Business Analyst - Hybrid from City of London (2 days in the office / 3 days remote) Paying up to £60,000 plus benefits including bonus (up to 20%), BUPA health insurance, 4 x salary life assurance, season ticket loan, excellent pension scheme, sponsorship for relevant qualifications, 25 days holiday plus ability to buy & sell plus more An established, highly successful and industry leading financial services firm is looking to hire a Business Analyst at a really exciting time in the business. As a Business Analyst your role will be to conduct analysis of business change requirements and liaise with their software team to devise system enhancements and develop system functionality. Key Areas of Responsibility Business Analysis: Undertaking analysis and elicitation activities to capture and communicate business requirements Preparing and maintaining project documentation, to include (but not limited to) the Business Case, Gap Analysis (As is/To be process), User Stories and the Business Requirements Document Post implementation reviews, including benefits realisation. Impact analysis of changes for evolving and new requirements. Assisting in writing of test scripts, user release notes and training materials. Dealing with post implementation and ad-hoc system functionality queries from internal users (if required). Consultation: Identifying and collaborating with stakeholders at all levels on agreed change. Acting as a liaison point between the developers, business units and 3rd parties. Co-ordinating and consulting with software developers to develop functionality and enhancements to the company systems. Other Duties: Assisting others in the writing of documentation, instructions, processes and procedures. Working with various business areas and developers to maintain and improve existing in-house software. Delivering training to any of the business on a releases. Providing support for general system queries. Involvement in or running of project work when required. Playing an active role in the continuous improvement of the Analysis team. Education and Knowledge Requirements Essential: A good understanding of Change Management System requirements gathering Requirements gathering and analysis Understanding of Software Development Life Cycle Comfortable working in a changing environment Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills Desirable: Testing experience Project Management skill Process Mapping skills JIRA Investment / Wealth Platforms Financial Services qualifications Broad IT knowledge/experience A Business Analysis Qualification, preferably BCS Attributes Strong intellect and analytical ability. Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines. Ability to work in a team and liaise with all parties involved in the change process. Ability to manage workloads. Strong interpersonal and communication skills. Methodical and Logical approach to problem solving. Conscientious system user with good attention to detail. Ability to draw out conclusions from Stakeholders involved. If you are an experienced Business Analyst with the listed skills and experience then please apply now to find out more.
Jun 28, 2025
Full time
Business Analyst - Hybrid from City of London (2 days in the office / 3 days remote) Paying up to £60,000 plus benefits including bonus (up to 20%), BUPA health insurance, 4 x salary life assurance, season ticket loan, excellent pension scheme, sponsorship for relevant qualifications, 25 days holiday plus ability to buy & sell plus more An established, highly successful and industry leading financial services firm is looking to hire a Business Analyst at a really exciting time in the business. As a Business Analyst your role will be to conduct analysis of business change requirements and liaise with their software team to devise system enhancements and develop system functionality. Key Areas of Responsibility Business Analysis: Undertaking analysis and elicitation activities to capture and communicate business requirements Preparing and maintaining project documentation, to include (but not limited to) the Business Case, Gap Analysis (As is/To be process), User Stories and the Business Requirements Document Post implementation reviews, including benefits realisation. Impact analysis of changes for evolving and new requirements. Assisting in writing of test scripts, user release notes and training materials. Dealing with post implementation and ad-hoc system functionality queries from internal users (if required). Consultation: Identifying and collaborating with stakeholders at all levels on agreed change. Acting as a liaison point between the developers, business units and 3rd parties. Co-ordinating and consulting with software developers to develop functionality and enhancements to the company systems. Other Duties: Assisting others in the writing of documentation, instructions, processes and procedures. Working with various business areas and developers to maintain and improve existing in-house software. Delivering training to any of the business on a releases. Providing support for general system queries. Involvement in or running of project work when required. Playing an active role in the continuous improvement of the Analysis team. Education and Knowledge Requirements Essential: A good understanding of Change Management System requirements gathering Requirements gathering and analysis Understanding of Software Development Life Cycle Comfortable working in a changing environment Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills Desirable: Testing experience Project Management skill Process Mapping skills JIRA Investment / Wealth Platforms Financial Services qualifications Broad IT knowledge/experience A Business Analysis Qualification, preferably BCS Attributes Strong intellect and analytical ability. Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines. Ability to work in a team and liaise with all parties involved in the change process. Ability to manage workloads. Strong interpersonal and communication skills. Methodical and Logical approach to problem solving. Conscientious system user with good attention to detail. Ability to draw out conclusions from Stakeholders involved. If you are an experienced Business Analyst with the listed skills and experience then please apply now to find out more.
