Senior Investment Data Analyst

Janus Henderson Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Health and wellbeing benefits

Volunteer time

Professional development

Parental leave

Networking events

Lunch allowance

Job summary

Janus Henderson Investors is seeking a Senior Investment Data Analyst to design and deliver data features across investment, business and technology teams. You will lead analysis projects, support data changes, and derive measurable value from investment data.

The role requires SQL/Python, data governance, and experience with cloud platforms; hybrid working in London is offered. You will mentor analysts, collaborate across regions, and contribute to data strategy for transitions to platforms

Qualifications

• Five or more years as a data analyst in asset/investment management or financial services.
• Strong knowledge of fixed income data and how it supports portfolio management and risk.
• Proven track record leading data transformation or platform migration projects.
• Proficient in SQL and Python for analysis, validation, and automation.
• Experience with data warehouses or cloud platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, SQL Server).
• Ability to write clear requirements, data mappings, and user stories.
• Experience with data quality, governance, metadata, lineage, QA and UAT.
• Proficiency with Power BI or Tableau for reporting.
• Strong problem-solving and stakeholder-management skills.
• Initiative to design solutions and progress complex work independently.
• Effective communication and time-management; client-focused mindset.

Responsibilities

• Lead collaboration with portfolio managers and technology teams to address fixed income data challenges.
• Translate business needs into technical specs, data models, and pipeline designs.
• Represent Australian Fixed Income in cross-functional data projects and liaise with stakeholders.
• Perform data analysis, profiling, and reconciliation using SQL and Python to ensure quality.
• Document data flows, lineage, controls, and governance standards across the lifecycle.
• Lead agile planning with the product owner, including risk, stories, and dependencies.
• Support mapping validation, QA, UAT, defect triage, and release readiness.
• Create dashboards and reports to monitor KPIs and deliver actionable insights.

Skills

Experience (5+ yrs)

Fixed income data

Data transformation leadership

SQL & Python

Stakeholder management

Communication

Team player

Proactive problem solving

Requirements writing

Data governance

Problem solving

Analytics & reporting

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Microsoft SQL Server

Power BI

Tableau

Jira

Aladdin Data Cloud

Bloomberg

FactSet

Charles River

S&P EDM/EAGLE

Job description

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A career at Janus Henderson is more than a job, it’s about investing in a brighter future together.

Our Mission at Janus Henderson is to help clients define and achieve superior financial outcomes through differentiated insights, disciplined investments, and world-class service. We will do this by protecting and growing our core business, amplifying our strengths and diversifying where we have the right.

Our Values are key to driving our success, and are at the heart of everything we do:

Clients Come First - Always | Execution Supersedes Intention | Together We Win | Diversity Improves Results | Truth Builds Trust

If our mission, values, and purpose align with your own, we would love to hear from you!

Your opportunity

This role sits at the intersection of the Investment teams and the Technology Delivery in Enterprise Data & Integrations. As a Senior Investment Data Analyst, you will work across investment, business and technology teams to design and deliver valuable data features, support enterprise data change and transformation initiatives, and extract measurable value from investment data. You will play a pivotal role by leading analysis projects that drive business impact through data.

• Lead collaboration with portfolio managers, analysts, traders, risk, performance, operations, product owners and technology teams to understand fixed income data challenges, objectives and needs.
• Partner with the Investment Data Product Owner to translate business needs into technical specifications and agile features, including data models, mappings and pipeline designs. Evaluate technical trade-offs and recommend solutions aligned with business strategy.
• Represent Australian Fixed Income and its stakeholders on cross-functional data change and transformation projects. Serve as a key liaison across Investments, Enterprise Data & Integrations, peer data owners and delivery teams.
• Conduct comprehensive data analysis, profiling and reconciliation using SQL, Python and ETL or data-quality tools to support decisions, enhance data quality and resolve operational issues.
• Act as a subject matter expert for fixed income investment data, including security, holdings, transactions, portfolios, benchmarks, risk, performance, analytics, reference and market data.
• Support the transition of investment data capabilities to strategic platforms, including Aladdin, Aladdin Data Cloud and Snowflake, while maintaining appropriate controls and continuity for downstream consumers.
• Document data flows, lineage, ownership, definitions, controls and business rules. Champion data governance and data-quality standards across the investment data lifecycle.
• Together with the product owner, lead agile planning activities, including risk identification, user story definition, feature prioritisation and dependency management.
• Lead or support mapping validation, Quality Assurance, User Acceptance Testing, defect triage, release readiness and business sign-off.
• Create and maintain dashboards and reports to monitor key performance indicators and provide actionable insights.
• Work collaboratively with technical teams to develop data pipelines and analytics solutions within agile frameworks.
• Continuously learn and apply new technologies, tools and best practices in investment data analysis and data management.
• Mentor and guide junior analysts.
• Collaborate across regions and time zones as required, including Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.
• Carry out other duties as assigned.

