Recruitment Roundup – 3rd March 2023 

Welcome back to FinTech Wales’ most recent Recruitment Roundup, where you can find a selection of the latest job vacancies listed by our FinTech Wales members.

If you’re ready to take the next step professionally or know someone looking to kickstart a career with an industry-leading financial technology company based in Wales, then check out the freshest jobs in Welsh FinTech included in today’s roundup.

Acquis – Assistant Management Accountant

Company – Acquis

Job Title – Assistant Management Accountant

Location –  Newport, South Wales

Contract – Full-time, Permanent

Salary – Competitive 

Perks – Yes (25 days’ Annual Leave with the option to buy and sell more, Bonus Scheme based on performance & more)

Description: 

Acquis Insurance Management is a private equity backed insurance broker and administrator that specialises in providing insurance administration services for the finance and leasing industry across Europe.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the production of timely and accurate management accounts and look to improve the value of the information that is being provided
• Post monthly journals, accruals and prepayments as required
• Maintenance of the Sage50 general ledger
• Prepare weekly payment runs
• Assist in the preparation of balance sheet control account reconciliations
• Assist the Management Accountant with the preparation of budgets
• Prepare reports and commentary on performance vs budgets to ensure that spend is in line with plan
• Monitor and evaluate financial information systems and suggesting improvements where needed
• Support with statutory reporting tasks such as the quarterly VAT returns, ECSL, international tax returns and surveys for ONS
• Act as an escalation point for queries from Finance Assistants (team of 2)
• Assist with the completion of the year-end audit
• Provide ad hoc operational support to other teams and projects when required

Click here for more information on this role or to apply. 

Coincover – Senior Business Development Manager

Company – Coincover

Job Title – Senior Business Development Manager

Location –  Cardiff / London 

Contract – Full-time, Permanent

Salary – Competitive 

Perks – Yes (Death in service at four times your salary, Remote working budget of £1,000 & more)

Description: 

Coincover is on a mission to make digital currency investments simple, safe and secure for everyone. 

An experienced and independent Sales Manager with experience of SaaS based Crypto/Cyber Security, enterprise sales and knowledge of the crypto/cyber market and the financial services sector (Crypto Exchanges, Asset Managers, Trad-Fi etc…) is needed for an awarding winning and well-funded Crypto safety/security vendor based in the UK, driven from the UK and growing aggressively across the world. 

Coincover has been well funded and has launched multiple products across the globe through its distribution channels. We have invested heavily in our sales and marketing teams and are now looking for seasoned sales candidates to manage the financial services vertical in the enterprise function.  You will work on greenfield areas to establish relationships with new customers and uncover high-value opportunities as well as through our distribution partners with their sales teams to run joint selling opportunities.

Responsibilities:

• Take responsibility for driving new business opportunities and securing contracts with new customers that hit (and ideally exceed) assigned sales quotas and targets.
• Drive the entire sales cycle from initial customer engagement to close.
• Manage pipeline coverage to generate own leads in addition to those provided, through daily prospecting.
• Target, educate, and persuade new customers to use Coincover solutions in new and creative ways that benefit their business and stakeholders
• Work with channel partners to enhance the regional indirect business
• Consult with prospects about business challenges and requirements around cyber security.
• Maintain a high level of relevant domain knowledge and have meaningful conversations with prospects.
• Draft and deliver winning proposals, working with our technical team where required to address customer requirements.

Click here for more information on this role or to apply. 

LDMS – UX Designer

Company – LDMS

Job Title – UX Designer

Location –  Cardiff / Hybrid 

Contract – Full-time, Permanent

Salary – Competitive 

Perks – Yes 

Description: 

LDMS is a Fintech company focused on digital lending software, a market growing around 18% per year and set to be worth $27 billion by 2028.

Working in a stand-alone role, you will have full autonomy of the design process, leading the design of both LDMS’s customer and internal-facing systems. Having a solid customer base, LDMS’s products reach millions of users daily, the focus will be to iteratively design a user experience that reduces friction and deepens engagement.

Responsibilities:

• Shaping and enhancing the user interface and experience of LDMS products.
• Designing features that align with the overall user experience and flow.
• Developing and presenting visual aids such as wireframes, mockups, and flow diagrams to convey design concepts.
• Collaborating with Product Owners and Engineers to iterate on and enhance the current user experience.
• Staying up-to-date with the latest UI/UX trends, tools, and best practices and sharing your insights with the team.
• Having a strong understanding of UI design and best practices.

Click here for more information on this role or to apply. 

