Total 20 Senior Executive security analyst job vacancies in Manchester, M3 5NA

Working hours: 35 hours per week

Contract type: Permanent

Closing date: 25 November 2024

Interview method: in person (face to face)

This role is subject to:

• BPSS (Baseline Personnel Security Standard) clearance - this post is subject to BPSS checks. You will therefore be required to consent to and comply with BPSS checking requirements prior to commencing in this post. This check involves verification of identity; nationality and immigration status; employment history (past 3 years) and basic criminal record check.

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Cyber Security Analyst to join our proactive ICT Cyber Security and Compliance Service. This team provides operational security controls, guidance, assurance, and compliance activities that support all products and platforms within the Council. Our mission is to protect networks, devices, and data from unauthorised access or criminal use by ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information.

In this role, you will be at the forefront of our efforts to protect and defend against malicious cyber-attacks. Our modern, proactive operational Cyber Security team is dedicated to providing:

• Threat Hunting: Actively seek out potential threats before they can cause harm. This involves continuous monitoring and analysis of network traffic, system logs, and other data sources to identify unusual patterns or behaviours that may indicate a security threat.

• Vulnerability Management: Identify and address security weaknesses in our systems. Conduct regular vulnerability assessments, apply patches and updates, and implement security controls to mitigate risks.

• Defence Management: Oversee and fine-tune our defences, including perimeter firewalls, through granular rule and object management. Ensure that our security policies are effectively enforced and that our network is protected against unauthorized access.

• Web and Email Filtering: Implement and manage filters to protect against malicious content. Configure and maintain web and email filtering solutions to block phishing attempts, malware, and other threats.

• EDR and XDR Technologies: Administer and respond to Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) and Extended Detection and Response (XDR) technologies to swiftly mitigate threats. Monitor alerts, investigate incidents, and take appropriate actions to contain and remediate threats.

• Security Governance and Compliance: Create and manage policies and processes to ensure that all technology remains secure and compliant. Ensuring that all security layers align against our Internal Security Standards and Statutory and Regulatory obligations.

• SIEM Management: Manage, monitor, and respond to security incidents and events using the Council’s Security Incident and Event Monitoring (SIEM) platform. Ensure timely detection, analysis, and response to security incidents to minimise impact and support recovery efforts.

As part of our team, the successful candidate will play a crucial role in ensuring the security and integrity of the Council’s information systems. You will work closely with other IT professionals to develop and implement security strategies, respond to incidents, and continuously improve our security posture. Your proactive approach and expertise in cyber security will help the Council remain resilient against the heightened global cyber threat landscape.

Join us in protecting the digital backbone of Manchester City Council and ensuring a secure environment for our internal staff, external partners, and the residents and visitors of Manchester.

We are seeking a dedicated and skilled Senior Cyber Security Analyst to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in cyber security, with relevant experience and skills that include:

• IT Security Operations Experience: Recent experience as a senior member of a multi-disciplinary team managing operational security (firewall, content filtering, DMZ, Pen Testing, Vulnerability Management) and external managed service partners.
• Security Qualifications: Accredited to a recognised Security qualification (e.g., CISSP, CCP, CCSP). The successful candidate must be willing to work towards obtaining a referenced qualification if not already achieved.
• Proactive Threat Hunting: Demonstrated ability to actively seek out and neutralise potential threats. Experience with threat intelligence tools and techniques, and a deep understanding of the latest cyber threats and attack vectors.
• Vulnerability Identification: Expertise in identifying and mitigating security vulnerabilities. Experience with vulnerability scanning tools, penetration testing, and risk assessment methodologies.
• Defence and Firewall Management: Experience in managing defences and perimeter firewalls with a focus on granular rule and object management. Proficiency in configuring firewall rules, managing access controls, and monitoring network traffic for suspicious activity.
• Web and Email Filtering: Proficiency in providing and managing web and email filtering solutions. Experience in configuring filters to block malicious content, managing spam and phishing protection, and ensuring compliance with security policies.
• EDR and XDR Technologies: Detailed practical knowledge of administering and responding to EDR and XDR technologies. Experience with endpoint security solutions, incident response procedures, and threat detection and remediation.
• Security and Cloud Architecture: Broad knowledge of Security and Cloud architecture principles.
• Management Reporting: Recent experience of providing high-quality management reports, supported by transparent and factual data analysis, to demonstrate problems, opportunities for risk reduction, and improvement across the service.
• Security Monitoring and Service Recovery: Experience of security monitoring, alerting, and service recovery in a pressurised and complex environment.
• IT Service Operations: Significant experience of IT Service Operations, understanding how an IT installation works across 24x7, and a high level of knowledge of ICT Security environments, risks, and challenges.

