For twenty-five years McGregor Boyall has been successfully delivering professional recruitment services to a national and international client base from our London office. We are now bringing the same high levels of service to the Asia Pacific
region from our hub in Singapore.
Established in 1987 and with offices in London, Manchester,
Edinburgh, Reading and Internationally In Dubai and
Singapore, McGregor Boyall Associates is one of the UK’s leading recruitment firms.
The Financial Services market may have come out of the infamous credit crunch some time ago, but with Brexit looming over, uncertain times lie ahead. Fortunately, at McGregor Boyall, we have experienced consultants who understand their sectors inside out. Our knowledge of individual markets has allowed us to attract the very best talent and to continuously consult both clients and candidates throughout unpredictable times. This allows us to understand your needs whether it be exploring a new opportunity or filling a problematic role.
This brochure will give you an insight into every discipline we cover and how we can assist with your needs.
Welcome to the World of the BPS Security PracticeEdwin Soares
BPS World Cyber and Information Security Practice afford over six years’ experience working with End Users, Consultancies, Systems Integrators, Mainstream Security
Contractors and Government Agencies
Established in 1987 and with offices in London, Manchester,
Edinburgh, Reading and Internationally In Dubai and
Singapore, McGregor Boyall Associates is one of the UK’s leading recruitment firms.
The Financial Services market may have come out of the infamous credit crunch some time ago, but with Brexit looming over, uncertain times lie ahead. Fortunately, at McGregor Boyall, we have experienced consultants who understand their sectors inside out. Our knowledge of individual markets has allowed us to attract the very best talent and to continuously consult both clients and candidates throughout unpredictable times. This allows us to understand your needs whether it be exploring a new opportunity or filling a problematic role.
This brochure will give you an insight into every discipline we cover and how we can assist with your needs.
Welcome to the World of the BPS Security PracticeEdwin Soares
BPS World Cyber and Information Security Practice afford over six years’ experience working with End Users, Consultancies, Systems Integrators, Mainstream Security
Contractors and Government Agencies
This brochure gives some insight into what our firm stands for, our services, where we have come from, and where we are going. Please contact me for more detailed information.
Join en world Japan.
We have a clear career path for you to fulfill your potential in the recruiting industry. We are committed to your continuous improvement.
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This brochure gives some insight into what our firm stands for, our services, where we have come from, and where we are going. Please contact me for more detailed information.
Join en world Japan.
We have a clear career path for you to fulfill your potential in the recruiting industry. We are committed to your continuous improvement.
Find our more about our mission, values, culture and benefits.
India Consulting Group: Transforming Business with PICG Expertise
In the realm of strategic business solutions, one name stands out – the India Consulting Group (ICG). With a legacy of excellence, ICG has consistently delivered cutting-edge advisory services that drive transformation and propel organizations to new heights.
PICG (Process Improvement and Change Guidance) lies at the heart of ICG's methodology. This sophisticated approach combines process refinement and change management, offering clients a holistic strategy to optimize operations and navigate the ever-evolving business landscape.
ICG's expert consultants are well-versed in the intricacies of PICG, a methodology that goes beyond mere process improvement. It encompasses a thorough analysis of existing workflows, identification of bottlenecks, and the development of customized solutions. These solutions are designed not only to enhance efficiency but also to facilitate seamless transitions during periods of change.
One of ICG's distinguishing features is its commitment to staying ahead of the curve. The firm continuously updates its PICG toolkit to incorporate the latest industry trends and technological advancements. This forward-thinking approach ensures that clients receive solutions that are not just effective today but also future-proofed.
Collaboration is a cornerstone of ICG's success. The firm works closely with clients, forging strong partnerships that enable a deep understanding of each organization's unique needs and challenges. This client-centric approach ensures that every PICG strategy is tailored to deliver maximum impact.
ICG's impressive track record spans various industries, from healthcare to finance and beyond. Clients consistently report enhanced operational efficiency, increased productivity, and improved bottom-line results, all thanks to the transformative power of PICG.
In conclusion, the India Consulting Group's unwavering commitment to innovation and expertise in PICG makes it a go-to partner for organizations seeking to revolutionize their processes, adapt to change, and thrive in today's competitive business landscape.
