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Group Risk & PMI Advisor - Financial Services Sector\n Base Salary: competitve + Commission + Benefits\n OTE: Six-figure earnings achievable in Year 1\n Hours: 37.5-hour working week\n Location: Manchester City Centre | Hybrid working available post-probation\n\nManchester Staff are delighted to be exclusively partnering with a well-established independent broker within the insurance and employee benefits sector, known for its strong market presence, excellent reputation, and high-performance culture.\n\nDespite operating in a traditionally corporate industry, the business offers a modern, energetic, and people-first environment where success is recognised and individuality is encouraged.\n\nWith a high-performing and stable team, this is an opportunity to join a business where experienced advisors can further develop their careers, maximise earnings, and work within a supportive, collaborative environment.\n\nThe Opportunity\n\nAs a Group Risk & PMI Advisor, you will play a key role in driving new business and delivering expert advice to clients across Group Life Assurance, Group Critical Illness, and Private Medical Insurance (PMI).\n\nWorking within a broker environment, you will leverage a panel of leading insurers to source and recommend best-fit solutions, ensuring clients receive tailored, market-leading cover.\n\nKey Responsibilities\n\nDevelop and manage relationships with SME and corporate clients\nAdvise on Group Life Assurance, Group Critical Illness, and PMI solutions\nSource and compare products from a panel of insurers\nConvert inbound enquiries and self-generated leads into new business\nConduct detailed client fact-finds and needs analysis\nDeliver clear, compliant, and tailored recommendations\nBuild and maintain a consistent pipeline of opportunities\nEngage with senior decision-makers including HR and Finance leaders\nLiaise with insurers and internal teams to ensure smooth policy implementation\n\nAbout You\n\nProven experience advising on Group Risk and/or PMI products is essential\nBackground within an insurance broker or intermediary environment\nDemonstrable track record of achieving and exceeding sales targets\nStrong consultative sales approach with the ability to influence decision-makers\n\nWhat's on Offer\n\nHighly Competitive Salary\nIncremental salary increases based on sustained performance\nYear 1 OTE: Six Figures\nUncapped commission structure\nWarm inbound opportunities alongside self-generated business\n37.5-hour working week\nHybrid working model post-probation\nStructured onboarding and ongoing professional development\nClear progression pathway into senior advisory roles\nMonthly and quarterly incentives\nEuropean city break rewards\nRegular socials and team events\nModern office with premium facilities\nComprehensive benefits package \n\nIf you're an experienced Group Risk or PMI Advisor looking to join a high-performing broker where your expertise will be valued and rewarded, this is an excellent opportunity to take the next step in your career.\n\nManchester Staff acts as an employment agency and employment business. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds. By applying, you consent to us storing your details for the purpose of matching you with suitable opportunities

Data Manager Manchester (Hybrid - 2 days onsite) | ASAP start | £330-430pd Inside IR35 This is a fantastic opportunity to join a highly collaborative, data-driven environment, working at the heart of governance, quality and compliance across a large-scale migration to a centralised data platform. This is an initial 6 month contract, with strong ownership from day one and a structured handover planned. As a Data Manager, you'll play a key role in defining, improving and governing data quality across the business unit. You'll work closely with Product, Engineering and Data teams to ensure data is accurate, compliant and fit for purpose. This is a hands-on role with a strong mix of technical data work, stakeholder engagement and governance oversight. What You'll Be Doing: • Define and implement data quality standards, frameworks and controls, • Monitor and proactively identify data quality issues, driving root cause analysis and resolution, • Support data lifecycle management and data retention, • Work on data migration initiatives into a centralised platform, • Improve data workflows, lineage and governance processes, • Partner with Product Managers, Data Engineers and Analysts to ensure high-quality, trusted data, • Experience in Data Management, Data Governance or Data Quality, • Strong understanding of data quality frameworks and governance principles, • Experience working with data lifecycles, retention and compliance, • Ability to work closely with technical teams, comfortable discussing data models, ETL and workflows, • Strong stakeholder management, confident, proactive and able to own conversations, • SQL and/or Python for data analysis, • Data visualisation tools (Power BI, Tableau), • Exposure to modern data platforms (e.g. Snowflake), • Interest in using AI tools (e.g. Gemini, Claude) to improve productivity and data quality processes, • Experience in Insurance or Financial Services environments, • Exposure to data quality tools or governance implementations, • Work on a high-impact data transformation programme, • Gain exposure to modern data platforms and AI-driven tooling, • Join a globally recognised, data-led organisation, • Immediate start with clear ownership and influence

Proposals, Bids & Tenders Manager £35,000 | Agile Working | Northwest-Based (Predominantly Remote) Permanent | Full Time | Monday–Friday Mainly remote with monthly leadership meetings at our Manchester HQ Are you an experienced bid professional with a proven track record of winning commercial tenders and developing high-performing teams? Do you thrive in a strategic, commercially focused environment where your expertise directly influences business growth, client partnerships, and long-term success? This is an outstanding opportunity to join a highly respected organisation at an exciting stage of expansion, helping shape and grow a successful bids and proposals function across a diverse and evolving client portfolio. Why Join? Our prestigious client delivers industry-leading professional development, training programmes, conferences, and events across a broad range of sectors, while also supporting ambitious international growth in partnership with a leading University. You’ll be joining an organisation that genuinely invests in its people, offering flexibility, autonomy, and excellent professional development opportunities within a collaborative and forward-thinking culture. Benefits Include: • Agile and predominantly remote working, • 24 days holiday plus bank holidays, • Christmas closure, • Birthday day off, • Healthcare Cash Plan, • Subsidised University gym membership and dining, • Excellent CPD and professional development opportunities, • Pension scheme You will take ownership of key bid portfolios, build and maintain a healthy pipeline of opportunities, and mentor Bid Coordinators to ensure best-practice bid management across the team. This is a highly strategic role requiring strong commercial awareness, exceptional stakeholder engagement skills, and the ability to create persuasive, compliant, and high-quality bid responses that win business. Key Responsibilities • Identify, evaluate, and manage high-value bid and tender opportunities, • Lead the end-to-end bid process, ensuring quality, compliance, and timely submission, • Manage, coach, and develop Bid Coordinators and support team performance, • Build and strengthen long-term client and stakeholder relationships, • Develop strategic re-bid and account growth plans, • Create tailored, high-impact proposal content aligned to client objectives, • Work collaboratively with finance, legal, operational, and subject matter experts, • Analyse market trends, pricing models, and commercial data to maximise bid success, • Maintain accurate forecasting, reporting, and pipeline management You will ideally have: • A strong track record of winning commercial bids and tenders, • Experience managing or mentoring bid coordination and/or sales teams, • Excellent proposal writing and strategic bid management skills, • Strong financial and commercial acumen, including forecasting and pricing analysis, • The ability to manage multiple deadlines and deliver results under pressure, • Outstanding communication and stakeholder engagement skills To apply for the role of Proposals, Bids & Tenders Manager, please send your CV to: Tina Lacey Recruitment is a specialist recruitment agency dedicated to the skills, training, and employability sectors nationwide. We provide free pre-interview advice and guidance throughout the interview process to help candidates perform at their very best.

