Junior Analyst (Programming)

Overview

As Analyst, Business Systems you will support the design, configuration and testing of decisioning software for financial services clients. You will translate business requirements into rules and workflows, using credit data to support risk-based lending solutions. The role offers learning across decisioning tech, testing and client delivery, with collaboration across project teams. You’ll contribute to ongoing solution delivery and post-production support, helping drive accurate automated decisions. This is a growth-focused opportunity in a supportive, inclusive environment with a strong emphasis on development.

Pay / Benefits

• 26 days annual leave and bank holidays
• wellness days off and birthday bonus day
• contributory pension scheme
• employee stock purchase plan
• private health care and wellbeing programmes
• diversity forums and communities

Responsibilities

• Support design, configuration, testing and delivery of decisioning software solutions for financial services clients.
• Translate business requirements into clear rules, workflows and software configurations.
• Utilise credit bureau and client data to support risk-based lending solutions.
• Perform testing and data validation to ensure configurations operate as expected.
• Investigate issues, identify root causes, and collaborate to resolve them.
• Create and maintain clear business, functional and technical documentation.
• Collaborate with technical teams, project teams, clients and partners to support delivery.
• Provide progress updates and contribute ideas throughout the project lifecycle.
• Support implementation, change requests, issue resolution and post-production activities.

Key requirements

• Interest in technology, data and solving business problems.
• Ability to break down instructions into clear steps.
• Clear written and verbal communication and collaborative mindset.
• Degree, diploma, apprenticeship, bootcamp or relevant coursework in a related field or equivalent practical experience.
• Willingness to learn decisioning tech, credit risk concepts, testing and client delivery.

• clear written and verbal communication
• collaborative
• problem-solving
• Basic programming or scripting knowledge in at least one language (e.g., Python, Java, JavaScript, C, C++, C#, Lua)
• Basic understanding of SQL and data queries
• Experience applying logical rules, conditions or workflows

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