Data Analyst | Graduate Programme

Summary

With a history of success providing Change and IT solutions to our clients, we understand what is needed to work in the challenging environment of Business Change. We hire bright and enthusiastic graduates to join our friendly team here at ea Change and then deploy them onsite with one of our clients to work on a project of theirs.

You will initially embark on this journey as a Data Analyst under the guidance of a Head of Data, learning the necessary skills needed to work in a data-driven organisation. Our in-house Change experts work closely with your on-site manager to guide your career in either a Data Analyst or a Data Scientist direction. This opportunity is a fast-track into an exciting and dynamic world where the key to success is forward-thinking, innovation, and confidence to express oneself.

Benefits

• Diverse career paths,
• Commercial experience working with a large organisation,
• The chance to get stuck into a significant nationwide Change project,
• A fast-track career pathway with extensive progression opportunities,
• By name and nature, no two weeks are ever the same working in Change.

Requirements

• An undergraduate degree in any field,
• Good Excel skills,
• An understanding of other data tools is beneficial,
• An enthusiasm to work in data,
• Right to work in the United Kingdom,
• Strong soft skills are looked upon favourably.

Location

Gloucestershire.

Start dates

October/ November 2022.

Starting salary

£25,000 (with annual reviews).

Max rate: £350-£450 per day

OBS, London-2 days per week in the office

Middle office Markets Trade control Analyst

They are looking for someone to stabilise the team.

Trade control Back office to Middle Office

They are looking for someone with exception management that can use Summit Murex Bloomberg and Market wise.

They have a shift system so the earliest is 7am start and the latest they will be working is 7pm to cover the US Market.

No weekends.

The team is made up of 4 two in Edinburgh and a couple in London.

They need to be flexible and have attention to detail. Some experience in Systems or product

FX credit and Derivatives

6 month contract

1 stage interview

Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Markets Operations Middle Office team within Markets & Lending Delivery who provide support to both Commercial Banking and Group Corporate Treasury in management of Derivatives, FX and Credit Products ensuring trade integrity and revenue protection.
Our teams in Middle Office work closely with our Front Office Partners providing advisory support and lifecycle management. We support clients globally and LBG teams in London, across the UK and our New York offices. This role also requires a close working relationship with key partners and the ability to meet the challenges of a dynamic trading environment. You'll help support the day to day running and tasks assigned to the team and have the chance to grow your product knowledge and partner management skills.
Core purpose of the role
Responsibility for performing trade and process integrity checks for all relevant Group legal entities to ensure completeness and accuracy of trade data across all tradeable products. Role supports all downstream activity by ensuring discrepancies are identified and resolved at trade inception.
Engagement with key partners to cultivate strong working relationships and help deliver a robust end to end control framework.
Help support an inspiring culture through constant learning and self-development.
Accountabilities
The role covers:-
• Performing intraday checks to ensure trades interface from front end trading platforms to relevant downstream systems.
• Management of trade cancel and amendment review activity and production of data crafted to ensure partners have adequate oversight of desk activity.
• Checking accuracy and completeness of structured trade packages to ensure records remain accurate throughout trade lifecycle.
• Production of risk and performance measurements data for management and key partners.
• Embrace a culture of continuous improvement to optimise processes and deliver sustainable benefits to support delivery of local and wider objectives
• Highlight shortcomings and suggests improvements in current compliance processes, systems and procedures within team and area.
• Collaborate with internal support functions and deliver outstanding support for key partners.
• Grow own capabilities by pursuing and investing in personal development opportunities and develops the capabilities of your team members by working within existing development framework; provides specialised training or coaching in area of expertise to others throughout the organisation.
Key capabilities
The desired candidate would have:-
• Strong technical knowledge and consistent record to identify and mitigate risks in respect of markets products. Uses the technical knowledge & experience to serve internal and external customers
• Knowledge of the technical aspects in relation to the products and/or services offered by the function / business unit and supports the team guiding and instructing others on the required technical knowledge for the role.
• Responds positively to the changing needs of the business maintaining focus. Adapts efficiently to changes in new work structures, processes, requirements or environment to improve both business and personal performance.
• Knows the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement. Using metrics and benchmarks to monitor accuracy and quality. Takes steps to make methods productive and efficient. Promptly and effectively addresses process breakdowns.
• Can deal with uncertainty and consistently achieves results, even under tough circumstances, and takes on new opportunities with high energy, and enthusiasm
• Excellent oral and written communication skills to collaborate closely with other LBG colleagues and teams as well as external clients maintaining professionalism and client centricity.
• Demonstration of detailed awareness of risk & control environment applying knowledge and application of Group Policies and processes.
• Demonstration of identification, assessment, prioritisation, management and mitigation of risks in the process. Application of high levels of accuracy and attention to detail when performing controls
• Proficiency and desire to learn and develop at pace attaining the necessary qualifications and skills
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We're an equal opportunity employer and deeply value diversity within our organisation.

