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JOB TITLE: Senior Data Scientist SALARY: £70,929 - £80,000 LOCATION(S): Manchester HOURS: Full time WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in the above office location About the opportunity We have a great opportunity for a Senior Data Scientist to support developing next-generation agentic AI models!This role also involves traditional machine learning solutions that power critical business decisions. This role combines modern research with implementation, ensuring scalable, explainable, and robust AI systems across the organisation! You will design and implement next‑generation agentic AI and traditional ML that power critical decisions across the organisation! The key activities in the role are: * Architect agentic systems: multi‑step reasoning, autonomous decision‑making, and safe action flows. * Operationalise LLM solutions: evaluation, fine‑tuning, and prompt strategies with measurable outcomes. * Engineer APIs and containerised microservices for scalable ML; embed CI/CD, model versioning, and monitoring. * Assure interpretability, fairness, and audit readiness; meet compliance standards within the field. * Experiment using human‑feedback loops and A/B testing to iterate quickly and improve performance. * Translate complex concepts into actionable insights that influence product roadmaps powered by advanced technology. About us If you think all banks are the same, you'd be wrong. We're an innovative, fast-changing business that's shaping finance as a force for good. A bank that's empowering its people to innovate, explore possibilities and grow with purpose. What you'll need * Advanced proficiency in Python and SQL; hands‑on use of pandas, NumPy, scikit‑learn, PyTorch. * Strong knowledge of supervised/unsupervised learning; experience in NLP, anomaly detection, classification. * Experience across the full software development lifecycle, from experimentation through to deployment of containerised Machine Learning models to a live environment, using technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes and coding in Python. * Exposure to some GCP cloud tooling (e.g. Vertex AI, BigQuery) and visualisation tools such as Looker, Tableau or PowerBI is highly desirable * Experience with API development, containerisation, and microservice patterns. * Familiarity with agentic architectures, multi‑step reasoning, and autonomous decision frameworks. * Ability to integrate LLMs and reinforcement learning into production workflows. * Expertise in interpretability and bias detection. * Delivery of audit‑ready solutions aligned to governance and compliance. * Practical experience with MLflow, Kubeflow, or similar MLOps frameworks; Git proficiency. * Skill in converting complex technical detail into clear business insight. Desirable skills: * Work with Vertex AI Agent Builder, LangGraph, multi‑agent orchestration, or agent‑to‑agent protocols. * Hands‑on LLM fine‑tuning, prompt engineering, and evaluation frameworks * Design and analysis of A/B tests and other experimentation methods. * Knowledge of data governance and model risk management in regulated environments. * Experience with RLHF or similar approaches for continuous model improvement. * Ability to spot opportunities for agentic AI innovation and shape product roadmaps. About working for us Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We're disability confident. So, if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know. We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes: * A generous pension contribution of up to 15% * An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance * Share schemes including free shares * Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping * 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top * A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies Want to do amazing work, that's interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.

Role: Technical Consultant Duration: Initial 6 months Rate: £600-£650 Outside IR35 Location: Ideally 1-2 days per week in Bradford, potentially fully remote We’re recruiting for an experienced Technical Consultant to support a complex banking accreditation and compliance programme for a retail organisation. Key responsibilities include: • Reviewing existing systems, processes, and documentation against banking accreditation standards, • Performing functional and technical gap analysis, owning remediation recommendations, • Reverse engineering legacy applications to understand transactional data generation and file outputs consumed by banking systems, • Assessing payment, security, and integration solutions for compliance, • Supporting legacy system enhancement vs replacement decision-making Required experience: • Knowledge of banking accreditation, PCI DSS/payment compliance, • COBOL, CICS, Datacom DB, • Ability to translate regulatory and technical requirements into practical delivery plans, • Experience with legacy systems and data flows in regulated environments