Principality Building Society – IT WorkSpace Engineer

Company – Principality Building Society 

Job Title – IT WorkSpace Engineer

Location –  Cardiff 

Contract – Full-time, Permanent

Salary – Circa 40k

Perks – Yes (Read about some of Principality’s employee benefits here)

Description: 

Working as part of a team of IT Workspace Engineers and Support Analysts, the core of your role will focus on the below, you will also have the opportunity to shape the design and investment in workspace technology for the organisation. 

What you’ll be doing:

• Managing and administering core systems and services in collaboration with supporting teams
• Ensure feature releases and upgrades are well communicated and deployed in a controlled manner
• Proactive maintenance of IT systems and servers through monitoring, alerting and housekeeping
• Ensure that KPI targets, service level agreements and operational level agreements are achieved
• Work closely with third party vendors on the latest feature releases, service problems and renewals
• Identification and resolution of performance anomalies, system defects and stability issues
• Produce and maintain technical processes, documentation and knowledge base articles for systems
• Provide peer support and knowledge transfer to colleagues within other teams and functions in IT
• Work with our IT Security team to ensure systems remain safe and secure from emerging threats
• Work with the change management team on proposed changes, assessing risk and impact to services
• Liaising with other departments within the business to ensure IT needs are met to their expectation

Click here for more information on this role or to apply. 

Illustrate Digital – JavaScript & PHP Engineer

Company – Illustrate Digital

Job Title – JavaScript & PHP Engineer

Location –  Cardiff / Bristol / Remote 

Contract – Full-time, Permanent

Salary – £26,000 to £38,000

Perks – Yes (Cycle Scheme available, company pension & more)

About The Role:

You’ll be joining one of the go-to agencies in the UK with a reputation for excellence in delivery of WordPress websites and solutions. Illustrate Digital are pushing the limits of the platform further each day and are looking for an experienced developer to help them to implement and innovate.

Engineers at Illustrate Digital are well respected members of the team who bring solutions together in WordPress, adding a great deal of value to the agency and to their clients. Illustrate Digital are looking for someone who is keen to work on innovative solutions for websites, software and integrations.

As a PHP and JavaScript Engineer at Illustrate Digital you’ll be responsible for developing website back-ends in WordPress to create excellent content and management experiences for users, implementing new solutions on existing sites and software, and managing existing solutions to ensure future-proofing and security of WordPress environments.

The best person for this role is someone who believes in the importance of doing things well, to a high standard and who would be keen to bring their experience and help implement new processes, creative ideas and innovative practices to help their teammates to succeed.

Key traits/skills/experiences:

• a proven career in website development, software engineering or similar roles
• a good understanding of the WordPress platforms, as well as other PHP frameworks such as Laravel, and how modifications can be achieved in the most effective way
• a good understanding and experience with JavaScript frameworks, primarily React.JS
• the passion to learn other PHP and/or JavaScript frameworks such as Angular, Vue.JS
• a problem solver who is comfortable finding solutions to technical challenges on a regular basis
• commercial understanding of scoping and costing projects
• able to self-manage your time and workload, working with project managers and stakeholders to provide data and feedback of your work and ensure that projects are delivered on-time and on-budget
• experience working with version controlling
• good communication skills and the ability to work and collaborate as part of a team
• taking pride in your work and the team you’re a part of
• maintaining social connection and good communication even virtually
• comfortable coaching and encouraging junior developers, as well as taking the lead on projects you’re involved in

Click here for more information on this role or to apply. 

Mazuma Accountants – Head of Client Services

Company – Mazuma Accountants

Job Title – Head of Client Services

Location – Bridgend

Contract – Full-time, Permanent

Salary – £32,000 pa – £40,000 OTE

Perks – Yes (Pension contributions, 23 days holiday a year plus bank holidays & more)

Description: 

Mazuma receives a large volume of communication from their clients. This is from many different channels, including email, social media, telephone, and via their own technology, MazApp.

Customer service is one of the core focuses at Mazuma, and delighting clients with comprehensive and timely communication is a core part of that.

This is a new role in the company, and as such, you will be building your role and team from scratch. 

In the first instance, you will be responsible for overseeing and implementing a customer service and communications strategy, separated into quick wins and longer-term goals. This will involve training staff on the optimum way to communicate with Mazuma’s clients, structuring a monitoring system to track improvements, and creating a reporting module in this area for the board.

Moving forward, as you become successful in the role, you will be recruiting a team around you to act as a conduit between Mazuma’s clients and their accountants.

Targets will be based around NPS, external review systems, and client churn statistics.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Exceptional written English skills
• A background either as an accountant, or having worked in accountancy practice
• A passion for delighting clients
• A keen eye for detail
• A creative mind that can find inventive solutions for challenges
• Brilliant interpersonal skills
• A warm and patient telephone manner
• The ability to translate complex matters into plain English
• The desire to work in an exciting and fast-paced environment

Click here for more information on this role or to apply. 

