Platform Calculations Specialist
St. James’s Place
Date: 5 days ago
City: Cirencester, England
Contract type: Full time
Are you ready to chart your own career path? At SJP we need talented individuals like yourself to support our evolving culture. If you’re seeking an employer that is passionate about excellence, innovation and autonomy, SJP could be the place for you.
At a glance:
Location: Cirencester Office
Workplace Type:
Employment Type: Permanent
Seniority: Associate
To help ensure that requirements relating to charges, remuneration and unit transactions for new and migrated products on the new Platform are correctly specified, thoroughly tested and implemented, and to communicate progress to interested parties within the wider business
What you'll be doing:
A self-starter with a keen attention to detail who enjoys investigating into numbers and figures to root out issues and help the business operate efficiently.
Essential Criteria
We reward you for the work you do, whether that’s through our discretionary annual bonus scheme that reflects both personal and company performance, competitive annual leave allowance (28 days plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase an additional 5 days), or online rewards platform with a variety of discounts.
We also have benefits to support whatever stage of life you are in, including:
Research tells us that applicants (especially those from underrepresented groups) can be put off from applying for a role if they do not meet all the criteria or have been on an extended career-break. If you think you would be a good match for this role and can demonstrate some transferable experience please apply, regardless of whether you tick every box.
What's next?
If you're excited about this role and believe you have the skills and experience we're looking for, we'd love to hear from you! Please submit an application by clicking ‘apply’ below and our team will be in touch.
As a business regulated by the FCA we would advise you to familiarise yourself with the conduct regulations and in particular consumer duty obligations prior to an interview with SJP.
At a glance:
Location: Cirencester Office
Workplace Type:
Employment Type: Permanent
Seniority: Associate
To help ensure that requirements relating to charges, remuneration and unit transactions for new and migrated products on the new Platform are correctly specified, thoroughly tested and implemented, and to communicate progress to interested parties within the wider business
What you'll be doing:
- Aiding the setting of detailed requirements relating to the calculation of charges, remuneration and / or unit transactions for new products
- Aiding the setting of detailed requirements relating to the calculation of charges, remuneration and / or unit transactions for the migration of existing accounts
- Liaising with Business Analysts, the Architecture and Actuarial Teams within SJP
- Liaising with Business Analysts from the third-party suppliers
- Writing and/or QC-ing test scenarios to ensure the intricacies and interaction of charges, remuneration and / or unit transactions are covered
- Assessing test evidence
- Aiding in the triage of calculations defects and analysis of root causes
- Providing ‘sign off’ for successful test scenarios
- Aiding in the provision of MI to Project and Release Managers and other interested parties as required
- Reporting progress to interested parties within the Finance and Remuneration BAU functions
A self-starter with a keen attention to detail who enjoys investigating into numbers and figures to root out issues and help the business operate efficiently.
Essential Criteria
- Strong numerical skills
- Good proficiency in Excel, ie; Macro's, complex IF statements
- Strong analytical skills
- An understanding of charges/remuneration on pensions/bonds/investment products and the various “wrappers”
- Ability to work on own
- Ability to communicate analyses results/technical details to different stakeholders
- An understanding of charges/remuneration on pensions/bonds/investment products and the various “wrappers”
- Experience of the development or testing of remuneration and/or charges and other transactions preferably on Bluedoor (or other policy admin systems)
- Experience doing analysis in Excel and SQL. Power Query and other Microsoft Power Apps
We reward you for the work you do, whether that’s through our discretionary annual bonus scheme that reflects both personal and company performance, competitive annual leave allowance (28 days plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase an additional 5 days), or online rewards platform with a variety of discounts.
We also have benefits to support whatever stage of life you are in, including:
- Competitive parental leave (28 weeks full pay)
- Private medical insurance (optional taxable benefit)
- 10% non-contributory pension (increasing with length of service)
Research tells us that applicants (especially those from underrepresented groups) can be put off from applying for a role if they do not meet all the criteria or have been on an extended career-break. If you think you would be a good match for this role and can demonstrate some transferable experience please apply, regardless of whether you tick every box.
What's next?
If you're excited about this role and believe you have the skills and experience we're looking for, we'd love to hear from you! Please submit an application by clicking ‘apply’ below and our team will be in touch.
As a business regulated by the FCA we would advise you to familiarise yourself with the conduct regulations and in particular consumer duty obligations prior to an interview with SJP.
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