BI /Dynamics Analyst - for Leading Investment Manager

• Permanent.
• London.
• Circa: £70k-£75k (neg) + excellent package.

Company and role:

Our client are a market leading Investment Management company with over £12bn funds under management. They are currently hiring for an BI/Dynamics Analyst for their Technology business based in London.

Responsibilities in brief for BI /Dynamics Analyst - for Leading Investment Manager

• To provide support, consultancy and direction in terms of the CRM and BI applications.
• Working with the business and project colleagues to provide day to day management as well as participate in strategic change projects.

Software & Systems Delivery and Support

• Ensure that all work complies with company quality standards and processes.
• Create, configure, and document relevant applications.
• Maintain and support new and existing applications with regular updates and fixes.
• Release and deployment management.

Reporting

• Create or configure ad hoc reports.
• Gathering the requirements for reports and understanding the users needs.

Strategic Review Programme

• Engage with project stakeholders to build an understanding on programme requirements for various work streams, as required.

Continuous Improvement

• Implement a series of proactive improvements to customer service, productivity and quality across the Business Support function.

Stakeholders

• Gathering and clarifying requirements.
• Informing stakeholders of issues and working with them to find resolutions.
• Providing ideas and potential solutions to problems.
• Being able to turn technical language into business language and vice versa.
• Provide training on new applications.
• On-going first and second line support.

Experience required for BI /Dynamics Analyst - for Leading Investment Manager:

• Problem solver.
• MS Dynamics.
• Power BI.
• Any experience with Curo desirable.
• Financial Services experience desirable.
• Critical & analytical thinking skills & expertise in structuring a logical argument.
• Self-motivation to provide excellent service.

BI /Dynamics Analyst - for Leading Investment Manager

• Permanent.
• London.
• Circa: £70k-£75k (neg) + excellent package.

Company and role:

Our client are a market leading Investment Management company with over £12bn funds under management. They are currently hiring for an BI/Dynamics Analyst for their Technology business based in London.

Responsibilities in brief for BI /Dynamics Analyst - for Leading Investment Manager

• To provide support, consultancy and direction in terms of the CRM and BI applications.
• Working with the business and project colleagues to provide day to day management as well as participate in strategic change projects.

Software & Systems Delivery and Support

• Ensure that all work complies with company quality standards and processes.
• Create, configure, and document relevant applications.
• Maintain and support new and existing applications with regular updates and fixes.
• Release and deployment management.

Reporting

• Create or configure ad hoc reports.
• Gathering the requirements for reports and understanding the users needs.

Strategic Review Programme

• Engage with project stakeholders to build an understanding on programme requirements for various work streams, as required.

Continuous Improvement

• Implement a series of proactive improvements to customer service, productivity and quality across the Business Support function.

Stakeholders

• Gathering and clarifying requirements.
• Informing stakeholders of issues and working with them to find resolutions.
• Providing ideas and potential solutions to problems.
• Being able to turn technical language into business language and vice versa.
• Provide training on new applications.
• On-going first and second line support.

Experience required for BI /Dynamics Analyst - for Leading Investment Manager:

• Problem solver.
• MS Dynamics.
• Power BI.
• Any experience with Curo desirable.
• Financial Services experience desirable.
• Critical & analytical thinking skills & expertise in structuring a logical argument.
• Self-motivation to provide excellent service.

REED Technology are pleased to be working with a global manufacturing company in their search to add an IT Delivery Lead to their team in Co. Armagh. In this role you will oversee and coordinate projects working with technology stakeholders including implementation teams, project managers, business analysts and other 3rd parties. You will track key milestones, managing risks and providing effective reporting to deliver projects and achieve expected benefits and value to the company's customers.

Duties
* Work with Business Project leads and stakeholders including IT solutions delivery teams.
* Collaborate with product owners, project managers and scrum masters to integrate project efforts
* Partner with IT Operations/Engagement teams to ensure seamless project handover for ongoing support and maintenance
* Manage a schedule and resources within the IT portfolio including team resource planning, forecasting and optimisations
* Lead IT projects collaborating with project managers and support them to remain on target and within time scales
* Act as technology advisor to business partners and work to determine business needs, priorities & resource requirements
* Develop further project delivery processes and methodologies

Criteria
* 5 years' experience managing large IT projects
* BA in Computer Science or equivalent
* Project Management certification
* Experience interacting with business and IT partners
* Agile & scrum experience
* Experience with global teams
* Business, IT & Financial experience ideal

Benefits & Remuneration
* Highly competitive salary
* Health & Wellbeing benefits including life assurance & Family friendly policies
* Discounts on consumer goods/services
* Bike To work scheme
* Corporate Gym
* Car Parking
* Opportunity to travel w/ travel assistance
* Extensive L&D programmes

What to do next
If you're interested in hearing more about this opportunity, a full job spec is available. Please get in touch with Calum McKnight of the REED Technology team at ; alternatively get in touch on

REED Technology are pleased to be working with a global manufacturing company in their search to add an IT Delivery Lead to their team in Co. Armagh. In this role you will oversee and coordinate projects working with technology stakeholders including implementation teams, project managers, business analysts and other 3rd parties. You will track key milestones, managing risks and providing effective reporting to deliver projects and achieve expected benefits and value to the company's customers.

