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RCQ Associates is an internationally renowned, niche headhunting firm, focused on connecting outstanding global talent within financial markets. We were established in 2015 by Edward James, a globally acclaimed headhunting professional with 20 years’ experience. We are internationally renowned as a researcher and headhunting specialist within the Financial Markets space and our experts have successfully completed mandates at all levels of seniority, including at board level.

We are now seeking a bright individual with a strong work ethic, a research mindset, and excellent communication skills to join our small growing team. In this role, you will focus on UK and European hiring needs, working with leading international banks and investors. You must have a strong work ethic, and in return you would expect on target earnings after 18 months to be above £100k.

The role:

• You will be focused on researching, identifying, and attracting international specialists for open roles in Europe. The right candidate will be creative in their approach to business development, and should be excited to build a network outside of our existing contacts.

• The role will be mainly office based in Richmond (South West London), with a significant period of time spent networking and researching existing databases for individuals with experience matching current requirements.

• You will be required to speak with contacts at all levels throughout the day, mainly over the phone but also where possible and relevant, in person. Typically, these contacts will very bright and have a Master’s degree or a PhD and be at mid or senior level.

• One you have gained an understanding of the technical aspects of this sector, you will have the opportunity to develop the business area and gain new clients for your business area. We offer a structured promotion plan and are looking for people to grow with the business. In depth on the desk training will be provided.

The key traits we are seeking:

• As a bright individual, you will have the ability to pick up technical concepts. We are ideally seeking graduates with an excellent academic background and evidence of research experience, ideally with some work experience.

• Trustworthy and diligent. We are proud of our reputation as a trusted advisor to all of our contacts. We are not looking for someone with a sales mindset but focus on those who can add value and strive to go the extra mile in a consultative and value-added manner.

• Self-motivated and ambitious, with the desire to excel.

• Strong communication skills both in person and particularly given our international client base, you must be happy conversing on the phone with highly intelligent individuals where English is not always their first language.

• You must consider yourself to be well organised and have strong attention to detail.

• Flexibility to work with people in other time zones who may require communicating with outside of usual office hours.

• Conduct thorough analysis of client business operations, identifying areas for improvement and strategic enhancement.
• Develop and present comprehensive strategic recommendations, business cases, and implementation plans to senior client stakeholders.
• Lead and manage consulting project teams, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery of engagements.
• Drive client engagement through effective communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving.
• Contribute to the development of intellectual capital and best practices within the firm's Financial Services practice.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts across various domains to deliver integrated solutions.
• Support business development activities, including proposal writing and client relationship building.
• Mentor and coach junior consultants, fostering their professional growth.
• Stay current with industry trends, regulatory changes, and emerging technologies impacting the financial services landscape.
• Ensure adherence to firm standards and methodologies throughout project lifecycles.

• Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA), Finance, Economics, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in management consulting, specifically within the financial services industry (banking, insurance, asset management).
• Proven track record of successfully leading complex consulting projects from inception to completion.
• Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex ideas clearly and persuasively.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong client relationships.
• Experience with financial modeling, market analysis, and strategic planning frameworks.
• Proficiency in project management methodologies and tools.
• Ability to work effectively in both team environments and independently.
• Willingness to travel to client sites as required for in-person engagements.

Join Europe's leading, high-growth Google Cloud consultancy. At Qodea, you’ll be part of a team energised by innovation and passionate about delivering exceptional results. We craft cutting-edge solutions in data and analytics, AI, cloud infrastructure and security, driving digital transformation that empowers our customers to scale, modernise and lead in their industries. We’re driven by ideas and powered by our people.

We are looking for an experienced Programme Manager to lead and coordinate a portfolio of cloud, data, and AI consulting projects within a major Financial Services account.

This role will be London based with flexibility to travel to client sites across the UK and occasionally Europe.

The successful candidate will drive governance, oversee multiple project teams, run steering committees, and act as a key interface with senior client stakeholders.

This role will work closely with a Commercial Lead and a Technical Lead as part of a client-facing leadership team, helping to define, shape, and grow new opportunities within the account while ensuring successful delivery of existing engagements.

The Programme Manager will primarily engage with the CIO senior leadership team across multiple banking divisions, and in partnership with the Commercial and Technical Leads will also engage with the CIOs across the business.

Programme Oversight & Delivery:

• Manage a portfolio of projects across cloud migration, data platforms, AI/ML initiatives, and infrastructure modernisation.
• Ensure alignment with client strategy, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
• Track Programme health, risks, issues, dependencies, and deliverables across workstreams.

Governance & Reporting:

• Establish and run Programme governance structures, reporting processes, and steering committees.
• Provide executive-level updates to CIO leadership, ensuring transparency and alignment.
• Ensure Programme KPIs, SLAs, and regulatory obligations are met.

