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Senior Cloud Billing Analyst \n Location: Berkshire Department: Finance \n The opportunity \n We are partnering with a leading UK technology solutions business to appoint a Senior Cloud Billing Analyst to its expanding Finance team. \n The organisation's cloud and consumption-based services are growing rapidly, creating a need for increasingly sophisticated billing processes. This role will take ownership of complex monthly billing activity across multiple vendors, ensuring that large volumes of usage data are accurately validated, reconciled and converted into customer invoices. \n Alongside managing business-as-usual billing, you will help improve the systems and processes supporting this growing area. You will act as a subject-matter expert for colleagues, customers and senior stakeholders, providing clear analysis and resolving complex billing queries. \n This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working with data, solving problems and improving processes within a fast-paced technology environment. \n Key responsibilities \n\n • Deliver accurate and timely monthly billing cycles, including data preparation, validation, reconciliation and billing-run execution.\n, • Manage complex, high-volume datasets relating to cloud and consumption-based products.\n, • Lead the continued development and optimisation of billing processes, supporting growth, scalability and improved KPI performance.\n, • Investigate billing issues, complete root-cause analysis and provide senior Finance stakeholders with clear findings and actionable recommendations.\n, • Act as a cloud-billing subject-matter expert and workstream lead for end-to-end billing programmes and other cross-functional projects.\n, • Partner with Finance, Sales and operational stakeholders to assess and implement initiatives with billing implications.\n, • Serve as a trusted point of contact for sales teams and customers, helping them understand and resolve billing queries.\n, • Identify and deliver process improvements that increase accuracy, efficiency and customer satisfaction.\n, • Support half-year and year-end audits by preparing analysis and documentation and acting as a key contact for external auditors.\n, • Help strengthen controls, data quality and reporting across the wider billing function.\n\n About you \n You will ideally bring: \n\n • At least five years' experience within IT, telecommunications or a similar fast-paced technology environment.\n, • Strong billing operations experience, ideally involving cloud, usage-based, subscription or consumption billing.\n, • Excellent analytical skills and confidence interpreting and communicating complex financial information.\n, • Advanced Excel skills and experience working with large, complex datasets.\n, • Experience reviewing and improving billing systems, controls and processes.\n, • A proven ability to investigate complex issues, identify root causes and deliver practical solutions.\n, • Strong stakeholder-management, communication and influencing skills, including experience engaging with senior stakeholders.\n, • A proactive, organised and results-focused approach, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.\n, • The confidence to lead workstreams, share expertise and contribute positively to a collaborative team environment.\n, • A genuine interest in continuous improvement and professional development.\n\n Desirable experience \n\n • Oracle NetSuite or another major ERP system.\n, • Power BI, SQL or process-automation tools.\n, • Vendor billing and reconciliation.\n, • Multi-vendor cloud or consumption-based billing models.\n\n The organisation \n You will be joining an established and growing UK technology business with a people-focused culture. The organisation encourages its employees to take ownership, develop their careers and make a visible contribution to its continued success.

Billing Administrator - Reading - £26,000 / £28,000 \n About the Client \n Wade Macdonald are currently working with a growing organisation providing specialist services across multiple locations in Reading. With further growth planned, they offer an environment where employees can develop their knowledge and build their careers as the organisation expands. \n About the Job \n Working as part of the central finance and billing team, the Billing Administrator will play an important role in ensuring invoices, payments and financial records are processed accurately. \n Duties will include: \n\n • Preparing and processing invoices for self-paying patients and insurance providers.\n, • Raising charges for diagnostic services and consultant fees using the appropriate tariffs and fee schedules.\n, • Supporting credit control activity and following up outstanding accounts in a professional and considerate manner.\n, • Completing daily cashbook reconciliations across multiple locations.\n, • Allocating remittances and reconciling bank transactions.\n, • Processing card payments over the telephone.\n, • Working closely with colleagues to ensure services provided are correctly recorded and billed.\n, • Maintaining confidentiality when handling sensitive patient, commercial and financial information.\n, • Assisting the wider finance team with reporting and identifying opportunities to improve billing processes.\n\n About the Successful Applicant \n You will be looking to build a career in finance and keen to learn, with full training provided, making this an excellent entry-level opportunity. Some previous office or administrative experience would be beneficial, alongside strong Excel skills, excellent attention to detail and confidence working with numbers. You will be organised, professional and comfortable communicating with a range of people, with a positive attitude towards developing new skills. \n What You Will Receive in Return \n The company offers a bonus scheme, hybrid working after probation, enhanced pension, private healthcare and flexible working hours, alongside excellent opportunities for progression as the organisation continues to grow.