About Allica Bank Allica is the UK’s fastest growing company - and the fastest-growing financial technology (Fintech) firm ever. Our purpose is to help established SMEs, one of the last major underserved opportunities in Fintech. Established SMEs are the backbone of local communities - representing over a third of our economy - yet have been largely neglected both by traditional high street banks and modern fintech providers. Role Description The Credit Completions Officer ensures the best possible customer experience for Allica’s lending products from Offer stage through to loan drawdown and completion. Working closely with Relationship Managers, Business Development Managers, legal and valuation panels, and Underwriting teams, you will manage a portfolio of lending cases covering Commercial Mortgages, GGS loans, Overdrafts, and Business Loans progressing them efficiently and effectively to completion while maintaining compliance and operational excellence. Principal Accountabilities • Deliver post-sanction administration for all lending products, ensuring timely release of communications, legal and valuation instructions, and payments., • Satisfy all Conditions Precedent to the loan/mortgage, coordinating with internal and external stakeholders to drive completions., • Manage a pipeline of cases to meet service level agreements and quality standards., • Maintain strong working relationships with legal and valuation panel partners to ensure efficient correspondence and case progression., • Build and maintain close collaboration with Underwriting, Relationship Managers, and Business Development Managers., • Keep accurate case records, including a clear sanction audit trail for MI and monitoring purposes., • Ensure compliance with bank policies, procedures, and all regulatory requirements, taking action to protect the bank’s business., • Communicate relevant updates to team members, senior management, and other stakeholders to enable informed decision-making., • Maintain and update customer records, including Core Banking system data entry., • Strong customer service ethic with a proven record of delivering high standards in a fast-paced environment., • Education to A level standard or equivalent., • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, preferably with a Commercial Mortgage background., • Understanding of the commercial environment and lending pipeline management., • Strong financial and commercial awareness., • Good understanding of Conduct and Treating Customers Fairly requirements relevant to Credit Operations., • Full onboarding support and continued development opportunities, • Options for flexible working, • Regular social activities, • Pension contributions, • Discretionary bonus scheme, • Private health cover, • Life assurance

Managing Associate – Commercial & Corporate Litigation William James Recruitment is instructed on behalf of a leading full-service law firm with an international footprint. The Firm Our client is a dynamic, entrepreneurial, and internationally recognised law firm, advising a wide spectrum of clients from multinational corporations and financial institutions to private individuals and entrepreneurs. The firm combines sector-specialist knowledge with deep expertise across traditional practice areas to provide tailored, commercially-focused solutions. With multiple offices across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, the firm manages complex cross-border and multi-jurisdictional matters, building long-term client partnerships based on trust, integrity, and collaboration. The Commercial & Corporate Litigation Team • The team acts on the full range of disputes, including High Court litigation, international and domestic arbitration, and alternative dispute resolution, • Work often spans multiple jurisdictions and is highly complex, requiring co-ordination of proceedings in different countries, • Key practice areas include banking, funds and finance disputes (including derivatives and structured finance), shareholder, joint-venture and private equity disputes and professional services disputes, • The team is one of the largest and highest-billing within the firm and is renowned for promoting from within Role Overview We are seeking a Managing Associate to join the Commercial & Corporate Litigation team in London. The role is ideal for a candidate with substantial post-qualification experience from a leading litigation team within private practice. This is a high-profile, high-responsibility role, with exposure to complex, international disputes and opportunities to supervise junior lawyers and contribute to business development initiatives. Key Responsibilities: • Manage a broad and complex caseload of commercial disputes, • Supervise junior lawyers, delegating work and providing mentorship, • Develop client relationships and contribute actively to the team’s business development, • Provide proactive, commercially-focused advice to clients on strategic and tactical aspects of disputes, • Coordinate multi-jurisdictional matters, liaising with international counsel and managing complex procedural issues Candidate Profile: • 2015-qualified (or equivalent) with significant experience in a leading litigation practice, • Strong technical expertise in commercial and corporate disputes, • Commercially minded, with the ability to contribute to business development initiatives, • Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-expectation environment What the Firm Offers: • Competitive salary with strong benefits + bonus up to 20%, • Transparent career progression, with a clear pathway to partnership for high-performing candidates, • A collaborative, entrepreneurial, and international working environment, • Opportunities to work on high-profile, multi-jurisdictional matters, • Flexible and hybrid working arrangements, • Comprehensive wellbeing and diversity initiatives Apply in the strictest of confidence online or via telephone – there is no need for a CV for an initial conversation. Contact: Alice Winter (Retained Consultant) Direct Dial: 0203 918 1665 Mobile: 0794 405 5476 Email: More About William James Recruitment William James Recruitment is the number one recruitment partner to law firms in the UK & internationally. We work with a variety of top-tier clients, including a range of legal 500 firms.