Most small businesses struggle to see marketing results. In this session, we will eliminate any confusion about what to do next, solving your marketing problems so your business can thrive. You’ll learn how to create a foundational marketing OS (operating system) based on neuroscience and backed by real-world results. You’ll be taught how to develop deep customer connections, and how to have your CRM dynamically segment and sell at any stage in the customer’s journey. By the end of the session, you’ll remove confusion and chaos and replace it with clarity and confidence for long-term marketing success.
Key Takeaways:
• Uncover the power of a foundational marketing system that dynamically communicates with prospects and customers on autopilot.
• Harness neuroscience and Tribal Alignment to transform your communication strategies, turning potential clients into fans and those fans into loyal customers.
• Discover the art of automated segmentation, pinpointing your most lucrative customers and identifying the optimal moments for successful conversions.
• Streamline your business with a content production plan that eliminates guesswork, wasted time, and money.
Mastering Multi-Touchpoint Content Strategy: Navigate Fragmented User JourneysSearch Engine Journal
Digital platforms are constantly multiplying, and with that, user engagement is becoming more intricate and fragmented.
So how do you effectively navigate distributing and tailoring your content across these various touchpoints?
Watch this webinar as we dive into the evolving landscape of content strategy tailored for today's fragmented user journeys. Understanding how to deliver your content to your users is more crucial than ever, and we’ll provide actionable tips for navigating these intricate challenges.
You’ll learn:
- How today’s users engage with content across various channels and devices.
- The latest methodologies for identifying and addressing content gaps to keep your content strategy proactive and relevant.
- What digital shelf space is and how your content strategy needs to pivot.
With Wayne Cichanski, we’ll explore innovative strategies to map out and meet the diverse needs of your audience, ensuring every piece of content resonates and connects, regardless of where or how it is consumed.
For too many years marketing and sales have operated in silos...while in some forward thinking companies, the two organizations work together to drive new opportunity development and revenue. This session will explore the lessons learned in that beautiful dance that can occur when marketing and sales work together...to drive new opportunity development, account expansion and customer satisfaction.
No, this is not a conversation about MQLs and SQLs. Instead we will focus on a framework that allows the two organizations to drive company success together.
Mastering Local SEO for Service Businesses in the AI Era is tailored specifically for local service providers like plumbers, dentists, and others seeking to dominate their local search landscape. This session delves into leveraging AI advancements to enhance your online visibility and search rankings through the Content Factory model, designed for creating high-impact, SEO-driven content. Discover the Dollar-a-Day advertising strategy, a cost-effective approach to boost your local SEO efforts and attract more customers with minimal investment. Gain practical insights on optimizing your online presence to meet the specific needs of local service seekers, ensuring your business not only appears but stands out in local searches. This concise, action-oriented workshop is your roadmap to navigating the complexities of digital marketing in the AI age, driving more leads, conversions, and ultimately, success for your local service business.
Key Takeaways:
Embrace AI for Local SEO: Learn to harness the power of AI technologies to optimize your website and content for local search. Understand the pivotal role AI plays in analyzing search trends and consumer behavior, enabling you to tailor your SEO strategies to meet the specific demands of your target local audience. Leverage the Content Factory Model: Discover the step-by-step process of creating SEO-optimized content at scale. This approach ensures a steady stream of high-quality content that engages local customers and boosts your search rankings. Get an action guide on implementing this model, complete with templates and scheduling strategies to maintain a consistent online presence. Maximize ROI with Dollar-a-Day Advertising: Dive into the cost-effective Dollar-a-Day advertising strategy that amplifies your visibility in local searches without breaking the bank. Learn how to strategically allocate your budget across platforms to target potential local customers effectively. The session includes an action guide on setting up, monitoring, and optimizing your ad campaigns to ensure maximum impact with minimal investment.
The What, Why & How of 3D and AR in Digital CommercePushON Ltd
Vladimir Mulhem has over 20 years of experience in commercialising cutting edge creative technology across construction, marketing and retail.
Previously the founder and Tech and Innovation Director of Creative Content Works working with the likes of Next, John Lewis and JD Sport, he now helps retailers, brands and agencies solve challenges of applying the emerging technologies 3D, AR, VR and Gen AI to real-world problems.
In this webinar, Vladimir will be covering the following topics:
Applications of 3D and AR in Digital Commerce,
Benefits of 3D and AR,
Tools to create, manage and publish 3D and AR in Digital Commerce.
