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Would you like to kick start your career in a supportive, collaborative and innovative company? \n Do you enjoy working as part of an enthusiastic, passionate, and collaborative team? \n \n Join our Credit Underwriting team \n The credit underwriting team is a business critical, growing, and dynamic team led by the Head of Credit & Commercial risk who reports into the Group Financial Controller. The team work closely with the sales team, financial reporting, and various areas of business operations. The credit underwriting team are ultimately responsible for the management, underwriting, and control of credit exposure to the business in what is a rapidly evolving environment. \n \n Success. The Softcat Way. \n There's a uniqueness to Softcat – what we do, how we do it and why we do it. That's because we help customers to use technology to succeed, by putting our employees first. We give everyone the chance to step up and show how much they can achieve. We succeed when all our people succeed. \n \n Be part of a team that enables business growth \n This role is part of the Finance Management team and will lead the credit underwriting team supporting our rapidly growing and dynamic IT solutions business. This passionate, highly numerate underwriter will work closely with our finance and sales teams as well as external stakeholders, insurance brokers and customers alike, to maintain credit risk controls within an existing framework and provide a unique service to our customers. \n \n As a Credit Underwriting Manager, you'll be responsible for: \n\n • Analyse customer risk profiles and validate automated credit scorecards\n, • Produce monthly risk reports and support senior credit governance forums\n, • Manage credit exposure, limits, and portfolio risk across customers and sectors\n, • Lead and develop senior underwriters, including performance, hiring, and KPIs\n, • Support board approvals and senior decision‑making within agreed authority levels\n, • Oversee trade credit insurance, budgets, and process improvements\n, • Manage and monitor the Deputy Credit Risk Manager performance, manage KPI's during a performance management process through having challenging conversations\n, • Streamlining processes where needed\n, • Partner closely with senior stakeholders across the business to align credit strategy\n, • Strong risk assessment and analytical skills\n, • Proven leadership and team management experience\n, • Solid knowledge of underwriting regulations and compliance\n, • Commercial and financial awareness\n, • Confident decision‑making and stakeholder communication\n, • Strong knowledge across different areas of the business to ensure organisational goals are met. \n, • Demonstrate the ability to think around a subject, considering risk implications of our current policies and procedures. \n, • Experience supporting the growth and development of team members. \n\n \n We also acknowledge that the confidence gap and imposter syndrome are a real thing and can get in the way of us meeting fantastic talent, so please don't hesitate to apply – we would love to hear from you! \n \n Work in a way that works for you \n We recognise that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns: \n\n • Hybrid working – 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home \n, • Working flexible hours - flexing the times you start and finish during the day \n, • Flexibility around school pick up and drop offs \n\n \n Working with us \n Wherever you work, we want you to experience the freedom and autonomy to realise your potential. You will feel supported by a team that celebrates individuality, encourages different perspectives, and embraces every background. \n \n Join us \n To become part of the success story, please apply now. \n If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we can provide support or adjustments that you may need throughout our recruitment process or any mitigating circumstance you wish for us to consider. Any information you share on your application will be treated in confidence. You can find out more about life at Softcat and our commitments to diversity and inclusion at jobs.softcat.com/jobs/our-culture/ \n \n Here at Softcat, we don't prohibit the use of AI (artificial intelligence) in our application process, as we understand how far it can go to creating a truly equitable candidate experience. That being said, as a culture-driven organisation, we believe that the genuine essence of each person is what truly matters, so we highly encourage you to be as authentically you as possible when submitting your application to showcase your true and whole self. \n

IT Cost & Value Senior ConsultantHybrid UK-wide with client travelUp to £100k plus bonus We're working with a leading global consulting firm who are continuing to invest heavily into their CIO and CTO advisory capability, particularly across IT performance, cost optimisation and technology value. This is a high-impact role within a well-established but growing Business Technology practice. You'll be helping major enterprise and public sector clients answer some of the toughest questions around technology spend, value realisation and how IT drives measurable business outcomes. If you enjoy working at the intersection of strategy, finance, technology and commercial growth, this is a role where you can shape both client direction and internal capability. What you'll be doing: You'll help shape and deliver IT cost and value engagements, supporting organisations to understand where they're spending, where they should be investing, and how to optimise their technology estate without losing sight of innovation. A big part of the role is bringing structure to complexity - building cost models, analysing total cost of ownership, developing business cases and translating that into clear, strategic recommendations for senior stakeholders. You'll work closely with CIOs, CTOs and finance leaders to align technology investment with wider business goals. Alongside delivery, there is a clear commercial element. You'll be expected to support business development activity, identify opportunities in existing accounts, contribute to bids, proposals and RFPs, and help drive follow-on work. This is not a pure delivery role - the right person will be comfortable in a consulting environment where advisory, relationship-building and sales activity all come together. You'll also help grow the capability itself, contributing to propositions, go-to-market thinking and how the practice positions IT cost, value and performance advisory services to clients. What they're looking for: * Strong experience delivering IT cost optimisation, IT cost transformation, IT performance or technology value engagements * Consultancy experience is essential, either from a consulting firm or a clearly advisory/consulting-led role * Experience supporting business development, sales activity, bids, proposals, RFPs or account growth * Strong understanding of IT financial management, TBM, TCO modelling, business cases and value realisation * Ability to translate complex technology and financial data into clear recommendations * Comfortable working with CIOs, CTOs, finance leaders and senior stakeholders * Ability to manage multiple workstreams and lead teams effectively * Commercial mindset, with the confidence to spot opportunities and help convert them into follow-on work Nice to have: * Background in a top-tier or major consultancy * Experience building propositions or go-to-market offerings * Track record of contributing to revenue growth, ideally around £1m+ * Experience across both private and public sector clients This is one of those roles where you're not just delivering - you're shaping. You'll have the backing of a major brand, access to high-profile clients, and the opportunity to build a capability that's becoming more important as organisations scrutinise technology spend. It's a strong fit for someone who enjoys proper consulting work - solving complex problems, building senior relationships, delivering meaningful client outcomes, and playing a part in winning and shaping future engagements. On top of that, you'll get: * Flexible / hybrid working as standard * A strong focus on wellbeing and work-life balance * Clear investment in personal development and certifications * The chance to work on strategic, board-level problems * A role where delivery, advisory work and commercial growth all come together If this sounds like your kind of role, drop me your CV and I'll get in touch ASAP if suitable. Modis International Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers in the UK. Modis Europe Ltd provide a variety of international solutions that connect clients to the best talent in the world. For all positions based in Switzerland, Modis Europe Ltd works with its licensed Swiss partner Accurity GmbH to ensure that candidate applications are handled in accordance with Swiss law. Both Modis International Ltd and Modis Europe Ltd are Equal Opportunities Employers. By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Modis International Ltd and/ or Modis Europe Ltd. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement which explains how we will use your information is available on the Modis website.

Oracle Tax Technology Senior Manager - Big 4 - up to £115K Role Overview Our client, a Big 4 Consultancy, is continuing to invest heavily in its Tax Transformation capability and is looking to hire a Senior Manager into its growing Tax Reporting Transformation team. This is a senior opportunity for someone with strong tax technology and transformation experience, particularly across tax reporting processes and systems. The role will focus on helping large and complex organisations improve tax reporting, enhance control, and modernise the way tax operates through better use of technology, data, and automation. You will work closely with clients on transformation programmes that sit across tax, finance, and technology, combining strategic advisory with hands-on delivery. This is a high-visibility role with scope to lead major engagements, shape client solutions, and play an active part in the continued growth of the practice. Key Responsibilities • Lead Tax Reporting Transformation engagements for large and complex organisations., • Support clients in improving and modernising tax reporting processes, controls, and operating models., • Advise on and deliver technology-enabled tax reporting solutions, with a particular focus on Oracle Tax Reporting Cloud Services (TRCS) and Longview., • Work across the full project lifecycle including discovery, requirements gathering, process design, solution design, testing, deployment, and stakeholder management., • Help clients align tax reporting requirements with wider finance transformation and systems change programmes., • Act as a senior point of contact for clients, building strong relationships and providing trusted advisory support., • Lead teams across multiple workstreams, including managing and developing more junior colleagues., • Contribute to practice growth through proposition development, internal collaboration, and lead business development activity. What We're Looking For • Strong experience within Tax Reporting Transformation, ideally gained in consultancy or complex in-house transformation environments., • Hands-on experience with Oracle Tax Reporting Cloud Services (TRCS)., • Experience with Longview., • Strong understanding of tax reporting processes, controls, and the link between tax, finance, and technology., • Ability to lead engagements, manage senior stakeholders, and translate tax requirements into practical transformation outcomes., • Proven track record in project delivery, team leadership, and client relationship management., • Experience with OneSource Tax Provision would be beneficial., • Experience with OneStream Tax Provision would also be desirable. Why Consider This Role? This is an excellent opportunity to join a high-growth area within a leading global consultancy, working on complex and business-critical tax transformation programmes. You will have the chance to lead meaningful client work, develop your profile in a specialist area of the market, and help shape the future direction of the team. The role offers strong progression, high-quality project exposure, and a package that includes bonus and car allowance, alongside flexible location options. Modis International Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers in the UK. Modis Europe Ltd provide a variety of international solutions that connect clients to the best talent in the world. For all positions based in Switzerland, Modis Europe Ltd works with its licensed Swiss partner Accurity GmbH to ensure that candidate applications are handled in accordance with Swiss law. Both Modis International Ltd and Modis Europe Ltd are Equal Opportunities Employers. By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Modis International Ltd and/ or Modis Europe Ltd. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement which explains how we will use your information is available on the Modis website.

NetSuite Functional Consultant - 6-Month Contract - £700/day (Outside IR35)Hybrid (Manchester) - Approx. 1 Day On-Site Per Month Oliver James has partnered with a leading national rental business undergoing a major NetSuite ERP transformation. With the programme already in motion, the organisation is now seeking an experienced NetSuite Functional Consultant to bring structure, best practice and clarity to a complex multi-system landscape. This role sits at the centre of the programme - shaping functional design, guiding configuration, and leading integration thinking across 16 connected systems. You'll work closely with internal technology teams and an SI partner giving you the autonomy to influence the solution and ensure the build aligns with business needs. The Role As the NetSuite Functional Consultant, you will: • Lead requirements gathering and solution design, running workshops across Finance, Operations, Procurement, and Commercial., • Define and own the functional design, ensuring best practice is followed and unnecessary customisation is avoided., • Guide integration design across 16 systems, partnering with internal tech teams and the SI to align architecture and data flows., • Configure core NetSuite modules, including Financials, Order Management, Inventory, and Reporting., • Support data migration, including mapping, validation, and dry-run reviews., • Drive the testing workstream, authoring scripts, managing SIT/UAT, and coordinating defect resolution. Experience Required We're looking for someone with: • Multiple end-to-end NetSuite implementations under their belt., • Strong functional expertise across Financials, O2C, P2P, Inventory, and Reporting., • Proven experience producing high-quality functional design documentation., • Exposure to integration design, API-based connectivity, and working with technical teams., • Experience supporting data migration and leading SIT/UAT cycles., • Excellent communication skills - able to challenge, advise, and guide stakeholders confidently., • High-impact role at the centre of a major transformation, • Autonomy to influence design and best practice, • Minimal travel (1 day per month), • £700/day rate

I am looking for a Systems Accountant with strong accounting credentials and hands-on experience working within a Finance function and supporting D365 Finance & Operations. This role sits at the intersection of Finance and IT, supporting system configuration, process improvements, and ongoing change within a D365FO environment. Candidates who stand out typically have accountancy qualifications, deep understanding of finance processes, and experience partnering with IT and implementation partners on technical changes and ERP delivery. Key Responsibilities • Act as a key finance systems SME for D365 Finance & Operations, • Support configuration and ongoing optimisation of finance modules, • Work closely with IT and external partners on system changes, upgrades, and fixes, • Translate finance requirements into functional system solutions, • Support testing (SIT/UAT), data validation, and deployment activities, • Maintain system controls, documentation, and finance master data, • Provide second-line support to finance users and resolve system-related issues, • Support finance transformation initiatives and continuous improvementExperience & Background, • Proven experience in a Systems Accountant or Finance Systems role, • Accountancy qualification (ACCA / CIMA / ACA - part or fully qualified), • Hands-on experience working within a Finance department, • Strong knowledge of core finance processes (R2R, P2P, O2C), • Experience supporting or implementing D365FO or similar ERP systems, • Comfortable working with IT teams on technical implementations and integrationsSkills, • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, • Ability to bridge finance and technical stakeholders, • High attention to detail and strong documentation discipline Modis International Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers in the UK. Modis Europe Ltd provide a variety of international solutions that connect clients to the best talent in the world. For all positions based in Switzerland, Modis Europe Ltd works with its licensed Swiss partner Accurity GmbH to ensure that candidate applications are handled in accordance with Swiss law. Both Modis International Ltd and Modis Europe Ltd are Equal Opportunities Employers. By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Modis International Ltd and/ or Modis Europe Ltd. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement which explains how we will use your information is available on the Modis website.