Hartford Advisers works closely with private equity firms and institutional investors on strategic, transactional, and advisory matters. As our private equity client base continues to grow, we are exploring the appointment of a senior PE professional to help deepen sponsor relationships and provide senior oversight across our work with PE clients. This is a senior, externally facing role, suited to an experienced private equity professional who enjoys operating at the intersection of relationships, strategy, and advisory work. The role The Head of Private Equity Advisory would act as a senior point of contact for private equity clients and sponsors, helping to shape and oversee Hartford Advisers’ engagement across the PE ecosystem. The role combines relationship leadership with strategic advisory oversight. Responsibilities would include: • Acting as a senior relationship lead for private equity firms and investment professionals, • Leveraging an established PE network to deepen engagement with sponsors and investors, • Providing senior oversight and input across advisory work delivered to PE clients, • Helping to shape Hartford Advisers’ private equity advisory proposition and market positioning, • Working closely with internal teams to ensure PE clients receive high-quality, commercially grounded advice, • Representing Hartford Advisers within the private equity community Who this role is suited to This role would suit a senior professional with a strong background in private equity, investment banking, or a closely related field, who is comfortable operating at partner or senior decision-maker level. You are likely to bring: • A strong understanding of how private equity firms operate, invest, and create value, • An established network across PE sponsors, partners, principals, and portfolio company leadership, • Experience engaging with advisers on complex strategic or transactional matters, • Commercial judgement and the ability to act as a trusted senior sounding board, • An interest in helping shape how an advisory firm works with private equity clients Why Hartford Advisers Hartford Advisers is a specialist advisory firm working with private equity firms and investors on high-impact, commercially driven engagements. We pride ourselves on senior-level involvement, discretion, and long-term client relationships. This role offers the opportunity to play a visible part in shaping and strengthening our engagement with the private equity community. Next steps If this opportunity is of interest, or if you would like to have a confidential conversation about the role, we would welcome an initial discussion.

Currently, over 35,000 customers trust ANNA to look after their banking and admin.

Our Story Hello there. We’re Zopa. We started our journey back in 2005, building the first ever peer-to-peer lending company. Fast forward to 2020 and we launched Zopa Bank. A bank that listens to what our customers don’t like about finance and does the opposite. We’re redefining what it feels like to work in finance. Our vision for a new era of banking puts people front and centre — we’ve built a business that empowers everyone to aim high, every day, to move finance forward. Find out more about our fantastic offerings at Zopa.com ! We’re incredibly proud of our achievements and none of it would be possible without the amazing team here. It’s not just industry awards we’re winning, we’ve also been named in the top three UK’s Most Loved Workplaces. If you embrace unconventional challenges, are unafraid to think differently and are driven to make an outsized impact, you’ll thrive here at Zopa, so join us, and make it count. Want to see us in action? Follow us on Instagram @zopalife Biscuit, Zopa’s current account, is a major growth driver as we scale from hundreds of thousands to millions of customers. It also marks a sharper creative identity for the brand, giving us a platform that is smart, witty and culturally fluent. Social is central to achieving this growth, helping us reach new audiences at an affordable CAC. Paid will drive efficiency, while organic builds trust and cultural relevance. Together, they will grow reach, drive conversion and make Biscuit a product people genuinely want in their wallet. This role blends creative instinct, spotting trends early and shaping native, scroll stopping ideas, with operational excellence across paid and organic channels, test cycles and community reputation. You will lead across both paid and organic, with paid a key priority for 2026, working closely with digital performance, marketing, creative, PR, compliance, analytics and product marketing. You will also oversee community management and step in for escalations when needed. A senior role for someone who wants to influence narratives, elevate creative standards and build the social engine that will scale Biscuit to the next level. About The Role • Lead paid social strategy and ongoing performance optimisation across Meta, TikTok, YouTube and Reddit, • Run creative test cycles, spot winning patterns quickly and drive continual improvement in performance, • Set the creative direction for social, ensuring content is platform native, culturally relevant and refreshed at the right pace, • Build a scalable creative system that maintains high output without compromising quality, • Translate narrative strategy into effective paid testing frameworks that enhance both brand and performance, • Work closely with digital performance, analytics, marketing, creative, PR, compliance and product marketing to align on goals and insights, • Define the role of each social channel across paid and organic, shaping core, emerging and experimental activity, • Guide organic content direction to build trust, credibility and cultural relevance alongside acquisition goals, • Identify cultural signals and platform trends early and convert them into actionable opportunities, • Oversee community management, ensuring consistent, reputation safe engagement and managing escalations when needed, • Manage