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Location: Leeds or London
Are you ready to play a key role in supporting the Bank's critical financial messaging systems? As a Senior SWIFT Configuration Analyst, you'll provide technical leadership for the Bank's SWIFT services, ensuring the smooth operation of systems that underpin the UK's financial infrastructure. You'll work within the Financial Messaging Services (FMS) team, part of the Financial Systems Solutions division, supporting the Bank's SWIFT estate and related applications!
Flexible Working Options:
This role is open to flexible working patterns, these may include:
A Day in the Role:
Your day might begin with a team check-in, followed by monitoring and supporting the Bank's live and UAT SWIFT environments. You'll lead on resolving technical issues, coordinate operational activities such as failover tests and security reviews, and proactively manage major incidents. You'll also contribute to service improvement initiatives-identifying ways to reduce support calls, improve processes, and empower first-line teams.
Throughout the day, you'll engage with a range of partners, document your work clearly, and support a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement. You'll also provide out-of-hours support when needed, including Bank Holidays, to ensure the resilience of the Bank's financial messaging systems.
Role Requirements:
The successful candidate should have extensive demonstrable experience with SWIFT products. If you're passionate about secure, resilient technology and want to make a real impact, we'd love to hear from you.
Minimum Criteria
We're looking for someone who has the following key skills and experience:
Essential Criteria
We are interested in hearing from candidates who have the following capabilities:
Desirable Criteria
It would also be beneficial, but not necessary, to have some of the following:
How this role fits into the wider Bank:
This role sits within the Financial Systems Solutions (FSS) team, part of the Applications & Product Engineering division. The team supports the Bank's SWIFT product estate, which is essential to services such as the UK's Real-Time Gross Settlement System (RTGS), settling around £650bn in payments daily. Your work will directly support the Bank's mission to maintain monetary and financial stability by ensuring the resilience and performance of its financial messaging infrastructure.
Our Approach to Inclusion
The Bank values diversity, equity and inclusion. We play a key role in maintaining monetary and financial stability, and to do that effectively, we believe we need a workforce that reflects the society we serve.
At the Bank of England, we want all colleagues to feel valued and respected, so we're working hard to build an inclusive culture which supports people from all backgrounds and communities to be at their best at work. We celebrate all forms of diversity, including (but not limited to) age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation and socioeconomic status. We believe that it's by drawing on different perspectives and experiences that we'll continue to make the best decisions for the public.
We welcome applications from individuals who work flexibly, including job shares and part time working patterns. We've also partnered with external organisations to support us in making adjustments for candidates and employees in the recruitment process where they're needed.
For most roles where work can be carried out at home, we aim for colleagues to spend half of their time in the office, with a minimum of 40% per month. Subject to that minimum requirement, individuals and managers should work together to find what works best for them, their team and stakeholders.
Finally, we're proud to be a member of the Disability Confident Scheme. If you wish to apply under this scheme, you should check the box in the 'Candidate Personal Information' under the 'Disability Confident Scheme' section of the application.
Salary and Benefits Information
We encourage flexible working, part time working and job share arrangements. Part time salary and benefits will be on a pro-rated basis as appropriate.
In addition, we also offer a comprehensive benefits package as detailed below:
National Security Vetting Process
Employment in this role will be subject to the National Security Vetting clearance process (and typically can take between 6 to 12 weeks post offer) and the passing of additional Bank security checks in accordance with the Bank policy. Further information regarding the vetting and security clearance requirements for the role will be provided to the successful applicant, and information about how the Bank processes personal data for these purposes, is set out in the Bank's Privacy Notice.
The Bank of England welcomes applications from all candidates, but as a UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) approved sponsor, we have a responsibility to comply with the Immigration Rules and guidance. As such, our ability to employ individuals who require sponsorship for immigration purposes is limited. The Bank cannot guarantee that you and / or the role you are applying for will be eligible for sponsorship and that any application made to UKVI will be successful. Eligibility will therefore be considered on a case by case basis.
The Application Process
Important: Please ensure that you complete the 'work history' section and answer ALL the application questions fully. All candidate applications are anonymised to ensure that our hiring managers will not be able to see your personal information, including your CV, when reviewing your application details at the screening stage. It's therefore really important that you fill out the work history and application form questions, as your answers will form a critical part of the initial selection process.
This role closes on 18 August 2025.
The assessment process will comprise of two interview stages.
Please apply online, ensuring that you complete your work history and answer ALL the application questions fully and in detail as your application will not be considered if all mandatory questions are not fully completed.