2021 has seen two major trends in the world of working – one far more obvious than the other. Remote working was a pretty major trend this year (no real surprise), with so many more companies making the decision to hire remote-only talent.
The second stand out trend from 2021 has been FinTech, and the growth of the industry. For those of you that don’t know, FinTech (Financial technology) is the technology and innovation that aims to compete with traditional financial methods in the delivery of financial services.
It is an emerging industry that uses technology to improve activities in finance. The functionality of FinTech is supported by the use of technologies like blockchain, artificial intelligence, biometrics, eCommerce, and many more.
Companies like Monzo and Revolut are two of the biggest FinTechs in the world at the moment.
It’s an industry that’s in NO danger of slowing down; in fact, the global FinTech market is predicted to grow at a rate of almost 25% annually over the next couple of years. Fintech Investments actually hit $91.5 billion in 2021, almost doubling last year’s total. Impressive, right?
We expect this to be a major trend moving into 2022, with an even bigger increase in the number of FinTech jobs posted. So if you’re looking for an exciting role in an even more exciting industry – keep a close eye.
Product Owner, Revolut Ltd
Revolut is one of the largest growing Fintech companies globally. Having attracted investment from Leading VC’s index Ventures, Balderton Capital and Point 9, Revolut has engineered explosive growth since its launch in July 2015 with over 600,000 sign ups and more than $1,7bn in transaction value processed. Having won numerous awards and being selected as of KPMG’s Global Fintech 100 and having just received $10m series A investment, Revolut is embarking on its next stage of its expansion.
You will own one of the Revolut Products: Premium, Wealth, Insurance, Customer Experience. You will be responsible for KPIs deliveries. You will develop a product which will have a great network effect while engaging closely with cross functional teams to help you determine the best technical implementation methods as well as a reasonable implementation schedule for your product to be a win.
Your background is in Product Design. You will have prior experience and track record of building successful (financial) business products using data, customer feedback, common sense, and / or machine learning. You possess knowledge and passion for emerging technologies (API’s, Native UI’s, RWD, and so on) and know how they are used to make Revolut for Business a global success. You are human centred with a natural empathy for customers – a bias to action and a proven track record of delivering product iterations to market at rapid speed.
Automation Engineer, Moneybox
Moneybox was founded because they believe everyone should have the opportunity to save and invest for their future. They’re a friendly team of experienced entrepreneurs, developers, designers and marketers with a successful track record in building mobile apps. Inspired by their vision, they go to work every day because they believe everyone should have access to the tools and information to confidently plan for their financial future. This position will suit an automation QA engineer who can maintain current and write new automation tests in a CI/CD environment. You will be working with a high calibre team to continuously develop new products/features.
The successful candidate will test automation development including setting up iOS & Android mobile test automation (Appium). They will undertake automated scripting activities using the appropriate tools and frameworks (Appium, Cucumber, Selenium) including creation and execution of scripts, preparation of reports with analysis of test results. They will be responsible for building out and maintaining the automated regression suite. The right candidate will have strong organisation and planning skills with meticulous attention to detail.
They will be a problem solver who is ready to embrace new challenges everyday working in a fast-paced environment. They will be interested in fintech and excited to change how people in the UK save and invest.
Experience in setting up Android and iOS real-device mobile automation using Appium is crucial to this role, as is experience with Selenium. A good understanding of mobile, web, API & database testing technologies and frameworks (e.g. Appium – iOS/Android, Cucumber, Selenium, SQL) is key to success in this role.
Senior Revenue Manager, Currencycloud
Currencycloud is somewhere where innovative thinking and the power of technology know no limits. They know that the success of the business depends on the people who keep it moving, which is why they are looking for exceptional talent to join their international payments revolution.
They are an open and collaborative Fintech unicorn that lives and breathes their company values: Be Human, Better Together and Own it.
In this newly created role, the successful candidate will take responsibility for Currencycloud’s billing process and revenue recognition. The position also brings with it a significant amount of exposure to a customer base of fintechs, banks and FX brokers as well as being a key commercial business partner to the global sales team. This role is critical for continued growth as they seek to continue their rapid growth and customer acquisition, and as such there is a great deal of scope for personal development.
The successful candidate will take ownership of the billing process from sales order to cash, including the scoping, design and implementation of process and system improvements. They will act as key customer contact for queries on invoices raised. They will be responsible for contributing to and applying revenue recognition accounting policies. They will partner across the business to integrate new products and commercial models into the billing process and work with Business Intelligence, Product and Technology teams to ensure accuracy in the data used.
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