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McGregor Boyall are currently recruiting a contract Project Manager for our financial services client based in Edinburgh.
This is initially a 6 month contract and is inside IR35.
You will be accountable for tracking and communicating progress of Digital Development deliveries; providing timely and accurate reporting of delivery resources, activities, and risk, informing decision-making to meet departmental commitments.
As a key member of the Digital Development team, you will work closely with various stakeholders including delivery squads, architects and and managers of dependent projects.
Must have experince in delivering projects in the web, apps and digital delivery space.
Key Responsibilities will include (not limited to):
- Engaging with delivery squad Scrum Masters to track team backlog items and map these to product and technical roadmaps..
- Acting as a central liaison for deliveries to dependent projects, providing summarised milestone updates and managing change requests.
- Tracking resource requirements, allocation, and utilisation as part of wider departmental budget management activities.
- Identifying moments for organisational learning and ensure that improvements are identified, communicated, and implemented effectively.
- Following project governance standards and recommending appropriate changes to controls in support of successful delivery.
In terms of skills and experience, we would love you to have some of the following:
- Experience with a range of software delivery paradigms including (Agile methodologies and ceremony, DevOps patterns and practises, principles of product delivery queues and flow)
- Working knowledge of web-based work management platforms (ideally Azure DevOps)
- Confident and competent user of Microsoft productivity tooling (Microsoft Project, Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint)
- Familiar with software delivery concepts (Cloud architectures and environments, front-end and back-end services, quality assurance in a continuous integration and deployment context)
- Good experience in managing the delivery of complex software solutions (ideally within a financial services environment)
- Proven ability to establish strong working relationships with a range of stakeholders.
- Strong and effcetive communicator able to effectively liaise with both technical and non-technical personnel.
- Excellent verbal and written skills
This role offers hybrid working with visits to the Edinburgh office a couple of times a month.
Applicants are required to be authorised to work in the UK and be available to travel to the Edinburgh office when required.
Closing Date, 31st January
McGregor Boyall is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
McGregor Boyall are currently recruiting for a Product Design Analyst for our financial services client based in Glasgow.
As a Product Design Analyst, you will be part of the business design & change team, aiming to bridge the gap between change strategy and execution, within Wholesale Client On Boarding (WCOB) Transformation through robust operating models covering people, process, data and systems.
You will work on major transformation initiatives within client onboarding and maintenance, focusing on delivering business design and target operating models within WCOB.
Your responsibilities will include (but not limited to):
- Defining robust operating models that underpin operational and tech change with impact assessments
- Working with business SME’s to draw out detailed knowledge of the current operating model
- Supporting the WCOB strategy to provide onboarding operations and functions
- Presenting clear articulation of operational versus technology-supported change
- Identifying customer journeys and business use cases through stakeholder workshops
- Helping define tactical milestones that minimize regret cost, from current state to target state
To be considered for the role we would love you to have the following skills and experience:
- Strong stakeholder management skills – you will be a natural at working with senior stakeholders and SMEs
- Excellent analytical skills with a problem-solving mindset with the ability to get into the details to find solutions.
- Exceptional relationship-building, communication, presentation and influencing skills.
- Knowledge of the overall Operational landscape within Onboarding and client refresh
- Business Change experience in cross-functional teams
- Vast experience of best practice business change methodologies and tools, combined with the ability to adhere to best practice
- Business change experience
- Target operating model / Business Operating Model
- Commercial client onboarding knowledge or SME experience
Applicants must hold current UK right to work status.
McGregor Boyall is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
McGregor Boyall are currently recruiting for a Booking Model Controls - ITM Governance & Policy contractor for an initial 6 month period.
Successful candidates will hold UK current right-to-work status and either be based in Northern Ireland or be able to commute to Northern Ireland 3 times a week.
We are keen to speak with candidates that have experience in Policy or other formal documentation drafting and knowledge of global markets traded products including downstream processing practices and related control principles.
You will have excellent stakeholder management skills and possess effective negotiation skills with a proactive and “no surprises” approach in communicating issues and strength in sustaining independent reviews.
This role requires strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Responsibilities will include (but not limited to):-
- Overseeing a policy and procedure workstream
- Overseeing updates to existing suite of Policy and Procedures and drafting of new Policy documentation
- Working with SME and Business stakeholders to identify and assess requirements - Identification and subsequent implementation of process and policy improvement opportunities
- Risk based assessments to identify significant operational and regulatory risks with associated Front Office processes and the design and implementation of effective and efficient controls to mitigate these
- Identification of control gaps and enhancements to our control environment
Contract – ASAP Start – Initial 6 month contract
McGregor Boyall is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
McGregor Boyall are currently recruiting for a Sage Consultant for our client based in the UK.
