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Responsibility
- Carry out risk based audits across the business and other projects as assigned by senior management, to provide assurance that material risks faced by the bank are being adequately managed;
- Execute and help to develop the London branch Internal audit plan;
- Support the continual development of the internal audit methodology;
- Audit various business areas of the bank in in line with strategic instructions;
- Assess, identify and report any issues of weakness within control and devise remediating solutions for any issues found;
- Work alongside internal departments to analyse issues and formulate resolutions
- Ensure our internal audit process and reports are aligned with local regulations and Head Office’s requirements;
- Other Ad hoc duties as required
Skills
- Bachelor’s degree or higher;
- Minimum 2 years internal audit / internal audit experience gained within banking environment, ideally within international branch;
- Exposure to wholesale and corporate banking activities;
- Good report writing and communication skills;
- Demonstrable good understand of audit and up-to-date technical knowledge;
The Successful Applicant
The successful candidate for this role will have the following exposure:
- CPA, ACA, ACCA, CIA qualified preferred, or working towards these qualifications;
- Working experience in top auditing firm viewed favourably but not essential;
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to analyse and solve problems.
- Able to work independently, as well as part of a team
- Results and detail oriented.
- Ability to multitask.
- Willing to do international travel to other offices when required, though not frequent.
- As this is a growing bank, our client is looking for a candidate who is interested in occasionally lending their skillset and oppinions to other areas of the bank to enable growth
Benefits:
- Friendly open-plan start-up environment in a brand new office
- Private Medical Insurance, Additional Pension Contribution, Life Insurance
- Regular team/company Social events.
- Complimentary lunches
McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.
Key responsibilities
- Ownership of tasks within daily, monthly & quarterly regulatory reporting required by local regulatory bodies (including UK and where relevant Overseas financial regulators). These tasks will cover both prudential and supervisory reporting, including preparation of Pillar 3 reporting and ILAAP. This individual will also work with the risk team in the preparation of the ICAAP document.
- Preparation of the daily regulatory monitoring reports for capital adequacy and liquidity and monitoring against internal and external guidelines, escalating where appropriate.
- Investigation of issues and exceptions with other members of the Finance function, Technology, Risk and Operations and any other areas of the Bank.
- Analysis of the internal monthly capital, liquidity and other information to ALCO and external monthly, quarterly/semi-annual and annual returns.
- The role holder is mandated to review processes for the Regulatory Reporting deliverables in order to identify & implement improvements to improve control and better utilize systems capabilities.
- Standardising the documentation for the local regulatory reporting and managing the periodic updates and reviews of the changing regulatory requirements and proposing required changes through preparation of appropriate regulatory reporting policies.
- Assisting in the planning, testing and implementation of key systems projects which affect Regulatory Reporting & wider Finance team as required [NB: for new products this will involve understanding the product features and required regulatory data and defining the requirements as part of the New Product Approval (NPA) sign-off].
- Provide leave of absence cover for the production of other deliverables within the department as appropriate in order to satisfy internal control framework requirements.
- In addition to these functions, employees are required to carry out such other duties as may reasonably be required.
- Maintenance of data which is compatible with the automated regulatory reporting system.
- Ensuring all financial and non-financial data used for the regulatory returns have been fully reconciled and where appropriate substantiated with other teams (risk and operations).
- Ensure complete capture and no duplication in regulatory data
- Assist the CFO & Head of Finance or Senior Financial Controller in the production of financial reports and general management information data
Skills
- Educated to degree level
- UK accountancy qualification or part qualification or “qualification by experience”
- Good regulatory knowledge including Corep, Liqrep, and Bank of England returns (preferably with experience of WKFS’ “OSX”.)
- Good knowledge of legacy IRR reporting (Capital+)
- Experience in a finance department within a commercial/investment bank.
- Banking product knowledge, including derivatives & commodities
- Good accounting knowledge for general banking products, including commodities
- Excellent IT skills, including MS office and Excel
- Ability to work within a small team
Our client is a big believer in work life balance and will also provide opportunities to audit different industries so you won't have to specialise in just one, unless you want to.
Responsibilities
- To be a key part of Assurance teams undertaking assignments, including opportunities to lead the on-site element of the work.
- To ensure that each assignment is undertaken in accordance with the pre-assignment instructions, and to carry out all aspects of the assignment efficiently, thoroughly and in accordance with the firm’s procedures.
- To ensure Assurance quality at all times, contribute to internal and external quality assurance, ensuring all actions are completed in line with the firm’s and the profession’s standards.
- To communicate any problems in complying with these instructions, or any contentious issues identified, to the assignment manager immediately, identifying and commenting upon the possible solutions.