agency partners with clear briefs, high creative expectations and disciplined performance oversight, • Produce clear insights and narratives for weekly and monthly reviews, highlighting what is working and what needs to change, • Strong creative capability, with sharp platform intuition across Meta, TikToK, Reddit and more, • Able to instantly identify what makes content land, with an eye for behaviours, cultural shifts and emerging formats, • Commercially minded, with a solid understanding of CAC, CTR, CPM, conversion windows and creative decay, • Equally motivated by performance outcomes and brand personality, • Confident running paid social at scale, managing always-on and campaign cycles, • Experienced in briefing and holding agencies accountable, and comfortable making swift, calm optimisation decisions, • Hands-on knowledge of TikTok Ads Manager, Meta Ads, YouTube performance and mobile app campaigns, • Clear and confident communicator, able to translate data into compelling narrative, • Reputation aware, understanding the demands of regulated industries, • Experience in fintech or other regulated sectors, • Ability to produce short-form video or direct creators, • Familiarity with AI tools for creative production, • Paid social performance is a key driver for for current account customer acquisition at an affordable CAC (we have ambitious targets in 2026), • Clear and strong narratives that drive higher creative impact, • Our brand shows up in ways that feel modern, sharp and culturally connected, • Organic content is smart, timely and increasingly high engagement, • Community management is disciplined, consistent and reputation-safe, • Incidents are handled confidently, with fast and trusted social comms

This is an exciting opportunity with one of our global clients. The Data Strategy & Architecture Lead owns the end-to-end vision, definition, and architectural realization of data strategy engagements across our client’s key verticals — including Banking, Insurance, and Healthcare. This role bridges the gap between data strategy and solution architecture, ensuring that strategic recommendations are executable through modern, AI-ready data platforms and technology ecosystems. You will lead consulting engagements that assess maturity, define target-state architectures, and design value-driven data roadmaps. Working closely with our Architecture and Technology capability teams, you’ll translate business goals into actionable blueprints that drive modernization, self-service analytics, and trusted data foundations. This role combines strategic leadership with deep architectural understanding, enabling clients to accelerate digital and AI transformation through strong data design principles. As part of your duties, you will be responsible for: Data Strategy Execution • Strategic Advisory: Lead executive-level workshops to assess data and architecture maturity, identifying gaps in governance, integration, and platform design. Craft roadmaps that span strategy, architecture, and AI-enablement., • Architecture Ownership: Define target-state data platform architectures, integration approaches, and reference models across cloud ecosystems (e.g., Azure, AWS, GCP) in collaboration with enterprise and solution architects., • Design Translation: Ensure data strategy recommendations are actionable — linking conceptual designs to feasible delivery architectures that enable scalability, compliance, and performance. Data Strategy Capability Build • Build and refine Data Strategy methodologies to include architecture alignment and cloud modernization best practices., • Develop reusable frameworks for AI-ready data architectures, metadata management, and data governance enablement., • Coach Data Strategy Lead peers and consultants on interpreting architectural outputs and incorporating them into strategy engagements. If the opportunity interests you then please apply here

Lead Software Engineer / Developer (Java Low Latency) London / WFH to £190k+ Do you have expertise with low latency Java programming combined with technical / team leadership skills? You could be progressing your career in a senior, hands-on leadership role at the Investment Management arm of a global bank. As a Lead Software Engineer you will head up a small, globally distributed team responsible for writing production quality Java code used for pricing and hedging FX instruments and overseeing the algorithms' performance intraday. You'll remain hands-on with architecture, design and coding within a modern microservices environment, collaborating with the business and providing technical guidance, code reviews and 1-2-1s to develop the engineers in your team and ensure successful delivery. Location / WFH: You'll be based in the London office and have flexibility to work from home once a week. About you: • You have a deep knowledge of Java including multithreading, • You have team leadership experience, including technical project leadership, code reviews, 1-2-1s, developing others, • You have experience in an Investment Management / Banking environment, any asset class is fine, although FX is preferred, • You have a strong appreciation of low latency systems and code optimisation to ensure speed, • You have excellent communication and collaboration skills, • You are degree educated in Computer Science or similar technical or numerate discipline What's in it for you: As a Lead Software Engineer you will receive a competitive package: • Salary to £190k, • Bonus, • Pension, • One day work from home per week, • Continuous training and career progression opportunities Apply now to find out more about this Lead Software Engineer / Developer (Java Low Latency) opportunity. At Client Server we believe in a diverse workplace that allows people to play to their strengths and continually learn. We're an equal opportunities employer whose people come from all walks of life and will never discriminate based on race, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. The clients we work with share our values.

