JR472 – Marketing Campaigns Manager (ATL) – Online Gaming/Sports – Permanent – Manchester - £35000 - £45000 + bonus/benefits

Our client is a leading gaming and sports company who are looking for a talented Marketing Campaigns Manager with a strong consumer marketing background with ATL experience.

You will report to the Head of Marketing and lead a small team to plan and implement integrated marketing campaigns, tasked to deliver strong commercial results by acquiring and retaining customers. Working closely with agency partners, you will be required to manage campaign budgets, ensure briefs are being met and inline with the brand strategy.

You will work closely with wider marketing teams and be required to network across the business effectively. Exceptional analysis and analytics skills will be key, ability to report to senior leadership, carry out competitor research, holding or developing strong knowledge of the market.

To be considered:

• Preferably worked in the online gaming or sports space, but keen to also see applicants who come from a strong consumer marketing background.
• Solid ATL campaigns experience
• Management of agencies and able to demonstrate strong leadership experience
• Budget management
• Solid analytics skills
• Commercially minded – worked in sales driven/ acquisition and retention teams
• Able to present and report to 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.

C#, Risk, Quant, C++, Pricing, Python, Front Office

My client are a leading global investment bank currently seeking hands-on C# quant developers to work on a number of projects within the front office. The candidate will contribute to the maintenance of front office tools developed by the EMEA Markets Engineering department. The main priority is to support the team on its efforts to implement changes dictated by industry changes (Benchmark reformation).

Asset classes/ front office areas covered including the development of pricing tools, P&L, Rates, Equities and Risk Computation. Tech stack is C#-based although C++ is highly desired due to some quant libraries being written with it. Elements of the front office also use Python (on Linux). Excellent exposure to direct revenue generation and the FO, this role sits alongside other quants, developers, traders and key stakeholders within the business. This role is best suited to a hands-on quant developer with excellent programming skills.

Rate advertised in inside IR35

Skills required to be successful in the role:

• Excellent hands-on C# experience
• Experience as a quant developer
• Prior experience within the front office
• Solid understanding of financial risk and P&L
• Ability to communicate technical concepts to business users

Skills that will help you be successful in the role:

• C++ development experience
• Familiarity with Python
• Experience working on LinuxOS
• Business knowledge of Interest Rates/ IRD
• Pricing experience
• .Net core experience

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

JR462 – CRM Manager – Online Gaming – Manchester – Permanent - £27k - £32k + bonus/benefits

Our client is a large online gaming firm who are looking for a Digital Marketing (CRM Manager) to join the team.

The postholder will lead a team and work closely with the Head of Customer Marketing to develop and implement the strategy for online gaming. You will be tasked to improve future campaigns, maximising performance, upsell and cross sell opportunities.

A strong understanding of customer segmentation and personalisation. Importantly, you will need to hold strong analytics experience and be comfortable reporting to key stakeholders across the business.

To be considered:

• Experience working in a digital marketing capacity with a focus on CRM, Email Marketing
• Open to sector, B2C essential, but a keen interest in the online gaming space
• Team management experience, led a team or ability to lead, train and mentor individuals
• Campaign management
• Customer segmentation
• Personalisation
• Strong analytics experience

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.

Sharepoint Online, .net core, React, Angular, Azure, PowerBI

My client are a globally renowned asset management firm currently seeking a senior/lead developer to take project ownership within one of their teams. The successful candidate will lead the build-out of a single entry point solution. Part of this role will also be focused on maintenance and simplification of a BMD platform. The role involves a good mix of green-field and existing product development providing exposure to a variety of business demands and technologies.

The role involves leading solution design, development and quality assurance processes across all aspects of the software engineering life-cycle. Mentoring junior members of the team and dealing with various stakeholders within the business is also a major part of the role.