The Council is committed to investing in your professional growth and providing opportunities for continuous learning and development. If you are passionate about cyber security and have the skills and experience to help Manchester City Council enhance our service offer and defend against global cyber threats, we would love to hear from you.

In accordance with Home Office guidance, successful candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement of employment. This is not a role we consider to be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route based on Manchester City Council policy. Candidates are therefore encouraged to consider their own right to work options without the requirement for Manchester City Council sponsorship.

We’re the local government authority for Manchester, and have teams across the city helping to make this a great place to live for everyone. We’re proud to do local government differently, in a city with an international reputation for diversity, creativity, culture and passion.

When you join us, you’re joining a team of over 7,000 council staff helping to make our ambition for Manchester a reality. Whatever your role, you’ll be supporting our residents and communities to be the best they can be, and helping to build a Manchester that's fairer for everyone who lives, works, volunteers, studies or plays here.

To make our ambition a reality, every person we recruit needs to play their its part. It takes a certain type of behaviour, attitude and way of working to get Manchester where it wants to be. Our people and partners have agreed five ‘behaviours’ – the grounding for how we must work together and treat one another:

• We take time to listen and understand
• We work together and trust each other
• We show that we value our differences and treat each other fairly
• We ‘own it’ and we’re not afraid to try new things
• We’re proud and passionate about Manchester

A career with us means you can be yourself, thrive, and build the career your talent and ambition deserve.

Creating an inclusive team at Manchester City Council

At Manchester City Council, we strive to create a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We want to further increase the diversity of our workforce, in particular the number of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic staff and disabled staff at all levels of the Council. This advert is open to all applicants, and we would particularly encourage applications from candidates identifying with one or both of those characteristics.

If you want to find out more about the role, our ways of working, flexible arrangements or any workplace adjustments, please let us know by emailing jobs@manchester.gov.uk. If you are invited to interview, we will ask you if you require any adjustments for you to best demonstrate your suitability for the role in the interview process.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme

As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:

• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition

Accessibility

As a Disability Confident Employer, we provide support for employees with physical or mental-health conditions, a disability or neurodiversity. Our workplaces are accessible by design, and we make workplace adjustments including providing aids, adaptations and equipment. These, combined with our flexible working policies such as disability-related leave, enable our employees to perform their role, thrive and be their authentic selves in work.

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What we will need from you if you’re successful

If you are successfully offered a position with us, the pre-employment checks you will be asked to undertake will depend on the role you've applied for. As a guide, these may include:

• Passport/ID: You will be required to provide documentary proof of your right to work in the UK – please note that visa sponsorship is not guaranteed for this role
• References (Current and Previous employer)
• Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance

When you join us

We want everyone to be able to be themselves at work and give their best. If you need additional support to undertake the duties of the role, we’ll make every effort to source any necessary aids, adaptations or equipment. If, however, any task proves to be unachievable, we will look at redesigning parts of the role.

