In-house Recruiter (Finance) 6 month contract Edinburgh - £13 -£15 per hour

In-house Recruiter (Finance) 6 month contract Edinburgh - £13 -£15 per hour
My client is looking to bring in a contractor for an initial 6 month period who has strong experience in a financial services in house recruiting role. You will have demonstrated responsibility for full life cycle recruiting or strong agency recruitment experience with specific focus on financial services sectors

• Ideally experience in a search firm or recruitment agency environment with proven cold calling/headhunting, market mapping and candidate management experience.
• Proven experience in recommending and using a variety of effective sourcing strategies (with both domestic and international success) to assist in the development of a diverse pipeline of candidates.
• Strong track record in consulting with senior business leaders and managers on the talent acquisition process.

You will work with HR Business Partners and other members of the Talent Acquisition team to identify, attract and hire best in class talent. You will also build and maintain a pipeline of qualified candidates to support continuous recruiting in the marketplace.
 
FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY - Please send me your CV for IMMEDIATE consideration. Paul Watson on 0131 202 1741 or mail paul.watson@ptsconsulting.com

C# Risk Analyst / Developer - Investment Bank - London – Contract – Market Rates

PTS’s Client, a leading Investment Bank are in URGENT need of an experienced C# Risk Analyst / Developer.  Investment Banking experience is highly desirable (Derivatives Front Office and/or Interest Rate Risk would be especially valuable).  This role would suit someone who enjoys working on solving business problems, and is happy taking ownership of a requirement and implementing it in both the UI and the server.

Essential skills / attributes:

- C# development and the Microsoft .NET framework

- High-performance multi-threaded server side development

- UI development (WPF preferred, Winforms acceptable)

- SQL

- Structured approach to software development

- Very high level of motivation and dedication to the project

- Strong communication skills

Advantageous skills / attributes:

- Knowledge of acceptance test frameworks and mocking frameworks

- C++

- Analysis Services (MDX, SSIS, SSRS)

- Software development Agile or Waterfall

Furthermore, you will also get a chance to broaden their business knowledge by working with the various Trading Desks and Fixed Income Research on requirements and functional design.  C# Risk Analyst / Developers are advised to send their CV’s at their earliest opportunity.  Our client is very keen to fill this role ASAP. Thank You.

SAN Storage Administrator - CISCO/EMC Fibre Channel SAN Infrastructure - Global Investment Bank - London - CONTRACT (Market Rate)

SAN STORAGE ADMINISTRATOR - CISCO/EMC FIBRE CHANNEL SAN INFRASTRUCTURE - GLOBAL INVESTMENT BANK - CONTRACT - LONDON

PTS Resourcings' client urgently requires an experienced SAN Storage Administrator with around 3 years minimum supporting and administering large production SAN Infrastructures.

Your key responsibilities are to:

• Configure the environment in preparation for FC or IP based replication as well as the deployment of a new Datacentres
• Work with the SDC and Storage Project Team to fulfil requests related to migration activity of data, hosts and storage.
• Have knowledge or 3Par, EMC, NetApp and Cisco hardware and the configuration of these technologies.
• Manage, maintain and enhance the SAN disk and Fibre Channel switched network infrastructure.
• Assist other team members where appropriate in managing other storage infrastructure (NAS and CAS systems).
• Manage SAN capacity and performance using appropriate reporting monitoring tools.
• Ongoing evaluation and analysis of the storage infrastructure to provide optimum performance.
• Liaise with appropriate application development representatives to optimise value to the business.
• Liaise with third party vendor operations management.
• Ensure the business area conducts its activity in accordance with all relevant external regulators.
• Ensure compliance with the regulatory and statutory requirements and compliance policies and procedures affecting the business area. 
• Ensure the business unit operates in accordance with stipulated risk management policies and procedures, covering market risk, credit risk and operational risk.

Your background will include:

• Fibre Channel SAN Infrastructure (Cisco): high end Fibre channel Directors (Cisco MDS 9513 and 9222i for FCIP) in a Core/Edge topology and EMC SAN Management software (eg Cisco Fabric Manager, SRDF, TimeFinder, SYMCLI including symconfigure)
• SAN Storage (EMC) infrastructure: EMC DMX, Clariion including CX-3, Centera and associated software (EMC Control Centre and Work Load Analyser, StorageScope, Navisphere, SANscreen) and 3Par
• NetApp software (ONTAP 7.x, Clustered failover, FlexVol, SnapMirror, SnapShot, DFM)
• Previous roles migration Platform/Operating Systems administration (Windows or Unix)
• Supplementary Experience: (Useful additional skills)
• Network Appliance Storage Associate certification
• Network Appliance (NetApp) range of hardware (FAS200, 2000, 900, 3000, 6000 series)
• CAS (Content Addressed Storage): EMC Centera and Information Life Cycle (eg Symantec KVS) archiving systems
• Symantec Netbackup, Veritas Volume Manager, Veritas File System, Veritas Cluster Server
• Personal Attributes:
• Self motivated individual
• Hardworking and dedicated team player
• Able to communicate at all levels.
• Strong investigative skills

If this sounds like you, please send your Word CV to Robin.Pettitt@ptsconsulting.com (0207 539 6310) as soon as you're able. Thank You.