A fantastic new opportunity for a Real Estate Finance Solicitor (at least 5PQE or Equivalent) to join a good commercial law firm that continues to grow and expand its offering in property finance. This is a chance to join an established team and play a key role in the firm's Manchester office. \nThe role offers the opportunity to work on a broad range of real estate finance matters, acting for a diverse and high-profile client base that includes leading banks, challenger lenders, private funds, and large-scale property developers. \nYou’ll work closely with senior figures in the firm and play an important role in driving the department’s continued growth and success. \nThis position will suit an experienced solicitor in real estate finance who has some management experience, bright ideas, a flair for business development and client relationship management. \nThe firm has a strong reputation for its modern approach, commercial mindset, and genuinely supportive culture. \n \nKey requirements of the role: \n\n\n\t • Managing a busy caseload of high-value real estate finance transactions from instruction to completion, including development, investment and bridging finance, acting for a range of institutional and private lenders.\n\t, • Acting as a key point of contact for major lender clients, ensuring smooth transactions and consistently high standards of service.\n\t, • Building and maintaining strong client relationships, identifying opportunities to develop new business.\n\t, • Collaborating with colleagues across property, construction, and finance teams to deliver commercially focused, partner-led advice.\n\t, • Competitive salary and bonus structure.\n\t, • Clear and genuine career progression opportunities, with a transparent path to Partner level.\n\t, • Flexible working arrangements.\n\t, • 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) or equivalent; referral bonus; health cash plan; pension plan; cycle to work scheme; wellness support.\n\n\n \n\n

Data Assurance Specialist (Finance Administration) Hybrid: 2 days per week onsite in Manchester 6 months £350 per day In short: We need someone with good skills in running queries in SQL and strong competence in Excel to look for inconsistencies and / or gaps in compliance in our Finance Administration team. This role requires someone who is happy to get deep into the detail and be happy with quite repetitive work. This is more of a data management role than a finance role. Good data experience within a financial environment would be a great match. The Team The Reference Data and Revenue Assurance chapter is responsible for safeguarding the integrity of our key rating and billing systems and ensuring compliance to OFCOM metering and billing regulation. We audit ordering, provisioning, rating, and billing processes to drive improvements that help maximise revenues, prevent overcharging, and ultimately improve customer experience and reduce contacts into care. Purpose As a key chapter member, your primary responsibility will be to implement controls to protect revenues and prevent avoidable costs. This includes overseeing the assurance of our rating and commercial product catalogues, managing the rating catalogue change process, and leading the assurance test call strategy. You should possess a solid understanding of rating and billing, with some exposure to network architecture, call flows, and payments. Proficiency in process automation and data analytics will be essential to drive our automation program forward. Responsibilities Rating and Commercial Catalogue Assurance: • Implement assurance controls to ensure all product data is accurate and aligned to published pricing., • Own and maintain rating catalogue pricing documentation and oversee rating catalogue change., • Supplier/partner collaboration to deliver change to product data, running an effective change process to ensure data accuracy, consistency, and completeness., • Manage test call partner, shape test strategy to test new product data, • Develop and maintain controls and processes to identify and rectify revenue leakage and fraud., • Analyse billing and rating systems to ensure accuracy and compliance., • Investigate and resolve revenue discrepancies and anomalies, • Assist in the development of revenue assurance policies and procedures., • Work closely with product owners, solution designers, QA team, and other stakeholders to influence product/proposition design and submit new control requirements, • Strong technical acumen with the ability to understand complex technical specifications and convey them to non-technical audiences., • Project and change management experience, contributing to the success of complex change projects., • Analytical mindset with proficiency in data management, data analysis, and process automation. Strong SQL, Excel, and data visualisation skills to drive insights., • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across departments and with external partners. We use generative AI tools to support our candidate screening process. This helps us ensure a fair, consistent, and efficient experience for all applicants. Rest assured, all final decisions are made by our hiring team, and your application will be reviewed with care and attention.

Finance Director Leading FMCG business £95000. As Finance Director, you will take full ownership of the finance function, acting as a key member of the senior leadership team and a strategic partner to the leadership team. A fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with proven experience at Finan

Financial Controller Leading Financial services organisation £135,000 plus Benefits & Bonus Your new company A leading and highly respected banking organisation with a strong market presence and a clear long-term growth strategy. The business is known for its innovation, customer focus and commitment to continuous improvement. With a high-performing leadership team and a culture that embraces change, this organisation offers an exceptional platform for an ambitious finance professional to make a meaningful impact. Your new role As Financial Controller, you will play a pivotal role at the heart of the finance function, balancing strong technical accounting leadership with forward-looking commercial insight. You will act as a key business partner to the senior leadership team, providing strategic financial guidance, driving performance, and supporting decision-making across the organisation.This is an incredibly future-facing role, with significant involvement in finance transformation, business change and process improvement. You will lead the development of robust financial controls, enhance reporting capabilities, and help shape the financial operating model of the future. Alongside this, you will oversee statutory reporting, regulatory compliance and financial governance, ensuring the organisation maintains the highest standards of accuracy and integrity. What you'll need to succeed • A fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with extensive experience in the banking sector, • Strong technical accounting expertise, ideally gained in a regulated environment, • A proven track record of finance transformation, process improvement and systems change, • Experience partnering with senior leadership teams and influencing strategic decisions, • A proactive, commercially minded approach with the ability to operate in a fast-paced, evolving environment, • Excellent communication skills and the confidence to challenge, support and guide stakeholders at all levels What you'll get in return You’ll join a forward-thinking organisation that is investing heavily in its people, systems and future growth. The role offers a highly competitive basic salary and an unrivalled benefits package, alongside genuine opportunities for career progression. You will be part of a collaborative leadership team where your ideas will be heard, your expertise valued, and your impact visible. What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. # 4778385

As Senior Finance Partner, you will take on a highly visible leadership position within the finance function, acting as the head of service for your area and owning both the strategic and operational delivery of finance partnering. Reporting into a Head of Finance Partnering & Performance, you will

Finance Business Partner - Global Retailer - Bolton - £75,000 Hybrid role Your new company This dynamic retail PLC is in an exciting scale-up phase, having recently secured strategic investment from a well-established player in the retail sector. With a diverse service portfolio and strong growth ambitions, the business is now poised to accelerate its expansion. Backed by enhanced operational capabilities from its strong ownership model, the company is focused on driving efficiency, profitability, and long-term success. Your new role As a key member of the commercial finance team, you will play a pivotal role in supporting the business through its next phase of growth. Your responsibilities will span the provision of regular, insightful analysis to inform decision making, including detailed reporting on project and product performance. You will work closely with stakeholders to deliver financial forecasting, annual budgeting, business cases, and tenders, ensuring the organisation is equipped with accurate and timely financial insights. You will also partner with operational teams to lead the budgeting and forecasting processes that underpin strategic planning. A core part of the role involves delivering meaningful financial analysis that enables data driven decisions across the business. You will collaborate with the SLT and wider teams to provide commercial and analytical support, while working with business partners on function specific analysis and strategic initiatives that drive performance and long term value. What you'll need to succeed You will be a commercially minded accountant with strong technical foundations, ideally qualified ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or QBE. You will bring proven experience in budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis, supported by excellent Excel skills. Your ability to influence and collaborate effectively with senior stakeholders and non finance teams will be essential. You will also demonstrate a proactive, solutions focused mindset and a genuine passion for adding value in a fast paced environment. What you'll get in return Flexible working options are available, with a hybrid arrangement requiring three days per week in the office. The role offers a salary of £70,000, along with private health care, a bonus scheme, and a private pension. There are also learning and development opportunities, as well as clear pathways for progression. What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career. # 4775768

A leading financial services consultancy firm is expanding its North West presence and is hiring a Business Development Manager to drive origination across the region. They offer restructuring, debt advisory, corporate finance, and many more services to businesses across the UK. We are seeking a dynamic and results-driven Business Development Manager to drive growth for the overall business. The successful candidate will be responsible for identifying new business opportunities, building strong relationships with key stakeholders, and developing strategic partnerships to generate leads for the whole business group. Key Responsibilities: • Develop and maintain long-term relationships with key introducers (accountants, solicitors etc) and clients across the North West market., • Represent the firm at networking events, corporate events, industry forums, tradeshows etc., • Maintain regular contact with existing relationships to ensure the firm remains front‑of‑mind., • Generate new business opportunities across all advisory service lines., • Identify, qualify, and route opportunities to the appropriate internal teams., • Map target markets and sectors to identify new relationship clusters and emerging opportunities., • Monitor market activity, competitor movements, and deal flow trends., • Support senior leaders with BD strategy, meeting preparation, and relationship‑building initiatives., • Contribute to BD reporting, pipeline reviews, and strategic planning. Experience & Skills Required • Degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related field (preferred but not essential)., • Experience in insolvency, corporate finance, or commercial lending is advantageous., • Proven success in business development., • Ability to engage credibly with senior stakeholders., • Commercially sharp with strong judgement around opportunity qualification., • Excellent communication, networking, and stakeholder‑management skills., • Proactive, self‑driven, and comfortable in a partner‑led environment. Benefits: • Competitive salary with performance-based commission., • Ongoing professional development and training., • Opportunity to work with industry experts and expand your professional network., • Reputable brand. If you are interested in this role then please attach your CV to this vacancy. Unfortunately due to the high number of applicants received, we will be unable to respond to every applicant individually.

Head of Finance Shared Service £95,00-£125,000 Your new company A highly acquisitive, market-leading listed group is embarking on a major finance transformation programme and establishing a newly created Finance Shared Service Centre. As part of this strategic investment, the organisation is building a Centre of Accounting Excellence designed to strengthen technical capability, enhance reporting quality and deliver a scalable finance operating model that can support continued growth. This is an exciting opportunity to join the business at a pivotal moment and play a defining role in shaping a best-in-class accounting function from the ground up. Your new role As the Head of Finance Shared Service, you will take full responsibility for designing, implementing and leading the group’s newly created accounting and reporting function. The role combines strategic leadership with hands-on technical expertise, covering financial accounting, group reporting, technical accounting, financial controls and governance across multiple business units. You will be instrumental in building and developing a high-performing team, embedding robust processes, and establishing a consistent reporting framework that aligns with the expectations of a listed organisation. You will partner closely with senior stakeholders across Finance, Risk and Operations, taking ownership of key accounting policies, IFRS compliance and the integration of newly acquired entities. This position also plays a central role in driving transformation initiatives, including systems improvements and finance process optimisation, ensuring the shared service develops into a true Centre of Excellence What you'll need to succeed To succeed in this role, you will be a technically strong, qualified accountant ACA/ACCA/CIMA with significant experience in financial accounting, reporting and technical governance within a complex or listed group environment. You will bring a proven track record of developing and leading high-performing teams and will be confident operating in a newly created function where processes, structures and ways of working are being built for the first time. Success will also require strong project leadership capability, excellent stakeholder management skills and the ability to communicate effectively and credibly at senior levels. Experience within a fast-paced, acquisitive or transformation-driven organisation would be highly beneficial. What you'll get in return Joining at this early stage in the organisation’s transformation provides a unique opportunity to shape the future of its accounting and reporting function. You will have full visibility across Group Finance and the Executive Leadership Team, with the scope to build a best-in-class shared service that has a lasting impact on the business. In return, you will receive a competitive salary, an excellent benefits package and long-term career development opportunities within a forward-thinking, ambitious and growing organisation. What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career. # 4785331

Interim Head of FP&A | 12Month FTC | Up to £96,000 with benefits | Social Housing Your new company You’ll be joining a large, well-established North West-based housing provider with a significant property portfolio and a strong social purpose. The organisation operates across multiple regions, delivers new homes each year, and maintains a clear long-term commitment to financial strength, strategic investment, and community impact. With a collaborative culture and a modern, flexible working approach, the organisation is known for empowering colleagues and driving continuous improvement across all areas of Finance. Your new role As Interim Head of Financial Planning you will take a senior leadership position at the heart of the organisation’s financial strategy. Your remit spans treasury management, long-term business planning, FP&A leadership, and development finance oversight. You will ensure the organisation’s multi-decade financial plan is robust, affordable, and aligned to strategic objectives, while also driving strong financial control and assurance across the development programme. A major focus of the role is the full FP&A cycle - leading the 30-year plan, annual budget, quarterly forecasting, and performance analysis. You will work closely with Finance Business Partners, senior leaders and operational teams to provide high-quality insight, challenge assumptions, and support informed decision-making across the organisation. This is a hybrid role offering flexible home working. • Lead the design and maintenance of a robust 30-year financial plan that reflects current and future business activity., • Deliver effective treasury management in line with the treasury strategy, maintaining strong relationships with lenders and advisors., • Integrate reporting and cashflow forecasting into the wider financial planning framework., • Own the full budgeting and forecasting framework, ensuring high-quality analysis across all planning horizons., • Partner with Finance Business Partners to align annual budgets with long-term financial capacity., • Produce clear, insightful financial reporting to support senior leadership and board-level decision-making., • Build and maintain reporting and KPI frameworks for ongoing monitoring of development activity., • Act as the subject-matter expert for treasury, long-term financial planning and development finance, including ownership of the BRIXX model., • Drive best practice, benchmarking and continuous improvement across the Finance function., • Significant senior experience in FP&A/financial planning and development finance., • Proven ability to produce high-quality long-term financial plans, budgets, forecasts and strategic performance reporting., • Strong leadership capability with experience developing high-performing teams., • Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage and influence non-financial stakeholders., • Strong financial modelling skills and proficiency with systems such as BRIXX, Proval or Sequel., • Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent). What you need to do now If you’re interested in this role, please click “apply” and we will revert to the most relevant applications as soon as possible. If this job isn’t quite right for you, but you’re an accountant looking for a new job in finance, please contact Benjamin Stanton at the Hays Senior Finance team in Manchester. # 4783621

Dispute Resolution and Litigation – Insolvency Associate – Manchester The Role This is an exciting opportunity to join an international law firm in the firm’s Manchester office. The firm is recognised for its leading practices in Corporate, Litigation, Tax, Banking & Finance, Real Estate and Private Wealth with longstanding commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion, setting itself apart in the market. The team are looking for an Associate with transactional, advisory and contentious restructuring and insolvency experience, working closely with fee earners across offices to support both non-contentious restructuring and insolvency litigation work. The team is recognised in independent legal rankings for its breadth of expertise in insolvency and restructuring. Particularly noted for public sector and property-related insolvency work, the team frequently collaborates with other specialists to deliver complex, high-value mandates. The firm encourages lawyers to go beyond legal advice and develop real commercial insight. Associates are supported to build technical expertise, manage clients, and raise their professional profile, while being The Candidate • Experience insolvency litigation with 4+ year’s PQE, • Experience in contentious and non-contentious in a broad range of insolvency matters., • Ability to work to deadlines/targets, to prioritise and manage a varied caseload, • Ability to work well as part of a team and on your own initiative, • Excellent organisation and time-management skills, • Strong client focus, drive, enthusiasm, and a flexible, proactive attitude., • Experience or exposure to business development with the ability to maintain strong client relationships The Benefits and How to Apply • Competitive basic salary with annual pay review, • 25 days holiday plus flexible benefit scheme, • Private medical insurance, • Flexible working, 2/3 days in the office, • Supportive working environment, • Collaborative culture Apply in the strictest of confidence online or via telephone – there is no need for a CV for an initial conversation. Contact: Siobhan Deeming, Recruitment Consultant, SD Direct Dial: 0203 918 1665 Mobile: 07939 992 567 Email: More About William James Recruitment William James Recruitment is the number one recruitment partner to law firms in the UK & internationally. We work with a variety of top-tier clients including a range of Legal 500 firms.