As sponsorship is not available with this position, you must hold current right to work status.
We are looking for a mid – senior level Sage Consultant on a permanent basis to implement Sage ERP products and the associated add-ons and modules for the SME market.
Your role will include kicking off project meetings, installation of both Sage software and associated products including Microsoft SQL, training, and data conversions.
The successful candidate will have excellent experience with Sage 200 who can cross train to Sage Intacct.
The role itself is home based but you will need to travel to the North East for your induction, training and team collaboration days. You will also be required to visit client sites from time to time as implementations will include both on and off-site work (UK drivers license is essential with this role).
Key Duties include (but are not limited to):
- Attending business analysis meetings with customers to discuss existing systems and how to convert to Sage products following the sale of the system
- Carrying out the installation of Sage products on the customers’ servers and workstation computers
- Preparing and presenting classroom and onsite training to new and existing customers core modules of Sage products
- Reporting design and testing using Sage Report Writer
- Carrying out onsite visits to complete projects and support existing customers when necessary
- Logging detailed information in response to customer queries and responding in a timely manner with solutions
To be considered for this role we would love you to have the following skills and experience:-
- Sage Accreditations; Sage 200, Sage 50 or/ and Sage Intacct
- Knowledge of BI products would be advantageous
- Knowledge of Sage Manufacturing, Sage CRM and 3rd Party applications (Sicon, Draycir, Eureka, Eque2, Codeless Platforms)
- Knowledge of SQL and preferably have basic scripting knowledge and be able to install and configure
- Good accounts knowledge
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience of delivering successful software implementations
- Previous experience of delivering training in a classroom environment
- Project Management and relevant documentation experience
For further details please apply in the first instance.
Sponsorship is not available with this role.
McGregor Boyall is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
McGregor Boyall are currently recruiting a contract Project Manager for our financial services client based in Edinburgh.
This is initially a 6 month contract and is inside IR35.
You will be accountable for tracking and communicating progress of Digital Development deliveries; providing timely and accurate reporting of delivery resources, activities, and risk, informing decision-making to meet departmental commitments.
As a key member of the Digital Development team, you will work closely with various stakeholders including delivery squads, architects and and managers of dependent projects.
Key Responsibilities will include (not limited to):
- Engaging with delivery squad Scrum Masters to track team backlog items and map these to product and technical roadmaps..
- Acting as a central liaison for deliveries to dependent projects, providing summarised milestone updates and managing change requests.
- Tracking resource requirements, allocation, and utilisation as part of wider departmental budget management activities.
- Identifying moments for organisational learning and ensure that improvements are identified, communicated, and implemented effectively.
- Following project governance standards and recommending appropriate changes to controls in support of successful delivery.
In terms of skills and experience, we would love you to have some of the following:
- Experience with a range of software delivery paradigms including (Agile methodologies and ceremony, DevOps patterns and practises, principles of product delivery queues and flow)
- Working knowledge of web-based work management platforms (ideally Azure DevOps)
- Confident and competent user of Microsoft productivity tooling (Microsoft Project, Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint)
- Familiar with software delivery concepts (Cloud architectures and environments, front-end and back-end services, quality assurance in a continuous integration and deployment context)
- Good experience in managing the delivery of complex software solutions (ideally within a financial services environment)
- Proven ability to establish strong working relationships with a range of stakeholders.
- Strong and effcetive communicator able to effectively liaise with both technical and non-technical personnel.
- Excellent verbal and written skills
This role offers hybrid working with visits to the Edinburgh office a couple of times a month.
Applicants are required to be authorised to work in the UK and be available to travel to the Edinburgh office when required.
Sponsorship is not available.
Closing Date, Friday 6th January
McGregor Boyall is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
McGregor Boyall currently have an excellent opportunity for an RPA Business Analyst to join our clients’ team as they continue to cultivate their established teams in Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Our client provides RPA solutions for SME’s and Multinationals throughout the UK. With a wealth of software experience, their team design and implement RPA projects using leading RPA software.
As an RPA Business Analyst, your key objective will be to process customer projects integrating innovative RPA solutions so that the efficacy and accuracy of the client can be enhanced subsequently saving them time and also giving them a competitive edge.
You will work closely with key stakeholders and the RPA team and will be responsible for identifying processes that would benefit from the use of RPA for client projects, producing process definition documents and creating business cases for stakeholder approval.
You will play a key role in proposing process optimisation through redesigning existing processes and working closely with developers to build new workflows.
