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TITLE -Finance Assistant/Accountant and Studio ManagerLOCATION - Shoreditch - hybrid SALARY - £45-55KWe are looking for a Finance Studio Manager to join an innovative interior design company with their offices in Shoreditch. This is an exciting opportunity for a candidate with 2-3 years experience in a similar commercial finance role, looking for a dynamic and exciting work environment with great benefits.Responsibilities Managing the day-to-day and monthly finances of the company. This role directly supports the Managing Director in driving the business forward by providing reliable financial insight. The role has ownership of invoicing, payroll, variance analysis and ensuring accurate management reporting is provided to the management team. The job holder will support the business by providing office management to a creative and busy team. The job holder acts as a first point of contact for all new enquiries. This role provides valuable support to the whole team, facilitating an efficient and enjoyable working environment. Finance Management advice based on reporting and analysis findings Provide Monthly Management Reports - P&L, Balance Sheet, Aged Receivables/Payables Work with external bookkeeper for VAT Returns, WIP application and any journal adjustments Update Cashflow and process payments weekly Provide accurate payroll data to external bookkeepers & process staff payments monthly Reconcile bank account and credit cards through Xero Create, track and chase sales invoices in a timely and effective manner Process all supplier and client invoices through Synergist, Xero and Company bank account Ensure financial operations run efficiently, implementing improved procedures where relevant Office Manager duties Operate as executive assistant to the Managing Director Assist with Recruitment and HR management of the company's staff First point of call for all IT support Ensure Project Management software (Synergist), is effective and used productively by the whole

Counter Fraud, Compliance and Debt Directorate (CFCD) National Delivery and Assurance (NDAS) External Learning Procurement Manager. As an External Learning Procurement Manager your role would require maximising capability across CFCD by having a clear understanding of current and emerging learning requirements. Provide learning to enable & support Operational Managers and Functional Leads to deliver the business. Manage a team to provide learning to help support the strategic planning of resource to deliver on the Departments high-level fraud, error and debt targets. Key Tasks include: Engaging with the business to identify and fully understand diverse learning needs Managing expectations of the business around delivery timescales Procuring external Learning and Development for CFCD Colleagues Managing the contracts for the above monitoring performance against objectives and timescales, evaluating products, negotiating changes if required Providing reports and updates for Senior Leaders Managing the budget and working with Finance to maintain a continual awareness of position LM responsibilities Ensuring Diversity and Equality policies are adhered to Managing risks and issues appropriately with a strong focus on quality and respond and act within agreed timescales, anticipate and effectively manage customer and business expectations Working as part of a wider team understanding and contributing to crosscutting functions to support the direction of travel for CFCD Providing performance insight to Senior Leaders against Capability Priorities and Measures Using a range of communication channels and methods to engage and inspire your team to deliver the best service possible Motivating and effectively leading a team within your direct line management to ensure delivery of overall performance expectations, including meeting quality standards Being accountable for the effective utilisation of operational resources, delivering improved value for money and living within hea

This is a fantastic opportunity to work for one of the South West's fastest-growing software providers. Based in central Bristol, you'll have the option to work from both their new offices and from home. You'll be part of a busy finance team and a business with ambitious growth plans. Reporting to the CFO. Key responsibilities and duties: Supervise small Finance team. Produce monthly management accounts. Maintain the accounting system, including processing all customer and supplier transactions. Manage company cash, including short term cash flow forecasting. Manage the year end process and liaise with accountant. Fulfil statutory duties, including VAT, statutory accounts and pension scheme management. Produce policies and procedures as appropriate to ensure a formal framework for the Finance Function and its interactions with non-Finance staff. Maintain third party relationships, including external accountants, bank representatives, pension scheme representatives, customers, suppliers, legal representatives and insurance brokers, as appropriate to role. Undertake project work as appropriate – this may cover areas such as contract negotiation, systems evaluation, sourcing of suppliers and identifying areas for improvement in company performance. On offer are a range of benefits including 25 days of annual leave, 5% employer pension contribution, Perkbox and access to a Cycle-to-work scheme. Contact Charlotte Hasler at Reed Finance for further information.

