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The Opportunity \n A growing independent accountancy practice in Preston is looking to appoint an Accounts Assistant Manager as it continues to expand its client base and team. \n This is an ideal step for an experienced Senior Accountant who feels ready to move into management, or an existing Assistant Manager looking for more autonomy and progression. \n You'll manage your own portfolio of predominantly owner-managed businesses, work closely with Managers and Directors, and take greater responsibility for both client relationships and developing junior members of the team. \n The Role \n You'll have a broad role combining portfolio management, accounts, tax and advisory work, including: \n\n • Managing a portfolio of owner-managed businesses\n, • Preparing and reviewing statutory accounts under FRS 102 and FRS 105\n, • Reviewing corporation tax computations\n, • Producing and reviewing management accounts\n, • Acting as a key point of contact for clients\n, • Managing deadlines, workflow and WIP across your portfolio\n, • Reviewing work prepared by Seniors and Trainees\n, • Coaching and developing junior members of the team\n, • Supporting clients with cloud accounting and improving their finance processes\n, • Identifying opportunities to provide additional services\n, • Providing proactive commercial and accounting advice\n, • Working closely with Managers and Directors on more complex client matters\n, • Supporting the continued growth and development of the Accounts team\n\n The emphasis is on becoming a trusted adviser to your clients, rather than simply managing their year-end compliance. \n The Candidate \n You'll ideally have: \n\n • ACA or ACCA qualification, although strong QBE candidates will be considered\n, • Several years' experience within a UK accountancy practice\n, • Strong statutory accounts and corporation tax experience\n, • Experience managing or taking significant responsibility for a client portfolio\n, • Confidence reviewing the work of junior accountants\n, • Strong client-facing and relationship-building skills\n, • Experience with Xero, QuickBooks or similar cloud accounting platforms\n, • Good commercial awareness\n, • The confidence to provide advice rather than simply process work\n, • Ambition to progress towards Accounts Manager level\n\n This could be particularly well suited to a Senior Accountant who's already performing parts of an Assistant Manager role but hasn't been given the title or progression yet. What's On Offer \n\n • Performance-related bonus\n, • Hybrid working\n, • Flexible working hours\n, • Generous annual leave\n, • Company pension\n, • Professional subscriptions\n, • Ongoing CPD and technical training\n, • Support with leadership and management development\n, • Regular social events\n, • Strong work-life balance\n, • Clear progression towards Accounts Manager and beyond\n

\n People & Culture Senior \n Executive Leadership Opportunity \n Preston Upto 80k plus Excellent Benefits \n Full Time, 12 month contract \n An ambitious and highly respected educational organisation is seeking an outstanding Director of People & Culture to join its Executive Leadership Team. \n This is a pivotal executive appointment for an experienced people leader who is passionate about shaping organisational culture, developing workforce capability and driving strategic change. \n Reporting directly to the Chief Executive, the successful candidate will lead the organisation's people strategy, ensuring it has the talent, leadership capability, culture and employee experience required to deliver its long-term ambitions. \n The role offers the opportunity to influence strategic decision-making at the highest level while leading a modern and progressive people agenda across a large and diverse workforce. \n The Role \n The Director of People & Culture will provide strategic leadership across all aspects of Human Resources, Organisational Development, Workforce Planning, Talent Management, Employee Relations, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, Wellbeing and People Governance. \n Working closely with senior leaders and governors, the successful candidate will ensure the organisation's people strategy supports operational excellence, organisational growth and a positive, inclusive workplace culture. \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • Lead the development and delivery of a comprehensive People & Culture Strategy aligned to organisational objectives.\n, • Act as a trusted adviser to the Executive Team and governing body on workforce, organisational development and cultural matters.\n, • Drive workforce planning, succession planning and talent management strategies.\n, • Lead organisational development and transformation programmes that support future growth and innovation.\n, • Foster a positive, inclusive and high-performing culture that promotes engagement, accountability and continuous improvement.\n, • Oversee employee relations, workforce risk management and employment law compliance.\n, • Lead constructive engagement with recognised trade unions and employee representative groups.\n, • Champion equality, diversity, inclusion and employee wellbeing initiatives.\n, • Develop and enhance reward, recognition and employee value proposition strategies.\n, • Utilise workforce data and analytics to inform decision-making and drive organisational performance.\n, • Ensure robust governance, safeguarding and people-related risk management frameworks are maintained.\n, • Provide regular strategic workforce reporting to senior leaders and governors.\n\n The Person \n Applications are invited from accomplished HR and People leaders who can demonstrate a successful track record of operating in complex organisations and influencing at executive level. \n The successful candidate will possess: \n Essential Experience \n\n • Significant experience within a senior Human Resources, People or Organisational Development leadership role.\n, • Experience advising Executive Teams, Boards or Governors on strategic workforce matters.\n, • Proven success leading people strategy, organisational development, culture transformation or workforce modernisation initiatives.\n, • Extensive knowledge of employment law, employee relations and workforce governance.