Customer Insight Lead£70,000-£90,000 + BonusGreater Manchester (Hybrid - 2x Days a Week in Office) THE COMPANY A leading UK health and life insurer, known for its innovative, rewards-led model that incentivises healthier lifestyles, is seeking a Customer Insight Lead. The business is backed by a global financial services group and continues to operate at scale; they're investing heavily in data, analytics, and customer insight, and doubling down on personalisation and customer-centricity, with insight at the core. THE ROLE Reporting into the Director of Customer Insight, this is a senior individual contributor role acting as the strategic glue across Analytics, BI, and Insight. • Define and drive the customer insight strategy and frameworks, • Bridge data, tech, and business teams to ensure insight drives decisions, • Partner with Marketing, Product, and Data Science, • Champion a customer-first mindset across the organisation, • Deliver hands-on analysis and insight to influence outcomes, • Support self-serve BI and scalable insight delivery YOUR SKILLS & EXPERIENCE • Strong SQL, • Python experience is strongly preferred, • Proven ability to turn data into clear, actionable insight, • Experience with predictive / advanced analytics or modelling frameworks, • Background in large, complex organisations (FS&I a plus), • Strong stakeholder management with a focus on driving impact Please register your interest by sending your CV to Adam Osborne at Harnham via the Apply link on this page.

Safeguarding Partner Didsbury £42,720 9 months Fixed Term Contract The Safeguarding Partner will establish and implement Safeguarding best practice across Great Places, ensure that the business is compliant with all requirements of safeguarding legislation and internal guidance and controls. You will act as an expert advisor and create and embed a sector leading safeguarding culture across the business, demonstrating high standards of professional boundaries, data protection, record keeping and a customer centred approach. What you’ll be doing • You will support the business to deliver the best outcomes for customers and colleagues, through the development of high-quality Safeguarding training, policy and guidance, • You will advise senior leaders and Strategic Safeguarding Group of obligations under safeguarding best practice, in particular safeguarding legislation, DBS legislation and best practice, • You will coordinate and report to Strategic Safeguarding Group, • You will support the Chair of our Safeguarding Service Excellence Group to ensure continuous improvement, • You will compile high quality data led reports, including biannual reports to Executive Directors and Board on Safeguarding performance and key issues, • You will liaise with Local Authority Safeguarding Boards and coordinate Great Places’ response to Serious Case Reviews and Safeguarding Adult Reviews, • You will set and monitor targets for Safeguarding performance, ensuring value for money and the effective management of resources, • You will develop effective partnerships with key external partners in relation to safeguarding, representing Great Places at external meetings and conferences, • You will develop and deliver high quality training to all colleagues, • You will develop and manage relevant policy and guidance for Safeguarding What you’ll need • Educated to degree level or equivalent or work experience demonstrating graduate level ability, • Experience within a safeguarding role, within the housing sector, social care or statutory agency, including knowledge of safeguarding legislation and best practice, • Experience of developing and delivering training to a range of different colleague groups, • Experience of cross organisational working and engaging stakeholders, • Excellent data analysis and report writing skills, • Experience of working within a compliance framework, • Use of full range of Microsoft Office, • Good written and verbal communication, • Experience of coaching stakeholders in complex case management, • Organisation and ability to time-manage work load, • The ability to develop and project a positive image of Great Places through personal, written and oral skills What we need from you • You will be required to attend a number of face to face training sessions as well as virtual sessions and e-learning. This part of your role is vital and of equal importance as the day to day aspects., • Great Places Housing Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all our colleagues to share this commitment. What we give you in return for your hard work and commitment • Pension ¦ DC scheme (up to 10% contribution from both colleagues and Great Places), • WPA ¦ Healthcare auto enrolled at no contribution level with £1250 of savings available - option to increase & add family members, • Annual leave ¦Start at 26 days annual leave, increasing up to 30 days + Bank Holidays, • Professional fees ¦ The business pays the cost of one professional membership fee for each colleague, • The Market Place ¦ high street, restaurant & supermarket discounts, gym memberships, cycle to work, smart tech loans and much more, • Health and wellbeing initiatives ¦ Our colleagues enjoy wellbeing campaigns throughout the year, with activities designed around our four pillars of wellbeing, these include career wellbeing, mental wellbeing, physical wellbeing and financial wellbeing At Great Places we believe the wellbeing of our colleagues is vital to enable them to deliver to great services, all your benefits can be used inside and outside of work.

We're looking for a Business Analyst / Project Manager for a Manchester-based client on a contract of 12 to 18 months, paying between £400 and £500 per day (Outside IR35). This is predominantly a remote role with occasional travel to the Manchester office, approximately one day per week. This is a greenfield Case Management system implementation, and you will be the sole BA/PM on the project from day one. You will take ownership of scoping, requirements gathering, documentation and stakeholder management through to delivery, working with an offshore development team and managing the supplier relationship throughout. You will need proven experience working with the following: • Business analysis and project management across a full system implementation lifecycle, • Greenfield or new implementation projects, ideally a Case Management or similar system, • Scoping, requirements gathering and producing clear documentation for development teams, • Managing offshore development teams and supplier relationships, • Stakeholder management within a small to mid-size organisation, • Working as a sole BA/PM across the full project lifecycle in a hands-on capacity A background in financial services, insurance or legal environments would be highly desirable. Candidates from smaller firms, start-ups or boutique environments where they have owned projects end-to-end are strongly encouraged to apply. Interested? Please apply below. Business Analyst, Project Manager, BA/PM, Case Management, Greenfield, Requirements Gathering, Stakeholder Management, Offshore Development, Financial Services, Insurance, Legal, Manchester, Outside IR35

