Technical Analyst - Divestment Programme

On behalf of Tesco Bank, AMS are now looking for x5 Technical Analysts to work in their team on a major divestment programme. This is a remote first role with once/quarter travel to their Edinburgh office required. Contract length is 6-12 months with possibility of further extension or conversion to a permanent position depending on candidate and client appetite.

Tesco Bank prides itself on their range of simple and convenient retail banking and insurance products designed specifically to meet the needs of Tesco customers. They believe that every little help makes a big difference, and by putting the customer first and rewarding their loyalty, they are offering something they believe every bank should.

Role context

The purpose of the role is to support on the Barclays/Tesco Bank partnership. You will assist in the divestment itself. Existing Tesco Bank workers will move across to Barclays as part of their transition separation agreement; you will then backfill those workers. There is therefore a lot of scope for different skillsets.

Key responsibilities

• Analyze and interpret complex data related to the divestment programme.
• Collaborate effectively with vendors and stakeholders across CX, Smarter Decisioning, CRET, and API teams.
• Manage stakeholder/client relationships and expectations throughout the project lifecycle.
• Work in an agile environment, utilizing methodologies such as Scrum and Kanban.
• Produce system design documents and technical specifications.
• Support data separation and migration efforts, ensuring accurate mapping of data from source to target systems.
• Utilize tools such as Jira, Confluence, Service Now, Microsoft SharePoint, Visio, and Teams for project management and collaboration.
• Work under tight deadlines, managing multiple deliverables and activities concurrently.
• Obtain agreement on key decisions and secure sign-off from stakeholders for project milestones and deliverables.

Required Key Skills

• Strong Analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with vendors and stakeholders at all levels.
• Knowledge of IT systems and technologies.
• Proven ability of managing stakeholder/client relationships and expectations.
• Able to work to tight deadlines, supporting multiple deliverables/activities at any point in time.
• Ability to obtain agreement on key decisions with sign off from stakeholders.

Preferred key skills:

• Demonstrated capability in analysing & interpreting complex data.
• Experience in Banking and Insurance financial services.
• Experience in data separation & migration, familiar with mapping data from source to target systems and ensuring data is accurately migrated.
• Experience in producing system design documents and technical specifications.
• Experience working in an agile environment (familiar with Scrum, Kanban, Sprints) with experience in managing Agile artefacts.
• Experience of using Jira, Confluence, Service Now, Microsoft SharePoint, Visio, Teams.

Why Tesco Bank?

At Tesco Bank everyone is welcome, we value our people and diverse teams and believe the variety of backgrounds and experiences make us stronger in achieving our goals. It's important to us that we make sure you're supported by your team and colleague networks every day, celebrating when it matters and helping you to be the best version of yourself. The people make Tesco Bank, and we take pride in what we achieve together.

If you are interested in applying for this position and meet the criteria outlined above, please click the link to apply and we will contact you with an update in due course.

Our client will only accept workers operating via an Umbrella or PAYE engagement model.

Please note that for the duration of this assignment you will be working as an external resource engaged by AMS.