A.I. (artificial intelligence) platforms are popping up all the time, and many of them can and should be used to help grow your brand, increase your sales and decrease your marketing costs.In this presentation:We will review some of the best AI platforms that are available for you to use.We will interact with some of the platforms in real-time, so attendees can see how they work.We will also look at some current brands that are using AI to help them create marketing messages, saving them time and money in the process. Lastly, we will discuss the pros and cons of using AI in marketing & branding and have a lively conversation that includes comments from the audience.
Key Takeaways:
Attendees will learn about LLM platforms, like ChatGPT, and how they work, with preset examples and real time interactions with the platform. Attendees will learn about other AI platforms that are creating graphic design elements at the push of a button...pre-set examples and real-time interactions.Attendees will discuss the pros & cons of AI in marketing + branding and share their perspectives with one another. Attendees will learn about the cost savings and the time savings associated with using AI, should they choose to.
When most people in the industry talk about online or digital reputation management, what they're really saying is Google search and PPC. And it's usually reactive, left dealing with the aftermath of negative information published somewhere online. That's outdated. It leaves executives, organizations and other high-profile individuals at a high risk of a digital reputation attack that spans channels and tactics. But the tools needed to safeguard against an attack are more cybersecurity-oriented than most marketing and communications professionals can manage. Business leaders Leaders grasp the importance; 83% of executives place reputation in their top five areas of risk, yet only 23% are confident in their ability to address it. To succeed in 2024 and beyond, you need to turn online reputation on its axis and think like an attacker.
Key Takeaways:
- New framework for examining and safeguarding an online reputation
- Tools and techniques to keep you a step ahead
- Practical examples that demonstrate when to act, how to act and how to recover
[Google March 2024 Update] How To Thrive: Content, Link Building & SEOSearch Engine Journal
March 2024 disrupted the SEO industry. Websites were deindexed, and manual penalties were delivered—all to produce more helpful, more trustworthy search results.
How did your website fare?
Watch us as we delve into the seismic shifts brought about by Google's March 2024 updates and explore strategies to not just survive, but thrive in this dynamic digital landscape.
You’ll learn:
- How to create content that is valuable to users (not just search engines) using E-E-A-T.
- How to build links that can boost rankings and withstand algorithm updates.
- Best practices for content creation and link building so you can thrive during algorithm updates.
With Vince Ramos, we'll examine the implications of the latest algorithm changes on content creation, link building, and SEO practices, and offer actionable insights from businesses like yours that have remained steadfast amidst the volatility.
Using real-life case studies, we’ll also show you the effectiveness of manual link building techniques and person-first content strategies.
Whether you're a seasoned SEO professional, a budding content creator, or anyone in between, this webinar will help you weather the changes in Google's algorithms and capitalize on them for sustained success.
Check out this webinar and unlock the secrets to thriving in the new Google era.
Come learn how YOU can Animate and Illuminate the World with Generative AI's Explosive Power. Come sit in the driver's seat and learn to harness this great technology.
The digital marketing industry is changing faster than ever and those who don’t adapt with the times are losing market share. Where should marketers be focusing their efforts? What strategies are the experts seeing get the best results? Get up-to-speed with the latest industry insights, trends and predictions for the future in this panel discussion with some leading digital marketing experts.
Videos are more engaging, more memorable, and more popular than any other type of content out there. That’s why it’s estimated that 82% of consumer traffic will come from videos by 2025.
And with videos evolving from landscape to portrait and experts promoting shorter clips, one thing remains constant – our brains LOVE videos.
So is there science behind what makes people absolutely irresistible on camera?
The answer: definitely yes.
In this jam-packed session with Stephanie Garcia, you’ll get your hands on a steal-worthy guide that uncovers the art and science to being irresistible on camera. From body language to words that convert, she’ll show you how to captivate on command so that viewers are excited and ready to take action.
The session includes a brief history of the evolution of search before diving into the roles technology, content, and links play in developing a powerful SEO strategy in a world of Generative AI and social search. Discover how to optimize for TikTok searches, Google's Gemini, and Search Generative Experience while developing a powerful arsenal of tools and templates to help maximize the effectiveness of your SEO initiatives.
Key Takeaways:
Understand how search engines work
Be able to find out where your users search
Know what is required for each discipline of SEO
Feel confident creating an SEO Plan
Confidently measure SEO performance
SEO as the Backbone of Digital MarketingFelipe Bazon
In this talk Felipe Bazon will share how him and his team at Hedgehog Digital share our journey of making C-Levels alike, specially CMOS realize that SEO is the backbone of digital marketing by showing how SEO can contribute to brand awareness, reputation and authority and above all how to use SEO to create more robust global marketing strategies.
