We are currently expanding within our tech department and currently recruiting a Senior Front-end Developer.  This role can be remote from the UK as occassinal travel to our Manchester office will be required. 

What you can expect:

• Agile methodologies and a passion for continuous improvement and building a high-performance engineering team
• To guide and mentor the team to design and deliver high quality products
• Consider architectural and non-functional requirements and work with the team to deliver
• At AJ Bell we pair, and you, in most cases will pair with other people

Competence, Knowledge and Skills

• Expertise in building modular and reusable components and libraries for frontend Single Page Applications with Angular/React/VueJs - Essential 
• Extensive knowledge of JavaScript (ES5 spec and up) - Essential 
• Experience with structuring and writing unit tests
• Experience with material UI
• Knowledge of general frontend tooling (particularly Nodejs and npm)
• Experience and interest in RxJS
• Awareness of common frontend styling paradigms (eg: CSS modules, CSS in JS)
• Experience with setting up and writing end to end tests using Cypress, Nightwatch or TestCafe
• Practical experience of solving inconsistency across multiple platforms, e.g. IE6/7/8, FireFox and Safari on Windows or Mac;
• An interest in scalable code using methodologies such as BEM and micro front-ends
• Awareness of AWS, CI/CD.
• Understand principles behind highly performing web pages
• Good knowledge of Web APIs

Soft skills:

• Strong communication skills, written and verbal
• Very motivated with high levels of drive and enthusiasm
• E-commerce and/or financial services experience

About us:

AJ Bell is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK, with over 382,000 customers using our award-winning platform propositions to manage assets totalling more than £72.8 billion. Having listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2018, AJ Bell is now a FTSE 250 company.

Headquartered in Manchester with an office in central London, we now have 900 employees and have been named one of the Sunday Times ‘100 Best Companies to Work For’ for three consecutive years.

Additional Information:

There are opportunities for growth and professional development for members wanting to progress within their career including induction training and our study support scheme which is part of our benefits package.

Our EQ4 office design is centred on delivering agile and collaborative working spaces that enable us to deliver a first class service to our customers, but remote working continues to be a large part of our work life and will continue to be post-covid. 

At AJ Bell you can expect a friendly working environment with a strong sense of team work, we have a great sense of pride in what we do and this is reflected in our guiding principles.

There is an active programme of social events throughout the year, which are open to all employees.

Benefits:

• Remote working
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Buy as you earn share scheme
• Contributory pension
• Dedicated time for proof-of-concepts and assessing new tech
• Support to attend conferences, events, and meet-ups
• Pay-day drinks on our 7th floor roof terrace
• 24 days holiday increasing to 30 with length of service
• Holiday buy scheme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity
• Death in service cover
• Confidential 24/7 365 employee assistance helpline
• Free onsite gym and trainer led classes (yoga, Pilates, boxercise, circuits)
• Paid volunteering days
• Bike loan scheme
• Season ticket loan portal
• Plus, much more

This role provides formal cover for Mission and Business Critical systems and processes, and as such you may be required to work evenings, weekends and bank holidays to provide out of hours support for such systems and processes, as part of a rota. Employees who are scheduled to be on-call will receive a weekly standby allowance and will be paid for overtime worked during these periods.  

This role is available under our hybrid working scheme. Ideally we're looking for people who are within commuting distance of one of our offices however for certain roles we can consider UK-based candidates who are further away - ask the recruitment team for more information. Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates at this time.

We are looking for an intelligent, energetic, and driven Front-End Developer to help us deliver our brand, products, and services to our clients. People who are excited by technology, love pushing the boundaries of what is possible while at the same time keeping an eye on the bigger picture and ensuring the best outcomes for our customers by providing straightforward solutions.

The successful candidate will be responsible for hands-on development, delivery of requirements, and driving development modernisation of our front-end platforms.

You will drive the front-end tech stack as well as being involved in discussions and planning for the back-end delivery.

Key responsibilities:

As part of a cross-functional Agile team, delivering our enterprise backlog development items you will be able to demmonstrate your ability to work as part of a team, helping to consider the impact your work has on the product you are developing. You will have solid experience in delivery of development projects to agreed timescales and quality objectives, working in accordance with defined Agile framework and processes.

Key technical skills:

• Expertise in Frontend JavaScript/Typescript libraries such as Angular and React
• Writing and structuring unit tests
• Material UI
• Good understanding of Redux
• Experience of writing micro front ends
• Experience of writing .net.NET core APIs
• Experience of Agile delivery processes (Scrum/Kanban)
• Familiar with CI/CD practices

Bonus points for:

• Observability
• Software security
• AWS
• Automated testing

About Us:

AJ Bell is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK, with over 398,000 customers using our award-winning platform propositions to manage assets totalling more than £75.6 billion. Having listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2018, AJ Bell is now a FTSE 250 company.

Headquartered in Manchester with an office in central London, we now have over 1000 employees and have been named one of the Sunday Times ‘100 Best Companies to Work For’ for three consecutive years.

Additional Information:

There are opportunities for growth and professional development for members wanting to progress within their career including induction training and our study support scheme which is part of our benefits package.

Our EQ4 office design is centred on delivering agile and collaborative working spaces that enable us to deliver a first class service to our customers, but remote working continues to be a large part of our work life and will continue to be post-covid. 

At AJ Bell you can expect a friendly working environment with a strong sense of team work, we have a great sense of pride in what we do and this is reflected in our guiding principles.

There is an active programme of social events throughout the year, which are open to all employees.

Benefits:

• Hybrid working policy
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Buy as you earn share scheme
• Contributory pension
• Dedicated time for proof-of-concepts and assessing new tech
• Support to attend conferences, events, and meet-ups
• Monthly socials on our 7th floor roof terrace
• 25 days holiday increasing to 30 with length of service
• Holiday buy scheme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity
• Death in service cover
• Confidential 24/7 365 employee assistance helpline
• Free onsite gym and trainer led classes (yoga, Pilates, boxercise, circuits)
• Paid volunteering days
• Bike loan scheme
• Season ticket loan portal
• Plus, much more

This role is available under our hybrid working scheme. Ideally we're looking for people who are within commuting distance of one of our offices however for certain roles we can consider UK-based candidates who are further away - ask the recruitment team for more information. Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates at this time.

The main purpose of the Credit Control Administrator is to support the business in running credit control processes for our online and white label products.

The individual will be self-driven, with a keen eye for detail and motivated to bring ideas for change forward and implementing them. This role requires liaising with various departments and stakeholders in Operations and Finance. You will be enthusiastic to take on additional responsibility to improve your learning and performance.

This role supports an existing team dealing with credit control. Training and support will be provided to ensure the candidate understands and is equipped to deliver the role and its responsibilities.

What does the job involve?

The key responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to:

• Conducting credit control processes in accordance with written procedures, reviewing and updating procedures regularly
• Contact clients via letter/email to make them aware of the outstanding fees on their account
• Arrange for cash movements or disinvestment requests, where required, to cover outstanding fees
• Ensure that the correct fees are levied for cash movements and forced disinvestments instructed
• Liaise with external investment providers to chase outstanding disinvestment requests
• Liaise with Operational, Client Services & external investment providers to ensure updates are received for clients who have illiquid holdings
• Support project implementations, fixes and upgrades through testing of software and assisting with the definition of processes and procedures
• Completion of ad-hoc tasks as requested by Team Leader / Manager

Competence / Criteria

• Previous experience in a financial services back-office administration role
• Financial industry knowledge desirable but not essential

Knowledge & Skills

• Excellent numeracy and communication skills; both written and verbal
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Good organisational skills and the ability to prioritise
• Competent using Microsoft office products, in particular Microsoft Excel
• Understanding of AJ Bell products, services, and systems advantageous

About us:

AJ Bell is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK, with over 398,000 customers using our award-winning platform propositions to manage assets totalling more than £75.6 billion. Having listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2018, AJ Bell is now a FTSE 250 company.

Headquartered in Manchester with an office in central London, we now have over 1000 employees and have been named one of the Sunday Times ‘100 Best Companies to Work For’ for three consecutive years.

There are opportunities for growth and professional development for members wanting to progress within their career including induction training and our study support scheme which is part of our benefits package.

At AJ Bell you can expect a friendly working environment with a strong sense of team work, we have a great sense of pride in what we do and this is reflected in our guiding principles.

