Company Overview:
Aqua Global is a leading provider of financial message management solutions to the financial services Industry. Aqua Global was founded in 1983 in London. 40+ years later, Aqua have supported clients in 28 countries around the world, specialising in providing message automation within the areas of payments, treasury, trade finance and statement processing.
We are Customer driven and are proud of the outstanding levels of support that we provide to them. Our solutions are intuitive and empower people to perform their work more efficiently. Automating business processes and streamlining manual tasks is what we do. Aquila facilitates seamless transaction automation and management between your external services and internal systems.
Our cloud-native, low-code messaging solution empowers customers to adapt legacy technology quickly and cost-effectively to meet changing market requirements, ensuring compliance and smooth evolution.
Salary - £25,000 - £30,000 per annum (dependant on age and experience)
Role Overview:
The Project Management apprentice will support project management activities within the Aquilla development team. This will include updating project management documentation and working alongside the development team.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Plan and manage Azure software development projects from start to finish
- Develop project timelines, schedules and budgets (time)
- Liaise with developers, suppliers and customers
- Manage project documentation
- Communicate with stakeholders to align business goals and manage expectations
- Identify and address project risks
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (technical, support, PM, senior management)
- Chair an internal weekly meeting to discuss all current projects and future resource planning (program board meeting)
Essential Qualities and Attributes:
(Knowledge and experience)
A professional approach, ensuring Aqua's support and development standards are adhered too. Some exposure to banking systems and experience of interpreting technical documentation procedures is desirable. Experience with service and release management tools. Exposure to ICBS, Midas, Olympic and IBIS.
Skills and Abilities:
- Organisational Skills: A project manager organises and schedules timetables to ensure they complete projects successfully and on time.
- Good communication: A project manager must deploy effective communication skills through the project life-cycle, interacting with Stakeholders, senior management and development teams both face to face and written.
- Leadership: The ability to manage and mobilise a team.
- Budget Management: A project manager creates a budget and adheres to it; cutting unnecessary expenses and funding all aspects appropriately.
Personal Style:
- Project Orientation
- Planning and Organisation
- Problem analysis problem solving
- Effective Communicator
Company Benefits:
- Company Pension
- Private Health Care
- Company Mobile
- Occasional International Travel
- Paid Training & Development
- Salary Sacrifice Scheme for cyclists and car users (Qualification period for the car scheme)
Entry requirements for this programme are as follows:
- Level 3 Qualification (Apprenticeship/1 x A Level in any subject/BTEC etc.)?
- OR equivalent work experience (typically 2 years in a relevant role)?
PLUS?
- 5 x GCSE's including English & Maths at Grade 4 (C) or above?
Future Prospects:
- Upon completion of this apprenticeship, you have the opportunity to be a full time employee of Aqua Global.
Important Information:
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