Technology Specialist
Are you the sort of person who loves using technology in innovative and creative ways, especially when applying it to in-depth subject matter in order to improve the way things are done?
If so, then a career as a Technology Specialist might be for you. Learn more about this profession and career path here:
What Does a Technology Specialist Do & What Jobs Does This Career Path Include?
As a technology specialist, you’ll innovate and create new technology to improve activities in the financial sector and the other sectors too, as well as take financial and business activities into the 21st century! You’ll do this by seeking new markets, innovative ways of working and applying in-depth subject matter expertise. You’ll help the organisation align their offering to existing technology.
What Qualifications & Skills Are Required?
In order to pursue this career-path, you could have one of the following qualifications:
- Computer Science.
- Computer Software / Computer Systems Engineering.
- Electronics.
- Information Systems.
- Mathematics.
- Physics.
- Financial Technology.
In this career-path, you’ll require the following understanding and competencies in maths and related disciplines:
In this career-path, you’ll require the following understanding and competencies in computing and technology:
Technology specialists innovate and create new technology to improve activities in the financial sector and take financial activities into the 21st century, including seeking new markets, finding innovative ways of working and applying in-depth subject matter expertise. Also, they help organisations in other sectors too with technological innovation.
Financial technology specialists will deal with all technology, architecture and infrastructure for an organisation including BIG DATA, Machine Learning and Blockchain Technology.
These individuals are responsible for innovation, growth, transformation, and improving an organisation from the ground up. They assist in bringing new and disruptive technologies to an organisation.
In addition people suited to this career also display the following competencies:
- Understanding financial regulation.
- Understanding cyber risk for financial markets.
- Understanding cybersecurity.
- Understanding financial planning.
- Understanding auditing and governance regulation.
- Understanding risk and compliance.
- Knowledge of unbanked / under-banked markets.
- Understanding financial market intelligence.
- Work effectively across various teams, locations and time zones to achieve common goals and objectives.
- Motivate and inspires others.
- Think logically and laterally to solve problems.
- Explore new territories, thinking outside of the box, as well as finding creative and unusual ways to solve problems.
- Ability to communicate both internally (within the organisation) and externally (with customers, partners and clients).
- Adapt quickly and effectively to a rapid pace of change.
- Share methodologies, insights, ideas and solutions with the wider team.
- Detail techniques and discoveries to technical and non-technical audiences in a language that they can understand.