In return for your hard work you will be entitled to:

• Competitive starting salary
• 24 days holiday increasing up to 30 days with service, plus bank holidays
• Holiday buy/sell scheme
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• Buy as you earn share scheme
• Paid study support for qualifications
• Enhanced maternity/paternity scheme with length of service
• Bike loan and Season ticket loan portal
• Discounted PMI and Dental
• On-site gym and personal trainer led classes
• Free social events
• Plus much more

We are now recruiting a new Project Manager to be take responsibility for the timely and effective delivery of business and technology based projects, in support of AJ Bell’s strategic objectives.  

The role is for an experienced Project Manager to deliver projects through the entire delivery life cycle; from inception through to go-live and post implementation. Projects are predominantly technology led with an emphasis on financial regulation therefore experience of financially regulated environment is essential.   Deliverables must meet the key requirements of Proposition, Service and Price at the heart of The AJ Bell Way and in line with the guiding principles.

What does the job involve?

• Manage the delivery of multiple technology led projects, often with a strong emphasis on financial regulation or in direct support of our Technology Services strategy
• Delivery of complex IT orientated projects, across multiple sites and functions, mixing internal Agile development with 3rd party supplier development
• Establish and maintain effective and trusted relationships with internal Business and IT project stakeholders and external 3rd party suppliers
• Co-ordinate and drive collaboration of project resources to get the best from project team members
• Production and agreement of project scope and optimised project plans and responsibility for leading and managing the project team to these plans
• Produce and monitor resource forecasts and budgets and where change to the terms of reference is required follow appropriate change control
• Regular reporting on project status to sponsors, stakeholders and executive management board
• Identification and management of project risks, issues and dependencies, plus assessment of consumer outcome risks posed by the project
• Mentoring of junior project managers

Competence, knowledge and skills

• Ability to quickly understand technical topics
• Use of sound judgement to determine when it is necessary to escalate through established escalation channels in a timely manner
• Experience of delivering in a financially regulated environment
• Pragmatic approach to delivery of projects
• PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner certification
• Experience of multiple IT project delivery methodologies e.g. Agile, SDLC, SAFe
• Experience of delivering in a financially regulated environment desirable
• Financial services industry knowledge, e.g. pensions, investments and stockbroking, would be beneficial
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to build and manage effective relationships
• Good business/commercial knowledge
• Analytical skills/problem solving
• Planning and organisational skills
• High attention to detail

About us:

AJ Bell is one of the largest providers of online investment platforms and stockbroker services in the UK, with assets under administration exceeding £75.6 billion and more than 398,000 clients. Our award-winning propositions include AJ Bell Youinvest and AJ Bell Investcentre. We have our head office in Manchester, as well as offices in Bristol and London.

There are opportunities for growth and professional development for members wanting to progress within their career including induction training and our management development programme which is part of our benefits package.

At AJ Bell you can expect a friendly working environment with a strong sense of team work, we have a great sense of pride in what we do and this is reflected in our strong guiding principles.

Our EQ4 office design is centred on delivering agile and collaborative working spaces that enable us to deliver a first class service to our customers. As well as state-of-the-art work areas, the office also has its own gym, relaxed break-out zones, a roof terrace, a dining area and a lounge which transforms into a bar for staff once a month.

There is an active programme of social events throughout the year which are open to all employees.

In return for your hard work you will be entitled to:

• Competitive salary (dependent on experience)
• 26 days holiday, increasing up to 30 days with service, plus bank holidays
• Holiday buy scheme
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• Enhanced maternity/paternity scheme
• Bike loan and Season ticket loan portal
• Discounted PMI and Dental
• Free gym
• Free social events
• Plus much more

We are recruiting an Integration Developer to modernise our integration architecture.     

As an Integration Developer, you will implement new and innovative technical solutions to stream data from different sources to different destinations; this includes APIs, relational databases, NoSQL databases and others. 

You will join the Enterprise Architecture team, working alongside another Integration Developer, Architects, agile development teams and Data Engineers to modernise our integration approaches.

What does the job involve?

• Working with Architects and data specialists to design integration solutions that allow us to decouple components of our architecture. 
• Developing and implementing those solutions through to production, iteratively replacing legacy solutions.
• Training, advising, and mentoring other developers so agile teams can build out integration solutions independently.
• Continuously refine and improve our integration solutions.

Technical skills

Essential:

• Developing services and APIs in either C# or Java with techniques such as domain-driven design.
• Strong knowledge of relational databases (e.g. MySQL, MS SQL or PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g. MongoDB).
• Good knowledge of message queuing technology (e.g. RabbitMQ, AmazonMQ).
• Secure development practices.
• Using a git-based source control system.
• Knowledge of CI automation systems such as Jenkins

Desirable:

• Working with an integration technology (e.g. Tibco, WS02, Mulesoft, Boomi).
• Streaming (e.g. Kafka) and change data capture (CDC).
• Docker and container orchestration tools.
• Integration design patterns.
• Test-driven development (TDD).
• AWS cloud infrastructure.

Competence, knowledge, and skills

Essential:

• Experience working in an Agile and DevOps environment.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Planning, organisation, and time management skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Desirable:

• Educated to degree level.
• Relevant AWS certifications. 
• Previous experience working in e-commerce and/or financial services.

About us:

AJ Bell is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK, with over 398,000 customers using our award-winning platform propositions to manage assets totalling more than £75.6 billion. Having listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2018, AJ Bell is now a FTSE 250 company.

Headquartered in Manchester with an office in central London, we now have over 1000 employees and have been named one of the Sunday Times ‘100 Best Companies to Work For’ for three consecutive years.

Benefits:

• Regular remote working from home
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Buy as you earn share scheme
• Contributory pension
• Pay-day drinks on our 7th-floor roof terrace
• 24 days holiday increasing to 30 with length of service
• Holiday buy scheme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity
• Death in service cover
• Confidential 24/7 365 employee assistance helpline
• Free onsite gym and trainer-led classes (yoga, Pilates, boxercise, circuits)
• Paid volunteering days
• Bike loan scheme
• Season ticket loan portal
• Plus, much more

Who we are

Touch by AJ Bell are developing a next generation investment platform. We want to use technology to improve the way consumers access financial advice and manage their investments.

The majority of existing platforms are still reliant on software and processes that aren’t capable of supporting today’s technology, so we started from scratch, developing a modern platform that is as efficient as possible. We're building a mobile first investment app that lets advisers manage their clients' investments entirely through their smartphone.

We originally founded the company (then Adalpha Ltd) in 2018, before being acquired in 2021 by AJ Bell, one of the UK's largest investment platforms and part of the FTSE 250 Index, to support the development of their digital services.

The role

Our software engineers engage in the full spectrum of the software development lifecycle, from requirements gathering with stakeholders, working as a team to build and test features, managing deployment and supporting the service in production.

Joining a small, dynamic team you will have the opportunity to work on a large greenfield development, helping to form the design and development of the entire system.

The day to day responsibilities

We operate an iterative development process across a team with no fixed hierarchy where responsibilities are claimed based on experience and competence. This requires a self-motivated and collaborative individual working as part of a distributed development team where communication is often asynchronous and visible. It will be important to get up to speed with the current codebase, help to make changes and improvements in keeping with current designs whilst working towards a mutually agreed architecture. We are huge proponents of automation, so automated testing, continuous integration and continuous deployment are all inherent parts of every engineer's role.