Partnerships Strategy Manager Circa £50,000 - £60,000 + Competitive package (including bonus) West Midlands Hybrid 2/3 days (WFH) Better Placed are delighted to be working with a well-recognised Consumer businesses in their search for a Partnerships Strategy Manager • £2 billion+ turnover business, with continued growth, • Continued investment (people, technology and resource). £multi-million investment, • High street brand name (retail), • Award winning! FANTASTIC reputation!, • Meaningful and impactful values, • London & Midlands (need to drive), • Hybrid working (2 days per week), • Salary circa £50,000 - £60,000 + package, • Very competitive benefits package, • £multi-million+ Marketing budget, • Exceptional in house teams including Digital & Paid, Insight & Analytics (huge team), CRO & Product, CRM & Loyalty, Social & Content and Creative., • Around 40+ people in marketing with some of the UKs best consumer brands across Retail and Travel. Our client is looking for a commercially minded and strategically driven Partnership Strategy Manager. This is a pivotal role where you’ll shape and deliver innovative partnership strategies that fuel revenue growth, elevate customer engagement, and create memorable brand experiences, as well as scaling these partnership opportunities and unlock new revenue streams. You’ll collaborate with teams across marketing, commercial, digital, operations, and finance to design compelling partnership propositions, drive supplier investment, and bring high-impact activations to life. Proven experience I am looking for in your CV: • Proven experience in partnerships, commercial strategy, or supplier/brand marketing roles, • Strong commercial mindset, with the ability to turn strategic ideas into tangible revenue opportunities, • Strategic and creative thinker, with a track record of developing compelling propositions that drive high-performing campaigns and activations, • Experience working with large-scale enterprise partners or well-known brands, • Highly analytical, with the ability to use insight to inform strategic decisions, • Skilled in building persuasive commercial proposals and robust business cases, • Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across multiple teams, • Background in Retail, FMCG, Media sectors or hospitality is beneficial Key responsibilities include: Shape Partnership Strategy • Support the development and execution of a partnerships strategy aligned to customer growth and loyalty, • Identify and evaluate high-value partnership opportunities, • Use market insight and competitor analysis to uncover new growth opportunities, • Translate strategy into clear, compelling commercial propositions Build Strategic Partnerships • Contribute to joint business plans with major partners, • Help develop integrated partnership opportunities spanning media, promotions, and loyalty, • Analyse performance and optimise partnerships to maximise long-term value, • Support commercial negotiations and proposal development Deliver Activations • Help create engaging, immersive brand activations and customer experiences, • Ensure campaigns drive measurable increases in customer engagement and spend, • Analyse results and continuously improve future activations Develop Commercial Propositions • Create high-impact presentations and partnership pitches, • Align internal growth priorities with partner opportunities, • Support business case development and investment planning Collaborate & Influence • Work cross-functionally to ensure seamless delivery of partnership initiatives, • Build strong relationships with internal teams and external stakeholders, including media and agency partners, • Provide insight, reporting, and performance updates to support decision-making

Job Title: FP&A Manager Location: Worsley (1 day from home) Salary: £70,000-£80,000 + Bonus Reporting To: Finance Director About the Company Our client is a PE backed international manufacturer operating across multiple markets, delivering specialist products and services. With a strong reputation for quality, innovation and operational excellence, the business continues to experience sustained growth and investment across its global operations. With a dynamic and fast-paced environment, the business places a strong emphasis on continuous improvement and strategic growth. The Role This is a commercially focused FP&A Manager position offering broad exposure across group finance, commercial performance and strategic planning. The role will take ownership of group budgeting, forecasting, management reporting and financial analysis across multiple entities, providing key insight to support senior leadership decision-making. Working closely with finance, sales and operational stakeholders, the successful candidate will play a central role in analysing business performance, improving reporting processes and developing financial models to support future growth. The position offers a mix of strategic and hands-on responsibilities within a fast-paced, evolving international business environment. Key Responsibilities • Lead regular financial review meetings with operational and commercial stakeholders to provide insight into performance against budgets and forecasts, • Deliver group sales, margin and profitability reporting across entities, customers and business segments, • Produce segmental and vertical P&L analysis, including variance reporting and EBITDA performance, • Prepare monthly board reporting packs and support budget and forecast presentations for senior leadership, • Analyse financial performance trends and provide recommendations to improve business outcomes, • Develop and maintain fully integrated group budget and forecast models, including P&L, balance sheet and cash flow reporting, • Manage consolidation processes, including intercompany eliminations and group margin reporting, • Partner with commercial teams to ensure accuracy of sales and margin forecasts, • Collaborate with finance, sales, and operations teams across multiple entities to support planning cycles, • Build ad hoc financial models to support strategic initiatives and decision-making, • Identify opportunities to improve financial reporting processes, controls and systems, • Support wider finance transformation and continuous improvement initiatives., • Contribute to ad hoc financial projects and analysis as required, • Partner with department leaders to provide financial guidance and performance insight, • Ensure the accuracy and integrity of management information and reporting outputs, • Support the development and mentoring of junior finance team members as the team grows About You • Fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA), • Previous experience within FP&A, financial modelling and management reporting, • Experience within manufacturing would be advantageous, • Advanced Excel and financial modelling capabilities, • Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex financial data and provide actionable insights, • Experience producing consolidated management reporting and forecasting across multiple entities, • Strong attention to detail with a focus on accuracy and data integrity, • Excellent communication skills with the ability to present financial information clearly to non-financial stakeholders, • Adaptable and comfortable working within evolving business environments and systems

Job Title: Project Manager (Technical) Location: Manchester (Hybrid, 3 days per week onsite) Role Type: Permanent Salary: Up to £65,000 (DoE) + benefits Overview: Our client is a fast-growing ecommerce retail business currently investing heavily in technology, systems, and operational change across the organisation. As part of this continued growth, they are seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager to lead the delivery of a broad range of internal technology and business change projects. This role will play a key part in driving cross-functional initiatives across areas including digital platforms, business systems, infrastructure, data, and operational technology improvements. Working closely with technical teams and senior stakeholders across the business, the successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring projects are delivered effectively, on time, and aligned to wider business objectives. Key Responsibilities: • Lead the end-to-end delivery of internal technology and change projects across the business, ensuring delivery against scope, timelines, budget, and quality expectations., • Develop and manage detailed project plans, resource requirements, milestones, risks, and dependencies., • Work closely with technical teams including software development, infrastructure, data, and third-party suppliers to coordinate successful project delivery., • Partner with senior business stakeholders across operations, ecommerce, finance, and customer functions to gather requirements and manage expectations., • Drive clear and consistent communication across all project stakeholders, ensuring visibility of progress, risks, and outcomes., • Identify, assess, and manage project risks and issues, ensuring proactive mitigation and resolution., • Manage multiple concurrent projects within a fast-paced and evolving retail environment., • Ensure project governance, reporting, documentation, and delivery standards are maintained throughout the project lifecycle., • Support continuous improvement initiatives across project delivery processes and ways of working. Essential Skills and Experience: • Minimum of 7 years Project Management experience delivering technology and business change projects., • Proven experience managing internal technical projects within ecommerce, retail, digital, or customer-focused environments., • Strong understanding of technology delivery across areas such as systems integration, digital platforms, infrastructure, or data., • Excellent stakeholder management skills, with experience engaging both technical and non-technical audiences., • Demonstrable experience managing multiple projects simultaneously within fast-paced environments., • Strong communication, organisational, and problem-solving skills., • Experience working within Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery environments., • Experience in a similar role in retail, ecommerce or D2C environments., • Proactive, delivery-focused mindset with strong ownership and accountability. If you have strong experience with the skill set above, and the role looks like a suitable fit, then please respond to this advert with an updated version of your CV, or feel free to contact me using the information available on my profile. Please note: All applicants must have full rights to work in the UK without any current or future requirement for sponsorship. Job Title: Project Manager (Technical) Location: Manchester (Hybrid, 3 days per week onsite) Role Type: Permanent Salary: Up to £65,000 (DoE) + benefits

We’re DF Capital – a specialist bank providing award-winning commercial finance, retail finance, and savings products to consumers and small businesses. Based in Manchester, we serve thousands of customers across the UK and into Europe, supporting their ambitions with tailored financial solutions. We help our customers realise their ambitions by doing things differently – combining the agility and innovation of a specialist lender with the security and service standards of a regulated bank. Whether it’s flexible lending structures or straightforward savings options, we focus on what matters most to our customers. In 2025, we launched DF Capital Retail Finance – a subsidiary of DF Capital Bank Limited – to offer specialist hire purchase solutions to retail customers. Our goal is simple: to do the absolute best for our customers, our communities, and each other. YOUR NEW ROLE: Office based: Manchester M4 We are looking for a proactive, delivery‑focused Business Analyst to join our Change and Technology team. You will support a portfolio of projects, small change and continuous improvement initiatives, taking end‑to‑end ownership of business analysis activities from initial problem definition through to delivery. The role requires an individual who can work across multiple initiatives in parallel, quickly understand business problems, assess feasible solutions, and drive outcomes at pace. You will work closely with stakeholders, delivery teams and technical colleagues to ensure improvements are well‑defined, prioritised, and successfully implemented across business processes and systems. This is a hands‑on role for someone who thrives in a fast‑paced environment, enjoys ownership and accountability, and is motivated by delivering measurable improvements to how the business operates. RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES: DF Capital are passionate about providing employees with the right training and support to help them excel in their roles and future careers. We are confident that an applicant with the right attitude and drive will succeed in this role. Other duties may be assigned outside of the following duties and responsibilities: Initiative Ownership & Delivery: • Take end‑to‑end ownership of business analysis initiatives, including projects, small change requests and process improvements., • Shape and clarify business problems, working with stakeholders to define outcomes, success measures and priorities., • Assess feasibility and impact of proposed changes across people, process, data and technology., • Plan and manage analysis activities to meet tight timelines and delivery milestones, balancing multiple priorities simultaneously., • Act as a conduit between the business and technology teams, ensuring clarity of scope, dependencies and delivery approach. Process Improvement & Automation: • Analyse, document and challenge current-state processes to identify inefficiencies, risks and opportunities for improvement., • Own continuous improvement initiatives from idea through to implementation and benefit realisation., • Design future‑state processes that balance efficiency, control, scalability and customer outcomes., • Drive a culture of continuous improvement by proactively identifying issues and proposing pragmatic, workable solutions. Technical Business Analysis: • Lead requirements discovery activities, including stakeholder workshops, interviews and working sessions., • Translate business needs into clear, structured functional and technical requirements suitable for development and delivery teams., • Produce high‑quality documentation (process maps, requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria) to agreed standards., • Actively manage requirements through the delivery lifecycle, supporting prioritisation, change control and issue resolution., • Support testing, implementation and change adoption to ensure solutions deliver intended outcomes. Stakeholder Engagement: • Lead and facilitate workshops, design sessions and working groups to shape solutions and drive decisions., • Build strong working relationships with stakeholders at all levels, balancing competing priorities and viewpoints., • Proactively challenge assumptions and requirements to ensure the right problem is being solved., • Maintain clear, regular communication to ensure stakeholders remain engaged, informed and aligned throughout delivery. Salesforce & Digital Tools • Work with Salesforce workflows, automations, and process builder tools (prior experience preferred)., • Assist in designing and testing Salesforce-based solutions to support business operations. Design & UX Collaboration: • Use Figma to create wireframes, process maps, and visual documentation. Education • Recent degree in Business, Information Systems, or related field Experience: • 1–3 years’ experience in a business analysis, change, or delivery role, preferably within banking/financial services or a fast‑paced technology environment., • Demonstrated ability to manage workload effectively while maintaining focus on delivery milestones and deadlines., • Proven ability to manage multiple initiatives concurrently in a fast‑paced environment., • Comfortable working in a non‑linear manner, adapting priorities as new information and dependencies emerge., • Strong sense of ownership and accountability for delivery outcomes, from problem definition through to implementation., • Able to work to tight deadlines while maintaining quality, control, and stakeholder confidence., • Proactive and delivery‑focused, with the confidence to challenge requirements and drive work forward., • Highly organised, able to plan and manage analysis activities effectively across competing priorities., • Confident working independently while collaborating effectively across business and technology teams., • Proficiency in business analysis and delivery tools such as Jira or Redmine. Experience working with Salesforce (CRM) and process‑mapping / design tools including Visio and Figma (or equivalent)., • Strong understanding of process mapping, workflow automation, continuous improvement principles, and control frameworks., • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with experience engaging and managing stakeholders across both business and technology teams. This role requires a Business Analyst who can independently own and drive multiple improvement initiatives at pace, shaping problems, defining solutions, and working hands‑on with stakeholders and delivery teams to turn ideas into outcomes. Benefits • Private Medical insurance for you and your partner, • 10% Employer pension contribution, • 30-day annual leave entitlement plus Bank/Public Holidays, • Free Gym Membership, • Discretionary annual bonus, • Discretionary share awards, • Life Assurance, • Income Protection, • Save As You Earn company share acquisition scheme, • Tax efficient salary sacrifice scheme to obtain bicycles and electric vehicles, • 4 days of paid Volunteering leave to support our local communities, • Vibrant office location in the lively city centre of Manchester

