Senior Business Analyst (London)

Insight Investment is looking for a Senior Business Analyst to join the Systematic Fixed Income team in London. The Senior Business Analyst will work closely with product owners, senior business stakeholders and Agile delivery teams to shape and prioritise business requirements, translate them into clear Epics, Features and Stories, and support the delivery of high-quality technology solutions. The role requires strong analytical capability, stakeholder engagement and preferably fixed income knowledge, with involvement across the full software development lifecycle including requirements discovery, backlog refinement, sprint support, system and acceptance testing, process improvement and ongoing collaboration across business and technology teams.

Role Responsibilities

• Work with the product owner and the business to develop and detail the product backlog in the form of Epics, Features and Stories. 

• Help the business owners and teams to prioritise work. 

• Act as the communication channel between product owners, business owners and the Agile delivery team you work within. 

• Contribute to the planning and execution of system and acceptance testing. 

• Undertake JIT analysis and documentation to support the team’s sprint activities. 

• Be involved in all aspects of the software development lifecycle across different business areas within Insight. 

• Build and maintain a good working relationship with the business representatives, working across teams and multiple sites. 

Experience Required

• Skill in collecting and interpreting data, analysing results to identify patterns and trends in structured and unstructured data sets. Ability to use SQL in this investigation and independently investigate unfamiliar databases

• Ability to apply suitable analytical approaches to requirements discovery, documentation and solution delivery

• Excellent stakeholder engagement and management experience with the ability to effectively communicate at a level and depth appropriate to the audience
• Asset management experience is essential with knowledge of fixed-income products being desirable

• Demonstrable experience of gathering requests and technical specifications

• Experience working in Agile delivery teams using Scrum or Kanban

• Ability to review and advise on suitable changes to streamline processes, while identifying actual rather than perceived pain points

• Participates in definition of cross-team initiatives for new processes / frameworks / architectures. Committed to and will take ownership for driving towards change initiative or solution. Will bring relevant teams together and leverage key stakeholders to achieve outcomes. Leads team retrospectives
• Provides assistance to other members of the team. Pro-actively removing blockers to maximise team productivity

Insight is committed to being an inclusive employer and encourages applications from all suitably qualified applicants irrespective of background, circumstances, age, disability, gender identity, ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation or other factors protected by federal, state and/or local laws. If you are a candidate with a disability, or are assisting a candidate with a disability, and require an accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, please email us at [email protected]

About Insight Investment

Insight Investment is a leading asset manager focused on designing investment solutions to meet its clients' needs. Founded in 2002, Insight's collaborative approach has delivered both investment performance and growth in assets under management. Insight manages assets across its core liability-driven investment, risk management, full-spectrum fixed income, currency and absolute return capabilities. Insight has a global network of operations in the UK, Ireland, Germany, US, Japan and Australia. More information about Insight Investment can be found at: https://www.insightinvestment.com/corporate/