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General Working closely with Analytics and clinical services, the post holder will ensure that all systems are in place to facilitate the timely and accurate delivery of all mandatory, clinical and informational requirements with the responsibility of external statutory information returns. Manage their own day-to-day activities including: Answering analytics requests Delivering projects to agreed specifications and complete project documentation Writing complex SQL queries Producing data extracts to support research and audit projects Designing and producing Tableau/Power BI dashboards Analysing data to provide written insight reports Prioritise and plan work, adjusting work schedules and plans to ensure urgent enquiries/work receive the appropriate prioritisation. Supporting colleagues as required, prioritising own work and potentially that if other team members. Provide and interpret sensitive, complex and/or technical information using appropriate communication techniques to technical and non-technical colleagues/stakeholders in an audience appropriate format. Facilitate the effective use of information within the scope of the role to support the objectives of the PBT Service, including outcomes, data integrity, planning, projects, forecasting, investigations, assessments and risk management. Support the development and implementation of an NHS Proton Registry, including advising on infrastructure, software and staffing requirements. Providing professional insight into requirements for the development of business cases with regards to systems and services required within the PCOU The post holder will have, and continue to gain, appreciation for the working environment to ensure that outputs meet expectations of stakeholders. Deputising for the Proton Clinical Outcomes Unit (PCOU) & Registry Manager as requested. The post holder will strive for excellence, ensuring the accuracy and consistency of data so it meets the high standard expected for reporting to national bodies. They will represent the unit at formal and informal meetings to support clinical and managerial staff groups through excellent verbal and written communication. The post holder will manage their objectives to the highest standards, ensure programmes of work are delivered and developmental benefits are realised with associated risks managed. The post holder will ensure knowledge, insight and information generated is communicated effectively and that the systems and processes underpinning operational functions are regularly reviewed. The post holder will develop close working relationships with all members of the Analytics and Business Intelligence teams, as well as staff with the Proton Beam Therapy Department Communication and Relationships Develop effective working relationships with clinical and digital colleagues, and external collaborators, through regular project meetings. Able to professionally communicate with senior clinicians and service managers, using specialised clinical terminology as required to understand issues being raised in detail. Work closely with other teams in digital services (software development, data engineering) to understand cross over in work streams, and potential implications. Ensure the provision of a first point of contact within the team for all queries, problems, requests and incidents ensuring they are logged and tracked. Advise, support and lead on reporting at appropriate directorate, divisional and Trust level meetings. Present information to large groups such as study management groups or professional interest groups, altering tone and content to meet the needs of the intended audience. Produce written material (such as internal reports and publications) including explanation of technical terms to ensure correct understanding. Provide regular performance reports on progress, status and achievements for senior analyst team within the PCOU and registry. Represent the PCOU/Registry as appropriate in internal and external meetings, reporting back on progress. The post holder must be able to travel and forge effective working relationships with partner organisation as required. Negotiate project scopes and timelines, and quickly update and reassure colleagues of any changes. Deliver bad news to colleagues when necessary, such as delays in provision of data. Liaise with external agencies, suppliers and contractors ensuring delivery of service is in line with agreed contracts. Analytical, Knowledge, Training and Experience Post holder must be adept at researching and understanding complex, multi-departmental clinical dataflows, considering existing dataflows and inform changes harnessing software capabilities to provide the right information at the right time. Post holder will act as one of lead specialists for work area. Expert at understanding problems and utilising various software to provide data insight tools using appropriate analytical techniques. Analyse, investigate, interpret, and resolve complex data queries. Identify the most applicable data sources, methods, and approach to evaluate and present data to meet work specifications of stakeholders. Join multiple data sources and investigate conflicting information where there are a range of solutions and suggest alternative approaches when relevant. Assess the accuracy and integrity of data and information, providing support to reduce data quality issues. Collect, analyse, interpret and disseminate information using established methods within allocated work area. Apply advanced levels of understanding on speciality specific data, applying exceptional attention to details, ensuring the highest quality and efficient new processes are implemented. Identify and advise on the best method and approach to evaluate and present data for the stakeholder needs e.g. quality improvement methods, reports, and dashboards. Be proactive in identifying new and novel methodologies and sharing learning with the wider team. As a senior member of the team, apply statistical and analytical knowledge to critically appraise and challenge the results of outputs ensuring only meaningful information is delivered to the clinical stakeholders. Develop methodologies for analysis and interpretation of data. Lead and support with information system design, including aiding in the development of the trusted research environment for the NHS Proton Registry Peer review colleagues work within PCOU and Registry team, escalating any issues as appropriate. Support learning and training opportunities within the team, service and Trust and across the Trust and provide training for staff from own or other disciplines on own subject area, when required. Policy and Service Manage and action the resolutions of assigned tasks in an efficient and professional manner. Post holder must conform to Trust and departmental procedures and working practices, seeking further advice and information when necessary. Act as an ambassador for the PCOU/Registry service by developing and maintaining excellent working relationships with users across the organisation, delivering against local and national requirements. Ensure working within a culture of service provision and continuous improvement for the analytics role and workload. Evaluate policies and processes for own work area, proposing changes and implementing new polices as required. Ensure change management is applied in own areas and follows implemented policies and procedures. Ensure all documentation relating to own area of work is complete and fit for purpose. Be continuously aware of changes to working practices for colleagues across the trust. Ensure that products are amended to reflects these changes and meet expectations of stakeholders. Proactively participate in ensuring that service within the Trust reflect best practice with respect to organisation, NHS and legislative requirements and guidelines including IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL), Data Protection Act (1998), Information Standards, Information Security and compliance with NHS Information Governance. On occasion, post holder may be required to work unsociable hours to support and/or enable delivery of key programmes or projects. This job description is an outline of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and is not intended as an exhaustive list. The job may change over time to reflect the changing needs of the service, as well as personal development needs of the post holder.

