IT Analyst | S2 | CIO Treasury Trading Platforms

Banco Santander SA; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000

Job description

IT Analyst | S2 | CIO Treasury Trading Platforms
Country: Vereinigtes Königreich

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In this role you will play a pivotal role in support and transformation activities, working with the business and our technology partners to provide support to our applications and implement solutions with detailed functional specs mapped to technical requirements.

You will be responsible for analysing and specifying functional requirements to deliver technical solutions across a wide range of technologies, including APIs and cloud hosted solutions. Adopt an agile approach to delivery and DevOps methodology using tools such as JIRA and Confluence.

This is an incredible opportunity to be part of a team that is driving positive change and innovation. If you’re delivery driven, have an interest in business support, technical capabilities, strategic thinking, can dive into the detail and are passionate about bridging technology and business outcomes, this could be the role for you.

The difference you’ll make:

• Engaging autonomously with technical and business stakeholders, key users and other third parties involved in the production systems and processes to elicit and capture overall scope, approach and business requirements
• Creating functional specifications linked to the chosen technical implementation according to best practice in the industry
• Adding value by challenging the business requirements i.e. what are the gaps in what is stated versus understanding of the overall objective and proposed operating model
• Championing a test-driven delivery strategy by ensuring that all requirements have clearly defined success criteria
• Supporting the Operations production systems, as well as solution architects, developers and PM as the SME with knowledge in wholesale markets trading and settlements

What you’ll bring:

These are the essential requirements you need to be successful in this role:

• Good understanding of the different wholesale markets areas such as Front Office, Middle Office, Settlements, Operations, Market Risk, Regulatory Reporting and Compliance
• Sound knowledge of treasury markets including FX, Derivatives in Interest Rates, Equities, Securities, Repo, Stock Borrow Lending
• Excellent analytical capabilities with the ability to produce high quality specifications, adhering to appropriate policy and governance
• Able to work with large data sets and perform financial analysis
• Ability to closely work with the users and iteratively deliver solutions to meet business requirements
• Experience in owning and supporting full lifecycle delivery, including design, analysis, development, testing, UAT, implementation and production support

It would also be nice for you to have:

• Expertise in Treasury Trading Settlement/Payments, Collateral management, Accounting
• Exposure to other core business areas including Liquidity Management, Regulatory Reporting, Capital Requirements, Credit Risk and ALM
• Broad technical knowledge with familiarisation of big data, cloud technology, micro-service architecture, APIs, delivery pipelines and continuous delivery tools, real-time architectures typical in markets, SQL

What else you need to know:

This permanent role is based in London Triton Square.

We want our people to thrive at work and home, and also be able to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and to help each other develop. To support this, we offer site-based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and our expected level of attendance in an office is at least 12 days per month (pro-rata for part-time roles).

If you apply for this role in this location, it’s important you consider your travelling distance, time and cost from your home to the office location.

We’re happy to discuss specific working patterns and arrangements within this hybrid approach during the recruitment process.

If you’re interested in this role but with part time hours or a job-share we would still love to hear from you and discuss these.

Application process

If your application is successful a member of our recruitment team will be in touch. We will arrange a short call with you to learn more about you and what you are looking for from your next career move, as well as answer any questions you have about working in the Santander tech team. If both sides agree we will send your CV to the hiring manager to review. For this position, the interview process will be:

1st Stage – Technical Interview – this will be a 30min technical interview with one of the team

2nd Stage – A one-hour formal interview where we will ask both technical and competency-based questions. This can be done virtually or face to face depending on your situation.

If there’s anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, please let us know.

Inclusion

At Santander we’re creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple, Personal, and Fair.

How we’ll reward you.

• £500 annual cash allowance to spend on our great range of benefits.
• Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus.
• We put 8% of salary into your pension, even if you don’t contribute yourself. We’ll pay in up to 12.5% of salary, if you contribute as well, and you can take some of our contribution in cash if you prefer.
• 27 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 28 days after 5 years service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year.
• Free access to a range of digital health services, including GP.
• Protection for you and your family, with company-funded death-in-service benefit and income protection insurance, and the option to take advantage of discounted rates for additional life assurance and critical illness cover.
• 24/7 access to an online employee discount platform including retailers, entertainment, eating out, travel and more.
• Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates including medical insurance, dental insurance, and health assessments.
• Share in Santander’s success by saving or investing in our share plans.
• Support your favourite causes through charitable giving and our community partnerships.
• As a Santander UK employee, you are able to request staff versions of our products like our Edge Current Accounts and Credit Cards with no fees, as well as apply to many other deals and discounts in Santander products and services.

What to do next:

If this sounds like a role you’re interested in, then please apply.

If there’s anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, get in touch. Whether it’s a copy of our application form in another format or additional assistance, we’re available through telephone, email, or face to face. You can contact us at [e-mail] or call 0870 414 9080.