Ideas | People | Trust We’re BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today’s changing world. We work with the companies that are Britain’s economic engine – ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high growth businesses that fuel the economy – and directly advise the owners and management teams leading them. Join Our Learning Development Team! Are you ready to design impactful and innovative learning solutions that drive business success? Then look no further! Our Audit Stream L&D Team is looking for a manager-level designer to join our development team to support the design, curation and creation of varied content across our growing audit curriculum. Your Role: * Content Creation and Innovation: Design and curate both technical and non-technical learning content that meets business objectives and learner needs in an impactful, innovative and engaging way. Integrate the latest design thinking, technology and innovation into learning solutions to support high-quality, effective outcomes. * Quality Assurance: Review and ensure the quality and consistency of content developed by team members, ensuring learning outcomes are achieved and learning effectiveness optimised. Leverage practising audit experience and detailed understanding of accounting and auditing to support the development of relevant learning. * Programme Support: Collaborate with SMEs to translate business needs into effective learning objectives and interventions. Support delivery of programmes with onsite programme management and/or facilitation support when needed. Assist the Faculty team with the briefing and training of facilitators to equip them to delivery learning content for our people. * Team Development: Coach and upskill junior team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and development. * Strategic Initiatives: Support broader activities across L&D such as the Learning Library and Learning Culture programmes. Skills & Experience: * Qualified accountant with practical experience on external audits. * Experienced manager (or equivalent) with proven experience in programme development, including audit-technical content – a minimum of 2 years’ experience is expected for this role. Solid understanding of financial reporting, ethics and professional conduct needed. Formal L&D qualifications would be an advantage, but experience will be considered as a suitable proxy here. * Understanding of the latest design thinking, innovation, tools and technology to support programme development, data analytics / evidence-based analysis. * Strong relationship-building, communication and influencing skills. Teamworking and collaboration will be key, as well as an ability to work independently * Experience with behavioural change and cultural programmes is a plus. * Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. * Focus on excellence, quality and outputs. This is a flexible UK-based role but some travel to London, where the team is based, and other locations will be required. We’re in it together Mutual support and respect is one of BDO’s core values and we’re proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we’ll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs. Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another. At BDO, you’ll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work. We know that collaboration is the key to creating value and satisfying experiences at work, so we’ve invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices. BDO’s people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we’ll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences. With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you’ll never stop learning at BDO. We’re looking forward to the future At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy. Our success is powered by our people, which is why we’re always finding new ways to invest in you. Across the UK thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help companies we work with to achieve their ambitions. We’ve got a clear purpose, and we’re confident in our future, because we’re adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. We shape the future together with openness and clarity, because we believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.

The Business Intelligence Specialist will work collaboratively with internal stakeholders to collate, analyse and present data and information to ensure successful delivery of performance targets within Great Places. What you’ll be doing • Supporting the business to accurately report performance information, • Collaborating with service owners and subject matter experts across the Group to design, develop and build appropriate tools to present routine BI analysis, supporting the Group’s Performance Management Framework and operational management of the business., • Using data to gather greater insight and intelligence around key drivers of performance, resulting in intelligence led decision making, • Providing bespoke analysis and technical expertise through appropriate analysis and visualisation techniques such as Power BI and GIS, to support colleagues across the business with scrutinising data., • Regularly presenting data visualisations to colleagues from across the Group What you’ll need • Advanced knowledge of Excel with proven capability of handling large, complex data sets., • Experience of using a range of analytical techniques, from basic to advanced and understanding the appropriateness of use., • Experience of Research techniques such as qualitative and quantitative data collections methods., • Understanding of the business imperative behind accurate regulatory reporting and other compliance reporting requirements., • Experience of cross organisational working and engaging stakeholders, • Data analysis and report writing, • Experience using visualisation tools such as Power BI What we need from you • A passion for customer service, • Ability to understand the business BI requirements and succinctly articulate these back to colleagues in technical roles who will be required to support., • Excellent team player who can work flexibly to meet business requirements., • First class attention to detail, • Excellent relationship management skills What we need from you • A commitment to understand the challenges and opportunities that exist in the communities in which we work. We particularly value lived experience in social housing, • A passion to advocate on behalf of people and communities, • A commitment to work in partnership with others for the benefit of Great Places, • A commitment to continuous learning and improvement, • Ability to work flexibly and when needed outside normal working hours to ensure service continuity, • An ability to work in uncertainty., • To be professional and work with integrity, inclusivity and respect for diversity What we give you in return for your hard work and commitment • Pension¦ DC scheme (up to 10% contribution from both colleagues and Great Places), • WPA¦ Healthcare scheme starts at no contribution level with £1250 of savings available per year (option to increase & add family members), • Ways of Working¦ We offer some hybrid and flexible working, • Annual leave ¦Start at 26 days annual leave, increasing up to 30 days within 5 years + Bank Holidays, • Reward & Recognition ¦ You Count Rewards are individual reward’s for going ‘above & beyond’, • Professional fees ¦ The business pays the cost of one professional role related membership fee for each colleague, • The Market Place¦high street, restaurant & supermarket discounts, gym memberships, cycle to work, smart tech loans and much more, • Wage Stream¦ You can access savings opportunities and early access to wages, • Health and Wellbeing Initiatives ¦ Our colleagues enjoy wellbeing campaigns throughout the year, with activities designed around our four pillars of wellbeing, these include career wellbeing, mental wellbeing, physical wellbeing and financial wellbeing

Prometheus / Grafana SME | Manchester | £750/d | 6 Months | Hybrid | Financial Services | Investment Banking | Financial Services | Hybrid | In this role you will collaborate with Application Stewards and Site Reliability Engineers to confirm critical assets in scope for monitoring verification and uplift. Your responsibilities will include working with EMAS to analyse Prometheus scrape coverage, exporter deployment, and Grafana dashboard availability for critical applications. Key Capabilities/ Knowledge:Deep expertise in designing, implementing, and configuring: Prometheus • Instrumentation strategy (exporters, service discovery, custom metrics)., • PromQL development for complex queries and performance analysis., • Recording rules, alerting rules, and metric optimisation., • High-availability architectures, sharding, federation, and long-term storage (e.g., Thanos, Cortex, Mimir). Grafana • Dashboard and panel design with performance-focused visualisations., • Alerting configuration and best-practice alert routing., • Synthetic monitoring integrations (e.g., Grafana Synthetic Monitoring / Blackbox exporter)., • Log ingestion and analysis (e.g., Loki)., • Real User Monitoring equivalents or integrations (e.g., Grafana Faro for web telemetry). Location: Manchester Contract: 6 Months Rate: £750/d Inside IR35 via Umbrella Hybrid: 2 days in the office, 3 days working from home Sound interesting? Apply now! Adecco acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer. By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Adecco. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement explains how we will use your information - please copy and paste the following link in to your browser

