Description
Insight Investment is looking for a Senior Business Analyst to join the Integrated Solutions product team, as we look to provide automation and efficiency to our portfolio management platform.As a Business Analyst within the team, the individual must be able to face off to both business and technology stakeholders, applying an organised and proactive approach. Tasks range from business requirement gathering and documentation, writing user stories, testing, handover to IT support teams, and occasionally, ad-hoc query handling and support tasks.Role ResponsibilitiesWork with the Product Owner and the business to develop and detail the product backlog in the form of epics and stories describing problems and expected outcomes, running refinement sessions with the development teamMentor the existing junior Business Analyst on the teamAssist the Development Lead, by providing support to the Developers and Testers on the teamAct as a communication channel between product owners, business owners and the development teamContribute to the planning and execution of system and acceptance testingUndertake documentation to support the team's sprint activitiesBuild and maintain a good working relationship with the business representatives, working across teams and multiple sitesRequirementsExcellent working knowledge of fixed-income instruments and derivatives, including pricing, analytics and trading and uses in portfolio managementAsset Management Industry experience, in a Portfolio Management Front Office roleAbility to apply suitable analytical approaches to requirements discovery, documentation and collaborative solution deliveryCapture of user stories and artifacts in JIRA, Confluence, and MuralSkills in collecting and interpreting data, analysing results to identify patterns and trends in dataCompetent in working with data, ideally through REST APIs through Swagger, GraphQL and SQLExcellent stakeholder engagement and management experience with the ability to effectively communicate at a level and depth appropriate to the audienceDemonstrable experience of gathering requests and technical specificationsExperience working in Agile delivery teams using Scrum or Kanban, including participation in different Scrum ceremoniesA sense of personal responsibility and the drive to own problems, can work self-directed and independently to accomplish resultsProvides assistance to developers and testers of the team. Pro-actively removing blockers to maximise team productivityCreates an environment where individuals are encouraged and supported to achieve their goalsPromotes a positive team culture. Identifies and implements ways to improve teamwork. Builds effective relationships throughout the organisationInsight Investment 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 and sexual orientation. 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]