Description
Summary:
The Systems Analyst will be part of the Analysis and Design Team. The role of the Systems Analyst will be to enhance and maintain the pension's administration system. The candidate will need to liaise with the Business Analysis team, end users and third party service providers as appropriate.
The ideal candidate will have experience of working on large applications within the financial services industry and have a good working knowledge of the software development life cycle.
The successful candidate would have high level communication skills and be able to produce solution documentation to a high standard. The candidate must display high attention to detail and be able to establish effective working relationships with clients and/or business representatives. The candidate must be able to work calmly and effectively under pressure being aware of time constraints where appropriate such as legislative and/or client driven deadlines.
Essential Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in IT or equivalent experience in development and support of Financial Services Applications is essential or equivalent experience.
- Minimum of 3-5 years' experience as a Systems Analyst on large and complex projects within an insurance, claim processing or pensions industry.
- Sound knowledge of both DB and DC pensions administration
- Good knowledge of Oracle and Relational database (to include having SQL Skills)
- Good knowledge of systems architecture
- Excellent data analysis skills
Skill Set Required:
- Skilled at producing application and business requirements, implementation guides and provide presentations to interest parties
- Able to grasp new concepts quickly, demonstrating understanding of the implications of technical issues on business requirements and/or operations, and ability to work independently and as a member of the team
- Good communicator at all levels
- Able to work in a team as well as self-starter and self- motivated
- Strong analytical skills with good data analysis experience
- Strong business/client engagement skills
Desirable Experience:
- Python experience
- Knowledge of Object Oriented Design and Web Services
- Knowledge of XML
- Understanding of DC Trading with fund providers, automated payments processing, web architecture, and task based processing