Key responsibilities will include but not limited to:-
- Reporting on the effectiveness of automation solutions once they are implemented and working to resolve any problems identified by users
- Working closely with stakeholders and updating them regularly during project delivery
- Providing appropriate solution proposals by assessing the scalability of the RPA client design
- Producing Process Description Documents; Documenting all the functional and technical requirements and processes i.e. AS-IS and TO-BE
- Developing prototypes to demonstrate the TO-BE system, processes and behaviour
- Providing insights from the documentations to the Development team
- Working closely with clients in order to establish business requirements
To be considered for this role you will have
- Strong stakeholder skills and previous experience working with SMEs
- An excellent communicator (you must be able to understand the requirements of the client and be able to deliver their ideas to the team clearly)
- knowledge of computer programming
- Knowledge of common RPA tools/ experience on projects involving RPA tools
- Understanding of Intelligence automation concepts and automation benefits
- Experienced Business Analyst with RPA knowledge and understanding or a demonstratable desire to learn this area
- Skilled at collating large amounts of information quickly and effectively and documenting processes clearly
Our client offers a competitive remuneration package, hybrid working and the chance of real career progression as they continue their growth plans in 2023 in the UK and beyond.
For further information please do get in touch.
McGregor Boyall is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
McGregor Boyall are currently recruiting for a Business Design Analyst for our financial services client based in Glasgow.
As a Business Design Analyst, you will be part of the business design & change team, aiming to bridge the gap between change strategy and execution, within Wholesale Client On Boarding (WCOB) Transformation through robust operating models covering people, process, data and systems.
You will work on major transformation initiatives within client onboarding and maintenance, focusing on delivering business design and target operating models within WCOB.
Your responsibilities will include (but not limited to):
- Defining robust operating models that underpin operational and tech change with impact assessments
- Working with business SME’s to draw out detailed knowledge of the current operating model
- Supporting the WCOB strategy to provide onboarding operations and functions
- Presenting clear articulation of operational versus technology-supported change
- Identifying customer journeys and business use cases through stakeholder workshops
- Helping define tactical milestones that minimize regret cost, from current state to target state
To be considered for the role we would love you to have the following skills and experience:
- Strong stakeholder management skills – you will be a natural at working with senior stakeholders and SMEs
- Excellent analytical skills with a problem-solving mindset with the ability to get into the details to find solutions.
- Exceptional relationship-building, communication, presentation and influencing skills.
- Knowledge of the overall Operational landscape within Onboarding and client refresh
- Business Change experience in cross-functional teams
- Vast experience of best practice business change methodologies and tools, combined with the ability to adhere to best practice
Please note that as sponsorship is not available with this role, candidates must have the right to work in the UK to be considered for this position.
McGregor Boyall is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
McGregor Boyall are currently recruiting for an Information Security Manager for our client based in Edinburgh.
This is a permanent role that offers hybrid working (you will be in the office 1-2 times a week).
Sponsorship is not available with this position; therefore candidates must have the right to work in the UK.
You will be part of a team that manages Information Security for aour clients' UK business lines and office locations.
This role will see you getting involved in all aspects of the Information Security Service.
This role will support the Enterprise Information Security Team in delivering the information Security strategy for the business and aligning this with the Global Information Security strategy.
Your key responsibilities will include (but not limited to):
- Playing a key role in the successful delivery of an Enterprise Information Security Function.
- Providing technical support and guidance to project teams and other business areas in relation to Information Security.
- Validating delivered solutions against approved security architecture.
- Understanding and supporting the mapping of the Security Strategy & Architecture Roadmap & Standards to protect company information assets.
- Supporting the Information Security strategy through assigned initiatives.
To be considered for this role we would love you to have the following skills and experience:
- Knowledge and understanding of Financial Services regulatory/compliance requirements in information security and data protection.
- Risk assessment/risk management skills.
- Security, including information security management, physical security, application security, network security and security incident management.
- Problem Solving skills, there will be an expectation on you to undertake complex tasks, including, analytical thinking and developing highly innovative solutions.
- Good technical knowledge of the security impact on established and up and coming technologies.
- Key understanding of working in a Digital business and the impact on information security.
- Knowledge and understanding of Financial Services regulatory/compliance requirements in information security.
- Wide and broad knowledge of Information Security, as the successful candidate will be expected to deal with varied work activities.
- Experience of working in information security management and/or related functions in financial services.
- Good Project Delivery experience
McGregor Boyall is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
McGregor Boyall are currently recruiting for a Senior Software Delivery Lead for our clients’ Change and Technology team based in the outskirts of Glasgow.