\n, • Experience leading complex organisational change and consultation programmes.\n, • Strong experience in workforce planning, succession planning, leadership development and talent management.\n, • Experience working effectively with recognised trade unions and employee representative groups.\n, • Outstanding communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills.\n, • Ability to use workforce intelligence and data to support strategic decision-making.\n\n Qualifications \n Essential \n\n • Degree qualified or equivalent professional experience.\n, • CIPD Level 5 or above.\n, • Evidence of continued professional development.\n\n Desirable \n\n • Chartered MCIPD or FCIPD.\n, • Postgraduate qualification in Human Resources, Leadership, Organisational Development, Management, Business or related discipline.\n\n Why Consider This Opportunity? \n This is an opportunity to join a values-driven organisation where people are central to success. \n The successful candidate will have the platform to influence culture, shape workforce strategy and contribute directly to long-term organisational performance while leading a highly visible and impactful function. \n Individuals who are passionate about creating exceptional workplaces, developing leaders and driving meaningful organisational change are encouraged to apply. \n \n Adecco acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer. \n By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Adecco. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement explaining how we will use your information is available on our website.

Key Group is one of the most exciting, forward-thinking brands in financial services, focused on helping people unlock a better retirement since 1998. We are later life lending experts, with a market leading specialism in equity release. We offer later life lending advice and solutions to help homeowners across the UK unlock a better retirement by accessing some of the wealth tied up in their properties. Or as we like to say, retirement finances, unlocked. Our portfolio of brands comprises of Key (the Adviser) More2Life (the Lender) and Air (Adviser software service). \n We're looking for an experienced Marketing CRM & Analytics Manager to join our B2B Marketing team on a 12-month fixed-term contract. \n This is a strategically focused role responsible for defining and delivering our CRM, audience engagement and marketing analytics strategy. You'll create a clear roadmap for how CRM, data and marketing automation can be used to better understand, segment, engage and nurture adviser audiences, supporting our wider acquisition, engagement and growth objectives. \n Working closely with Marketing, Sales, Product, Change and Data teams, you'll develop adviser journey strategies, lead segmentation and personalisation initiatives, and identify opportunities to improve performance through data led marketing. You'll play a key role in embedding enhanced marketing analytics capabilities, translating insight into commercially focused recommendations that drive business performance. \n This role would suit someone with strong CRM strategy experience, a passion for lifecycle marketing and analytics, and a proven track record of delivering CRM programmes within a B2B financial services or regulated environment. \n Main role & responsibilities \n\n • Define and own the CRM strategy, customer engagement strategy and CRM roadmap for adviser marketing activity.\n, • Develop and implement lifecycle marketing strategies that support acquisition, engagement, retention and nurture objectives.\n, • Design and optimise adviser journey strategies, ensuring communications are relevant, timely and aligned to business priorities.\n, • Lead segmentation and personalisation strategies to improve audience targeting and campaign effectiveness.\n, • Translate business objectives into clear CRM requirements and prioritised delivery plans.\n, • Partner with Sales, Product, Change and Data teams to deliver integrated CRM and marketing automation initiatives.\n, • Oversee campaign planning, execution, testing and optimisation, ensuring continuous improvement through data and insight.\n, • Establish measurement frameworks, KPIs and reporting to evaluate campaign effectiveness and customer engagement.\n, • Identify opportunities for CRM platform development and capability enhancement.\n, • Support the ongoing development of marketing analytics, ensuring insights are converted into actionable commercial recommendations.\n, • Champion best practice in data led marketing and adviser engagement within a regulated environment.\n, • Provide strategic guidance on CRM transformation initiatives and future capability requirements.\n\n Skills & experience we look for \n\n • Proven experience developing and delivering CRM strategy or customer engagement strategy within a B2B environment.\n, • Strong experience building and managing CRM roadmap development programmes.\n, • Experience creating segmentation and personalisation strategies that drive measurable business outcomes.\n, • Understanding of marketing automation platforms and automated nurture programmes.\n, • Experience using CRM and marketing analytics to deliver data-led marketing recommendations.\n, • Proven ability to establish measurement frameworks and optimise campaign performance.\n, • Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and collaborate across multiple business functions.\n, • Experience delivering CRM transformation or CRM platform development initiatives.\n, • Knowledge of acquisition, engagement and nurture strategies across the customer lifecycle.\n, • Experience within B2B financial services or another regulated marketing environment would be highly advantageous.\n, • Strong analytical and commercial mindset with excellent communication and presentation skills.\n\n \n Most of all we look for people who display and work around the core values of our business: \n Ambitious - to break ground to help our customers enjoy a better retirement. \n Supportive - relationships are key to everything we do. \n Personal - going above and beyond to offer exceptional service. \n Integrity - honest, true and transparent in all of our relationships. \n Responsive - whatever the challenge we'll deliver the right result. \n Expert - experts in our field, our thirst for knowledge never stops.

