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Senior Business Analyst (London)

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In-Office
London, Greater London, England
Senior level
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London, Greater London, England
Senior level
Work with product and business owners to develop and prioritise backlog (Epics/Features/Stories), support Agile delivery and testing, perform JIT analysis, gather requirements and specifications, and build stakeholder relationships across teams and sites to drive process improvements and successful delivery.
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As a Senior Business Analyst, you will join the Technology department in London. It’s an exciting opportunity to join Insight Investment as we continue to grow our technology footprint in London, Manchester and Pune. Our continued growth will enable us to keep up with the demand for innovative technical solutions to meet the needs of our growing business. 

To succeed in this role you must be able to: face off to business teams, apply an organised, proactive approach to your work, ensure you add value to the team and constantly develop your business knowledge and awareness. 

This role is based within the technology product team aligned to the Systematic Fixed Income business area working out of San Francisco, USA. Given the global spread of the combined technology and business teams occasional flexibility around working hours will be expected to provide appropriate overlap with both UK and US working days.  

Systematic Fixed Income is a fixed income capability and therefore industry experience within this asset class is highly desirable. For further information see https://www.insightinvestment.com/uk/capabilities/fixed-income/efficient-beta/ 

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. 
  • 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. 
  • A thirst for knowledge and curiosity to help solve complex problems with a keen eye for detail. 
  • A sense of personal responsibility and the drive to own problems, can work self-directed and independently to accomplish results. 
  • Provides assistance to other members of the team. Pro-actively removing blockers to maximise team productivity. 
  • Creates an environment where individuals are encouraged and supported to achieve their goals. 
  • Promotes a positive team culture. Identifies and implements ways to improve teamwork. Builds effective relationships throughout the organisation. 

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 managed £631.9bn of assets as at 31 December 2025across its core liability driven investment, risk management, full-spectrum fixed income and currency capabilities. Insight has a clear mission and purpose to offer investors a different approach to achieving their investment goals; one that prioritises the certainty of meeting investors’ chosen objectives in contrast to the traditional focus on maximising return and minimising volatility. Insight operates across the globe with a presence in the US, UK, Ireland, Germany, Japan and Australia; and is a subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (“BNY”) (NYSE:BK), the global financial services. company.

The business employs over 1,100 people including 277 investment professionals.

More information about Insight Investment can be found at: https://www.insightinvestment.com/uk/

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