Simon Taylor

VP Manager | Internal Audit Recruitment @ Bruin

About

Part of Londons leading Internal Audit recruitment team, I specialise in recruiting internal audit professionals across financial services, with a particular focus on Banking, Insurance, and Asset Management. With 10 years’ experience in the market, I’ve built one of the UK’s most active and trusted networks of Internal Audit talent, supporting clients on mandates from entry level through to Heads of Audit across the UK, EU and USA I regularly advise IA leaders on team structures, market compensation, and talent attraction strategies. Feel free to connect or contact me directly at simon.taylor@bruinfinancial.com.

Country

United Kingdom

City

London

Industry

Staffing & Recruiting

Skill

Data Analytics, Financial Services, Internal Audits, Auditing, External Audits, Banking, Financial Audits, IT Audit, Insurance, Asset Management, Retail Banking

Experience

VP Manager | Internal Audit Recruitment

Bruin

2021-10 - Present · 5 yrs

London

Principal Consultant | Head of Finance & Audit Recruitment

McGregor Boyall

2016-8 - 2021-10 · 5 yrs 3 mos

London, United Kingdom

McGregor-Boyall is a global recruitment consultancy established in 1987 with offices throughout the UK (London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Reading) as well as globally in Dubai and Singapore. Since our inception, we have built an unrivalled reputation for helping organisations throughout financial services and commerce & industry recruit the very best talent to ensure that they realise their business and operational objectives. In my time at McGregor-Boyall I have a proven track record of delivering tailored solutions to a broad variety of clients including full-service Investment Banks, Practice firms, Construction & Engineering, Corporate Banks, Real Estate, Automotive and Manufacturing from Associate to Managing Director level. Furthermore, I have detailed industry knowledge and appreciation of the challenges and demands on the industry at present. I am happy to speak openly about market intel' to clients and candidates alike to offer advice and guidance regarding best practice, training and compensation.

Founder/Director

CCA Group

2011-11 - 2016-4 · 4 yrs 6 mos

Cambridge, Hampshire and Surrey

I created this company at the age of 22, which rapidly grew. I expanded it to cater for vehicle servicing, MOT’s, inter-dealer & european logistics, repossessions and valeting of luxury vehicles. As the Director, my duties included: • Business development • Client relationship management • Managing finances • PR, marketing & Event management • Data analysis, analytics and lead generation (Excel V-lookups, pivot tables, modelling) • Pitching and presenting for new business on a regular basis. • Head buyer specialising in high-end, prestigious and commercial vehicles I frequently consulted for other dealerships on their Remarketing, sales, marketing and pricing strategies as well as organising and speaking at valuation and pricing conferences aimed at educating the public and salesmen who were unfamiliar with buying at auctions and valuing stock.

Marketing co ordinator

Vindis Group

2011-8 - 2011-11 · 4 mos

Huntingdon

As the Marketing coordinator of a company which retails Audi, Bentley, Skoda and Volkswagen with 16 dealerships, my role was wide-ranging including developing and implementing high impact marketing strategies, dealership development as well as creative ideas, press releases, pitching and presenting, data analysis, lead generation, writing vehicle reviews and articles.

Sales and Marketing Co-ordinator (Intern)

Arash Motor Company

2011-6 - 2011-7 · 2 mos

Cambridgeshire

Reporting directly to the CEO, I gained work experience in Marketing and manufacturing after University. Through this I experienced all levels of a Supercar manufacturer from design to engineering