McGregor Boyall has an exciting opportunity for a Quality Assurance analyst/SDET to help improve the test coverage across the organisation. You will be involved in all aspects of quality assurance activities including manual and Automation testing as part of an energetic and highly experienced team.

You will be involved in all aspects of QA, particularly developing testing frameworks using JavaScript, Selenium WebDriver and Node.JS. To be successful in this role you will ideally have most of the below:

• Ability to interpret complex business requirements and design quality test cases that can be reused.
• Relevant QA automation experience in developing testing frameworks using Selenium WebDriver, JavaScript, NodeJS, WebdriverIO
• Experience in system integration, user acceptance and regression testing.
• Recent experience testing back end API’s, complex web applications and FIX protocols.
• Good understanding and experience in load/performance testing of web-application and APIs

Financial services experience is preferred but not essential. In return , you'll be part of a high functioning team who deliver robust solutions using a wide array of technologies.

McGregor Boyall is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

This function is made up of technical accounting specialists with extensive experience delivering expert accounting advisory services, financial reporting and regulatory change projects to major Tier-1 global banks, challenger banks and building societies. Our cient has deep expertise in complex accounting within the Banking and Financial Services sector such as IFRS 9, hedge accounting, securitisations and other structured transactions, derivatives, and deal accounting for mergers and acquisitions and group reorganisations.

• Technical accounting support on accounting and regulatory change projects such as IFRS 9, IFRS 15, IFRS 16, UK GAAP, FINREP, Pillar 3, Brexit, IBOR reform, and ESG reporting.
• Accounting advice on transactions and financial reporting such as on-call accounting advisory, design or review of accounting policy manuals and financial statements.
• Accounting advice with respect to securitisations and other structured transactions.
• Providing subject matter expertise support on multi-disciplinary finance transformation and deal advisory projects such as business structuring, group reorganisations, mergers and acquisitions. Accounting focus areas include IAS 32, IAS 38, IFRS 2, IFRS 3, IFRS 10 and the UK Companies Act requirements.
• Providing high quality and practical training and education for external and internal audiences.
• Providing valuable expert resources to clients to assist finance and reporting teams on the enhancement of financial reporting processes, implementation of complex finance changes or transactions requiring technical expertise.

Role and Responsibilities

• Manage client opportunities, deliver live engagements, lead small teams and provide input into larger multi-disciplinary teams.
• Respond to clients’ ongoing ad-hoc technical accounting queries.
• Write and review client reports based on analytical exercises (e.g. review of clients’ technical accounting decisions, stakeholder interview) to present findings and recommendations.
• Assist clients in their implementation programme for new accounting change or development and post-implementation review programme through delivering client workshops/training, direct assistance in performing the assessment and/or review of clients’ assessment, review of technical accounting and risk interpretations prepared by clients e.g. IFRS 9.
• Manage and mentor junior engagement team members.

Qualifications and Skills

• Professional qualification: ACA, ACCA, CPA or equivalent.
• Strong technical knowledge of accounting standards related to financial instruments and/or relevant to Financial Services clients (IAS 39 hedge accounting, IFRS 9, IFRS 7, IFRS 13, IAS 32, IAS 38, IFRS 3, IFRS 10, IFRS 16, IFRS 15).
• Strong experience in the practical application of the above financial instrument accounting requirements within the Banking and Financial Services industry.
• Understanding of the Banking sector and UK and EU banking regulations and the critical interactions between IFRS and regulatory reporting.
• Excellent written and communication skills particularly in writing technical accounting analysis or opinions, delivering presentations and an ability to communicate well with clients both in writing and verbally.
• Strong ability to evaluate technical issues, research and analyse facts, ability to influence and deal with senior individuals, consult and deliver solutions to clients.
• Strong analytical skills in relation to impairment under IFRS 9, effective interest rate and other relevant valuation techniques.

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

JR485 – Digital Project Management Officer (Marketing) – Sports Betting & Online Gaming – Permanent – Manchester – £20k - £25k + bonus/benefits

Our client is a leading sports betting & online gaming firm who are looking for a talented Project Management Officer to join a newly created team.

You will work closely with a large digital & marketing function and support various other teams across the business. In a varied role you will get involved supporting live projects with a marketing tech focus, knowledge or ability to learn the marketing stack but also support migrations and develop technical skills.