Your skills and attributes

• Excellent programming and problem solving skills
• Understanding of some prevalent software design patterns and paradigms, such as OOAD, DDD, MVC, microservices, containers/orchestration or event-driven architecture
• Awareness of secure programming and testing practices

Our tools and technologies

The below are all things that we are either currently using or have found to be a useful foundation when joining our team. Prior knowledge of them is not essential but would be beneficial to the role:

• Go
• gRPC/proto
• PostgreSQL
• The HashiCorp stack, such as Nomad, Jaeger, Terraform and Vault
• Docker
• TypeScript and Vue
• Dart and Flutter

Working at Touch by AJ Bell

• Salary: £60,000 - £80,000
• Location: Bristol/Remote
• Discretionary bonus scheme: Based on performance against personal targets and, where appropriate, team objectives and on the financial success of your division
• Death in service: Membership of our company group death in service scheme, which provides a sum assured of 3 times salary
• Low-cost private medical insurance: Option to join the scheme, the group provides access to a low-cost scheme on a voluntary, salary sacrifice basis
• Holiday entitlement: 24 working days plus bank holidays, increasing by 1 every year up to 30 days (plus holiday buy and sell scheme)
• Reduced charges: AJ Bell Youinvest SIPP, ISA and/or General Investment Account
• Study support scheme: may be provided in the way of financial support and/or time off for study and exams
• BAYE scheme: Ability to purchase AJ Bell shares through salary sacrifice
• Pension scheme: Eligible to receive an employer contribution of up to 4% of your basic salary if you make a personal contribution of at least 5% - up to the upper earnings limit
• Bike loan scheme: an interest free loan of up to £1,000 to pay for a new bike to cycle to work
• Employee assistance programme: a helpline run by an external provider available24/7 and able to provide counselling services and legal advice when needed
• Enhanced maternity and paternity schemes: offer enhanced pay for employees with 2years' service at 15 weeks before the baby's due date
• Charity giving through payroll: able to nominate a charity to receive donations each month, taken through payroll

If you like the sound of the above, or just want to know more about the company and the role, we'd love to speak to you.

Who we are

Touch by AJ Bell are developing a next generation investment platform. We want to use technology to improve the way consumers access financial advice and manage their investments.

The majority of existing platforms are still reliant on software and processes that aren’t capable of supporting today’s technology, so we started from scratch, developing a modern platform that is as efficient as possible. We're building a mobile first investment app that lets advisers manage their clients' investments entirely through their smartphone.

We originally founded the company (then Adalpha Ltd) in 2018, before being acquired in 2021 by AJ Bell, one of the UK's largest investment platforms and part of the FTSE 250 Index, to support the development of their digital services.

The role

Our software engineers engage in the full spectrum of the software development lifecycle, from requirements gathering with stakeholders, working as a team to build and test features, managing deployment and supporting the service in production. Joining a small, dynamic team you will have the opportunity to work on a large greenfield development, helping to form the design and development of the entire system.

The day to day responsibilities

We operate an iterative development process across a team with no fixed hierarchy where responsibilities are claimed based on experience and competence. This requires a self-motivated and collaborative individual working as part of a distributed development team where communication is often asynchronous and visible. It will be important to get up to speed with the current codebase, help to make changes and improvements in keeping with current designs whilst working towards a mutually agreed architecture. We are huge proponents of automation, so automated testing, continuous integration and continuous deployment are all inherent parts of every engineer's role.

Your skills and attributes

• Excellent programming and problem solving skills
• Familiarity with Typescript or other typed languages, Vue or other front end JavaScript frameworks, as well as solid HTML, CSS (Sass) and JavaScript knowledge
• Understanding of prevalent software design patterns and paradigms, such as RESTAPI design, MVVM, microservices, containers/orchestration or event-driven architecture
• Awareness of secure programming and testing practices

Our tools and technologies

The below are all things that we are either currently using or have found to be a useful foundation when joining our team. Prior knowledge of them is not essential but would be beneficial to the role:

• Vue (including SFCs, Vuex, npm and webpack)
• TypeScript
• gRPC/proto
• Docker
• Go
• Dart and Flutter
• PostgreSQL
• The HashiCorp stack, such as Nomad, Jaeger, Terraform and Vault

Working at Touch by AJ Bell

• Salary: £50,000-60,000
• Location: Bristol/Remote
• Discretionary bonus scheme: Based on performance against personal targets and, where appropriate, team objectives and on the financial success of your division
• Death in service: Membership of our company group death in service scheme, which provides a sum assured of 3 times salary
• Low-cost private medical insurance: Option to join the scheme, the group provides access to a low-cost scheme on a voluntary, salary sacrifice basis
• Holiday entitlement: 24 working days plus bank holidays, increasing by 1 every year up to 30 days (plus holiday buy and sell scheme)
• Reduced charges: AJ Bell Youinvest SIPP, ISA and/or General Investment Account
• Study support scheme: may be provided in the way of financial support and/or time off for study and exams
• BAYE scheme: Ability to purchase AJ Bell shares through salary sacrifice
• Pension scheme: Eligible to receive an employer contribution of up to 4% of your basic salary if you make a personal contribution of at least 5% - up to the upper earnings limit
• Bike loan scheme: an interest free loan of up to £1,000 to pay for a new bike to cycle to work
• Employee assistance programme: a helpline run by an external provider available24/7 and able to provide counselling services and legal advice when needed
• Enhanced maternity and paternity schemes: offer enhanced pay for employees with 2years' service at 15 weeks before the baby's due date
• Charity giving through payroll: able to nominate a charity to receive donations each month, taken through payroll

If you like the sound of the above, or just want to know more about the company and the role, we'd love to speak to you.

Who we are

Touch by AJ Bell are developing a next generation investment platform. We want to use technology to improve the way consumers access financial advice and manage their investments.

The majority of existing platforms are still reliant on software and processes that aren’t capable of supporting today’s technology, so we started from scratch, developing a modern platform that is as efficient as possible. We're building a mobile first investment app that lets advisers manage their clients' investments entirely through their smartphone.

We originally founded the company (then Adalpha Ltd) in 2018, before being acquired in2021 by AJ Bell, one of the UK's largest investment platforms and part of the FTSE 250Index, to support the development of their digital services.

The role

We're looking for a talented UX/UI Designer to work collaboratively with the full Touch by AJ Bell Team. You will work alongside our Lead UX Designer to deliver great experiences across all our touchpoints. These include:

• Secure web app for Financial Advisers
• Native (iOS & Android) mobile app for their Investors
• Operations platform for our internal teams
• Commercial website for prospective finance firms

We're a small, fast paced team, so every day is different. Collaboration is key to our success, so we'd be keen for the successful candidate to work with us in our Bristol office for 2 - 3 days each week.

The day to day responsibilities

• Working with product owners and engineering teams to create designs and prototypes to assist with product development
• Running collaborative sessions with the wider team to fine tune designs. These sessions allow us to lean on other people's expertise of the finance sector, ensure user experience is prioritised in feature requirements, unearth edge cases and accommodate technical constraints
• Using quantitative and qualitative research techniques to make data-driven design decisions. From carrying out usability trials and interviews to analysing usage data in Google Analytics
• When data and insight isn't available, making design decisions based on product psychology and common design principles
• Creating high fidelity designs, with on-trend UI elements and animations
• Constant appreciation of accessible design practises
• Assisting with the evolution of our design system

Your skills and attributes

• A relevant design degree and some industry experience, or an equivalent amount of experience in the industry
• A passion for user experience, product design and development
• Good knowledge of research techniques and design principles
• Ability to get to grips with a complex problem domain
• Excellent visual design skills with a strong portfolio
• Expertise in some of the following software packages: Figma, Sketch, Flinto,Illustrator, AfterEffects, Rive, Miro
• Experience in designing and prototyping for web and/or mobile platforms
• Willingness to share your own knowledge with the team
• Meticulous attention to detail

Most importantly we want someone with an inquisitive personality and a passion for learning. If you don't have every skill listed above, we can get you up to speed on some!

Working at Touch by AJ Bell

• Salary: £40,000 - £55,000
• Location: Bristol/Remote
• Discretionary bonus scheme: Based on performance against personal targets and, where appropriate, team objectives and on the financial success of your division
• Death in service: Membership of our company group death in service scheme, which provides a sum assured of 3 times salary
• Low-cost private medical insurance: Option to join the scheme, the group provides access to a low-cost scheme on a voluntary, salary sacrifice basis
• Holiday entitlement: 24 working days plus bank holidays, increasing by 1 every year up to 30 days (plus holiday buy and sell scheme)
• Reduced charges: AJ Bell Youinvest SIPP, ISA and/or General Investment Account
• Study support scheme: may be provided in the way of financial support and/or time off for study and exams
• BAYE scheme: Ability to purchase AJ Bell shares through salary sacrifice
• Pension scheme: Eligible to receive an employer contribution of up to 4% of your basic salary if you make a personal contribution of at least 5% - up to the upper earnings limit
• Bike loan scheme: an interest free loan of up to £1,000 to pay for a new bike to cycle to work
• Employee assistance programme: a helpline run by an external provider available24/7 and able to provide counselling services and legal advice when needed
• Enhanced maternity and paternity schemes: offer enhanced pay for employees with 2years' service at 15 weeks before the baby's due date
• Charity giving through payroll: able to nominate a charity to receive donations each month, taken through payroll

If you like the sound of the above, or just want to know more about the company and the role, we'd love to speak to you

Who we are

Touch by AJ Bell are developing a next generation investment platform. We want to use technology to improve the way consumers access financial advice and manage their investments.