Required skills (high proficiency):

• Sharepoint development (Sharepoint online)
• .net core
• React
• Angular
• Azure/ Azure DevOps
• PowerBI
• Management of diverse technical teams and mentorship of junior members

Nice to have:

• Financial Services experience
• Octopus
• Good experience of agile working practices
• Experience with reporting tools

This role is predominantly Sharepoint-based, but good working experience of .Net core, React, Angular and Azure will be required to be successful.

*Rate advertised is inside IR35*

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

.Net Core, Javascript, Azure, SQL Server, Sharepoint

My client are a globally renowned asset management firm currently seeking a senior/lead developer to drive development in one of their teams. The successful candidate will lead the build-out of a single entry point solution. Part of this role will also be focused on maintenance and simplification of a BMD platform. The role involves a good mix of green-field and existing product development providing exposure to a variety of business demands and technologies.

The role involves leading solution design, development and quality assurance processes across all aspects of the software engineering life-cycle. Mentoring junior members of the team and dealing with various stakeholders within the business is also a major part of the role.

Excellent ability in:

• ASP.Net Core
• Javascript/Typescript
• TDD/BDD
• Azure/ Azure DevOps
• SQL Server

Nice to have:

• Prior experience working within finance
• Pior hands-on team lead experience
• PowerShell
• SharePoint
• Experience with SAFe working principles

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

DevOps Engineer(Linux) required for an initial 12 month contract with a global financial services clients Glasgow based offices. To be successful in this role you will have most or all of the below:

• Linux experience in an enterprise level environment – mainly system administration of RHEL
• Scripting experience in either Perl, Python or UNIX
• SQL query skills – simple to intermediate
• Ideally knowledge of REST services

Please send a CV for immediate consideration.

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

JR465 – Creative Design Manager (Digital, Print, Video) - SaaS/Consultancy – Permanent – Remote/London - £50k - £70k + bonus/benefits

Our client is an established SaaS and Consulting firm who are looking for a Creative Design Manager.

This is a new opportunity within the business and part of marketing’s growth plans. The post holder will be responsible for setting up a creative / design studio, taking briefs from several functions and be able to deliver high quality, impactful work. This could include graphic design such as infographics, social media posts, flyers, presentation images, illustrations and layouts as well as the digital creative - communications and training videos. Expertise will therefore be required across Digital, Print and Video making/editing. Solid experience using the Adobe Creative Suite – InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premier Pro and CMS Wordpress required.

The successful candidate will need to develop a network of support that could assist ad hoc and manage a budget accordingly. Ability to manage multiple ongoing projects essential and working with senior leadership, globally dispersed.

To be considered:

• Experience in an inhouse design studio or for an agency, working with clients in the corporate, professional services or tech space
• Able to take briefs and deliver high quality, impactful work
• Infographics, social media posts, flyers, presentation images, illustrations and layouts as well as the digital creative - communications and training videos
• Management of budgets
• Building a network which can offer ad hoc support and management of partner agencies
• Adobe Creative Suite – InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premier Pro
• CMS – Wordpress
• Excellent project management
• Comfortable reporting to key leadership across the business

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.

The Business Partnering team is responsible for:

• Delivering a high quality finance business partnering function providing support and analysis to the business.
• The Finance Business Partnering Team are trusted advisers to the business adding real value and strategic insight to assist in decision making.
• Supporting key scheme and programme initiatives and projects with insightful and accurate analysis. Assisting presenting outcomes to stakeholders as required.
• Supporting the corporation wide business plan process and business cases where relevant.
• Developing a culture of financial awareness and value for money.
• Supporting the Director of Finance in developing and maintaining a culture of continual improvement of processes and procedures within the finance department.