• Senior Finance Business Partner, • £70,000-£80,000 plus bonus, • Manchester, • Hybrid working This is a high-impact role, partnering closely with operational leaders to drive financial performance, influence key decisions, and ensure robust commercial governance across a large-scale, multi-service contract. The Role As a trusted business partner, you will: • Collaborate with Operational Leads to manage the financial and commercial performance of contracts, ensuring alignment with client expectations., • Provide strategic financial insight and analysis to support decision-making and improve contract performance., • Support commercial discussions and negotiations with NHS Trusts and Project Co stakeholders., • Ensure accurate billing in line with contractual mechanisms and oversee all contract variations., • Lead the production of monthly accounts, ensuring accurate reporting across WIP, lifecycle, variations, and project activity., • Drive robust budgeting and forecasting processes, identifying risks and opportunities and supporting action plans., • Improve cash flow through effective debt management and process optimisation., • Produce high-quality management information to support operational and strategic decisions., • Play an active role in client meetings, representing the finance function with credibility., • Lead and develop a site-based finance team, fostering engagement and high performance. About You • Qualified accountant/QBE or Part Qualified (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent)., • Strong commercial finance experience, • Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and operate as a true business partner., • Experience managing complex contracts, including billing mechanisms and variations., • Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into actionable insight., • Experience leading or mentoring teams., • Proactive, solutions-focused, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment.

AMS Group are a Top 60 professional services firm that create value for mid-market businesses. We do this through our exceptional technical delivery teams and our personalised client approach. Our vision is to be the best advisory-led professional services firm in the mid-market. We are a fast-growing and ambitious advisory-led professional services firm, with a clear strategy for the next phase of our growth plan. Our services within the Group include Audit & Accounting, Tax (Capital Allowances, Private Client, Innovations, Tax Investigations and VAT), and Advisory (Corporate Finance, Business Recovery, Debt Advisory and Insurance). We've achieved 36% year on year growth in revenue, we now employ over 260 employees, with an average client satisfaction score of 98%. We are looking to increase our growth trajectory throughout 2025 and beyond. The Role This is a rare opportunity to join a greenfield technology function as an individual contributor, shaping the foundations of a future Business Systems team while delivering hands‑on impact from day one. You’ll take full responsibility for AMS’s key business systems, including CCH, Xero, QuickBooks, our CRM platform, and client onboarding/KYC tools. Your mission: ensure stability, drive optimisation, and enable scalable, data‑driven growth. Responsibilities: • Own core business systems across finance, CRM, and client lifecycle, • Ensure platforms are secure, compliant, and high‑performing, • Lead upgrades, releases, testing, and change management, • Partner with stakeholders across Accounts, Audit, Tax, Advisory & Operations to streamline processes, • Drive workflow optimisation and standardisation across newly acquired entities, • Define and deliver the systems roadmap, including new platform selection and implementation, • Manage vendor relationships and ensure value for money, • Identify automation opportunities and support AI‑enabled efficiencies, • Align systems with data architecture to unlock reporting, insights, and profitability analysis, • Lay the groundwork for a future Business Systems function Essential experience Required: • Strong background managing business systems in Professional Services or similar regulated environments, • Hands‑on expertise with CCH, Xero, QuickBooks, • Proven track record delivering system improvements and implementations, • Excellent stakeholder engagement and vendor management skills, • Ability to translate business needs into practical, scalable system solutions, • Strong understanding of process improvement and workflow optimisation Desirable: • CRM experience (Dynamics, Salesforce, HubSpot), • Exposure to onboarding/KYC platforms, • Familiarity with automation tools (Power Platform, RPA, workflow tools), • Understanding of data architecture and reporting ecosystems, • Awareness of AI‑driven process optimisation Why This Role Matters This role sits at the heart of AMS’s ambition to become a technology‑enabled, data‑driven professional services firm. Your work will: • Reduce manual work and operational inefficiencies, • Enable scalable growth across acquisitions, • Improve client experience and service delivery, • Unlock value from data, automation, and AI, • Turn technology into a competitive advantage Company Benefits • 25 Days Holiday, • Birthday Off, • Annual Bonus Scheme, • Company pension, • Health cash plan, • Enhanced Parental Pay, • Company Sick Pay, • Perkbox subscription, • 1 x paid membership / subscription, • Cycle to work scheme, • Employee Assistance Programme AMS Group is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

The Company Axon Moore is partnering with a high growth, acquisitive PE backed SaaS business as the look to appoint an experienced Head of Pricing to join a high calibre team in a highly strategic, commercially focused role. Job Title: Head of Pricing Salary: £90,000 – £100,000 + car allowance + bonus Location: Manchester / Hybrid The Role: This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys operating at the intersection of Pricing, Commercial Strategy, Data, Product and Finance, with significant visibility across the organisation. The successful individual will take ownership of pricing strategy and governance while leading a range of high-impact commercial initiatives focused on ARR growth, margin optimisation, deal quality and operational scalability. This strategic leadership role will be responsible for shaping and delivering the company’s pricing strategy, driving commercial performance, improving margin, and supporting key value creation initiatives across the business. Working closely with Finance, Sales, Product, and Data teams, you’ll lead pricing optimisation, commercial governance, and high-impact cross-functional projects within a fast-paced environment. Key Responsibilities: • Lead and evolve pricing strategy and governance, • Drive margin improvement and pricing optimisation initiatives, • Support complex commercial deals and improve deal quality, • Partner with Product teams on packaging and monetisation, • Deliver data-led commercial insights and recommendations, • Lead strategic projects focused on revenue growth and operational improvement Person Specification: • Strong experience in pricing, commercial strategy, or revenue optimisation, • SaaS or subscription business experience preferred, • A track record of delivering commercially impactful initiatives, • Excellent analytical and stakeholder management skills, • Experience within PE-backed or investor-led environments, • Exposure to ARR, margin improvement and revenue optimisation programmes, • Commercially focused with strong analytical capability, • Confident influencing senior stakeholders, • Experience within a high-growth or PE-backed environment advantageous For immediate consideration or more information on the role, please contact Aaron Conneran at Axon Moore on 07503621256

Financial Controller | Global Fashion Brand | Manchester (Hybrid) The Client Harmonic are proud to be working exclusively with a fast-growing international fashion brand headquartered in Manchester, with operations across Europe and North America. The business has grown year on year across both headcount and revenue, to become a household name with a strong following and committed repeat customers. Following consistent growth and international expansion, the business is now looking for a Financial Controller to lead the UK finance function and act as a key partner to senior leadership. The environment is fast paced, dynamic and team oriented, ideal for someone who enjoys variety, autonomy and working with ambitious stakeholders. The Role This is a senior position with full responsibility for the UK finance team, overseeing multiple business units and working closely with group-level finance leadership. Managing a team of 3, you will take ownership of reporting, forecasting, controls and systems, while also contributing to broader strategy, process improvements and cross-functional projects. You will work across a variety of business models with international stakeholders and support the implementation of best practices in line with group objectives. This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially savvy and hands-on leader looking to shape a finance function in a high-growth setting. Key Responsibilities • Lead, develop and manage the UK finance team (3 people), covering AP, AR, billing, reporting and internal controls, • Oversee the month-end close process, including journal entries, P&L review, cash flow forecasting and reconciliations, • Prepare and present budget forecasts, management accounts and variance analysis to senior stakeholders, • Maintain robust internal controls and ensure compliance with all relevant financial regulations, • Act as a key liaison for audit, tax and external advisory relationships, • Work closely with global finance colleagues to align processes, reporting and controls with wider group standards, • Support system improvements and help manage ERP and workflow platform integrations (for example SAP or similar), • Collaborate with external finance providers where functions are partially outsourced (such as transaction processing or reconciliations), • Provide commercial and operational support to other internal teams, including legal, people and project leads, • Assist with ad hoc projects, including international reporting, due diligence and strategic planning What We Need to See • Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA), • Strong knowledge of financial reporting, controls and compliance in a UK context What We Would Like to See • Exposure to international operations and reporting structures, • Familiarity with internal control frameworks (such as SOX or similar) Location: Manchester (Hybrid - typically three days per week in office) Salary: £70k - £85k + bonus If you are interested in this opportunity, please feel free to reach out on 0203773350 or email on At Harmonic, we are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace. We actively welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and assure you that every candidate will be thoughtfully considered for the roles we represent, without regard to race, religion, gender expression, disability, or sexual orientation

We are hiring for an accountant in Financial Services who can act as a consultant onsite with our client, helping them with a range of regulatory reporting and liquidity reporting production needs, as well as automation of reporting utilising the latest AI and dashboarding tools. The core role will be onsite with a client and cover the following: • A broad range of regulatory submissions across EMEA, which includes external and internal monitoring deliverables. They will also need to respond to ad-hoc regulatory queries., • The production of high-quality regulatory returns, investigating variances and reporting this to management in a timely fashion, ultimately helping the wider to team to meet its deadlines and quality expectations for EMEA., • Embed and oversee a strong control environment and adhere to regulatory governance policies., • Partner with the wider financial control team across the EMEA regions and other business areas particularly Corporate Treasury in the production of regulatory and liquidity returns., • Manage day-to-day work of a small team, ensuring accuracy and timeliness, acting as a role model and culture carrier within the EMEA Finance function, supporting business strategy., • Help Financial Control to deliver on regulatory change projects and initiatives to support the business strategy regarding new regulatory rules, advisory work on business changes and restructures, platform migration, legal entity restructuring, new branches, new business start-ups and product launches., • Lead automation and improvement initiatives, delivering quantifiable evolution of reporting. We require someone to have the following skills: • Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA), • Experience in broad regulatory reporting within banking, or more specifically liquidity regulatory reporting., • Track record of delivering process automation and efficiency improvements and utilising data and dashboarding tools., • Exposure to intelligent automation projects, • Strong understanding of UK and EU regulatory frameworks, • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills with an ability to mentor more junior accountants.

Court of Protection Partner (Property & Affairs) – Manchester – Up to £120,000 A leading national law firm with a strong reputation in private client and Court of Protection work is seeking an ambitious Court of Protection Partner (Property & Affairs) to join its Manchester office. This is a rare opportunity to take on a senior leadership role within a highly regarded Private Client team, with significant scope to shape and grow a specialist practice area. The firm is well known for its high-quality client base and strong internal referral networks, providing an excellent platform from which to build a market-leading Court of Protection offering. With ongoing investment in its private client division, this is a strategic hire designed to further strengthen its presence across the North West. The Role: • Leading and developing a specialist Court of Protection (Property & Affairs) practice, focusing on complex deputyships and high-value financial management matters, • Managing a portfolio of high-net-worth and vulnerable client cases involving long-term financial oversight and asset management, • Shaping the strategic direction and growth of the Court of Protection offering across the North West region, • Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients, families, deputies and professional advisers, • Collaborating with senior partners and cross-disciplinary teams within the wider Private Client department, • Driving business development initiatives and enhancing the firm’s profile in the Court of Protection market, • Contributing to the leadership and mentoring of junior lawyers within the team, • Playing a key role in the continued evolution of a specialist, finance-focused practice area About You: • Established Court of Protection Partner or senior lawyer ready to step into a strategic leadership role, • Exceptional technical expertise in Court of Protection (Property & Affairs) matters, particularly financial deputyship work, • Strong commercial awareness with a proven track record in business development, • Confident client relationship manager with experience working with high-net-worth and vulnerable clients, • Entrepreneurial mindset with the ambition to build and grow a specialist practice, • Collaborative leader with the ability to influence and develop teams, • Motivated by autonomy, profile and long-term strategic impact Benefits: • Salary up to £120,000 depending on experience, • Generous bonus scheme and flexible benefits package, • Hybrid working (typically 2 days in the office per week), • 30 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays (increasing with service), • Enhanced pension scheme, • Strong national platform with significant internal referral opportunities, • Long-term investment in the growth of the Private Client and Court of Protection offering Apply in strict confidence online or via telephone; there is no need for a CV for an initial conversation. Contact: Rachel Thompson, Recruitment Consultant Direct Dial: 0161 826 3140 | Mobile: 07939 986 652 Email:

Partner Opportunities – Corporate / Real Estate / Banking & Finance Location: Manchester Level: Partner / Senior Lawyer A rapidly growing, entrepreneurial legal platform is looking to appoint Partners across Corporate, Commercial Property and Banking & Finance in Manchester. The Opportunity This is a unique opportunity to join a modern, fee-share model firm, offering senior lawyers the autonomy to build and grow their own practice while benefiting from a well-established national platform. The Role • Lead and develop your own client relationships and practice area, • Deliver high-quality legal advice across your chosen specialism, • Work in a flexible, non-traditional structure with full control over your workload, • Established partner or senior lawyer with a portable client following, • Demonstrable billing history (typically £250k+), • Entrepreneurial mindset with a desire for greater autonomy and flexibility, • Fee-share model offering significantly enhanced earning potential, • Full flexibility over how and where you work, • Strong support infrastructure without traditional law firm constraints, • Ideal for lawyers seeking greater control and long-term financial upside

Real Estate Partner We are working with a leading Top 50 UK law firm to identify an experienced Real Estate Partner to join a high-performing, full-service real estate team. If you are ready to take on a senior leadership role within a firm on an exciting growth trajectory, we would be delighted to speak with you. The Opportunity This is a genuine partnership opportunity within a well-regarded real estate department delivering complex, high-value work across both the public and private sectors. The team has established strength across: Landlord & Tenant Investor & Developer work Real Estate Finance As a Partner, you will bring leadership, business development capability, and technical excellence to a collaborative and ambitious team. The firm is on a clear trajectory towards becoming a Top 30 UK law firm, offering significant scope to grow your practice and profile. Requirements • Partner-level experience in commercial real estate, gained at a large regional or City firm, • Strong business development credentials. An existing client following is desirable but not essential., • Technically excellent with strong drafting ability, • Proven ability to lead and develop junior team members, • Experience in property management or development is desirable, • Strong communication and interpersonal skills Benefits • Competitive salary, • Flexible and hybrid working arrangements, • Private healthcare, dental options, and wellbeing support, • Pension contributions up to 6%, • Life insurance and income protection, • Discounted gym membership, cycle to work, and tech scheme, • Travel loan and employee discounts How to Apply Please apply for this role online or contact us at Spirehouse for a confidential discussion. Spirehouse Recruitment is an equal opportunities employment business and employment agency. We practise a diverse and inclusive recruitment process that ensures equal opportunity for all individuals.

