Join our Graduate Programme – IT Design and Architecture
* Full-time
* Department: People
* Office or Field Based: Office Based (Cheadle, SK8 3GW)
* Contract type: Permanent
We’re Together. For over 50 years, we’ve helped thousands of people, businesses and professionals unlock their property ambitions with our common-sense approach to lending. That means we take the time to understand our customers and find a property finance solution that works for them. Our door is always open, so we can often help when other lenders can’t or won’t.
Our large product suite of mortgages and secured loans gives us the flexibility to help in a wide range of specialist lending scenarios; including residential mortgages, short-term finance, buy-to-let, auction finance, development funding, and commercial and semi-commercial mortgages and loans.
Based in Cheadle, Cheshire, our 800 colleagues use their expertise and industry knowledge to help our customers throughout the UK, backed by the power of a £7.6 billion loan book.
We are seeking a motivated IT Design and Architecture Graduate to join our team, where you will play a pivotal role in shaping our systems and processes. In this role, you will utilise IT architectural tools and modelling software to define and document innovative solutions that impact our applications and reporting structures. You will guide project design direction by ensuring solutions are backed by clearly documented and prioritised requirements, adhering to our target architecture. Additionally, you will lead the requirements capture and prioritisation for changes and establish traceability once changes are delivered to ensure they meet the captured requirements. You will also be responsible for maintaining effective documentation for key systems and applications, ensuring that all changes are well-recorded and accessible.
This is an exciting opportunity to gain hands-on experience in IT design and architecture while contributing to the success of our projects.
Throughout your programme, you will be fully supported by dedicated Academy mentors, as well as Senior Leaders and previous Together Graduates during the course of the programme.
What our programme offers you:
* Exposure to lots of meaningful business projects and departments to give you a rounded understanding of the Financial Services industry and our business (this will depend on the needs of the business at the time);
* Volunteering opportunities which will give you the chance to have a real impact on our business and on the wider community;
* Industry recognised qualifications (where applicable) to support you with your career;
* A competitive salary with annual review and bonus potential, as well as access to our industry leading long term incentive plan, Together Shared Rewards;
* A range of employee benefits including 26 days holiday (increases up to 29 with tenure), your Birthday off, access to a local gym, pension, health care, access to our company holiday homes, and much more!
What we are looking for:
* Minimum achievement or expectation of a 2:1 degree in a technology related subject
* Graduated in 2024 or are due to complete in 2025;
* An interest and enthusiasm to work in the Financial Services industry;
* Good analytical and problem solving skills;
* Comfortable with presenting and building relationships;
Our selection process consists of:
* Application (CV)
* An onsite (Cheadle) assessment centre
Apply now, adverts could close sooner due to volume of applications.
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