Delta Capita – Sales Director – SAAS

Company – Delta Capita

Job Title – Sales Director – SAAS

Location – London 

Contract – Full-time, Permanent

Salary – Competitive 

Perks – Yes 

Description: 

Delta Capita is looking for an experienced Sales Director to join their Global Sales Team. You will work directly with clients, prospects and business stakeholders and will be responsible for refining, implementing and running a sales strategy across Delta Capita’s offerings.

This is an exciting role as Delta Capita expands their capabilities globally. The preferred candidate will demonstrate an entrepreneurial spirt with a focused approach as Delta Capita develops this fast-growing part of their business. 

This is an individual contributor role, utilising the network of the management team, Delta Capita network and hands on approach. 

The role and responsibilities:

• Own the Sales Process across all Products and Client Tiers
  • Establish client profile map 
  • Plan and manage client outreach (Traditional & Digital)
  • Identify product demand and opportunities 
  • Drive client journey through sales funnel 
  • Maintain CRM database from pipeline development to execution
  • Maintain live client profile map and sales funnel documentation
• Client Relationship Management
  • Build long-term relationships with new and existing clients
  • Work closely with existing CRM framework, enhancing and developing where possible
  • Leverage existing engagements through development of detailed understanding of client strategy and organisational structure
• Business Development
  • Develop product ideas and campaigns with the specialist practice areas, focusing on regulatory and business change opportunities
  • Create collateral for Managed Service offering
  • Establish marketing and digital strategy

Click here for more information on this role or to apply. 

Sero – FP&A Manager

Company – Sero 

Job Title – FP&A Manager

Location – Cardiff

Contract – Full-time, Permanent

Salary – Up to £55,000

Perks – Yes (6% pension contribution, healthcare with family & dental options & more)

Description: 

Sero are looking for a Financial Planning & Analysis Manager to join their Finance Team to take an active role in supporting their exciting next period of stability and growth. Working across Sero’s business you will be comfortable in supporting the strategy with a strong understanding of financial analysis, accounting principles, and data analysis techniques.

Responsibilities: 

• Develop, maintain and communicate timely and accurate financial reports, budgets and forecasts for the business
• Work with each department to include business case support for new investment and business decisions. Continuous engagement and relationship building with key stakeholders is key to this role to maintain the finance departments involvement at early stages of all new projects to ensure efficiency
• Analyse and interpret financial data to identify trends, patterns, and opportunities for improvement
• Collaborate with various teams to gather financial information and ensure accuracy of financial reports
• Prepare and present financial reports to senior management, investors and other stakeholders
•  Monitor actual performance against budget and forecasts and provide insights and recommendations to improve financial performance
• Assist in the development and implementation of financial models and analysis to support strategic business decisions.
• Identify areas of financial risk and opportunities for cost and process improvement
• Responsible for re-forecasting process and 5 year planning process
• Development of departmental processes
• Conduct ad-hoc financial analysis as required and support the Head of Finance
• The successful person joining our team will be tasked with reviewing our existing financial tools, models, processes and procedures supporting the finance team through evaluation leading to development of recommendations for improvement building on current work as well as exploring the use of technology to aid efficiency. As part of this activity, we would like the FP&A manager to implement a business intelligence tool and dashboard reports

Click here for more information on this role or to apply. 

Yoello – Senior Frontend Engineer

Company – Yoello 

Job Title – Senior Frontend Engineer

Location – Cardiff

Contract – Full-time, Permanent

Salary – Competitive 

Perks – Yes (25 days holiday + bank holidays, pension scheme & more)

Description: 

Yoello is a fast-growing fintech company that specialises in providing mobile payment solutions, connecting merchants and customers in the physical world and revolutionising the way payments are made.

Lead Engineers make it happen. They are the heartbeat of Yoello and own the leadership of a team with like minded engineers. They are passionate about Yoello’s product, customers and business and this gives them the drive and determination to get things done at pace.  

What Yoello’s Lead Engineers do:

• Take responsibility for a team of engineers working on multiple projects
• Input and support key design decisions and existing solution architecture documents
• Ensure the quality, performance and the responsiveness of the solution
• Work with product owners to ensure work is clearly defined and aligned with business objectives and scoped with effective team estimation
• Support Scrum Masters in the project delivery of quarterly objectives
• Driving continual improvement within the team from regular sprint reviews
• Coach and mentor others in the engineering team
• Identify deeper issues that need fixing
• Be proactive in identifying problems and translating these in to non-technical descriptions that can be widely understood

Click here for more information on this role or to apply. 

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These are just a few of the new opportunities available in Welsh FinTech. 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 contact any of these outstanding companies and apply for an exciting position today. 

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