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At Johnsons Leisure, we provide premium outdoor leisure products to customers across the UK. With over 170 employees and a clear growth strategy, we are entering the next stage of our development - strengthening our systems, controls and leadership capability to support continued expansion. We are now seeking a capable, forward-thinking Finance Manager to take ownership of day-to-day finance operations while helping modernise and elevate our finance function. This is an opportunity for someone who is not only technically strong and reliable, but also dynamic, commercially aware, and motivated to grow within a progressive business. The Role Reporting into senior leadership, you will lead the finance operations team and ensure the smooth, accurate and timely running of all core financial processes. Alongside this, you will play an active role in improving systems, controls and team capability as the business evolves. Key responsibilities include: • Leading, managing and developing the finance team, strengthening confidence and capability, • Overseeing all day-to-day finance operations, ensuring accuracy, timeliness and control, • Reviewing and enhancing financial policies, procedures and internal controls, • Supporting month-end reporting and management information, • Working closely with operations and inventory teams to ensure accurate stock reporting and cost control, • Managing compliance with international trade regulations, customs duties and import/export processes, • Monitoring purchasing costs and expenditure trends, identifying areas for improvement, • Championing process improvement through better use of systems and technology, • Ensuring invoices are processed, approved and paid in line with agreed terms This role offers real scope to shape and improve the function, not simply maintain it. What We’re Looking For Essential • Proven experience managing or supervising a finance/accounts team, • Strong operational finance experience within a growing or fast-moving business, • A hands-on, organised and reliable approach, • Strong understanding of stock control, purchasing and cost management, • Experience with international trade regulations and customs processes, • Excellent attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple deadlines, • Professional, honest and dependable Highly Desirable • A dynamic and energetic approach to problem-solving, • Strong systems and IT capability, with an interest in improving processes through technology, • A proactive mindset — someone who identifies opportunities rather than waiting for instruction, • Ambition to grow and take on increasing responsibility over time, • The ability to positively influence and develop others, • A collaborative working style and strong communication skills, • The confidence to bring fresh ideas and contribute beyond core responsibilities ACA, ACCA, CIMA or AAT qualifications are welcome but not essential. We value capability, leadership potential, and cultural fit equally. Why Join Johnsons Leisure? • A stable, established UK business with a clear strategic direction, • A genuine opportunity to influence and shape the finance function, • A role with scope for development and long-term progression, • A collaborative leadership team committed to growth and improvement The Person This role would suit someone who is: • Ready to take ownership, • Energised by improvement and change, • Comfortable in a growing business environment, • Keen to develop themselves and their team, • Looking for a long-term home where they can make a real impact

Project Manager We are recruiting an experienced Project Manager to support the continued growth of our Banking and Financial Services Frameworks, delivering large‑scale, complex construction projects across the UK. At Morris & Spottiswood, we operate a One Team approach, working collaboratively across project, commercial, operational and client teams to deliver consistently high standards in safety, quality and programme performance. This role plays a key part in strengthening that culture as project volumes and complexity continue to grow. This role is suited to an established Project Manager from a Main Contracting background, with proven experience delivering major projects within live operational environments. As Project Manager, you will provide proactive leadership as the number one lead on the project, maintaining full control of all elements including design coordination, programme and planning, health & safety, operational delivery, and subcontractor management. You will have experience delivering projects within live banking and financial services environments, including work within highly regulated, secure and operationally sensitive settings, where safety, programme certainty, stakeholder assurance and minimal disruption to business‑critical operations are essential. Experience working for a blue‑chip contractor and on projects involving complex interfaces, constrained sites and occupied buildings is essential. You will hold a relevant construction‑related qualification and demonstrate strong capability in managing cost, commercial performance and programme delivery on fast‑track and complex schemes, often with a high degree of change during the contract period. Close collaboration with internal project teams is essential, alongside ensuring accuracy, quality and compliance with client, regulatory and governance standards. You will take site commercial responsibility for contract performance, maximising turnover and profitability while maintaining robust commercial processes and effective change management. Successful candidates will come from a Main Contracting background, with a minimum of 5 years’ hands‑on project delivery experience and hold a full UK driving licence. A strong working knowledge of JCT contracts is essential, with NEC experience desirable but not essential. The role requires nationwide travel in line with project requirements. Personal Attributes The successful candidate will be a confident and credible leader with a calm, methodical approach, capable of managing senior client stakeholders through clear and effective communication. They will be highly organised, with strong programme and time management skills, and commercially astute with a proactive approach to risk and change management. The role requires flexibility, resilience and comfort working nationwide and away from home as required, gained through experience operating within pressured, live project environments. Other information Due to our multiple office bases across the UK, this role offers flexibility on location and can be based anywhere nationwide, aligned to project demands. The successful candidate must hold a full UK driving licence, be flexible in working hours, and be willing to work away from home as required. You must be: • Fully IT‑literate (MS Word and Excel at intermediate level),, • Have experience using Asta Powerproject, and, • Hold a construction‑related qualification, CSCS card, SMSTS, First Aid at Work, Asbestos Awareness, and Scaffold Inspection certification., • Temporary Works Coordinator experience is desirable. Valuing People at Morris & Spottiswood Morris & Spottiswood is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. One of our core values is to ‘Value People’. We are passionate about investing in people and genuinely take care about what we do and how we do it. This ensures that the working environment, staff, suppliers and the communities we serve always remain at the front-of-mind. Put simply, a diverse and inclusive workforce opens our business up to a much wider talent pool and greater innovation and creativity through teams with different experiences, backgrounds and education