Senior Research and Insight Analyst

Senior Research and Insight Analyst

Join a team where Purpose drives everything we do, Ambition fuels our growth, Trust builds our foundation, and Respect shapes our culture.

We're not just hiring we're inviting you to build the future with us.

If you're curious, driven, and ready to leave your mark, this is your invitation to make your next move.

Working hours: 35 hours per week is full time.

Where possible, we are open to considering part time/flexible working patterns such as a 4 day week.

Please let us know in your application your desired working pattern.

Reporting to: Head of Business Analysis and Insight.

About Us

The Financial Ombudsman Service is an independent, not-for-profit organisation that plays a vital role in UK financial services.

Every day we help resolve disputes between consumers, or small businesses, and their financial service providers.

We are building a stronger, crosscutting Analysis and Insight function, and looking to recruit a senior research and insight analyst with a proven track record of planning, leading and delivering quantitative and qualitative analytical projects with demonstrable business impact.

You will be asked to lead on a number of key analytical work areas as part of a central analytical unit with the primary aim of using your research and insight skills – e. g., social research or behavioural insights – to support the organisation in making the best decisions from the best evidence.

This is a key role within our Analysis and Insight function, which will help us to drive evidence-based decisions across the Financial Ombudsman Service and build our capacity and capability across a range of analytical tools and approaches.

In recruiting to this role, we welcome applications from everyone who meets the criteria of this role profile, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.

• What You’ll Do
• Driving evidence-based decisions through analysis, research and insight, both reactive from the needs of the Service and proactive from your own initiative and strong business knowledge.
• Undertaking research activities, designing and analysing surveys, facilitating focus groups and performing user testing, are essential tasks to gather meaningful insights and crucial data for service improvement.
• Maintaining excellent business knowledge, alongside an understanding of a range of social research, behavioural insight and systems thinking approaches.
• Acting as a centre of social research and insight expertise for the Service.
• This will involve engaging with internal stakeholders and, where required, external organisations to build the Service’s capability in, and exploitation of, these techniques.
• Finding new ways to use data to deliver insight and to continually improve our models.
• Minimum Criteria
• A demonstrated track record of impact through delivering quantitative and qualitative research projects end to end, ideally in a large organisation that prides itself on customer service.
• Experience of leading and delivering a portfolio of analytical work.
• Ideally, you can showcase examples of the work you have led on.
• The ability to work with ambiguity, focusing on the big picture and eliciting the key issue from stakeholders or situations, so your – and others’ analytical expertise drives evidence-based improvements.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written – you can explain your ideas in a way decision makers understand and can act on.
• Attention to detail coupled with a strong quality assurance focus, to ensure accurate solution delivery that meets the stated requirements.
• It would also be nice for you to have Knowledge and practical experience of a number of quantitative and qualitative analytical techniques – e. g., social research or behavioural insight – with demonstrable evidence of using some of these to add business value.
• Strong teamwork skills, with the ability to build collaborative working relationships with key stakeholders.
• The ability to deliver in a timely way to support decision makers – you know how to prioritise a number of project areas and can deliver on time.
• Desirable experience of user experience research and or product/service testing.
• Desirable experience of text analytics.
• Why You’ll Love Working with Us

We are a value led organisation.

Our values define our culture, influence our decisions, and underpin our vision and strategy.

They set out how we play our PART through Purpose, Ambition, Respect and Trust.

You can learn more about our values here: https://www. financial-ombudsman. org. uk/who-we-are/aims-values

We also offer an attractive, competitive salary and flexible benefits to suit our people.

• Here’s a list of some of the many benefits and perks you can get for working with us:
• 25 days holiday entitlement, with the option to buy extra or sell days
• Generous pension
• Various Family Friendly Policies, including enhanced maternity pay, carers and dependants leave
• Employer provided benefits such as Private medical insurance, virtual GP, Critical illness cover, Life assurance cover, to name a few
• Choice of voluntary benefits including Technology scheme, Cycle to work scheme, Will-writing service amongst others
• Gym membership discounts, and a fully equipped on-site gym open 24/7 in London only
• Flexibility: remote, hybrid, or in-office
• Wellbeing: Health plan, gym memberships, mental health support
• Growth: We invest in your future with courses, mentorship, promotions
• Culture: Diverse. Inclusive. Collaborative. Fun.

The Financial Ombudsman is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all team.

We view diversity as fundamental to our success and welcome applications from underrepresented groups across all communities.

All applicants will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law, regardless of gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation.

We also want everyone to perform at their best and feel able to be themselves.

We understand that if we’re diverse and inclusive, we’ll better understand different perspectives, which is fundamental to our job resolving financial complaints.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader.

Disabled applicants who fulfil the minimum criteria for the role will be progressed to the next stage of the process.

Do let us know of any reasonable adjustments you need.

You will need to demonstrate that you meet the minimum criteria in order to qualify for the Disability Confident scheme.

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