Most small businesses struggle to see marketing results. In this session, we will eliminate any confusion about what to do next, solving your marketing problems so your business can thrive. You’ll learn how to create a foundational marketing OS (operating system) based on neuroscience and backed by real-world results. You’ll be taught how to develop deep customer connections, and how to have your CRM dynamically segment and sell at any stage in the customer’s journey. By the end of the session, you’ll remove confusion and chaos and replace it with clarity and confidence for long-term marketing success.
Key Takeaways:
• Uncover the power of a foundational marketing system that dynamically communicates with prospects and customers on autopilot.
• Harness neuroscience and Tribal Alignment to transform your communication strategies, turning potential clients into fans and those fans into loyal customers.
• Discover the art of automated segmentation, pinpointing your most lucrative customers and identifying the optimal moments for successful conversions.
• Streamline your business with a content production plan that eliminates guesswork, wasted time, and money.
Mastering Local SEO for Service Businesses in the AI Era is tailored specifically for local service providers like plumbers, dentists, and others seeking to dominate their local search landscape. This session delves into leveraging AI advancements to enhance your online visibility and search rankings through the Content Factory model, designed for creating high-impact, SEO-driven content. Discover the Dollar-a-Day advertising strategy, a cost-effective approach to boost your local SEO efforts and attract more customers with minimal investment. Gain practical insights on optimizing your online presence to meet the specific needs of local service seekers, ensuring your business not only appears but stands out in local searches. This concise, action-oriented workshop is your roadmap to navigating the complexities of digital marketing in the AI age, driving more leads, conversions, and ultimately, success for your local service business.
Key Takeaways:
Embrace AI for Local SEO: Learn to harness the power of AI technologies to optimize your website and content for local search. Understand the pivotal role AI plays in analyzing search trends and consumer behavior, enabling you to tailor your SEO strategies to meet the specific demands of your target local audience. Leverage the Content Factory Model: Discover the step-by-step process of creating SEO-optimized content at scale. This approach ensures a steady stream of high-quality content that engages local customers and boosts your search rankings. Get an action guide on implementing this model, complete with templates and scheduling strategies to maintain a consistent online presence. Maximize ROI with Dollar-a-Day Advertising: Dive into the cost-effective Dollar-a-Day advertising strategy that amplifies your visibility in local searches without breaking the bank. Learn how to strategically allocate your budget across platforms to target potential local customers effectively. The session includes an action guide on setting up, monitoring, and optimizing your ad campaigns to ensure maximum impact with minimal investment.
Is AI-Generated Content the Future of Content Creation?Cut-the-SaaS
Discover the transformative power of AI in content creation with our presentation, "Is AI-Generated Content the Future of Content Creation?" by Puran Parsani, CEO & Editor of Cut-The-SaaS. Learn how AI-generated content is revolutionizing marketing, publishing, education, healthcare, and finance by offering unprecedented efficiency, creativity, and scalability.
Understanding
AI-Generated Content:
AI-generated content includes text, images, videos, and audio produced by AI without direct human involvement. This technology leverages large datasets to create contextually relevant and coherent material, streamlining content production.
Key Benefits:
Content Creation: Rapidly generate high-quality content for blogs, articles, and social media.
Brainstorming: AI simulates conversations to inspire creative ideas.
Research Assistance: Efficiently summarize and research information.
Market Insights:
The content marketing industry is projected to grow to $17.6 billion by 2032, with AI-generated content expected to dominate over 55% of the market.
Case Study: CNET’s AI Content Controversy:
CNET’s use of AI for news articles led to public scrutiny due to factual inaccuracies, highlighting the need for transparency and human oversight.
Benefits Across Industries:
Marketing: Personalize content at scale and optimize engagement with predictive analytics.
Publishing: Automate content creation for faster publication cycles.
Education: Efficiently generate educational materials.
Healthcare: Create accurate content for patients and professionals.
Finance: Produce timely financial content for decision-making.
Challenges and Ethical Considerations:
Transparency: Disclose AI use to maintain trust.
Bias: Address potential AI biases with diverse datasets.
SEO: Ensure AI content meets SEO standards.