Position Overview: SBS is seeking a skilled AI Engineer to join its Data & AI / Engineering organization in the UK or EU. This role will focus on designing, building, and deploying AI-driven solutions that enhance SBS products and client offerings. The ideal candidate will combine strong software engineering fundamentals with applied AI/ML expertise, enabling the development of scalable, production-grade AI systems in a regulated financial services environment. Location: UK or EU Hybrid/Remote: Remote (Occasional travel required) Responsibilities: AI Solution Development • Design, build, and deploy AI/ML models and intelligent applications across SBS platforms, • Develop solutions leveraging:, • Machine Learning (ML), • Natural Language Processing (NLP), • Generative AI (GenAI / LLMs), • Translate business requirements into technical AI solutions that deliver measurable impact Model Deployment & MLOps • Implement and manage end-to-end ML pipelines, from data ingestion to model deployment and monitoring, • Collaborate with DevOps and engineering teams to ensure scalable, reliable production deployment, • Maintain and optimize model performance, accuracy, and efficiency over time Product Integration • Integrate AI capabilities into core banking, payments, and digital platforms, • Work closely with Product Managers, Architects, and Developers to embed AI into customer-facing solutions, • Support API development and microservices architecture for AI-driven features Data Engineering Collaboration • Partner with data engineers to ensure data quality, availability, and pipeline integrity, • Work with structured and unstructured datasets across large-scale, distributed systems Innovation & Continuous Improvement • Stay current with advancements in AI, GenAI, and emerging technologies, • Contribute to experimentation, prototyping, and innovation initiatives, • Identify opportunities to improve automation, efficiency, and decision-making through AI Qualifications: Software Architecture & Design • Application architecture: Strong grasp of clean/hexagonal architecture, dependency injection, SOLID principles, and protocol-based interfaces. Can design well-structured Python services with clear separation of concerns, testable components, and maintainable codebases. This is not optional — the existing system follows these patterns, and new code must be consistent., • API design: Experience designing and maintaining RESTful API contracts. Understands OpenAPI specifications, versioning strategies, schema evolution, and backward compatibility. Can own the API surface that internal consumers depend on., • System design: Distributed systems thinking — understands event-driven patterns, asynchronous communication, eventual consistency, and the trade-offs of different integration approaches. Can reason about how components interact across service boundaries., • Data modeling: Can design domain models, define data flows between system components, and make pragmatic schema design decisions. Understands how data structures affect downstream consumers and the system's evolution. AI & LLM Application Skills • LLM application development: Hands-on experience building production applications powered by LLMs. Must go beyond API calls — RAG pipelines, chain-of-thought reasoning, structured output parsing, multi-step workflows. Candidates who have only fine-tuned models or only called a single provider’s API do not qualify., • Model-agnostic design: This is a sovereign AI system. The candidate must design against standardized API interfaces (OpenAI-compatible, LiteLLM, or equivalent abstraction layers), not couple to any single provider. Must understand model routing, fallback strategies, and how to build systems that can swap underlying models without application-layer rewrites. Experience limited to a single commercial API (OpenAI, Google, Anthropic) without abstraction is insufficient., • Agentic system design: Demonstrated experience designing multi-step AI systems where the model makes decisions about what to do next. This could be via LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, custom agent loops, or any framework — the underlying patterns (ReAct, plan-and-execute, reflection) matter more than the tool., • Prompt engineering depth: Can demonstrate iterative prompt development for complex tasks. Understands few-shot, chain-of-thought, XML/structured prompting, and the behavioral differences between model families and sizes. Critically, understands that prompt strategies must adapt when moving between frontier and smaller OSS models. Python Engineering Production Python: Strong async Python with FastAPI or equivalent framework. Comfortable with Pydantic for data validation, SQLAlchemy for data access, and structured logging (structlog). Writes clean, testable, well-documented code with proper type hints. This is a software engineering role that builds AI systems — not a data science role that happens to write Python. Safeguards for hallucinated tools, loops, partial completion, and unsafe actions. Understands async trade-offs, batching, streaming, and latency accumulation Engineering Qualities • Works within existing systems: The candidate joins a substantial existing codebase and architecture. They must be comfortable reading, understanding, and extending code they did not write — not lobbying to rewrite it., • Production mindset: Thinks about error handling, retry logic, graceful degradation, observability, and security as first-class concerns. Understands that agentic autonomy creates new failure modes that must be anticipated., • Clear communicator: Can explain technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders. Can write clear design documents. Can articulate why an agentic approach is or is not appropriate for a given problem. Company Overview At SBS, we’re more than just a technology company; we’re a global fintech partner helping banks and financial institutions transform, innovate, and grow. With over 5,000 employees worldwide and clients in more than 80 countries, our solutions power everything from digital banking and lending to payments and core banking systems. As part of 74Software, we’re backed by a group of leading software companies delivering mission-critical solutions worldwide. Our focus is on delivering long-term value, leveraging cutting-edge technology, and fostering strong client partnerships. Join us and be part of a collaborative, forward-thinking team shaping the future of finance. Why SBS? At SBS, we’re committed to supporting our employees in every aspect of their lives, from health and wellbeing to financial security and lifestyle perks. We offer benefits that help you thrive at work and beyond, including health coverage, retirement plans, paid time off, flexible work options, career development, competitive pay, and global culture perks. Equal Opportunity Employer We are committed to providing equal opportunities and ensuring a fair and inclusive recruitment process. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, or any other protected characteristic.

Business partner with the Sales & Marketing Directors, providing insightful business analysis to aid commercial decision making . Axon Moore are working exclusively with a SAAS business in central Manchester who are seeking a Finance Business Partner to join their team on a full time perman

This is a Finance Business Partner job in a highly acquisitive services business in North Manchester, based in the office 3 days a week. This role sits in the commercial finance team in a private equity backed buy and build services business. This is a particularly influential commercial finance rol

This is a 12-month fixed-term contract to provide maternity cover, expected to start in May 2026 Reporting to the Global Head of Indirect Procurement, Global Category Manager - Technology & Indirects is an astute commercial procurement professional with responsibility for the stewardship of global spend. This is a hands-on role with a real opportunity to further develop how Technology and wider Indirect spend is managed across the organisation. Operating as a key commercial interface between Procurement and the business, the role delivers Procurement business partnering and commercial leadership across the Technology function and broader indirect categories, ensuring continuity of sourcing activity, contract renewals, supplier governance and value delivery during the maternity cover period. The position leads end-to-end procurement activity, supports the annual budgeting and planning cycle, and maintains strong stakeholder engagement across multiple functions. Working in close partnership with the CDIO, Technology Leadership Team and other senior stakeholders, the role ensures third-party spend is proactively planned, commercially optimised and aligned to business objectives. A key focus of the role is the forward planning and execution of a number of contract renewals, particularly across Q3 and Q4, ensuring early engagement, cost control and continuity of service. With global scope across multiple regions and business units, the role drives a consistent and standardised approach to Technology procurement, maximising leverage and delivering value through fact-based decision making, robust negotiation and effective supplier relationship management. In addition to Technology, the role provides procurement business partnering and sourcing support across a wider indirect spend portfolio, such as Finance, Marketing and Professional Services. The role also plays a key part in embedding Procurement policy and governance, managing supplier due diligence and onboarding, maintaining contract compliance, delivering accurate savings and performance reporting in line with Finance requirements, and providing day-to-day leadership and direction to the Indirect Category Buyer. Responsibilities: • Partnering with Technology functions to shape and deliver procurement activity in line with project demand, renewals and investment plans, providing a consistent commercial approach across a complex global spend landscape., • Acting as the Procurement Business Partner to the Technology function, working closely with the CDIO, Technology Leadership Team and, where required, other senior and Board-level stakeholders., • Leading the forward planning and execution of contract renewals, particularly across Q3 and Q4, ensuring early engagement, continuity of service and optimal commercial outcomes., • Supporting the annual budgeting and forecasting cycle by providing commercial insight and cost modelling for Technology spend., • Leading end-to-end sourcing activity, including RFx development, supplier evaluation, commercial negotiation and contract award., • Establishing and managing strategic supplier relationships, driving performance, value delivery and effective contract management., • Executing value-for-money decision making through spend leverage, benchmarking and the negotiation of favourable commercial and contractual terms, including payment terms and commercial models., • Analysing global spend, supplier markets and stakeholder requirements to identify opportunities for cost optimisation, demand management and value creation., • Ensuring compliance for new and existing suppliers, including due diligence, financial and risk assessments, robust onboarding processes and contract governance., • Embedding Procurement policy, processes and best practice across the organisation in partnership with the Procurement Centre of Excellence., • Delivering accurate savings and cost avoidance reporting, alongside pipeline, performance and category updates for senior stakeholders., • Procurement experience within a global category role, • Relevant category experience, • Experience working within a complex private sector multi-national business, • Result orientated with the ability to present results in a structured and professional manner, • Strong project management skills, • Commercial acumen and ability to influence business colleagues and leaders, • Strong analytical skills and evidences use of data to drive informed decision-making, • Cost reduction experience and evidence, • Team player with customer service focus, • Specialist Sourcing Qualification (CIPS), • Degree educated or equivalent (& proven track record), • Prior experience in manufacturing (desirable), • Competitive Salary, • Discretionary Annual Bonus (pro-rata), • Private Medical Insurance, • Up to 5% matched pension contribution, • 4x annual salary life assurance, • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, • Extra paid day off for your birthday, • Paid day off for volunteering, • Employee discounts through MyDiscounts, • Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme, • Holiday Purchase Scheme, • Eyecare Vouchers, • Cycle to work scheme Essentra plc is a leading global provider of essential components and solutions, focusing on the manufacture and distribution of plastic injection moulded, vinyl dip moulded and metal items. Headquartered in the UK, Essentra's global network extends to 28 countries worldwide and includes over 3,000 employees, 14 manufacturing facilities, 24 distribution centres and 33 sales & service centres serving c.74,000 customers with a rapid supply of low cost but essential products for a variety of applications in industries such as equipment manufacturing, automotive, fabrication, electronics, medical and renewable energy.

• Monday to Friday, • Home based with regular travel as required, • Senior level Salary & Benefits, • Line management of Senior team Here at ISS, as a leading Facilities Management (FM) provider, we are looking to recruit an Engineering Director to join one of the most prestigious, renowned and significant Accounts in the sector, for a client whose estate is massive, sophisticated and ever evolving. The Engineering Director is responsible for providing strategic leadership, operational governance, and operational oversight for engineering services across the UK portfolio, achieving 100% uptime of all Critical Infrastructure and providing service delivery in line with all legal and regulatory standards. By maintaining diligent oversight, the Director aligns technical operations with industry best practice, providing a high-quality experience for clients and stakeholders, aligning regional delivery with global standards, client expectations, and organisational objectives. Additionally, the Director cultivates strong relationships with the ISS Integrated team and with our client, facilitating ongoing collaboration for seamless service delivery. Through direct leadership and the promotion of best practice, the Director drives excellence, operational efficiency, and continuous improvement. Balancing strategic direction with hands-on leadership, ensuring operational excellence, risk mitigation, energy efficiency, and performance optimisation across the regional estate. This is a role that rarely becomes available and we are looking an industry best Technical Leader. Actions will include: • Operate as part of the UK Regional Account Senior Leadership Team, providing effective and structure communication with all key Internal and External stakeholders., • Act as the Technical Lead and main point of contact for client within UK Technical Services operation, producing all necessary reporting to senior stakeholders within ISS and Client and attending contractual review meetings as per agreed contract governance., • Strategically Lead the Technical Services operation across UK Corporate region, with responsibility for the completion of all Engineering and Building Fabric planned, reactive and corrective maintenance activities in line with contract requirements., • Responsible for the in Region completion of all M&E and Building Fabric work orders,ensuring the Region meeting contract SLAs & KPIs, • Drive continuous financial and service improvement – Improving cost efficiency while maintaining consistency or improving service levels, responsive to changing business needs., • Chair the UK Region Engineering and Building Fabric Risk Board. Focusing on reviewing ongoing risks and support client and other stakeholders in effective close out and escalation of risk impacting ISS and Client, • Support on-going adherence to engineering standards in accordance with Health and Safety at Work Act (HAS requirements., • Ensure compliance with all statutory, regulatory and institutional requirements and recommended best practice., • Provide leadership over ISS Authorised Person process and oversight of the On Account Team of Authorising Engineers team. We need from you: • A strong engineering background within Electrical and/or Mechanical with relevant qualifications within the built environment space, • Director level experience of technical delivery across a Critical Engineering Hard FM Account at a large scale, • Very well developed stakeholder management skills The Company ISS is a global leader in workplace and facilities management, helping organisations create environments where people and businesses can thrive. We partner with clients across sectors—from healthcare to finance—to deliver smart, sustainable solutions that improve everyday experiences. We’re proud to be an inclusive employer, committed to diversity, wellbeing, and supporting the Armed Forces community. As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to making our recruitment process accessible. If you require any adjustments, please contact our Resourcing Team—we’ll be happy to support you. Join ISS and be part of something bigger.