LOCATION: London and Edinburgh HOURS: Full Time - 35 hours per week WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites shown above. ABOUT THE ROLE You'll provide independent oversight and challenge of algorithmic trading activities, ensuring robust governance and effective controls are in place. This role combines real-time monitoring, risk management, and continuous improvement to strengthen operational resilience and regulatory compliance across electronic trading platforms. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES Real-Time Monitoring * Provide independent real-time monitoring of algorithmic trading, including responding to alerts and invoking kill functionality where required. * Deliver effective challenge to Trading colleagues and raise concerns promptly. * Respond to operational and regulatory issues in a timely manner and initiate remedial action where necessary. * Report any trading activity that may not align with firm policies or regulatory obligations to senior colleagues and partners. * Ensure alerting processes across all algorithms are timely, complete, and accurate. Risk Management & Control Framework Enhancement * Provide independent review and challenge of the change process for new and existing algorithms and platforms, focusing on controls and operational aspects. * Lead ongoing calibration of trader and platform limits using data-driven inputs. * Take ownership for the Self-Assessment process and produce outputs to meet regulatory requirements. * Identify and implement new or enhanced controls based on Self-Assessment findings. * Be responsible for and record circuit breaker and kill switch alerts, ensuring effective review and challenge. * Maintain classification and governance of models and algorithms through an effective inventory process, ensuring controls remain fit-for-purpose and evolve with market and regulatory changes. RAID Management & Issue Resolution * Ensure enhancement plans are robust, sustainable, and supported by root cause analysis with clear documentation and traceability. * Personally drive the closure of high-impact RAID items, including those relating to resource capacity, technology delivery, data quality, and regulatory requirements. Sustainability & Continuous Improvement * Lead changes aligned with business strategy and regulatory expectations. * Lead all aspects of implementation of sustainable processes for ongoing review, recalibration, and enhancement of controls, MI, and governance frameworks. * Ensure outcomes are embedded into our usual processes with evidence of effectiveness and continuous monitoring. WHAT YOU'LL NEED To be considered for this role, you'll need to demonstrate: Risk & Control Expertise * Deep understanding of algorithmic trading risk and control frameworks within Financial Markets. * Experience in governance and oversight of electronic trading platforms and models. * Knowledge of regulatory requirements and best practices for algo trading controls. Data & Technology Skills * Ability to use data-driven insights for calibration and control effectiveness. * Familiarity with real-time monitoring tools and alerting systems. Communication & Leadership * Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills across senior levels. * Ability to challenge constructively and provide authoritative guidance. ABOUT WORKING FOR US Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We're disability confident. So, if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know. If you're excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We'd love to hear from you!

