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 APPLY NOW

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 APPLY NOW

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.) APPLY NOW

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.) APPLY NOW

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 APPLY NOW

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. APPLY NOW

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. APPLY NOW

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. APPLY NOW

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.) APPLY NOW

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 APPLY NOW

London, South East Market Daily Rate Contract React Native Developers are required for a London based FinTech project. Contractors must be able to demonstrate solid development skills in React Native. You will be part of an agile product team and will be responsible for the technical implementation of requirements ensuring the mobile app developed in React Native is cross platform compatible. This would include experience of integrating Swift/Objective-C/Java libraries with React Native APPLY NOW

London circa £600 per day Contract IR35 Project/Programme Manager required to join Global E-commerce company you will work closely with multiple cross functional stakeholders to support the execution of the IR35 Project to ensure they are in compliance with these requirements on or before April 2020. The ideal person will be a project management guru, can work effectively with internal and external partners, possess great analytical skills, be capable of shifting gears at a moment's notice, and enjoy the challenges of a complex project which is focused on country specific tax and legal regulations. Responsibilities:  Implement and manage the IR35 Project Plan  Develop the strategy for the IR35 assessment process, including a full change management plan  Work cross-functionally across Tax, Legal, Ops and Logistics teams  Facilitate the updating of all required documents, including supplier contracts and the UK Policy (as necessary), in partnership with the MSP, IC Vetting Provider, Tax and Legal  Create validation and auditing mechanisms to ensure the efficacy of the project  Regularly report status of project to CWP, Tax and Legal leadership  Create and develop a plan to migrate into steady state management, post April 2020 Required skills:  Previous experience with program implementation  Domestic/international contingent worker, procurement or operations experience including category management, large project negotiations or contract management  BA/BS in Human Resources Management, Business, Finance or related field Preferred skills:  Knowledge of IR35 regulations, preferred  Experience leading the implementation of new processes, systems and decision making tools with high adoption rates  Strong background in process engineering, requirements gathering, and technology projects  Global mindset; excellent ability to partner with a wide variety of clients  Exceptional influencing skills and negotiation skills  Passionate advocate for customer experience; constantly thinks about areas for improvement  Creative thinker; works to find solutions to difficult or ambiguous problems  Exceptional personal bias for action  Ability to work independently and problem solve with little to no direction  Robust sense of accountability: sound personal judgment, capacity to handle confidential information appropriately, effectively raising issues  Strong interpersonal abilities; can effectively communicate (both written and verbally) technical information and the results of analysis at all levels of the organization APPLY NOW

London Up to £400 per day Contract IR35 Business Analyst required to join Global E-Commerce company, you will work closely with multiple cross functional stakeholders, both internal as well as external, to support the execution of the IR35 Project to ensure the organisation is compliant with these requirements on or before April 2020. The ideal candidate will be excited about using data to understand how to drive compliance to important tax and legal regulations and ensure contingent workers are classified accurately. This role requires an individual with excellent analytical abilities as well as an outstanding business acumen. The ideal candidate knows and loves working with Business Intelligence tools, is adept at excel (specifically pivot tables) and can partner with operations/business leaders to answer key business questions. Responsibilities:  Own the design and development of automated process tools, as well as the maintenance of ongoing reporting for the IR35 Project  Participate in weekly project status meetings with the cross functional project team  Prepare and deliver project reviews to the senior management teams regarding progress and roadblocks  Maintain scaled, automated reports and project dashboards, etc. that will support execution of the master project plan  Strong verbal/written communication and data presentation skills, including an ability to effectively communicate with both business and functional teams  Additional responsibilities as needed Required skills:  BA/BS degree or equivalent experience  Relevant work experience in a role requiring application of analytic skills in a business analyst, data analyst or statistical analysis role  Intermediate to advanced analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions, recommendations, and drive actions  Strong verbal/written communication and data presentation skills, including an ability to effectively communicate with both business and technical teams Preferred skills:  Experience with Contingent Workforce Management  Experience using Quicksight, SharePoint and/or Tableau  Experience using Excel, specifically pivot tables  Experience supporting a large scale program to mitigate risk  Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with HR, legal, business and technical teams  Established record of project delivery as business analyst, operations analyst or project manager APPLY NOW