Role: Quant Developer

Location: London – Hybrid working

Duration: 6 months+

Rate: £850/day via umbrella (negotiable)

Excellent opportunity for an experienced enterprise architect to join a major banking client.

Experience required:

• 5+ years as a Quant developer
• Front office or market risk experience
• Knowledge of asset classes
• Excellent C++ skills
• VaR modelling experience

Experience desired:

• Python
• PhD level education

Role:  Sharepoint / BI Analyst

Location: Gloucester / Remote

Duration: 4 months

Rate: £500/day via umbrella

Our award winning Wealth Management client is looking for a Power BI Analyst to join them and help them develop their Power Apps capability.

Successful candidates will have the follow skills:

• Knowledge of Power Apps, Power Automate and Power BI
• Experience within financial services
• Knowledge or awareness of office 365 technologies and SharePoint configuration

Key words: Sharepoint, Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, O365

Role: Software Development Team Lead

Location: England

Salary: £65K (negotiable)

Excellent opportunity for a senior software developer to lead (hands on) a development team for an insurance client, who are building and maintaining a number of crucial websites.

Experience required:

• .NET / C#
• SiteCore
• Javascript / JQuery / CSS / HTML
• Understanding of responsive design principles
• Agile methodology
• Previous experience running a development team

Experience desired:

• WordPress
• Jira
• Knowledge of the insurance sector

Please send your CVs ASAP

Role: DevOps Engineer
Rate: 750 inside IR35 via umbrella 
Location: Hybrid / UK Wide
Duration: 6 months

Excellent opportunity for an experienced Azure DevOps Engineer to assist on an Azure-based transformation programme for a leading Financial Services client.

Role:
-    Azure DevOps 
-    New feature development
-    Migrating Azure services

Requirements:
-    PAAS, IAAS, 
-    Configuring MS Products
-    Kubernetes 
-    Terraform
-    Regulatory experience

Key Words: DevOps Engineer, PAAS, IAAS, Kubernetes, Azure, Financial Services, Banking

43582-1 - Test Analyst 

• 365PWD
• 6 Months
• Edinburgh Port Hamilton OR HALIFAX OR LEEDS
• Mostly working from home – unless they have a workshop.  Most teams work from home – unless they have a workshop.
• 1 stage Interview

Band E

Summary

A fantastic opportunity to join the Major Programmes team within Insurance & Wealth Value Stream. This role is part of the central testing capability and will be focused on the Thread Programme.

Thread is the acquisition of Embark Group - one of the UK’s fastest growing financial services businesses and one of the leading retirement solutions providers. The role will provide test analysis, ensuring that we have a robust and thorough approach to testing these large complex legacy migrations.  

Behaviours & Competencies

• Be data driven and bring evidence-based decision-making to explain 'why'
• Strong communication skills and an ability to influence alignment up and down the Group
• Intellectually curious, loves learning new skills & capabilities and role models the learning culture

Essentials

• Good mathematical skills to help collect, measure, organize and test analyse data 
• Knowledge of programming languages like SQL, Oracle, R,
• Technical proficiency regarding database design development, data models, techniques for data mining, and segmentation.
• Experience in handling reporting packages like Business Objects, programming (Java Script, XML, or ETL frameworks), databases
• Proficiency in statistics and statistical packages like Excel for data set analysis
• Problem-solving skills
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Adept at queries, drafting reports, and making presentations
• Team-working skills
• Verbal and Written communication skills
• Proven working experience in data analysis

Key Accountabilities

• Co-ordinate test data requests from E2E/UAT/NFT testing labs/workstreams
• All requests recorded
• Submit requests to OCIS Test Data Team
• Submit requests for LBG Digital Banking: Sign on/Authentication/ Setup/Maintenance]
• Establish Daily Reporting via LBG Confluence Central Test Data site
• Attend key E2E, UAT, NFT Test Meetings
• Work closely with the individual work streams development, testing teams, operations groups and third party vendors for the planning, managing, and implementation of environments across IT and Networks
• Manage the RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Decisions) Log related to environment plans
• Manage and coordinate appropriate governance and meetings, working in partnership with all key stakeholders to ensure that all aspects of the service are clearly understood.

