IT Analyst & Solutions Design | S2 | Enterprise Services CIO

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Santander () is evolving from a global, high‑impact brand into a technology‑driven organisation, and our people are at the heart of this journey. Together, we are driving a customer‑centric transformation that values bold thinking, innovation, and the courage to challenge what’s possible. This is more than a strategic shift. It’s a chance for driven professionals to grow, learn, and make a real difference.

Our mission is to help more people and businesses prosper. We embrace a strong risk culture and expect all our professionals to take a proactive and responsible approach toward risk management.

United Kingdom

Capital Reporting is a sub‑domain of Enterprise Services within the Chief Information Office of Santander Technology and Operations, providing enterprise‑wide systems and support services that help run and transform the bank’s IT, data and business capabilities. The area looks after the calculation and reporting of regulatory capital to the PRA and ECB. Santander UK/CIO Enterprise Services is looking for an IT Analyst & Solutions Design based in Milton Keynes.

This is an 18‑month fixed‑term contract. We are seeking a passionate IT Analyst to join our team within the Regulatory Capital Engines team sitting under the CIO Enterprise Services.

• Work with project stakeholders, key business users and third parties/architects to elicit and capture overall scope, approach and business requirements.
• Create functional specifications linked to the chosen technical implementation according to best practice in the industry.
• Add value by challenging business requirements, identifying gaps between what is stated and the overall objective and proposed operating model.
• Champion a test‑driven delivery strategy by ensuring that all requirements have clearly defined success criteria.
• Support any issue or dependency that is part of the project, ensuring senior management is aware of the issue and that it is progressed, tracked, and escalated where necessary.

Our people are our greatest strength. Every individual contributes unique perspectives that make us stronger as a team and as an organisation. We’re enabling teams to go beyond by valuing who they are and empowering what they bring.

Professional Experience

• Good understanding of Finance, Capital, and Regulatory Reporting.
• Experience working collaboratively in a team as part of an agile, iterative development process.
• Ability to closely work with the users and iteratively deliver solutions to meet business requirements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for requirements gathering and writing: specifications, user stories and guides.
• Experience in owning and supporting full lifecycle delivery, including analysis, design, development, testing, UAT, implementation and production.
• Practical experience carrying out complex data analysis using SQL, Excel & Word.
• Excellent analytical skills with a practical problem‑solving approach.

Education

• Degree or equivalent (preferred).

Nice to Have

• Broad technical knowledge, including familiarity with big data and cloud technology.
• Proven ability to manage projects and user testing.
• Advanced knowledge of programming languages like Scala, Spark.
• Experience working in Financial Services.
• A passion for enhancing your knowledge and curiosity in emerging technologies.

• £500 annual cash allowance to spend on our great range of benefits.
  * Include salary where authorised.
• 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 26 days after 5yrs service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year.
• Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates. Includes medical insurance, dental insurance, and health assessments.
• We put 8% of salary into your pension. We’ll pay in up to 12.5% of salary if you contribute as well, and you can take some of our contribution in cash if you prefer.
• Protection for you and your family, with company‑funded death‑in‑service benefit and income protection insurance, and discounted rates for additional life assurance and critical illness cover.
• Share in Santander’s success by saving or investing in our share…