The document provides an overview of the services offered by McGregor Boyall Associates, a UK-based recruitment firm. It summarizes their expertise in recruiting for various financial services roles across different business areas including compliance, finance, risk, audit, IT, business change, and digital. For each business area, it lists recent successful placements and the types of roles they recruit for. The document establishes McGregor Boyall as a leading recruitment firm in the UK financial services industry with over 28 years of experience successfully matching candidates with client opportunities.

1. Financial Services
London | Edinburgh | Manchester | Reading

2. Contents
About Us 3
UK Financial Services 4
Compliance & Financial Crime 6
Finance 7
Risk 8
Audit 9
IT & Change 10
Business Change & Transformation 11
Business Intelligence 12
Digital 13
HR & Talent Management 14
Marketing & Communications 15
Procurement & Supply Chain 16
Contact Details 17

3. Aboutus
Established in 1987 and with offices in London, Edinburgh,
Manchester and Reading, McGregor Boyall Associates is one of the
UK’s leading recruitment firms.
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 and consistent.
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, industry-wide pool of candidates who consistently turn
to McGregor Boyall when searching for a new position.
In a global marketplace in which effectiveness and value are increasingly prized by both
clients and candidates, we believe that the qualities which have sustained our
performance in the past will continue to do so in the future. With offices located in London,
Edinburgh, Manchester, Reading as well as internationally in Dubai and Singapore we have
extensive global access to the talent pool throughout the UK & Europe, Middle East and
Asia Pacific regions.
We now deliver recruitment and resourcing requirements to a broad clients range across:
Investment Banks | Wholesale / Commercial Banks | Retail Banks |
Private Banks & Wealth Managers | Asset / Investment Management firms |
Insurance and Reinsurance firms | Exchanges | Regulators |
Consultancies | Ratings Agencies
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UKFinancialServices
Our Financial Services Division:
How many of our direct competitors have we been competing with us for the last 28 years?
None. We have witnessed firsthand the dramatic evolution of the recruitment lifecycle
and developed our approach tailoring it specifically at attracting top talent into the highly
competitive FS industry. Over the past 3 decades we have continually evolved and embraced
change in the competitive market in order to successfully partner with our client base to
deliver high calibre candidates.
How have we stayed competitive, and in many cases overtaken and out lasted our
competitors?
Client Engagement:
At the cornerstone of each successful partnership is the combination of bespoke account
management and delivery. Whether you have 1 vacancy or 100 you will be assigned and
account manager who would typically have +5years industry experience minimum. Acting as
a main point of contact ensures delivery can be closely monitored and processes adhered to.
Our aim is to provide the level of delivery you would expect from an established name in
the industry with the personal service of a boutique agency. Our commitment to our clients
doesn’t just begin and end when a vacancy needs filling: We speak to screen approx 12
candidates for every profile we forward to a client. This allows us an excellent insight into the
market that we analyse and provide to our clients to keep them abreast of salary changes,
hot skills in demand and market trends.
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
> Diversity Reporting
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> Our Core values of Accountability, Quality, Integrity and Collaboration permeate our
approach to recruitment.
> Our Client Engagement
> Our Delivery and Sector Knowledge

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Delivery and Sector Knowledge:
In the vastly satiated world of FS Recruitment delivery is paramount. How do we ensure
effective delivery?
Vertical Teams - Our recruitment teams work vertically to ensure we have specialists who
understand their market so we understand client requirements and have deep networks to
reach candidates with specialised skills. Each vertical is headed up by a director of the firm
with 10+ years of recruitment experience. They are still hands on and incentivised to make
sure their vertical delivers to all requirements.
Dual desk - Unlike many of our competitors, we train and encourage
each consultant to duel desk, so we can a provide the search mentality associated with
permanent recruitment, with the speed typically associated with contract recruitment for
every engagement.
In house Database - of over 400,000 FS candidates built up over 3 decades comprised with
was the source of 68 % of 2014 placement
Networking/ Referrals - made up over 18% of 2014 placements
Other methods - including Advertising / Licensed Job Board Search accounted for 14% of
2014 placements.