Thought Machine’s mission is bold – to properly and permanently rid the world’s banks of legacy technology. To achieve this, we have developed the foundations of modern banking through core and payments technology which run natively in the cloud. What we are attempting is hard and means we need great people working together to build great technology. We have grown rapidly in the past few years – growing our team to more than 550 individuals across offices in London, New York, Singapore and Sydney. We have raised more than $500m in funding and are now valued at $2.7bn. Our investors include Molten Ventures, Eurazeo, Intesa Sanpaolo, Temasek, Nyca Partners, JPMorgan Chase Strategic Investments, Standard Chartered Ventures, and more. We have created a culture that enables our team to produce the best work in the industry while ensuring we have fun along the way. We're regularly cited as having a fantastic workplace culture and have been recognised by Sifted magazine as having one of the highest Glassdoor ratings for a UK fintech company and the industry's most generous employee share package. Global Finance Magazine named us one of the world’s most innovative fintechs, and the Financial Times recognised us as one of Europe’s fastest-growing companies in 2023 and 2024. Engineering Managers at Thought Machine lead complex technical projects to deliver on our product roadmap. To accomplish this you will manage a group of talented engineers as they identify issues and implement creative solutions to address them. You will manage your own project deliverables, contribute to product strategy and help develop and grow your team. We are particularly excited to hear from people who show strong product ownership and enjoy switching between engineering management and being hands-on with technical work. Duties • Working with your team closely with Product Management and Client Services on defining and delivering our product roadmap., • Actively participate in technical discussions and design reviews., • Measuring your team’s impact., • Contributing to product strategy., • Contributing to engineering-wide initiatives as part of the engineering management team on anything from recruitment to team processes., • Developing engineers in your team and help them in their career development., • Leading by example: Code reviews and hands on technical work Requirements Essential • 2+ years experience of engineering management of product aligned teams, • Experience of working in cloud native environments, using modern technology stacks similar to the stack we use at Thought Machine (microservices, Kubernetes, Kafka, AWS/GCP, golang/python)., • Technical background to drive technical decisions and great interpersonal skills to drive communication with Product Managers and Client representatives. You should enjoy working in environments where you have a high level of responsibility and autonomy., • You are comfortable wearing different Engineering Manager hats that suit the changing needs of a team as it evolves. Desirable • Knowledge of banking / finance., • Interest in working on client-facing projects, conducting scoping and defining deliverables., • You’ve previously helped recruit and shape brilliant engineering teams., • You’ve previously taken an active role in defining and evaluating effective team processes., • You’ve previously worked in a hypergrowth environment. Company Benefits Thought Machine is committed to making a measurable positive impact on our employees everyday lives both inside and outside of work. • Highly competitive salary, • Pension plan (match up to 5%), • Life Insurance- 3 times annual salary, • Competitive Maternity and Paternity leave, • Shared parental leave, • 25 days holiday + bank holidays, • Flexible working hours, • Cycle to work scheme, • Season ticket loan, • Access to exceptional learning materials and courses, • Sports and hobby clubs, subsidised by Thought Machine, • All the latest tech you need, • Start the day properly with fresh fruit and cereals, • Huge range of healthy (and not so healthy) snacks, smoothies and drinks, • A talented&experienced team as your colleagues, • An environment where we encourage learning and progress Health and wellbeing We are committed to the health and wellbeing of our people and offer all employees a comprehensive private health insurance package with dental and optical cover. We understand that our team needs to take breaks to fuel their brain so we have an onsite gym with a generous discount. We also offer a comprehensive pension plan, where we match employee contribution’s up to 7%. In the office Enjoying time away from your desk is key to happiness in the workplace. We provide breakfast with your favourite cereals and fruit. Throughout the day we offer a wide selection of snacks and drinks. Our fridges are stocked with soft drinks and our hot drinks machines make everything from an espresso to an oat flat white.Every Friday, we bring in a different catering popup store so our team can wind down before the weekend. And on the last Friday of every month, we haul in the arcade machines ranging from Mario Kart to Pac-Man to unleash our competitive spirit. Out of office Thought Machiners have set up a wide range of sports and hobby clubs anyone can get involved in - ranging from football to movie club - all subsidised by Thought Machine. Once a year we take over a mystery location for our annual Thought Machine Away Day. Last year it was Margate’s theme park, Dreamland! Learning and development Joining Thought Machine will enable you to learn valuable skills so you can progress in your career. New joiners all embark on a Thought Machine Training Academy, where you learn from our experts in technology, design and banking. As your career develops at Thought Machine we continue to offer training to build your skills in sessions ranging from giving effective feedback to building grit, and many more.