Stakeholder Management:

• Build trusted relationships with CIO senior leadership teams across divisions.
• Work in partnership with the Commercial Lead and Technical Lead to engage CIOs across the business.
• Act as the key liaison between client leadership, delivery teams, and vendor partners.
• Drive alignment between technical and business functions to achieve shared outcomes.

Business Development & Account Growth:

• Partner with the Commercial Lead to identify new revenue opportunities, expand existing engagements, and contribute to account planning.
• Work with the Technical Lead to ensure proposed solutions are technically robust, scalable, and aligned to client needs.
• Shape proposals, support bids, and present to senior stakeholders to secure new business.

Leadership & People Management:

• Provide leadership across multi-disciplinary teams (consultants, engineers, architects, data scientists).
• Mentor project managers, ensuring consistent methodologies and standards are applied.
• Foster a culture of accountability, transparency, and delivery excellence.

Requirements

Financial Services Expertise:

• 10+ years’ experience in enterprise technology in financial services
• Strong understanding of banking regulations and compliance requirements (e.g. Basel III, MiFID II, GDPR, PRA/FCA, Dodd-Frank).
• Proven delivery within highly regulated environments.

Programme Management Experience:

• 10+ years’ experience in programme/project management within large, complex organizations.
• Hands-on experience with governance frameworks, steering committees, and executive stakeholder engagement.
• Track record of managing multi-million-pound portfolios and distributed delivery teams.

Cloud, Infrastructure & Enterprise Technology:

• Solid understanding of cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, or Azure) and hybrid enterprise architectures.
• Experience in infrastructure modernization, large-scale migrations, and data center transformations.
• Awareness of enterprise technologies commonly used in banks (core banking, middleware, data platforms, enterprise applications).

Agile & Delivery Methodologies:

• Proven experience applying Agile methodologies (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban, hybrid agile-waterfall models) to large-scale transformation programmes.
• Ability to adapt governance to different delivery styles and integrate vendor/partner agile practices with bank governance frameworks.

Soft Skills:

• Strong communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to present to and negotiate with CIO leadership teams and CIOs across the business.
• Excellent problem-solving and conflict resolution skills.
• Operates effectively in fast-moving, matrixed, and globally distributed environments.

Benefits

Financial:

• Competitive base salary.
• Matching pension scheme (up to 5%) from day one.
• Discretionary company bonus scheme.
• 4 x annual salary Death in Service coverage from day one.
• Employee referral scheme.

Health and Wellbeing:

• Private medical insurance from day one.
• app: access to remote GPs, second opinions, mental health support, and physiotherapy.
• EAP service
• Cycle to Work scheme.

Time Off and Flexibility:

• 36 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays).
• An extra paid day off for your birthday.
• Ten paid learning days per year.
• Flexible working hours.
• Market-leading parental leave.
• Sabbatical leave (after five years).
• Work from anywhere (up to 3 weeks per year).

Development and Recognition:

• Industry-recognised training and certifications.
• Bonusly employee recognition and rewards platform.
• Clear opportunities for career development.
• Length of Service Awards

Extra Perks:

• Regular company events.
• Tech Scheme.

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About Us

Where Innovation meets Excellence.

Be a part of a globally renowned management consulting firm that is on the front-line of industry disruption. We are a mid-size player with a supportive, entrepreneurial spirit that works with a market-leading brand in every sector, while our parent organization Infosys is a top-5 powerhouse IT brand that is outperforming the market and experiencing rapid growth.

Our consulting business is annually recognized as one of the UK’s top firms by the Financial Times and Forbes due to our client innovations, our cultural diversity and dedicated training and career paths we offer to our consultants. We are committed to fostering an inclusive work culture that inspires everyone to deliver their best.

The Team

Our Financial Services and Insurance practice supports some of the largest global firms and most recognizable local brands solve their biggest challenges in today’s age of constant disruption. With diverse services, ranging from strategy and advisory to large scale implementations and change initiates, from business change to operational transformation and leading-edge IT solutions, we help clients shape and achieve their growth agenda for a sustainable future.