Your new company
A global services provider and systems integrator for the Travel sector, that employ over 40,000 people across six continents.


Your new role
The organisation is now recruiting for a Business Analyst on the Retail side of the business which acts as a Systems Integrator for a large retail business, operating an integrated retail solution. This encompasses point of sale, back-office retail functionality, warehouse management, supply chain, distribution and data warehousing. The successful Business Analyst will add capability to the existing IT function, taking ownership of requirements definition and analysis, and systems process documentation. This role will involve working closely with the solutions architect and with customer stakeholders and third parties to ensure and assure that all current and new implementations satisfy defined functional and non-functional requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

* Evaluating business processes, anticipating requirements, uncovering areas for improvement, and developing and implementing solutions.

* Leading ongoing reviews of business processes and developing optimization strategies.

* Conducting meetings and presentations to share ideas and findings.

* Performing requirements definition and analysis.

* Documenting and communicating the results of your efforts.

* Effectively communicating your insights and plans to cross-functional team members and management.

* Gathering critical information from meetings with various stakeholders and producing useful reports.

* Ensuring solutions meet business needs and requirements.

* Participating in user acceptance testing.

* Updating, implementing, and maintaining system process and procedure documentation.

What you'll need to succeed
* Proven track record of operating in a Senior / Lead BA capacity with expert knowledge of Business Analysis / BABOK.

* Previous Retail experience with knowledge of PoS, WMS, Supply Chain, Distribution and Data Warehousing etc.

* Able to operate independently with minimal supervision and confident in making critical decisions.

* Used to working with external customers and partners and able to manage demanding stakeholders.

* Excellent communication, organisational, analytical and problem-solving skills.

* Multi site and international experience is an advantage.

* Professional BA certification is desirable.

What you'll get in return
You can expect a salary in the region of £65,000 (depending on experience), along with 25 days annual leave (+ BH), 6% matched pension, BUPA, life assurance and flexible/hybrid working (1 to 2 days a week onsite).


What you need to do now
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Senior Pricing Analyst
£35,000 to £40,000 plus great benefits (Work Level 6A)
Manchester City Centre, in this role you'll work in a hybrid way splitting your time between home and the office (find out more about our hybrid working policy at colleagues.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy)

We're looking for a Senior Pricing Analyst to join our innovative Pricing team at Co-op. In this role, you'll have the opportunity to take ownership of category pricing strategy, collaborating closely with buyers to drive performance and profitability across a diverse range of products in our stores.

We'll look to you to use your analytical expertise to provide data-driven insights and recommendations that will influence the direction of our pricing strategy. You'll have the creative freedom to innovate, helping us shape the future of pricing through exciting projects like our Electronic Shelf Edge Label initiative, where you'll test and implement pioneering pricing models that set new industry standards. If you're passionate about collaboration, making data-driven decisions, and leading the charge on innovative pricing strategies, we can offer you the opportunity to make a positive impact at Co-op.

What you'll do
- Partner with buyers to manage cost movements, aligning prices with business goals and making sure we have competitive positioning across categories
- Create pricing scenarios and review the financial impact of proposed prices changes
- Conduct in-depth reviews with buying teams to assess pricing strategies and recommend adjustments to stay competitive
- Manage the lifecycle of pricing changes, from modelling impacts to making sure we align with our customers expectations
- Be a key part of our electronic shelf edge label project, analysing how the technology can be used for pricing strategies, improving customer experience and operational efficiency
- Track competitor pricing activity, providing insights and recommendations to maintain our competitive edge
- Handle customer pricing complaints quickly and effectively
- Collaborate with the Pricing Manager on strategic projects beyond business-as-usual processes

This role would suit people who have
- Experience in running reports and model pricing changes; with the ability to use data to make informed decisions
- Experience in pricing or finance roles where you've had to understand the impact of price adjustments on profitability and market positioning
- The ability to build strong relationships with cross-functional teams and influence buying decisions through compelling insights
- The ability to manage multiple pricing amendments, making sure all reporting and decision-making is accurate
- A proactive approach to handling customer complaints; resolving issues with data providers and providing effective pricing solutions

Why Co-op?
If you have the skills that we need, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services).

