Bruin Financial & Professional Services

My client, a leading specialty insurance broker in the Lloyd's and London Market, is looking to hire a Regulatory Reporting Analyst to join their growing finance function. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in delivering regulatory and financial reporting across a complex, global business. The position offers strong exposure to senior stakeholders and the chance to contribute to the ongoing development of reporting processes and controls. The Regulatory Reporting Analyst supports the Head of Accounting & Regulatory Policy in ensuring the firm's ongoing compliance with CASS 5 and FCA financial reporting requirements. The role is key to the execution, monitoring and continuous improvement of the firm's client money control environment and related regulatory reporting. Main Duties: - Perform and take accountability for Client Money Calculations in accordance with CASS 5, ensuring completeness, accuracy, appropriate review and audit trail retention. - The role will be pivotal in the execution of related controls including: - Maintain and enhance CASS documentation, including the Client Money Manual, risk and control matrix and self-assessment testing. - Support CASS governance activities, including ad hoc projects and regulatory change implementation. - Manage breach identification, investigation and remediation, monitoring action plans and identifying root-cause trends. - Coordinate and manage the annual external CASS audit, acting as the primary point of contact and ensuring timely resolution of findings. - Monitor and implement processes to comply with regulatory or business changes - Actively contribute to strengthening the CASS control environment through automation, improved MI and enhanced documentation. - The role will also support with the preparation of regulatory returns to ensure compliance with the FCA reporting requirements which fall under the responsibility of finance. Regulatory Requirements: The role holder is required to be familiar and comply with all company policies and procedures and responsible for adhering to regulatory requirements that are required of the Company. Knowledge/Skills/Abilities Required: - Experience of working within a finance function or audit firm - Experience working with Power Bi is fundamental to the role. - Strong Microsoft Excel skills - Data analytics/Power BI skills - Diligent with a clear focus and attention to detail - Proven ability to build good working relationships and communicate effectively with a range of stakeholders. - Critical thinking and problem-solving skills - A positive and proactive team player - Effective time management skills and able to prioritise and organise own workload to ensure deadlines are met Desirable: - Experience working with finance systems (GL tools etc) and business administration/ledger systems Education / Training / Qualification Required: - Part qualified accountant

Principal Engineer/Architect (Java, AI) - Greenfield Platform Location: Manchester (hybrid) (4 days a week on site) The role Opportunity to join a greenfield build focused on a next-generation Corporate Actions platform within a global financial environment. This is a hands-on Principal IC role with no line management, owning architecture and driving engineering direction across a large-scale distributed system. What you'll do Design and build Java (Spring Boot) microservices Architect event-driven systems (Kafka / messaging) Apply AI/ML to real-world business problems Work with modern development tooling, including AI-assisted environments Influence technical direction and engineering standards What you'll need Experience operating at Principal / Staff / Architect level Strong Java and distributed systems background Hands-on AI/ML experience (Python or similar) Experience with Kafka or MQ, SQL/Oracle, cloud and containerisation Nice to have Financial services experience (post-trade, custody, corporate actions, trading)

Software Development Manager (Contract) - Data & AI Transformation Location: London (Hybrid - 1 day onsite) Contract: Day Rate We're working with a global investment-focused organisation delivering a major transformation programme, replacing a legacy platform with a modern, cloud-based ecosystem. They're looking for a senior Software Development Manager to lead a key workstream focused on data migration and application modernisation. This is a player/coach role combining hands-on technical input with team leadership and delivery ownership. The environment is built around React, Python and AWS, with growing adoption of Databricks and AI-driven tooling. The role You'll lead a small, high-performing team, driving delivery of key milestones as part of a wider transformation programme. The focus is on migrating and modernising data and applications into a new cloud-based platform, while improving user experience and engineering capability. You'll also work closely with teams in the US, so some flexibility in working hours is required. Key responsibilities Lead and manage a cross-functional engineering team (full stack, data and junior engineers) Champion the adoption of AI tools and practices, including automation, developer productivity and AI-driven solutions (e.g. chatbots, Copilot/LLMs) Own delivery of key milestones across data migration and platform modernisation Provide hands-on technical guidance, particularly across front-end (React) and user experience Translate business requirements into clear technical delivery plans Drive engineering best practice, team performance and delivery standards Oversee knowledge transfer from legacy system SMEs into the wider team (without direct ownership of the legacy platform) What we're looking for Proven experience in a Software Development Manager / Technical Lead role Strong background delivering large-scale transformation or migration programmes Hands-on experience with React, Python and AWS Experience working with Databricks or similar modern data platforms Strong understanding of front-end development and user experience Experience leading and developing engineering teams Exposure to AI/ML, LLMs or modern developer tooling is highly desirable Comfortable working in global, fast-paced environments Why apply High-impact role within a major transformation programme Exposure to modern cloud, data and AI technologies Strong stakeholder visibility in a global organisation Opportunity to shape both delivery and engineering capability