Best tech, better people
Aquis operates three separate, but complementary, businesses with premises in London and Paris. Both centres are currently in growth phases and being a progressive financial technology company, Aquis does not limit its staff by location. The Company has always had a flexible working schedule and working remotely has long been part of our culture.
Current Opportunities
1st Line Support Analyst
Permanent
London
Aquis maintains a presence in both the UK and EU (primarily Paris). Aquis operates a hybrid working environment with a mixture of office and working from home days. In London we currently operate a minimum of 3 days working in the office with Tuesday as an all-in day.
Please ask recruiter or hiring manager.
Senior Desktop Support Engineer
Aquis Exchange PLC (“Aquis”) is Europe’s challenger exchange, creating better markets for a modern economy. Aquis has market-leading technology and innovative rules for trading, and offer primary listings and secondary trading of equities, along with global licensing of proprietary technology.
Competitive salary
25 days annual leave - not including bank holidays
Private medical insurance
Flexible working hours
Company pension
Group Policies – Life Assurance, Income Protection and Critical Illness
Discretionary bonus
Share Incentive Plan
Electric Car Scheme
Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Policy
Aquis Exchange PLC is looking to hire a 1st line support analyst. The prospective candidate will provide 1st line desktop support across a variety of systems with an escalation path to a highly technical desktop and infrastructure team. This role requires to be onsite 4 days a week in our London office participating in a support rota covering 8am – 6pm, in addition you may be required to work outside of these hours on an ad-hoc basis. This is a key role with huge scope to learn new skills and progress.
• 1st line desktop, voice and remote access support across Aquis offices and remote users.
• Setup new IT equipment for users, including laptops, desktops, telephony, and mobile phones.
• Managing users and groups within Active Directory.
• Responsible for implementing approved procedures (change control, joiners/leavers, etc.)
• Support and maintain Microsoft Teams AV equipment (Yealink).
• Prepare and maintain up to date documentation.
• Manage relationships and work with vendors to escalate issues when appropriate.
• At least 1 years’ experience in an IT Support / Desktop Analyst or similar role, however an IT literate candidate with a strong interest in pursuing a career in IT will also be considered.
• Proficiency in diagnosing and resolving issues with Windows 10 /11 and Microsoft Office365 including desktop office applications word/excel, etc.
• Excellent communication skills are a must.
• Managing users and groups within Active Directory.
• Installing new software and hardware (laptops, printers, workstations, etc.).
• Troubleshooting basic VPN, and networking issues.
• Working knowledge of MDM (mobile device management) software desirable.
• Ability to effectively prioritise and execute tasks within a dynamic environment.
• Demonstrate strong verbal and written communication skills.
We are an equal-opportunities employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, gender, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.
To express an interest in this role please email careers@aquis.eu with a copy of your CV
QA Analyst
Associate
Permanent
London
Aquis maintains a presence in both the UK and EU (primarily Paris). Aquis operates a hybrid working environment with a mixture of office and working from home days. In London we currently operate a minimum of 3 days working in the office with Tuesday as an all-in day.
Please ask recruiter or hiring manager.
Head of QA
Competitive salary
25 days annual leave - not including bank holidays
Private medical insurance
Flexible working hours
Company pension
Group Policies – Life Assurance, Income Protection and Critical Illness
Discretionary bonus
Share Incentive Plan
Electric Car Scheme
Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Policy
The primary responsibility of the role is to work within the QA team and liaise with the Development and Operations Groups as a systems tester ensuring that the Aquis releases, upgrades, and bespoke projects are functionally tested to a high standard ensuring a reliable and quality product is delivered to our clients. A small portion of the analyst’s time will also be spent providing testing guidance and support to our clients and third-party vendors.
• Design, in conjunction with the head of QA and other team members, automated test scripts and scenarios as well as implement and monitor/analyse the results.
• Analyse application of testing methodologies and phases, change requirements and prepare test cases, data and expected results.
• Scope and design regression testing (manual & automated)
• Monitor and report testing of large systems.
• Automation of Front-End testing using Playwright with JavaScript/Typescript.
• Experience in creating a QA test suite from scratch for a client portal.
• Experience in automating tests and report generation.
• Create and maintain strong working relationships, with internal departments and business groups.
• Take ownership of delegated tasks and see things through to completion.
• Support the QA team in implementation of strategic solutions, including test automation.
• Ensure and maintain quality delivery of all releases.
• Liaise with technical and business analysts on requirements and solution definition.
• Act as test lead for small projects
• Defect and issue management. Escalation as appropriate
• Provide testing support and guidance for all team members.
• Attend team progress meetings and provide task progress updates to the group.
