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Cardiff
Competitive base + bonus + bens
Permanent
Business Analyst required to join leading Investment Management Group.
Job Duties
Completing a Product Backlog from ‘Epic’ level business analysis and design down to detailed ‘User stories’ incorporating ownership of design workshops, identifying solutions, provision of wireframes, acceptance criteria and worked examples within each user story Responsible for ensuring developers and testers understand each story prior to any development effort starting, creation of BDD feature files for the automated testing of all business logic and QA & UAT support Provide 3rd line support, as appropriate, principally to applications within Investments Ensuring that information about the product is shared with the rest of the department through presentations and documentation using agile best practices
Skills Required
Agile Story Writing Broad range of product management knowledge and working for and within a scrum team An ability to estimate the time taken to carry out analysis tasks, and meet the time estimated Demonstrated ability to develop product backlogs from high level design to detailed small, independent user stories Development and execution of plans Demonstrated ability to engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously Ability to work independently with users to define concepts and agree requirements Must be able to demonstrate a collaborative approach with developers and subject matter experts to establish the approach to projects, and ensure good communication of requirements
Experience of SCRUM, iterative delivery and SCRUM ceremonies would be useful
City of London
£100,000 - £112,000 plus bonus plus bens
Permanent
Head of Testing required to join Global Investment Management group.
Job Duties Establish and evolve the Test Framework for feature delivery with a clear strategy for automation of functional and non-functional testing, as well as the manual test function Ownership and accountability of the test strategy Quickly integrate with the existing team and develop good working relationships Work in an Agile environment, e.g. story-based development, design workshops, daily stand-ups, regular demos, retrospectives Create clear decision-making criteria through which the appropriate type of testing can be identified for a product (including User experience, performance and end-to-end tests, as well as manual or automated) Coach and line manage Test resources (permanent and contract), including defining clear roles and responsibilities and the setting of personal objectives and measurement against them Inspire a continuously improving quality-focused culture, adopting new tools and processes to ensure quality goals are met Plan and prioritise the work of the team Promote best practice and testing principles based on industry established standards Set standards for defect capture and management, incorporating issues found in Production as well as Non-Production environments
Close liaison between the developers and the business users as features are developed and tested throughout the lifecycle Understand automated testing and work with the Business Analysts and Developers to produce feature files for Behaviour Driven Development (BDD) Assist with the coordination of UAT Provide support to business users during both sprint testing and during longer periods of UAT in preparation of a release Develop the quality gates required to ensure that only well tested software is released to the Production environment and that the evidence is available to support teams Define quality goals and capture the metrics against these goals. Provide clear reporting and status updates through the appropriate mediums, including escalations as appropriate Own the selection of tooling required for all types of testing as well as any licensing and vendor management of those tools
Skills Required
Academic Qualifications
Graduate calibre, although degree not essential. A-Levels minimum Technical and Professional Qualifications ISEB, ISTQB, or other qualifications or courses demonstrating certifications/further learning
Experience and Background
Proven experience setting up and running a successful Technology Test Strategy Must have experience of managing a test team delivering global in-house built solutions Must have experience of working in an iterative, fast paced development environment Must have relevant experience of implementing automation frameworks from scratch Experience of writing and implementing Feature Files for BDD
Must be able to demonstrate a collaborative approach with the whole project team Strong knowledge of JIRA, XRAY and Confluence Ability to manage a team with individuals allocated across different scrum teams Proven experience with a broad range of test tools and platforms Demonstrable knowledge and experience of testing microservices, big data and serverless platforms across cloud, on-premise and hybrid infrastructure
Experience and Background - nice to have (not essential): Experience in Financial Services or experience working as a Test Analyst implementing new software within the Investment / Front Office business Some knowledge of Investment processes (front to back) and Portfolio
Manager workflows
Cardiff
Competitive base + bonus + bens
Permanent Lead Java Developer required to join leading Investments Group.