- To provide adequate briefing, supervision, and “on the job” training for less experienced members of staff.
- To act as day to day point of contact for the client, and to practice the principles of excellent client service at all times.
- To maintain an awareness of the firm’s specialist services and publications.
- To review work completed by less experienced staff for adequacy and completeness, and to undertake job appraisal reviews.
- To summarise actual time spent compared to budget on each assignment, and to perform the firm’s review and completion procedures before passing the files for manager review.
- To develop and maintain an advanced level of technical knowledge through appropriate reading and courses, and to fulfill professional CPD requirements.
- To maintain training records conscientiously and to keep up to date with examination studies, as applicable.
- To attend staff meetings and training and to assist in student recruitment, training and marketing activities as required.
Qualifications
- Candidates must be ACA or ACCA qualified or finalist.
- Previous experience of carrying out Assurance related tasks as requested by the Assurance Manager.
- Proven experience in client handling
- Proven Assurance experience in producing high quality Assurance
McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.
Senior Digital Business Analyst- £50,000-£55,000-Surrey-Web-Agile-Scrum-Digital
Senior Digital Business Analyst- £50,000-£55,000-Surrey-Web-Agile-Scrum-Digital
McGregor Boyall is currently recruiting for a Digital Business Analyst for a leading organisation based in Surrey. Due to a large amount of growth and success within the department this position has been made available. You will be working for a highly impressive and a rapidly expanding organisation.
Your Key Responsibilities
• Kick off new projects planning and estimating the analysis stream, calling out resources required and dependencies.
• Provide conceptual solutions to often complicated business problems / needs and make recommendations for preferred solutions, with consideration of associated risks, cost and timescales
• To write effective user stories that detail changes to the product/solution
• Work with the project team to write test scenarios using BDD.
• To work with development and testing teams on the build and release of the product
• To ensure that regulatory criteria is met through the design process
• Work with senior management to facilitate the sign off / agreement of solutions and recommendations via presentations/demos and workshops/meetings
• Take ownership of traceability of analysis through development, testing etc.
• Liaise with the business and external stakeholders to ensure clear understanding of dependencies, deliverables risks and issues
Must have
• Successfully operated as a hands on business analyst working as the sole or lead analyst on the project
• Experience working as an analyst with in a technology delivery team
• End to end development using agile techniques (Scrum, Kanban)
• Strong stakeholder management skills and experience presenting
• Strong communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Ability to work in a team and individually
• Able to work to tight deadlines, and manage several tasks concurrently
• XML and SQL skills are desirable but not mandatory
To apply for this position, Send your CV to: JPeters@mcgregor-boyall.com or call 0207 422 9084
McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.
Job Title: Technical Specialist ATM
Location: Glasgow
Employment Type: Permanent
We are on the hunt for a Technical Specialist to join our ATM & Cards team. Our ATM & Cards Team support the development, delivery, maintenance and continuous improvement of ATM & Cards technology capabilities in partnership with key third party partners.
The role:
- Supporting the ATM network working with our suppliers and managing change across the estate
- successful delivery of change programmes to meet the banks strategic objectives
- Supporting the clients strategic projects by acting as a domain subject matter expert for ATM, Debit and Credit cards
- Reviewing 3rd party documentation to identify any impact to the systems for credit and debit card bi-monthly releases, producing impact assessments and ensuring testing teams have identified and prepared appropriate test scripts
Required Skills:
- Strong ATM knowledge
- Strong technical documentation and presentation skills
- An understanding of the debit/credit cards processing lifecycles
- Ability to discuss and challenge design/project issues with IT and business domain experts.
- Familiarity with technical incident management processes and resolution
- Experience of the software development lifecycle and associated methodologies
- Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in an external customer impacting environment
If you think you are the ideal candidate for this role then please get in touch with Elisha on 01412122394 or on ejohnson@mcgregor-boyall.com.
McGregor Boyall is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
Product Manager-Agile-Scrum -UX-API-London-£70k-90k
Product Manager- Agile-Scrum-UX-API-London-£70k-90k
McGregor Boyall is currently recruiting for a Product Manager for a leading organisation based in London on a permanent basis. Due to a large amount of growth and success within the department this position has been made available.
Key Responsibilities:
- Defining and communicating the system and principles used to prioritise the work on the roadmap. This may be based upon Cost of Delay, architectural dependency, prior customer commitment etc.
- Communicates and engages with customers and stakeholder groups using channels that said individuals actually use and frequent (e.g. Workplace). Proactive when it comes to being customer facing in light of issues
- Publishing and reducing Product TCO
- Publishes and maintains the Product Canvas - what is the value proposition? What problems does it solve?