The majority of existing platforms are still reliant on software and processes that aren’t capable of supporting today’s technology, so we started from scratch, developing a modern platform that is as efficient as possible. We're building a mobile first investment app that lets advisers manage their clients' investments entirely through their smartphone.

We originally founded the company (then Adalpha Ltd) in 2018, before being acquired in 2021 by AJ Bell, one of the UK's largest investment platforms and part of the FTSE 250 Index, to support the development of their digital services.

The role

Our software engineers engage in the full spectrum of the software development lifecycle, from requirements gathering with stakeholders, working as a team to build and test features, managing deployment and supporting the service in production. Joining a small, dynamic team you will have the opportunity to work on a large greenfield development, helping to form the design and development of the entire system.

The day to day responsibilities

We operate an iterative development process across a team with no fixed hierarchy where responsibilities are claimed based on experience and competence. This requires a self-motivated and collaborative individual working as part of a distributed development team where communication is often asynchronous and visible. It will be important to get up to speed with the current codebase, help to make changes and improvements in keeping with current designs whilst working towards a mutually agreed architecture. We are huge proponents of automation, so automated testing, continuous integration and continuous deployment are all inherent parts of every engineer's role.

Your skills and attributes

• Excellent programming and problem solving skills
• Solid Android or iOS mobile development practices
• Understanding of prevalent software design patterns and paradigms, such as RESTAPI design, MVVM, microservices, containers/orchestration or event-driven architecture
• Awareness of secure programming and testing practices

Our tools and technologies

The below are all things that we are either currently using or have found to be a useful foundation when joining our team. Prior knowledge of them is not essential but would be beneficial to the role:

• Flutter (along with the Dart language)
• Native app development with languages like Objective-C, Swift, Java or Kotlin
• gRPC/proto
• Docker
• Go
• TypeScript and Vue
• PostgreSQL
• The HashiCorp stack, such as Nomad, Jaeger, Terraform and Vault

Working at Touch by AJ Bell

• Salary: £55,00-65,000
• Location: Bristol/Remote
• Discretionary bonus scheme: Based on performance against personal targets and, where appropriate, team objectives and on the financial success of your division
• Death in service: Membership of our company group death in service scheme, which provides a sum assured of 3 times salary
• Low-cost private medical insurance: Option to join the scheme, the group provides access to a low-cost scheme on a voluntary, salary sacrifice basis
• Holiday entitlement: 24 working days plus bank holidays, increasing by 1 every year up to 30 days (plus holiday buy and sell scheme)
• Reduced charges: AJ Bell Youinvest SIPP, ISA and/or General Investment Account
• Study support scheme: may be provided in the way of financial support and/or time off for study and exams
• BAYE scheme: Ability to purchase AJ Bell shares through salary sacrifice
• Pension scheme: Eligible to receive an employer contribution of up to 4% of your basic salary if you make a personal contribution of at least 5% - up to the upper earnings limit
• Bike loan scheme: an interest free loan of up to £1,000 to pay for a new bike to cycle to work
• Employee assistance programme: a helpline run by an external provider available24/7 and able to provide counselling services and legal advice when needed
• Enhanced maternity and paternity schemes: offer enhanced pay for employees with 2years' service at 15 weeks before the baby's due date
• Charity giving through payroll: able to nominate a charity to receive donations each month, taken through payroll

If you like the sound of the above, or just want to know more about the company and the role, we'd love to speak to you.

We are now recruiting a new Project Manager to be take responsibility for the timely and effective delivery of business and technology based projects, in support of AJ Bell’s strategic objectives.  

The role is for an experienced Project Manager to deliver projects through the entire delivery life cycle; from inception through to go-live and post implementation. Projects are predominantly technology led with an emphasis on financial regulation therefore experience of financially regulated environment is essential.   Deliverables must meet the key requirements of Proposition, Service and Price at the heart of The AJ Bell Way and in line with the guiding principles.

What does the job involve?

• Manage the delivery of multiple technology led projects, often with a strong emphasis on financial regulation or in direct support of our Technology Services strategy
• Delivery of complex IT orientated projects, across multiple sites and functions, mixing internal Agile development with 3rd party supplier development
• Establish and maintain effective and trusted relationships with internal Business and IT project stakeholders and external 3rd party suppliers
• Co-ordinate and drive collaboration of project resources to get the best from project team members
• Production and agreement of project scope and optimised project plans and responsibility for leading and managing the project team to these plans
• Produce and monitor resource forecasts and budgets and where change to the terms of reference is required follow appropriate change control
• Regular reporting on project status to sponsors, stakeholders and executive management board
• Identification and management of project risks, issues and dependencies, plus assessment of consumer outcome risks posed by the project
• Mentoring of junior project managers

Competence, knowledge and skills

• Ability to quickly understand technical topics
• Use of sound judgement to determine when it is necessary to escalate through established escalation channels in a timely manner
• Experience of delivering in a financially regulated environment
• Pragmatic approach to delivery of projects
• PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner certification
• Experience of multiple IT project delivery methodologies e.g. Agile, SDLC, SAFe
• Experience of delivering in a financially regulated environment desirable
• Financial services industry knowledge, e.g. pensions, investments and stockbroking, would be beneficial
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to build and manage effective relationships
• Good business/commercial knowledge
• Analytical skills/problem solving
• Planning and organisational skills
• High attention to detail

About us:

AJ Bell is one of the largest providers of online investment platforms and stockbroker services in the UK, with assets under administration exceeding £75.6 billion and more than 398,000 clients. Our award-winning propositions include AJ Bell Youinvest and AJ Bell Investcentre. We have our head office in Manchester, as well as offices in Bristol and London.

There are opportunities for growth and professional development for members wanting to progress within their career including induction training and our management development programme which is part of our benefits package.

At AJ Bell you can expect a friendly working environment with a strong sense of team work, we have a great sense of pride in what we do and this is reflected in our strong guiding principles.

Our EQ4 office design is centred on delivering agile and collaborative working spaces that enable us to deliver a first class service to our customers. As well as state-of-the-art work areas, the office also has its own gym, relaxed break-out zones, a roof terrace, a dining area and a lounge which transforms into a bar for staff once a month.

There is an active programme of social events throughout the year which are open to all employees.

In return for your hard work you will be entitled to:

• Competitive salary (dependent on experience)
• 26 days holiday, increasing up to 30 days with service, plus bank holidays
• Holiday buy scheme
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• Enhanced maternity/paternity scheme
• Bike loan and Season ticket loan portal
• Discounted PMI and Dental
• Free gym
• Free social events
• Plus much more

To support the Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Technology Officer in managing and reporting the Information Security Risks faced by Technology Services (TS) in delivering AJ Bell’s systems and services.  Key to this is maintaining the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the data that resides upon those systems.

Play a lead role in designing and implementing improvement to the Cybersecurity risk management standards, processes and tooling.  Keep cyber risks and key risk indicators up to date ensuring that they can be reported on from a Departmental and Executive level.

Assist and support the Information Security team to drive continual improvement through innovation, automation and integration of its tools and processes.

The key responsibilities of the role are:

• Implementing changes / fixes to address security vulnerabilities identified (e.g. during security scans, penetration tests etc.)
• Assessment, planning and co-ordination with other teams regarding patch management activities for internal and third party hosted systems
• The technical security lead on major initiatives, including those driven by the security team and by other business areas.
• Supporting and advising on projects and change initiatives to ensure that there is no impact on the security posture.
• Developing and proposing Information Security Policy considering best practice and to reflect the deployment of new technologies.
• Monitoring external information sources to make recommendations on latest security threats and vulnerabilities
• The technical lead for major security incidents and investigations
• Developing and maintaining security playbooks to respond to incidents
• Providing technical guidance and mentoring to junior members of the team.
• Improving security awareness across the department and organisation
• Being on rota to provide on call support for evenings and weekend cover for major incidents requiring escalation from the SOC. This is generously rewarded with a fixed on-call rate, plus overtime for call outs and time in lieu.

