Junior Business Analyst
HarbourVest Partners is a global firm with a commitment to delivering impactful solutions to clients and investing partners. They are seeking a Junior Business Analyst to join their Quantitative Investment Science team, where the role involves capturing business requirements and developing technical solutions to enhance investment decision-making within private markets. Responsibilities Capture business requirements, translating them into an easy to implement technical solutions, integrations, system designs, tests, transformations, and reports Build solid working relationships with investment teams, platform users, developers, vendors and suppliers Create and update project artifacts such as task boards, use cases, application documentation, release notes, and technical writeups Identify, document, and facilitate the onboarding of new data sets Develop quick functional prototypes, identify manual and automated tests on data and functionality using SQL, Python and other relevant technologies Work with internal data sources and external vendors to understand and remedy data exceptions and irregularities And other responsibilities as required Skills Strong analytical and problem solving skills, the skill to dissect and detail complicated situations and propose creative process & technical solutions Excellent facilitation, interpersonal skills, and can communicate optimally at all levels, in all forms, and to all functional groups Ability to facilitate multiple intricate projects at a given time Understanding of how to elicit and document requirements and issues into appropriate contexts Experience with investment data management especially IBOR or other book of records systems Familiarity and experience with agile software development methodologies and tools High energy and collaborative work style Flexibility and willingness to tackle a broad range of analysis, testing, and support assignments Proficient in SQL and data analysis skills, to support system design and testing Data modeling and design understanding, including conceptual and logical modeling Experience in onboarding new, large datasets, with structured and unstructured data while validating quality Proficient in Python, to support quick prototypes A track record of completed high-intensity, high-complexity projects Experience with business intelligence tools such as Tableau, Power BI, or equivalent Understanding of DevOps, CI/CD practices, and tools Bachelor of Arts (B.A), or equivalent experience 1-3 Years of business analyst experience in the investment management or FinTech industry Benefits Discretionary annual bonus Long-term reward programs Comprehensive total rewards package Retirement Health Insurance Paid time off Wellness programs Company Overview HarbourVest Partners is a private markets firm providing solutions to help clients invest in primary funds, real assets, and private credit. It was founded in 1982, and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is Company H1B Sponsorship HarbourVest Partners has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 3 in 2025, 2 in 2023, 1 in 2021, 1 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.