Application Support Analyst - Hybrid from City of London (2 days in the office / 3 days remote) Paying up to £60,000 plus benefits including bonus (up to 20%), BUPA health insurance, 4 x salary life assurance, season ticket loan, excellent pension scheme, sponsorship for relevant qualifications, 25 days holiday plus ability to buy & sell plus more Overview: A highly successful and scaling financial services firm, is at a really exciting time in the journey. As part of this journey, they are looking to hire an Application Support Analyst to join their established app support team. The Application Support Team is a core function within the business, supporting a large variety of activities from their key Start of Day functionality to incident investigation. Daily work could involve CGT, Reconciliation, or trading queries, Finance data questions, or assisting an IFA with accessing the company's internally developed apps (mobile and web). The team are well versed in SQL and data interrogation skills which are used daily to conduct this work and bring together any information needed. Responsibilities: Provide 1st and 2nd line technical support of all Application related issues. Ensure that the IT application architecture remains consistently available to all users (including colleagues, clients, business partners and suppliers). Management and delivery of scheduled daily, weekly, monthly and quarter end application tasks. Identification, management and resolution of incidents. Identification, management and root cause elimination of problems. Identification, management and implementation of application or process improvements. Effectively manage and prioritise requests or incidents via helpdesk, mailbox, phone calls and walk-ups. Support start of day processes. Support and monitoring of the Dealing system - end to end from Platform through to Custodian. Understand the business strategy and contribute to the overall goals of the business through software support and development. Ensure that all practices and principles adopted have the best interests and needs of colleagues, customers and suppliers at their core. Maintain a technical advantage through continual training and personal development. Shifts rota covering support hours from 6am to 6pm. Saturday start of day work on a rota basis. On Call Evening and Weekend rota support for incident handling. Skills & Knowledge: Experienced in carrying out application support of business critical systems Proven knowledge and experience using Microsoft SQL Server and Transact-SQL (T-SQL) Good (intermediate level) working knowledge of the Microsoft Excel, XML messaging and Windows Server / Desktop troubleshooting Good knowledge of industry recognised IT and Support practices and methodologies including ITIL. A basic understanding of investment markets is an advantage Good written and oral communication skills If you are an experienced Application Support Analyst with the listed skills and experience then please apply now to find out more.
