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Senior Business Analyst- (This role will can be performed from Northampton or Knutsford) Purpose of the role To support the organisation, achieve its strategic objectives by the identification of business requirements and solutions that address business problems and opportunities. Accountabilities Identification and analysis of business problems and client requirements that require change within the organisation. Development of business requirements that will address business problems and opportunities. Collaboration with stakeholders to ensure that proposed solutions meet their needs and expectations. Support the creation of business cases that justify investment in proposed solutions. Conduct feasibility studies to determine the viability of proposed solutions. Support the creation of reports on project progress to ensure proposed solutions are delivered on time and within budget. Creation of operational design and process design to ensure that proposed solutions are delivered within the agreed scope. Support to change management activities, including development of a traceability matrix to ensure proposed solutions are successfully implemented and embedded in the organisation. Key Skills Requirements Generation for Event-Driven Flows - Strong understanding of messaging patterns and event-driven architecture concepts. Payments and Banking Product Domain Knowledge - Solid experience working with core banking and payment products, with awareness of regulatory and operational considerations. End-to-End Requirements Ownership Across Distributed Systems - Proven ability to manage complex dependencies and ensure alignment across multiple platforms and stakeholders. Desirable Skills Multi-Channel Notification Strategy - Experience defining requirements for customer communications across mobile, web, email, SMS, and other channels. Application of AI in Requirements Engineering - Exposure to AI tools that enhance requirement elicitation, documentation, traceability, and validation. Experience working within large-scale, regulated financial services environments with strong governance frameworks. GCS is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

3 open vacancies- Automation Test Engineer/ Senior Automation Test Engineer/ Senior Non-Functional Test Engineer. These roles can be performed either from Northampton or Knutsford. Role Purpose: To design, develop, and execute testing strategies to validate functionality, performance, and user experience, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve defects, and continuously improve testing processes and methodologies, to ensure software quality and reliability. Responsibilities: Development and implementation of comprehensive test plans and strategies to validate software functionality and ensure compliance with established quality standards. Creation and execution automated test scripts, leveraging testing frameworks and tools to facilitate early detection of defects and quality issues Collaboration with cross-functional teams to analyse requirements, participate in design discussions, and contribute to the development of acceptance criteria, ensuring a thorough understanding of the software being tested. Root cause analysis for identified defects, working closely with developers to provide detailed information and support defect resolution. Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing. Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations, and actively contribute to the organization's technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth. Automation Engineer Key Skills: Functional test execution and defect management across complex systems Requirements interpretation and comprehensive test coverage analysis API and integration testing fundamentals across distributed services Senior Automation Engineer Key Skills: Hands-on experience with API Test Automation Expertise in Test Framework Design and Maintenance Experience in Testing of Authentication and Session Flows Senior NFT Engineer Key Skills: Hands-on experience in Non-Functional Testing for mobile applications and strong knowledge of performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter, LoadRunner) Extensive knowledge of Java to interpret application behaviour and identify test scope for new features Ability to design and execute load, stress, and endurance tests for mobile apps GCS is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

General Responsibilities and Requirements: Product Documentation Project Management Plan, manage, and execute product documentation initiatives from intake through publication aligned with the project plan Partner with Product Marketing, Product Management, Engineering, and Customer Success to gather input, requirements, timelines, and source base material Prioritize documentation requests based on product releases, customer needs, and business impact Track documentation progress, dependencies, and updates to ensure timely delivery Coordinate reviews and approvals to ensure accuracy and completeness before publication Update project management and key stakeholders on progress Cross-Functional Collaboration Partner with Product Managers and Engineers to gather detailed product knowledge Work with Customer Success and Support teams to address common user questions and pain points Collaborate with Marketing to ensure documentation aligns with broader product language and positioning Content Management & Quality Maintain consistency in terminology, tone, and structure across all documentation Edit and update existing content to improve clarity, accuracy, and usability Apply best practices for technical documentation, including version control and change tracking Ensure all content meets internal quality standards and is technically accurate GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Global bank based in Canary Wharf. Role - C# Developer - Desktop Applications Duration - 6 months with likely extension Rate - 415 p/d (inside IR35) Location - Hybrid / Canary Wharf Tech Stack C# WPF Winforms Javascript SQL Oracle Tasks Tasks range from understanding business requirements, designing application structures, business data analysis, programming WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) applications in Visual C#.NET on both Oracle and SQL Server database, testing with users, implementation through Development, Quality Assurance (QA), Production and Disaster Recovery environments. Supporting users and writing operation documents including User Helps (manuals) will also be required. As well as application development, this role will also include all aspects of system constructions and support for existing programmes which are written as WinForms (C#.NET) applications. Also, applications written in other languages like MS VBA for Excel and Access, MS VB and MS Excel Macros will also be required. Additional Tasks Defining Database objects required in systems to connect with SQL and Oracle Database Administrators in both London and New York. Providing script for database inquiry languages, i.e., T-SQL (SQL Server) and PL/SQL (Oracle) to perform data analysis based on requirements from business parties. Setting up a system distribution method to Citrix and application servers for both Web and Window applications. Troubleshooting systems in an event of failure and implementing necessary solutions by checking Windows Operating System, Internet Information Server and any other relevant environments where the applications are running. In some case this role will act to liaise with other application support team staff. Following the existing team programming policy to keep a common development style to be shared in team members. Updating versions of MS .Net Framework and MS Visual .NET platform to include any necessary changes of existing systems running in Production. Liaising with the relevant support teams such as other Development sections, Technical Support, Network and Infrastructure and DBA where Business users experience system problems. Assessing the impact of data processing loads on SQL and Oracle database and, when appropriate, finding alternative approaches. Rolling out changes with a coordination of Release manager. It is important to maintain the change history of applications GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

SharePoint/ Office 365 Consultant - Hybrid / Canary Wharf - 6 month Contract - Banking TIER 1 BANK IN CANARY WHARF Role - SharePoint/ Office 365 Consultant Duration - 6 months with very likely extension Location - Hybrid / Canary Wharf - 3 days per week in a Canary Wharf office Rate - 415 per day (Inside IR35) Tech Stack - Sharepoint Office 365 Power apps Power Automate HTML, Javascript, CSS Tasks - Working with the team and the wider development team to both grow and to help adopt Agile like methodologies with practical implementation alongside the daily operation support people for existing SharePoint/Office 365 applications. Working with the wider Development and Architecture teams to develop and establish best practices of SharePoint/Office 365. Contributing to and regularly leading the technical and design workshops within the team. Critically and actively conducting code review procedures to ensure improvement in skills across the team. Participating in exercises to both plan and estimate upcoming work volumes. Contributing to the rollout of new tools and applications that will improve the development processes. Enhancing performance, scalability and security issues across the design and implementation phases. Following "Change Management Control procedures" to get approvals for any updates in the Production systems and providing "Maintenance reports" for non-Production environments. Participating in both definition and configuration of SharePoint/Office 365 environments in the Disaster Recovery sites. Encouraging and supporting the continuous improvement and upskilling of all members in the team, as well as the wider development department Development of Office 365 tools including SharePoint Online (PowerApps, Power Automate and SPFX or ReactJS). Analysing of business requirements and providing constructive feedback. Creating documentation to detail deliverables by the relevant teams with enough depth for both technical and business viewpoints. Providing scripts for database enquiry languages, i.e., T-SQL (SQL Server) and PL/SQL (Oracle) to provide both analysis and exporting data etc. based on business requirements. GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Solutions Architect - Tier Bank - Canary Wharf - 2 Stage interview process - ASAP start Role - Solutions Architect Duration - 6 months with very likely extension Location - Hybrid / Canary Wharf - 3 days per week in a Canary Wharf office Rate - 515 per day (Inside IR35) Experience - In depth understanding of Object Orientated programming concepts as well as of the full Software Development Life Cycle. Good understanding of MS .NET Framework environments. Knowledge and experience of Agile methodology Knowledge of Cloud and AI technologies that can be adopted into the workplace Extensive experience working as a software and solutions architect. Experience in designing of high-level concepts for software solutions. Experience in development of Azure cloud-based as well as on-prem solutions. DevOps and SCRUM experience Experience in Cloud migration planning and execution Tasks - Create and improve architectural standards for on premise and azure cloud software products, develop cloud migration procedures and guidelines. Assist in cloud migration projects, assess readiness and dependencies, optimize for the Cloud. Create and review blueprints for software products, provide guidance on improving architecture. Coding mission critical parts and performing code reviews. Assist on integrating AI technologies to improve existing systems. Ensure that applications are in line with compliance and regulatory standards and conduct regular security assessments of these applications. Technical writing (creating related documentation) Assist developers with any architecture related issues and queries. GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Tier 1 Bank - Regulatory Reporting Team Role - IT Compliance and Audit Duration - 6 months with very likely extension Location - Hybrid / Canary Wharf - 3 days per week in a Canary Wharf office Rate - 415 per day (Inside IR35) Role IT Compliance Support Engineer to join a development team and act as the primary liaison with