Technical Skills:

• Experience in sourcing and utilising external threat intelligence
• Knowledge of network protocols, architecture and information security standards and procedures
• Awareness, and exposure, to Security Information Event Management (SIEM) technology
• Endpoint security products, anti-virus and anti-malware solutions
• Exposure to email and web gateway solution
• Fortinet (or equivalent) networking products
• Microsoft Server / Desktop operating system experience
• Linux configuration and security management
• Awareness of Cloud security solutions and standards, especially AWS
• Experience of O365 deployment and the configuration of appropriate alerts, monitoring and Defender deployment.
• Ability to produce reports and briefing papers for technical and non-technical audiences

Competence, knowledge and skills

Competence

• Experience working within recognised Information Security frameworks and best practices such as ISO27001, NIST etc
• Experience in an Information Security role gained in a FS or e-commerce environment.
• Microsoft certification and/or computing related degree (or equivalent)
• Willingness to actively seek and assume responsibilities that will introduce efficiencies and improvements the Technology Services team
• Proven ability to be the technical lead on complex projects.

Knowledge & Skills

• Self-motivated, professional, tenacious and enthusiastic
• Strong ownership of tasks, attention to detail and following through to conclusion
• Ability to challenge approach, strategy and implementation to ensure Information Security in consistently considered and improved
• Ability to work under own initiative but to plan and communicate effectively with colleagues and customers
• Structured, self-starting, flexible and enjoy working in fast paced environments
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to plan, organise and follow through on assigned tasks and complete with little or no prompting from management
• Ability to learn and develop new skills and take on new challenges
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to provide technical coaching and mentoring to junior members of the team.

About us:

AJ Bell is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK, with over 398,000 customers using our award-winning platform propositions to manage assets totalling more than £75.6 billion. Having listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2018, AJ Bell is now a FTSE 250 company.

Headquartered in Manchester with an office in central London, we now have 900 employees and have been named one of the Sunday Times ‘100 Best Companies to Work For’ for three consecutive years.

Additional Information:

There are opportunities for growth and professional development for members wanting to progress within their career including induction training and our study support scheme which is part of our benefits package.

At AJ Bell you can expect a friendly working environment with a strong sense of team work, we have a great sense of pride in what we do and this is reflected in our guiding principles.

There is an active programme of social events throughout the year, which are open to all employees.

Benefits:

• Regular remote working
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Buy as you earn share scheme
• Contributory pension
• Dedicated time for proof-of-concepts and assessing new tech
• Support to attend conferences, events, and meet-ups
• Pay-day drinks on our 7th floor roof terrace
• 24 days holiday increasing to 30 with length of service
• Holiday buy scheme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity
• Death in service cover
• Confidential 24/7 365 employee assistance helpline
• Free onsite gym and trainer led classes (yoga, Pilates, boxercise, circuits)
• Paid volunteering days
• Bike loan scheme
• Season ticket loan portal
• Plus, much more

This role provides formal cover for Mission and Business Critical systems and processes, and as such you may be required to work evenings, weekends and bank holidays to provide out of hours support for such systems and processes, as part of a rota. Employees who are scheduled to be on-call will receive a weekly standby allowance and will be paid for overtime worked during these periods.  

This role is available under our hybrid working scheme. Ideally we're looking for people who are within commuting distance of one of our offices however for certain roles we can consider UK-based candidates who are further away - ask the recruitment team for more information. Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates at this time.

Due to growth within the team we are looking for additional Infrastructure Engineers.

Reporting into the Infrastructure Manager, we are specifically looking for additional engineers to focus on delivery of a diverse portfolio of IT Security focused initiatives across the entire infrastructure stack. Therefore, this role may additionally benefit someone who has a particular interest in developing their knowledge and experience in IT Security systems and processes as well as Infrastructure.

The Infrastructure Engineer is responsible for:

• Design, delivery, support and maintenance of AJ Bell Infrastructure across multiple sites in the UK.
• Documenting, maintaining and supporting the infrastructure and supporting others in Infrastructure and Technology Services to do the same.
• Designs, plans and delivers infrastructure changes, prioritising and delivering their own tasks as well as coordinating others in the team and in other teams to ensure successful delivery of changes and releases.
• Ensuring the operational resilience of hardware and applications by applying appropriate maintenance, monitoring and cyber security standards.

What does the job involve?

The key responsibilities of the role are as follows:

• Design and deliver infrastructure projects and IT Security projects with a requirement for Infrastructure expertise.
• Design and deliver infrastructure solutions for change projects and product releases.
• Deliver infrastructure changes, updates and upgrades.
• Share knowledge of changes, projects and releases with the Infrastructure team through training and documentation
• Liaise with other Technology teams to ensure that infrastructure projects or changes are delivered in the optimum manner and consider other business initiatives.
• Maintain infrastructure to maximise systems availability.
• Maintain the ITDR solution and carry out regular tests for the recovery of the systems.
• Monitor the health of the infrastructure to identify and predict any service impact and respond to the monitoring to maintain service performance.
• Monitor the capacity of the infrastructure and plan for increased demand to maintain service performance.
• Assist other IT staff members with investigations of problems occurring on the various systems, playing a part in resolving IT incidents in a timely manner.
• Maintain asset records for infrastructure assets ensuring they are up to date.
• Document system architecture, changes and maintain appropriate IT controls.
• Document and own infrastructure standards and ensure compliance to these standards.
• Participation in an on-call rota along with other Infrastructure and IT Security Engineers, which is generously rewarded with on-call and call out rates, as well as time in lieu.

What we’re looking for from you:

• Experience in an Infrastructure Engineer or similar role, preferably gained in a Financial Services or e-commerce environment
• Experience designing, delivering & maintaining hosting in AWS
• Experience designing, delivering & maintaining on VMC and VCF
• Experience designing, delivering & maintaining a LAN and SD WAN
• Experience designing, delivering & maintaining on TKG
• Experience designing, delivering & maintaining HCI
• Experience designing, delivering & maintaining Fortinet or similar firewalls
• Relevant degree (or equivalent) beneficial

Specific technical skills we're looking for:

• VMware, vROps, vRA, NSX, vRNI, vRLI, HCX, vSAN
• SD WAN
• Fortinet firewall products.
• VXrail HCI, ESXi
• Linux server configuration and management
• Solarwinds, Zabbix, Opsgenie monitoring software.
• Microsoft Windows Server
• ADFS, SSO, MFA
• Microsoft Exchange Server
• Office 365
• Windows VDI
• Cisco certification (CCNA, CCNP, CCIE etc.)
• Capacity monitoring and planning
• ITIL
• AWS (desirable)

Desirable skills and experience you can also bring:

• Able to manage complexity: Ability to work with complexity and ambiguity; Changes approach when existing style or action proves ineffective; Seeks perspectives from others involved in a situation; Can identify the information required to clarify ambiguity for others
• Demonstrate self-awareness: Balances the needs of the business with being true to self and doing the right thing; Puts problems behind them once they have been resolved; Is able to interact effectively with others and use influencing skills to achieve business objectives
• Focus on our customers: Inspires teams to focus on customer service and achieving agreed customer service levels
• Know the business: Takes responsibility for making decisions and managing risk in line with business goals; Represents own team across whole business; Understands the link between own team and other areas of the business
• Engage others: Delegates and distributes tasks effectively; Sets expectations and milestones for others to enable them to plan their work; Builds rapport through effective communication; Provides helpful feedback and recognition
• Make good decisions: Creates detailed plans to effectively manage delivery and communicates these plans effectively to those involved; Is decisive, even during periods of uncertainty and change; Gathers the views of others to test own thinking; Considers the wider consequences, effects and implications of decisions
• Make improvements: Works as part of a team to drive long term change; Introduces new systems and processes to deliver improvements; Encourages others to be enthusiastic about change; Demonstrates innovation and creativity to respond to future customer and business requirements
• Work as a team: Builds and maintains strong working relationships across the whole business

About us:

AJ Bell is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK, with over 398,000 customers using our award-winning platform propositions to manage assets totalling more than £75.6 billion. Having listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2018, AJ Bell is now a FTSE 250 company.

Headquartered in Manchester with an office in central London, we now have 900 employees and have been named one of the Sunday Times ‘100 Best Companies to Work For’ for three consecutive years.