Urgent - 4 x Part-Time Service Desk / 1st Line Technical Support Analysts - East Midlands - Global Bank - CONTRACT

URGENT - 4 x PART-TIME SERVICE DESK/1st LINE TECHNICAL SUPPORT ANALYSTS - EAST MIDLANDS - GLOBAL BANK - CONTRACT - £44-£56/day (£11-£14/hour)

PTS Resourcings' client urgently require 4 (FOUR) Part-Time Service Desk/1st Line Technical Support Analysts to compliment their expanding team. You will be required to work a 4 hour shift, Monday - Friday, and there is a degree of flexibility as to which hours you work.
You will be:
*   Processing a high number of support calls, helping customers with a consistently high level of care
*   Providing 1st line telephone or remote technical support for Front and Back Office Banking staff
*   Accurately logging faults on their system (Remedy)
*   Working with other teams to resolve all issues
*   Make sure all documentation is accurate, amending old or writing new standards and forwarding them around the team.

You must have:

*   1+ years experience working on an IT Service Desk supporting 1000+ customers
*   Full knowledge of supporting MS Office (including Outlook) and Windows XP desktop

Ideally you will have:

*   Remote Access and Active Directory skills 
*   Experience of the Banking/Finance industry 
*   Experience of Remedy call logging system

And you have:

*   1st class communication skills (written and spoken)
*   Confidence
*   A keen eye for detail
*   An affinity with processes
*   Reliability
*   A calm and effective manner when handling awkward customers
*   Strong team skills, and are able to work without supervision

You have possibly come from a Call Centre/Telephony Support or Helpdesk/Service Desk background.

The hiring manager has stated that a  basic/general technical knowledge would be advantageous but not the most important criteria.

Having experience in a technical environment (ie college or in a previous role) will enable you to better understand the problems their customers experience and aid them in analysing problems/issues effectively.

If this sounds like you, please send your Word CV to Robin.Pettitt@ptsconsulting.com (0207 539 6310) immediately. Thank you.

Business Intelligence Developer – Telecommunications Specialists – Surrey – PERM – £40k-£45k + Bens

PTS’s Client, a leading Telecommunications specialist are looking for a strong BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE DEVELOPER with excellent knowledge of SQL and it’s upto date versions.  The successful candidate must also possess excellent SSIS, SSRS, SSAS, MDX and DAX skills.  Also an understanding or knowledge of POWERPIVOT would be beneficial but is not essential. 

Business Intelligence Developers who are hardworking, have excellent communication skills and can fit nicely into a very good team environment are urged to apply as soon as possible.  Please send your WORD CV to Matthew.Roberts@ptsconsulting.com or call 020 7539 6394 at your earliest opportunity.  Thank You.

Business Analyst - CONTRACT

PTS Resourcing are currently seeking an experienced Business Analyst to fulfil an initial 3 month contract for a large Edinburgh based finance organisation. The role is within a large and complex programme so candidates will need drive, initiative and the ability to think on their feet. A stong proficiency in Data Analysis is essential (strong Excel skills) along with excellent interpersonal skills. Previous experience in the financial sector is preferred along with a background within large IT Programmes

Please contact me for more details either via email at kirsty.aitken@ptsconsulting.com or via telephone 0131 202 1733

Systems Analyst – SQL- Asset management – Edinburgh – 3 month Contract - £15/16 per hour.

Systems Analyst – SQL- Asset management – Edinburgh – 3 month Contract - £15/16 per hour.

PTS are working for a global bank who are looking to bring in a SQL querying and SMS/SCCM contractor for an initial 3 month contract which is likely to extend. The successful applicant will be a self-motivated, flexible, commercially aware individual with excellent interpersonal skills, high customer satisfaction focus and can work with minimal supervision.  

As a Software Asset Management Analyst in my client’s Information Technology Asset Management department, you will be involved in the management of software acquisition, compliance, maintenance renewals, life cycle planning and costing.

Essential

·         Experience with SQL querying and SMS/SCCM and enthusiasm for investigation and analysis

·         Configuration level/support knowledge of MSSQL databases and working knowledge of SQL querying / scripting

Desired

·         Good working knowledge of IT Asset Management and Discovery Tools (Computer Associates: Unicenter Asset Portfolio Management application (ARGIS), Microsoft: SMS/SCCM, IBM: Tivoli License Manager)

Key Tasks:

·         Handling ordering and acquisitions for the division.

·         Coordinating enhancements to the asset management database to improve current processes and supports all compliance and contract activities.

·         Processing end user requests for software, hardware and maintenance needs.

·         Following established process for ordering/tracking/receiving acquisitions for the division.

·         Maintaining current financial and physical status on asset management database.

·         Supporting all compliance and contract activities.

·         Producing monthly, quarterly and ad hoc asset reports for senior management.

This is an excellent opportunity to work for a leading bank in a great working environment. My client are looking to interview and start someone immediately so please send me your latest CV NOW!!!!

paul.watson@ptsconsulting.com 0131 202 1741