Hybrid or remote-based with travel to Preston. Salary: £85,000-£95,000 DOE | 37 hours per week Our Head of Pensions Systems is a business-critical role, responsible for driving the strategic direction, development and operational capability of the LPPA pension administration system, currently based around the Civica UPM pension platform. You will manage the day-to-day relationship with Civica and other technology partners, ensuring the systems remain robust, compliant, scalable and aligned to LPPA’s strategy. You will build and lead a sector-leading Pensions Systems team, responsible for developing and supporting the platform including its configuration, workflows, automation, data integrity and web portals enabling the LPPA to provide an excellent service to its members, employers and clients. Working closely with member services teams and internal and external project teams, ensure there is a responsive and well-governed project delivery pipeline that supports regulatory compliance, operational efficiency, and continuous improvement that underpins LPPA’s ability to deliver excellent pension services at scale. Local Pensions Partnership Administration (LPPA) is a multi-award-winning organisation and one of the UK’s leading pension administration companies. We strive to deliver the best experience for over 1,500 employers and more than 700,000 members of Local Government, Police and Firefighter pension schemes, keeping them fully informed about their pensions whilst working closely with employers to continuously educate and support them. • Competitive salary £85,000-£95,000 DOE + inclusion in annual bonus scheme, • 30 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays and 2 additional concessionary days and 1 day for your birthday, with the option to ‘buy and sell’ leave., • Access to an excellent pension scheme (Local Government Pension Scheme) with generous employer contributions., • Access to Health or Dental Plan and an Enhanced Employee Assistance Programme, • Free Car Parking in Preston City Centre Product Ownership & System Governance • Serve as the technical product owner for the UPM system and its associated portals., • Ensure UPM is configured to best-practice and documentation is maintained., • Oversee release management, testing and safe deployment of changes., • Lead the Pensions Systems team in delivering a high-quality support service., • Monitor SLAs, XLAs, and drive continuous service improvement., • Manage incident, request, problem, and change management aligned with ITIL 4., • Drive workflow automation to reduce manual processes and improve efficiency., • Own development and enhancement of Member and Employer Portals., • Manage relationships with Civica and relevant technology suppliers., • Collaborate with external organisations to share best practice., • Incident manager for performance and availability issues with the pension system and associated portals Leadership & People Management • Lead and develop high performing operational technology teams, promoting:, • Clear accountability, • Strong customer focus, • Continuous improvement, • Develop talent, capability, and succession within the team., • Develop the team to support the change portfolio and day-to-day operational needs., • Foster a culture of collaboration, resilience, and service excellence., • Communicate clearly to ensure team members are working harmoniously and to the same standard, • Communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels, ensuring clarity, alignment, and shared understanding of priorities. Strategic Contribution • Act as key adviser to the Chief Technology Officer, contributing to the development and delivery of the IT Strategy, • Attendance at Change Board ensuring effective decisions are reached to aid with the progression of projects and problem solving, • Provide expert leadership on the strategic direction of the UPM platform and associated portals, ensuring alignment with LPPA’s digital and operational goals., • Champion automation, workflow optimisation, and integration opportunities to reduce manual effort and improve service quality. You’ll need • Proven experience of managing a pension administration system (UPM preferred), • Understanding of UK pension administration processes and regulatory requirements, • Experience in system configuration, workflow design and governance, • Leadership experience of a support and/or development team, • Proven leadership experience in managing and developing high-performing teams, with a focus on talent development, performance management, and fostering a culture of innovation and accountability, • Experience managing suppliers and third party service providers, • Strong stakeholder engagement, communication and analytical skills, • Experience and understanding of system development and SQL database development, • Understanding of ISO 27001 and managing audit requests. Nice to have • Experience working with Civica UPM or other pension administration platforms., • ITIL v4 certification or experience applying IT service management principles., • Experience with automation tools, workflow technologies, APIs and system integration solutions., • Familiarity with Agile delivery methodologies and continuous improvement practices. Working with and upholding our values • Working together, • Committed to excellence, • Doing the right thing, • Forward thinking #J-18808-Ljbffr

