Configuration Consultant


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Deerfoot

Listed on

14th August 2019

Location

Newcastle Upon Tyne

Salary/Rate

£40000 - £50000

Type

Permanent

Start Date

ASAP

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Configuration Consultant

£40,000 - £50,000 + Bonus + Benefits

Newcastle, Tyne and Wear

As a preferred recruitment partner to this well-established global financial services organisation in Newcastle, we have been asked to assist in the hire of a Configuration Consultant to take on responsibility for the analysis of system requirements relating to customisation and configuration of the systems and to implement bespoke processes and workflows to reflect the business.

We are looking for an individual with experience of XPLAN, CommPay or WorkSmart. Candidates must have experience developing workflows and best-practice assessment, as well as knowledge of the Financial Services Industry, the Software Development Cycle (Agile SDLC) and Prince 2.

Responsibilities

-Analyse system requirements

-Implement bespoke processes and workflows

-Management, assessment and implementation of small change and bug fixes

-Management of JIRA backlog tasks, from initial analysis through to delivery

-Chair conference calls relating to project activities

-Managing stakeholder expectations

-Analysing, configuring and maintaining external application integrations

-Executing system configuration based on requirements

-Support the delivery of MI requirements

-Assessing and resolving configuration issues

-Coordinate multiple system environments

Skills and Experience

-Experience in either XPLAN, CommPay or WorkSmart configuration or a comparable system

-Experience developing workflows and best-practice assessment

-Knowledge of the Financial Services Indsutry

-Knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle (Specifically Agile SDLC)

-Knowledge of PRINCE2 Methodology

-Excellent written and verbal communication

-Excellent analytics and planning skills

-Able to work under pressure, prioritise workloads and take ownership of work

In order to attract, motive and retain the best employees our client offers one of the best core benefits and rewards packages in the market including a generous bonus scheme, 24-26 days holiday, pension scheme, life assurance, income protection and private medical insurance, with the opportunity to add additional flexible benefits such as health care schemes, gym memberships and buying and selling holiday.

Candidates may have held the following job titles; Configuration Consultant, Customisation Consultant, Configuration Engineer, Configuration Analyst, Configuration Management Analyst, Technical Configuration Analyst, Configuration Manager, Technical Consultant, Software Configuration Specialist.

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