Screening - In today’s the market, we put equal emphasis on the screening of our
candidates, as to generation of new candidates. We ensure for clients benefits from the
latest screening techniques including competency based interviewing, cultural interview
screening, IQM Tech Testing and HiredbyMe Referencing
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Compliance&FinancialCrime
What we do in Compliance & Financial Crime
Our Compliance Team services an increasing demand for compliance talent in a constantly
changing regulatory environment. We successfully meet clients talent requirements in
a market that is acknowledged as being constrained by a shortage of suitably qualified
candidates.
The recent past has seen compliance and financial crime demands within all areas of
financial services expand quickly, whilst talented resource has been limited. Regulatory
pressures to (i) rovide information, (ii) manage transactional conduct of business
requirements and (iii) become familiar with prudential risk management governance mean
that compliance is projected to continue this growth. This has resulted in our clients actively
seeking to secure the best talent.
We deliver this talent across the following areas:
Control Room | Financial Crime | Monitoring Surveillance |
Policy Regulation | Product Advisory | Training Competence
Recent Successes
Investment
Bank
Compliance
Risk Review
Control
Room Officer
Conduct Risk
Lead
Global
Bank
Regulatory
Strategy Lead
Large
Banking Group
Global
Banking Group
AML
Advisory
Large
Shareholdings
Disclosure
Finance
Crime Training
Lead
Head of
Compliance
Policy
Sanctions
Manager
Compliance
Architect
Wealth
Management
International
Investment Bank
International
Legal Practice
Global Investment
Bank
Global
Insurer
Global
Investment Bank
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7. Finance
What we do in Finance
Our Finance Team is dedicated to delivering both permanent and contract / interim talent
across a wide range of disciplines from Analyst to MD Level. We work with Investment Banks,
Retail Banks, Hedge Funds, Asset Managers, Wealth Managers, Commodities Trading Houses,
Insurance firms, Pension Funds, Clearing Houses, Consultancies and Regulators.
Our candidates areas of expertise include:
Product Controllers, Financial Controllers/Accountants, Financial Planning
Analysis, Finance Business Partners, Finance Analysts, Fund Accountants,
Management Accountants.
Valuation Controllers (IPV, Model Methodology)
Regulatory Reporting (Basel III, CRDIV, COREP, FINREP, Liquidity, Dodd-Frank,
EMIR Solvency II)
Regulatory Policy and Accounting Policy
Due to the various regulatory and accounting standards within the banking arena, the
team at McGregor Boyall pride themselves on their vertical knowledge of these skillsets.
We therefore offer our clients and candidates a consultative and specialised approach to
recruitment, ensuring we are effectively positioned to consistently deliver the highest quality
talent.
Recent Successes
Investment
Bank
Equity Derivatives
Product Control
VP
Interest Rate
Derivatives
Product Control
Associate
Financial
Control Associate
Investment
Bank
Prudential
Regulatory
Policy VP
Investment
Bank
Retail
Bank
Liquidity
Regulatory
Reporting AVP
Fund
Accountant
Credit Derivatives
Valuation
Controller
Business
Financial
Controller
Metals
Financial
Accountant
Head of
Product Control
Reporting
Retail
Bank
Investment
Bank
Hedge
Fund
Investment
Bank
Commodities
Trading House
Hedge
Fund
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Risk
What we do in Risk
Our Risk Team specialises in providing quality solutions for Risk Management Teams across
the full spectrum of financial services. In order to deliver consistently in this area of high
demand and scant supply, our consultants specialise in key disciplines, providing our clients
and candidates with an integrated recruitment solution.
The landscape of risk management within financial services is constantly evolving, as
increased demands from regulators look to solidify the platform of the banking industry,
leading to new or revised regulations which call for greater transparency, increased capital
requirements and clear structured reporting.
This regulatory awareness and oversight is continuing to sustain an increasing need for risk
professionals, be it within BAU functions or Regulatory Programmes, it is here to stay.
McGregor Boyall is successfully responding to this imperative by providing talent in the areas
listed below:
Credit Risk | Market Risk | Operational Risk | Conduct Risk |
Regulatory Risk Change Programmes | ALM / Liquidity Risk |
Quantitative Analytics Risk Change | Risk Modelling
Recent Successes
Investment
Bank
Market Risk
Business
Analyst
Retail Credit
Risk Analyst
Senior
Operational Risk
Manager
Retail
Bank
Operational
Risk Reporting
Analyst
Retail
Bank
Wealth
Management
Credit Risk
Modeller
Credit Risk
Data Manager
Market Risk
Business Analyst
Regulatory
Risk Manager
Quantatitive
Analyst
Credit Risk
Modeller
Wholesale
Bank
Investment
Bank
Investment
Bank
Investment
Bank
Ratings
Agency
Retail
Bank
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Audit
What we do in Audit
Our Audit team is dedicated to delivering both permanent and contract talent across a wide
range of disciplines currently in demand in a challenging marketplace.