Skills:
- Extensive experience as a Product Manager or Owner
- Strong Agile and Scrum background
- Strong SDLC experience
- Extensive customer and user experience background
- Intrapreneurial, commercially-driven, track record of maximising impact and business value
- Experience or clear aspiration to support their fellow engineers in professional development, through learning & capability and community-based initiatives
- An awareness of industry trends and competitor activity
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Experience of systems thinking, customer journeys, service design, product management, lean/UX
To apply for this position Send your CV to: JPeters@mcgregor-boyall.com or call 0207 422 9084
McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.
Finance Manager-ACCA-Digital-Blue Chip-London-£60k
Finance Manager-ACCA-Digital-Blue Chip-London-£60k
McGregor Boyall is currently recruiting for a Finance Manager for a leading organisation based in London on a permanent basis. Due to a large amount of growth and success within the department this position has been made available.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support preparation of regular financial submissions for the Digital Portfolio Investment Committee working with the Portfolio Assurance and Delivery Management teams to provide an accurate picture of financial budgets and current spend rates.
- Maintain and support the development of new financial policies and procedures to meet expanding Digital business needs
- Perform detailed financial modelling to inform and support the full range of programme or business projects.
Skills:
- Extensive experience as a Finance Manager
- Experience working in a Digital environment is a MUST
- Extensive experience working in a Blue Chip organisation
- Audit Risk experience
- Consultancy background advantageous
- Strong Stakeholder Management
To apply for this position Send your CV to: JPeters@mcgregor-boyall.com or call 0207 422 9084
McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.
Working in a well-established team, the role holder’s responsibilities will include production of monthly, quarterly, and annual VAT returns (NB: monthly is internal VAT reconciliations/calculations) and preparation/review of corporation tax returns and calculation of monthly tax provisions.
The role holder will also be responsible for reporting financial information (unrelated to tax) to Head Office in a timely, accurate & efficient manner. The role holder will therefore work closely with the Senior Tax Manager and Senior Accountant who’s responsible for HO reports.
The role holder will work closely with and influence other members of the Finance Team and other members from different functions (Risk, Operations etc.) to provide the required data to enable compliance with Tax & Head Office related reporting requirements.
Tax-related Duties:
- VAT – assist the STM in updates to the PESM, preparation of reports and support Accounts Payable team with any tax related queries.
- Assist the Senior Tax Manager in all aspects of corporation tax compliance (critical focus will be on ensuring that the underlying data and information required for monthly Corporate tax computations are complete, accurate and comply with the Tax legislation – e.g. Transfer Pricing; CATA calculations).
- Assist the Senior Tax Manager in the preparation, implementation, update and maintenance of all tax policy and procedure manuals.
- Assist in the completion of quarter-end and year-end business forecasting as requested by Head Office or management;
- Support the following key outputs for Finance :
- Quarterly reporting (to local senior management and Head Office) and Annual Report and Accounts for the London entities
- Annual BEPS Country by Country Reporting
- Quarterly UK Payment Arrangement Calculations
- Annual Budget Plan (3-year forecast)
- In conjunction with other business managers, ensure that adequate tax/accounting and other records and internal controls in the finance areas are maintained (particularly with ref to Tax Risk Management)
- Assist the Senior Tax Manager in maintaining a Tax Risk Register and ensure that any deficiencies in controls identified by Operational Risk (via the Risk Evaluations & Controls Assessment) is remediated in a timely manner.
Head Office Reporting Duties
- Assist and support Senior Accountant in preparing Head Office reporting in an accurate and timely manner, including but not be limited to capital adequacy, liquidity, large exposures and performance.
- Work along with other colleagues in the Head Office reporting team to enhance the quality and efficiency of the production of all financial reporting.
- Work along with Senior Accountant in preparing interim and annual audit pack as required by HO in an accurate and timely manner.
- Assist the Senior Accountant in delivering automation system enhancement projects if necessary.
Skills & Experience
- Professional qualification in accounting/finance discipline
- Experience working at a similar level, within accounting, banking or auditing fields, preferably in the financial services sector
- Highly competent in producing written reports
- A good knowledge of tax accounting, IFRS accounting standards and theory, and financial reporting principles
- Good working Knowledge of UK taxation requirements – direct and indirect taxes
- Good language skills of written and spoken English and Mandarin (essential).
- Proficiency for making financial evaluations and judgments and an ability to present recommendations, both oral and written
McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.
