Current Vacancies - UK
IG has gone through spectacular growth, and is expanding its operations overseas in Europe, Australia and the US, as well as the UK.
The following departments at IG Group currently have vacancies:
Financial Sales
Marketing
Finance
IT Development/Production
Marketing
Financial Marketing Writer - London
We are currently looking for a Financial Marketing Writer to join our busy Marketing team at our London office.
We welcome applications from talented, confident and conscientious writers with an interest in financial services. In particular you should have:
- Expertise with online content - You will need an understanding of the unique demands of online copy, and good IT and web skills across a range of software packages. Experience in creating new websites would be an advantage
- A keen attention to detail - Consistency and accuracy are key to all our external communications. You should also be comfortable handling figures with precision
- An adaptable writing style - You should be able to adjust your copy to the appropriate audience, from the leisure market through to the high-end institutional investor
You will be a graduate with at least three years' writing or editing experience, preferably in a commercial environment. You should be well-organised in managing your workload, and some experience in project management would be preferable. A desire to learn about our investment products is essential.
Please forward your CV together with a covering letter to hr@igindex.co.uk
Marketing Analytics Manager - London
IG Group has recently formed a Consumer Insight team to grow our knowledge of our customers and the wider market environment.
The new role of Marketing Analytics Manager will help to create and deliver the strategic Consumer Insight plan to achieve this, taking responsibility for unlocking new insights from our client database, and other key datasets including website usage and email contact data.
Analysing client behaviours and identifying new segmentation approaches, you will help to guide our marketing and retention strategies, as well as enhancing client understanding in all our offices around the world.
We would love to hear from you if you have at least three years of experience using advanced analytical techniques to drive customer marketing activity. Well-informed about a range of marketing analytics platforms, you will be capable of providing input to the business data strategy, as well as optimising the tools you use to mine that data.
Obviously, you should be passionate about using consumer insight to make a difference, continuously seeking out new insights and developing new ways of approaching a problem. And however complex the analysis or innovative the approach, you can also make it easily accessible to others.
If you want to make a difference in a growing international business, in return for an excellent total compensation package, IG Group would love to hear from you.
Please send your CV and cover letter to: hr@igindex.co.uk
Brand Manager - Asia Pacific and Americas (APA)
Fundamental to our success is our business-focused, hard-working and now expanding marketing team.
We have a Brand Manager vacancy to join a dynamic, fast-paced Brand Development team:
- Responsible for developing and delivering the annual marketing plans for the IG Markets brand to drive customer acquisition in Australia, Singapore and the USA.
- You will assist the Brand Development team in delivering the IG Group brand portfolio and customer value proposition as well as managing the APA media budget.
We would love to hear from you if you have 2-3 years brand management experience and are degree-qualified, preferably in a marketing discipline, or have relevant post-graduate marketing qualifications. You should also have experience of managing advertising campaigns.
In addition, you should be confident in your own ability, passionate about what you do and willing to work within a busy team environment, as well as being able to work on your own.
In return we offer an excellent total compensation package and the opportunity to deliver exciting new projects within a company with an unrivalled record of innovation and success.
Please send your CV together with a cover letter to: hr@igindex.co.uk
Finance
Here are the vacancies in our Finance department:
Specialist, Regulatory Capital - London
We are looking for a Specialist in Regulatory Capital Requirement Calculation and Reporting to join our London office. Job responsibilities include:
- Reviewing IG's capital calculations and ensuring compliance with the FSA's (and other relevant regulators) Financial Reporting timetables
- Ensuring that returns are completed accurately and in a timely manner
- Providing and/or co-ordinating advice and guidance on regulatory requirements relating to the CRD. This includes keeping track of changes and their impact in the various countries in which the company operates
- Assisting with capital planning and enhancements in line with strategic growth goals
Candidates must demonstrate a strong understanding of the current CRD rules and calculations. A good understanding of MS Access and Excel is essential.
Please forward your CV along with a cover letter to Sapna Arora at
IT Development/Production
We have a number of vacancies within our IT Department and would love to hear from you if you are confident in your own ability, willing to work within a busy team environment, as well as being able to work on your own.
User Experience Developer - London
DHTML (3 years); JavaScript (3 years); CSS (between 2 and 3 years); Cross browser development (3 years); AJAX (2 live sites); JSP (2 years). You should have experience of working with complex layouts with frames / iframes and/or AJAX, and developing for IE, Firefox, Safari, Opera, Netscape.
Senior Testers - London
We have four vacancies for senior software testers to manage our market leading spread betting websites and DMA (Direct Market Access) trading platform. Our platforms allow clients to trade equities and futures directly with the world's financial markets, as well as access our own CFD products, such as FX, commodities, indices and binaries.
We would love to hear from you if you have at least three years testing experience working on a distributed system and have proven functional and system integration testing background. Equities finance knowledge will be a distinct advantage. You should be confident in your own ability, passionate about what you do and must be willing to work within a busy team environment, as well as on your own.
In return, we offer an excellent total compensation package and the opportunity to deliver exciting new projects and IT developments within a company with an unrivalled record of innovation and success.
Please contact the HR Department for a more detailed job description and specification for each role.