We specialise in candidates for both Business and IT audit teams who have strong
accounting and technical backgrounds and generally with Big 4 Backgrounds both in the UK
and Internationally. Our client portfolio consists predominantly of Financial Services and
Professional Services organisations and have a track record in identifying candidates from
the Associate to MD Level.
Due to the need for tighter banking controls coming into effect, the team at McGregor Boyall
pride themselves on their vertical knowledge of these skillsets, in turn offering our clients and
candidates a consultative and specialised approach to recruitment.
Our specialist knowledge extends across the following areas:
Regulatory Audit | IT Audit | Financial Audit | Risk Audit
Recent Successes
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Investment
Bank
Regulatory
Audit VP
Infrastructure
Audit VP
Financial Auditor
Assistant
Manager
Retail
Bank
Rates
Internal
Audit Associate
Investment
Bank
Big 4
Audit Practice
Risk
Audit AVP
Model Risk
Audit AVP
Commodities
Audit VP
Internal
Audit VP
Head of EMEA
Internal
Audit – Director
Risk Audit
Director
Investment
Bank
Corporate
Bank
Investment
Bank
Investment
Bank
Investment
Bank
Investment
Bank

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ITChange
What we do in IT Change
Our Technology Change team is our longest established business stream and offers access
to the fullest range of technology and change talent on a permanent and contract / interim
basis. Our candidate database has been built up over the past twenty-eight years and
comprises of over 300,000 IT and Change specialists with expertise gained from the Financial
Markets client base. Our database, coupled with our innovative sourcing and screening
methods enables us to assist our clients in identifying and recruiting technologists across the
full spectrum of disciplines.
Our consultants are vertically aligned to become experts in their given skill set. This
experience and expertise not only allows us to respond to our clients’ technical and
functional requirements, they also ensure we are able to provide them with prospective
employees who represent a positive and accurate fit to differing financial services
organisational cultures. Our vertical team specialises across the following areas:
Application Development | Architecture | Business Change |
Business Analysis Project | Management | Business Intelligence |
Cyber Security | Data Strategy Governance | DevOps Digital |
Infrastructure | PMO | QA Testing | Support
Recent Successes
Investment
Management
Build
Configuration
Manager
ETL / SSAS
Developer
Equities IT
Business
Analyst
Corporate
Bank
Data
Solution
Architect
Retail
Bank
Asset
Management
Credit Risk
IT Programme
Manager
IT Front
Office Support
Test
QA Manager
Java Team
Leader
Digital Change
Manager
Cyber Security
Consultant
Corporate
Bank
Investment
Bank (US)
Investment
Bank
Investment
Bank
Retail
Bank
Consultancy
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BusinessChangeTransformation
What we do in Business Change Transformation
McGregor Boyall’s Business Change Transformation Team supply Temporary and
Permanent Change professionals to help companies deliver, shape and re-develop
projects, programmes and organisations. We supply teams and strategic hires (from entry
level through to Board level members) throughout the project life cycle, from inception to
post delivery support, across all levels. Our Change Teams deliver across Risk, Finance,
Compliance and Operational Change within Investment and Retail Banking, Wealth/Asset/
Investment Management and Insurance. Being closely aligned to multiple BAU teams
ensures the best talent in the market is being delivered to our clients within these sectors.
