BUSINESS APPLICATIONS ANALYST (ICON) recruitment
Ideally you will be an ICON report writer, however, they will also consider strong fund administrators with experience/interest in developing along with a degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering
Core Responsibilities:
- To develop and data imports/exports, reports, interfaces and small scale applications which contributes maintain to the optimisation of the Fund Services business processes through automation of manual procedures, and maximise the efficient business usage of the Fund Services core systems.
- Differentiate the Fund Services Business, allowing new clients to experience minimised change when transitioning from their previous service-provider, and maximise the efficient client usage of the Fund Services core systems and resources.
- Analyse requirements, document and agree specifications, perform development and unit testing, and implement in collaboration with the Business.
- Compose full system documentation, change documentation, and provide input to User/Procedure Documentation.
- Provide support for internally developed facilities, and assist with investigation and resolution of support issues with Core Vendor Systems.
- Provide ad-hoc analysis and reporting, and actively contribute expertise and knowledge, to facilitate change and guide development direction within projects.
- Actively control scope-change and escalate as appropriate to ensure delivery against agreed targets/functionality.
Core Skills:
- Excellent problem solving skills, and the ability to identify multiple possible approaches and assess their relative cost/benefit.
- Good communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills.
- Positive attitude, self-motivating, and proactive.
Core Requirements:
- Practical experience/knowledge of the Fund Services/TPA industry and direct expertise with Linedata’s ICON system.
- Proven experience in full lifecycle development roles, with experience of RAD or other fast delivery methodologies/environments.
- Proven development experience/skill with the relevant toolsets - Icon Report Writer at expert level, Microsoft Excel including VBA at expert level desirable.
- Knowledge of other report-writing and development toolsets an advantage.
- Proven experience in analysis, design, testing and release management.
Core-Asset Consulting offer specialist recruitment services to the Investment Banking, Financial Services, Secretarial Support, and Human Resources markets across Scotland.
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February 13, 2012
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