Accountability
The key accountabilities for this role are in relation to providing support to the business experience in embedding the new contract for Administration Services. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Documenting the design and the data flows from the Administration system to the finance systems ensuring all financial data required to produce accurate compliance accounts is provided by the supplier.
• Ensure that the data provided by the supplier has a sufficient level of detail and audit trail to enable the business to gain comfort and assurance that the transactions that flow from the supplier into SAGE are complete, accurate and compliant.
• When assisting the Head of Accounting with the design of the service requirement around the design of the General Ledger, Payments, Cash and Banking and Charges consider likely future requirements of the scheme and ensure that the service design is easily adaptable to meet these requirements.
• During the transition period, provide testing and assurance over all financial transactions that flow from the supplier to the general ledger.
• Devise a finance test and assurance plan, carry out the testing and assurance, documenting any findings and working with the supplier to resolve any issues.
• When assisting the Head of Accounting with the design of the Service Delivery and testing and assurance, ensure that legacy issues with the incumbent are not replicated in the new contract.

Deliverables

• Service Delivery documents for the new service, ensuring legacy issues aren’t replicated in the new contract and the service delivery is flexible in terms of any reasonably expected future changes.
• Testing and Assurance plan to ensure that all data flows from the supplier to the Scheme general ledger are timely, complete, accurate and SORP compliant.
• Over the implementation period of the new contract, provide assurance and testing results over a variety of transactions and scenarios to ensure that the new service provides an accurate data flow into the general ledger.
• Provide documentation and guidance on transactions, how they flow into the general ledger sufficient to enable the Accounting team to understand the new service and data flows.
• Help with the delivery of timely and accurate month-end reporting. This includes liaising with the FP&A team to prepare and posting accruals for the directorate.
• Provide cover, when needed for the FBP in delivering a high quality finance business support to ensuring that the directorate has access to the financial information they need, have implemented adequate budgetary controls and given due consideration to affordability and value for money.
• Assist with the production of a monthly ‘management accounts pack’ to support the Directorate in monitoring financial performance and driving efficiencies/actions with consideration to affordability and value for money.
• Supporting and participating in the annual budget setting process.

Experience
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following experience and technical skills:

• Experience of providing testing and assurance to pension scheme accounting systems
• Strong working knowledge of the pension scheme SORP and its requirements
• Experience of defining accounting systems and processes
• Experience of embedding financial awareness within the business
• Previous experience of month end management accounting processes.
• Very strong numerical skills
• Very strong MS Excel skills
• Experience of working with a finance system such as SAGE 200.

Education, qualification and professional membership requirements

• Part of fully Qualified accountant (e.g. ACA, CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA, etc.).
• Degree qualified

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

JR462 – Digital Marketing (CRM Manager) – Online Gaming – Manchester – Permanent - £28k - £35k + bonus/benefits

Our client is a large online gaming firm who are looking for a Digital Marketing (CRM Manager) to join the team.

The postholder will lead a team and work closely with the Head of Customer Marketing to develop and implement the strategy for online gaming. You will be tasked to improve future campaigns, maximising performance, upsell and cross sell opportunities.

A strong understanding of customer segmentation and personalisation. Importantly, you will need to hold strong analytics experience and be comfortable reporting to key stakeholders across the business.

To be considered:

• Experience working in a digital marketing capacity with a focus on CRM, Email Marketing
• Open to sector, B2C essential, but a keen interest in the online gaming space
• Team management experience, led a team or ability to lead, train and mentor individuals
• Campaign management
• Customer segmentation
• Personalisation
• Strong analytics experience

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.

JR462 – Digital Marketing (CRM Manager) – Online Gaming – Manchester – Permanent - £28k - £35k + bonus/benefits

Our client is a large online gaming firm who are looking for a Digital Marketing (CRM Manager) to join the team.

The postholder will lead a small team of 2 and work closely with the Head of Customer Marketing to develop and implement the strategy for online gaming. You will be tasked to improve future campaigns, maximising performance, upsell and cross sell opportunities.

A strong understanding of customer segmentation and personalisation. Importantly, you will need to hold strong analytics experience and be comfortable reporting to key stakeholders across the business.

To be considered:

• Experience working in a digital marketing capacity with a focus on CRM, Email Marketing
• Open to sector, B2C essential, but a keen interest in the online gaming space
• Team management experience, led a small team or ability to lead, train and mentor individuals
• Campaign management
• Customer segmentation
• Personalisation
• Strong analytics experience

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.