- An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
- 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays
- A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
- Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
- Coaching and training to support your career development
- Wagestream app - giving you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn

At Co-op, we're proud to do things a different way. As one of the world's largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we've had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for our members, customers, colleagues, and communities.

Building a diverse environment
We're actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.

We'll ask whether you'd like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.
If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we'll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process

You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at colleagues.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-and-wellbeing

Please note that we may close applications for this role early.
As part of your application, you'll need to complete an online assessment. This assessment typically takes between 45-60 minutes.

Title: Senior Asset Data Analyst
Contract Type: Permanent Full Time 35 House per week
Location: London E15 or Manchester M33
Persona: Agile / Hybrid (20-40% Office Based)
Salary: £38,000 - £45,000 per annum depending on experience



Closing date for completed applications: 3rd September


Interviews will be held: 13th September 2024

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated



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Do you have a flair for data analysis, an innovative outlook, and a passion for ensuring we provide good quality homes and services to our residents?



We are looking for a Senior Asset Data Analyst with advanced Excel skills, who is also an excellent communicator and can apply asset management concepts when compiling data and analysis.

to support the effective appraisal of stock rationalisation, regeneration, and asset investment projects.



Reporting to the Asset Information Manager, this role will offer the post holder the opportunity to join the Asset Information Team and work directly with a wide range of stakeholders across L&Q’s Property Services and Development & Sales Teams.



The post holder will be able to effectively summarise key outcomes from large, complex, data sets, be

a proven team player who can work effectively alongside other analysts, be willing to sharing their knowledge, set the example of best practice, and drive continuous improvement of the asset information service.



As someone who is a dynamic, solution focused analyst with established effective time management skills, you will add value to asset management activities by producing Net Present Value figures, completing scenario modelling, updating and maintaining our Asset Management systems effectively, responding efficiently to ad hoc report requests and complete a range of analytical projects to ensure the effective delivery of L&Q’s asset management strategy. You will also have knowledge of how to apply commercial concepts to asset management in a social housing context and/or experience in the use of MS SQL scripting and Power Bi.



Suitable candidates will be enthusiastic about the opportunity and fully committed to using data to enable effective decision making about the assets in our stock portfolio.



To be considered for this role candidates must demonstrate:



· Advanced Excel skills

· An understanding of financial property appraisal techniques including NPV

· Knowledge of how to apply commercial concepts to asset management in a social housing context

· Extensive experience of working in previous data analysis-based roles, developing excellent analytical skills.

· Able to demonstrate effective stakeholder management skills



If you are interested in this role and have the experience required, then apply without delay!





Our commitments:

At L&Q, people are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. This is why we are committed to developing our people. It's only by investing in a well-trained and motivated workforce that we can continue to prosper and sustain business success.

In addition to our support and training, the successful candidate will have access to our full suite of benefits including 28 days holiday rising to 31 days with length of service, excellent Pension scheme, an employee assistance programme and non-contributory life assurance.

We are committed to supporting your work-life balance and recognise the changing demands and circumstances in life. Please let us know during the recruitment process if you’re interested in part time working or job sharing. In addition, should your circumstances change once you have joined L&Q, you can also request flexible working arrangements, e.g. a change to working hours - if it’s feasible then we’ll make it happen.

We are recognised externally for our commitment to inclusion. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident (Committed) employer and have signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge to demonstrate our commitment to end mental health discrimination in the workplace.

We expect all of our employees to support our environmental policy and social responsibility work. We are an employer committed to environmental and social responsibility.

L&Q is a regulated charitable housing association and one of the UK’s most successful independent social businesses. The L&Q Group houses around 250,000 people in more than 110,000 homes, primarily across London the South East and the North West of England.

