Business Analyst Investments Data Strategy 12 Month FTC

Willis Towers Watson; Reigate; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment firm in the UK is seeking a motivated Business Analyst to enhance their data capabilities and drive their Investments Data Strategy. The successful candidate will work closely with both Business and Technology teams to define and document requirements, develop data pipelines, and manage data quality. This role, under a 12-month Fixed Term Contract, offers flexibility, competitive benefits including healthcare and pension options, and a hybrid working model.

Benefits

25 days of annual leave plus an extra WTW day

Private healthcare

Life insurance

Pension scheme with matched contributions

Employee assistance programme

Volunteer days

Electric vehicle car scheme

Cycle-to-work programme

Qualifications

• Experience as Business Analyst in financial services or asset management.
• Ability to investigate, analyse, and articulate problems.
• Experience in data analysis, mapping, and migration projects.

Responsibilities

• Work with teams to define problems and gather requirements.
• Document high-level and detailed requirements.
• Create business process maps and data flows.

Skills

Data analysis

Business analysis

Data mapping

Visualisation skills

Tools

MS Office

Azure

Power Platform

Power BI

Job description

Overview

At WTW Investments, we invest today to transform tomorrow. Our mission is to build long‑term wealth by delivering the breakthroughs that matter for individuals, institutions, and society. We offer a broad range of investment services including advisory, fiduciary management, and wealth solutions – helping clients shape their investment beliefs, construct portfolios, and deliver better financial outcomes. With over $3.5 trillion in assets under advice and a diverse client base, our investment professionals bring decades of experience as strategic capital allocators, risk managers, multi‑asset specialists and governance experts.

Hybrid Working

The majority of our colleagues work in a "hybrid" style, with a mix of remote, in‑person and in‑office interactions dependent on the needs of the team, role and clients. Flexibility is key so we encourage requests for all types of flexible working as well as location‑based arrangements. Please speak to your recruiter to discuss more.

The Role

We recognize Data as a critical strategic driver to fuel our growth ambitions. We’re looking for a motivated Business Analyst with strong data analysis experience to support the delivery of our Investments Data Strategy and enhance our data capabilities. The successful candidate will collaborate with stakeholders across the Business and Technology teams to clarify the business requirements, define the requirements for building data pipelines to develop our Data Platform and develop data management processes to manage the data.

Responsibilities

• Work with Business and Technology teams to define problems and facilitate gathering of requirements
• Document high‑level and detailed requirements
• Create end‑to‑end business process maps and data flows (Current AS‑IS and future TO‑BE)
• Convert requirements into user stories and acceptance criteria
• Perform data analysis and gather data/field/MI requirements
• Perform data/field mapping across different systems to ensure consistency and to develop single source of data
• Monitor data quality and facilitate removal of corrupt data
• Communicate with stakeholders to understand data content and business requirements
• Provide necessary support for testing in different environments
• Support creation of requirement documentation, data dictionary, data sources inventory, etc.

This is a 12 month Fixed Term Contract role.

Qualifications

• Should have experience as Business Analyst in Financial services, Asset management or similar industry
• Must have previous experience analysing and documenting business processes and have business analysis skills to investigate, analyse, visualise and articulate, and solve problems
• Must have previous experience in data analysis, data mapping and data migration projects
• Able to identify and implement opportunities for optimisation and transformation
• Good understanding of technologies (preferably MS Office, Azure, Power Platform and Power BI), data analysis techniques and will be comfortable diving into some of the technology detail and analysing data
• Be flexible in approach and end product to adapt to the needs of the Business and Technology teams

Benefits

Enjoy a benefits package designed to help you thrive, both professionally and personally. You’ll receive 25 days of annual leave plus an extra WTW day to relax and recharge. Our comprehensive health and wellbeing offering includes private healthcare, life insurance, group income protection and regular health assessments. Secure your future with our defined contribution pension scheme, featuring matched contributions up to 10% from the company. We support your growth and balance with hybrid working options, access to an employee assistance programme, and a fully paid volunteer day to make a difference in your community. You can opt into a variety of additional perks including an electric vehicle car scheme, share scheme, cycle‑to‑work programme, dental and optical cover, critical illness protection and much more.

Equal Employment Opportunity

We’re committed to equal employment opportunity and provide application, interview and workplace adjustments and accommodations to all applicants. If you foresee any barriers, from the application process through to joining WTW, please email [e-mail].