The business work in a fast paced, so ideally the postholder needs to demonstrate the capability to work in a fast moving and at times challenging setting. Excellent communications skills essential, particularly when exposed to senior leadership.

This opportunity will be perfect for someone looking for their next opportunity in the project management/marketing space.

To be considered:

• Some experience or keen to develop a career in the project/marketing sphere
• Comfortable working in fast paced environments
• Able to manage multiple ongoing tasks
• Meets challenging deadlines
• Able to act on own initiative
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Interest developing networks/relationships with key leadership.

This opportunity is being managed by James Reeves at McGregor Boyall.

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

We are looking for an experienced Recruitment Consultant to add to our team in Poland. With a client base in place, you will assist with recruitment delivery, management of candidate/client processes and other recruitment administration duties as required, such as referencing, compliance and data management using our recruitment software application.

This role is supported by one of our UK Technology Directors who is based in London and previous recruitment experience is essential. Ideally you will have recruited in the technology space and any knowledge of applications development technologies would be a distinct advantage. Primarily this is a delivery role, so you will need excellent resourcing skills. However, other duties will include assisting with pre-employment screening and other operational tasks as required.

Key responsibilities:

• Resourcing using LinkedIn, job board advertising and other suitable sources.
• Qualification of candidates via phone, MS Teams, Zoom etc, to identify the best talent in market.
• Managing candidate process, from CV submission to negotiating offers.
• Assist the UK Director with organising interviews and other support as necessary.
• Ensure the recruitment system is kept up to date with candidates and client information.
• Following up on business development leads where appropriate.
• Ensuring that all appropriate screening documentation and checks (employment and academic reference requests, credit checks, criminal record checks, proof of right to work checks) have been completed accurately and efficiently, liaising with the Back Office team in UK when appropriate.
• Providing professional correspondence with candidates and clients on various issues of the screening and contracts process.

The successful candidate:

• Previous Recruitment experience within a technology environment.
• Proven resourcing skills, including use of LinkedIn and other sources.
• Can demonstrate excellent candidate and client management skills.
• Knowledge of pre-employment screening and other recruitment support skills, would be an advantage.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in Polish and English are essential.
• Will be self-motivated with a flexible, hands-on approach.
• Will have a good working knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite of applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).

If this is of interest get in touch with Gemma today!

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

Python, Multithreading, Java, Front Office, Investment Banking

My client are a leading global investment bank looking for Python Developers at both the AVP and VP experience level. You will be working with the Structured Products Equity Derivatives business which is part of Markets Execution Technology (ME). You will own and develop both revenue generating and regulatory projects in addition to improving the existing system. This role is front office working on a huge variety of products with a constantly evolving tech stack (lots of opportunity to implement new features). This is a chance to be part of a key money maker team for my client covering FX, Rates, Swaps and Derivatives (new business lines being added also).

What will you be doing?

• Development and mentoring of other team members (VP level)
• Developing high quality maintainable code for yourself and the team
• Making technical decisions that require a strong understanding of the problem domain i.e. both deep technology and business product knowledge.
• Collaborating and communicating globally with other developers and team leads to build technical solutions
• Using your strong knowledge of software development methods, tools and standards to ensure the team complies with practices

Required skills and competencies:

• Excellent hands-on Python development experience as either a developer or software engineer
• Solid knowledge of Derivatives and Structured Products (VP only)
• Experience of serverside development and multithreading
• Good knowledge of FIX and/or REST

Further skills that will help but are not essential:

• Hands-on Java programming experience
• A background within financial services (investment banking)
• Web Services experience

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

C#, Multithreading, Grid, Low Latency, TDD, Risk

My client are a leading investment bank with offices across the UK and the globe. They are currently seeking an experienced C# Serverside Developer to work within the Risk business line on a number of cutting-edge projects including further development/enhancement of a pricing framework and the continued migration to Azure. This role has great potential for expansion, either into other projects within the team/bank or into a hands-on team lead role.

This is a 6 month rolling contract inside IR35 (Umbrella) and cannot offer sponsorship at this time.