Job Title: Commercial Director / Head of Commercial Please read the following job description thoroughly to ensure you are the right fit for this role before applying. Location: Preston, Lancashire Salary: £90,000 - £110,000 + Package Job Type: Permanent About the Company An established and growing building services engineering business based in Preston, operating across the North West and delivering a wide range of mechanical and electrical building services. The business provides design, installation, service and maintenance solutions across areas including mechanical building services, heating, plumbing, ventilation, air conditioning and electrical installations. Its client base spans private-sector organisations, local authorities, NHS trusts and educational establishments, with a strong presence across complex and technically demanding environments. This is an exciting opportunity to join the Senior Leadership Team during a further period of growth and play a significant role in shaping the future commercial direction of the business. The Role We are seeking an experienced Commercial Director / Head of Commercial to provide strategic commercial leadership and tactical governance across the business. Reporting into the senior leadership structure, you will take responsibility for shaping and delivering the commercial strategy, strengthening contract performance, protecting margins and managing commercial risk across the full contract lifecycle. You will work closely with operational, estimating and finance teams while providing commercial leadership across bids, mobilisation, delivery, change, claims, final accounts and future pipeline. The position will be primarily based from the Preston office and will include management responsibility for the central estimating team. Key Responsibilities Provide strategic commercial leadership across the business, supporting sustainable growth, profitability and strong contract performance. Oversee commercial performance and governance across operational divisions and the full contract lifecycle. Lead and guide the negotiation and commercial management of complex customer, supplier and subcontractor agreements. Ensure commercial risks are identified, managed and appropriately mitigated. Drive improvements in margin, cost efficiency and overall commercial performance. Provide senior commercial oversight of contract change, claims, disputes and other commercial risks. Work closely with estimating, operational and finance teams to maximise commercial opportunities. Develop and monitor commercial performance tools covering revenue, margin, cost, cash, risk and opportunities. Lead commercially on budgets, forecasting and departmental 'work to win' budgets. Build strong relationships with customers, suppliers and senior internal stakeholders. Act as a trusted commercial adviser while providing constructive challenge to operational teams. Strengthen commercial capability through best practice, effective contract management, governance and continuous improvement. Assess and report commercial performance through the management cycle, escalating issues where required. Support operational leaders in improving efficiency and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement. Provide leadership and development to the commercial and estimating teams. The Ideal Candidate The successful candidate will have significant senior-level commercial experience within construction or the wider built environment, ideally gained within M&E, building services, Hard FM or another complex contracting environment . You will ideally have: Strong commercial leadership experience at Commercial Director, Head of Commercial, Commercial Manager or similar level. Strong knowledge of commercial contracts and frameworks, particularly NEC and JCT . Practical experience within an M&E contracting environment. Experience managing complex customer, supplier and subcontractor agreements. Strong understanding of commercial risk, contract governance, change control, claims and dispute management. Proven experience managing margin, cost, cash and wider commercial performance. Experience across the full contract lifecycle from tender and mobilisation through to delivery, variations and final account. Strong understanding of M&E contracting and supply-chain arrangements. Public-sector experience would be advantageous. Proven experience leading, developing and influencing commercial teams. Excellent negotiation, analytical and relationship-building skills. The ability to operate effectively at senior stakeholder and project-delivery level. A relevant degree or professional qualification in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, Construction Management, Engineering, Procurement, Business, Finance or Law. Chartered status through RICS, CICES, CIOB, CIPS or a similar professional body would be advantageous. What's on Offer £90,000 - £110,000 salary Company car or car allowance Pension scheme Private healthcare Generous holiday entitlement Professional development and leadership training Flexible working arrangements Senior leadership position with genuine influence over commercial strategy Opportunity to shape the future direction of a growing business Apply If you're interested in this opportunity, then please get in touch today with our Commercial Specialist, Mark Harris . Building Careers UK specialises in Construction and Property recruitment and serves as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job, you accept the Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy, and Disclaimers which can be found on our website. Building Careers UK is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates. xrnqpay Please Note: Due to the high volume of applicants, only those shortlisted will be contacted. INDCOM