internal/external audit, compliance, and IT security counterparts. This role combines governance with technical capability-supporting audits, demonstrating IT controls, and troubleshooting or coordinating resolution of issues across Azure DevOps pipelines, ServiceNow change management, and Jira requirement workflows. You will help us evidence good practice, reduce audit friction, and improve developer productivity by ensuring our controls are both effective and practical. Tasks Audit & Compliance Liaison Act as the single point of contact for internal/external audit, compliance, and IT security. Handle audit requests, walkthroughs, and create timely evidence Maintain an audit-ready repository of artefacts and narratives (control matrices, process maps, and access log review). Interpret Technical Details for Auditor Interpret permissions (Windows, Azure AD, Azure DevOps) and explain them clearly to auditors. Translate technical details into auditor-friendly narratives. IT Controls & Governance Operate and improve general IT controls (GITC) across change management, access control, backups/recovery, incident/problem management. Ensure segregation of duties, peer reviews, approvals, and traceability for production changes. Evidence & Documentation Create and maintain clear documentation: SOPs, control narratives, diagrams, audit evidence packs. Support Risk Assessments Assist or act on behalf of the Application Service Owner in completing required risk and compliance assessments (e.g., security, operational resilience, regulatory checks) as per internal governance standards and workflows. Ensure timely submission of assessment artefacts and coordinate with relevant stakeholders for approvals and remediation actions. Coordinate Audit/Assessment/Security Defect Remediation Track and manage remediation of audit findings, control gaps, and assessment defects. Work with developers, platform teams, and risk owners to ensure timely closure and evidence of remediation. Provide regular status updates to stakeholders and maintain defect logs for audit readiness. GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Collibra Integration Engineer Role - Hybrid / Canary Wharf - 6 month Contract - Banking Tier 1 Bank - Regulatory Reporting Team Role - Collibra Integration Engineer Duration - 6 months with very likely extension Location - Hybrid / Canary Wharf - 3 days per week in a Canary Wharf office Rate - 415 per day (inside IR35) Tasks Administer and maintain the Collibra platform from an IT engineering perspective, including configuration, health monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance management across EMEA environments. Configure, schedule, and manage integrations using DIP/CDQ, EDGE, and Lineage Harvester, ensuring consistent ingestion of metadata, schemas, and lineage from multiple data sources. Perform connectivity and prerequisite validation with Application teams, ETL teams, and DBAs, including driver installation, credential management, network/firewall requirements and technical onboarding for new data sources. Investigate and resolve incidents related to Collibra integrations, lineage ingestion, and platform availability; collaborate with infrastructure teams to address root causes and prevent reoccurrence. Ensure configuration consistency across environments (DEV/QA/PROD), maintaining runbooks, documentation, and standard operating procedures. Provide regular, clear updates on operational status, risks, and issues to Development Managers and stakeholders. Additional Tasks Support EMEA-wide Collibra platform stability by monitoring ingestion pipelines, schema drift, job failures, and performance degradation, ensuring reliable metadata and lineage availability Maintain technical documentation, including integration configurations, onboarding guides, troubleshooting logs and operational checklists Assist with access control operations, ensuring proper provisioning, least-privilege consistency, and audit-readiness for regulatory requirements Participate in technical testing for new features, patches, and platform improvements, raising risks or gaps early in collaboration with vendor support and internal IT teams. GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Global bank based in Canary Wharf. Role - C# Developer - Desktop Applications Duration - 6 months with likely extension Rate - 415 p/d (inside IR35) Location - Hybrid / Canary Wharf Tech Stack C# WPF Winforms SQL Oracle Tasks Tasks range from understanding business requirements, designing application structures, business data analysis, programming WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) applications in Visual C#.NET on both Oracle and SQL Server database, testing with users, implementation through Development, Quality Assurance (QA), Production and Disaster Recovery environments. Supporting users and writing operation documents including User Helps (manuals) will also be required. As well as application development, this role will also include all aspects of system constructions and support for existing programmes which are written as WinForms (C#.NET) applications. Also, applications written in other languages like MS VBA for Excel and Access, MS VB and MS Excel Macros will also be required. Additional Tasks Defining Database objects required in systems to connect with SQL and Oracle Database Administrators in both London and New York. Providing script for database inquiry languages, i.e., T-SQL (SQL Server) and PL/SQL (Oracle) to perform data analysis based on requirements from business parties. Setting up a system distribution method to Citrix and application servers for both Web and Window applications. Troubleshooting systems in an event of failure and implementing necessary solutions by checking Windows Operating System, Internet Information Server and any other relevant environments where the applications are running. In some case this role will act to liaise with other application support team staff. Following the existing team programming policy to keep a common development style to be shared in team members. Updating versions of MS .Net Framework and MS Visual .NET platform to include any necessary changes of existing systems running in Production. Liaising with the relevant support teams such as other Development sections, Technical Support, Network and Infrastructure and DBA where Business users experience system problems. Assessing the impact of data processing loads on SQL and Oracle database and, when appropriate, finding alternative approaches. Rolling out changes with a coordination of Release manager. It is important to maintain the change history of applications GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Purpose of the role To design, develop and improve software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues. Accountabilities Development and delivery of high-quality software solutions by using industry aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools. Ensuring that code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance. Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define software requirements, devise solution strategies, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives. Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing. Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations and actively contribute to the organization's technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth. Adherence to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions. Implementation of effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability. To be successful as a Senior iOS Frontend Engineer, you should have experience with: Proven experience in customer experience (CX) design, building the user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) for iOS applications. Solid experience with Swift, Mobile architecture patterns and Test-Driven Development. Deep understanding of iOS frameworks, tools, and development best practices with background in automated mobile testing and building financial applications. Some other highly valued skills may include: Experience in product development within agile teams. Familiarity with Agile methodologies. Demonstrated success in cross-functional team collaboration. GCS is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Purpose of the role To design, develop and improve software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues. Accountabilities Development and delivery of high-quality software solutions by using industry aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools. Ensuring that code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance. Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define software requirements, devise solution strategies, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives. Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing. Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations and actively contribute to the organization's technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth. Adherence to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions. Implementation of effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability. Key Skills: Strong Java and Spring Boot development experience in high-throughput systems Deep understanding of event-driven and messaging architectures (Kafka, JMS, AMQP or similar) Experience engineering reliability and observability at scale (monitoring, tracing, SLIs/SLOs) Desirable Skills: Experience building notification delivery infrastructure (webhooks, push, SMS) Awareness of the payments domain, including processing flows and compliance considerations Experience adopting AI-assisted development practices to improve productivity and code quality GCS is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Mainframe System Automation Engineer Location: Nottingham, UK Provide expert Mainframe Automation and output management support. Develop and support Splunk dashboards and alerts. Author test cases for validating functionality. Represent the team at meetings and collaborate with business & operational teams. Manage Mainframe Automation tools, ensuring compliance with security and policies (e.g., CyberArk, ServiceNow). Handle problem escalations, including vendor support, and follow ITIL processes (Change, Incident, Root Cause Analysis). Potential 24x7x365 on-call support. Required Skills: Knowledge of Mainframe systems (OPS MVS, CA-View, CA-Deliver, REXX). Experience with Mainframe Operations: JCL, ISPF, JES2, z/OS. Familiarity with ServiceNow, ITIL processes, and Agile concepts. Ability to handle Splunk dashboards, alerts, and basic file transfer knowledge. Desirable Skills: Experience with BMC AMI Ops Automation, BMC Control-M. Knowledge of REST APIs, SAS, and Windows servers. Web page coding skills. Education & Experience: Graduate or equivalent education in a computing-related subject. At least 5 years of experience in a complex Mainframe environment. GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Key Responsibilities Document, review, and standardise business processes across multiple departments Analyse existing documentation and identify gaps, inconsistencies, or improvement areas Conduct gap analysis between current practices and required standards/controls Work closely with Internal Audit to ensure processes meet governance and compliance expectations Facilitate meetings with business stakeholders and confidently gather requirements Translate operational practices into clear, structured process documentation Maintain and improve process libraries and documentation standards Support continuous improvement initiatives through process clarity and optimisation What We're Looking For Highly detail-oriented with a natural curiosity for how systems and processes work Comfortable asking questions, challenging assumptions, and "holding your own" in stakeholder meetings Strong documentation and process mapping skills Experience working with Internal Audit, Risk, or Compliance functions Proven experience performing gap analysis on business processes Ability to work across different business functions and levels of existing documentation maturity Structured, methodical thinker with strong organisational skills Desirable Background Experience in industries where process, controls, and operations are critical will be highly regarded, such as: Construction House building / property development Manufacturing Engineering or operational environments GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.