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St. James's Place (SJP) works in partnership to plan, grow and protect our clients’ financial futures. We deliver personalised, face-to-face financial advice to our clients, who trust us to manage their money to reach their goals. We provide this service via the Partnership, a network of qualified, expert advisors. We put financial wellbeing and responsible business choices at the heart of everything we do. We believe in the value of difference and know that diverse teams can help us problem and innovate for clients. We look for people to join SJP to make an impact and to contribute to our culture which is based around long term relationships, doing the right thing, and being the best version of ourselves.
Our comprehensive range of training programmes are tailored to developing early careers at a number of stages. Whether you are looking to gain work experience whilst studying at sixth form or college, or graduating from university, our dedicated Early Careers team are here to support you in driving your career along your chosen path.
You will join St. James’s Place on a temporary full-time contract and complete a year long placement with us.
During this time you will work in a specified division, this will give you full exposure to that division and help you understand how it interacts with other areas of the business. On completion of your Year Placement, we would aim to fast track you into one of our graduate programmes on completion of your degree.
**Please note that the application deadline for this vacancy is the 6th January, but we will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis, so may close the vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. Early applications are therefore advised. ** To help us effectively manage your application, please only apply for one Graduate vacancy. If you are unsure which role is best for you, please contact us to discuss the options.
NB: Assessment centres for this vacancy will be run on the 14th February so please ensure you are provisionally available to attend.
About the role
You will join St. James’s Place on a permanent full-time contract and complete a Year Placement Programme. During this time you spend your time within one division (outlined below), this will give you full exposure to that division and help you understand how it interacts with other areas of the business. On completion of your Year Placement programme, we would aim to fast track you into a Graduate role once you complete your final year of study.
The primary objective of this role is to provide business analysis within a Wealth management company. Acting as an adviser to the business you will be working at multiple levels and operating within a business change environment. Business Change is here to help teams/divisions realise what they need, find a solution and how to implement it. This isn’t always about what they want, but about what they need.
There are around 60 Business Analyst in the company with about 200 across the Business Change division. That number consists of a variety of roles and abilities including Project Managers, Project Managers Office, Architecture (Systems/Software), Change Initiation, Administration and Business Analysis. Your team consists of around 10 in your day to day, but you will have exposure to people across the wider division and company.
Teams or Partners might say they need certain new software or a redesign of a business process, so you would need to meet them and understand why they are asking for it, what they want it to do and when they want it to happen. You will work with them to understand this and establish if you need to create something new for them, or see if what they are asking for already exists elsewhere in the business. Working with teams from across the business makes this role incredibly varied and can involve working on short and long term projects simultaneously.
The role involves
- Working effectively with team members, conducting investigations, and assuring the feasibility of proposed solutions
- Lead relationships within the project. Ensuring that all perspectives are identified and analysed
- Gain an understanding of different methodologies used to lead and deliver projects (eg. Waterfall and Agile)
About you
Applicants need to be on track a minimum of a 2:2 in your 2nd year of study. Applicants studying subjects with a communication focus, will find this role links in well with their studies, but applicants with any subject of study can apply.
You'll have experience using Microsoft office, communicating with Internal and external points of contact. This role will involve a large amount of problem solving, so you would need to be interested and comfortable in that environment.
This a role where you have the chance to create relationships, with people from across the division and company. For Business Change to be effective in what they do, they need to build and maintain relationships with a wide range of team members.
Flexible working
We understand that employees work best in different ways, at different times and in different environments. We value all of our employees and appreciate that everyone is unique, and at one of many stages within their career. Our people are encouraged to work in a flexible way that suits their lifestyle where it can be accommodated, so please ask the question and start a conversation!
Research tells us that applicants (especially those from underrepresented groups) can be put off from applying for a role if they do not meet all the criteria or have been on an extended career-break. If you think you would be a good match for this role and can demonstrate some transferable experience please apply, regardless of whether you tick every box.
Why work for us?
Our rewards
In addition to an attractive salary and eligibility to participate in the discretionary annual bonus opportunities, you will also receive an excellent benefits package including:
- Non-Contributory Pension – 10% (increasing with length of service) with further pension matching
- Meaningful protection benefits with real value, such as 10X life cover, PHI, and critical illness.
- Private Medical and Dental Insurance
- 28 days holiday entitlement plus bank holidays (based on full-time equivalent) with the option to buy up to an additional 5 days holiday
- Discretionary bonus scheme dependent on company and personal performance, varied by level
- Not applicable to fixed term contracts (standard uplift applies in lieu of the protection benefits)
Our culture
Our culture is the glue that binds us together - It’s one of our biggest assets and one of the biggest reasons for our success. It’s underpinned by core values of doing the right thing, being the best version of ourselves and investing in long term relationships.
We want to embrace a diverse group of backgrounds and experiences to connect with clients, solve problems and innovate. We raise our voice on the things that matter to us and inspire change from the front. Contributing to our inclusive culture is vital, ensuring a space for everyone to be their authentic self, no compromises.
In all we do, we consider how our work affects the communities in which we belong. Over 96% of our group employees are involved in supporting our communities through financial education, charitable giving and volunteering. Over 80% of all our employees and Partners donate each month to our Charitable Foundation, which is now the 3rd largest corporate charity in the UK.
SJP is delighted to have signed The Armed Forces Covenant, and we are active members of LGBT Great, 30% club, The Diversity Project, Disability Confident and more! Find out more: https://www.sjp.co.uk/careers/life-at-sjp
What happens next?
Our process is the same for each of our Graduate opportunities, so once you have completed the application form, we will invite you to complete a Job Focussed Assessment (JFA). If successful after the JFA, you will be invited to complete an online video interview and if successful at this stage we will invite you to the final stage of the process, that consists of a face to face assessment centre.
Our team will be in touch. As a business regulated by the FCA we would advise you to familiarise yourself with the conduct regulations and in particular consumer duty obligations prior to an interview with SJP.