Quality: Maintain high standards to prevent misinformation.
Conclusion:
AI-generated content offers significant benefits in efficiency, personalization, and scalability. However, ethical considerations and quality assurance are crucial for responsible use. Explore the future of content creation with us and see how AI is transforming various industries.
Connect with Us:
Follow Cut-The-SaaS on LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, and Medium. Visit cut-the-saas.com for more insights and resources.
Monthly Social Media News Update May 2024Andy Lambert
TL;DR. These are the three themes that stood out to us over the course of last month.
1️⃣ Social media is becoming increasingly significant for brand discovery. Marketers are now understanding the impact of social and budgets are shifting accordingly.
2️⃣ Instagram’s new algorithm and latest guidance will help us maintain organic growth. Instagram continues to evolve, but Reels remains the most crucial tool for growth.
3️⃣ Collaboration will help us unlock growth. Who we work with will define how fast we grow. Meta continues to evolve their Creator Marketplace and now TikTok are beginning to push ‘collabs’ more too.
2. 2
About Us
For twenty-five years McGregor Boyall has been successfully
delivering professional recruitment services to a national and
international client base from our London office. We are now
bringing the same high levels of service to the Asia Pacific
region from our hub in Singapore.
Our core focus is to identify, attract and deliver high quality professionals who can
support and enhance their new employer’s corporate objectives.
We deliver recruitment solutions against a wide range of permanent, interim and
contract requirements but whilst the roles we resource are diverse and changing, our
approach remains simple, consistent and successful. In a marketplace in which
effectiveness and value are increasingly prized by both clients and candidates, we
believe that the qualities that have sustained our performance in the past will
continue to do so in the future.
We have been successful due to the professionalism, sector knowledge and
experience of our consultants. It is their commitment to high levels of service and
effective delivery that has allowed us to develop a deep, indutry-wide pool of
candidates who consistently turn to McGregor Boyall when searching for a new
position.
With offices located in Singapore, London, Manchester, Edinburgh and Dubai we
have greater global reach to the talent pool across the Asia Pacific, UK & Europe and
Middle East regions.
London
Edinburgh
Manchester
ReadingDubai
Singapore
3. 3
Financial Services
Our highly experienced, specialist consultants work together
with clients to cover a wide range of financial service business
disciplines.
The financial services industry has witnessed significant changes over the past decade
and will continue to do so in the years ahead. We recognise that dramatic evolution
brings with it both challenges and opportunities and believe that our twenty-five year
track record of successful delivery into a wide array of financial services organisations
has given us the experience and ability to help our clients meet these challenges from a
talent acquisition perspective.
From our offices in Singapore, our highly experienced consultants deliver against the
demand for talent from a broad range of client sectors:
> Asset / Investment Management
> Consultancies
> Exchanges
> Insurance and Reinsurance
Our core focus is to identify, attract and deliver high quality professionals who can
support and enhance their new employer’s corporate objectives. These individuals may
work in one of many areas:
> Change & Transformation
> Compliance
> Financial Technology
> Risk Management
4. 4
Technology
With the continued evolution of Technology, it’s
understandable why the top ten in-demand jobs of 2015 did
not exist in 2005, demonstrating how technology is tangibly
affecting the job market.
In today’s context, companies are constantly looking for individuals who have the
skills and experience relevant to solve today’s technological problems but are also
agile enough to move with tomorrow’s emerging technologies. Here at McGregor
Boyall, we have a team of industry Executive specialists who recruit mid to senior
level professionals within the Vendor, Global Service Provider, Networking, Consulting
and System Integrator verticals. Our core focus is across the Sales, Pre-sales, Solution
Architecture, Delivery, Service Management, Technical and PMO functions.
Our Team offer in-depth market knowledge and have been recruiting within the IT
& Telecoms sector for more than twenty-five years, understanding the landscape
and dynamics of this fast-changing landscape. We work strategically with our clients
across the following territories and understand the regional intricacies in business
culture when doing so:
> Singapore
> Hong Kong
> ANZ
> Malaysia
> Philippines
Whether you’re looking at your next career move or seeking the regions top talent,
McGregor Boyall is well positioned to help.
> China
> Indonesia
> Thailand
> India
> Japan
5. 5
Legal & Compliance
A specialist legal & compliance recruitment team with an
impressive track record of successfully placing mid to senior
level General Counsels across Asia.