Requirements

The Role:

• Provide leadership and direction to capture and sell transformation solutions and services to the relevant market segment.
• Accountability for consulting revenues and operating margins for the key account(s) responsible for
• Assume the role of trusted advisor to clients providing guidance in all matters within relevant market segments.
• Manage the business opportunities at key accounts to help ensure Infosys Consulting is positioned to capitalise on opportunities by providing high-quality services.
• Lead efforts to strengthen Infosys Consulting’s position in its largest clients, whilst broadening Infosys Consulting’s presence in its other existing clients.
• Be responsible for consistent delivery of services, solutions, and products on time and within cost on a best-value basis, and for developing processes that ensure business risks are evaluated, understood and factored into client solutions and services.
• Coordinate relationship-building activities with appropriate partners, engagement managers, subject-matter professionals, and other Infosys Consulting personnel on the engagement team(s) in an effort to help ensure they are well advised on important matters.
• Assist with proposal development, focusing on the Infosys Consulting value proposition, key differentiators, and win themes.
• Provide leadership to subordinate managers, taking an active role in guiding their professional growth and development, through coaching, counselling, performance development and mentoring.
• Highly commercial individual, commanding a presence with senior executives both internally and externally with ambition to exceed targets and expectations.
• Previous leadership experience within a services organisation, mentoring and guiding teams of consultants under direct leadership, as well as indirect and matrixed teams to harness talent, whilst delivering overall client satisfaction.
• Anticipate, create and define innovative and visionary solutions for solving client’s problems.
• Strong networks, relationships and involvement in relevant activities, industry conferences, forums, thought leadership articles etc.
• Comfortable working at senior level within complex organisations, able to build empathy, credibility and trust with key customers.
• Must have a proven track record of achievement in selling and delivering consulting and technology services, whilst delivering business objectives within large corporate environments where there is rapid change.
• The ability to operate and excel in a changing and dynamic environment.
• Should be a recognised expert within technology domain, and consistently demonstrate the ability to align the functional area with the business requirements to support the company vision.
• Strong presentation skills, experienced and comfortable presenting to large groups and delivering inspiring and engaging presentations.
• Intuitive ability to represent complex concepts in a clear, concise and compelling way.
• Collaborative team player, with a willingness to lead by example and roll up their sleeves.
• Passionate about disruptive innovation and transformational ideas.
• Mature interpersonal and influencing skills, especially at senior client levels.
• Be committed to advancing the Infosys brand through personal and professional growth.
• Ability to travel extensively as required.

About You

We are looking for key account consulting anchors, leading sales, delivery & proposition development, with experience in some of the below areas:

• Proven excellence in commercial development, commanding a presence with senior executives both internally and externally with ambition to exceed targets and expectations.
• Previous leadership experience within a services organisation, mentoring and guiding teams of consultants under direct leadership, as well as indirect and matrixed teams to harness talent, whilst delivering overall client satisfaction.
• Anticipate, create and define innovative and visionary solutions for solving client’s problems.
• Strong sales ability and closing skills at executive and board levels.
• Strong networks, relationships and involvement in relevant activities, industry conferences, forums, thought leadership articles etc.
• Interact as a peer at Board level in client companies and comfortable working at senior level within complex organisations, able to build empathy, credibility and trust with key customers.
• Must have a proven track record of achievement in selling and delivering consulting and technology services, whilst delivering business objectives within large corporate environments where there is rapid change.
• The ability to operate and excel in a changing and dynamic environment.
• Should be a recognised expert in communications, and consistently demonstrate the ability to align the functional area with the business requirements to support the company vision.
• Proven thought leadership within the field of communications, including production, syndication/publication of marketable knowledge.
• Strong presentation skills, experienced and comfortable presenting to large groups and delivering inspiring and engaging presentations.
• Intuitive ability to represent complex concepts in a clear, concise and compelling way.
• Collaborative team player, with a willingness to lead by example and roll up their sleeves.
• Inspiring leadership style with a proven ability to inspire direct and indirect internal teams, as well as clients to push the boundaries of what they thought was possible.
• Passionate about disruptive innovation and transformational ideas.
• Mature interpersonal and influencing skills, especially at senior client levels.
• Be committed to advancing the Infosys brand through personal and professional growth.
• An internal talent champion across all sectors; not only directly involved in recruitment, but also a key leader in growing and developing the sector-specific skills relative to Infosys’ current service offerings.
• Ability to travel as/when required.

Benefits

Why Join Us?

For the right talent that want to be part of a diverse team, innovation-driven practice and a high-performance culture, we offer industry-leading compensation and benefits, along with top training and development opportunities so that you can grow your career and achieve your personal ambitions. Curious to learn more? We’d love to hear from you. Join us today!

Who we are…

GlobalData is a specialist information services business on a mission to help our clients decode the future, make better decisions and reach more customers. Using our unique data, expert analysis and innovative solutions we deliver intelligence on the world’s largest industries for companies, government organisations and industry professionals. 

We began our journey in 2016, by combining a diverse range of specialist information services companies, with decades of trusted customer relationships and deep sector specialisms. Today, we operate as a single company and one fully integrated platform, with more than 3,500 colleagues worldwide, across 20+ industries, delivering value for over 5,000 customers.

