Senior Systems Analyst

Aztec Group; Southampton; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Hybrid working

Ability to work abroad for up to 3 WEE

Generous holidays

Pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Travel insurance

Wellbeing programmes

On-site parking

Job summary

Aztec Group is seeking a Systems Manager – Market Technology Services to support client servicing applications and drive operational efficiency. Based in Southampton or Jersey, CI, with a hybrid model requiring office attendance at least twice per week and full-time during probation.

You will work with client-facing teams to elicit requirements, configure systems, develop reports, test integrations, and mentor junior staff as part of the IT function, focusing on BAU allocations and continuous

Qualifications

• 3+ years in technical financial services roles.
• Experience with private equity products (eFront Invest and Investment Café) is preferred.
• Qualified or partly qualified in a relevant professional qualification (ACCA, ACA, CGI or IT qualification).
• Strong MS Office skills (Word, Excel).
• Experience in programming/scripting languages such as VBA, VBScript, SAS, JavaScript and T-SQL.

Responsibilities

• Elicit detailed requirements with client-facing teams to enhance core systems and reporting.
• Configure system functionality and develop financial reporting.
• Support integration feeds, automation, and testing activities (SIT).
• Prepare training materials and deployments; improve operational efficiencies.
• Provide third-level support and mentor junior team members.

Skills

Financial services domain knowledge

Private equity / real assets exposure

Professional qualification (ACCA/ACA/C

Education

ACCA/ACA/CGI or IT qualification

Tools

MS Office (Word, Excel)

VBA & VB Script

SAS

JavaScript

Transact-SQL

Job description

At Aztec, we’re committed to building and nurturing a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone feels valued, respected, and able to grow. We know that different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences strengthen our business and we welcome applications from all individuals. So, if your experience doesn’t exactly match with every part of the job description, but you are excited about the role, we would still like to hear from you. If you are passionate, curious, innovative and data driven, you could still be a good fit.

About the role: Reports to Systems Manager – Market Technology Services With continued growth across the Aztec Group, our Information Technology teams are expanding to support current and future business needs. We’re after experienced individuals to help us deliver high quality, and seamless IT experiences across all business functions. The purpose of this role is to work alongside colleagues in the Technology Markets Applications team to give our clients, and our colleagues, the best possible experience of Aztec’s client servicing applications suite and to strive to deliver a service offering that differentiates us from our competitors. The role involves a range of tasks, from providing general user support, creating requirement documents alongside members of the client-facing teams, configuring new system functionality, writing reports, supporting integration feeds and automation, preparation of training materials, deployments of changes and designing processes to improve operational efficiencies, and much more. Based at either our Southampton, UK or Jersey, CI office, you will enjoy a hybrid work model where you will be expected to work from the office at least twice per week but full time whilst in probation.

Key responsibilities:

Work closely with the client-facing team to elicit detailed requirements to enhance the core and develop the configuration of the systems and financial reporting suite to meet the demands of our clients, supporting, or acting as a business analyst to collate the scoping of requirements and providing a breakdown of work and quote where necessary. Ascertain timelines and expectations, identify if realistic and manage expectations. Provide point-of-contact support to various areas of the business. Support of engagements with client facing teams, and possibly direct with clients over the life cycle of a project, including attendance and providing updates via formal meetings and project documents, as well as keeping teams appraised of progress on individual tasks. Understand or interpret complex or ambiguous requirements to specify, design and develop solutions within the system configuration, reporting, or to support users in rectifying errors in data input. Provide triage to Service Requests (SRs) and incidents to ascertain if the matter has been raised correctly, if any additional information required. Determine if the issue appears to be data or user related and assess the complexity of the task. Monitor the SR Escalations and Incidents and ensure that they are assigned as soon as resource becomes available. To assist the MTS team in Business as Usual (BAU) allocations, and investigate incoming incidents and requests by checking relevance, directing to the appropriate team and managing complexity levels, timeframes, priority and locating a resource or delegate work where necessary to other resources. Application and report testing System Integration Testing (SIT) and reconciliation activities in line with testing strategy. Provide 4 eyes review on changes processed by other MTS Apps users, including both meta and non-meta SRs, with particular focus on trainee-assigned SRs. Provide third level support raised via the support desk as either SRs and Incidents, as well as enhancements raised through other means, including projects and continual improvements, ensuring client facing teams (and project managers where applicable) are regularly appraised of progress. Providing input around internal processes to create and enhance efficiencies Understand the groups change management framework and ensure that any system, enhancements, or corrections follow the correct change process through documentation, testing, approval board and deployment. Mentoring and assisting with the development of more junior team members as well as deputising for managers where appropriate in project areas or BAU. Lead peer meetings where required to support projects, processes and co-ordination.

Skills, knowledge and expertise:

• 3+ years of strong technical financial services industry knowledge.
• Prior business experience in private equity or real assets is preferred
• Part or fully qualified in a relevant professional qualification (e.g. ACCA, ACA, CGI or relevant IT qualification)
• Exposure to Private Equity products is essential, particularly the eFront suite of applications (eFront Invest and Investment Cafe)
• Advanced PC skills, notably MS Office suite (MS Word & MS Excel)
• Experience or proficiency with programming languages such as VBA & VB Script, SAS, JavaScript and Transact SQL
• Excellent interpersonal skills are required to develop close working relationships with colleagues, clients and business contacts
• General problem solving and a methodical approach
• Genuine interest in technology and systems

Benefits:

• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Flexible, hybrid working
• Ability to work abroad for up to 3 weeks per annum
• Generous holiday allowance
• Pension scheme
• Private medical insurance, including eye care
• Life assurance (death in service and critical illness benefit)
• Worldwide travel insurance
• Health and wellbeing programmes
• On-site parking (location dependent)

With an ambitious vision for further growth, we’re always on the lookout for bright individuals to join our journey. Progress your career with a company that will support you every step of the way.

At Aztec, we provide talented and dynamic individuals with the opportunity to build a rewarding career. We’re an ambitious company, committed to building long-term partnerships with our clients and delivering operational excellence at every stage of their fund’s lifecycle. Our culture is what makes us a standout place to work. Our people are at the heart of our business: putting clients first; delivering service excellence; working as one team; building lasting connections and embodying our values and purpose; Join us and discover what makes us the bright alternative.