Senior Business Analyst (Fixed Income / Investment) - Contract

We're looking for a hands-on Business Analyst who enjoys working closely with Portfolio Managers, Investment teams, Technology and Operations. This role will suit someone who is comfortable gathering requirements, analysing complex issues, working with data and supporting delivery across the full project lifecycle. 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.

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.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and management experience, including working with senior stakeholders such as Senior Portfolio Managers, with the ability to communicate effectively at a level and depth appropriate to the audience.
• 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 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. 
• Risk awareness 
• 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.
• Knowledge in financial markets, pricing analytics for LDI/Fixed income instruments. 
• Knowledge on Yield Curves and risk analytics such as PV01/IE01
• Promotes a positive team culture. Identifies and implements ways to improve teamwork. Builds effective relationships throughout the organisation.
• Experience with reading and debugging SQL code
• Understanding of AI-enabled tools, technologies, and practical applications, with the ability to apply these appropriately within the role to enhance productivity, decision-making, or business outcomes.

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 TalentAcquisition@InsightInvestment.com

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/