Our areas of expertise include:
Divestment | Separation Integration | Business Improvement Transformation
Strategy | Target Operating Model | Review Design, Process | System
Design Re-engineering | Digital | Payments Payments Platform Integration |
Regulatory Compliance | Enterprise Data Management
Recent Successes
Insurance
House
PMO
Change Lead
COREP
Business Analyst
Regulatory
Project Manager
Investment
Bank
Trade Booking
Business Analyst
Retail
Bank
Wealth
Management
Product Control
Change BA
Liquidity
Regulatory
Reporting Project
Manager
BPR
Manager
Change Digital
Transformation
Manager
Reconciliations
Project Lead
Credit Card
Transformation
Business Analyst
Investment
Bank
Retail
Bank
Investment
Bank
Management
Consultancy
Retail
Bank
Retail
Bank
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BusinessIntelligence
What we do in Business Intelligence
McGregor Boyall has an established Business Intelligence Team specialising in various
aspects of the full data warehousing life cycle.
With over seven years of experience working solely on BI Data Warehousing technologies,
our consultants distinguish themselves in the market by fully understanding the technical
requirements of our clients, and providing them with suitable candidates in a timely manner.
Having good knowledge of their very niche market means that they are able to successfully
qualify candidates and only forward the most applicable profiles.
Working in such a niche area also means that our consultants have a large network of
contacts within this space. We recruit for the following positions:
BI Consultant | BI Project Manager / Architect | BI Programme Manager |
Big Data | Data Warehouse Developer | ETL Developer | MI Analyst
Recent Successes
Large UK
Bank
Insights
Analytics
OLAP
Developer
Media Client
Microstrategy
Developer
Investment
Bank
Data
Scientist
Investment
Bank
Credit Card
Provider
SAS
Developer
Risk BI
Developer
Qlikview
Developer
MI
Developer
BI
Analyst
BO
Developer
Insurance Securities
Investment
Bank
Trading
House
Insurance
Investment
Bank
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Digital
What we do in Digital
Given the dramatic rate of change within the digital industry, where roles and titles
are constantly evolving, it is essential that recruiters work in close partnership with the
businesses they support. In today’s digital environment it is tempting to think that nearly
everything can be done online but we firmly believe in building close relationships with the
people behind the technology.
Catering to the varying demands of the fast-changing digital industry, our consultants work
with digital marketing agencies, in-house digital departments, and in conjunction with
major digital transformation projects for large corporates. These clients require diverse
combinations of soft skills, personalities, technical knowledge and experience so that the
team is aligned to enable the consultants to become specialists in their market.
The Team specialises in:
Recent Successes
Investment
Bank
Front End
Developer
UX Designer UX and Digital
Architect
Insurance
House
Digital
Transformation
Programme
Manager
Investment
Bank
Consultancy
Senior
iOS Developer
Senior Product
Manager
Digital
Project Lead
Digital Design
Analyst
Digital
Designer
Mobile
Developer
Investment
Bank
Investment
Manager
Wealth
Manager
Asset
Manager
Retail
Bank
Retail
Bank
CMS Development – Drupal, Magento, Umbraco, Joomla |
Project Management Mobile Development – iOS, Android, Windows, Responsive Design |
Web Development – PHP, Python, Ruby, Java, C#, ASP.net C + + |
User Experience – UX/UI/IA | Front-End Design/Development

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HRTalentManagement
What we do in HR Talent Management
The McGregor Boyall HR and Talent Management Recruitment Practice is focused on
delivering top talent into human resources teams across all industry sectors on both a
permanent and interim basis. The practice consists of highly experienced consultants with
extensive networks of clients and candidates working within the HR space. Our consultants
provide truly consultative advice creating bespoke, fit-for-purpose, talent acquisition
solutions that will maximise the success of each search whether on a contingent or retained
basis.
We support clients in shaping their role requirements, we listen to our clients’ needs
and provide advice on the availability of skill sets in the market while giving honest and
creative suggestions to help our clients meet their expectations. Our commitment to
truly understanding our clients ensures that we are able to provide candidates with the
information that they need to make informed decisions and we are able to ensure a strong
technical and cultural fit for the roles. Our extensive networks mean that clients are able to
access not just candidates actively seeking roles, but those across the wider HR community
who are not active in the market, ensuring that the best possible individuals are found for
our roles. Our consultants provide a tailored approach to each assignment, using a blended
method comprising of networking, referrals, advertising and headhunting to search for
candidates that result in a short-list of top talent.
