A bit about Ascent
At Ascent, we place the customer at the heart of our operations, ensuring that within our customers' most vulnerable times, we offer the support they deserve. You will play a huge part in the ongoing success of Ascent by providing technical and practical support when dealing with debt recovery and litigation actions on behalf of our clients.
Ascent is a highly successful legal and financial services company; we work with other large financial service companies to support individuals during uncertain times. If you want to join an agile, successful, and well-established organisation, with a proven track record of colleague development and internal promotions, look no further than Ascent.
We live by our
five core values:
Be pioneering
Be approachable and caring
Be tenacious
Be efficient
Show integrity
Your key responsibilities as an IT Developer would be:
Supervise, train, or assist all staff with whom the post holder may be working, in accordance with the firm's policies and the department's procedures.
Direct and motivate the applications development team, giving clear direction and objectives during their projects.
Involvement and coordination of standards for the applications development area, communicating these to all areas within and across IT and Business Change departments.
Work as part of a team to deliver quality development and design documentation, as agreed by the project and the standards in place.
Design and develop a wide range of applications, from web-enabled to client-server and legal modular systems covering all aspects of the platform (Database, Reporting, Interfaces, and 3rd Party Software).
Coordinate the technical design and build within the project environment to agreed standards and technical direction.
Work closely with business systems analysts, testers, trainers, project manager, and the wider Business Solutions Group.
Ensure “time boxing”, prototyping, and prioritisation techniques are followed to deliver products on time and within budget.
Assume primary responsibility for the maintenance and technical development of the Debttrac platform within the overall IT strategy.
Candidate Requirements
Essential
Degree qualified
Attendance and certification in Applications Development areas
Excellent knowledge of development tools, techniques, and methods.
Excellent practical knowledge of leadership techniques.
Excellent knowledge of IT technical environments and issues.
Desirable
Relevant Applications Developer qualification.
Sector Specific experience.
Additional Essential Requirements
Use of VB, C#.NET, ASP, Business Objects Crystal Enterprise Reports, Case tools, or a mixture.
Proven experience in Applications Development.
Proven experience in a position of similar responsibility and duties.
Use of SQL Server or Oracle.
Desirable Skills
UML experience.
Relevant use of DSDM.
Data warehousing experience.
What we offer you
Hybrid working model (Following initial training period)
Company Pension Scheme
22 days holiday, plus bank holidays (with a buying holiday scheme)
Health cash plan
Critical illness cover
Discounted legal services
Season ticket loans
Discounted online shopping
Discounted gym memberships
Cycle to work scheme
Further Information
As part of the Ascent onboarding process, all successful applicants are required to complete the group’s employment screening process. This process helps ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity, protecting the interests of the Group, existing employees, clients, partners, and other stakeholders.
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At Ascent, we place the customer at the heart of our operations, ensuring that within our customers' most vulnerable times, we offer the support they deserve. You will play a huge part in the ongoing success of Ascent by providing technical and practical support when dealing with debt recovery and litigation actions on behalf of our clients.
Ascent is a highly successful legal and financial services company; we work with other large financial service companies to support individuals during uncertain times. If you want to join an agile, successful, and well-established organisation, with a proven track record of colleague development and internal promotions, look no further than Ascent.
We live by our
five core values:
Be pioneering
Be approachable and caring
Be tenacious
Be efficient
Show integrity
Your key responsibilities as an IT Developer would be:
Supervise, train, or assist all staff with whom the post holder may be working, in accordance with the firm's policies and the department's procedures.
Direct and motivate the applications development team, giving clear direction and objectives during their projects.
Involvement and coordination of standards for the applications development area, communicating these to all areas within and across IT and Business Change departments.
Work as part of a team to deliver quality development and design documentation, as agreed by the project and the standards in place.
Design and develop a wide range of applications, from web-enabled to client-server and legal modular systems covering all aspects of the platform (Database, Reporting, Interfaces, and 3rd Party Software).
Coordinate the technical design and build within the project environment to agreed standards and technical direction.
Work closely with business systems analysts, testers, trainers, project manager, and the wider Business Solutions Group.
Ensure “time boxing”, prototyping, and prioritisation techniques are followed to deliver products on time and within budget.
Assume primary responsibility for the maintenance and technical development of the Debttrac platform within the overall IT strategy.
Candidate Requirements
Essential
Degree qualified
Attendance and certification in Applications Development areas
Excellent knowledge of development tools, techniques, and methods.
Excellent practical knowledge of leadership techniques.
Excellent knowledge of IT technical environments and issues.
Desirable
Relevant Applications Developer qualification.
Sector Specific experience.
Additional Essential Requirements
Use of VB, C#.NET, ASP, Business Objects Crystal Enterprise Reports, Case tools, or a mixture.
Proven experience in Applications Development.
Proven experience in a position of similar responsibility and duties.
Use of SQL Server or Oracle.
Desirable Skills
UML experience.
Relevant use of DSDM.
Data warehousing experience.
What we offer you
Hybrid working model (Following initial training period)
Company Pension Scheme
22 days holiday, plus bank holidays (with a buying holiday scheme)
Health cash plan
Critical illness cover
Discounted legal services
Season ticket loans
Discounted online shopping
Discounted gym memberships
Cycle to work scheme
Further Information
As part of the Ascent onboarding process, all successful applicants are required to complete the group’s employment screening process. This process helps ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity, protecting the interests of the Group, existing employees, clients, partners, and other stakeholders.
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