For Legal & Compliance, a standard approach using database recruiters is not good
enough anymore. In-depth knowledge of the business across disciplines and business
sectors is critical. You need an independent search firm to assess the space, integrity
and quality of the pool of candidates, and be able to bring in new ideas from other
countries to bring in true talent.
A full knowledge of the space on a regional level is critical. Legal & Compliance should
be the domain of an informed head-hunter. In other words Legal & Compliance
Executive Search has come of age and this is what McGregor Boyall brings to the table.
With our team’s successfull dedication in their craft, we have delivered on assignments
in China, Singapore, India, Thailand, and the overall ASEAN region.
Our clients include:
> Global MNCs in the Technology
> Manufacturing
> Pharmaceuticals
> Energy and other industries.
6. 6
Change & Transformation
With the significant increase in regulatory requirements within
the banking sector since the global financial crisis, there has
been an increase in demand for, and value of, proven change
managers to ensure these regulatory requirements are met.
Failure to meet these requirements could have a catastrophic effect on banking
institutions. An experienced team with a proven track record of successfully placing
Project, Programme, Change and Transformation Talent across multiple geographies.
We provide Permanent staff as well as Agency & Direct Contract talent on a
contingent, exclusive and retained basis and can provide a tailored recruitment
solution to meet the needs of our clients. Our team partner with clients including;
Investment and Retail Banks; Asset Managers; Commodity houses ; Insurance
companies and Management Consultancies among others.
We have successfully placed roles at global institutions across: Business / Process
Analysis, Business Transformation, Finance Transformation, Operations Change,
Program Management, Risk and Regulatory Change, among others.
7. 7
Private Banking
McGregor Boyall has an extensive client base of global
organisations that choose to partner with us for their
international and regional hiring requirements. We assist our
clients in recruiting across a number of their key business areas
including:
An experienced Private Banking & Front Office specialist team with a strong track
record of successfully placing mid to senior executives in major financial institutions
across Asia Pacific. The team covers front office roles in the various sectors including
Private Banking, Asset Management, Corporate Commercial Banking and Global
Transaction Banking.
Our clients include : Top-tier and Boutique Private Banks, International Asset
Management Firms, Insurance Brokerage and Corporate Bank Institutions.
Types of roles successfully placed include:
> Market Heads for Singapore, Malaysia
> Global Head of Investment Advisory
> Global Product Manager – Fixed Income
> Senior Bankers in these markets : SEA, NRI, Philippines
> Senior Banker – Global Banking
> Head of Trade Advisory – GTS
> Head of Securities Services – GTS
8. 8
Quality & Diversity
A focus on quality has always enjoyed a critical position at the
heart of McGregor Boyall’s service offering.
Accompanying our commitment to ethical business practices, the firm’s key policy
commitment is to quality. McGregor Boyall has therefore chosen to promote quality as
the key organising principle of its operations by gaining ISO accreditation BS EN ISO
9001. Since then we have been audited by a member of the British Standards
Institution on an annual basis and have been awarded continued accreditation. Our
Pride in Quality programme includes:
> Quality Management System for client satisfaction
> Post-Assignment Quality Surveys
> Recruitment Assignment Performance Reviews
> Continuous Consultant Performance Measurement
Additionally McGregor Boyall operates a comprehensive Diversity & Inclusion Policy
that states that everyone shall be treated equally, irrespective of gender, marital
status, age, disability, sexual orientation, colour, religion, ethnicity or national origin.
All applications for employment are managed on an individual basis and the grounds
for selection are based purely on a candidate’s skills, qualifications and aptitude. Our
best endeavours are made to ensure that this is applicable to every applicant and
regular monitoring is performed throughout the recruitment process.
9. 9
Added Value
McGregor Boyall regularly conducts market research
programmes to provide individual clients and market
participants in general with timely human resourcing and
recruitment related data.
Our Business Support Team assists with all added value requirements, marketing and
public relations support where required by the client. Recent examples of such added
value services include publications on:
> Salary benchmarking
> Updates on recruitment and demand for skills
> Updates on level of demand for expertise
> Indicators of shifts and changes in hiring patterns
> Impacts of new regulations
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Financial Services Technology Update
The Chief Change Officer
T
he Leader of Change, the new
Chief Change Officer is responsible
for all organisational change
initiatives, tools and methodologies
within an organisation. These include
Six Sigma, Balanced Scorecard, Lean
Enterprise, supply-chain management,
benchmarking and business systems
process modelling, to name but a few.
