IT Business Analyst

Baird

Business Analyst at Baird, translating evolving needs into clear direction for delivery teams. Driving business analysis efforts across diverse initiatives in financial services.

Posted 5/17/2026full-timeMilwaukee • Illinois, Wisconsin • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $79,800 - $124,900 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Drive business analysis efforts across a wide range of initiatives, including new capabilities, platform enhancements, operational improvements, and data/reporting solutions.
Plan and execute discovery activities for complex initiatives, identifying stakeholders, clarifying objectives, and helping clearly articulate success measures in environments with evolving or incomplete information.
Translate business needs into high-quality artifacts such as documented business requirements, process flows, context diagrams, stakeholder maps, and user stories that enable efficient delivery and clear decision-making.
Maintain focus on outcomes and value, ensuring day-to-day work remains aligned to business priorities and strategic intent.
Assess initiative complexity and guide teams in selecting and applying appropriate delivery approaches, balancing structure with flexibility to deliver value efficiently.
Lead requirements validation and acceptance to ensure delivered solutions meet intended business outcomes.
Develop a deep understanding of the supported business domain (Corporate Finance/HR or Equities), including end-to-end workflows and client impacts.
Serve as a trusted partner and effective business proxy, applying informed judgment to keep delivery moving when direct input is limited.
Anticipate business questions, surface implications of decisions, and clearly communicate impacts across stakeholders.
Communicate effectively across audiences, including senior business leaders, IT leadership, developers, and external partners.
Tailor messaging to provide concise, outcome-focused narratives for executives and detailed context for delivery teams.
Build trust and credibility through preparation, follow-through, and sound judgment.
Facilitate discussions, resolve misalignment, and escalate appropriately with clear rationale.
Demonstrate the courage to speak up when teams may be deviating from agreed-upon goals or outcomes.
Partner with architects and engineers to evaluate solutions, clarify tradeoffs, and ensure business intent is accurately reflected in design.
Contribute to the evolution of team practices by sharing lessons learned and improving analysis and delivery approaches.

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of professional experience, including 5+ years in Business Analysis.
Experience across diverse initiatives and domains; financial services experience strongly preferred.
For Equities-focused role: experience with trading technologies (e.g., FIX, market data feeds, order management systems such as Bloomberg, Fidessa) preferred.
Strong technical and analytical capabilities (e.g., SQL, Python, PowerBI, or similar tools).
Proven ability to quickly learn new business domains and translate complexity into clarity.
Experience working in agile or iterative delivery environments.
Exceptional communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
High degree of self-motivation, resilience, and emotional intelligence.
Curiosity and experience leveraging AI tools to enhance analysis and delivery (e.g., M365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, ChatGPT, Claude, Snowflake Cortex).
Relevant certifications are a plus but not required (e.g., CBAP, IIBA-AAC, PMI-PBA, PMI-ACP, CSM, CSPO).

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive benefits designed for your life, career and future.

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Hard Skills & Tools

business analysisrequirements validationprocess flowscontext diagramsuser storiesSQLPythonPowerBIagiletrading technologies

Soft Skills

communicationfacilitationstakeholder managementself-motivationresilienceemotional intelligencecuriositytrust buildingdecision-makingproblem-solving

Certifications

CBAPIIBA-AACPMI-PBAPMI-ACPCSMCSPO