You will be responsible for:
Leading the day-to-day development across one or more applications/features, considering prescribed standards and patterns with an eye towards developing solutions that can be leveraged throughout the organisation Use continuous delivery practices to increase speed of delivery whilst owning the creation of accurate estimates for planned work and be accountable for validating and refining estimates against actuals Ensure that Development is delivered within quality guidelines and that the team members being lead adhere to the guidelines Work with Business Analysts and the Product Owner to take requirements and break them down into Epics, Stories and produce design/support documentation
Essential Skills
Strong Java 8+ Junit Maven Git RESTful Services / Json (JAX-RS) Strong SQL and RDBMS knowledge Containers: Docker / Kubernetes AWS (EC2 and managed services) Understanding of Agile principles CI/CD (using Jenkins)
Desired Skills UI experience (Vaadin, Angular) JEE 7+ Microservice patterns (preferably Microprofile) Openshift Design Patterns Confluence & Jira Jetbrains suite (IntelliJ etc.)
Cardiff
Competitve Base + Bonus + Bens Permanent
Java Developer with string Java 8 and Angular is required to join leading Investment Management Group.
Job Duties
Deliver working and tested software whilst actively seeking to address technical debt under little, or no oversight, and oversee the work of junior or apprentice developers
Use continuous delivery practices to increase speed of delivery whilst owning the creation of accurate estimates for planned work and be accountable for validating and refining estimates against actuals Follow prescribed standards and patterns ensuring that code is delivered within quality and security guidelines Work with Business Analysts and the Product Owner to take requirements and break them down into Epics, Stories and design artefacts Ensure that developments are transitioned effectively into support teams, with consideration of support being given throughout the development lifecycle. Provide 3rd line support, as appropriate, leading the investigation of production issues and being proactive in preventing their repeat. Seek to both acquire and distribute knowledge and experience among team members to improve quality and help mentor junior members
Essential Skills
Strong Java 8+ Angular Junit Maven Git RESTful Services/Json (JAX-RS) Strong SQL and RDBMS knowledge
Desired Skills
Vaadin 8 and 10+ Microservice patterns (preferably Microprofile) Openshift or other container platforms (Docker/Kubernetes) Understanding of Agile principles CI/CD (using Jenkins) Design Patterns Confluence & Jira Jetbrains suite (IntelliJ etc.)
Newbury
Salary Neg
Permanent
Technical Financial Advisor - CF30 required to join Fin Tech company with their financial advisory team you will be responsible for delivering affordable immediate retirement advice to customers.
Responsibilities
Checking and signing off financial advice for customers reaching retirement age (CF30 authorisation will be required immediately with competent adviser status will be required within 3 months - support will be given to achieve this). NB no pension transfer, opt-out or conversion of safeguarded benefits is involved.
Assisting customers with day to day queries and resolving any issues with their suitability reports or related administration.
Contributing to ideas and ongoing improvement of the service.
Support with operations and compliance as and when required.
The job-holder will be responsible for contributing to the successful delivery of Financial Adviser·s team ongoing objectives. This will involve:
Helping to deliver honest, affordable and customer-focussed retirement advice. Adhering to compliance and operations policies and procedures at all times.
Skills and Experience
Experience
Certified Financial Planner/DipPFS as a minimum with CPD maintained from passing DipPFS to date 5+ years technical, paraplanning or advisory experience Confident with all types of pension schemes and products and pension benefits Happy working independently and comfortable being part of a small team Chartered status or an intention to work towards this is desirable
City of London
Up to £65,000 per annum £65k + bonus + bens
Permanent
QA Test Analyst - Asset Management/Investment - Data required to join leading Asset Manager you will be part of the data work stream delivering into strategic front office applications through standard data services. You will work closely with the scrum master, business analysts and developers on the data work stream.
The ideal candidate will possess the right balance of business understanding and technical skills. The role requires knowledge and experience gained through working on IT projects with investment teams in an asset management firm. In particular, knowledge of a wide variety of instrument types used in the asset management industry is preferred.
