FinTech Wales – Recruitment Roundup – New Positions at Currencycloud, Sonovate, Sorodo & More
14 April, 2021
Welcome to the FinTech Wales Recruitment Roundup, a bite-sized bulletin of the latest jobs added to FinTech Wales member’s career pages over the last week.
If you’d love the opportunity to work at an industry-leading company that specialises in financial technology, then check out the latest lowdown of the newest jobs from our FinTech Wales members.
Wealthify – Head of Business Development
Company – Wealthify
Job Title – Head of Business Development
Location – Penarth
Salary – £50,000 – £60,000
Contract – Full Time, Permanent
Perks – Yes
Description – “Wealthify has developed fantastic relationships with different banks, FinTechs, retail brands and financial media that support our ambition to inspire anyone to build their future wealth, and we wish to develop more. As a result, we are looking for an experienced Business Development Manager to build new relationships and grow our existing ones”
Responsibilities
- Generating new business leads and building a sales pipeline
- Service existing partnerships, building and maintain relationships
- Deal with new inbound partnerships enquires
- Help shape the overall business development strategy to focus on the most effective areas.
- Develop sales material to support pitches
- Negotiate deals and commercial terms
- Report to Senior Management on opportunities and progress
Apply on the Wealthify website here
Confused.com – Development Team Leader
Company – Confused.com
Job Title – Development Team Leader
Location – Cardiff
Salary – Unspecified
Contract – Full Time, Permament
Perks – Yes
Description – “We are looking for a leader of the development team who will act as technical tutor and line manager for our developers, you will act as the right arm for the development manager and advice on how to best manage the achievement of objectives, keeping them informed of progress and all the blockers.”
Responsibilities
- Build on your technical understanding of our systems and assist non-technical colleagues on issues and opportunities.
- Promote and encourage collective ownership of software delivery
- Help shape the technical development objectives and career paths for direct reports.
- Champion the cause for Engineering and Operational Excellence.
- Ensure developers are able to perform all related tasks while giving clear guidance on career progression and achievable SMART objectives that will enhance their skill sets while providing real business value to Confused.
Currencycloud – Client Onboarding Manager
Company – Currencycloud
Job Title – Client Onboarding Manager
Location – Cardiff
Salary – Unspecified
Contract – Full Time, Permanent
Perks – Yes
Description – “Our Compliance Department is looking for a talented Client Onboarding Manager to lead our Client Onboarding Teams. The Client Onboarding Manager will report to the Head of Compliance Operations in London.”
Responsibilities
- Responsible for day to day running of the client onboarding and team management
- Be the one who inspires, motivates and coaches Team Leaders and the Team
- Deliver training sessions and workshops to the Client Onboarding Teams and the wider business
- Reviewing and reporting on metrics and taking ownership of improving both team performance and financial crime measures
- Proactively identify trends and potential issues in services and resolve before any disruption occurs
- Work closely with the Head of Compliance Operations and Transaction Monitoring Manager to identify inefficiencies and implement improvements to the process as well as systems used
- Be the escalation point for complex compliance queries and review high risk accounts
- Work cross-departmentally to proactively identify and resolve any queries and complaints
- Coordinating and leading on projects within the onboarding teams as per the agreed timelines
- Act as a bridging point between our London and Cardiff Compliance Teams.
- Other ad-hoc tasks
Apply on the Currencycloud website here
ActiveQuote – Business Analyst / Project Manager
Company – ActiveQuote
Job Title – Business Analyst / Project Manager
Location – Cardiff
Salary – Unspecified
Contract – Full Time, Permanent
Perks – Yes
Description – “We have an exciting opportunity for a Business Analyst / Project Manager to join our Development team in Cardiff Bay. ActiveQuote provides Life, Health and Income Protection insurance advice to customers via a wide range of insurers, including Aviva, AXA, Bupa, Vitality, AIG, L&G to name but a few.”
Responsibilities
- Analyse and outline challenges, opportunities and solutions for the business
- Owning the Development Roadmap, collaborating with the Senior Management Team to ensuring it aligns with the business’ strategy
- Gathering business requirements for projects, creating compelling user experiences, detailed user stories, process maps and non-functional requirements
- Responsible for delivering concurrent projects to a high standard and on time
- Championing best practices in the software development lifecycle, governance and business analysis activities
- To aspire to the company values of Integrity, Unity, Innovation and Passion
Apply on the ActiveQuote website here
Backbase – Technical Architect
Company – Backbase
Job Title – Technical Architect
Location – Cardiff
Salary – Unspecified
Contract – Full Time, Permament
Perks – Yes
Description – “You will join our Architects in leading the technical design for our Identity & Access Management (IAM) products. As a member of the IAM leadership team, you will work closely with our customers, Product Owners and fellow architects to develop the high-level technical approach, guide our Engineering Teams and ensure production-readiness concerns are carefully considered.”
Apply on the Backbase website here
LexisNexis – Regional Account Manager
Company – LexisNexis
Job Title – Regional Account Manager
Location – United Kingdom
Salary – Unspecified
Contract – Full Time, Permanent
Perks – Yes
Description – “Our vision is to grow the Lexis Visualfiles revenue through the acquisition of new clients, the extension of software and services in the existing client base, the growth of the recurring revenue line and the introduction of new modules and products to be sold in both new and existing market sectors.