What to expect when you join our firm

• Hybrid working and reasonable accommodations
• Excellent Health and Wellbeing benefits including corporate membership to Wellhub
• Paid volunteer time to step away from your desk and into the community
• Support to grow through professional development courses, tuition/qualification reimbursement and more
• Maternal/paternal leave benefits and family services
• All employee events including networking opportunities and social activities
• Lunch allowance for use within our subsidized onsite canteen

Must have skills

• Five or more years of experience in a data analyst, business data analyst or comparable role within asset management, investment management or financial services.
• Strong fixed income and investment data knowledge, with practical understanding of how data supports portfolio management, trading, risk, performance and operations.
• Proven track record leading analysis on large-scale data transformation, platform migration or investment data change initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience writing SQL and Python scripts for analysis, validation, reconciliation and automation.
• Experience with data warehouses or cloud platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, Microsoft SQL Server.
• Proven ability to write high-quality requirements, process maps, data mappings, user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Experience with data quality, governance, metadata, lineage, controls, QA and UAT.
• Demonstrated experience with Power BI, Tableau or a similar reporting tool.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical and stakeholder-management skills.
• Initiative and the ability to design solutions and progress complex work with minimal supervision.
• Effective communication and time-management skills, with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels.
• A team player with a client-first mindset.

Nice to have skills

• Experience with Aladdin, Aladdin Data Cloud, Snowflake, Bloomberg, FactSet, Charles River, S&P EDM or EAGLE.
• Knowledge of Australian fixed income markets and instruments, including government and corporate bonds, securitised assets, derivatives and cash products.
• Experience with Agile delivery, Jira, data catalogues and enterprise data governance tooling.

Supervisory responsibilities

• No formal direct-report responsibility. Provides mentoring, technical leadership and guidance to analysts and delivery partners.

Potential for growth

• Regular training
• Continuing education courses

At Janus Henderson Investors we’re committed to an inclusive and supportive environment. We believe diversity improves results and we welcome applications from all backgrounds. Don’t worry if you don’t think you tick every box, we still want to hear from you! We understand everyone has different commitments and while we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we’re happy to be asked about work flexibility and our hybrid working environment. If you need any reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process, please get in touch and let us know at [e-mail]

Annual Bonus Opportunity:Position may be eligible to receive an annual discretionary bonus award from the profit pool. The profit pool is funded based on Company profits. Individual bonuses are determined based on Company, department, team and individual performance.

Benefits: Janus Henderson is committed to offering a comprehensive total rewards package to eligible employees that includes; competitive compensation, pension/retirement plans, and various health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits. To learn more about our offerings please visit the Why Join Us section on the career page here .

Janus Henderson Investors is an equal opportunity employer.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. All applications are subject to background checks.

Janus Henderson (including its subsidiaries) will not maintain existing or sponsor new industry registrations or licenses where not supported by an employee’s job functions (as determined by Janus Henderson at its sole discretion).

You should be willing to adhere to the provisions of our Investment Advisory Code of Ethics related to personal securities activities and other disclosure and certification requirements, including past political contributions and political activities. Applicants’ past political contributions or activity may impact applicants’ eligibility for this position.

You will be expected to understand the regulatory obligations of the firm, and abide by the regulated entity requirements and JHI policies applicable for your role.