Marlborough Group is a successful investment business that manages over £15 billion for over 200,000 clients and employs some of the UK’s most respected fund managers. The Group has its headquarters in Bolton and offices in London, Lichfield, Peterborough, Bristol and Dublin.

The Group employ more than 150 people across its business lines being:

• Marlborough Limited – The Group’s investment management business
• Investment Fund Services Limited – The groups Authorised Corporate Director (ACD) Authorised Fund Manager business
• Select Platform – The Group’s platform business

Marlborough Group’s success has been built on a reputation for excellence in active fund management, with the Group leading the way in industry expertise, service quality, product understanding and added value for our investors.

As we continue with our ambitious growth plans, we are looking for talented people who share our values and will grow and develop as financial services professionals. That means putting our investors at the forefront of everything we do and constantly striving for excellence in the service we deliver.

In addition to receiving a comprehensive benefits package, successful candidates will join a team who are committed to collaborative working in an environment where personal and professional development are genuinely valued.

Role Purpose

This position is a pivotal role which will support and facilitate the understanding between the different skills within the systems development team and the business user department to progress development of the in-house system in response to business and regulatory requirements.

Working with a team of developers and subject matter experts, you will be responsible for the investigation and analysis of problems and provide efficient and cost-effective solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Working with the subject matter experts to design specifications to a high quality and within appropriate time frames.
• Working closely with the project stakeholders including external service/product providers as well as the technical team to deliver test scenarios, requirements, specifications, and other functional documentation.
• Exploring how the organisation is currently operating via research, which could include interviewing employees and collecting quantitative data.
• Explore different solutions, their risks, benefits and impacts.
• Detailed consideration from all angles and performing gap analysis to ensure that the solutions provided are thorough, robust, and effective.
• Handling and supporting the duties of various project methodologies alongside the Programme Management Office (PMO).
• Handling the duties of a Scrum Master when required. Facilitating scrum activities e.g., Sprint planning, daily scrum, backlog refinement, sprint review/retrospective meeting etc.
• Preparation of test cases.
• Project management to ensure deadline is met.
• Providing business and user support.
• Providing user training where necessary.
• Maintenance of System user access control
• Maintenance of procedures for standardised and robust work practices.
• Regularly reviewing internal risk register and ensuring compliance with regulatory legislation

Essential Skills:

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with an informed and evidence-based approach.
• Experience of writing requirements and producing and owning project documents.
• Ability to clearly and accurately document details for tasks and projects.
• Highly organised, self-motivated, with excellent attention to detail.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
• Strong understanding of business processes and IT systems

Beneficial Skills:

• Good knowledge of Microsoft Project and Visio.
• Good knowledge of Balsamiq wireframes.

Essential Qualifications:

• A degree or relevant qualifications or experience.

Beneficial Qualifications:

• Completed or working towards Investment Operations Certificate (IOC) or prepared to undertake this qualification on joining.

Essential Experience:

• 1 year + Experience of working in both waterfall and agile development environments.

Beneficial Experience:

• Experience with industry recognised business improvement methodology/tools.

Personal Qualities:

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to talk and present to a wide range of audiences.
• The ability to work under pressure on multiple projects and tasks within assigned timeframes.
• The ability to build and maintain strong on-going working relationships with all project stakeholders.
• An enthusiasm to deliver business improvement with a "can do" attitude.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Great team player.
• Good listener

• Competitive salary with annual salary reviews
• 25 days annual leave plus statutory bank holidays and the option to buy / sell up to 5
• Your birthday off
• 9% non-contributory pension
• Annual discretionary bonus scheme
• Private Healthcare Scheme
• Death in Service at 5 x annual salary
• 35 hour working week
• Training for IOC and other relevant qualifications
• Exam completion bonus £500 (IOC)
• Study leave
• Cycle 2 work scheme
• Eye test reimbursement
• Your birthday off
• 13 weeks fully paid maternity leave
• 2 weeks fully paid paternity leave