Our vision is that everyone has a quality home they can afford, and we combine our social purpose with commercial drive to create homes and neighbourhoods everyone can be proud of.

Service Care Solutions are looking for a Senior Digital Security Specialist to work with one of our government entity clients on a 12-month contract.

Location: Manchester

Job role/responsibilities:
Senior Technical Lead, you will be accountable for application development to create and maintain products and services for DWP. Utilising Technical expertise in multiple domains to develop technical product roadmaps and manage product lifecycles ensuring full alignment with DWP Strategy.

The Senior Technical Lead should provide technical input into business discussions to direct wider DWP strategy as required based on their deep technical experience in areas such as software development, site reliability engineering, dev ops, and solution architecture.

Knowledge/Experience required:

• Hands on PS Splunk consultant.
• Experience working with the business to develop use cases and config searches in ES interactively sharing screen in groups etc.
• Able to manage stakeholder in a challenging environment.
• SC Cleared

If you are interested in this role or want further discussion, please contact Lewis O'Donnell either via email: lewis.odonnell@servicecare.org.uk or tel: 01772208962. Alternatively, if you have any friend or colleagues that might be interested, please feel free to refer them as we a have a referral scheme in place of up to £400.

Your new company
Our client is searching for a Senior Finance Analyst,following a promotion. They are a well-known charity, that offers a work lifebalance and great opportunities.

Your new role
As a Senior Finance Analyst, you will provide financebusiness partnering services across various internal areas in the business,focusing on key financial analysis.

• Prepare and maintain financial models for decision making
• Conduct variance analysis and provide insights on financial performance
• Collaborate with various teams to gather necessary data for reports
• Ensure compliance with company policies and procedures
• Participate in budgeting and forecasting processes
• Support internal audits as require
• Assist in the development of financial procedures to improve efficiency
• Provide ad hoc analysis as requested by management

What you'll need to succeed
You will have:

• Knowledge in accounting and experience as an analyst.
• Part Qualified CIMA/ACCA
• Strong understanding of financial trends within the charity or Not-For-Profit sector
• Excellent numerical skills
• Strong communication skills, ability to build relationships across all levels

What you'll get in return
You will get to work for a organisation that valueswork life balance, wellbeing as well as a competitive salary, great teamculture, and the further opportunities to develop.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now'to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you arelooking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion onyour career.

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Prestigious opportunity for a Senior Service Introduction Analyst to join our pioneering digital transformation.

Co-ordinating an end to end Service Assurance (Service Design and Transition) processes. You will be responsible for work ensuring that new and changed IT Services have a complete Service Design Package, and that it meets the agreed Service Transition and Operational Readiness measures, which includes creation of artefacts such as runbooks, configuration of ITIL service support processes, support and RACI models, Disaster Recovery plans, and the completion of knowledge transfer.


If you possess a combination of some of the following skills, then LETS TALK!

• Experience of co-ordinating/managing Service Design and Service Transition activities for new and changed services
• Experience of collaborating with stakeholders to successfully onboard all new and changed solutions delivered into the production environment
• Demonstrable understanding of Availability Management, Capacity Management and Information and Governance
• Understanding of ITIL
• Experience of project delivery and working within a governance framework
• Experience of security system implementation is advantageous but not essential.

In return, you will be rewarded with ongoing career development and training within a friendly, enjoyable, flexible team environment.

What you need to do now


If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
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Join NatWest Boxed as a Senior Operations Change Analyst

• Take on a critical role supporting the delivery of fantastic solutions, processes, benefits and new opportunities to our stakeholders
• You'll be working in a vibrant, forward looking team and helping us to shape the future of our business
• It’s a great chance to hit the ground running and make a tangible impact on our business

What you'll do

In your new role, you'll join our agile mission team which is focussed on the launch of BaaS, growing Mettle's payments platform and supporting operations. This role will work closely with our Operations and Risk teams and help define operational processes and procedures, ensuring that Mettle and Boxed Operations are trained and have the tools they need to service customers.