This is a terrific opportunity to join a company that is forward-thinking about its people, their career progressions and how they continue to embrace technology to adapt to stakeholder and customer needs.
They have a sensible approach to hybrid working, attending the office for monthly town halls, at the beginning/end of a project, when it’s helpful, team collaboration days, etc.
Their site is easily commutable by public transport and they also have on-site parking facilities.
The remuneration package includes benefits such as annual bonus scheme, life assurance, buy/sell holidays, employee assist programme, access to mental health first aid, etc.
Reporting to the Head of Software Development, the Senior Software Delivery Lead will ensure that their software delivery teams are set up to guarantee the earliest possible delivery of solutions which provide the desired outcomes as defined by the CTO.
You will be responsible for the people and processes involved in the delivery of software components of the Change & Technology portfolio.
You will lead, support, mentor and coach our clients’ team of Delivery Leads.
Your responsibilities will include but won’t be limited to:-
- Overseeing the process of scoping, developing and launching new software product ideas, utilising customer insight and research to develop customer-focused solutions to real problems.
- Ensuring the software product delivered by their Software Development team provides the metrics and measures the Product Owners and Managers require to learn and capitalise on their investment, each step of the way.
- Supporting Product Owner and Managers in oversight of software-related third-party supplier relationships, ensuring quality service and value for money is being delivered at all times
- Supporting the senior stakeholders in any technical discussions relevant to products or planning involving third parties (including partnership deals and/or other strategic relationships) where there is a software delivery component, to ensure transparency of progress and process.
- Leading the software delivery leads working across our product development teams
- Coaching and developing the software development team in a way that enhances those skills already evident, enabling them to deliver quality software applications with proven customer and business value in the most effective way.
To be considered for this role you will have skills/ experience in the following:-
- Well-versed and experienced in leading agile teams
- Experience of delivering software products using techniques including, but not limited to, Scrum and Kanban
- Excellent at coaching and mentoring across the entire development team skillset
- Proven skillset in the successful delivery of customer-facing software applications
- An effective communicator in both technical and business domains
- Strong stakeholder management skills - Experience of managing internal and external stakeholders, including third party suppliers
- Enabling of iterative and incremental software development in Lean and Agile environments
- Demonstrable commercial experience with a track record of delivering software developments with annual budgets of £500k and above
- Practical experience of structured prioritisation techniques such as MOSCOW, Cost of Delay
For further information please feel free to get in touch.
McGregor Boyall is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
McGregor Boyall are currently seeking to recruit a Senior Security Operations Analyst for our financial services client based in Edinburgh.
This is a permanent role and our client offers a great deal of hybrid working flexibility, not only that they will support you as you grow, develop and progress within your career.
This position is an integral part of the security operations team with the objective of continually testing and improving the security posture of the business.
This is a technical role and the purpose of the role is to provide continuous operational security improvements by coordinating penetration testing, issue remediation and day to day security posture upgrade.
The role will take a threat based approach and provide an attackers viewpoint by demonstrating weaknesses in security controls. The ability to clearly communicate these risks to stakeholders is essential.
Reporting directly to the Cyber Security Operations Manager, you will work together with the Leads in the Threat, Response & Defence capabilities as well as inputting in to the Engineering function.
Your key responsibilities will include (not limited to):
- Supporting incident response, as part of the CSIRT team for major incident
- Participating in change control processes, providing an SME guidance on operational changes to ensure BAU change does not reduce security posture
- Contributing to the security transformation programme and taking ownership of security issues requiring immediate remediation
- Working within governance forums such as ITIL change control or cyber security governance committee
To be considered for the role we would love you to have a mixture of the following skills and experience:
- Passion for security and self-development to keep up to date with the evolving threat and vulnerability landscape, new technologies and service improvements
- Understanding of cloud security principles, hands-on experience with Azure Security Centre and AWS Guard Duty is beneficial
- Industry recognised certifications, e.g. CEH, OSCP, CISSP or equivalent experience
- Experience managing enterprise penetration testing programs.
- Experience with security tools, such as SIEM, IDS/IPS, vulnerability scanners, AV, web and email filtering, webapp firewalls and DDoS protections, host based protections and malware analysis
- Familiarity with common enterprise technologies e.g. Microsoft, Linux, VMWare, Citrix, etc.
- Able to work in an international matrix organisation with complex and dynamic drivers and constraints
If this sounds like you and you want to work for a business that genuinely supports career progression, please get in touch for a confidential chat.
Sponsorship is not available with this role.
McGregor Boyall is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