Business Analyst / Project Manager (18 Month Fixed-Term Contract) My client is a boutique professional services firm operating within a regulated, client-focused sector, supporting individuals and businesses through complex financial situations. Alongside their core services, they are heavily investing in technology to improve outcomes, streamline operations, and enhance the client experience. They have developed a number of internal systems and are now embarking on their most ambitious initiative to date: the greenfield development of a new Case Management Platform to replace their existing off-the-shelf solution. This is a rare opportunity to join a growing organisation where technology is genuinely strategic, and where you will have direct influence over both product direction and delivery. The Opportunity My client is seeking an experienced Business Analyst / Project Manager to take a central role in delivering a greenfield Case Management Platform. This is a dual-function role covering both business analysis and project management. You will work closely with internal stakeholders to define requirements, shape future processes, and ensure the development team is fully aligned. At the same time, you will own the delivery plan, coordinate a mixed onshore/offshore development team, and ensure the project is delivered effectively. This is a high-impact position offering autonomy, visibility, and the opportunity to help shape a core business platform from the ground up. Key Responsibilities Business Analysis • Engage with stakeholders across the business to understand current processes and future requirements, • Produce clear as-is and to-be process documentation and process maps, • Gather, define, and manage business and functional requirements, • Translate requirements into detailed, developer-ready user stories and acceptance criteria, • Act as the key bridge between business users and the development team Project Management, • Own and maintain the overall project plan, delivery roadmap, and timelines, • Coordinate a development team including internal engineers and offshore contractors, • Facilitate Agile/Scrum ceremonies (sprint planning, stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives), • Manage dependencies, risks, and blockers to ensure smooth delivery, • Provide regular progress reporting to senior stakeholders and technical leadership What We’re Looking For Essential, • Proven experience in a combined or standalone BA/PM role within a software delivery environment, • Strong background in requirements gathering, process mapping, and user story creation, • Experience delivering Agile/Scrum-based projects, • Excellent communication skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders, • Highly organised with strong delivery and prioritisation capabilities, • Experience managing distributed or offshore development teams Desirable, • Experience in regulated industries (e.g. financial services, legal, insolvency, or similar), • Familiarity with tools such as Azure DevOps or similar platforms, • Experience working on greenfield builds or major system replacements What’s on Offer, • A rare opportunity to deliver a greenfield platform from inception, • High levels of ownership and autonomy in shaping a business-critical system, • Close collaboration with senior technical leadership, • Hybrid working with a Manchester-based office, • 18-month fixed-term contract with the option to extend by a further 6 months Interested? Please click Apply Now! Business Analyst / Project Manager (18 Month Fixed-Term Contract)

Senior Finance Manager - Bolton - £70,000 + bonus Hybrid role 3days in the office 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 Support the bring financial excellence to life with a role that sits at the heart of the business. This is an exciting opportunity to drive strong balance sheet governance through robust reconciliations and controls, while overseeing critical areas such as VAT, payroll, bonus provisions and statutory compliance. You’ll deliver advanced financial analysis and insightful reporting, bringing budgets, trends and variances to life to support smarter decision making. As a hands-on leader, you’ll inspire and develop a high-performing team of four, while also supporting the Audit Lead and acting as the key point of contact for external auditors making a visible, valued impact across the organisation. What you'll need to succeed You will be a commercially minded accountant with strong technical foundations, ideally qualified ACA, ACCA, CIMA, . 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 about your career. 4792410

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

Product Financial Controller for a large Financial Services group in Manchester paying up to £130,000 + bonus Your new company You’ll be joining one of the UK’s largest and most established financial services groups, renowned for their diverse product portfolio of services. Due to another year of growth, the organisation is investing heavily in digital transformation, modernising its finance and product capabilities, and re-shaping how it serves its customer base. Your new role As Product Financial Controller, you will be a pivotal figure within the organisation, responsible not only for delivering technical and accurate financial control, but also for driving meaningful transformation across processes, automation, and data quality. You will take a lead on financial controls and reporting for key product areas, owning the balance sheet and P&L with a focus on accuracy and compliance. You’ll deliver analysis, identify risks, provide performance insights, and act as a trusted advisor to senior teams. What you'll need to succeed You will be a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA), with previous experience within Financial Services or Banking, ideally within large complex accounting structures. You will be able to demonstrate examples of combining traditional financial rigour and driving change and taking a lead on transformational projects and modernising processes. What you'll get in return Alongside this being a standout opportunity to influence how a large organisation operates, you'll receive a highly competitive salary of up to £130k + 30% bonus, alongside a brilliant benefits pack and a hybrid working model. The business offers brilliant career progression opportunities, nationally and internationally, whilst joining a well renowned business with a large finance function based in Manchester. Their offices are nearby to public transport, restaurants, shops and local amenities. 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. 4780858

Senior Credit Controller required for a South Stockport/Macclesfield/Poynton. up to £34,000pa Your new company A successful, long-standing company based in South Stockport (Macclesfield/Poynton) is seeking a Senior Credit Controller to join the company. Your new role This role is responsible for overseeing credit control operations, managing financial processes within the sales ledger, and ensuring accurate and timely reporting. The position includes debt management, supervisory duties, month-end duties, and general financial administration. • Manage and support the credit control function, supporting staff, ensuring efficient daily operations., • Oversee workload distribution and maintain high standards of financial accuracy and compliance., • Ensure all accounts are paid within agreed timescales., • Process all sales ledger transactions, including credit notes and adjustments., • Manage administrative processes for held or queried transactions., • Complete month-end duties, including statements, reconciliations, and reporting., • Produce aged debt analysis and other debtor-related reports., • Follow up on overdue balances, taking appropriate action to secure settlement., • Escalate serious outstanding debt to senior leadership.What you'll need to succeed, • Proven background in credit control, • Strong numerical ability with a confident approach to data interpretation., • Determined, resilient, and able to develop positive working relationships., • Competent user of Microsoft Office and general IT systems., • Clear and professional communication skills, both internally and externally., • Self-driven with the ability to work independently, • High level of accuracy and a methodical approach to workload., • Strong organisational abilities with effective communication skills. 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. 4785557

Permanent Management Accountant job with a well-established company in South Manchester. Your new company A service-based company in South Manchester is seeking a hand-on Management Accountant to support their growing finance team. Your new role You will be responsible for producing monthly management accounts, including the P&L, balance sheet, reconciliations, accruals and prepayments, while also supporting the team with daily accounting duties and providing clear, insightful analysis to non-finance colleagues. Alongside your reporting responsibilities, you’ll play an active role in the day-to-day running of the finance function - posting journals, resolving queries and helping drive process improvements - making this a varied and visible role within the business. What you'll need to succeed With a strong track record in management accounting, ideally gained within a serviced-based environment. You’ll combine strong technical accounting skills (be in later stages of ACCA/CIMA looking to qualify within the year) with a commercial, business-partnering mindset, and feel confident communicating financial information to stakeholders. A proactive, hands-on approach is essential, along with solid Excel skills and a willingness to support the wider team across both routine and more complex tasks. What you'll get in return Flexible working options available with hybrid working after the probation period. You will enjoy a friendly and supportive team along with 25 holidays, good working conditions and more. 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. # 4642816

