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• Must have exposure to eFront
• Act as a conduit between technical teams and stakeholders - eFront

About Our Client

Our client works in financial services

Job Description

You will be a hands-on analyst capable of working on problems from discovery through to implementation. You will make changes to our eFront installation to support business needs and non-functional requirements as part of a team. You will contribute to the oversight of the pipeline of requests for enhancements, fixes or new functions as well as working on larger projects. As well as development you will work on the maintenance of the existing system, integration with other systems and resolving issues escalated from the application support team or elsewhere.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with investment and operations teams to identify areas where eFront could benefit their work and improve processes, workflows, and information insights
• Analyse new requirements and design eFront solutions through configuration and customisation
• Work with team members to build and develop new functionality and processes
• Help analyse, specify, and deliver additional reports, data extracts, queries and dashboards
• Help manage and maintain a report catalogue
• Modify and update existing reports as necessary
• Modify develop and update interfaces with other systems
• Interact with project teams, Finance, IT, Investment Management and other stakeholder teams including software vendors and external consultants.

The Successful Applicant

The Candidate

Background, skills, Aptitude

• 3+ years experience with eFront configuration and reporting tools including formal reports, dashboards and Excel reports and data ideally gained in a Private Equity (PE) / Alternative Markets environment.
• Experience with FrontInvest and FrontPM.
• Extensive knowledge of SQL, SSRS, DBMS and reporting tools
• Proof of successful management of small technology implementation/change projects
• Some experience with a programming language, JavaScript or VB.NET is a plus.

• Ability to quickly learn, implement, and utilise new technologies.
• Analytical and problem-solving. Combines and organise information into meaningful patterns; identifies underlying relationships, causes and effects; and combines pieces of information to form conclusions or general rules
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Detail-oriented. Consistently takes a thorough, accurate organised and quality-centred approach
• Organisation and prioritising. Can effectively address projects, requests and competing priorities. Owning deliverables through to implementation
• Self-learning mindset. Desires to learn new skills and is willing to share knowledge within the team
• Provide problem diagnosis and technical assistance.

What's on Offer

This role is offering up to £96,000 per annum and requires 2 days on site in Central London.