Description
Job description:
Core-Asset Consulting's client, a pensions and wealth management firm, are seeking a Solutions Analyst to join their team in Edinburgh for an initial 3 month contract (likely to be extended).
Core responsibilities:
- Responsible for investigative work to seek effective business solutions.
- Organises implementation through improvements in information systems, data management, business processes/procedures, organisation and equipment.
- Applies and monitors the use of required modelling and analysis tools, methods and standards in an intelligent and effective way.
- Analyse the underlying issues arising from investigations into requirements and problems, and identifies available options for consideration.
- Work with clients/users in specifying information flows, processes/procedures, and data objects that will meet the business requirements.
- Utilise experience and skills to assess to advise on the practicability of alternatives, marrying up technical limitations with operational realities.
- Consult with IT specialists in areas such as infrastructure, data management, communications, and service delivery, taking account of their recommendations.
- Arrange, prepare and conduct meetings, workshops and presentations for a wide variety of audiences, demonstrating consistently high qualities of communication and persuasive skills.
- Develop system architecture containing logical models of the IT components and interfaces involved.
- Produce documentation for systems architectures within own area(s) of expertise, making sensible use of both text and graphics.
- Maintain a working knowledge of current practice and awareness of current developments within own area(s) of expertise across industry.
- Assist Solution Architects in defining high level architecture.
Core requirements:
- Expert in business systems development methods, techniques and standards, corporate, industry, professional standards, information modelling tools and structured reviews
- Proficient in the business process application of automated systems
- In-depth knowledge of the methodology as part of ISO9001 accreditation and awareness/familiarisation with any appropriate legislation
- Proficient in any Business Systems Development and Maintenance Function and has gained broad experience of business systems analysis and is proficient in the role of designing solutions to meet business requirements
Job reference: 9262
To apply for this vacancy applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.
Core-Asset Consulting offers specialist recruitment services to asset management, accounting & finance, asset servicing, legal and the wider financial services sector in Scotland.