Hybrid or remote-based, with travel to Preston Salary: £85,000-£95,000 DOE | 37 hours per week Our Head of Pensions Systems is a business-critical role, responsible for driving the strategic direction, development and operational capability of the LPPA pension administration system, currently based around the Civica UPM pension platform. You will manage the day-to-day relationship with Civica and other technology partners, ensuring the systems remain robust, compliant, scalable and aligned to LPPA’s strategy. You will build and lead a sector-leading Pensions Systems team, responsible for developing and supporting the platform, including its configuration, workflows, automation, data integrity and web portals, enabling the LPPA to provide an excellent service to its members, employers and clients. Working closely with member services teams and internal and external project teams, you will ensure there is a responsive and well-governed project delivery pipeline that supports regulatory compliance, operational efficiency, and continuous improvement that underpins LPPA’s ability to deliver excellent pension services at scale. Local Pensions Partnership Administration (LPPA) is a multi-award-winning organisation and one of the UK’s leading pension administration companies. We strive to deliver the best experience for over 1,500 employers and more than 700,000 members of Local Government, Police and Firefighter pension schemes, keeping them fully informed about their pensions whilst working closely with employers to continuously educate and support them. • Competitive salary £85,000-£95,000 DOE + inclusion in annual bonus scheme, • 30 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays and 2 additional concessionary days and 1 day for your birthday, with the option to ‘buy and sell’ leave, • Access to an excellent pension scheme (Local Government Pension Scheme) with generous employer contributions, • Access to Health or Dental Plan and an Enhanced Employee Assistance Programme, • Free Car Parking in Preston City Centre, • Serve as the technical product owner for the UPM system and its associated portals, • Ensure UPM is configured to best practice and documentation is maintained, • Oversee release management, testing and safe deployment of changes, • Lead the Pensions Systems team in delivering a high-quality support service, • Monitor SLAs, XLAs, and drive continuous service improvement, • Manage incident, request, problem, and change management aligned with ITIL 4, • Drive workflow automation to reduce manual processes and improve efficiency, • Own development and enhancement of Member and Employer Portals, • Manage relationships with Civica and relevant technology suppliers, • Collaborate with external organisations to share best practice, • Incident manager for performance and availability issues with the pension system and associated portals Lead and develop high performing operational technology teams, promoting: • Clear accountability, • Develop talent, capability, and succession within the team, • Develop the team to support the change portfolio and day-to-day operational needs, • Foster a culture of collaboration, resilience, and service excellence, • Communicate clearly to ensure team members are working harmoniously and to the same standard, • Communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels, ensuring clarity, alignment, and shared understanding of priorities, • Act as key adviser to the Chief Technology Officer, contributing to the development and delivery of the IT Strategy, • Attendance at Change Board, ensuring effective decisions are reached to aid with the progression of projects and problem solving, • Provide expert leadership on the strategic direction of the UPM platform and associated portals, ensuring alignment with LPPA’s digital and operational goals, • Champion automation, workflow optimisation, and integration opportunities to reduce manual effort and improve service quality, • Proven experience of managing a pension administration system (UPM preferred), • Understanding of UK pension administration processes and regulatory requirements, • Experience in system configuration, workflow design and governance, • Leadership experience of a support and/or development team, • Proven leadership experience in managing and developing high-performing teams, with a focus on talent development, performance management, and fostering a culture of innovation and accountability, • Experience managing suppliers and third party service providers, • Strong stakeholder engagement, communication and analytical skills, • Experience and understanding of system development and SQL database development, • Understanding of ISO 27001 and managing audit requests, • Experience working with Civica UPM or other pension administration platforms, • ITIL v4 certification or experience applying IT service management principles, • Experience with automation tools, workflow technologies, APIs and system integration solutions, • Familiarity with Agile delivery methodologies and continuous improvement practices #J-18808-Ljbffr

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Key Group is seeking a Marketing CRM & Analytics Manager in Preston to own the CRM roadmap and lifecycle marketing strategy. You will drive adviser engagement, segmentation and personalisation, partnering with Sales, Product and Data teams to translate business aims into CRM requirements and measurable campaigns. The role emphasises data-led marketing, analytics capabilities and driving commercial recommendations within a regulated, B2B financial services environment. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Requires CeMAP qualification and experience in mortgage/protection advice. Seeking a Mortgage & Protection Adviser to provide advice and customer service to existing clients remortgaging and as employee benefits.

Capricorn Financial is one of Londons highest-performing mortgage brokerages, and we are looking for experienced mortgage advisers who want more lead flow, more opportunity, and more earning potential. Full CeMAP or RO1/CF6 mortgage qualification. If you are an experienced mortgage adviser looking f