a wide range of initiatives, including new capabilities, platform enhancements, operational improvements, and data/reporting solutions. initiatives, identifying stakeholders, clarifying objectives, and helping Translate business needs into high-quality artifacts such as documented business requirements, process flows, context diagrams, stakeholder to business priorities and strategic intent. structure with flexibility to deliver value efficiently. validation and acceptance to ensure delivered solutions meet intended business Business Partnership & Domain Expertise:
of the supported business domain (Corporate Finance/HR or Equities), including Serve as a trusted partner and effective business proxy, applying informed judgment to keep delivery moving Anticipate business questions, surface audiences, including senior business leaders, IT leadership, developers, and evaluate solutions, clarify tradeoffs, and ensure business intent is accurately Team Leadership & Culture Building:
evolution of team practices by sharing lessons learned and improving analysis ownership, openness to feedback, and emotional intelligence. the Business Analysis community, helping shape standards and grow capability across IT. including 5+ years in Business Analysis. Experience working on projects related to the creation, support and enhancement of web applications. Financial services For Equities-focused role experience with trading FIX, market data feeds, order management systems such as Bloomberg, Fidessa) preferred Strong experience with writing business requirements, use cases and user stories Previous experience with data analysis including writing SQL queries and interpreting results to help answer business questions, troubleshoot and support client data needs Strong technical and SQL, Python, PowerBI, or similar tools). ability to quickly learn new business domains and translate complexity into Experience working in agile or iterative delivery environments. degree of self-motivation, resilience, and emotional intelligence. experience leveraging AI tools to enhance analysis and delivery (e.g., Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, Business Administration, Finance, or equivalent experience. Compensation and Benefits:
Chicago:
$87,800 - $124,900 base salary plus bonus Milwaukee:
$79,800 - $113,500 base salary plus bonus Compensation and bonus are commensurate with location, experience, performance and/or firm profitability. LI-KC1 Baird is committed to diversity and provides employment opportunities to religion, sex, pregnancy, citizenship, national origin, age, disability, military service, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or an employee-owned, international financial services firm specializing in wealth management, capital markets, private equity and asset management. We strive "to provide the best financial advice and service to inclusion & diversity for our clients, our associates and the communities where We view inclusion & diversity as an ongoing journey - one of shared responsibility, continuous improvement and environment where diversity unites rather than divides us.