Jun 28, 2025
Full time
Application Support Analyst - Hybrid from City of London (2 days in the office / 3 days remote) Paying up to £60,000 plus benefits including bonus (up to 20%), BUPA health insurance, 4 x salary life assurance, season ticket loan, excellent pension scheme, sponsorship for relevant qualifications, 25 days holiday plus ability to buy & sell plus more Overview: A highly successful and scaling financial services firm, is at a really exciting time in the journey. As part of this journey, they are looking to hire an Application Support Analyst to join their established app support team. The Application Support Team is a core function within the business, supporting a large variety of activities from their key Start of Day functionality to incident investigation. Daily work could involve CGT, Reconciliation, or trading queries, Finance data questions, or assisting an IFA with accessing the company's internally developed apps (mobile and web). The team are well versed in SQL and data interrogation skills which are used daily to conduct this work and bring together any information needed. Responsibilities: Provide 1st and 2nd line technical support of all Application related issues. Ensure that the IT application architecture remains consistently available to all users (including colleagues, clients, business partners and suppliers). Management and delivery of scheduled daily, weekly, monthly and quarter end application tasks. Identification, management and resolution of incidents. Identification, management and root cause elimination of problems. Identification, management and implementation of application or process improvements. Effectively manage and prioritise requests or incidents via helpdesk, mailbox, phone calls and walk-ups. Support start of day processes. Support and monitoring of the Dealing system - end to end from Platform through to Custodian. Understand the business strategy and contribute to the overall goals of the business through software support and development. Ensure that all practices and principles adopted have the best interests and needs of colleagues, customers and suppliers at their core. Maintain a technical advantage through continual training and personal development. Shifts rota covering support hours from 6am to 6pm. Saturday start of day work on a rota basis. On Call Evening and Weekend rota support for incident handling. Skills & Knowledge: Experienced in carrying out application support of business critical systems Proven knowledge and experience using Microsoft SQL Server and Transact-SQL (T-SQL) Good (intermediate level) working knowledge of the Microsoft Excel, XML messaging and Windows Server / Desktop troubleshooting Good knowledge of industry recognised IT and Support practices and methodologies including ITIL. A basic understanding of investment markets is an advantage Good written and oral communication skills If you are an experienced Application Support Analyst with the listed skills and experience then please apply now to find out more.
Engineering Manager - Central London / Hybrid Remote working Paying up to £125,000 (flexible based on experience), plus benefits listed at the bottom of this advert Role Overview A highly regarded investment manager is seeing year-on-year growth and a big investment in their technology capabilities and is looking to hire an Engineering Manager who's an experienced Software Engineer to lead the development efforts related to their investment technologies and build solutions that meet their requirements. The company continues to mature their technology application architecture with a mix of vendor packages and custom-built applications. As the Engineering Manager, you will own the technical domain and be responsible for developing, integrating and implementing the technology solutions used by their Portfolio Managers, Traders and Operational teams. Additional Information Their core investment platforms are Aladdin for their funds and derivatives book of business, and a new vendor platform (tbc) for their wealth and institutional book of business. They currently have an internal data warehouse, low code workflow and dashboard platforms and sophisticated investment risk and macro research internal platforms. The work will be a combination of integration of vendor platforms and in-house development of key capabilities not provided by the vendors. Key Responsibilities Engage with Front Office, Compliance and Operations users to understand business requirements and define appropriate technical solutions. Engage with peers and collaborate across the technical and functional stack, especially with their Client and Data technology teams. Plan the work required and lead the development efforts across the tech team providing technical direction and expertise. Hands-on development, build of fit-for-purpose software & seamlessly integrating systems to support investment requirements. Support business users. Line-manage software engineers with a view to develop their skills and further their career. Represent the investment tech team at various tech forums. Collaborate with peers on departmental engineering objectives: development tools and standards, developers efficiency / experience, architecture/frameworks/ security, continuous improvement activities etc. Skills, Knowledge & Experience Knowledge of Investment Management and Financial Services is essential, ideally gained through the implementation of a leading wealth management or asset management vendor package with complex integration effort. Experience of managing a team of software engineers They are looking for a range of experience across the below but it's not essential to have knowledge of everything or the specific tooling listed: Highly experienced and good working knowledge across the following technologies: Languages : .NET Core, C#, NodeJS/JavaScript, Development Environments: Visual Studio, SQL Server management studio, Oracle Developer Databases: MongoDB, ElasticSearch, Oracle, SQL Server Frameworks/Libraries/Tools - solid experience across the following: Deployment: Containerisation tools such as; Docker, Ansible or Kubernetes Understanding of Azure or Cloud Services Communication: Messaging (RabbitMQ), REST Web Services Workflow: WF GUI: JavaScript Office Automation: VSTO, Aspose.Words, Aspose.Excel Testing/CI : XUnit, MOQ, SpecFlow, TeamCity Deployment: Octopus / Azure DevOps Methodologies: experience of working on Agile projects Good understanding of SOA/Microservices based architectures Good understanding of OOP, SOLID principles and software design patterns Knowledge of Python (Jupyter notebooks) Benefits offered Bonus, Pension (9% non-contributory plus additional matched contributions), 4 x Life Assurance, Group Income Protection, Season Ticket Loan, GAYE, BUPA Private Medical, Private GP, Travel Insurance, Buy-and-sell of Holiday, Variety of Health and Wellbeing benefits including Headspace App Subscription, Fitness Classes, plus more If you are an experienced Software Engineer with the leadership experience and the listed skills and experience above then please apply now to find out more.