Key Accountabilities/Responsibilities
Produce test plans as required for the Epic or User Story. Design tests of all key data feeds and exports. Identify and resolve errors; take ownership and accountability of issues. Execute QA testing of the story level features, taking a pragmatic, common sense approach to exploratory testing Provide handover and support to business users during longer periods of UAT in preparation of a release Provide clear reporting and status updates through the appropriate mediums, including escalations as appropriate Ensure that business analysis requirements are reflected correctly as test conditions within the test control application. Ensure that once a project is complete, test conditions are reassigned to Regression test pack for applications via the QA team.
Skills Required
Academic Qualifications Graduate calibre, although degree not essential.
Technical and Professional Qualifications
ISEB, ISTQB, or other qualifications or courses demonstrating certifications/further learning. Ideally IMC, or other qualifications or courses demonstrating an interest in the business. Demonstrated history of learning, particularly in the front office environment.
Experience and Background
Must have worked in an asset management company as a QA tester. Demonstrated ability to estimate the time taken to carry out QA testing. Demonstrated ability to execute test plans. Demonstrated ability to engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously. Ideally have experience of automated test processes. Knowledge of tools such as JIRA and Confluence.
City of London
Up to £75,000 per annum £75k + bonus + bens
Permanent
Platform/DevOps Engineer - Openshift, Kubernettes, Docker, AWS - Java required to join leading Investments Group.
You will be joining a newly formed Platform Engineering team providing services and capabilities to application scrum teams and operational teams. The team will consist of DevOps/Platform engineers who work on a shared platform and to a shared vision. The team will work closely with institutional development teams, security and change management teams, and operations teams.
Tech Stack -
Openshift, Kubernetes, Docker, containers knowledge or experience AWS RHEL The applications being supported are mainly Java/Red Hat middleware: eg Camel/Fuse, EAP, Wildfly Heritage: On-prem EAP instances
Skills required:
Developer background. Proficient at Scripting and understands the processes and challenges of building and deploying software. Someone who can empathise with the demands faced by development teams and provide them with self-service capabilities to enable them to get on with their job. Note that the role does not require prior exposure to financial services; it could be an ideal opportunity to enter the sector to work on a very exciting initiative. Lead the design and implementation of platform technologies such as service mesh, API gateway, serverless (FaaS) and others to support our emerging container, microservice and cloud-based applications Continue to build out our self-service Openshift container platform through upgrades and enhancements Provide CD capabilities for scrum teams to build and integrate end- to-end deployment pipelines with automation, audit, control, efficiency and visibility as key principles Advocate for, and coach scrum and operations teams, to achieve process and architectural improvements, such as developing highly available systems, rolling intraday deployments, delivering change via single work-in-process, and so on Take ownership of the build tools estate, such as Jenkins, Nexus and others, which provide the critical functionality for scrum teams to deliver change Take ownership of the platform shared services, such as ElasticSearch, Prometheus and others, which provide critical functionality for applications and operations
Work with scrum, operations and security teams on building the platform for exciting new initiatives such as the Enterprise Data Zone, distributed ledger (block chain) and more. Experience with a programming language such as Java, Python, Groovy, Bash, Golang e.t.c Understanding of software engineering and distributed systems fundamentals Experience designing and implementing cloud-based infrastructure supporting agile development processes Working knowledge of modern infrastructure automation technology stacks and the ability to identify the best tool for the task A keen interest in emerging technologies and practices such as containers, microservices, cloud infrastructure, single-page apps and so on Experience working within large regulated organisations with complex projects and technology governance structures Openness for knowledge transfer; willingness to coach others and help them to learn Good verbal and written communication skills.
Newbury
£30k - £50k base + £20k OTE + Bens
Permanent
Account Manager - IT Software - Financial Services required to join leading FinTech company supporting over 80% of UK financial institutions and employers.
Key Responsibilities Maintain and grow revenue from an existing customer base. Includes seeking out new opportunities within large complex organisations for the New Business team Regular onsite visits to strengthen relationships and correctly identify the dynamics of the decision-making team. Ensure high levels of customer satisfaction on current service and new deliveries Report to sales management on activity and revenue forecasting Maintain contact management records to assist with client communications and marketing campaigns
Market research and be vigilant of trigger events which could indicate opportunity within accounts.