London, United Kingdom Up to £500 per Day Contract Project Manager/Business Analyst - Finance Systems with Accounting required for leading Media and Entertainment group responsible for UK and Germany Project Management for end to end application integrations. Purpose of role:  The key point of contact for Business stakeholders throughout the life cycle of the project, thereby essentially the business champion within the project team, ensuring requirements and delivery timelines are met. In order to achieve this, the PM must build and maintain strong working relationships both within the business and the technical delivery team.  Experienced in leading projects with a focus on requirements capture and full software development life cycle knowledge. The analyst will work with the business to prioritise and agree project scope within an environment where priorities are dictated by changing business requirements and market environments.  The candidate will be a confident, proactive and a flexible project manager with a business change driven approach to solution implementation with confidence to challenge the As-is, making proposals for improvement as appropriate.  Engage with business sponsors and stakeholders to gather and translate business requirements for successful technical delivery Duties Project Management  Build project plan, RAID log; weekly status reports for the project team, key business stakeholders and leadership  Risk; issue management, communication and resolution  Captures all decommissioning activities & systems across both UK; Germany  Partner with Technical Delivery Lead to manages the SAP team delivery through daily calls and status updates  Partner and collaborate with cross functional teams for a coordinated delivery approach  Partners with Germany finance team throughout the transition period  Partners with the Business Program team  Creates plan and owns the hyper-care period (Service Now with daily ticket review/categorization) Business analysis  Design and implement new business solutions with the business and IT  Analysis, elicitation and documentation of requirements, To-be processes, data implications, end to end test scenarios and acceptance criteria to appropriate level of detail  Responsible for the quality and integrity of the business and data analysis through the full project life cycle  Ensure projects align and deliver to business need and specified requirements.  Leads, co-ordinates and report on integration testing and the resultant defects  Provide guidance and direction to the business for UAT and effectively communicates and prioritises issues for resolution Stakeholder management  Build relationships with key business champions for management and delivery of business requirements  Manages regular meetings with the business stakeholders to review progress; manage defects and prioritise requirements on the backlog  Communicates with project stakeholders at all levels  Forges and strengthens relationships with the business  Elicitation and communication of issues and risks at both project and business unit level Technical Experience  Data Transfer (including migration, master data, GL's, asset data through interfaces)  Build Test; training plans with Finance and the Business  Interface mgmt.  Support to Technical lead to manage vendors and off shore developers APPLY NOW

Accounting London, United Kingdom - up to £550 per Day Contract SAP Project Manager/Business Analyst - SAP Finance Systems with Accounting required for leading Media and Entertainment group responsible for UK and Germany Project Management for end to end application integrations. Technical Experience  SAP experience (6.4 ERP) - Legacy system, asset module  Experience in building new company codes in SAP  Data Transfer (including migration, master data, GL's, asset data through interfaces)  Build Test & training plans with Finance  Interface management.  Support to Technical lead to manage vendors and off shore developers Project Management  Build project plan, RAID log & weekly status reports for the project team, key business stakeholders and leadership  Requirements gathering  Documents To-be process  Captures all decommissioning activities & systems across both UK & Germany  Daily managers the SAP team delivery through daily calls and status updates - owns the delivery of your document  Partner and collaborate with Infrastructure team for a coordinated delivery (AWS DaaS solution)  Partners with UK/Germany finance team throughout the transition period  Partners with the Business Program team  Creates plan and owns the hyper-care period (Service Now with daily ticket review/categorization) Soft Skills  Relationship building, and management are key  Detail orientated, thrives on variety  Can bring clarity to ambiguity  Collaborative and used to working in a Matrix organization  Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment APPLY NOW

London, United Kingdom - Market daily rate Contract Polyglot - Java, .NET require to join leading Asset Management Group. They are seeking An experienced polyglot Developer is required to work with in a small team building a strategic Global Analytics solution for the Investments business, using a range of technologies. You will be working as a polyglot developer building microservices. The team uses a combination of stacks (.NET Core and Java Microprofile based services) and are starting to use Angular on the Front End. Deployment is as containers running within the Openshift PaaS. The candidate must maintain strong relationships with the project team, b usiness stakeholders and end- users to e nsure that the technology product meets their requirements and expectations. Essential Knowledge; Skills Java .NET Core Angular Micro-service patterns Docker; Kubernetes RESTful Services ( JAX-RS ); JSON Understanding of Agile principles (Scrum) CI (using Jenkins) Design Patterns Confluence; Jira Preferred Knowledge; Skills JEE 7/Eclipse Microprofile Openshift (or another container platform) Jetbrains suite (IntelliJ/Rider/WebStorm APPLY NOW