Liam O'Brien

Principal Recruiter for Banking and Financial Software Vendors  -  Verticality
London, United Kingdom

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Overview

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Experienced recruiter with over 10 years experience of which 8 years has been almost purely focussed on supplying software vendors and consultancies supplying the Financial Services arena
I have placed people across Sales and Marketing; Professional Services, Pre-Sales; Development, Testing and Support. In areas such as:

- Asset / Investment Management
- Core Banking
- Capital Market / FICC Trading Systems
- General Insurance Systems / Broker Systems
- Mobile Banking
- Mortgage Systems
- Payment Systems
- Retail Banking / CRM
- Risk Management / Accounting Systems
- Treasury Management
- Wealth Management / Private Banking / Retail Distribution

Services

I have experience of recruiting for numerous players in the Fintech 100 including a few of the top 10 down to small niche start ups with less than 50 staff.

I follow an agile approach to recruitment varying tactics and tools used (search, advertising, referrals, Linkedin, networking / databases, advanced internet searching, applicable internet forums, industry gatherings / exhibitions etc). According to the proposed requirement and internal client situation.

I keep abreast industry movement and keep my client informed of changes / happenings relevant to their specific market as well as recruitment focussed information e.g. market rates, candidate availability, and competitor activity.

Typically my cv to interview rate is cv 1:2 and from there to offer c. 1:3.

In the first instance please give me a call on 0845 1235155 or drop an email to liam@verticality.co.uk

Relevant keywords: T24, Signature, Summit, Midas, ICBS, Bancs, Avaloq, Finacle, WSS, Trema, IT2, Ambit, Calypso, Murex, City Financials, Flexcube, RDR, SAP Banking, Deposits Management, Opics, Openlink, Reval, Triplepoint, TCB, Corebank, Profile, Midas, Equation,

Specialties

Recruitment, Search, Agency Management

Experience

Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry

December 2003Present(8 years 4 months)

Specialise in the recruitment and search of Banking and Technology professionals largely for Banking Technology Houses and Consultancies. Specialist fields: Core Banking Systems Equation, T24, Midas, Bankfusion, ICBS, Signature, Equinox, Finacle, Deposits Management. Treasury: Findur, Sungard, Avantguard, Wall Street, IT2, Quantum, Gtreasury, Integrity, Reval. Risk / Compliance: IFRS, ALM, IAS39, IFRS7, Hedge Accounting. Trading – Equity / FICC Front to Back: Calypso, Murex, WSS, Summit, Opics, Tradethru. . ETRM: Openlink, Temenos EnergyCredit

Liam has 1 recommendation (1 co-worker) including:

  • 1stNick Gorman, Vice President of Worldwide Services, Workshare

 

February 2002December 2003(1 year 11 months)

It / Executive Recruitment

 

August 2001February 2002(7 months)

IT recruitment

Liam has 1 recommendation (1 co-worker) including:

  • 1stKarsh Patel, Senior Recruitment Consultant, Vision IT Recruitment Ltd

 

October 2000July 2001(10 months)

Tefl teaching largely to Businesses

Specialties

Banking/Real Estate/Mortgage Professionals, Human Resources, IT/Software Development (1 more)