Required skills

• C#/.net serverside development (min 5 years)
• Strong multithreading skills
• Low latency/ grid computing experience
• TDD

Nice to have

• Azure experience
• Prior experience working on risk or pricing systems
• C++

This role is currently fully remote and will remain so for the foreseeable future. Once a normal working routine returns, flexible working will be offered.

Concise 2-stage interview process, my client can manage their timescales around the ideal candidate.

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

Junior Python Developer required to join a Global Financial services clients Glasgow based team(currently remote working is available). You'll be working as part of the infrastructure and DevOps team using Python scripts for automation.

Experience includes:-

• Python programming background, some commercial experience would be beneficial.
• Understanding of infrastructure and tooling, ideally LINUX(RHEL) and Git.
• Interested in learning tools like Jenkins, Git, Jira, Docker, SaltStack in a CI/CD environment.

In return you'll find a flexible working environment with the opportunity to work remotely as required. You will be joining A highly experienced software team where you will be able to learn new skills and improve your CV.

McGregor Boyall is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Excellent Oppurtunity with a Fintech Divsion of the worlds leading technolodgy focussed Investment Bank. Who seek a experienced Software Cloud Engineer with experince of migration projects including the addoption of AWS (Amazon Web Services) infrastructure onto a existing native software platform.

• Interact directly with the business and other engineering teams to build innovative solutions to support our business.
• Play a key role in design and implementation of AWS once impletmented
• Build a Greenfield cloud-based solution from scratch working with a global software developemnt team.

Key Skills required:

• Minimum 5 years software development experience.
• Cloud infrastructure expertise with AWS 2 years+
• Experience with JVM languages such as Java, Kotlin, or Scala.
• Knowledge of JavaScript and/or TypeScript.
• Experience with API driven development (e.g. Restful, Graph QL).
• Experience with migrating an existing on-prem application to the cloud.
• Experience with continuous integration and deployment.
• Prior experience in small or large Fintech eviroments

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

The EMEA Tax Department is, amongst other things, responsible for the UK Corporation Tax compliance for the UK group.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
The successful applicant will be working in a team responsible for the following in relation to the UK companies:

• Identification and monitoring of entities within the charge to UK corporation tax;
• Month end procedures, including:
  • tax monthly provisions and associated tax journals;
  • year to date results schedule;
  • certification and substantiation of tax balances in the general ledger;
• Tax provisions and disclosures for UK companies' statutory accounts (this will include liaising with the auditors) and associated accounting journals;
• Corporation tax computations and returns;
• Liaising with the organisations Tax Department
  • Quarterly reporting packs
  • Forecasting of taxable profits
  • Reporting tax liabilities for inclusion in the US foreign tax credit calculations
  • Ad hoc queries

• Bank Levy;
• CATA;
• Dealing with HMRC enquires;
• Manage the Group Payment Arrangement, including preparation of and arranging payment of quarterly instalment payments;
• Group relief claims and surrenders;
• Involvement with other ad hoc corporate tax issues as required

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:

• A qualified professional with a recognized accounting and/or tax qualification
• A self-motivated team player who is able to prioritize and work to demanding deadlines
• A knowledge of the UK corporation tax regime with strong tax accounting skills
• An individual focused on operating within and enhancing the existing tax risk and control framework
• Experience of working in a tax department of a US investment bank an advantage
• Experience of Onesource Corporation Tax software
• Experience of SAP or CDGL an advantage
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Excellent research, analytical and reasoning skills

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

Python, Quant Libraries, Risk Modelling, Machine Learning, Front Office

My client are one of the largest investment banks globally with a major presence in the London market. One of their leading teams, a flagship Quant Development function, are looking to hire due to an increase to their book of work. This role sits directly within the front office working alongside other quants as well as key business users.

The hire is to continue the development and enhancement of the team's risk models, as well as further improving their quant libraries. There is also a small component of Machine Learning within the role/team.

This is an critical hire to the business, 6 month rolling contract via PAYE or Umbrella. Unfortunately, sponsorship is not possible at this time.

Required skills:

• Excellent hands-on Python development, either as a Python Developer/Engineer or as a Quant Developer
• Recent finance experience
• Solid knowledge of risk and pricing systems
• Prior experience within a quantitative environment (ideally working on quant libraries and models)

Nice-to-have skills:

• Javascript
• Knowledge of either Java or C++
• CFA or other quantitative qualifications

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.