About Complexio Complexio is the intelligence layer for enterprise AI. Our platform builds a connected understanding of how businesses actually operate - across people, processes, and systems. Enterprises have invested heavily in AI platforms, copilots, and data infrastructure - yet daily work still runs on manual hand-offs and thousands of unseen tasks buried in emails, chats, and spreadsheets. Complexio closes that automation gap. Our Event Knowledge Graph ingests structured and unstructured data to create a living map of how an organisation truly works - every task, interaction, and dependency. Our Context Broker unifies this knowledge across enterprise systems in real time, enabling our Orchestration layer and Enterprise Automator to discover, design, and execute workflows autonomously. Stevie, our conversational AI assistant, gives teams a natural way to query and act on that intelligence. Complexio deploys securely within your infrastructure and integrates with the enterprise platforms you already run on - turning organisational knowledge into measurable business outcomes. A joint venture between Hafnia and Símbolo, backed by leading maritime partners including Marfin Management, C Transport Maritime, Trans Sea Transport, and BW Epic Kosan. Born in maritime, now scaling rapidly across industries. We are now onboarding enterprise customers globally, with a platform built to handle the pace and complexity of real business operations. Role Purpose Enterprise organisations do not buy software - they fund outcomes. The Value Engineer exists to make the connection between Complexio's platform capabilities and the specific, quantified business outcomes each customer cares about, at every stage of the relationship. Value engineering as a discipline has become a defining commercial capability at the world's leading enterprise software companies. ServiceNow built a global Value Engineering practice to justify platform ROI at scale. Celonis pioneered value engineering in the process mining space, making quantified process improvement the centrepiece of every enterprise deal. SAP's Value Advisors and Salesforce's Business Value Consultants have made the ability to prove financial return a standard expectation in enterprise software procurement. Complexio is building this capability now - at the stage where it will have the most impact on commercial outcomes. This role sits at the intersection of business consulting, commercial strategy, and deep operational understanding. You are not a sales support function. You are an independent, credible business advisor who earns the trust of customer CFOs, COOs, and operational leadership by doing rigorous work - identifying where value is being lost, modelling what recovery is worth, and demonstrating with evidence what Complexio has actually delivered. Key Responsibilities Value Discovery & Business Case Development • Lead structured value discovery engagements with prospective customers - working with operational, financial, and technology stakeholders to identify and quantify the cost of their current automation gap, • Map customer operational workflows to Complexio's platform capabilities, identifying the specific processes, hand-offs, and inefficiencies where the EKG, Context Broker, Enterprise Automator, and Stevie create measurable impact, • Translate business case outputs into executive-ready materials - CFO-grade financial models, board-level summaries, and ROI one-pagers that withstand scrutiny from finance and procurement stakeholders, • Validate assumptions with customers through structured interviews, data analysis, and process observation - never building a business case on hypotheticals that will be challenged at approval Pre-Sales Value Engagement • Partner with Sales, Client Directors, and Solutions Consultants in enterprise sales cycles - joining customer engagements specifically to lead the value and business case workstream, • Run executive value workshops with customer C-suite and operational leadership - structured sessions that move from pain identification through to quantified opportunity in a single engagement, • Produce deal-specific value narratives and ROI models that are calibrated to each customer's operational context, financial metrics, and internal approval process, • Equip the sales team with reusable value frameworks, benchmark data, and industry-specific ROI models that accelerate deal cycles across similar customer profiles, • Support commercial proposal development by providing the financial and business value content that underpins pricing, contract structure, and deal terms Post-Sale Value Realisation • Own the value realisation framework for Complexio's customer base - defining how value is tracked, measured, and reported from deployment through to steady-state operation, • Establish baseline metrics with customers at the point of deployment - agreeing the operational and financial KPIs against which Complexio's impact will be measured Value Benchmarking & Market Intelligence • Build and maintain Complexio's value benchmark library - a structured, continuously updated repository of outcome data across customers, sectors, use cases, and platform capabilities, • Develop sector-specific value models for Complexio's primary markets - maritime operations, energy trading, industrial workflow management - grounded in real customer data and validated against industry benchmarks, • Track and analyse how value accrues over time across the customer base - identifying which deployment patterns, use cases, and adoption sequences drive the fastest and largest outcomes, • Monitor competitive value positioning - understanding how Complexio's ROI profile compares to alternatives including Microsoft Copilot, Celonis, and incumbent manual processes Internal Value Enablement • Build and maintain a value engineering toolkit accessible to the broader commercial team - including value discovery frameworks, ROI calculators, benchmark data packs, and executive presentation templates, • Partner with Product and Engineering to ensure that Complexio's platform instrumentation supports value measurement - advocating for the telemetry, reporting, and analytics capabilities that make value realisation visible to customers, • Feed value data and customer outcome evidence back into Complexio's product prioritisation process - ensuring the roadmap is guided by where the platform creates the most demonstrable impact Executive & C-Suite Engagement • Engage directly with CFOs, COOs, and operational leadership as a credible, independent business advisor - not as a vendor representative, • Lead or co-lead executive value presentations and business case reviews at board and C-suite level - with the financial and operational rigour to withstand challenge from sophisticated buyers, • Shadow Co-CEOs and the CRO in strategic customer engagements as required - providing the value and ROI narrative in high-stakes commercial discussions, • Build long-term advisory relationships with senior customer stakeholders that extend beyond individual deals and create durable commercial anchors What We're Looking For Essential • 6+ years in a value engineering, value advisory, business value consulting, or management consulting role - ideally with direct experience in enterprise software, process automation, or AI/data platform contexts, • Demonstrable experience building and presenting rigorous business cases and ROI models to C-suite and finance stakeholders - models that have withstood scrutiny and influenced major investment decisions, • Strong financial modelling capability - comfortable building NPV, IRR, and payback analyses from first principles and translating operational data into financial outcomes, • Deep understanding of how large enterprises make investment decisions - approval processes, financial hurdle rates, competing priorities, and the politics of internal sponsorship Desirable Experience in the maritime, shipping, energy, or industrial sectors - operational familiarity with voyage management, fleet operations, chartering, trading, or supply chain workflows Experience with process mining, workflow analytics, or operational intelligence tools - and the ability to use data outputs to construct value narratives Familiarity with AI automation economics - understanding how to model labour displacement, error reduction, and decision acceleration in organisations adopting AI-driven workflows Experience building value benchmark databases and sector-specific ROI frameworks from scratch Who You Are Rigorous and credible - your business cases are built on real data, sound assumptions, and transparent methodology; you do not overstate value and you do not produce numbers that collapse under scrutiny A skilled interviewer and listener - you can run a discovery session with a COO or a fleet manager and extract the operational detail you need to build a credible model, without making them feel interrogated Commercially motivated - you understand that your work directly enables revenue and you take that seriously; you are not an academic analyst, you are a commercial contributor Independently minded - you are willing to tell a customer or a sales team that a use case does not meet the value threshold, because your credibility depends on honesty, not optimism • A strong writer and presenter - you produce executive materials that are clear, well-structured, and visually compelling; you do not hide weak analysis behind impressive slides, • Intellectually curious about how industries operate - you find genuine interest in understanding how a maritime shipping company makes money, where it loses it, and what operational changes move the needle, • A builder - Complexio does not yet have a mature value engineering function; you are excited by the opportunity to create the frameworks, tools, and benchmarks that will define how the company communicates value at scale

* * LOCATION: Milton Keynes with occasional travel HYBRID WORKING: Our current hybrid working policy requires a minimum of 60% of working time to be based in the Milton Keynes office however flexibility is expected to meet the needs of the business and the role. CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent opportunity CLOSING DATE: 22/5/26 We reserve the right to close the advert earlier If we receive a high volume of applications. Were looking for a highly experienced and inspirational commercial leader with a significant sales based background within a Captive Automotive Financial Services organisation and/or OEM. You'll report into our CEO and will drive our business forward through our teams in Sales, Sales Compliance and Development and, through strong, productive relationships across Volkswagen Group, our dealer network and brands. In this pivotal and influential position you will use your extensive commercial leadership skills to develop and deliver the Retail Sales strategy to maximise distribution channels, while creating opportunities and optimising new routes to market. You will role model our Guiding Principles, build a culture of psychological safety and inclusion and, provide ethical leadership to deliver great customer outcomes. What youll bring: Youll be aforward thinking, strategic and motivational leader who delivers results through people, cross-functional teams, and 3rd parties to support the delivery of volume, breadth, and profit objectives. Youll havea progressive and developmental mindset with demonstrable experience of developing strategic commercial initiatives. Essential experience & skills youll need to be a success in this role: • You have extensive experience in customer-facing environments with specific skills implementing and managing risk strategies, strong financial management, leading cross functional teams and functional management., • Through your experience of developing and managing customer facing processes, you have ensured fair treatment, transparency, value to customers and all other guidance from regulators has been accomplished., • More generally, youll have experience within regulated environments - ideally by the FCA along with a deep understanding of the UK business governance and regulatory regime and requirements implementation com pliance monitoring and management specifically, in organisations of a comparable size and scale., • You have successfully driven change and you're comfortable in dynamic, changing environments in a leading role., • You have well-developed emotional intelligence, influencing and communication skills which you can use to share information, listen, and create two-way dialogue that builds openness and commitment and, involve others to maximise contribution overall., • With great skills of analysis, you can interpret issues objectively to make sound decisions for the business that uphold our customer needs and good customer outcomes as a priority, • You are highly proactive, flexible, pragmatic, and able to react appropriately and effectively to changing circumstances and demands., • You'll effortlessly fit into the Commercial leadership structure with the potential for growth within FS or the OEM., • Youre collaborative and ambitious and work in the interest of customer and stakeholders, even when your own objectives are challenged., • Youll report to the Chief Executive Officer for VWFS UK Ltd and lead the Retail Sales department and the teams responsible for Finance Sales, Sales Compliance, Sales Development and Dealer Network Oversight., • Youll be responsible for developing sales strategies, policies, and procedures for the UK VWFS Group companies., • Develop and maintain strong productive relationships across senior management, departments, brands and key stakeholders., • Your span of control is across VWFS UK, VW Bank GmbH and compliance is required across the European Organisational Handbook (E-OHB), the FCA and the European Central Bank (ECB)., • Youll have a team of circa. 50 people who work with our dealer network of circa. 800 sites to drive FS and network performance., • Be an agent for change by embracing new ways of working, innovative technologies and agile attitudes to work promoting minimal viable everything attitude to encourage a collective growth mind-set in support of modernisation of the business., • Youll develop and implement plans to meet objectives through existing and new routes to market by utilising current and, establishing new relationships with 3rd party retailers, emerging technology, and tech providers., • Plan and deliver sales, margin and market penetration objectives., • Lead sales activity that complies with internal and external regulations with the Consumer Credit Sourcebook (CONC) taking precedence over conflicting guidelines this includes Vulnerable customers, product suitability and transparency and, behaviours and competence of introducers of our products., • Use strong negotiation skills with our network and 3rd parties, to grow sales, protect margin and support good customer outcomes., • Effectively manage introducer relationships through a robust communication infrastructure, clear performance indicators, and development with corrective action in place as appropriate., • Lead the sales engagement with our Enterprise Risk Framework and develop robust and effective reporting to support transparency with regulators., • Youll engage and cooperate with VW companies in the UK to coordinate and implement joint strategies and build and maintain an effective industry network., • Youll play a leading role within our Credit Assessment & Retailer Services functions. Whats in it for you? Bonus: Discretionary on-target bonus of up to 25% (based on personal and Group company performance) Pension: Employer pension contribution of 9% (based on employee contribution of 3%). VWFS will pay 6% if employee chooses a 2% employee contribution. Car schemes*: Choice of Employee Car Ownership (ECO) scheme for petrol/diesel and hybrid vehicles plus car insurance and fuel card. OR Company Car scheme for Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) plus car insurance cover for you and a partner/eligible family member. Other benefits: From day 1 we provide income protection, life assurance (4x salary), retail discount vouchers , access to Care Concierge (a service to support carers of adults), along with other salary sacrifice options including a will writing service and cycle to work (subject to scheme restrictions). Following successful completion of probation, you will have access to private medical insurance for you with the option to buy additional family cover/ and your family access to our loan car scheme for up to 2 cars for your partner or eligible family members (subject to scheme restrictions) and during our annual benefit window you can purchase critical illness cover and dental cover , so you can select the benefits that matter to you. We invest in our people and are passionate about driving development. Youll have access to LinkedIn Learning via our Degreed platform as well as a host of professional development programmes and opportunities to build your technical and soft skills so you can further develop your career. We also offer mentoring schemes and reciprocal partnerships recognising that we can all learn from each other in the flow of work. * * * Why join VWFS UK? Youll have the opportunity to make a difference by helping us to achieve our mission. Our mission is straight forward; we want to be 'The Key to Mobility'. That means we make getting from A-to-B as easy and simple for as many people as possible. To truly meet the mobility needs of people in a changing world, our offering goes beyond traditional vehicle financing. We do this by providing a range of finance and aftersales products on Volkswagen Group vehicles, as well as developing innovative mobility products designed to solve real problems and support our customers. No candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you! VWFS is proud to be an inclusive employer and encourages applications from a diverse range of candidates. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion isnt just a statement for us, we encourage and aspire for all our colleagues to be their 100% self. If you need any reasonable adjustments to assist you with the application and/or recruitment processes, please contact our Resourcing Team. The Retail Sales Director is a Certified /Senior Manager role under the Senior Manager and Certification Regime (SMCR) and the role holder is required to comply with the FCAs Conduct Rules. A mandatory requirement of the SMCR is for VWFS to certify that the role holder is fit and proper to perform the duties on an ongoing basis.

