Financial Services, FinTech and Digital Assets

Supporting financial institutions and technology driven firms with specialist talent that strengthens platforms, advances innovation and meets the demands of a rapidly evolving digital economy.

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Driving growth in

financial services
& fintech 

From innovative Fintech software companies and forward-thinking digital agencies to well-established finance organisations, we connect projects with highly skilled professionals who drive transformation, accelerate growth, and deliver tangible results.

 

By understanding the unique challenges and ambitions of each business, we ensure the right mix of talent is in place to support innovation, optimise processes, and enable long-term success across all areas of finance and technology.

Functional Expertise

We support the full range of technical, analytical and commercial roles required to build secure, scalable and compliant financial products and platforms.
We recruit across eight core areas:

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Data Science & Analytics

Quant risk modeling, predictive analytics, AI or ML for credit, fraud and customer insights, financial data engineering, data governance and analytics platforms across FS and FinTech.

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Cybersecurity & Regulatory Technology

Threat modeling, incident response, cloud security, penetration testing, ISO 27001, SOC 2 and NYDFS compliance, trade surveillance systems and third party risk governance.

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Platform, Cloud & Infrastructure Engineering

DevOps, SRE, infrastructure as code, cloud native engineering (AWS, Azure, GCP), CI or CD pipelines, Kubernetes, HPC and systems supporting trading, payments and digital financial products.

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Application Engineering & Product Development

Specialists across backend, frontend, mobile and API development, building trading tools, payment platforms, digital banking systems, regtech solutions and blockchain based applications.

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Capital Markets & Trading Technology

Low latency engineering, real time market data systems, OMS or EMS implementations, trading venue connectivity, algo development, Python or C++ engineering and quant research support.

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Risk, Compliance & Regulatory Change

Financial crime, AML, KYC, fraud, liquidity and credit risk, operational risk, T+1 and Basel III program delivery, ESG reporting and end to end regulatory transformation capability.

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Operations, Clearing & Business Functions

Support across front, middle and back office functions including trade support, clearing, settlements, operations, portfolio data, finance, legal and HR.

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Interim & Executive Leadership

On demand leadership across technology, engineering, risk, operations, security, product and data, supporting organizations through growth, restructuring or regulatory change.

  • iO Associates partners with:

    • Digital banks and payments innovators

    • FinTech and financial data platforms

    • Crypto, blockchain and tokenization companies

    • Asset managers, hedge funds and trading firms

    • Market infrastructure providers

    • Regtech and compliance technology companies

  • Our expertise supports:

    • FinTech innovation and product development

    • Payments, digital assets and blockchain engineering

    • Trading and market infrastructure

    • Risk management, regulatory change and compliance

    • Financial data, analytics and decisioning tools

    • Engineering, product and delivery teams across FS and FinTech

Building something real, something impactful in tech? It’s a grind. You’re constantly getting pinged, pitched, and frankly, a lot of it is just noise. But then there’s iO associates. They reached out, and honestly, I was skeptical. Another recruiter, another “unicorn” opportunity that’s probably just a slightly better hamster wheel.

But iO? They actually got what I was looking for. They didn’t just throw buzzwords at me; understood the nuances, the real challenges, and the potential of the role…

Joe Eubel

Senior Regional Vice President

Joe Eubel

Joe Eubel

Senior Regional Vice President

Daniel Nicholls

Vice President of Sales

Daniel Nicholls

Daniel Nicholls

Vice President of Sales

James Tucker

Principal Consultant

James Tucker

James Tucker

Principal Consultant

Elise Zajac

Lead Principal Delivery Consultant

Elise Zajac

Elise Zajac

Lead Principal Delivery Consultant

Joe Wilson

Lead Senior Consultant

Joe Wilson

Joe Wilson

Lead Senior Consultant

Contact our Team

    Danny Watts

    Managing Director