Sous Chef - £34,000 per annum - Meetings & Events Venue - London A brilliant group of venues in London and throughout the UK Sensible hours of work, offering great work life balance Salary of £34,000 per annum Plenty of company benefits, including free meals, pension & life insurance Employee wellbeing support & advice programmes Training & development to help you progress to Head Chef Tonic are recruiting a Sous to join our clients operation within the meeting and events market. As Sous Chef you'll assist and deputise for the Head Chef in the management, preparation, delivery of all food within the venue, aiming for the highest standards. You'll need to show a good track record of managing and developing teams, and have a true passion for foodWhat we are looking for in Sous Chef applicants: A minimum of 2 years as Sous Chef within hotels, events or venues Clear stable progression throughout your CV Good knowledge of HACCP and kitchen finances A creative outlook with a positive attitude towards work You will be a team player, happy to support and mentor junior team members

Paying up to c£52K with excellent benefits including a true hybrid work model with excellently appointed Manchester-based offices, this rapidly evolving and growing organisation is looking for an experienced Treasury Manager to ensure robust cashflow forecasting, maintain liquidity, treasury risk, and banking control for the Group. THE ROLE Managing a small team, the Treasury & Banking Manager will be responsible for the implementation of the annual treasury strategy, the development of robust treasury policies and procedures, delivering cash flow forecasting, and a robust treasury risk management control environment. Key responsibilities: Maintain and continuously improve the accuracy of cash flow forecasts Drawing down to maintain liquidity as required Investing surplus funds in accordance with the treasury strategy Lead, develop and maintain short, medium and long term financial plans, ensuring compliance with any loan covenants Lead on the submission of relevant quarterly and annual regulatory returns Collaborate across the wider finance organisation to develop the group's treasury and future funding strategies including any re-financing projects Manage key relationships with banking and financial institutes on behalf of the Group Lead and continuously improve the Group’s banking procedures and processes Oversee the transactional cash & banking postings ensuring reconciliations are carried out on a timely basis. Lead and drive overall operational performance through the effective use of KPIs THE PERSON You will be a fully Qualified Accountant or a Member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers You will have a strong treasury background specifically around cashflow management and loan covenant compliance You will have strong people and communication skills to develop key relationships both internally and externally with financial institutions and partners

Associate Director - Funds - Investment Management - City of London - £85k-£95k including 40% Bonus - Flexible Working A high growth infrastructure fund is searching for a talented Associate Director to join their high performing fund operations team in a newly created role as they continue to on-board and manage further assets. You will play a pivotal role in expanding the portfolio of renewable assets in addition to high level oversight of accounts provided by the administrators. Reporting directly to the Fund Finance Director, this opportunity requires someone to work broadly across finance, managing people and various funds whilst working closely with the investment team and assisting with new transactions. Responsibilities: Ensure accurate and timely management and financial reporting across the portfolio to the Limited Partners and Investors Oversight of the on-boarding of assets once required Act as the main point of contact for the Fund Finance Director relating to the relevant finance matters for the funds and investment trusts Present financial information in both internal and external board meetings Ensuring accuracy of financial information presented in investor reports Oversight of fund reporting timetables, managing the accuracy and input of outsourcers, administrators, and depositories Assist the set-up of new funds and manage fund level audits as required Management of three qualified accountants Requirements: Qualified (ACA or ACCA) or equivalent 3 years PQE Investment Trust/Infrastructure/Financial Services experience Fund Accounting experience within industry