Jun 25, 2025
Full time
Engineering Manager - Central London / Hybrid Remote working Paying up to £125,000 (flexible based on experience), plus benefits listed at the bottom of this advert Role Overview A highly regarded investment manager is seeing year-on-year growth and a big investment in their technology capabilities and is looking to hire an Engineering Manager who's an experienced Software Engineer to lead the development efforts related to their investment technologies and build solutions that meet their requirements. The company continues to mature their technology application architecture with a mix of vendor packages and custom-built applications. As the Engineering Manager, you will own the technical domain and be responsible for developing, integrating and implementing the technology solutions used by their Portfolio Managers, Traders and Operational teams. Additional Information Their core investment platforms are Aladdin for their funds and derivatives book of business, and a new vendor platform (tbc) for their wealth and institutional book of business. They currently have an internal data warehouse, low code workflow and dashboard platforms and sophisticated investment risk and macro research internal platforms. The work will be a combination of integration of vendor platforms and in-house development of key capabilities not provided by the vendors. Key Responsibilities Engage with Front Office, Compliance and Operations users to understand business requirements and define appropriate technical solutions. Engage with peers and collaborate across the technical and functional stack, especially with their Client and Data technology teams. Plan the work required and lead the development efforts across the tech team providing technical direction and expertise. Hands-on development, build of fit-for-purpose software & seamlessly integrating systems to support investment requirements. Support business users. Line-manage software engineers with a view to develop their skills and further their career. Represent the investment tech team at various tech forums. Collaborate with peers on departmental engineering objectives: development tools and standards, developers efficiency / experience, architecture/frameworks/ security, continuous improvement activities etc. Skills, Knowledge & Experience Knowledge of Investment Management and Financial Services is essential, ideally gained through the implementation of a leading wealth management or asset management vendor package with complex integration effort. Experience of managing a team of software engineers They are looking for a range of experience across the below but it's not essential to have knowledge of everything or the specific tooling listed: Highly experienced and good working knowledge across the following technologies: Languages : .NET Core, C#, NodeJS/JavaScript, Development Environments: Visual Studio, SQL Server management studio, Oracle Developer Databases: MongoDB, ElasticSearch, Oracle, SQL Server Frameworks/Libraries/Tools - solid experience across the following: Deployment: Containerisation tools such as; Docker, Ansible or Kubernetes Understanding of Azure or Cloud Services Communication: Messaging (RabbitMQ), REST Web Services Workflow: WF GUI: JavaScript Office Automation: VSTO, Aspose.Words, Aspose.Excel Testing/CI : XUnit, MOQ, SpecFlow, TeamCity Deployment: Octopus / Azure DevOps Methodologies: experience of working on Agile projects Good understanding of SOA/Microservices based architectures Good understanding of OOP, SOLID principles and software design patterns Knowledge of Python (Jupyter notebooks) Benefits offered Bonus, Pension (9% non-contributory plus additional matched contributions), 4 x Life Assurance, Group Income Protection, Season Ticket Loan, GAYE, BUPA Private Medical, Private GP, Travel Insurance, Buy-and-sell of Holiday, Variety of Health and Wellbeing benefits including Headspace App Subscription, Fitness Classes, plus more If you are an experienced Software Engineer with the leadership experience and the listed skills and experience above then please apply now to find out more.