Why join GlobalData?

GlobalData is at a pivotal point in its growth journey. Following multiple acquisitions and having recently received transformational investment we need curious, ambitious, courageous people to support us in achieving our vision of becoming the world’s trusted source of strategic industry intelligence.

Our big ambitions mean that life at GlobalData is fast paced, entrepreneurial and rewarding. We recognise the collective power of our people, and it’s the collaboration of our teams that have shaped our success and will continue to do so in the future.

The role…

Arena International Events Group, part of GlobalData, runs over 60 international B2B conferences every year, with a dynamic calendar of events that is always evolving?Our portfolio spans three main industry sectors; Financial Services, Consumer and Technology taking place in three primary regions – Europe, USA and Asia.

This is an opportunity for a Conference Producer looking for the chance to become a Senior Conference Producer and to become a critical part of our ambitious team. Based in a fantastic central London location, you will provide research-based insights to the team, entrench yourself in your industry and produce compelling, commercial agendas centred on cutting edge trends in the Financial Services division of our events business. 

What you’ll be doing…

• Use primary market research, as well as insights from GlobalData’s proprietary data, to inform cutting edge agendas, demonstrating good writing skills. Write compelling copy to promote the benefits of the agenda.
• Recruit quality, senior speakers via multiple channels, including email, social, video conference calls and inperson meetings within best practice timeframes and meeting KPIs.
• Innovate: generate new topic ideas and demonstrate entrepreneurial skills in order to bring those ideas to life. Recruit out of the ordinary, inspirational speakers. Reconceptualise formats to ensure quality, interactive, commercial products that provide unrivalled value to our delegates and sponsors.
• Support the sales team to hit and exceed financial objectives. Demonstrate a commercial mindset when writing agendas, during client prospecting, onboarding and management.
• Prepare full sponsorship sales and marketing briefs, demonstrate excellent communication skills when delivering them, as well as collaborating with the wider team on clientfacing agendas and media packs.
• New product development: actively contribute to the portfolio schedule with wellvalidated product launches which respond to market trends and complement the portfolio.
• Ensure the profitability of events – meet event budgets and keep overall costs in control.
• Run international conferences professionally on onsite, dealing with sponsors, speakers and delegates alike. ? 
• Provide pre and post-conference content, reports and summaries, for the event websites, social channels and emails.

What we’re looking for…

Successful candidates will have a strong track record of developing key relationships with end-user and supplier companies and shaping the evolution of commercial events. You will report to the Head of Event Content and be responsible for growth planning, product innovation and delivery of the global Financial Services events portfolio. 

• A minimum of three years working in B2B conferences and commercial production.
• Track record of contributing to the growth of events/ events series by working closely with sponsorship and delegate sales teams and contributing to their hitting and exceeding of targets.
• Evidence of generating new ideas for events and successfully producing launch conferences.
• Experience working in international markets.
• An understanding of technological advances impacting global industries, and how business transformation is enabled by cutting edge tech.

In addition to a rewarding career, we support our GlobalData colleagues with a range of benefits across health, finances, fitness, travel, tech and more. To find out more about the roles and benefits on offer in your region, visit (url removed)

GlobalData believes strongly in the value of diversity and creating supportive, inclusive environments where our colleagues can succeed. As such, we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. GlobalData is determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.

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Senior Team Assistant - Global Financial Services
Location: City of London (Hybrid)
Salary: 50,000-60,000 + bonus

A leading global financial institution is seeking a highly organised and proactive Senior Team Assistant to support executives within their fast-paced Global Markets division. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced assistant who thrives in a professional, dynamic environment and enjoys working as part of a collaborative team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide high-level administrative support to senior managers and their teams.

• Manage complex diaries, meetings, and travel arrangements across multiple time zones.

• Prepare presentations, reports, and meeting materials.

• Handle inbox management, expense processing, and internal communications.

• Coordinate events, seminars, and team offsites.

• Act as a key liaison point across departments and with external stakeholders.

• Support wider team administration and provide cover for other assistants when needed.

About You:

• Proven experience as an Executive or Team Assistant within financial services or a corporate environment.

• Excellent communication, organisation, and multitasking skills.

• Confident using Microsoft Office and internal systems.

• Professional, adaptable, and a natural team player.

• High attention to detail and ability to work under pressure.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a globally respected firm known for its collaborative culture, career progression, and commitment to ethical business practices.

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At Morgan McKinley, we connect exceptional people with outstanding opportunities. Our London Business Support team specialises in temporary, contract, and permanent recruitment across Executive Assistant, Team Assistant, Office Management, HR, and Administrative roles. With over 30 years of industry experience, we're passionate about helping professionals and organisations thrive.