Skills; Experience
Previous Account Management/Sales skills either selling software solutions of financial service products. Organized and able to run meetings with purpose, structure and energy Reliable, conscientious and committed Preferable experience in Asset Management, Financial Advice, Retail Banks, Wealth Managers or Financial Services software.
City of London
Up to £70,000 per annum up to £70,000 per annum + bonus + bens
Permanent
Java Application Developer required to join leading Asset Management group.
You will be responsible for:
·Development ·Deliver working and tested software, following prescribed standards and patterns. ·Be involved in the creation of accurate estimates for planned work. ·Ensure that Development is delivered within quality and Security guidelines ·Be able to work with little or no oversight and to oversee work of junior or apprentice developers. ·Actively seek to tackle Technical Debt including the delivery of work planned as part of Technical Roadmaps.
Analysis
·Work with BAs and the Product Owner to take requirements and break them down into Epics, Stories. Design and document solutions. ·Where required, write and assign development sub-tasks to less experienced members of the team, monitoring progress against plan and estimates
Support
·Ensure that developments are transitioned effectively into support teams. ·Provide 3rd line support, as appropriate, leading the investigation of production issues and being proactive in preventing their repeat.
Teamwork
·Seek to both acquire and distribute knowledge and experience among team members; both in technical and business aspects. ·Conduct code reviews with peers and be able to provide constructive feedback and suggestions ·Pair programme where appropriate to improve quality and to help mentor junior members
Skills Required
·Essential Knowledge; Skills ·Strong Java 8+ ·Junit ·Maven ·Git; SVN ·RESTful Services / Json ·Strong SQL and RDBMS knowledge (PostgreSQL ideally) Desired Knowledge and Skills ·Vaadin 8 and 10+ ·Angular ·JEE 7+ ·Microservice patterns (preferably Microprofile) ·Openshift or other container platforms (Docker/Kubernetes) ·Understanding of Agile principles
·CI/CD (using Jenkins) ·Design Patterns ·Confluence & Jira ·Jetbrains suite (IntelliJ etc.)
Management/Insurance
London, United Kingdom - £100k - £110k + bonus + Benefits
Permanent
Programme Manager - Agile - SAFe - Investment Management/Insurance required to join leading Asset management group.
Programme Manager required to join Business Change. The team provides management of the portfolio pipeline of change, consulting with the business, developing proposals into light business cases, delivery of projects/programmes of work, managing the business impacts and partnering with IT Engineering to oversee the technology changes. The intention is to ensure change is smoothly implemented, and that the lasting benefits can be measured and achieved.
This role will consult on the feasibility/impacts of new change, before managing specific programmes/projects to support other parts of the Group. The book of work includes significant projects implementing Investment and Operations capabilities for new assets, collateral management, fund transition and data reporting.
Principal Accountabilities:
Setting up projects/feasibility studies/Epics to succeed in terms of engagement, methodology, scope, design, operating models, resourcing and planning Managing multiple streams covering both business and technology change to deliver the required capabilities to budget, time and quality constraints Managing business relationship with senior stakeholders - credible relationship manager for change projects across the business domain Reviewing key deliverables to ensure alignment to strategy/business case is maintained and that high standards are delivered Ensuring adherence to best practices and audit compliance for project delivery, change control and risk containment Ensuring that all benefits are clearly identified, tracked and realised so that projects are accepted by the business and successfully transitioned into service Ensure delivery involves successful collaboration with business stakeholders, Business Change, IT Engineering, Tech Ops, PMO and other teams
Skills Required
Qualifications:
Degree level education or equivalent preferred PRINCE 2 or other formal project methodology Agile methodology, eg SAFe, Scrum Knowledge and Experience: Extensive experience in Financial Services, especially Investment Management or Insurance
Sound understanding of IT software and infrastructure Experience of project/programme budgeting and roadmapping Proven track record of personally managing successful projects/programmes Experience of running projects which introduce organisational and process change to business functions Experience of Agile/iterative delivery methodologies Demonstrable consulting approach
Skills: Strong leadership and Matrix management skills Structured approach to project/programme management Advanced use of standard project tools such as Jira and MS Project Excellent communications skills