\n \n About the company: \n Alexander Lloyd is partnered with a Pension Administration firm and are currently recruiting for Pensions Administrator to join their fast-paced and collaborative BAU Pensions Admin team on a full-time and permanent basis! This position is aligned to their Reading office and operate a flexible hybrid working arrangement. \n About the role: \n The successful candidate will provide pension scheme administration to a portfolio of Defined Benefits (mainly) and Defined Contribution schemes. As a Pensions Administrator you will be responsible for processing member benefits such as deaths, retirements, divorces, transfers. As well as member events administration, there will also be opportunities to support with scheme events such as pension increases, processing annual benefit statements, producing administration reports and mailings. \n Key responsibilities: \n\n • Processing member benefits in line with service level agreements.\n, • Performing manual calculations.\n, • Producing letter, emails and reports using set templates as well as producing bespoke letters and emails as and when required.\n, • Liaising and answer enquiries via telephone and email.\n, • Escalating any errors, omission and complaints in a timely manner\n\n Skills and experience required: \n\n • At least 2 years' experience of delivering administration services to Defined Benefit pensions schemes.\n, • Strong technical pensions and legislation knowledge and understanding\n, • Strong MS office skills\n, • Great communication and organisation skills\n\n Apply today and become part of a forward-thinking organisation where you can make a real difference in Pensions Administration.

Purpose of the role \n To provide both clerical and administrative support to ensure the smooth running of the firm. Specifically assisting the firms Financial Planners with day-to-day client management. \n Skills and knowledge required: \n\n • Deal with telephone, email enquiries.\n, • Assisting with onsite meetings.\n, • Maintain filing systems/client files. Scanning and indexing documents and emails to Virtual Cabinet.\n, • Preparing meeting packs for with relevant forms for client meetings.\n, • Updating stocks of compliance forms for use, as and when required.\n, • Submitting new business, as and when required;\n, • Processing new business applications, tracking and managing new business pipeline.\n, • Setting up model portfolios.\n, • Investing funds, switching funds, setting up regular buys/sells\n, • Preparing Valuations/Review Packs, as and when required;\n, • Liaising with Product Providers via telephone, email and online portals to obtain plan information.\n, • carrying out post review rebalances of portfolios, as and when required.\n, • Maintain a client database/CRM system (Curo).\n, • Assisting Paraplanning Team, as and when required.\n\n Skills required: \n\n • Good written and oral communication skills.\n, • Good methodical and organisational skills.\n, • Accurate with good attention to detail.\n, • Knowledge of the following applications/software packages: MS Office - Word, Excel, Outlook.\n, • Knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics and Virtual Cabinet preferred but not essential.\n\n This is an excellent opportunity to work closely with the directors of a small and well regarded IFA practice and have a key role in driving the business forwards.

Private Client Solicitor Legal 500 Recognised Thames Valley Firm | 5+ PQE | Career Progression \n The Firm \n A highly regarded and established Legal 500 recognised Thames Valley law firm is looking to strengthen its well-established Wills & Inheritance Team with the appointment of an experienced Private Client Solicitor or Chartered Legal Executive. \n The firm has an excellent reputation across the region and is recognised by The Legal 500 for the quality of its legal work and client service. Its Private Client practice has received particular recognition, making this an attractive opportunity for an experienced lawyer looking to develop their career within a respected and progressive regional practice. \n The firm has also received recognition through The Legal 500 UK Law Firm of the Year Awards, reflecting its position among leading private client practices outside London. \n The Wills & Inheritance team is well established and offers an experienced lawyer the opportunity to join a supportive, progressive and highly regarded environment, with genuine scope for professional development and career progression. \n Additional opportunities are available within the wider Private Client team for more experienced candidates seeking a senior position. \n The Role \n The successful candidate will manage their own caseload of private client matters, including: \n\n • Wills & Lasting Powers of Attorney\n, • Probate\n, • Tax planning\n, • Trust administration work\n, • Court of Protection\n\n Alongside managing your own caseload, you will: \n\n • Provide technical support and guidance to junior members of the team.\n, • Provide supervision, development and mentoring of colleagues.\n, • Play a key role in the strategic development of the department.\n, • Build and strengthen relationships with existing referrers and professional contacts.\n, • Actively contribute to business development, networking and marketing initiatives.\n, • Help raise the profile of both the department and the firm across local communities and professional networks.\n\n The position offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package, together with ongoing career progression opportunities. \n The Candidate \n To succeed in this role, you will: \n\n • Be a qualified Solicitor or Chartered Legal Executive with 5+ years' PQE in Private Client law.\n, • Have extensive experience advising clients across a broad range of private client matters.\n, • Demonstrate strong technical expertise, particularly in complex estate and tax planning matters.\n, • Have experience supervising or mentoring junior fee earners.\n, • Possess excellent client relationship and communication skills.\n, • Be commercially aware, with a proven ability to develop business opportunities.\n, • Be proactive, collaborative and committed to delivering exceptional client service.\n\n What's on Offer \n\n • Competitive salary\n, • 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, with offices closed between Christmas and New Year\n, • Hybrid working, which may vary depending on your role\n, • Salary sacrifice pension scheme with a matching 5% contribution\n, • Life assurance\n, • Group Income Protection scheme\n, • BUPA cashback plan\n, • Private Medical Insurance, subject to scheme rules\n, • Enhanced Family Friendly policies\n, • Employee Assistance Programme, including a GP Consultation service\n, • Funded professional subscription fees and support towards professional qualifications\n, • Employee Referral Scheme\n, • Volunteering programme\n, • A range of social events, including a summer and Christmas party\n\n This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Private Client lawyer to join a Legal 500 recognised practice where they can have genuine influence over the continued development of the department. \n The role offers a combination of high-quality private client work, technical responsibility, supervision and mentoring opportunities, business development and a clear route for career progression. \n For more experienced candidates, there is also scope to consider a more senior position within the wider Private Client team. \n For more information, or to discuss this opportunity confidentially, please reach out at /