Mental Health Clinical Lead –Mindplace clinics Location: Home and site based – travel to Bupa sites will be required Contract: Permanent, Full-time (37.5 hours) – Flexible options available Salary: Competitive salary (depending on experience) + excellent benefits Closing Date: Thursday, 7th May 2026 This advert may close ahead of the stated deadline should we receive an exceptionally high number of applications. About the Role Helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world sits at the heart of everything we do at Bupa. As a purpose‑driven organisation without shareholders, we reinvest our profits directly into providing better, more accessible healthcare for the benefit of our customers, now and in the future. Bupa’s refreshed strategy reflects a clear ambition to take greater ownership of the end‑to‑end healthcare experience for our customers, while accelerating the delivery of care through digital innovation and advances in clinical practice. The clinical community plays a critical role in delivering this strategy. Bupa’s Mindplace service is a newly established and fast‑growing mental health offering, providing high‑quality, face‑to‑face mental healthcare in purpose‑designed locations across the UK. Mindplace responds directly to the increasing demand for accessible, safe and effective mental health services. The Mental Health Clinical Lead is a pivotal role within this growth journey. The post holder will have responsibility for the clinical development, delivery and oversight of mental health services and products across Bupa’s Mindplace centres nationwide. Working closely with clinical, operational and senior leadership colleagues, the Mental Health Clinical Lead will help shape the future direction of the service. They will ensure the highest standards of clinical practice and customer experience, stay abreast of evolving national guidance and best practice, and play a key role in supporting the safe, sustainable and high‑quality growth of Bupa’s face‑to‑face mental health services. Key Responsibilities Clinical Leadership & Strategy • Provide senior clinical leadership across Bupa Health Clinics’ Mental Health services, working closely with the Clinical Head of Mental Health and Medical Director., • Deliver high standards of clinical governance, quality improvement, education and service development., • Deputise for the Clinical Head of Mental Health when required., • Act as a trusted clinical voice, leading by example and fostering a positive culture aligned to Bupa values., • Translate strategic objectives into operational delivery for frontline clinical teams. Governance, Quality & Safety • Lead and contribute to clinical assurance, audit programmes, risk management and regulatory compliance., • Ensure robust clinical policies, procedures and performance monitoring are in place and consistently applied., • Oversee incident management, complaints investigation, safeguarding, and Datix usage, promoting a culture of learning and continuous improvement., • Chair and contribute to Mental Health clinical governance meetings as appropriate. People Leadership & Workforce Development • Provide clinical leadership and support to Mental Health clinicians, practitioners and the Lead Therapist team (dotted‑line management)., • Deliver clinical supervision, one‑to‑one leadership support, and pastoral guidance., • Develop sustainable CPD, education and career development pathways., • Support recruitment, workforce planning, engagement initiatives and Pulse survey action planning. Clinical Delivery • Undertake regular clinical sessions in line with business needs., • Support consistent, high‑quality service delivery across Bupa clinics and partner sites., • Ensure adequate senior clinical cover and processes for urgent clinical enquiries. Customer Experience • Oversee management of serious complaints and monitor customer feedback and experience trends., • Drive service improvements through data analysis, deep‑dives and targeted action plans., • Embed a culture of Connected Care and high customer service standards. Business & Commercial Support • Provide clinical input to product development, tenders, sales, marketing, media and communications activity., • Support development of clinical content such as webinars, talks and written materials., • Work collaboratively with internal teams to support business growth and innovation. Communication & Information Governance • Ensure effective, transparent communication between clinical teams and senior leadership., • Champion the use of technology and new communication approaches., • Maintain high standards of information governance, confidentiality and data protection. Working Environment • Chartered Clinical or Counselling Psychologist (Doctorate level, BPS‑accredited, HCPC registered), • Accredited CBT Psychotherapist (PG Diploma, BABCP‑accredited), • Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist (Level 4+ diploma, BACP‑accredited) Applicants must have substantial leadership experience in mental health services. Key Skills & Experience • Proven clinical leadership and relationship management experience, • Strong background in clinical governance, including quality standards, audit, risk management, incidents and complaints handling, • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence, motivate and negotiate effectively, • Credible and persuasive clinical authority with strong decision‑making capability, • Highly developed analytical, planning, prioritisation and organisational skills, • Confident team leader who works collaboratively and performs well in fast‑paced environments, • Agile and adaptable, with resilience during periods of growth and strategic change, • Commercially and operationally aware, able to balance clinical excellence with business needs, • Solution‑focused, proactive and driven, with strong personal and professional integrity, • IT proficient, with the ability to use data and digital tools to improve quality and performance, • Sound understanding of national clinical and regulatory guidance, with the ability to research and apply evidence‑based practice to improve outcomes What It’s Like to Work at Bupa We’re a purpose‑driven organisation with no shareholders. Meaning everything we do focuses on delivering better care for our customers and communities. Join a supportive, inclusive environment where you’ll help people live longer, healthier, happier lives. Benefits • 25 days’ holiday (increasing with service) + option to buy/sell, • 3 paid volunteering days, • Enhanced pension & life insurance, • Annual performance‑based bonus, • Bupa health insurance, • Discounted dental cover, • Digital GP access, • Emotional and family wellbeing support, • Financial wellbeing resources, • Support for carers Diversity and Inclusion We celebrate diversity and foster an inclusive environment where you can be your authentic self. Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them. Ready to make a difference? Apply today and help us deliver exceptional mental health care across the UK.

Finance Director for a privately owned growing chemical manufacturer in Manchester, paying up to £90k Your new company A leading UK-based chemical manufacturer and distributor, operating within a wider privately owned group. The business has delivered consistent growth in recent years and continues to re-invest in site development whilst investing in new chemistry and infrastructure that is driving further expansion across domestic and international markets. Your new role You will be initially tasked with driving best practice across the finance team, owning the production of accurate monthly management accounts and KPI reporting, supporting strategic decision making through financial analysis, and managing the annual budget cycle and rolling forecasts. Key responsibilities include overseeing cashflow, credit exposure, capital expenditure and fixed asset controls, as well as managing statutory audits, tax compliance and R&D tax credit submissions. The role also maintains banking relationships, manages VAT returns, and oversees payroll, employee benefits and insurance, while supporting wider business initiatives as needed. What you'll need to succeed You will be a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA), with previous experience in Manufacturing, ideally within a group structure. You will need to have strong communication skills and be able to adapt and communicate with finance and non-finance staff members. You'll have a strong personality, with the ability to influence and drive decisions in a fast paced environment. What you'll get in return You'll receive a competitive salary of up to £100k + car, bonus and benefits, alongside brilliant opportunities to be at the forefront of business critical decisions. The business has a fantastic culture, and you'll be joining a well renowned international chemical manufacturing business based in Manchester. 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. 4780617