Throughout last year we have seen
businesses continuously seeking talents
with track records of implementing
and managing change programmes.
Today the rate of change has never
been more rapid or more constant.
Whether the change is a small one, like
the implementation of a new system, or
a much bigger one such as a company
divestment or merger, the way that
change is managed makes all the
difference to its success or failure.
Users rarely welcome change. Hence
together with the hard technical skills
mentioned above, the most important
skills a Change Professional must
possess is the ability to affect positive
transformation which does not threaten
the status quo. They must ensure that
doing things differently also means doing
them
better in the long run, and that
they bring a collaborative and sensitive
approach to the project.
“When you are finished changing,
you’re finished.” - Benjamin Franklin
Key functions the CCO are
looking for:
Build the Target Operating Model –
The Strategist and Business Process
Solutions Specialist
This high level professional takes on a
real challenge to decide and describe
the desired state of the operations of a
business. Typically a TOM also includes
the roadmap over time that specifies
what the company needs to do to move
from the “as is” to the “to be”. Deep and
broad business experience coupled with
a structured approach to define work
streams is a rare mix, hence 2015 has
been a good market for this skillset.
Communicate the Rationale
Behind the Need for Change – The
Programme Relationship Manager
To introduce any change, large or small,
top down or bottom up, employees must
know why it is important for the change
to occur and the intended benefits. This
highly skilled function will handle this
carefully and communicate to all affected
parties, often in global locations. There
should also be adequate opportunities
for people to voice their concerns and
contribute their thoughts, views and
opinions. The Relationship Manager
juggles feedback and politics, scopes
boundaries, and will eventually convince
employees of the need for change.
All Change in Financial
Services
If there was one thing we
were sure to have happened
this year in Financial
Services, it was Change.
Numerous initiatives, both
proactive and reactive, new
and inflight have gone into
production with varying
results and satisfaction.
At this stage, technology
can no longer be viewed
as something that simply
supports the business.
Throughout 2015, senior
Technology Executives
worked with Business
Leaders to drive the changes
required to keep up with
an increasingly competitive
landscape. Leading change
involves juggling technology
shifts and new business
models, framed by cost
control – what fits, what
doesn’t, what suits the
business best.
A Review of 2015
Jan2016
HR & The Digital Age
June 2015 mcgregor-boyall.com
Contact
UK & Europe | The Middle East | Asia Pacific
Testing Market Report Q4 2015
Summary
> We have seen a good amount of
senior test roles released in the
second half of the year. This includes
global test management positions
working within investment banking,
with reporting lines of 150-200
resources.
> Various organisations have been
recruiting permanent hires to work
alongside the testers from the
consultancies/ third party suppliers.
This is with the aim to keep the
business/ technical knowledge within
the company itself (as opposed
to relying on consultancies/ third
parties).
> There has been a lot of movement
in the Credit Risk space, with a large
demand for testers with strong
credit risk business knowledge.
This includes knowledge around
counterparty risk, CVA, LGD, EAD and
VAR. Testers with specific technical
experience with SAS in particular
have had a distinct advantage.
Hiring Trends
Investment
Bank
Credit Risk
Test Manager
Top Tier
Bank
Financial
Software House
Asset
Management
Firm
Investment
Bank
Recent Placements
UAT Programme
Test Manager
FX Test
Analyst
QA Automation
Lead
Buy Side Test
Analyst
Clients
> Barclays
> Standard Chartered
> Lloyds
> HSBC
> UBS
> Credit Suisse
> Citi
> LondonStockExchange
56% of roles were contract.
44% were permanent.
68% of the roles released were
manual testing positions. This
is an increase from previous
updates, where automation roles
usually dominate.
54% of roles analyst level.
46% Lead/ Management.
The majority of contract roles
were between £400-600 (74%)
33% of permanent roles were
above £80k. This indicated
an increase in the amount of
senior positions that have been
released.
56%
contract
44%
permanent
68%
Manual
Testing
Positions
54%
Analyst Level Roles
46%
Lead / Management
74%
contract roles
average £400 -
600 pd
33%
permanent roles
were above
£80k
Connor Choudhury
Testing Consultant
E: cchoudhury@mcgregor-boyall.com
T: 0207 422 9042
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