Business Consultant jobs in United Kingdom

Company Description
A bit about us
Founded and headquartered in Switzerland, Avaloq is continuously expanding its global footprint with around 2,500 colleagues in 12 countries, and more than 160 clients in 35 countries. We are an industry-leading provider of wealth management technology and services for financial institutions around the world, including private banks and wealth managers, investment managers, as well as retail and neo banks. Our research-led approach and continual innovation is powered by the passion and creativity of our colleagues. The Avaloq Banking Suite is one of the largest PL/SQL applications in the world.

It is safe to say that your co-workers are among, if not the most knowledgeable Oracle specialists in the world. Development takes place in our integrated development environment - a customized Eclipse platform, which is tightly integrated with a build automation and delivery system, allowing a standardized and automated process to be followed. We are always looking for talented people to join us on our mission to orchestrate the financial ecosystem and democratize access to wealth management. Avaloq offers the opportunity to work closely with some of the world’s leading financial institutions as we jointly develop and shape careers.

Championing a collaborative, supportive and flexible work environment empowers our colleagues to reach their full potential.

Your team
The Securities Trading team is looking for a committed and competent technical IT business analyst to carry out requirement analysis, solution design and implementation activities. We work closely together both within the team and with other teams, therefore we are looking for a new colleague who – in addition to being independent – also enjoys collaborating with others!

You will:

1. Analyse business requirements and processes
2. Evaluate possible scenarios and recommend best business and IT solutions
3. Design business solutions in PL/SQL, Avaloq Script and/or Java (deployed on Openshift or Kubernetes)
4. Participate and lead client and prospects workshops explaining Avaloq features and understanding clients' needs
5. Participate in implementation workshops
6. Actively manage client relationship by communicating regularly and providing business consulting services to Avaloq customers
7. Prepare reports and project documents concerning new client requirements, ongoing activities and project status

What you need:

1. Strong programming skills in one or more computing languages
2. Fantastic analytical, problem solving and conceptual skills
3. Excellent client-orientation and strong communication skills both verbally and in writing with a service-oriented attitude
4. Passion for learning and always improving yourself

It would be a bonus if you have:

1. Experience within securities trading, securities trading interfaces (FIX, Swift), Transactional Reporting (Mifid, EMIR...)
2. Experience on Java applications on Openshift or Kubernetes
3. Knowledge and experience in PL/SQL
4. University degree in Computer Science/Engineering/Mathematics or equivalent
5. German, French or Italian language skills

We realize that managing work-life balance is a challenge we all face in our daily lives and in order to support with this we are pleased to offer hybrid and flexible working for most of our Avaloqers to maintain work-life balance and still continue our fantastic Avaloq culture in our global offices. In Avaloq we are proud to embrace diversity and understand the success of our business is built on the power of different opinions, we are wholeheartedly committed to fostering an equal opportunity environment and inclusive culture where you can be your true authentic self. We hire, compensate and promote regardless of origin, age, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other fantastic traits that make us all unique; we have done our best to write this advert in an inclusive and neutral way.