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

Commercial Valuations Surveyor - Manchester Your new company A fantastic client-side opportunity has become available based in the centre of Manchester working in the commercial sector for a Valuations Surveyor. You don't need to be chartered but need to demonstrate experience in commercial valuations. Role profile ● Production of quarterly valuations to monitor and track business progress, detailing the reasons for the movement against prior forecasts and the budget. ● Production of the detailed forecast for each budget. Presenting this to the regional leads. ● Assist with the audit and the production of the Director’s valuations at year-end in order to achieve the net worth target. ● Work with external valuers in order for them to produce the year-end valuations. ● Coach and empower colleagues on key valuation concepts and scenario tools to ensure the accurate delivery of forecasts. ● Lead the quarterly meetings with each regional team. ● Run valuation scenarios when needed for colleagues and provide sound valuation advice, recommendations and solutions on how to best maximise value. ● Assist with the refinance and the necessary information requests our lenders require. ● Model disposal valuations using relevant comparables. ● Analyse investments using market data and comparables to form a view on yields and pricing. ● Support with development appraisals ensuring assumptions and valuation approach are in keeping with the market. ● Analyse all deals working out the net effective rent. Systems & Process: ● Argus Enterprise software ● Production of the monthly datatape ● Build reports in Salesforce to streamline monthly reporting, bank reporting and other areas of analysis Person profile ● Ideally 3+ years experience within valuations● An analytical approach, strong excel skills & data management ● Experience within Argus would be advantageous but not essential. ● Stakeholder management and the ability to build relationships with internal departments and external partners Benefits ● 25 days holiday - plus your birthday ● Buy & sell more holidays if needed ● Sabbatical of up to 12 months so you can take a career break after five years ● Up to 8% matched pension scheme ● Enhanced maternity & paternity leave - plus baby bonus ● Free colleague share scheme starting at 5% of your annual salary each year (subject to hitting profit targets set the previous year) ● Discounts & cashback at leading retailers ● Life assurance / death in service ● Rewards for long service ● Employee Assistance Programme - 24/7 access to mental health, legal & financial support, including counselling ● Free healthcare cash plan for all colleagues so you can claim back medical expenses like optical, dentist & physiotherapy. ● Free private healthcare cover on an opt-in basis ● Cycle to work scheme● Car park discounts 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. # 4753753

Finance Job Title: Purchase Ledger ControllerReporting To: AP & AR Supervisor Role Purpose:The Purchase Ledger Controller is responsible for the effective administration of the Purchase Ledger, ensuring accurate and timely processing of invoices and payments in accordance with company policies and procedures. The role supports cash flow management, maintains strong supplier relationships, and provides reliable financial information to management and external stakeholders where required. Right to Vary Job Description:This job description reflects the role as currently defined. The organisation regularly reviews job descriptions to ensure they accurately reflect the duties being performed or to incorporate operational changes. Reviews will be conducted in consultation with the post-holder. While agreement will be sought on reasonable changes, the organisation reserves the right to amend the job description in line with the role’s grade and business requirements following consultation. Key Objectives: • Administer the Purchase Ledger with accurate and timely ERP postings in line with company policy, • Ensure effective communication with suppliers and internal stakeholders regarding invoices, queries, and payments, • Work closely with the AP & AR Supervisor to deliver consistently high-quality outputs and strong service levels., • Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within the Finance functionKey Duties & Responsibilities:Purchase Ledger & Payments, • Process purchase order, manual invoices and credit notes, obtaining appropriate authorisation in line with company policy., • Prepare weekly and ad-hoc payment runs in line with supplier terms and cash flow forecasts, • Process payment runs through the ERP system and banking platform, and distribute remittance advice., • Ensure all bank statement payments are accurately posted and reconciled, • Work closely with the Purchasing team to resolve invoice and pricing queries, • Manage supplier correspondence and complete supplier statement reconciliations, • Handle pro forma invoices, unallocated payments, and supplier returns, • Forecast monthly payments inline with operating cashflow targets, providing weekly updates, • Provide accurate information to management and external stakeholders when required, • Support internal and external audits by providing documentation and explanations, • Maintain accurate filing and scanning of all purchase ledger documentationProcess Improvement & Team Support, • Maintain up-to-date process documentation for the role, • Support cross-training within the Finance team to ensure resilience, • Assist the AP & AR Supervisor with business improvement initiatives, ad-hoc analysis, and projectsGeneral Responsibilities, • Contribute to the overall effectiveness and reputation of the Finance function, • Ensure effective communication at all levels of the business, • Adhere to all company policies, procedures, and internal controls, • Maintain a safe, compliant, and efficient working environment, • Ensure optimal use of systems, equipment, and resources, • Demonstrate flexibility, including working longer hours during peak periods where necessary, • Participate in project teams and cross-functional initiatives as requiredWhat 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. 4792284

UK FP&A Manager required for a multisite manufacturing SME based in Hyde Your new company Your new company is a well-established UK multisite manufacturing SME based in Hyde. They're part of one of the world’s leading manufacturers of valves, hydrants, fittings, and related pipeline. Your new role You will take ownership of analysing key manufacturing KPIs, including cost per unit, yield, scrap and throughput, developing a true understanding of operational drivers and how they influence financial outcomes. Collaboration sits at the heart of the role: you will work closely with production teams, supply chain, wider operations and senior leadership, acting as a trusted partner who challenges constructively and brings new perspectives. Given the complexity of the organisation, you will also navigate group, local and in house reporting systems, ensuring alignment and accuracy across all financial processes. What you'll need to succeed To succeed in this role you will be ACA/ACCA/CIMA Qualified. A strong technical foundation is essential, not just for credibility with senior leaders, but for navigating the complexity of budgeting, forecasting and manufacturing based financial analysis with confidence and accuracy. Beyond qualifications, success in this environment requires a genuinely commercial mindset someone who understands not just “what the numbers say,” but what they mean for operations, profitability, decision making and long term performance. You will have the modelling and analytical capability to build forward looking scenarios, interrogate assumptions and translate operational drivers into financial impact. What you'll get in return You will be joining a stable and committed team with tenures ranging from four to eighteen years. The culture is built on autonomy, trust and professional maturity, offering a positive working environment where people are relied upon to deliver without micromanagement. While the team is dedicated and reliable, the environment can be somewhat insular, and part of your impact will come from constructively expanding their view. The business is undergoing modernisation and process improvement, but importantly, this is a period of positive change, not one driven by redundancies or instability. You will also receive a salary up to £70,000 plus car and benefits. 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. 4779073

Financial Controller to lead a small but highly efficient finance function in South Manchester. Your new company Your new company are a rapidly growing manufacturing SME based in South Manchester. After recent expansion across Europe and the US, they now need an experienced Financial Controller to head up their Finance Team. Your new role In your new role as Financial Controller you will oversee all financial operations of the business, maintaining strong financial controls, ensuring accurate reporting, meeting regulatory requirements, and managing cash flow effectively. This position blends hands on financial oversight with commercial awareness, providing senior leadership with timely and high quality financial information to support decision making and long term growth. What you'll need to succeed You’ll be ACA/ACCA/CIMA Qualified with strong financial control and reporting experience, with the ability to lead month end, year end, and audit preparation. You’re confident in budgeting, forecasting, and delivering insightful analysis that supports commercial decision making. You can manage cash flow and working capital effectively, ensuring robust liquidity and risk management. You have solid knowledge of statutory compliance and maintain high standards of governance and internal controls. You’re also skilled in improving systems and processes, driving efficiency, accuracy, and better financial discipline across the business. What you'll get in return You will be joining this ambitious SME, and be stepping into a high impact role with real ownership, visibility, and the opportunity to shape the company’s financial future as it scales. In return, you’ll receive a competitive £65,000 salary, a supportive leadership team, and a dynamic environment where your contribution genuinely drives growth and success. 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. # 4770754

