Freshers Path: Senior Risk IT Specialist in UK

Senior Risk IT Specialist in UK

Senior Risk IT Specialist

Location: Slough

Salary: £85,000 - £80,000

Zensar Technologies is a technology partner of choice for global organizations looking to strategically transform, grow, and lead in today’s challenging business environment. Backed by a strong track-record of innovation, over 7000 associates and footprint in more than 20 global locations, Zensar’s comprehensive range of software services and solutions enable its 400+ forward-looking customers to cross new thresholds of business performance

The Role: Senior Risk IT Specialist

Duties & Responsibilities: Senior Risk IT Specialist needed for supporting large Market/Credit Risk IT projects. This role will not have any direct reports but the position holder will be responsible for delivery across applications and Level 3 support of the applications. The position holder needs to provide level 3 support, do hands on development in technologies stated below and help with offshoring initiatives/vendor management/staff recruitment.

Specific Requirements:

Provide level 3 support for the applications identified
Develop/make enhancements to solutions (both hands on and through others) using various technologies including Oracle, Java, Drools, C# .Net, SQL Server, Unix shell scripting, etc. using various development tools
Extract, formulate and document detail requirements from the stakeholders and translate them into functional specifications for IT development
Work with various Risk IT stakeholders to understand the requirements in order to define a solution design that meets the business and technical needs
Excellent problem solving skills & analytical skills and the ability to present ideas/solutions clearly and concisely
Able to re-engineer processes by leveraging existing global / regional systems and models
Must have excellent people and team building skills. Must be able to work collaboratively with managers, peers and staff
Should have an ability to be flexible and proactive in solving problems and issues for Operations staff
Must have a ‘can do’ approach
Familiar with downstream Operations IT systems and processes
Evaluate and challenge both the requirements and solution to ensure the bank resources are used in the most efficient manner
True team player with strong influencing skills
Supporting Regional Management Heads in managing the regional IT roadmap
The role is cross group (across Market, Credit Risk and Finance) thereby serving as a common layer across streams and ensuring we leverage / share best practices and synergies where possible
Support key resource hiring by project teams

Skills required:

Ideal candidates should have the following requisites:

Excellent interpersonal / relationship building skills and able to successfully manage cross functional relationships
12+ Years IT experience, preferably from top tier banks, strong domain knowledge
Good understanding of Market and Credit Risk processes
Risk management experience, i.e., Basel-3, Dodd-Frank, Market Risk/Credit Risk, an advantage
Experience across all aspects of IT project management – initiation, planning, tracking/monitoring, closure
Experience across all aspects of IT – requirements, design, development, testing, release and support
Good understanding of Risk/control environments
Hands on development experience in at least the following technologies: Oracle, SQL Server, Java, C# .NET and Unix
Ability and willingness to learn newer technologies quickly
Must be passionate about change and driving project delivery
Ability to manage numerous projects simultaneously and understand how to prioritise
Must be able to communicate with front-to-back stakeholders and have the ability to build networks globally and regionally
Must be able to work independently with minimal managerial input
Must have experience with working in a global team environment

Please send cv to ukresourcing@zensar.com closing date for applications 30th July 2013