Ascendion

Job Title: Payments Business Analyst Employment: Permanent Work Location: Chester, UK (Hybrid, 3 days in office) Job Description: We are seeking an experienced Payments Business Analyst with strong expertise in banking payments, payment processing, and regulatory initiatives. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of payment schemes such as SEPA (SCT & Instant), CHAPS, Faster Payments, BACS, SWIFT MT/MX, TARGET2 , and ISO 20022 migration . The role will involve working closely with business stakeholders, product owners, architects, and technology teams to deliver strategic payment transformation initiatives. Key Responsibilities: Gather, analyze, and document business, functional, and non-functional requirements for payment systems and platforms. Work with stakeholders across business, operations, compliance, and technology teams to define payment solutions and process improvements. Analyze end-to-end payment flows for domestic and cross-border payment schemes. Create and maintain Business Requirement Documents (BRDs), Functional Requirement Documents (FRDs), user stories, process flows, and gap analyses. Support payment modernization and ISO 20022 migration initiatives, including MT-to-MX message transformation requirements. Conduct impact assessments for changes related to payment schemes, regulations, and operational processes. Support regulatory and compliance initiatives related to payments, sanctions screening, AML, and financial crime controls. Required Skills & Experience Proven experience as a Business Analyst within the banking or financial services industry. Strong knowledge of payment systems and payment processing lifecycles. Hands-on experience with the following: SEPA (SCT & Instant), CHAPS, Faster Payments (FPS), BACS, SWIFT MT/MX Messaging, Cross-Border Payments. Experience supporting ISO 20022 migration programs and message mapping initiatives. Strong understanding of payment operations, settlement, clearing, reconciliation, and exception handling processes. Experience writing user stories, acceptance criteria, process maps, and business requirements documentation. Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, and Jira. Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Job Title: Java Fullstack Developer Employment: Permanent Work Location: Bournemouth, UK (5 days working in office) Job Description: Strong full stack engineering background with deep expertise in Java and Spring/Spring Boot Hands-on experience with cloud technologies for AWS must have. Solid data analysis skills and comfort working with data-driven applications Experience using AI-assisted developer tools to improve engineering productivity (preference for agentic AI exposure) Key responsibilities: Design, develop, and troubleshoot software solutions for complex business and technical problems Apply sound engineering judgment and innovative thinking to deliver solutions beyond standard patterns when needed Contribute to technical architecture and design/build resilient microservices (scalability, reliability, maintainability).

Job Description: We are looking for an experienced Java Developer to join our team and work on high-performance enterprise applications. The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in Java development, Spring Boot, Microservices, and Linux environments. Key Responsibilities: Design, develop, and maintain enterprise Java applications using Spring Boot Build and manage scalable Microservices architecture Design, optimize, and maintain relational databases Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code following best practices Perform code reviews and ensure high code quality standards Manage and support Linux-based environments and servers Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver business solutions Stay updated with emerging technologies and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives Required Skills: Strong experience in Java & Spring Boot Hands-on experience with Microservices architecture Experience with relational databases (SQL) Familiarity with Linux/Unix environments Strong problem-solving and communication skills Experience working in Agile development environments is preferred Good knowledge of Angular

Job title: EMEA (Europe) Payroll Consultant Job Description: Gathering, deriving and processing inputs to the payroll vendor to support the gross to net calculation. Processing of the payroll data in accordance with the prescribed timetables Verification of payroll output and review with Payroll Associate Director Prepare and deliver payroll reports within the specified timeframes Performs detailed verification, review and preparation of payroll updates as required from vendor interface files, self-service or manual updates. Defined processing timeline schedules must be achieved to ensure the timely and accurate recording of all employee transactions. Works closely with the payroll provider(s) and local HR to ensure local compliance practices are being followed and all employment tax, government and local filings are being submitted in a timely manner. This includes all year end activities and BIK reporting