Job Description

OVERALL SUMMARY
At Close Brothers we look to recruit individuals from all different backgrounds and encourage you to apply even if you don't tick every box. We celebrate diversity, promote inclusivity and are open to discuss flexible work options to help you balance your work and home life.
Join the Close Brothers Technology Team where you will solutions use Agile principles and methodologies by working alongside stakeholders to outline goals and continuously deliver highest value items through effective prioritisation.
Our ideal team member will have previous experience in implementing methods and tools at programme, project and team levels including selection and tailoring in line with agreed standards with excellent relationships building skills with both internal and external customers.
RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides advice, guidance and expertise to promote adoption of methods and tools and adherence to policies and standards.
• Evaluates and selects appropriate methods and tools in line with agreed policies and standards. Contributes to organisational policies, standards, and guidelines for methods and tools.
• Provides detailed and specific advice regarding the application of their specialism to the organisation's planning and operations.
• Actively maintains knowledge in one or more identifiable specialisms.
• Facilitates workgroups to deliver defined goals and outcomes.
• Provides support, guidance and suggestions to workgroups and teams to learn collaborative problem solving and improve their team performance. Creates shared responsibilities and sustainable agreements with the team.
• Defines and manages scoping, requirements definition and prioritisation activities for initiatives of medium size and complexity.
• Contributes to selecting the requirements approach.
• Implements demand management analysis and planning activities.
• Provides advice to help stakeholders adopt and adhere to the agreed demand management approach. Manages the process of integrating demand management with complementary strategic, operational and change management processes.

WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU CAN:

• Role model a genuine drive for improvement and encourages others to drive for excellence
• Remain focused and calm under pressure
• Identify, manage and monitor key risks, making sure that appropriate checks and balances are used
• Plan and organise team/s to ensure delivery is achieved, monitor and refresh resource and delivery plans when required
• Collaborate openly with others, bringing transparency and a straightforward approach
• Effectively apply knowledge to deliver solutions that fit the purpose and are feasible
• Approach problems systematically and objectively, analyse facts and evaluate options, drawing sound conclusions

We are an inclusive organisation and committed to ensuring our recruitment process is as accessible as possible to everyone. We will make adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition. If you need the job description or application form in an alternative format or would like to discuss the recruitment process with us, please email us at or request a call back.
ABOUT US
At Close Brothers we support employees to balance their work life priorities and in this role you will be able to enjoy a mixture of hybrid working.
Close Brothers is a leading UK merchant banking group providing lending, deposit taking and securities trading. We employ approximately 3,000 people, principally in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Close Brothers Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250.
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At Close Brothers Group, we are all connected by our mission to be the best place in the UK for wealth professionals and their clients.
We believe that everyone should think ahead, have a financial plan and invest wisely. Our clients are professionals, business owners, individuals, charities, families, and employers, who rely on our clear financial advice and investment management services to preserve and grow their long-term savings and investments.
We are a team of about 900 people based in 15 offices across the UK. Our geographic footprint means we can combine a local approach with face-to-face services to enable strong, long-term relationships with our clients.
Sustainability is fundamental to our purpose and we have a responsibility to help address the social, economic and environmental challenges facing our business, colleagues and clients. We strive to do the right thing and are dedicated to helping the charities that matter most to our people.
Our vision is to develop an open and inclusive company that ensures everyone is valued, respected and included, so that in years to come our business will represent a diverse and inclusive workforce from the top down.
We look to recruit individuals from all different backgrounds. If this job is of interest to you but you do not meet every criteria then we encourage you still to apply as we are open to providing training opportunities. As an early adopter of hybrid working we are open to discussing all types of flexible working options, helping you to balance your work and home life.