* * SALARY: From 42,692 pa dependent on experience LOCATION: Milton Keynes HYBRID WORKING: Our current hybrid working policy requires a minimum of 60% of working time to be based in the Milton Keynes office however flexibility is expected to meet the needs of the business and the role. HOURS / CONTRACT TYPE: Full time permanent 35 hours CLOSING DATE: 25/5/2026 We reserve the right to close the advert earlier If we receive a high volume of applications. Were looking for ahighly motivated and experienced Treasury Analyst to join our team, focusing on funding, liquidity and interest rate risk. The role spans responsibilities across Volkswagen Financial Services (UK) Ltd (VWFS UK) and VW Bank GmbH (UK Branch) (VW Bank UK) In this role, you'll be accountable for establishing, implementing and producing the necessary liquidity, hedging and stress scenario analytics and models to inform decision making and regulatory reporting requirements. What youll be doing: • You'll be accountable for full compliance with all applicable rules, regulations and standards, including the European Organisational Handbook (EOHB), Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and European Central Bank (ECB) requirements., • Own and manage monthly Asset & Liability (ALM) data uploads and reporting for all UK entities, consistently meeting regulatory deadlines to support downstream ECB and PRA Risk and Regulatory reporting., • Monitor, measure and report interest rate risk exposures using gap analysis and interest rate risk models in line with the approved framework., • Ensure funding, swap derivatives and longterm loan structures remain within approved Asset & Liability limits and aligned to relevant risk frameworks. Partner with Headquarters to review and maintain swap effectiveness and derivative testing documentation, supporting the ongoing hedge accounting approach., • Develop and present datadriven recommendations for interest rate swap activity to manage ALM mismatches and minimise exposure to interest rate volatility, underpinned by robust quantitative analysis and market insight., • Support the implementation of natural hedging strategies between VWFS UK and VWSB Ltd, providing modelling, analysis and insight to inform strategic decisionmaking., • Lead the design, development and ongoing enhancement of Treasury and Liquidity models and forecasts, enabling clear reporting of liquidity and hedging positions to regulators, local management and Group Headquarters., • Contribute to the delivery of Internal Liquidity Adequacy Assessment Process (ILAAP/ILAPP) requirements, including data collection and liquidity stress testing. Produce and analyse Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) and Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR) outputs, informing funding strategy and HighQuality Liquid Assets (HQLA) optimisation., • Prepare and deliver Market, Capital and Liquidity Risk Committee reports on a monthly basis, actively managing Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) to support informed risk decisions. Produce Treasury reports and Asset & Liability Committee (ALCO) packs for local and Group committees as required., • Maintain strong control frameworks and reconciliations, ensuring all model outputs reconcile to Accounting, Liquidity and Regulatory reporting actuals. Fully investigate and explain variances, and ensure models are efficient, welldocumented, auditable and compliant with Internal Development Policy (IDP) requirements., • Own the consolidated UK entity planning tool, delivering a detailed fiveyear liquidity and funding plan. Validate and challenge HQ planning inputs, analyse the impact of funding options, and conduct scenario and stress analysis to assess the effect of market movements on interest rates, funding costs and liquidity positions. Youll need to be at least a part qualified Treasurer (ACT) or Accountant (ACA, ACCA)with a great understanding of Treasury and Accounting. Youre committed to learning and continuous professional development to remain commercially aware of current and emerging market and credit risks. Essential experience & skills • You'll have demonstrable experience of Treasury Function operations preferably within a financial services environment., • You can build strong stakeholder relationships both internally up to director level and externally to secure commitment and support., • A proactive approach with the ability to react appropriately and effectively to changing circumstances and demands., • You're able to anticipate and understand interdependencies between different functional areas. Bonus: Discretionary 10% on-target bonus (based on personal and Group company performance) Pension: Employer pension contribution of 9% (based on employee contribution of 3%). VWFS will pay 6% if employee chooses a 2% employee contribution. Car schemes*: Choice of Employee Car Ownership (ECO) scheme for petrol/diesel and hybrid vehicles plus car insurance OR Company Car scheme for Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) plus car insurance cover for you and a partner/eligible family member. Other benefits: From day 1 we provide income protection, life assurance (4x salary), retail discount vouchers , access to Care Concierge (a service to support carers of adults), along with other salary sacrifice options including a will writing service and cycle to work (subject to scheme restrictions). Following successful completion of probation, you will have access to private medical insurance for you (with the option to buy additional family cover), access to our loan car scheme for up to 2 cars for your partner or eligible family members (subject to scheme restrictions) and during our annual benefit window you can purchase critical illness cover and dental cover , so you can select the benefits that matter to you. We invest in our people and are passionate about driving development. Youll have access to LinkedIn Learning via our Degreed platform as well as a host of professional development programmes and opportunities to build your technical and soft skills so you can further develop your career. We also offer mentoring schemes and reciprocal partnerships recognising that we can all learn from each other in the flow of work. * * * Why join VWFS UK? Youll have the opportunity to make a difference by helping us to achieve our mission. Our mission is straight forward; we want to be 'The Key to Mobility'. That means we make getting from A-to-B as easy and simple for as many people as possible. To truly meet the mobility needs of people in a changing world, our offering goes beyond traditional vehicle financing. We do this by providing a range of finance and aftersales products on Volkswagen Group vehicles, as well as developing innovative mobility products designed to solve real problems and support our customers. No candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you! VWFS is proud to be an inclusive employer and encourages applications from a diverse range of candidates. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion isnt just a statement for us, we encourage and aspire for all our colleagues to be their 100% self. If you need any reasonable adjustments to assist you with the application and/or recruitment processes, please contact our Resourcing Team. This role does not meet the UKVIs criteria for the skilled worker sponsorship route, therefore we are unable to accept candidates requiring sponsorship for this role.

* * SALARY: Up to 86,625 pa dependent on experienceas well significantly discounted car schemes, fuel card, generous pension, holiday and so much more. LOCATION: Milton Keynes HYBRID WORKING: Our current hybrid working policy requires a minimum of 60% of working time to be based in the Milton Keynes office however flexibility is expected to meet the needs of the business and the role. HOURS / CONTRACT TYPE: Full time permanent, 35 hours per week CLOSING DATE: 19/05/2026 We reserve the right to close the advert earlier If we receive a high volume of applications. Are you passionate about turning data into a strategic asset? At Volkswagen Financial Services, were on a mission to become a truly data-driven organisationand we need inspiring leaders to make it happen. We re looking for a data leader to champion data governance to maximise the value of data as a strategic business asset through education, influencing and delivery. Youll r eport to our Chief Data Officer and youll lead collaboration across the organisation to implement and continually evolve our data governance framework, embed data ownership and stewardship, and optimise data quality. What youll be doing: • Youll l ead and scale the development of the Data Governance capability, as a key pillar of the organisations enterprise data strategy, establishing and embedding data governance as a core organisational capability which is integral to business decision making, regulatory compliance and change delivery frameworks., • Collaborate with other enterprise data capabilities (e.g. Data Architecture, Business Analytics, Data Products, Data Engineering), business functions and strategic change programmes to provide end-to-end data and governance services., • Own and lead the Enterprise Data Governance Framework, and supporting policies and standards, aligning with the enterprise data and business strategies, to enable the business to become a data driven company in line with VWFS global strategy., • Develop, coach, engage, motivate and manage the teams to perform at their best, role modelling effective people leadership and enabling a positive and inclusive culture., • Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory (ECB, FCA, PRA etc.) and HQ requirements, acting as the UK single point of contact (SPOC) for DataGovernance and for BCBS239, interfacing directly with supervisory teams ., • Implement Data Ownership and Data Stewardship, partnering with role holders up to Director level to establish the roles and responsibilities that ensure effective management of critical data assets. Youll be an experienced Data Governance Manager or Head of Data Governance with a proven track record working in the Banking or Financial Services sector . Essential experience & skills * • Expertise in enterprise data governance frameworks and regulatory compliance., • Appreciation of the regulatory environment within Financial Services (ECB, PRA, FCA) and knowledge of BCBS239 / RDARR and GDPR regulatory requirements., • Strong leadership skills with a track record of developing talent and driving performance., • Ability to influence senior stakeholders and communicate complex data concepts clearly., • Familiarity with Collibra and Informatica d ata governance tooling. Whats in it for you? Bonus: Discretionary 10% on-target bonus (based on personal and Group company performance) Pension: Employer pension contribution of 9% (based on employee contribution of 3%). VWFS will pay 6% if employee chooses a 2% employee contribution. Car schemes*: Choice of Employee Car Ownership (ECO) scheme for petrol/diesel and hybrid vehicles plus car insurance and fuel card OR Company Car scheme for Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) plus car insurance cover for you and a partner/eligible family member. Other benefits: From day 1 we provide income protection, life assurance (4x salary), retail discount vouchers , access to Care Concierge (a service to support carers of adults), along with other salary sacrifice options including a will writing service and cycle to work (subject to scheme restrictions). Following successful completion of probation, you will have access to private medical insurance for you (with the option to buy additional family cover), access to our loan car scheme for up to 2 cars for your partner or eligible family members (subject to scheme restrictions) and during our annual benefit window you can purchase critical illness cover and dental cover , so you can select the benefits that matter to you. We invest in our people and are passionate about driving development. Youll have access to LinkedIn Learning via our Degreed platform as well as a host of professional development programmes and opportunities to build your technical and soft skills so you can further develop your career. We also offer mentoring schemes and reciprocal partnerships recognising that we can all learn from each other in the flow of work. * * * Why join VWFS UK? Youll have the opportunity to make a difference by helping us to achieve our mission. Our mission is straight forward; we want to be 'The Key to Mobility'. That means we make getting from A-to-B as easy and simple for as many people as possible. To truly meet the mobility needs of people in a changing world, our offering goes beyond traditional vehicle financing. We do this by providing a range of finance and aftersales products on Volkswagen Group vehicles, as well as developing innovative mobility products designed to solve real problems and support our customers. No candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you! VWFS is proud to be an inclusive employer and encourages applications from a diverse range of candidates. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion isnt just a statement for us, we encourage and aspire for all our colleagues to be their 100% self. If you need any reasonable adjustments to assist you with the application and/or recruitment processes, please contact our Resourcing Team. This role does not meet the UKVIs criteria for the skilled worker sponsorship route, therefore we are unable to accept candidates requiring sponsorship for this role.