Drive Finance Transformation at Shionogi At Shionogi, we are dedicated to protecting the health and well-being of people worldwide. As a global pharmaceutical leader, we are driven by science, innovation, and a deep sense of responsibility to public health. Join us in our mission to deliver life-changing treatments by ensuring our finance systems are robust, efficient, and future-ready across Europe. Why Join Shionogi? Shionogi offers a collaborative, agile, and purpose-driven environment where your expertise can make a real impact. We value autonomy, adaptability, and operational excellence. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a company expanding its footprint in Europe, with a strong focus on finance transformation, process automation, and business growth. We are seeking a proactive and experienced Systems Accountant to join our Finance team in London. This role offers the chance to lead the enhancement and automation of our finance systems, working closely with Finance, IT, and external partners to ensure our processes are scalable, accurate, and support our ambition for a Day 1 month-end close. About the Role You will play a pivotal role in bridging the gap between finance and technology, acting as the primary administrator and subject-matter expert for all Finance Systems, including Oracle NetSuite ERP and NetSuite Planning & Budgeting (NSPB). You will: • Lead the configuration, enhancement, and integration of finance systems (including Palette, Emburse, HiBob, PwC Payroll, Rapid Response, VAT and banking systems)., • Drive accounting process improvements and automation to enable efficient, consistent, and accurate reporting., • Oversee and support multi-currency, multi-entity consolidations and intercompany processes., • Maintain and update system documentation, process maps, and user guides to ensure continuity, audit readiness, and knowledge sharing., • Act as the first point of contact for external auditors on system-related matters., • Develop reports, dashboards, and tools to improve visibility and decision-making., • Provide training, guidance, and hands-on support to finance users to ensure best-practice system utilisation., • Lead or contribute to system upgrade, implementation, and data migration projects. What Are We Looking For? In this individual contributor position, we are seeking a hands-on and strategic professional who can thrive in a fast-paced, global environment. You will combine financial expertise with strong systems and process optimisation skills, as well as excellent communication and collaboration abilities. We are looking for: • ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified or equivalent., • Expert experience as a Systems Accountant (ideally with Oracle NetSuite) or similar role., • Strong understanding of accounting processes, month-end close, and reporting., • Experience with multi-currency, multi-entity consolidations., • Demonstrated success automating or optimising finance processes., • Strong documentation and process-mapping skills—detail-focused and organised., • Excellent English written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to deliver training and support to end-users., • Proactive, self-motivated, and able to take ownership of improvements., • Team player who collaborates effectively across Finance, IT, and external partners., • High ethical standards and a commitment to integrity and data accuracy. Join Us Join Shionogi and be part of a team that is shaping the future of healthcare with purpose. We offer a dynamic and supportive environment, opportunities for growth, and the chance to make a lasting impact on public health. Apply now and help us ensure that our finance systems empower innovation and operational excellence across Europe.

Heading to the New Year and thinking of a change for 2026? If you're a Lead or Senior software engineer with a track record of using C#, and the .NET framework we'd love to talk to you. We've been retained by our London client to help them find a senior leader for their engineering team as they look to re-engineer a highly successful platform relied on by some of the biggest names in asset management and banking. Core to the solution is their selection of C# / .NET framework to build the next generation of their software. This is a rare opportunity to join a greenfield project as the company look to design their run away success application from the ground up. New stack (C#, .NET) and new architecture - this represents a great chance to put your design and programming skills to work right at the start. Our client is a successful Fintech, underwritten by P.E. investment, growing 30% YoY, which has a very strong balance sheet and highly focused and motivated leadership team. We're looking forward to speaking to senior and lead C#, .NET engineers with the following profile:- • A minimum 8 years of professional software engineering experience, with extensive experience working with C# and the .NET framework., • Comfortable working in cloud environments, our client has selected AWS, but experience with other cloud techs - Azure, GCP also of interest, • Proven track record as a hands-on senior frontend engineer - you design and deliver production features while supporting team development, • Strong software engineering fundamentals: Object-oriented programming, design patterns, SOLID principles, automated testing, CI/CD, • API integration: Experience consuming REST APIs, handling asynchronous data, error handling, and loading states, • Modern database knowledge: Strong SQL skills, database design, and optimization You'll be happy producing high quality code and collaborating closely with key stakeholders, including Product. As a senior C# developer you'll also be comfortable guiding and mentoring more junior engineers. This is a role that comes with a high degree of autonomy and there is an expectation that you will be passionate about your craft and build that culture around you. If this sounds like the move you're looking for in 2026, please get in touch us (we're working over the festive period) and we'd be happy to share further details with you. TheDifferenceEngine is a recruitment agency, retained by our client to help them find the best in the market. Promising candidates can be assured of a typical 24 hour response from initial contact.

