OVERALL SUMMARY

At Close Brothers we look to recruit individuals from all different backgrounds and encourage you to apply even if you don’t tick every box. We celebrate diversity, promote inclusivity and are open to discuss flexible work options to help you balance your work and home life.
Join the Close Brothers Product Management team where you will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and supporting the configuration for the Bank’s core Lending Platform product estate which underpin critical financial services within the Banking and Payments directorate.
Working as part of the Product Management our ideal team member will have previous experience of configuring Asset Finance software with excellent interpersonal skills.

WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF:

• You have strong technical aptitude and possesses a good knowledge of the asset finance business domain in capacity of business or configuration analyst
• You have experience of configuring Asset Finance software specific for Leasing/Lending industry, e.g, ALFA v5, FIS Ambit, Casiopae or Netsol Ascent
• You are able to investigate defined business areas and IT systems and adopt an analytical approach when developing models to represent those systems
• You have good interpersonal skills with an ability to communicate effectively and confidently with Business as well as Technology stakeholders using suitable modes of communication
• You are aware of the rationale for modelling and the use of models to analyse, develop and implement effective information systems
• You have SQL experience
  We are an inclusive organisation and committed to ensuring our recruitment process is as accessible as possible to everyone. We will make adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition. If you need the job description or application form in an alternative format or would like to discuss the recruitment process with us, please email us at recruit.ssc@closebrothers.com or request a call back.

ABOUT US

For roles offering hybrid working: At Close Brothers we support employees to balance their work life priorities and in this role you will be able to enjoy a mixture of hybrid working.
Close Brothers is a leading UK merchant banking group providing lending, deposit taking, wealth management services and securities trading. At Close Brothers we provide financial support and advice to small businesses and individuals in the UK. Our purpose is to help the people and businesses of Britain thrive over the long term.

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To find out more about Close Brothers, please visit our careers page: https://www.closebrothers.com/careers

• Work intently within the Product team to provide configuration support and assist with the implementation of new requirements
• Analyse stakeholder’s objective by investigating into business requirements or root cause analysis of the issue/problem to present and implement configuration solutions
• Consult with Change team and/or vendor to understand the requirements in sufficient detail to be able to configure the application
• Approach business SMEs for elaboration of requirement and to evaluate a proposal in relevant cases
• Regular engagement with system vendors to resolve queries, build a better understanding of the system, and learn about any new changes being implemented
• Analyse release notes issued by the product vendor on each version update, assess new changes, and implement new or update any required configuration