The Open University is the UKs largest university, a world leader in flexible part-time education combining a mission to widen access to higher education with research excellence, transforming lives through education. Find out more about us and our mission by watching this ___ (you will be taken to YouTube by clicking this link). The Business Planning & Resource Manager will work closely with the Director of Estates to lead unit-wide planning across staff and non-staff resources. The role is central to resource planning, including presenting proposals to senior stakeholders such as the Vice-Chancellors Executive (VCE) Panel, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and other Finance colleagues. A key responsibility of the role is the development, coordination, and critical assessment of business cases and feasibility studies, either as reviewer or lead author, ensuring financial robustness and supporting the organisations annual financial planning cycle. You will also oversee legacy financial responsibilities not covered by Finance Business Partner roles, working closely with Central Finance to ensure smooth financial operations. In addition, the post holder acts as Estates internal procurement expert, leading or supporting procurement exercises for works and services, ensuring compliance, value for money, and operational effectiveness. The role involves close collaboration with the Director of Estates, leadership and business partners, as well as hands-on financial administration, tracking, ordering, and forward resource planning. • Lead unit-wide business planning with the Director, covering finance, staffing, future forecasting, risk, and presentation to the VCE Panel in collaboration with Finance and People Business Partners., • Hold lead responsibility for legacy financial activities outside FBP roles, including ordering, expenditure and income tracking, supplier liaison, invoice queries, and use of the SPA Ariba system., • Conduct ad hoc internal financial and procurement audits to ensure compliance with policies and devolved responsibilities., • Prepare management information and financial analysis (spend patterns, trends, datasets) to support operational needs, business cases, and feasibility studies, avoiding duplication with FBPs., • Support capital budgeting and accounting by identifying capitalisable items, preparing budgets where required, and maintaining capital reporting with FBPs., • Prepare financial information and supporting data for grant applications and external funding enquiries., • Act as Unit Purchasing Card holder, authorising purchases, reconciling transactions, and approving payments., • Play a key role in business cases and feasibility studies, ranging from contributor to lead author, including drafting, critique, stakeholder engagement, and presentation of rationale to diverse audiences., • Provide bespoke financial input to Estates feasibility studies, ensuring data robustness and presenting findings clearly to multiple stakeholders., • Identify and manage financial, planning, and procurement risks, contributing to and maintaining the unit risk register., • Lead and support unit procurement activities, including sourcing strategies, tenders, quotations, evaluations, financial checks, award documentation, supplier communication, and valueformoney assessments., • Maintain contractor and supplier records, support annual insurance and estates management returns, advise on tax status of selfemployed contractors, and undertake ad hoc departmental tasks and projects as required. Essential • Degreelevel qualification in Business, Financial Management or Procurement (or equivalent professional experience)., • Proven experience in workforce/people data analysis within a complex organisation., • Strong capability to work closely with senior leadership, Finance and People Business Partners, and administrative teams., • Indepth knowledge of unit planning, forecasting (staff and nonstaff), and operational practices, supporting Directors with current and future resource planning., • Sound understanding of devolved procurement, procurement systems, supplier engagement, and valueformoney principles, acting as an internal procurement expert., • Demonstrated experience in capital budgeting and the development, appraisal, and presentation of business cases and feasibility studies., • Solid understanding of budgeting, reporting, and financial administration within operational projects., • Advanced data analysis and management accounting skills, including handling and interpreting sensitive personal data., • Strong stakeholder engagement skills, particularly with Strategy and Finance functions., • Ability to carry out robust qualitative and quantitative analysis, identify risks and trends, and clearly communicate insights to technical and nontechnical audiences., • Excellent teamwork, workload planning, prioritisation, and decisionmaking skills, with the ability to work independently under pressure., • Demonstratable experience of project management and quality assurance., • Data analysis experience with proven ability to understand complex business questions and take a lead role in the development of a coherent analytical framework which delivers insight into performance., • Understanding of University Governance and Professional Service networks and process requirements including EDI, BIA and EIA requirements., • Knowledge of impact evaluation and stakeholder engagement strategies. If you have any questions, or need support or adjustments relating to your application, the recruitment process, or the role, please contact us on or email quoting the advert reference number. At The Open University, we offer a range of benefits to recognise and reward great work, alongside policies and flexible working that contribute towards a great work life balance. Get all the details of what benefits we offer by visiting our ___ (clicking this link will open a new window). Please note that this role is based on site at our Milton Keynes campus and will require the successful candidate to work on campus for their full working week. We are open to discussions about flexible working. Whether its a job share, part time, compressed hours or another working arrangement. Please reach out to us to discuss what works best for you. We anticipate that face-to-face interviews for this role will be taking place on-site at our Milton Keynes campus during the week commencing 1 June 2026. While most roles will remain open until the advertised closing date, applications may be reviewed on an ongoing basis. In some cases, vacancies may close earlier if a sufficient number of suitable applications has been received and equality impacts have been appropriately considered. All roles will remain advertised for a minimum of one week before any early closure is implemented. If you have started an application or were in the process of applying when the advert closed, we encourage you to get in touch. We are committed to understanding individual circumstances and can offer further support where needed, including reasonable adjustments for applicants with protected characteristics. To apply for this role please submit the following documents: • CV

Interim Supply Chain Finance Business Partner. The organisation is currently navigating increased cost and operational focus across its global supply chain, driven by ongoing economic volatility. This position sits firmly within business partnering, rather than BAU finance, and will focus on support

Junior Account Manager £30,000–£35,000 basic + £40,000 OTE Full-time, office-based | Poynton Why This Role? This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded Junior Account Manager to develop their career within the logistics sector, joining a fast‑moving, performance‑focused environment where execution and ownership really matter. The role suits someone early in their account management or sales career who wants exposure to real responsibility, clear structure, and measurable impact. You’ll sit at the heart of customer activity, working closely with Sales, Customer Services, and Finance to grow revenue, strengthen customer relationships, and ensure accounts are proactively managed. It’s a role that rewards organisation, consistency, and strong commercial judgement. The Role You’ll take ownership of a portfolio of customers, supporting revenue growth across both new and existing accounts. Your focus will be on increasing wallet share, re‑activating dormant customers, and ensuring opportunities don’t stall due to lack of follow‑up, onboarding issues, or credit risk. Commercial & Account Ownership • Grow revenue across existing logistics accounts through proactive engagement, • Identify upsell, cross‑sell, and expansion opportunities using customer activity and trends, • Re‑engage inactive or down‑trading customers through targeted outbound calls, • Review and revive stalled or lost quotes by addressing objections and repositioning solutions Working Cross‑Functionally • Partner closely with Customer Services and Finance to protect and grow revenue, • Monitor customer ageing and debt exposure, aligning activity with credit considerations, • Act on weekly priority customer lists where engagement or bookings have dropped Systems & Structure • Maintain clear, accurate account and pipeline records in HubSpot, • Follow structured call cycles and track onboarding, retention, and customer activity, • Use reporting to drive action and follow‑up, not just observation What Success Looks Like • Increased engagement and retention across managed accounts, • Improved conversion of quotes and new business opportunities, • Growth in wallet share and reduced dormant or stalled customers, • Strong collaboration with internal teams, • Consistent, organised execution with full ownership of accounts About You • Early experience in sales, account management, or a commercially focused role, • Confident on the phone and comfortable with outbound customer contact, • Organised, data‑aware, and proactive in your approach, • Keen to learn, take responsibility, and build a long‑term career, • Happy working five days a week in an office‑based environment What’s On Offer • £30,000–£35,000 basic salary (dependent on experience), • £40,000 OTE with clear, achievable commission structure, • Full‑time, office‑based role in Poynton, • Strong foundations, training, and progression for high performers If you’re looking to step up into a Junior Account Manager role where your effort directly influences revenue, customer retention, and your own career progression within logistics, this is a role with real substance and long‑term opportunity.

* * SALARY: From 39,000 pa dependent on experience LOCATION: Milton Keynes HYBRID WORKING: Our current hybrid working policy requires a minimum of 60% of working time to be based in the Milton Keynes office however flexibility is expected to meet the needs of the business and the role. HOURS / CONTRACT TYPE: Part time FTC, 32 hours per week, ending 31/12/27 CLOSING DATE: 28/05/26 We reserve the right to close the advert earlier If we receive a high volume of applications. Were looking for a Financial Accountant, in this role you will play a key role in supporting the financial control and regulatory framework of the organisation. You will be responsible for producing accurate and comprehensive supporting schedules for the monthly management accounts and regulatory submissions for Volkswagen Bank GmbH UK Branch. What youll be doing: • Prepare monthly management accounts, disclosure information, and variance analysis for VW Bank UK Branch in accordance with IFRS and German GAAP, up to management review., • Analyse, reconcile, and investigate balance sheet and P&L positions to ensure accuracy and completeness, proposing correcting entries where required., • Produce regulatory reports for VW Bank UK Branch for submission to HQ, including liquidity, solvency and deposit guarantee reporting., • Review and update all regulatory submissions to reflect changes required by the regulator, HQ, or the Bank team., • Prepare regulatory and statutory submissions for VWFS UK Ltd. to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Office for National Statistics (ONS)., • Ensure all intercompany balances are accurately accounted for, reconciled, and reported each month, including preparation of the monthly Intercompany Pack for management review., • Qualified Accountant (ACCA, CIMA or ACA)., • Experience preparing accounts under both IFRS and German GAAP., • Strong ability to work with large and diverse data sets, consolidating information into accurate final submissions., • Proven experience managing relationships with multiple stakeholders across the business., • Solid technical accounting knowledge, including exposure to regulatory reporting and taxation., • Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, with strong Excel skills. Bonus: Discretionary 10% on-target bonus (based on personal and Group company performance) Pension: Employer pension contribution of 9% (based on employee contribution of 3%). VWFS will pay 6% if employee chooses a 2% employee contribution. Car schemes*: Choice of Employee Car Ownership (ECO) scheme for petrol/diesel and hybrid vehicles plus car insurance. OR Company Car scheme for Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) plus car insurance cover for you and a partner/eligible family member. Other benefits: From day 1 we provide income protection, life assurance (4x salary), retail discount vouchers , access to Care Concierge (a service to support carers of adults), along with other salary sacrifice options including a will writing service and cycle to work (subject to scheme restrictions). Following successful completion of probation, you will have access to private medical insurance for you (with the option to buy additional family cover), access to our loan car scheme for up to 2 cars for your partner or eligible family members (subject to scheme restrictions) and during our annual benefit window you can purchase critical illness cover and dental cover , so you can select the benefits that matter to you. We invest in our people and are passionate about driving development. Youll have access to LinkedIn Learning via our Degreed platform as well as a host of professional development programmes and opportunities to build your technical and soft skills so you can further develop your career. We also offer mentoring schemes and reciprocal partnerships recognising that we can all learn from each other in the flow of work. * * * Why join VWFS UK? Youll have the opportunity to make a difference by helping us to achieve our mission. Our mission is straight forward; we want to be 'The Key to Mobility'. That means we make getting from A-to-B as easy and simple for as many people as possible. To truly meet the mobility needs of people in a changing world, our offering goes beyond traditional vehicle financing. We do this by providing a range of finance and aftersales products on Volkswagen Group vehicles, as well as developing innovative mobility products designed to solve real problems and support our customers. No candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you! VWFS is proud to be an inclusive employer and encourages applications from a diverse range of candidates. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion isnt just a statement for us, we encourage and aspire for all our colleagues to be their 100% self. If you need any reasonable adjustments to assist you with the application and/or recruitment processes, please contact our Resourcing Team. This role does not meet the UKVIs criteria for the skilled worker sponsorship route, therefore we are unable to accept candidates requiring sponsorship for this role.

We are looking for a proactive and commercially focused Senior Commercial Finance Manager to support our clients senior leadership team and partner closely with business unit Directors. Senior Commercial Finance Manager / Manchester (Hybrid working) / Salary £75,000 - £85,000 + 15% bonus.

As part of this friendly team, you'll enjoy flexible hours and have opportunities to take responsibility for the delivery of quality work. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today's changing world. Working with

Finance Director South Manchester / Cheshirec.£110,000 - £120,000 + Bonus + Benefits This is not a typical Finance Director role. You will work directly with a highly driven and successful entrepreneur, acting as a true right-hand partner to support and scale a diverse, fast-growing group of businesses. We're looking for a hands-on finance leader-someone who can operate strategically at board level, while also taking full ownership of the finance function within a complex, evolving environment. The Opportunity You will take full responsibility for the finance function of a c.£160m turnover, multi-entity, family-owned business, while also supporting wider growth initiatives, investment decisions, and international activity. This is a broad, influential role where you will shape strategy, drive performance, and build a best-in-class finance function to support continued expansion. Key Responsibilities • Act as a trusted advisor and right-hand to the owner, supporting strategic and operational decision-making, • Lead all aspects of financial management including reporting, management accounts, cashflow, budgeting, and forecasting, • Drive financial planning and long-term growth strategy through insightful analysis of performance, risks, and opportunities, • Maintain constant visibility of financial performance, pro...

A growing and values-driven education organisation is seeking a skilled Finance Business Partner to join its team.

Your new companyYour new company is a global, research-driven biopharmaceutical leader that is on an exciting growth trajectory. Your new roleIn your new role, you will join a collaborative finance team partnering closely with senior leaders to deliver accurate, timely insights that drive business performance. You'll support planning, forecasting, and reporting, provide clear financial guidance, and help shape strategic decisions through data-driven analysis, all while building strong relationships across the organisation and improving processes to enhance efficiency and reduce risk. What you'll need to succeedYou will need to be Newly Qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA, and ideally have experience as a management accountant or finance analyst. You will be driven, enthusiastic with a commercial mindset and confident in bringing new ideas to the team. You will have excellent communication skills, as well as experience of planning, margin reporting, month-end and working with stakeholders.What you'll get in returnYou will get a rare opportunity to work as a Finance Business Partner as a newly qualified accountant, with excellent exposure and progression opportunities. You will receive a salary of up to £47,000 +bonus and benefits. You will work as part of a collaborative and supportive team, with continuous professional development options. What you need to do nowIf you're in...

Change Strategy Manager – 6 month Fixed Term Contract This is a hybrid role with the expectation to be able to work from our Manchester office 1-2 times a week. This is an exciting management position, responsible for translating Business Plans into Change Roadmaps, executing strategic planning cycles, and owning and driving Functional Improvement activity. Responsibilities and Accountabilities: Change Strategy • Partner with stakeholders across various functions to understand their business objectives and plan., • Produce high level change roadmaps providing forward visibility of strategic changes, aligned to those objectives., • Support prioritisation conversations to ensure change is strategically aligned, affordable and do-able., • Work in partnership with the PMO and Finance Teams to produce transparent, fact-based information into Portfolio Review Forums, Change Committee(s) and other key Change decision making forums to drive optimal investment decisions., • Work in Partnership with the Associate Director of Change Strategy, PMO and Finance to plan and execute quarterly and annual strategic planning processes to continually review and agree change investment. Functional Improvement • Own and execute improvements to Change Function processes, to increase efficiency, improve service offerings, and reduce co...

This will include supporting the Business Change Manager in delivering the end-to-end change plan and change activity for finance, support the facilitation of the change network, measure change readiness and business partner with key stakeholders to ensure change is being adopted in line with proced

Finance Business Partner | Central Manchester (2 days in office) | £60,000 - £65,000 Axon Moore are working exclusively with a SAAS business in central Manchester who are seeking a Finance Business Partner to join their team on a full time permanent basis. This would suit an indi