The role encompasses day to day managerial responsibility for LexisNexis client accounts with the Regional Account Manager being the main conduit between the client and our business.”
Apply on the LexisNexis website here
Sonnovate – Software Engineer
Company – Sonnovate
Job Title – Software Engineer
Location – Remote
Salary – Unspecified
Contract – Full Time, Permanent
Perks – Yes
Description – “We need a number of Software Engineers to work in our high skill, high productivity engineering teams, taking pride in delivering high-quality software into production, bringing your skills and experience to bear. From problem solving to new concept ideas, you have the genuine opportunity to release your full potential.”
Apply on the Sonnovate website here
Sorodo – Customer Relationship Manager
Company – Sorodo
Job Title – Customer Relationship Manager
Location – Mold, Flintshire, Wales
Salary – £18,000 – £20,000 (depending on experience)
Contract – Full Time, Permanent
Perks – Yes
Description – “We are looking for our first Customer Relationship Manager to assist a broad range of customers on their journey to obtain business funding. Working in the Mold office, you will be part of a small and dynamic team where you will help manage applications, from lead enquiry to final stage. This position will also give you the opportunity to grow and build a high-performance team.”
Responsibilities
- Taking inbound phone calls and reaching out to online lead applications
- Provide support to our SME customers – contact, engage and manage primarily by phone, through the application process
- Answer customer questions on the range of business finance we offer
- Ask questions to understand customer requirements
- Continuous lead follow up
- Using our CRM system to accurately maintain and keep up to date notes on customers you communicate with
- Build up an extensive knowledge of business finance, and gain an understanding of the wide variety of lenders in the market
Apply on the Sorodo website here
Principality Building Society – Commercial Solicitor
Company – Principality Building Society
Job Title – Commercial Solicitor
Location – Cardiff
Salary – Unspecified
Contract – Full Time, Permanent
Perks – Yes
Description – “We are looking for a qualified lawyer from private practice or in-house who is able to provide legal advice in an accessible and pragmatic way to a broad range of stakeholders. Strong commercial contract and negotiating skills are essential. Experience of working in a regulated environment (such as financial services) would be advantageous, along with previous data protection or outsourcing experience. The successful candidate will have an interest in regulatory issues and will keep on top of legal developments.”
Responsibilities
- Provide both project and day-to-day legal advice to a variety of stakeholders across Principality including the Data, Commercial, Procurement and Product teams.
- Lead on contract negotiations, working closely with the Procurement team to negotiate contractual terms with a range of suppliers (including IT, Marketing, Recruitment, External Legal) advising on associated legal risk and ensuring compliance with regulation (such as the outsourcing/operational resilience requirements).
- Review and revise product documentation including terms and conditions, supporting documents and marketing material.
- Work closely with the Commercial team, including assisting with LIBOR transition work and commercial security reviews.
- Assist in the management of complaints and claims, working closely with colleagues in the Customer Services team.
- Provide supervision and support to other team members, including supervision of more junior colleagues, and support where colleagues require a second opinion.
- Proactively partner with assigned areas of the business to provide legal support, and prepare a regular legal update to be shared with the business on a monthly basis.
- Input into the Legal team strategy and contribute to the training, learning and development of both the Legal team, and colleagues across Principality.
Apply on the Principality Building Society website here
Coincover – Head of Commercial
Company – Coincover
Job Title – Head of Commercial
Location – Cardiff
Salary – Unspecified
Contract – Full Time, Permanent
Perks – Yes
Description – “As Head of Commercial you’ll be a driving force at Coincover and our growth plans for Crypto Currency Safety. You’ll be responsible for Sales, Customer Success and Marketing and will accelerate Coincover’s aspirations to introduce our products and services to new audiences and expand existing portfolios and relationships.”
Responsibilities
- Defining and Implementing the sales strategy to meet our commercial targets and business growth plans
- Supporting and leading Sales, Marketing and Customer Success to meet and exceed our sales targets
- Working with a broad range of prospective cryptocurrency partners and an internal team
- Working with the Head of Product to identify new markets and products and present commercial strategies to develop commercial performance
- Proactively improving sales processes and services to continually improve our offering
- Refining our existing sales focussed processes ensuring they are being used effectively, including our CRM
- Identifying ways to align our sales strategy with our Customer Success Strategy in order to achieve mutually beneficial results for us and our customers
- Working with the Operations and leading the Customer Success team to ensure a seamless transition for the customer from the sales stages through to our onboarding process and beyond
- Working with Data and Insights Analyst and Head of Product to understand our sales data, trends and future opportunities
- Working with the Operations and leading the Customer Success team to ensure existing partner relationships are nurtured and supporting in identifying business development opportunities
- Tailoring support and communication to prospective clients to help them understand the potential and benefits of our products and services and in turn, how they can support their business and sales aspirations
- Leading the Marketing team to support our customers’ sales and retention targets
- A Key player on the Senior Leadership Team providing insights and knowledge of the market and customers
Apply on the Coincover website here
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These are just a selection of the new opportunities available in Welsh FinTech, so if you’re ready to take the next step professionally or know someone looking to kickstart a career in financial technology, don’t hesitate to apply for an exciting position at Wales’ best FinTechs.
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