Principal, Business Analyst

Wellington Management; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Wellington Management in Boston seeks a Principal Business Analyst to lead the risk platform's analytics, modeling, and reporting. You will work with quantitative analysts, developers, and investment professionals to ensure the platform meets evolving business and regulatory needs.

The role requires deep risk management expertise, strong communication, and hands-on SQL; Python and Java are a plus. The team emphasizes collaboration, documentation, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years’ experience as a business systems analyst in financial services with risk focus.
• Deep understanding of fixed income risk analytics and instruments (stocks, bonds, swaps, options, futures, mortgage-backed securities).
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with risk vendors (Yield Book, Bloomberg, Point) and valuation libraries (Numerix, Calypso, FinCad).
• Hands-on SQL; knowledge of Python a plus; familiar with SDLC.

Responsibilities

• Lead the risk platform analytics, modeling, valuation, and reporting capabilities.
• Translate risk methodologies into functional and technical requirements.
• Improve data quality, model transparency, and system robustness.
• Collaborate with technology teams to deliver risk-related features.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation and support procedures.
• Support production systems and resolve risk inquiries.
• Coordinate testing, validation and implementation with stakeholders.
• Drive continuous improvement in risk workflows and data integration.

Skills

Risk analytics

SQL

Python

Java

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

CFA/CFAs asset

Tools

Yield Book

Bloomberg

Point

Numerix

Calypso

FinCad

Relational databases

Job description

About Us

Wellington Management offers comprehensive investment management capabilities that span nearly all segments of the global capital markets. Our investment solutions, tailored to the unique return and risk objectives of institutional clients in more than 60 countries, draw on a robust body of proprietary research and a collaborative culture that encourages independent thought and healthy debate. As a private partnership, we believe our ownership structure fosters a long-term view that aligns our perspectives with those of our clients.

About the Role

Job Description

Overview of the role and expectations for a Principal Business Analyst.

Overview

Title: Principal Business Analyst

Team: Risk Technology

Location: Boston

The position

The Risk Technology team is responsible for delivering and supporting mission-critical platforms that enable Wellington’s Fixed Income investors and the Global Risk & Analytics team to assess, manage, and monitor portfolio risk across a wide range of asset classes. Our flagship risk system supports complex risk modeling, valuation, and scenario analysis, and is central to the firm’s risk oversight and decision-making processes.

We are seeking a Principal Business Analyst to drive the evolution and support of this platform. This role requires deep domain expertise in risk management, along with strong analytical and communication skills. The successful candidate will work closely with quantitative analysts, developers, and investment professionals to ensure the platform meets the evolving needs of the business, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.

Responsibilities

• Act as the lead business analyst for the risk platform, with a focus on risk modeling, valuation, and reporting capabilities.
• Partner with the Global Risk & Analytics team to understand risk methodologies and translate them into functional and technical requirements.
• Lead initiatives to enhance risk data quality, model transparency, and system robustness.
• Collaborate with technology teams to ensure timely and accurate delivery of risk-related features and enhancements.
• Support production systems and act as a subject matter expert for risk-related inquiries and issue resolution.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders and external vendors during testing, validation, and implementation phases.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of business requirements, functional specifications, and support procedures.
• Drive continuous improvement in risk workflows, data integration, and user experience.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years’ experience as a business systems analyst in the financial services industry, with a focus on risk management.
• Practical understanding of financial instruments including stocks, bonds, swaps, options, futures, forwards, asset-backed securities, and mortgages.
• Strong knowledge of fixed income risk analytics, including duration, convexity, spread measures, and scenario analysis.
• Practical understanding of derivatives valuation and risk management approaches.
• Experience working with risk and analytics vendors (e.g., Yield Book, Bloomberg, Point).
• Exposure to vendor valuation libraries and applications (e.g., Numerix, Calypso, FinCad).
• Experience with investment data concepts such as holdings, transactions, security master, analytics, and performance.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail.
• Proven ability to build strong relationships with business partners and drive consensus across teams.
• Experience writing requirements, functional specifications, use cases, and test plans.
• Creative, innovative, and focused on continuous improvement.
• Self-motivated and able to thrive in a fast-paced, result-oriented environment.
• Ability to work independently and demonstrate ownership of outcomes.
• Hands-on knowledge of SQL and relational database technology.
• Working knowledge of Python is a strong plus.
• Familiarity with Java is a plus.
• Experience supporting critical production applications.
• Solid understanding of the software development life cycle.
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• CFA Institute Claritas Certificate, CFA Charter, or progress toward one is considered an asset.

Not sure you meet 100% of our qualifications? That’s ok. If you believe that you could excel in this role, we encourage you to apply and welcome a chance to review your background. We are dedicated to building and maintaining a diversified workforce and considering a broad array of candidates with a variety of skill, workplace experiences, and backgrounds.

As an equal opportunity employer, Wellington Management ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, creed, national origin, age, ancestry, disability (physical or mental), medical condition, citizenship, marital status, pregnancy, veteran or military status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. 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 [e-mail].

At Wellington Management, our approach to compensation is designed to help us attract, inspire and retain the best talent in our industry. We strive to pay employees fairly and competitively across all levels and roles. Our approach to compensation considers all aspects of total compensation; all employees are eligible to receive salary, variable compensation, and benefits. The base salary range for this position is: USD 120,000 - 225,000

This range takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered when making compensation decisions, including but not limited to skill sets; role; skills and experience; certifications; and education. This range is an estimate, and further details on salary and total compensation aspects will be shared with candidates during the recruitment process.

Base salary is only one component of Wellington’s total compensation approach. Other rewards may include a discretionary Corporate Bonus and/ or Incentives, if eligible. In addition, we offer a comprehensive and high value benefit package to meet the unique needs of our employees and their families, and we are committed to fostering a flexible work environment that enables employees to thrive personally and professionally. Examples of our benefits include retirement plan, health and wellbeing, dental, vision, and pharmacy coverage, health savings account, flexible spending accounts and commuter program, employee assistance program, life and disability insurance, adoption assistance, back-up childcare, tuition/CFA reimbursement and paid time off (leave of absence, paid holidays, volunteer, sick and vacation time)

We believe that in person interactions inspire and energize our community and are essential to our culture. In support of this commitment, our employees work from our offices 4 days a week with flexibility to work remotely 1 day a week. We believe that this approach ultimately supports our mission to deliver investment excellence to our clients and their beneficiaries over the long term.