If you’re a programmatic specialist with experience in Amazon advertising and you enjoy real ownership in your role, this could be a great next step… We’re working with a fast-growing eCommerce business that partners with ambitious brands, helping them scale through data-led Amazon advertising. A snapshot of the role: • Take full ownership of Amazon campaigns, from setup through to optimisation and performance delivery., • Manage activity across display, video and app, ensuring campaigns hit key commercial objectives., • Analyse campaign data and performance, turning insights into clear, actionable recommendations., • Work closely with clients, advising on strategy, planning and best practice., • Support pre-campaign planning, using benchmarks and past performance to shape effective approaches., • Keep a close eye on key metrics such as return on ad spend and sales performance. What you’ll bring to the table: • Hands-on experience managing programmatic campaigns within Amazon DSP., • Strong analytical skills, with confidence using data to inform decisions and optimise performance., • Comfortable working directly with clients, presenting insights and building relationships, • Solid Excel skills for reporting, tracking and analysis., • A proactive mindset, with the ability to spot opportunities and continuously improve campaigns. Benefits: A flexible and hybrid working environment, exceptional holiday allowance, a wide range of perks including financial and lifestyle benefits, wellbeing support, and everyday discounts, and a real opportunity for professional development. Sound like something you’d want to be part of? Apply today. Emma Davies // Zealous Agency

D2 are an independent and growing, professional services business. Since formation in 2011, we have developed a comprehensive suite of programme management capabilities. We combine our industry expertise with innovative thinking and digital products to develop close relationships with our clients and deliver our commitments. We are actively engaged on some of the largest infrastructure projects across the UK and Canada, performing to our mission statement: “Working together to develop intelligent programme management solutions, helping to deliver a more sustainable world”. Overview of Role: We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Risk Professional to join our diverse and thriving risk team. We are seeking an ambitious individual with experience in risk, controls and performance capabilities to lead some of the most exciting clients and projects across Manchester, Leeds, and York. This role will sit within the Programme Performance team with opportunities in the transport (rail, local transport, aviation, highways), infrastructure (energy, utilities, defence and technology) sectors as well as opportunities to grow into wider Programme Performance roles. Responsibilities: • Lead the implementation of an integrated risk management framework across a major capital programme or project. Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:, • Lead and facilitate identification, assessment and prioritisation of threats, benefits, efficiencies, opportunities and issues., • Drive a proactive focus on mitigation and realisation actions to meet client targets., • Strong communication and articulation skills, being able to confidently guide project teams, whilst avoiding risk jargon., • Monitor overall risk exposure and assess against the remaining risk contingency or budget., • Proactively identify acceleration or saving opportunities to better enable successful project delivery., • Lead development of integrated Programme Performance dashboards that align risk data with scope and change, cost, schedule and benefits data to support better informed decision making., • Lead and conduct integrated quantitative risk analysis (cost and schedule), including what-if scenarios to inform project contingency levels., • Bid and project management experience for public and private clients., • Committed to challenging the norm and identifying new and efficient ways of working. Requirements: • We are looking for candidates with experience in a risk delivery role on major infrastructure projects/programmes., • QSRA and QCRA experience. Benefits: • Competitive salary (Salary dependant on experience level), • Pension scheme, • 25 days holiday + option to buy 4 days., • Additional 1 day holiday for your birthday, • Private healthcare and employee assistance programme, • Group life insurance., • Medi Cash health insurance providing cashback towards everyday healthcare bills., • Enhanced family leave, including maternity/ paternity/ adoption., • Cycle to work scheme., • Financial and technical support for professional memberships, • Hybrid working, • Summer and Winter staff celebration events Core Values: We pride ourselves on behaving and delivering to our core values: People – We encourage diversity whilst investing in, and developing, the very best talent. Integrity - Our reputation, passion, and commitment inspire trust and integrity. Community - We are a collaborative community, understanding challenges from every angle, exploring innovative solutions based on our expert knowledge. Innovation – We are driven to inspire others with fresh creative ideas based on continuously learning.