You’ll also:

• Collate evidence to support regulatory rules mapping, raising new requirements where gaps are identified
• Support the Operations Change team on discovery items, raising new tickets to create solutions to the requirements
• Produce high quality and accurate operating procedures that will be used by the Mettle & Boxed Operations teams
• Prepare documentation for approval from Operations, Risk and other key stakeholders
• Produce training documentation and FAQs to aid Operations teams on new processes
• Facilitate training of new processes to end Operations users
• Collate feedback from Operations to drive efficiencies and ensure improvements are made to processes so they are ready for delivery milestones
• Identify and raise new risks, issues and non-compliance to regulations or policies
• Work with Senior Associates, wider teams and stakeholders to find mitigations to any risks, issues and dependencies identified

The skills you'll need

You’ll need to have knowledge of at least one relevant operational area in either financial crime, onboarding, payments or core banking operations.

You’ll also need:

• Knowledge of banking operational areas
• Experience in process documentation creation in standard formats
• Experience working in an agile environment and with change management
• Knowledge of Jira/Confluence, Zendesk, Mettle Ops Tool and Genie Ops tool desirable
• Good initiative and attention to detail

Your new company
Our client is a Not-for-Profit organisationspecialising in the housing sector. They are one of the UK's leaders for thisspace and are going through a time of ambitious growth with large projects inthe pipeline. Meaning they have the opportunity to continue to expand theirteam.

Your new role
As a Senior Business Partnering Analyst, you willprovide finance business partnering services across various operational areas,focusing on key financial analysis.

• Providing financial information and recommendations tobudget holders.
• Performing detailed financial analysis and reporting.
• Assisting in the provision of management accounts andfinancial statements.
• Maintaining updated accounting records.
• Developing systems and reports for financialmonitoring and management.

What you'll need to succeed
You will have:

• Knowledge in accounting and experience as an analyst.
• Excellent numerical skills
• Strong communication skills, ability to build relationships across all levels

What you'll get in return
You will get to work with one of the UK's leaders inthe housing sector, competitive rate, great team culture, and the potential toextend your contract (if wanted).

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now'to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV now.
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Your new company
Our client is a Not-for-Profit organisationspecialising in the housing sector. They are one of the UK's leaders for thisspace and are going through a time of ambitious growth with large projects inthe pipeline. Meaning they have the opportunity to continue to expand theirteam.

Your new role
As a Senior Business Partnering Analyst, you willprovide finance business partnering services across various operational areas,focusing on key financial analysis.

• Providing financial information and recommendations tobudget holders.
• Performing detailed financial analysis and reporting.
• Assisting in the provision of management accounts andfinancial statements.
• Maintaining updated accounting records.
• Developing systems and reports for financialmonitoring and management.

What you'll need to succeed
You will have:

• Knowledge in accounting and experience as an analyst.
• Excellent numerical skills
• Strong communication skills, ability to build relationships across all levels

What you'll get in return
You will get to work with one of the UK's leaders inthe housing sector, competitive rate, great team culture, and the potential toextend your contract (if wanted).

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The Senior Business Analyst is responsible for determining and implementing future requirements through the analysis and review of systems and processes, leading detailed design phases for complex projects; identifying where improvements and efficiencies can be gained and driving forward the requirements through to business case recommendation, in
line with strategic objectives and the approved Group Informatics portfolio of work.
The post-holder will lead a number of Business Analysts that provide an efficient, effective, high-quality, professional and co-ordinated service in line with strategic objectives and the approved Group Informatics Portfolio of work.

Responsible for delivering the review of systems and processes to guide technical and business strategy in support of Trust-wide business requirements

Developing requirements across a broad spectrum of specialties through the identification and evaluation of a range of options and supporting the delivery of business cases whilst taking into account scope, budget, timescales, benefits, risk and quality in support of the business need in cases that may have not previously undertaken

Development and application of robust approaches to Business Analysis techniques to achieve successful outcomes. These may include requirements gathering, designing operating models, technical solutions design, financial modelling, process re-engineering, market research, requirements gathering and specification development;

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.



To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!




This advert closes on Wednesday 15 May 2024

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Your new company
We are currently working with one of the leading providers in England in health and social care. They are looking for a Commercial Finance Analyst to join the team in Manchester, on a hybrid working pattern and looking to start interview in the next two weeks.