Who We Are Is What We Do. Deel is the all-in-one payroll and HR platform for global teams. Our vision is to unlock global opportunity for every person, team, and business. Built for the way the world works today, Deel combines HRIS, payroll, compliance, benefits, performance, and equipment management into one seamless platform. With AI-powered tools and a fully owned payroll infrastructure, Deel supports every worker type in 150+ countries—helping businesses scale smarter, faster, and more compliantly. Among the largest globally distributed companies in the world, our team of 7,000 spans more than 100 countries, speaks 74 languages, and brings a connected and dynamic culture that drives continuous learning and innovation for our customers. Why should you be part of our success story? As the fastest-growing Software as a Service (SaaS) company in history, Deel is transforming how global talent connects with world-class companies – breaking down borders that have traditionally limited both hiring and career opportunities. We're not just building software; we're creating the infrastructure for the future of work, enabling a more diverse and inclusive global economy. In 2024 alone, we paid $11.2 billion to workers in nearly 100 currencies and provided healthcare and benefits to workers in 109 countries—ensuring people get paid and protected, no matter where they are. Our momentum is reflected in our achievements and customer satisfaction: CNBC Disruptor 50, Forbes Cloud 100, Deloitte Fast 500, and repeated recognition on Y Combinator’s top companies list – all while maintaining a 4.83 average rating from 15,000 reviews across G2, Trustpilot, Captera, Apple and Google. Your experience at Deel will be a career accelerator. At the forefront of the global work revolution, you'll tackle complex challenges that impact millions of people's working lives. With our momentum—backed by a $17.3 billion valuation and $1 B in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) in just over five years—you'll drive meaningful impact while building expertise that makes you a sought-after leader in the transformation of global work. Team Lead About The Team At the core of Deel’s FinTech platform, responsible for building and operating client and contractor wallets across our regulated entities globally. This is a mission-critical domain where accuracy, compliance, and reliability are non-negotiable. Scope & Responsibilities • Lead the fintech engineering team to design, build, and scale wallet infrastructure for global deel's users., • Work with different teams to integrate wallets with regional banks through PSPs (via APIs), orchestrating pay-ins and ensuring seamless treasury operations., • Depending on the project, you may collaborate with the Core Accounting team to connect wallets with the General Ledger (GL), ensuring balances are accurate and financial records meet audit standards., • Work closely with Compliance, Treasury, and PSP Integration teams to ensure adherence to local regulations (MTL, PI, safeguarding requirements)., • Provide technical leadership in a global, fast-paced environment where uptime and precision are critical., • Location: Based in EMEA, with high availability for global collaboration., • Background: Proven experience as a Team Lead or Manager in payments, banking, accounting, or treasury., • FinTech Expertise: Hands-on wallets, flows of funds, compliance, and regulated money movement. Prior experience at companies like Wise, PayPal, or similar is a strong plus., • Technical Skills:, • JavaScript/Node.js, • PostgreSQL with Sequelize ORM, • Strong understanding of distributed systems and API-driven banking/PSP integrations, • Leadership: Ability to run projects at scale, mentor engineers, and drive cross-functional alignment., • Mindset: Ownership, detail-oriented, and mindful of the responsibility of managing other people’s money., • Stock grant opportunities dependent on your role, employment status and location, • Additional perks and benefits based on your employment status and country

We are seeking a UK-based Company Director to act in a nominee capacity, assisting with essential compliance and banking formalities.This is a low-commitment, remote role suited for individuals seeking flexible part-time engagement.Remotely sign and review documents for company or bank account setup