Duties
* Work with Business Project leads and stakeholders including IT solutions delivery teams.
* Collaborate with product owners, project managers and scrum masters to integrate project efforts
* Partner with IT Operations/Engagement teams to ensure seamless project handover for ongoing support and maintenance
* Manage a schedule and resources within the IT portfolio including team resource planning, forecasting and optimisations
* Lead IT projects collaborating with project managers and support them to remain on target and within time scales
* Act as technology advisor to business partners and work to determine business needs, priorities & resource requirements
* Develop further project delivery processes and methodologies

Criteria
* 5 years' experience managing large IT projects
* BA in Computer Science or equivalent
* Project Management certification
* Experience interacting with business and IT partners
* Agile & scrum experience
* Experience with global teams
* Business, IT & Financial experience ideal

Benefits & Remuneration
* Highly competitive salary
* Health & Wellbeing benefits including life assurance & Family friendly policies
* Discounts on consumer goods/services
* Bike To work scheme
* Corporate Gym
* Car Parking
* Opportunity to travel w/ travel assistance
* Extensive L&D programmes

What to do next
If you're interested in hearing more about this opportunity, a full job spec is available. Please get in touch with Calum McKnight of the REED Technology team at ; alternatively get in touch on

Testing Manager
Reigate

Are you a testing manager looking for a new challenge?

As a Test Manager primary responsibility will be managing the SIT, UAT, Migration, Automation, Performance and Non-Functional testing for Project Solar (a replacement loan servicing system, the provision of a new BI suite, transitioning the infrastructure to a UK data centre and the migration of the existing retail loan portfolio from a legacy platform).

The Test Manager will be responsible for test planning, test execution, defect reporting and resolution, coordination with the business users, sign off processes and leading and development of the test team.

* Ensuring the testing strategy is appropriate and implementing changes to the approach as required
* Generate and maintain test plans for functional, automation, migration, performance and other non-functional test phases
* Management skills of team in excess of 15 testers, both internal and contract staff
* Test management in migration programmes from Mainframe to Oracle/.Net architecture
* Test management in Automation, ideally utilising UFT and the relevant frameworks applied
* JMETER, GIT and Jenkins Performance test management and planning with the skillset to transfer the output's into a performance status report
* Defining the testing standards and templates to be followed for all test phases
* Supporting the preparation of test plans including defining test scenarios and test scripts
* Coordination with the Business Users and ensure testing is performed in line with agreed standards
* Managing the defect reporting, resolution and retesting
* Managing the relationship with key Project Stakeholders including Project Managers, Development Teams, Department Heads and IT to ensure there is a high level of communication regarding progress and issues
* Ensuring all test results are appropriately documented

Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.

Testing Manager
Reigate

Are you a testing manager looking for a new challenge?

As a Test Manager primary responsibility will be managing the SIT, UAT, Migration, Automation, Performance and Non-Functional testing for Project Solar (a replacement loan servicing system, the provision of a new BI suite, transitioning the infrastructure to a UK data centre and the migration of the existing retail loan portfolio from a legacy platform).

The Test Manager will be responsible for test planning, test execution, defect reporting and resolution, coordination with the business users, sign off processes and leading and development of the test team.

* Ensuring the testing strategy is appropriate and implementing changes to the approach as required
* Generate and maintain test plans for functional, automation, migration, performance and other non-functional test phases
* Management skills of team in excess of 15 testers, both internal and contract staff
* Test management in migration programmes from Mainframe to Oracle/.Net architecture
* Test management in Automation, ideally utilising UFT and the relevant frameworks applied
* JMETER, GIT and Jenkins Performance test management and planning with the skillset to transfer the output's into a performance status report
* Defining the testing standards and templates to be followed for all test phases
* Supporting the preparation of test plans including defining test scenarios and test scripts
* Coordination with the Business Users and ensure testing is performed in line with agreed standards
* Managing the defect reporting, resolution and retesting
* Managing the relationship with key Project Stakeholders including Project Managers, Development Teams, Department Heads and IT to ensure there is a high level of communication regarding progress and issues
* Ensuring all test results are appropriately documented

Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.

Role: DevOps Engineer (Apps)

Type: Perm

Location: London

Salary: 75 K GBP pa

Job Description

• VSTS - Build system for .Net
• Octopus Deploy, TeamCity, VSTS
• Sitecore deployments
• Cloud Computing services, specifically Amazon Web Services: EC2, ECS
• Containerisation orchestration, specifically, ECS and Kubernetes, Fargate, Lambda
• Good understanding of version control solutions, specifically Git/GitHub
• Continuous integration, continuous delivery/deployment tooling, specifically, AWS CodePipeline and CodeDeploy
• Docker Experience, such as writing Dockerfiles, understanding Docker Networking and Service Discovery

Good understanding of version control solutions, specifically Git/GitHub

Role: DevOps Engineer (Apps)

Type: Perm

Location: London

Salary: 75 K GBP pa

Job Description

• VSTS - Build system for .Net
• Octopus Deploy, TeamCity, VSTS
• Sitecore deployments
• Cloud Computing services, specifically Amazon Web Services: EC2, ECS
• Containerisation orchestration, specifically, ECS and Kubernetes, Fargate, Lambda
• Good understanding of version control solutions, specifically Git/GitHub
• Continuous integration, continuous delivery/deployment tooling, specifically, AWS CodePipeline and CodeDeploy
• Docker Experience, such as writing Dockerfiles, understanding Docker Networking and Service Discovery

Good understanding of version control solutions, specifically Git/GitHub