Your new role
As the Senior commercial finance analyst you will support the commercial finance team as well as;

• Business partner Operational teams, with other central departments and external bodies where necessary
• Support decision-making through financial sensitivity analysis, scenario planning and contract remodels

• Complete detailed bottom-up budget and forecasting with budget holders
• Complete management accounting processes at month end including; variance analysis, providing insight that looks beyond the numbers and identifying key performance drivers to inform future plans
• Identify trends andpropose actions, utilising this analysis to drive positive decision making.

What you'll need to success
You will have:

• Part qualified (ACCAor CIMA)
• Experience of workingin a similar commercial, analytical or management accounts role is required
• ExcellentInterpersonal skills
• Strong communication skills
• Demonstrate realimpact towards meeting strategic objectives

What you'll get in return
You will receive a competitive salary, 31 days annual leave, Life Assurance of up to 3x annual salary and a competitive Pension Scheme and more.

What you need to do now
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Join us as a Senior Technical Business Analyst

• Take on a critical role supporting the bank to achieve customer advocacy by eliciting and understanding the internal and external technology customer needs
• You'll be working in a vibrant, forward looking team and helping us to shape the future of our business
• As a key member of our team, you’ll enjoy extensive collaboration and can expect great visibility for you and your work
• This is a leadership role, experience of leading teams or significant deliveries is expected along with developing others and setting guidance and best practice
• We offer a range of flexible working arrangements depending on the type of job you do and the type of flexibility you need, you can join us on a part-time or full-time basis

What you'll do

In your new role, you’ll be accountable for producing business requirements to inform future state design, supporting teams in understanding the requirements and their linkages to the overall domain strategy. In the course of your work, we’ll also look to you to build, manage and maintain a positive working relationship with stakeholders and third party suppliers across multiple franchises and functions.

You’ll be responsible for understanding, challenging and developing our business, customers, strategic goals and how the teams operates in order to support the realisation of desired outcomes by the team.

You’ll also be:

• Capturing, validating and documenting business and system requirements and making sure that they’re in line with key strategic principles
• Interacting with customers, key business and technical stakeholders and the team to obtain and document functional and non-functional needs
• Analysing existing system documentation to summarise existing system functionality as it relates to the work at hand
• Supporting the identification of team priorities based upon feedback from the customers, key stakeholders and the team as well as dealing with uncertainty where requirements or solution are not clear
• A key player in managing and resolving complex problems both within area and at enterprise level

The skills you'll need

You’ll need to hold an appropriate business analyst certification, such as BAX, CPRE and CBAP, provide functional support for the full end to end development cycle including requirements, testing and implementation. Additionally, you’ll have a good understanding of payments, Agile values, principles and methodologies with experience of working within an Agile environment.

You’ll also need:

• Experience of applying business analysis tools and techniques
• Strong knowledge of payments domain ideally with hands-on experience working with different payment schemes from an application, support or operational perspective
• Basic knowledge of databases, interfacing, industry standard syntax JSON or XML is essential, familiarity with public cloud and microservice concepts is beneficial
• Good communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to your peers and management level colleagues
• Good collaboration and stakeholder management skills

Your new company
This business is part of a global group with fantastic facilities and a well-renowned reputation for teaching and innovation. This is a permanent role, based at the Northwest site. However, this offers a hybrid work arrangement.

Your new role
As their new Senior Financial Analyst, you will support the faculty to deliver projects based around financial planning and analysis whilst working to tight time-driven deadlines. Using your financial planning skills to implement and improve the reporting process whilst leading the development of automated financial models. The main purpose of this role is to drive and deliver process improvements, including month-end reporting, on-time reporting through data analytics, forecasting, working capital management, financial performance analysis and insight, as well as bolstering and further development in your leadership through people management operations.

What you'll need to succeed
To succeed in this exciting role, you will ideally have experience within a similar role and/or a complex organisation which includes subsidiaries and consolidation. You will have a strong core skill set within FP&A. Fantastic communication skills along with a strong influencing capability matched with your leadership qualities. You will be adept at liaising and business partnering with senior leadership teams, and experience with data manipulation, reporting, KPI's, and Power BI is essential along with being qualified (ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CIPFA) or equivalent.

What you'll get in return
This role offers a competitive salary up to £55,000 per annum dependent on your experience level, along with a fantastic benefits package, and a flexible hybrid working environment. You will join a well-established team in a globally recognised organisation in a high-profile role working alongside an experienced senior leadership team.

What you need to do now
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