The HR and Talent Management Practice can support all of your hiring requirements for:
HR Director | Head of HR | HR Business Partner | Generalist HR |
Learning Development | Recruitment / Talent Acquisition |
Talent Management | Change, Transformation OD | Diversity Inclusion |
Graduate Recruitment | Reward/Compensation Benefits | HRIS / Analytics
Recent Successes
Investment
Bank
Head of HR
Shared Service
Centre
Senior HR
Business Partner
Reward
Manager
Credit Card
Company
Talent OD
Specialist
Finance
Exchange
Retail
Bank
Global Head of
Learning
Leadership
Development
Head of HR VP
Resourcing
HR Business
Partner
Investment
Bank
Asset
Management
Insurance Investment
Bank

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MarketingCommunications
What we do in Marketing Communications
The Marketing Communications Team is focused on delivering outstanding talent to our
financial services clients on both a permanent and contract basis. The team has a proven
track record of working with a wide range of clients within the financial services sector from
large, established institutions through to boutique businesses.
The Team recruits for roles up to and including Head of Marketing / Director level and are
committed to working with experienced marketing professionals who will deliver the ideal
blend of expertise, knowledge and cultural fit to ensure a positive contribution to a business.
Our areas of expertise include:
Recent Successes
Banking
Global Head of
Media Planning
Event
Manager
Head of Employee
Communications
Functions
Insurance
Market
Insight
Manager
Exchange Bank
Digital
Marketing - SEO
Manager
Senior
Marketing
Manager
Senior Internal
Comms
Manager
Global
Marketing
Director
Senior RFP
Writer
Digital
Content Editor
Asset
Management
Retail
Private Bank
Fund
Platform
Bank
Asset
Management
Wealth
Management
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Marketing Communications
Campaign Management
Event Sponsorship Management
Brand, Media Advertising
Internal Change Communications
Corporate Communications Media Relations
Copywriter / Editor
RFP Investment Writing
Digital Marketing
SEO
PPC
Email Marketing
Content Marketing
Web Analytics
Digital Product Management
Website Management
Product
Product Marketing
Proposition Development
Product Management
Product Development
Marketing Planning
Marketing Strategy
Marketing Research
Marketing Customer Insight
Marketing Analysis

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ProcurementSupplyChain
What we do in Procurement Supply Chain
Our Procurement Supply Chain Practice is focused on delivering top talent into SCP
Teams across all industry sectors, on both a permanent and interim basis. The Practice
consists of highly experienced Consultants with extensive networks of clients and candidates
working within the procurement field. In a candidate driven market our Team provide truly
consultative advice, creating bespoke, fit-for-purpose, talent acquisition solutions that will
maximise the success of each search, whether on a contingent or retained basis.
With over twelve years experience recruiting within the procurement market we have
successful worked on multiple campaigns for Procurement Consultancies, Retail and
Investment Banks, helping them restructure their procurement functions within the UK,
European and Asia Pacific markets. Working such a niche area also means, we have a large
network of contacts and candidates within this space and have recruited for the following
positions:
Procurement Directors | Procurement Managers | Category Manager |
Strategic Sourcing Managers | Supplier Relationship Managers |
IT Vendor Managers | P2P / E-Sourcing Experts | Procurement Analyst Buyers
Recent Successes
IT Sourcing
Manager
Interim Services
Procurement
Manager
Global Sourcing
Vendor
Manager
Procurement
Specialist
Investment
Bank
Retail
Bank
Retail
Bank
Procurement
Consultant
(HR PS)
Head of
Procurement
EMEA (Interim)
Director of IT
Contract
Management
Retail
Bank
Smart Sourcing
Manager
Fund
Management
Investment
Bank
Country
Category
Lead
Procurement
Analyst
Consultancy
Retail
Bank
Retail
Bank
Consultancy
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ContactDetails
London
Email: fsinfo@mcgregor-boyall.com
Call: +44 (0)20 7422 9000
Visit: 114 Middlesex Street, London, E1 7JH
Edinburgh
Email: fsinfo@mcgregor-boyall.com
Call: +44 (0)131 306 0046
Visit: Exchange Place 2, 5 Semple Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8BL
Manchester
Email: fsinfo@mcgregor-boyall.com
Call: +44 (0)161 830 2115
Visit: Centurion House, 129 Deansgate, Manchester, M3 3WR
Reading
Email: fsinfo@mcgregor-boyall.com
Call: +44 (0) 118 334 0395
Visit: 450 Brook Drive, Green Park, Reading, RG2 6UU
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