Systems Analyst, Banking

The Role:

A Systems Analyst is required to join a prestigious City-based financial services organisation. Within this role you will take ownership of multiple business applications used within a key division including selection, implementation, vendor management, enhancement, software releases, and where required, decommissioning. You will also be responsible for gathering business requirements for new applications, providing solution design and project managing them through to delivery. This is a varied role with significant amounts of senior stakeholder engagement and great scope for long term career advancement.

Key Responsibilities:

• As an application owner, own the lifecycle of a product from inception to decommission
• Management of vendor supplied business applications
• Management of maintenance through upgrades, support releases and patches
• Single point of contact for application support including the management of critical incidents coordinating between the internal IT team and software vendors as appropriate
• Work with the business for the elicitation and analysis of business, functional and non-functional requirements of existing and new business applications
• In collaboration with architects and other the IT teams, construct a solution design to meet the business requirements using a vendor supplied or in-house developed solution with inhouse or externally supplied development and deployment teams

Key Requirements: 

• Application driven business analytical experience
• Ideally you will have experience of web platforms / configuration management Systems, corporate intranets and business applications
• Demonstrable project management and business analysis skills and experience, ideally with certifications / qualifications or significant practical experience
• Financial services experience ideal
• Vendor management skills and proven track record of working with technology vendors / suppliers
• Have a global outlook to business application deployment and usage
• A “think out of the box” attitude

For a full consultation on this role please email your CV ASAP