Analyst to Manager: Negotiate for Increased Responsibility & Pay

The user, an analyst, is effectively stepping into a managerial role by taking on significant, undocumented responsibilities from a retiring manager within a small team. This includes operational BAU, reporting, documentation, and future relationship management. This creates a strong leverage point to negotiate a substantial salary increase (a 7k-10k raise to 46k-50k is realistic given the value provided and the market band) and potentially a title change (e.g., Senior Research Analyst, Operations Lead, or Assistant Manager) to reflect the expanded duties. The key is to frame the negotiation around the increased responsibilities and the critical role in ensuring business continuity, especially after successfully navigating the transition and probation period. This is an internal promotion opportunity disguised as an analyst role.