Technical Consultant

About us

At Aptitude we love complexity.

We immerse ourselves in the intricacies of finance digitization, subscription management, compliance, and revenue management which gives us the power to make a real impact. Once we understand how an organization works, we can implement software solutions that provide the clarity, confidence, and control they need to drive growth and achieve their ambitions.

Aptitude has served the offices of finance for over 20 years, delivering financial control and insights to empower our clients to achieve their strategies and ambitions. We are currently serving over 75 CFOs whose organisations generate a combined revenue of over $1 Trillion.

We are proud of our growing team of smart, motivated and passionate people, and believe diverse experiences and perspectives build stronger teams and better solutions.

Headquartered in London, we have seven office locations around the world with clients across four continents.

What you’ll do and what we offer

Your responsibilities will include:

• You will be expected to follow best practices, as defined by senior colleagues, to ensure that the quality of our delivery and support is fit for purpose. With support from others, you will gain a good understanding of the Aptitude product(s) capabilities, liaising with project colleagues to match client requirements onto those capabilities.
• A key part of your role is to proactively continue your own personal development (keeping yourself updated with relevant knowledge and skills) as well as developing your understanding of how to best approach project work.
• You should be aligned to the evolving company culture and contribute towards internal communications as required. Delivery responsibilities may be performed on client premises and travel (in-country and/or overseas) may be required of you. Assure responsibilities will require time zone flexibility and the possibility of standby support during evenings, weekends, and holidays.

We’ll provide you with the opportunity to grow your expertise in an environment that supports you, your life and your career.

We’ll also offer you a competitive salary plus profit-related bonus scheme, as well as the following benefits:

• Private healthcare
• Life and disability insurance
• ShareSave scheme – ability to purchase company shares on preferential terms
• English language lessons during working hours
• Flexible working conditions and hybrid work model for Wroclaw based and telework for other cities

What we’re looking for

The ideal candidate will have the following skills & experience:

• Proven 3yrs of experience on similar position
• Fluency in English (B2/C1) – technical vocabulary

Consultancy

• Rapidly gains a full understanding of the project stream that you are assigned to, understanding the tasks and timescales required
• Takes responsibility for completing tasks to the required quality and seeking guidance where necessary
• Seeks feedback on performance and contributes ideas to the team
• Strives to expand personal knowledge and skill set as part of the assignment

Technical

• Demonstrates a broad understanding of ETL and RDBMS concepts and an evolving knowledge of the fundamentals of developing database-centric applications
• Is recognised as a capable practitioner of the Aptitude Product(s) being used and with a broad knowledge of the complete suite of Aptitude Products
• Enriches the skillset of the team with one or more peripheral disciplines such as UNIX shell scripting
• Steers the development team to deliver to the required quality and time frames

Software Development Life Cycle

• Demonstrates a thorough understanding in the following disciplines:
• Management of source code
• Performing automated build and testing
• Allocating development tasks in an agile setting

Testing and Defect Resolution

• Demonstrate an evidence-based approach to investigating & resolving defects
• Ensures defect occurrences are minimized by developing effective unit-test strategies