Software Engineering Manager - PE backed Fintech Client, Hybrid Working London People Management Focussed Role £130,000 per annum bonus benefits Our client is a UK Leader in lending finance. Serving over 30,000 customers so far their focus is always customer centric and founded on strong values. With forecasts to grow to £1bn by 2025 a large part of this role will be helping the business scale at pace- a truly exciting time to become part of their journey They are seeking a people management focussed Engineering Manager. Your main responsibilities will include: Recruit and lead technical talent (currently a team of 5-10 engineers) in line with business requirements and technical roadmaps Be both highly technical and an effective people manager enabling the tech team to perform to a high standard Collaborate with various functions, drive engineering initiatives, and have an impact at an organisational level Measure the impact of your team and set clear expectations and goals Work with the CTO to develop and implement the strategy for technological development You will be accountable for: Act as an advocate for technology vision both within the engineering community and the wider business community Develop a high-performance culture Bring a product-led and agile working mindset to the business Management of the platform, broader architecture, roadmap delivery and engineering function Establish technical best practices, policies, ways of working, testing and delivery strategies, Designing, maintaining and delivering a coherent, well designed, scalable and robust technology architecture Partner with Product Managers, Tech Leads and Senior Engineers to help build and achieve product roadmap plans with a high level of quality We are looking for someone who has: Previous experience of software development in FinTech , startups or scale up environments would be a huge plus A background in development with strong prior experience in languages and frameworks such as Java, P

Credit Controller Location - Oldham Salary - £28,000 Simpson Judge are working with an innovative and fast paced law firm, with offices based in Manchester city centre. This is a permanent opportunity, that provides full freedom to invest in client relationships. A developed approach to providing excellent client service. Responsibilities include:- Credit control to key accounts - Preparation of relevant reports and ad hoc information.- The enhancement of existing credit control processes, having the confidence and initiative to implement improvements where possible.- Undertake further work, tasks or projects as expectedly requested by the Finance Director or Finance Manager. Complete within agreed timescales.Experience/Skills required:- Experience in busy office environments - Knowledge/ experience of the operation of a professional services environment- Pro active and organised nature- Ability to multitask efficiently, while under pressure Interested in finding out more? Click 'apply for job' and a member of our team would be happy to provide more information about this opportunity, prior to including you in the applicant/interview process.For any other enquiries, please email -

Finance Manager - Real Estate. OUR CLIENT is a dominant landowner in the Central London market who own and manage commercial and residential property. They are a well-established firm with a good reputation, and they are now looking for a Finance Manager to take responsibility for financial operations and join the team in London. THE ROLE: Reporting to the Finance Director, you will fulfil the following duties: Taking full responsibility for month end process, including posting journals. Performing balance sheet reconciliations. Reviewing monthly bank reconciliations. Preparing internal monthly reporting including variance analysis. Undertaking initial preparation of monthly Board pack. Preparing the annual statutory accounts. Liaising with the auditors. Preparing quarterly covenant testing and report to bank. Working on the annual budget and quarterly reforecasting. Cashflow forecasting. Preparing VAT returns and information for external advisors. HMRC reporting including CIS returns, ATED. Preparing accounting policies and procedures manual. Understanding of regulations and industry developments and how they will impact the business. Handling ad hoc queries. THE PERSON: To apply, you must be a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with at least 2 years of post-qualified experience working within a finance department, preferably in the real estate sector. It is preferred you have experience in using property management systems such as Yardi/QUBE or similar, but this is not prerequisite. Also, you have to be a confident Excel user. If you believe you are able to fulfil all above duties and fit the description and in addition you have excellent interpersonal skills, please don't miss the opportunity to further your career with a well-established real estate company in London. This role will be 5 days in the office. Please note that due to volume we cannot get back to everyone, however every application is looked at and considered and will be held on Tr

A London market insurance business are looking for a FP&A Analyst to join their finance department to assist the FP&A team with the financial planning and analysis of the UK group and Syndicate The main responsibilities of this FP&A Analyst role will include: Preparation of monthly journals for the consolidation of the syndicate results GAAP P&L production including commentary on variance analysis against budget Submission of accurate monthly, quarterly and annual reports to management Assist with production of all finance MI for the wider business Assist the Senior FP&A Accountant with the production and development of the UK Group technical forecast Production of premium and brokerage analysis; review of accounts, identifying trends and seasonality Assisting with other ad-hoc projects as they become required The successful candidate for this FP&A Analyst will need experience in working in an accounting function in the insurance industry, ideally the Lloyd's market. The candidate must also be working towards and accounting qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) and be a confident communicator.

