Aptitude Software is a finance software specialist focused on equipping Chief Financial Officers to achieve their strategies and ambitions. With our team of 250, we continue to win against the big technology mega-vendors at many of the world’s leading banking, insurance and telecom companies.

Many CFOs, financial controllers and finance change specialists firms see the opportunity to help drive profitable growth at their companies. Uniquely, we bring together finance domain expertise, innovative software products and laser-sharp focus on the CFO’s needs to solve problems that our competitors can’t.

Aptitude Software Ltd is headquartered in London and is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LON:MCGN). Our North American base is in Boston’s Independence Wharf.

• The main purpose of the role is to work on our financial application software products as a business analyst. Operating between the business Product Owners / subject matter experts, and the development teams to gather, analyse and detail product requirements, document and articulate them in an appropriate way for the development team to implement.
• This role requires finance and accounting knowledge and will includes regular communication with our finance experts in UK and US. Some technical knowledge is advantageous, in particular an understanding of databases and SQL, and experience of the software development lifecycle.

The ideal candidate will have the following experience:

• Strong communication, specifically the ability to articulate ideas, problems, and solutions in a way other people understand (both verbally and documented)
• Detailed knowledge of accounting and the finance function, and, ideally, experience of working with regulatory requirements (IFRS).
• Skills and experience in requirements capture and definition for the development of a software solution to meet business requirements
• Work closely with the Product Owner in the definition and analysis of requirements, translation in to product backlog, and backlog grooming
• Collaborate with other members of the Development team, including architects, developers and testers
• Experience across the software development lifecycle, from

• requirements definition through to QA

• Demonstrable experience of working closely with customers of internal business units

• University education preferably in Accounting, Economics, or Business.

Additional advantages are:

• Technical awareness / experience working with a development function

• Knowledge of SQL

• Working with agile methodologies

• Experience with Jira and Confluence

The ideal candidate will have the following skills:

• Problem solving and methodical

• Strong analytical skills

• Attention to detail

• Ability to communicate complex business logic and rules concisely and clearly

• Good interpersonal skills

• Excellent written and spoken English

• Quick learner

• Proficient all-around computer skills

• Resourceful and self-motivated

• Head of Delivery