• Provide supporting documentation where appropriate.
• Experience of Unix/Linux environments
• Python & scripting knowledge
• Knowledge of relational databases and SQL
• Demonstrable experience of testing complex software solutions and understanding of the full project lifecycle experience
• Experience in testing Finance Markets applications, including Cash Equities
• Experienced with Playwright using JavaScript/Typescript
• Strong analytical skills combined with a structured methodical and hands-on approach with passionate attention to detail.
• Demonstrate good judgement in solving problems as well as identifying problems in advance and proposing solutions.
• Demonstrate strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to multi-task, effectively prioritising multiple objectives and initiatives and execute tasks within a dynamic environment.
• Willingness to take ownership of tasks and deliver a finished piece of work.
• Demonstrate a logical thought process and able to work accurately under pressure.
• Self-starter and able to work well within a close-knit team environment.
• ISEB/ISTQB Foundation Certified
• Business knowledge of Front, Middle and or Back Office systems
• Finance Market Regulations and Reporting Rules
• Knowledge and understanding of the FIX protocol
• Experience in Derivatives, Asset management, Bonds
We are an equal-opportunities employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, gender, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.
To express an interest in this role please email careers@aquis.eu with a copy of your CV
AQSE Business Development Analyst
Analyst/Senior Analyst
Permanent
London
Aquis maintains a presence in both the UK and EU (primarily Paris). Aquis operates a hybrid working environment with a mixture of office and working from home days. In London we currently operate a minimum of 3 days working in the office with Tuesday as an all-in day.
Please ask recruiter or hiring manager.
Sara-Louise Porter, Co-Head of Business Development
Competitive salary
25 days annual leave - not including bank holidays
Private medical insurance
Flexible working hours
Company pension
Group Policies – Life Assurance, Income Protection and Critical Illness
Discretionary bonus
Share Incentive Plan
Electric Car Scheme
Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Policy
The primary responsibility of the role is to work within the Aquis Stock Exchange (www.aquis.eu/stock-exchange) business development team to attract, manage, and engage with prospective and existing issuers as well as other market participants of the UK small-cap ecosystem. The role will be a broad one, often requiring the successful candidate to demonstrate a wide range of skills for different situations. The candidate will have to be proactive in taking on new tasks and responsibilities whilst being able to communicate with the wider team.
• Maintain relevant CRM systems to ensure all stakeholder details are up to date.
• Manage newsletters and other member communications including general presentations and marketing materials.
• Help to organise events that promote the exchange as well as represent Aquis at events.
• Liaise with the marketing department on the digital marketing strategy.
• Prepare and publish monthly market statistics.
• Service and build relationships with existing clients.
• Identify target prospective clients.
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Team player
• Ability to develop and maintain client relationships.
• Strong attention to detail and diligent about administrative tracking tasks such as Salesforce usage
• Comfortable with talking to CEOs, advisers or other exchanges across a range of roles including management and executives.
• Collaborative
• Strong verbal, written communication skills including PowerPoint.
• Capital markets knowledge
• Sales Force / Excel experience
• Public speaking skills advantageous.
We are an equal-opportunities employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, gender, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.
To express an interest in this role please email careers@aquis.eu with a copy of your CV
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Our culture
Our culture is one of trust, openness and excellence. We work in a collaborative style and we take collective responsibility for our successes and our failures
We value
- High personal integrity
- Innovative thinking
- Efficient and reliable performance
- Spark
At Aquis you will join a supportive team, where we aim to recruit the best people from all walks of life and diverse business backgrounds. If these sentiments align with your thinking, then Aquis could be the ideal place for you to develop your career.
Where would I fit in?
The Aquis team is small, but growing, in all areas. Our main groups are:
All part of the package
Competitive salary
25 days annual leave + public holidays
Private medical insurance
Flexible working hours
Company pension
Life assurance, income protection and critical illness
Discretionary bonus
Share incentive plan
Hear from our team
Recent graduate, Sajana, who joined Aquis in 2020, talks about her experience:
"As a Business, Finance and Management graduate from the University of East Anglia – I was keen for an opportunity which would feed my eagerness to learn and encompass the financial services sector. Aquis has been the perfect role. Over the last 3 years in the product and project team I am able to apply the theoretical knowledge that I had learnt at university all the while picking up key, comprehensive industry knowledge and management skills to make a real difference in the firm. I am looking forward to continually carving out a successful career path and growing with Aquis"
Equal opportunities at Aquis
We are an equal-opportunities employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, gender, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.
At Aquis we also have a strong emphasis on human rights. Take a look at our modern slavery and human trafficking policy.