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Family Solicitor with 2+ years’ PQE to join a growing and highly regarded Family team within a well established firm with an excellent reputation for private client work and a strong standing in the regional legal market. \n The firm is recognised by leading independent legal directories, with its Family offering noted for its high quality work, strong client service and expertise in complex and high net worth matters. The team has also developed a strong reputation for constructive, modern approaches to family law and the promotion of Non Court Dispute Resolution (NCDR). \n Working closely with the Family Partner, you will manage your own caseload and client relationships, inherit an established workload and play an active role in the continued growth and development of the department. \n The Role \n You will have the opportunity to work across a broad range of private family matters, including: \n • Divorce and separation \n • Financial matters \n • Children matters \n • Nuptial and cohabitation agreements \n • Wider private family law matters \n A strong commitment to NCDR is essential, with mediation or collaborative law experience/training welcomed. \n You will also be encouraged to contribute to business development and help generate further growth for the department, making this an excellent opportunity for someone with an entrepreneurial mindset who wants to build their own profile and client base. \n The Ideal Candidate \n • 2+ years’ experience in Family Law \n • Experience managing your own caseload independently \n • Background with a firm recognised for its Family Law work, particularly HNW or complex matters \n • Resolution membership \n • Strong understanding and enthusiasm for NCDR \n • Excellent client care and communication skills \n • Commercially aware with a proactive approach to business development \n • Able to supervise and support more junior team members \n • Highly organised with excellent attention to detail \n • Comfortable managing competing priorities and deadlines \n • Confident working independently while contributing to wider team matters \n • Experience using case management systems \n • Strong MS Office and Outlook skills \n The Team \n You will join an established and collaborative team comprising Partners, a Senior Associate, Associate Solicitors, a Trainee and Paralegals, working closely with the Family Partner and benefiting from a supportive team structure. \n Benefits \n • 25 days’ annual leave \n • Additional day off for your birthday \n • Flexible hybrid working \n • Pension scheme \n • Life Assurance at 5x final salary \n • Private Medical Insurance \n • Medicash and discounted retail benefits \n • Weekly wellbeing hour \n • 8 hours’ paid charity leave per annum \n • Cycle to Work scheme \n • Season ticket travel loan \n • Option to purchase an additional 5 days’ holiday \n • Bring your dog to work \n • Social committee events \n Get in touch! \n For more information, or to discuss this opportunity confidentially, please contact Leon Sokell on or at .

Our client, a well established financial planning company based in the Twyford area, is looking for a highly organised and proactive Paraplanning Administrator to join their friendly team. \n The salary for this position starts at £28,000 for a strong Administrator, rising to £35,000 or potentially more for someone with good financial services or paraplanning experience. \n Benefits include 22 days’ holiday, increasing annually to a maximum of 25 days, life insurance, company pension and onsite parking. \n The role will be fully office based for the first six months, with the option to work from home one day per week after this. \n This is a busy and varied position combining administration with paraplanning support. Previous experience within an IFA or financial planning environment would be a real advantage. However, our client will also consider an intelligent and capable Administrator who is keen to learn and develop a career within financial services. \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • Supporting the Paraplanner with the administration and tracking of paraplanning work\n, • Gathering and maintaining client information and documentation\n, • Contacting pension and investment providers to obtain information\n, • Carrying out research to support client recommendations\n, • Assisting with client reports and preparing documentation for Paraplanner review\n, • Preparing and distributing annual review packs\n, • Processing and monitoring new business submissions across a range of providers and investment platforms\n, • Following cases through to completion and keeping clients and advisers updated\n, • Maintaining accurate client records, tasks and new business registers\n, • Responding to enquiries from clients, advisers and providers\n, • Completing monthly valuations\n, • Ensuring all records are maintained in line with compliance, data protection and internal procedures\n, • Developing knowledge of financial products, platforms and relevant regulations\n\n Key Skills \n\n • Previous IFA, financial planning or financial services administration experience would be beneficial but is not essential\n, • Strong general administration experience\n, • Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills\n, • Confident using Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook\n, • Experience using CRM or financial services systems would be advantageous\n, • Able to manage a busy workload and work accurately to deadlines\n, • Professional and confident communication skills\n, • Proactive, self-motivated and willing to learn\n, • Able to work independently as well as part of a small team\n, • A genuine interest in developing a career within financial services\n\n