Additional Information:

There are opportunities for growth and professional development for members wanting to progress within their career including induction training and our study support scheme which is part of our benefits package.

At AJ Bell you can expect a friendly working environment with a strong sense of team work, we have a great sense of pride in what we do and this is reflected in our guiding principles.

There is an active programme of social events throughout the year, which are open to all employees.

Benefits:

• Regular remote working
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Buy as you earn share scheme
• Contributory pension
• Pay-day drinks on our 7th floor roof terrace
• 24 days holiday increasing to 30 with length of service
• Holiday buy scheme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity
• Death in service cover
• Confidential 24/7 365 employee assistance helpline
• Free onsite gym and trainer led classes (yoga, Pilates, boxercise, circuits)
• Paid volunteering days
• Bike loan scheme
• Season ticket loan portal
• Plus, much more.  

This role is available under our hybrid working scheme. Ideally we're looking for people who are within commuting distance of one of our offices however for certain roles we can consider UK-based candidates who are further away - ask the recruitment team for more information. Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates at this time.

To support the IT Service and Infrastructure Director in managing and reporting the Information Security Risks faced by Technology Services (TS) in delivering AJ Bell’s systems and services.  Key to this is maintaining the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the data that resides upon those systems.

Play a lead role in designing and implementing improvement to the Cybersecurity risk management standards, processes and tooling.  Keep cyber risks and key risk indicators up to date ensuring that they can be reported on from a Departmental and Executive level.

Assist and support the Information Security team to drive continual improvement through innovation, automation and integration of its tools and processes.

The key responsibilities of the role are:

• Lead and support Cyber Security ongoing risk assessments across all areas of AJ Bell
• Maintain and develop security dashboard for business and risk reporting
• Build the right data points (qualitative and quantitative) to articulate risk severity levels and impact statements.
• Overseeing vulnerability scanning to confirm the effectiveness of patching
• Assessing and recommending server hardening activities to be completed by the Infrastructure and Service Delivery teams
• Supporting and coordinating audit and due diligence activities within Technology Services
• Be comfortable with cloud technologies (IaaS, PaaS and SaaS) to identify security risks and working with technical teams to implement appropriate controls and procedures.
• Document and regularly maintain Cyber Security documentation, i.e. Policies, Standards, Runbooks, playbooks and standard operating procedures taking into consideration ISO27001 Standards.
• Support and act as a point of escalation for Cyber Security incidents and where needed lead major Cyber Security incidents.
• Assess security emerging and potential security threats against the Mitre security framework
• Monitoring threat intelligence sources to make recommendations on latest security threats and vulnerabilities that affect our technical estate
• Provide training and guidance to business users of the cyber security faced

Technical Skills:

• Strong understanding and knowledge of Information Security risk management tools and techniques
• Experience conducting control assessments and reporting on risks
• Understanding of Cyber Risk and how it applies to agile environments
• Awareness and understanding of the Cyber Risk threat landscape
• Understanding of Information Security solutions e.g. email / web gateways, SIEM, Endpoint protection etc.
• Solid Knowledge of Security Frameworks
• Awareness of Cloud security solutions and standards
• An ability to map and embed process workflows into underpinning tooling and enable automation and continually mature and innovate.

Competence, knowledge and skills

Competence

• Experience working within recognised Information Security frameworks and best practices such as ISO27001, NIST, Mitre Framework etc.
• Experience in an Information Security role gained in a financial services or e-commerce environment is preferred
• Experience in identifying and utilising external threat intelligence sources.

Knowledge & Skills

• Self-motivated, professional, tenacious and enthusiastic
• Strong ownership of tasks, attention to detail and following through to conclusion
• Ability to challenge approach, strategy and implementation to ensure Information Security is consistently considered and improved
• Ability to work under own initiative to plan and communicate effectively with colleagues and customers
• Structured, self-starting, flexible and enjoy working in fast-paced environments
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to plan, organise and follow through on assigned tasks and complete with little or no prompting from management
• Ability to learn and develop new skills and take on new challenges
• Excellent attention to detail

About Us:

AJ Bell is one of the largest providers of online investment platforms and stockbroker services in the UK, with assets under administration exceeding £65.2 billion and more than 346,700 clients. Our award winning products include Self-Invested Personal Pensions (SIPP), ISAs and Dealing Accounts.

Our EQ4 office design is centred on delivering agile and collaborative working spaces that enable us to deliver a first class service to our customers. As well as state-of-the-art work areas, the office also has its own gym, relaxed break-out zones, a roof terrace, a dining area and a lounge which transforms into a bar for staff once a month.

There are opportunities for growth and professional development for members wanting to progress within their career including induction training and our study support scheme which is part of our benefits package.

At AJ Bell you can expect a friendly working environment with a strong sense of team work, we have a great sense of pride in what we do and this is reflected in our guiding principles.

In return for your hard work you will be entitled to:

• 24 days holiday increasing up to 30 days with length of service, plus bank holidays
• Flexile and remote working policy
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• Paid study support for qualifications
• Enhanced maternity/paternity scheme
• Bike loan
• Season ticket loan portal
• Discounted PMI and Dental
• Free onsite gym and classes
• Holiday buy/sell scheme
• Free social events
• Plus much more

The IT Audit Manager is Audit, Regulatory and Certification Management lead for the Technology Services Department (e.g. COBiT, ITIL, COSO, CISA etc) to provide direction for the performance and delivery of the Audit Plan, Regulatory standards and the Policies.  This includes:

• Internal and External audit liaison, including statutory audit and other external assurance activities, as well as regulatory engagement
• Supervising, coordinating, and managing the impact of new and changing regulatory obligations on the IT risk and control framework
• Managing the day-to-day relationship with Group Risk and Compliance.

The key responsibilities of the role are: 

• Facilitating Internal and External Audit coverage to ensure their audit is plan is delivered whilst minimising disruption to Technology Leads.
• Ensuring that audit reports are accurate, and actions agreed with control owners are delivered in full to timescale
• Ensure all audit and regulatory requirements are met and have appropriate internal ownership.
• Support Group Risk in their assessment of the effectiveness of key controls
• Undertake reviews of key projects to ensure that appropriate controls are deployed, assess the overall impact on risk management framework and confirm that forecast benefits are realised. 
• Plan and perform application and general systems control audits, control process reviews and system development reviews.
• Assess the design and operational effectiveness of Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) and IT General Controls (ITGCs).
• Provide guidance on KRI/ITGC testing methodology, validation processes, procedures, adherence to policy and documentation.
• Undertake reviews as requested by the Chief Technology Officer.
• On an annual basis provide a briefing on the IT control framework to the Non-Executives and the Executive Management Board.
• Provide strategic input into business planning to ensure that risk and control gaps are a key consideration. 
• Provide guidance to the Commercial Team on Cyber Security and IT control due diligence assessments received.
• Work closely with other teams (Risk, Operational Resilience, Information Security, etc.) to report, track and follow up on remediation plans.

Competence, knowledge and skills

Competence

• Knowledge of IS/IT control frameworks, specialised standards, and leading practices including professional qualifications and certifications (e.g. COBiT, ITIL, COSO, CISA etc) or working towards qualification
• Strong knowledge of Operational Risk and / or IT auditing

Knowledge & Skills

• Proven track record in leading regulatory, risk or control teams across any of the three lines of defence model
• Proven experience of engaging and interacting with Internal and External Audit and other external assurance providers
• Knowledge and experience of identifying and understanding regulatory requirements
• Strong record in identifying root causes and developing efficient and effective solutions to address them in a clearly articulated manner
• Deep understanding of application and technology control design, IT risk and control frameworks and industry good practice
• Related working experience in Financial Services or the Ecommerce sector
• Experience in presenting complex issues confidently and concisely to Technology Senior Managers and other key stakeholders using non-technical easily understood language
• Self-motivated, professional, tenacious and enthusiastic
• Open personality with effective written and verbal communication skills
• Strong ownership of tasks, attention to detail and following through to conclusion
• Excellent attention to detail

About Us:

AJ Bell is one of the largest providers of online investment platforms and stockbroker services in the UK, with assets under administration exceeding £65.2 billion and more than 346,700 clients. Our award winning products include Self-Invested Personal Pensions (SIPP), ISAs and Dealing Accounts.