If you're motivated by

• Working within a diverse fast paced team with an appetite to learn new skills and grow
• Working closely with a fantastic team to get great outcomes for our customer

Working in a fast pace growing business that supports the Groups strategic direction

Role: Development Technical Lead

Duration: 6 months + extensions

Location: London – hybrid working model

Rate: £800 /day via umbrella (negotiable)

Excellent opportunity for an experienced technical leader to join a major banking client.

Skills and experience required:

• Previous leadership of a team of developers
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Regulatory change experience
• Very strong java skills

Skills and experience desired:

• Active pivot

Role:                     Firewall Engineer
Rate:                     £475/day (via umbrella)
Location:              Remote (Very occasional travel)
Duration:              6 months + (renewal likely)
Start date:            ASAP

Excellent opportunity for an experienced Firewall Engineer to work with a leading banking client.

Responsibilities:
-    Supporting the analysis and implementation / transition to new firewall technologies
-    Facilitating firewall changes
-    Managing project activity and engaging with varying stakeholders

Skills required:
-    CheckPoint & Cisco Experience is essential
-    Working with a variety of vendors
-    Experience in both a hands on and hands off role

Desirable skills: 

-   Knowledge of Fortinet would be a nice to have (not essential) 
-   Financial Services experience (not essential)

The candidate will be able to drive major strategy work, guide (from technical point of view) the team and provide guidance to the wider Mobile community on the security posture of the LBG Mobile apps. The seniority of the role will be of a SME. There is scope to increase the rate, someone similar has come in at £950 per day but the manager will only pay this if they are exceptional. 

We are looking for a Principal Mobile Application Security Engineer that is passionate in Application Security, Cryptography and code: this role is part of the Digital Platform.

Here is where our teams craft and build the capabilities that Lloyds Banking needs to empower our Customers with innovative digital products. Using customer-centric design driven methodologies, we seek to build experiences allowing our Customers to do banking on their terms. Some examples of what we do are native and web Design Frameworks, Security frameworks and components, Mobile SDKs, efficient E2E Delivery pipelines.

The key aspect of this role is the design and delivery of a world-class Security framework, including associated services (penetration testing, obfuscation, etc). These capabilities will enable our commercially and service-minded colleagues to build their own propositions autonomously, focusing on building the best experience for our Customers whilst using enterprise standard components.

You will make sure that our Customers feel completely confident about using our digital assets, by building a modern, agile, and simplified fraud & security architecture. You will enable our Customers to interact with us through a strong but seamless security experience, regardless of the channel, device, or service they choose to interact with us. You will deliver a security experience which is seamless, quick, progressive and based on industry standards.

So what are we looking for in you?

• You will be comfortable at evangelizing and influencing feature teams in adopting security patterns
• You will demonstrate compliance with Bank policies and standards
• You will identify, review, evaluate and mitigate potential risks ensuring adherence to relevant security patterns and frameworks or to ensure compliance with internal/external regulations
• You will take ownership of security problems and deliver customer focused outcomes
• You will blend both your deep domain and technical expertise but also show a great passion for coaching and developing people
• You enjoy contributing to the success of your team through close collaboration and communication
• You want to work on applications that have millions of active users, and regularly deliver new features into their hands

We'll be specifically looking for these skills on your CV:

• Hands-on experience of Mobile platform security, threat models and mitigation techniques.
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of Mobile security testing methodology
• Knowledge of DevSecOps tooling and automation frameworks
• Demonstrable systematic and analytical approach to problem solving with the ability to resolve specific security issues or events
• You have a proactive and positive attitude towards identifying continuous improvement and supporting change and new ways of working
• Experience in PEN testing specifically for Mobile

What else could you bring with you?

• Background or hands-on knowledge in Mobile development
• A passion for any of the mobile platforms and a keen interest in upcoming changes in the mobile operating systems, the tools and APIs such as security libraries

Our continued commitment to helping Britain prosper means that as a colleague you can make a difference to customers, businesses and communities.

Together we have a key role to play in shaping the bank of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll continue to have opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We're focused on creating a values-led culture, and our approach to inclusion and diversity means that we all have the opportunity to make a real difference, together.

So if you have the skills, background and outlook we're seeking and this opportunity appeals then get in touch, we'd love to hear from you...