Application Analyst 2 - #1706484

OVERVIEW

The Maples Group is a standard bearer in financial and legal services, trusted by many of the world’s largest hedge fund managers, private equity firms and international corporations.

Our distinction flows from our carefully curated team: 2,500+ professionals characterised by tenacity, ethics, and exacting excellence. Operating in key financial centres across the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East, our international presence offers a unique springboard for career development and cross-cultural immersion. Our side-by-side financial and legal services are similarly ripe for interdisciplinary learning and growth.

The Maples Group looks to add a Leeds based Application Analyst 2 to our team and invites eager and qualified candidates to apply. We are committed to diversity, inclusion, and equality of opportunity as we attract, retain, and develop world-class talent.

Who We Seek

Our merit-based culture suits professionals in pursuit of boundless careers and lives. Beyond their acumen, team members are collaborative and conscientious, bringing a healthy sense of drive and purpose to each interaction and to all aspects of their work.

About the Role

The Application Analyst will work as a key member of the team responsible for configuration and integration of software products adopted by the company, while developing their own skills for further advancement.

The person performing the role will configure, test and document modules conforming to analysis and design specification in accordance with company policies and procedures. They will also design or specify and develop database programming and design, develop or specify and release or consume APIs between other Maples’ systems.

In addition, they will respond to assigned enhancement and bug fix requests; troubleshoot, develop/configure, test, and document as necessary in accordance with existing procedures. They will work under deadlines, contribute towards projects, communicate, and operate effectively in a team environment.

The responsibilities for the role will include, but are not limited to:

• Be an active participant in the Agile process and contribute to SCRUM ceremonies
• Install, update, maintain, document and configure products at an administrator level to support business activity
• Create or specify and maintain custom interfaces between different internal and external systems. Where applicable, by writing clean, maintainable, well-tested code
• Collaborate with your team to define and estimate tasks to satisfy the business's requirements
• Manage vendor relationship relating to product and problem management
• Research and present to the team on new product features, latest / emerging technology and identify opportunities for business application
• Investigate and provide solutions to errors reported with existing systems
• Communicate concisely, effectively and clearly about technical subjects
• Be approachable and friendly
• Travel as necessary to work with globally distributed teams
• Monitor system performance and to proactively identify and resolve risks and issues

 EXPERIENCE

What You Bring

In addition to indisputably high ethical standards and autonomy, the ideal candidate possesses the following: 

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent, preferable in a STEM discipline plus minimum of 3 years of experience working in a technical role
• Experience of development and/or specification of system integrations.
• An understanding of SQL databases and the ability to query data from them
• An understanding of API Integrations
• An understanding of Object-Oriented practices and principles and an awareness of programming techniques such as Design Patterns
• Experience of working with Cloud based and on-premises third-party products
• Skills in technical and business stakeholder engagement, explaining complex topics in a way that can be easily understood
• Experience of the Legal or Professional Services domain
• An understanding of modern development practices such as Agile, Continuous Integration, Source Control, Unit Testing and Test Driven Development
• Technical hands–on and problem solving experience
• Understanding of data protection regulation and experience of effective management of sensitive information
• Experience in migrating on premise document management systems into the cloud
• Experience of the following systems 
  • Interaction
  • iManage Intake manager
  • iManage Conflicts Manager
  • Contract Express
  • Intapp Walls
  • iManage knowledge unlocked
  • iManage Work 10
  • Filesite
  • HighQ
  • Bridger XG5

BENEFITS & REWARDS 

The most enduring professional relationships are reciprocal relationships. The Maples Group prioritises employee health and wellbeing. Depending on your location, we offer a range of benefits, including: 

• Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, and optical)
• Competitive vacation packages
• Educational assistance and professional development programmes
• Savings or pension plan
• Life insurance
• Travel insurance
• Global mental wellness programme
• Sports clubs and social events

ABOUT MAPLES GROUP

Over five decades, the Maples Group has grown from modest beginnings into one of the world's preeminent professional services firms, offering specialised fiduciary, fund administration, regulatory and compliance, entity formation and management and legal services on the laws of the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Ireland, Jersey, and Luxembourg.

You can learn more about the Maples Group on our corporate website. Experience our culture and our people on our Careers Page or on LinkedIn.

Maples’ standard policy to undertake various background screening checks, including criminal records checks, on all applicants to whom a conditional job offer is made. Maples will only ask applicants to disclose a past criminal conviction when a conditional job offer is made. If you have a criminal record, it does not mean that your job offer will be automatically withdrawn. Maples will make all job offer decisions on a case-by-case basis and will take a number of factors into account, such as the role that you are applying for and the nature and circumstances of the past offence. You will have the opportunity to discuss the matter with Maples before a decision is made. 

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