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Job Specification: Junior Systems AnalystLinear Investments LimitedJob Specification: Junior Systems Analyst Full time IT PositionSalary: CompetitiveLocation: London VictoriaCompany Profile Linear is a privately owned, small but fast growing business with a highly scalable model as a Prime and Agency Broker, providing the complete suite of multi-asset Brokerage services to its buy-side clients, from execution through to margin financing, custody and settlement of equities, fixed income, FX, mutual funds and structured notes.Role ProfileWe are looking for a highly energized and practical systems analyst, to join the Linear IT team. This trading floor role which encompasses supporting multiple application systems and various automation tasks using in-house tools. As part of the Linear IT team, you will directly supporting our fund managers and trading teams, building a detailed understanding of front/middle and backoffice applications, as well as playing a part in building workflow efficiency. This is a hands-on role requiring a practical and delivery focused individual with an enquiring mindset. The role will offer direct exposure to a prime and agency broker desk and an inside view into a successful investment team where you will gain unique experience working in front office environment which has a heavy reliant on the provision of timely, accurate financial data and robust and scalable IT systems. We are expecting someone with an academic background in technology from a good university that is keen to either take their academic skills and mindset into the workplace or someone still at the start of their career who is very keen to learn and progress.Key Responsibilities? Supporting Front/Middle and Back Office stakeholders and delivery of robust technical solutions ? Support of applications and interfaces? Helping to design efficient processes to reduce any ongoing support requirement. ? Must be proactive in your ability to address both project and daily tasks ? Follow IT standards for documentation & system access ? Help improve system architecture and promote alternative methods to storing and accessing data? Assisting with ongoing projects? Assisting with vendor management Person Profile? An individual looking to build strong business and technical skills ? You must have a strong passion for technology and constantly looking to evolve your skills ? Have a keen desire to work within capital markets and supporting strategic systems ? Supporting continuous improvement by investigating alternative technologies ? Team player exhibiting professional maturity, personal integrity, and excellent interpersonal skills ? Strong self-organisation, time management and prioritisation skills with ability to work as part of a team and autonomously once the required standards are met ? Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a "can-do" attitude ? Enjoys working in a challenging business environment with technically literate business users. ? Good problem solving and analytical skills ? Ability to operate under pressure and deliver to demanding deadlines Desirable SkillsAny programming experience is useful to enable high-level debugging of scripts etc. but is not mandatory as this is not a developer positionUnderstanding of database technologies - basic understanding of SQL is very useful ................
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