In return you can expect:

• Competitive salary
• Excellent career opportunities
• 26 days holiday increasing to 30 days with length of service, plus bank holidays
• Discretionary bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• Holiday buy/sell scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Free social events including monthly pay-day Friday drinks
• Free gym and classes
• Volunteering days
•  + much, much more!

Thanks to continued expansion we are now recruiting for a Quality Assurance Engineer to join our Investcentre team. 

The QA Engineer will ensure the quality of all software releases and reduce the risk associated with them

What does the job involve?

Main responsibilities:

• Carry out testing across a wide range of processes and systems - including web and mobile, API, back office (workflow) processes, 3rd party systems and integrations between all of these systems including end to end testing
• Understand and interpret business, functional and technical requirements
• Understand AJ Bell products and processes, and relevant Financial Services legislation
• Have input into how solutions are developed and delivered using knowledge and expertise to help deliver the best possible outcome for the customer
• Develop test scenarios/scripts based on user stories and requirements
• Preparing/identifying realistic data for use in tests
• Execute test scripts and record results using software testing tools (TFS/MTM)
• Raising bugs in a timely manner with sufficient detail to be fixed/reproduced
• Effectively communicate issues and concerns with developers, business analysts and other business areas and 3rd parties where appropriate

Competence, knowledge and skills 

• Knowledge of software testing practices and principles (min. ISTQB Foundation Level)
• Technical understanding of processes under test and relevant related processes and the ability to test components
• Carry out functional UI/UX testing on a variety of device platforms and backend testing into the process
• An understanding of test automation concepts and their application
• Ability to write automation tests and build on existing test suite scope
• Ability to prioritise work effectively
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills and ability to communicate effectively with those in a technical role (e.g. developers) in addition to users
• Knowledge and experience of Financial Services sector

The role could be ideally suited to: Manual Tester/QA Engineer/Test Engineer/Test Analyst

About us:

AJ Bell is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK, with over 398,000 customers using our award-winning platform propositions to manage assets totalling more than £75.6 billion. Having listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2018, AJ Bell is now a FTSE 250 company.

Headquartered in Manchester with an office in central London, we now have 900 employees and have been named one of the Sunday Times ‘100 Best Companies to Work For’ for three consecutive years.

Additional Information:

There are opportunities for growth and professional development for members wanting to progress within their career including induction training and our study support scheme which is part of our benefits package.

At AJ Bell you can expect a friendly working environment with a strong sense of team work, we have a great sense of pride in what we do and this is reflected in our guiding principles.

There is an active programme of social events throughout the year, which are open to all employees.

Benefits:

• Regular remote working
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Buy as you earn share scheme
• Contributory pension
• On-site gym with PT led classes
• Support to attend conferences, events, and meet-ups
• 24 days holiday increasing to 30 with length of service
• Holiday buy scheme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity
• Death in service cover
• Confidential 24/7 365 employee assistance helpline
• Paid volunteering days
• Bike loan scheme
• Season ticket loan portal
• Plus, much more

This role is available under our hybrid working scheme. Ideally we're looking for people who are within commuting distance of one of our offices however for certain roles we can consider UK-based candidates who are further away - ask the recruitment team for more information. Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates at this time.

We are currently recruiting a Business Development Manager to take full responsibility for regional planning, individual activity and development of new business for our advisor led platform - AJ Bell Investcentre (AJBIC) across the Midlands region.

What does the job involve?

• Responsible for personal activity within Midlands region in line with the role objectives, KPIs and targets
• Create and implement annual business plan including the proactive development of regional marketing strategies and roadshow support
• Deliver the regional AJ Bell Investcentre target by working effectively with the regional Business Development Support and Business Development Consultant, the Heads of Business Development and the Key Account team where appropriate
• Conduct regular meetings with the top 15 F&SS firms in your region and provide a quarterly SWOT analysis to ensure we have a thorough understanding of their business and future changes that might impact their use of AJBIC and AJBI
• Maintain an active interest and knowledge on all inflows and outflows at all times, reporting back to Heads of Sales as and when required
• Support AJ Bell Investments in the marketing and sales of PMPS, MPS and funds
• Attend quarterly national sales meetings presenting a quarterly update on activity, business levels, future plans and successes that can be shared with colleagues
• Attend and support internal and external AJB events when required
• Develop and maintain an in-depth knowledge of AJB, AJBIC, AJBI and platform functionality including plans for future development to assist with sales demonstrations and identifying potential and future opportunities for business
• Actively support the regional team and the Business Development department through training sessions and sharing knowledge, best practice and successes on a regular basis
• Work with 3rd party BDMs where applicable to drive new business on to AJBIC

About you:

• You will have extensive experience in an IFA-facing sales/business development role
• A proven network of adviser firms 
• Investment platform experience
• SIPP and Investment (MPS and OEIC) sales experience
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the confidence to approach people at all levels of seniority
• Effective planning, organisation and time-management skills
• Excellent negotiation skills
• Qualified to Diploma in Regulated Financial Planning (or Level 4 equivalent) is desirable

About us:

AJ Bell is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK, with over 398,000 customers using our award-winning platform propositions to manage assets totalling more than £75.6 billion. Having listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2018, AJ Bell is now a FTSE 250 company.

Headquartered in Manchester with an office in central London, we now have over 1000 employees and have been named one of the Sunday Times ‘100 Best Companies to Work For’ for three consecutive years.

Additional information:

• Competitive base salary
• 26 days holiday increasing up to 30 days with service, plus bank holidays
• Sales bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• Enhanced maternity/paternity scheme
• Bike loan
• Season ticket loan portal
• Discounted PMI and Dental
• Free gym 
• Holiday buy/sell scheme
• Free social events
• Plus much more

We are currently recruiting a Business Development Manager to take full responsibility for regional planning, individual activity and development of new business for our advisor led platform - AJ Bell Investcentre (AJBIC) across the Scotland region.

What does the job involve?

• Responsible for personal activity within Scotland region in line with the role objectives, KPIs and targets
• Create and implement annual business plan including the proactive development of regional marketing strategies and roadshow support
• Deliver the regional AJ Bell Investcentre target by working effectively with the regional Business Development Support and Business Development Consultant, the Heads of Business Development and the Key Account team where appropriate
• Conduct regular meetings with the top 15 F&SS firms in your region and provide a quarterly SWOT analysis to ensure we have a thorough understanding of their business and future changes that might impact their use of AJBIC and AJBI
• Maintain an active interest and knowledge on all inflows and outflows at all times, reporting back to Heads of Sales as and when required
• Support AJ Bell Investments in the marketing and sales of PMPS, MPS and funds
• Attend quarterly national sales meetings presenting a quarterly update on activity, business levels, future plans and successes that can be shared with colleagues
• Attend and support internal and external AJB events when required
• Develop and maintain an in-depth knowledge of AJB, AJBIC, AJBI and platform functionality including plans for future development to assist with sales demonstrations and identifying potential and future opportunities for business
• Actively support the regional team and the Business Development department through training sessions and sharing knowledge, best practice and successes on a regular basis
• Work with 3rd party BDMs where applicable to drive new business on to AJBIC

About you:

• You will have extensive experience in an IFA-facing sales/business development role
• A proven network of adviser firms 
• Investment platform experience
• SIPP and Investment (MPS and OEIC) sales experience
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the confidence to approach people at all levels of seniority
• Effective planning, organisation and time-management skills
• Excellent negotiation skills
• Qualified to Diploma in Regulated Financial Planning (or Level 4 equivalent) is desirable

About us:

AJ Bell is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK, with over 398,000 customers using our award-winning platform propositions to manage assets totalling more than £75.6 billion. Having listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2018, AJ Bell is now a FTSE 250 company.

Headquartered in Manchester with an office in central London, we now have over 1000 employees and have been named one of the Sunday Times ‘100 Best Companies to Work For’ for three consecutive years.

Additional information:

• Competitive base salary
• 26 days holiday increasing up to 30 days with service, plus bank holidays
• Sales bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• Enhanced maternity/paternity scheme
• Bike loan
• Season ticket loan portal
• Discounted PMI and Dental
• Free gym 
• Holiday buy/sell scheme
• Free social events
• Plus much more

As Business Development Manager you will have full responsibility for regional activity and development including all agreed new business targets, as well as overall productivity of the South/South East region. You should be located and willing to travel  across the region, covering Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey and South of the river. 