Role Purpose
- Collect complex financial information from the banks subsidiaries, branches and associates and prepare consolidated financial statements for reporting to the Group CAO, Financial Operations ManCo and externally.
- Provide assurance to senior management and the Group CAO over external disclosure by analytically reviewing consolidated financial information and writing commentary that fully explains the financial performance and position of the group.
- Ensure financial reporting complies with applicable financial reporting standards, SEC rules and local laws.
- Drive group financial reporting processes, identify improvements and deliver efficiency gains.
- Ensure financial reporting processes adhere to established SOX controls; identify control weaknesses and path to remediation.
Accountabilities
- Preparation of primary statements, notes and other disclosures for quarterly earnings releases, interim report and the Annual Report and Accounts
- Preparation or review of ad hoc information, reports, and presentations
- Implement and monitor monthly and quarterly financial reporting processes to ensure timely dissemination and collection of financial information
- Implementation of new reporting requirements and controls to the reporting process
Major Challenges
- The increasing burden of new accounting and disclosure requirements
- The need to work in an environment governed by the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
- The need to meet deadlines set both internally and externally
- The need to manage multiple stakeholders
Experience
- Recognised professional accountancy qualification is essential
- Financial reporting and consolidation experience is beneficial
- Experience with consolidation tools, particularly Hyperion (Saracen), is beneficial
- Ability to communicate complex financial issues confidently to line management
- An awareness of developments in accounting and regulatory environment
- Strong spreadsheet skills
- Ability to analyse unstructured problems and queries and propose pragmatic solutions
- Self-starter/motivated – ability to work with minimum supervision with attention to detail
- Work to strict deadlines, under pressure and be a team player
McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.
The Tax Accountant plays a key role in enabling our client to fulfill its Tax compliance and reporting requirements and also have an opportunity to play a significant and on-going role in internal projects.
Working in a well-established team within the bank, the role holder’s responsibilities will include production of monthly, quarterly, and annual VAT returns (NB: monthly is internal VAT reconciliations/calculations). The role holder will assist the Senior Tax Manager and work closely with and influence other members of the Finance Team and other members from different functions (Risk, Operations etc) to provide the required data to enable compliance with Tax related reporting requirements.
Requirement to undertake duties for more than one of the banks entities, to provide financial reporting and tax services to the Senior Tax Manager and production of tax related reconciliations and general management information pertaining to direct or indirect taxes, including the:
1. maintenance of tax records, calculations and reconciliations for the bank
2. completion of allocated balance sheet and P&L reconciliations within deadlines; and
3. Assisting and supporting the rest of finance team on ad-hoc reports or projects.
Key Responsibilities (but not limited to):
- VAT assist the STM in updates to the PESM, preparation of reports and support Accounts Payable team with any tax related queries.
- Assist the Senior Tax Manager in all aspects of corporation tax compliance for the Branch (critical focus will be on ensuring that the underlying data and information required for monthly Corporate tax computations are complete, accurate and comply with the Tax legislation – e.g. Transfer Pricing; CATA calculations).
- Work closely with the Senior Tax Manager and HoF/CFO in the periodic reviews of all Transfer Pricing related matters including completing functional analysis.
- Prepare KPI assessment information, explain tax related movements analysis to management;
- Assist the Senior Tax Manager or Financial & HO Reporting teams to develop reporting, budgeting and forecasting of tax related balances;
- Forge good working relationships with HO tax departments/colleagues and other overseas institutions along with the different departments in the bank.
- Assist the Senior Tax Manager in the preparation, implementation, update and maintenance of all tax policy and procedure manuals.
- Assist in the completion of quarter-end and year-end business forecasting as requested by HO or management;
- Co-ordinate with Head Office and locally in London with the Senior Tax Manager and other Finance team members the formulation of the key reports to be completed and proactively support the planning and production of all Head
- Office and internal reports and monitor progress towards their achievement, drawing attention to important analysis of results and KPIs and trends
- Assist the Senior Tax Manager to enhance the quality and efficiency of the production of all tax related reporting.
Skills, Experience and Qualifications
- Professional qualification in accounting/finance discipline. Professional qualification in accounting/finance discipline
- Experience working at a similar level, within accounting, banking or auditing fields, Experience working at a similar level, within accounting, banking or auditing fields, preferably in the financial service preferably in the financial services sectors
- A strong knowledge of tax accounting, IFRS tax accounting, IFRS accounting standards and theory, accounting standards and theory, and financial and financial reporting principles
- Good working Good working Knowledge of UK taxation requirements knowledge of UK taxation requirements –– direct and indirect taxes
McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.