Office Administrator - Ringwood - Salary £19,200 An Office Administrator is required for our client based in Ringwood. You will be responsible for all general administration, reception duties and support the management team. The working hours for the role are 32 hours per week from 8am to 4:30pm. Main responsibilities: Maintain the reception desk by answering and screening telephone calls Be the first point of contact for all visitors Daily entry of sales orders and goods received Deal with documentation tasks such as archiving, scanning and filing of sales orders and supplier notes Arrange all the FedEx collections of customer deliveries on the online portal Ordering the office stationary and checking of the inventory Organise events such as the Christmas party and raffle General ad hoc tasks for the Financial Director and Finance team Assist with holiday cover when the Finance / HR team is on leave with duties such as sales invoicing and reporting Liaise with operational departments providing information when required Skills required: Previous experience within a similar role of providing general Administration duties Some experience of working within the financial sector is desirable but not essential Proficient in all Microsoft Office programmes Able to deal with confidential information Ensure all information is entered with complete accuracy Effective communication both written and verbal Benefits: Free parking Death in Service Annual Discretionary Bonus 4% Pension Scheme Discretionary Sick Pay 25 days holiday plus bank holidays If you are interested in the Office Administrator role and would like some more information, please send your CV to or alternatively, apply online. Bond Williams Professional Recruitment are an equal opportunity employer and operate as an Employment Business and Recruitment Agency

Assistant Estimator My Client within the Construction industry is looking for an Assistant Estimator to work within their office based in the Stroud area of Kent. You will ideally have approx a years experience within this role. This is a great role for someone looking for their next step into Estimating and a rare chance to get on the career ladder within this side of construction. Estimator Role Prepare estimates for specified responses to PQQs, ITTs, pitches and proposals in conjunction with marketing and business development manager. Hand over budgets to commercial / QS department for take on. Estimator Responsibilities Creation, management and monitoring of budgets for tenders, pitches and proposals Hand over of information to commercial department and maintenance of information on Project Probe. Estimator Key Tasks Compiling assigned compliant and competitive tenders, within deadlines. Pre-handover budget compiling and guided value engineering. Post-handover budget inputting onto Project Probe. Ensure all assigned opportunities and tenders are tracked and chased and results noted, including conversion to next stage, or closure. Update subcontractor, supplier and client information on Project Probe, as necessary. Attend estimating meetings as required. Attend assigned handover meetings and ensure all information is agreed and recorded. Continue liaison with commercial and contracts departments as required. Liaise with procurement, ordering and finance for pricing and costs of labour and materials. Liaise with materials suppliers and sub-contractors as required. Liaise with clients and prospects as required. Estimator Competencies Programme and project management manage production of initial programme for handover to contracts. If you feel that you are the right person for this role then please contact me on the details given

Cou Cou is a female founded, purpose-driven, impact brand, redefining daily underwear for a new generation of women by bridging the gap between our lingerie and underwear drawer. Our mission is to reclaim the narrative of our intimates and celebrate our embodied female experience, everyday. We are a fast growing startup, have just closed our pre-seed round and are looking for a part-time Finance Manager / Financial Controller to build our finance function at Cou Cou, provide both strategic and day-to-day financial support that will support all of the growing business’ needs and really grow with us You will also be ideally open to help with operational matters as the business grows. Responsibilities include: Directing the finance function and providing commercial / strategic support to the business. Undertaking effective cash flow / capital management and preparing analysis to identify risks and opportunities. Preparation of forecasts, P&Ls, monthly management / annual statutory accounts and VAT returns. Coordinating month-end close processes and reporting cycles through engagement and partnering with wider teams. Day-to-day payment processing, VAT Returns Multi currency banking reconciliation & payment runs Weekly invoice payments & P&L reviewing Setting and monitoring budgets Bookkeeping, including posting purchase invoices and reconciling bank accounts Preparing payment runs and inputting payments into bank for director sign off Payroll COGS analysis / Pricing, cost and margin analysis Overall financial plan to support business strategies Inc, budgets, forecast, actual and cashflow About You: Chartered accountant Experience in consumer goods or fashion a big plus Self starter and looking to grow within the company Aligned with Cou Cou’s core values and mission (sustainability, inclusivity, social responsibility) Organised: is able to juggle multiple projects, manage deadlines, etc. Process-driven: is able to create and follow a well-documented process for exec