What does the job involve?

• Ensure effective integration between the roles for the benefit of regional performance, eg. BDS and BDC
• Develop, monitor and review adviser firms within the segmentation model
• Develop and maintain an efficient contact strategy with segmented advisers
• Maintenance of all adviser relationships within the segmentation model in conjunction with team, BDS, BDC etc
• Develop and manage a Regional strategy to further develop our F+SS penetration with existing firms
• Develop and manage a Regional strategy to develop our Investment solutions, MPS and Passive funds including new funds and products across the regional segmented adviser model
• Deliver and co-ordinate technical and new business presentations and seminars, including effective use of available resource, eg. Investment and Technical resource.
• Co-ordinate and log all follow up to centralised seminars, eg. Spotlight sessions, OTRs, Investival
• Maintain adequate and relevant notes on activity and key new business relationships including ensuring contributions to spreadsheets are up to date
• Key Investment Partners (Regional) – maintain relationships and business activity
• Fund groups (Regional) – manage and develop productive relationships
• Platform demonstrations including tools such as Bulk Dealing and Models
• Co-ordinate use of 3rd party data systems, eg. Financial Express and Touchstone across the regional the team to identify and realise potential within the region
• Deliver local team training/coaching as required to ensure regional team members are knowledgeable and confident with our own products and Investment solutions including key competitor details
• Manage associated risks within the regio

Competence, Knowledge and Skills

Competence

• Extensive experience in an IFA-facing sales/business development role
• Investment platform experience
• A proven network of adviser firms 
• SIPP and Investment (MPS) experience - desirable

Knowledge & Skills

• Understanding of AJ Bells platform proposition including products, processes, systems and services.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the confidence to approach people at all levels of seniority.
• Effective planning, organisation and time-management skills.
• Excellent negotiation skills
• Qualified to Diploma in Regulated Financial Planning (or Level 4 equivalent) - Desirable

About us:

AJ Bell is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK, with over 382,000 customers using our award-winning platform propositions to manage assets totalling more than £72.8 billion. Having listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2018, AJ Bell is now a FTSE 250 company.

Headquartered in Manchester with an office in central London, we now have 900 employees and have been named one of the Sunday Times ‘100 Best Companies to Work For’ for three consecutive years.

Additional information:

• 26 days holiday increasing up to 30 days with service, plus bank holidays
• Sales bonus
• Car allowance (plus petrol)
• Contributory pension scheme
• Enhanced maternity/paternity scheme
• Bike loan
• Season ticket loan portal
• Discounted PMI and Dental
• Free gym 
• Holiday buy/sell scheme
• Free social events
• Plus much more

We are currently expanding within our tech department and currently recruiting a Senior Frontend Developer.  This role can be remote from the UK as occassinal travel to our Manchester office will be required. 

What you can expect:

• Agile methodologies and a passion for continuous improvement and building a high-performance engineering team
• To guide and mentor the team to design and deliver high quality products
• Consider architectural and non-functional requirements and work with the team to deliver
• At AJ Bell we pair, and you, in most cases will pair with other people

Competence, Knowledge and Skills

• Expertise in building modular and reusable components and libraries for frontend Single Page Applications with Angular/React/VueJs - Essential 
• Extensive knowledge of JavaScript (ES5 spec and up) - Essential 
• Experience with structuring and writing unit tests
• Experience with material UI
• Knowledge of general frontend tooling (particularly Nodejs and npm)
• Experience and interest in RxJS
• Awareness of common frontend styling paradigms (eg: CSS modules, CSS in JS)
• Experience with setting up and writing end to end tests using Cypress, Nightwatch or TestCafe
• Practical experience of solving inconsistency across multiple platforms, e.g. IE6/7/8, FireFox and Safari on Windows or Mac;
• An interest in scalable code using methodologies such as BEM and micro front-ends
• Awareness of AWS, CI/CD.
• Understand principles behind highly performing web pages
• Good knowledge of Web APIs

Soft skills:

• Strong communication skills, written and verbal
• Very motivated with high levels of drive and enthusiasm
• E-commerce and/or financial services experience

About us:

AJ Bell is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK, with over 368,000 customers using our award-winning platform propositions to manage assets totalling more than £70.4 billion. Having listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2018, AJ Bell is now a FTSE 250 company.

Headquartered in Manchester with an office in central London, we now have 900 employees and have been named one of the Sunday Times ‘100 Best Companies to Work For’ for three consecutive years.

Additional Information:

There are opportunities for growth and professional development for members wanting to progress within their career including induction training and our study support scheme which is part of our benefits package.

Our EQ4 office design is centred on delivering agile and collaborative working spaces that enable us to deliver a first class service to our customers, but remote working continues to be a large part of our work life and will continue to be post-covid. 

At AJ Bell you can expect a friendly working environment with a strong sense of team work, we have a great sense of pride in what we do and this is reflected in our guiding principles.

There is an active programme of social events throughout the year, which are open to all employees.

Benefits:

• Remote working
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Buy as you earn share scheme
• Contributory pension
• Dedicated time for proof-of-concepts and assessing new tech
• Support to attend conferences, events, and meet-ups
• Pay-day drinks on our 7th floor roof terrace
• 24 days holiday increasing to 30 with length of service
• Holiday buy scheme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity
• Death in service cover
• Confidential 24/7 365 employee assistance helpline
• Free onsite gym and trainer led classes (yoga, Pilates, boxercise, circuits)
• Paid volunteering days
• Bike loan scheme
• Season ticket loan portal
• Plus, much more

We are currently expanding within our tech department and currently recruiting a Senior Frontend Developer. 

What you can expect:

• Agile methodologies and a passion for continuous improvement and building a high-performance engineering team
• To guide and mentor the team to design and deliver high quality products
• Consider architectural and non-functional requirements and work with the team to deliver
• At AJ Bell we pair, and you, in most cases will pair with other people

Competence, Knowledge and Skills

• Expertise in building modular and reusable components and libraries for frontend Single Page Applications with Angular/React/VueJs - Essential 
• Extensive knowledge of JavaScript (ES5 spec and up) - Essential 
• Experience with structuring and writing unit tests
• Experience with material UI
• Knowledge of general frontend tooling (particularly Nodejs and npm)
• Experience and interest in RxJS
• Awareness of common frontend styling paradigms (eg: CSS modules, CSS in JS)
• Experience with setting up and writing end to end tests using Cypress, Nightwatch or TestCafe
• Practical experience of solving inconsistency across multiple platforms, e.g. IE6/7/8, FireFox and Safari on Windows or Mac;
• An interest in scalable code using methodologies such as BEM and micro front-ends
• Awareness of AWS, CI/CD.
• Understand principles behind highly performing web pages
• Good knowledge of Web APIs

Soft skills:

• Strong communication skills, written and verbal
• Very motivated with high levels of drive and enthusiasm
• E-commerce and/or financial services experience

About us:

AJ Bell is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK, with over 368,000 customers using our award-winning platform propositions to manage assets totalling more than £70.4 billion. Having listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2018, AJ Bell is now a FTSE 250 company.

Headquartered in Manchester with an office in central London, we now have 900 employees and have been named one of the Sunday Times ‘100 Best Companies to Work For’ for three consecutive years.

Additional Information:

There are opportunities for growth and professional development for members wanting to progress within their career including induction training and our study support scheme which is part of our benefits package.

Our EQ4 office design is centred on delivering agile and collaborative working spaces that enable us to deliver a first class service to our customers, but remote working continues to be a large part of our work life and will continue to be post-covid. 

At AJ Bell you can expect a friendly working environment with a strong sense of team work, we have a great sense of pride in what we do and this is reflected in our guiding principles.

There is an active programme of social events throughout the year, which are open to all employees.

Benefits:

• Remote working
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Buy as you earn share scheme
• Contributory pension
• Dedicated time for proof-of-concepts and assessing new tech
• Support to attend conferences, events, and meet-ups
• Pay-day drinks on our 7th floor roof terrace
• 24 days holiday increasing to 30 with length of service
• Holiday buy scheme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity
• Death in service cover
• Confidential 24/7 365 employee assistance helpline
• Free onsite gym and trainer led classes (yoga, Pilates, boxercise, circuits)
• Paid volunteering days
• Bike loan scheme
• Season ticket loan portal
• Plus, much more