The Firm Established in 2020, KP Law (previously Keller Postman) is a specialist litigation boutique, focussing on collective redress. The firm has over 100 employees across offices in London, Manchester, Birmingham, and Liverpool, representing over 250,000 individual clients across a range of cases in areas such as product liability, competition, worker rights, data breach and privacy and financial services. Our ethos is to combine the best legal talent with a strong operational and technological platform to enable its clients to pursue cases that could not otherwise be brought against large corporates as a result of their wrongdoing. Uniquely, KP Law is owned and fully financed by a recognised UK litigation funder (Legatus Holdings), this allows us to take on larger, headline making cases with greater efficiency and confidence. All of our cases are for claimants and carried out under contingent fee agreements at no cost or risk to its clients. KP Law was ranked Tier 1 for Group Litigation: Claimant in The Legal 500 UK Guide 2026, and Band 2 for Group Litigation: Claimant in Chambers and Partners 2026. The Role Role Summary As a Data Engineer you will be responsible for maintaining, enhancing, and evolving an existing Databricks data platform to support trusted, scalable, and high‑quality data products. Working closely with analysts, developers, and business stakeholders, you will build and extend a medallion architecture that underpins reporting, analytics, and downstream use cases. A key focus of the role will be embedding strong data quality controls and supporting clear data quality exception reporting to improve transparency, trust, and decision‑making across the organisation. Key Duties & Responsibilities Databricks Platform & Data Engineering • Maintain and optimise an existing Databricks environment, ensuring reliability, performance, and cost‑effectiveness, • Design, build, and enhance data pipelines using Spark and Databricks best practices, • Develop scalable, reusable data engineering patterns to support multiple data domains, • Monitor and troubleshoot pipeline failures, performance bottlenecks, and data issues Medallion Architecture Development • Build and evolve Bronze, Silver and Gold layers aligned to business and analytical needs, • Implement clear transformation, enrichment, and aggregation logic between layers, • Design the Gold layer data models in collaboration with analysts and BI developers to meet defined analytical and reporting consumption requirements Data Quality & Exception Reporting • Define and implement data quality rules, validations, and thresholds across the data lifecycle, • Develop automated data quality checks and exception reports to highlight data issues, • Proactively identify root causes of data quality incidents and implement preventative fixes, • Partner with data owners and stakeholders to resolve data quality issues and improve source system practices Data Governance, Security & Integrity • Support data governance standards including schema management, naming conventions, and metadata, • Ensure appropriate data access controls and security measures are applied, • Maintain data lineage and documentation to support auditability and trust Stakeholder Collaboration • ·Work closely with analysts, developers and business teams to understand data requirements, • ·Translate business needs into robust, maintainable data engineering solutions, • ·Provide guidance on data availability, structure, and appropriate usage, • ·Documentation & Knowledge Sharing, • ·Document pipelines, data models, data quality rules, and architectural decisions, • ·Contribute to shared standards, templates, and best practices within the Data team, • ·Support knowledge transfer and mentoring within the Data team Continuous Improvement • ·Continuously improve pipeline performance, reliability, and maintainability, • ·Identify opportunities to automate, standardize or simplify data engineering workflows, • ·Stay up to date with Databricks, Spark and cloud data engineering best practices Essential Skills & Experience • ·Proven experience as a Data Engineer working in a modern cloud data platform, • ·Strong hands‑on experience with Databricks and Apache Spark, • ·Experience building and maintaining medallion (Bronze/Silver/Gold) architectures, • ·Experience extracting and ingesting data using APIs, • ·Strong SQL skills for data transformation, validation, and analysis, • ·Proficiency in Python (or Scala) for data engineering and automation, • ·Experience designing and implementing data quality checks and controls, • ·Strong problem solving skills with a focus on data reliability and integrity Desirable Skills & Experience • ·Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure (especially services such as ADLS, Azure SQL Server, Key Vault) or similar platform services such as AWS/GCP, • ·Familiarity with Delta Lake and transactional data patterns, • ·Experience with data orchestration tools (e.g. Databricks Workflows, MS Scheduler), • ·Understanding of data modelling concepts for analytics and reporting, • ·Experience supporting Power BI or other BI tooling through curated data layers, • ·Exposure to data governance, cataloguing, or lineage tools, • ·Familiarity with legal industry data and metrics. Our Values At KP Law, we pride ourselves on being a values-led law firm. Excellence in Everything ·We deliver high-quality work, ensuring accuracy, and attention to detail in everything we do. ·We seek continuing competence by embracing feedback, learning from our experiences and that of others, and developing our expertise. ·We hold ourselves and each other to account for upholding the highest professional standards, ensuring our clients receive exceptional service. Together We Achieve More ·We collaborate openly, valuing and respecting diverse perspectives to achieve the best results. ·We support and trust one another, fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can contribute and thrive. ·We recognise that success is a team effort, sharing knowledge and celebrating each other’s achievements. There’s Always a Way ·We approach challenges with a positive and proactive mindset, exploring creative and practical solutions. ·We take ownership of problems, staying committed and resilient until we achieve the best outcome. ·We embrace change and adaptability, seeing obstacles as opportunities to improve and innovate. Our Benefits We strive to offer a rounded benefits package, that employees value, no matter what stage of their career they are in. Current benefits include: ·Annual discretionary bonus scheme ·Company contributory pension scheme ·Hybrid working ·Life assurance ·Cash-back healthcare scheme ·Enhanced family friendly polices ·Employee Assistance Programme ·Subsidised gym membership ·Cycle to Work scheme ·Staff referral scheme

The Firm Established in 2020, KP Law (previously Keller Postman) is a specialist litigation boutique, focussing on collective redress. The firm has over 100 employees across offices in London, Manchester, Birmingham, and Liverpool, representing over 250,000 individual clients across a range of cases in areas such as product liability, competition, worker rights, data breach and privacy and financial services. Our ethos is to combine the best legal talent with a strong operational and technological platform to enable its clients to pursue cases that could not otherwise be brought against large corporates as a result of their wrongdoing. Uniquely, KP Law is owned and fully financed by a recognised UK litigation funder (Legatus Holdings), this allows us to take on larger, headline making cases with greater efficiency and confidence. All of our cases are for claimants and carried out under contingent fee agreements at no cost or risk to its clients. KP Law was ranked Tier 1 for Group Litigation: Claimant in The Legal 500 UK Guide 2026, and Band 2 for Group Litigation: Claimant in Chambers and Partners 2026. The Role Role Summary As a Data Analyst you will play a pivotal role in providing valuable insights and analysis to internal and external customers. Working in a small team, you will collaborate with Legal teams, data engineers and developers to strengthen data-driven decision-making across the organisation. By delivering high quality analytical solutions across reporting solutions such as Power BI, the Data Analyst enables teams to make informed decisions, identify performance drivers, and continuously improve operational outcomes. Key Responsibilities: Reporting & Data Visualisation • Design, build, and maintain reports and dashboards that turn complex data into clear, actionable insights, • Apply data visualisation best practices to effectively communicate findings to varied audiences, • Automate routine and recurring reports to improve efficiency and consistency. Data Analysis & Insight • Analyse large and complex datasets to identify trends, patterns, and opportunities aligned to business objectives, • Provide analytical support to inform key business initiatives and decision making, • Generate meaningful insights to support both operational and strategic outcomes Stakeholder Engagement • Collaborate with business teams to gather reporting requirements and translate them into technical specifications., • Provide guidance and training to end‑users on accessing, interpreting, and leveraging reports and dashboards effectively., • Present insights and recommendations that influence operational and strategic decision‑making. Data Quality, Governance & Integrity • Ensure data quality, accuracy, and consistency across all reports and analytical outputs, • Carry out regular data cleansing, validation, and reconciliation activities, • Support the implementation and adherence to data governance policies and standards Documentation & Knowledge Sharing • Document methodologies, processes, and outputs to promote transparency, repeatability, and knowledge sharing Continuous Improvement • Monitor the performance of existing reports and dashboards, implementing improvements where needed., • Contribute to the development of reporting standards, documentation, data definitions, and governance practices. Essential Skills & Experience: ·Degree in a STEM subject or experience in data analysis or business intelligence. ·Proficiency in Power BI, including data modelling, DAX, and visualisation best practices. ·Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex datasets. ·Solid SQL skills for querying and preparing data. ·Experience working with stakeholders to understand needs and present findings. ·High attention to detail and strong data quality mindset. Desirable Skills & Attributes: ·Experience working with Databricks for data transformation or analytics workflows. ·Experience developing Salesforce reports and dashboards. ·Foundational knowledge of Python for data manipulation, automation, or analysis. ·Experience with cloud data environments such as Azure or AWS. ·Familiarity with ETL tools, or similar data‑integration technologies. ·Understanding of data modelling concepts. ·Familiarity with legal industry data and metrics. Equal Opportunities Our approach to our people is underpinned by our commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion and well-being. Our ambition is to build a richly diverse workforce made up of the best talent in our industry. With a workplace that is supportive and inclusive, recognises and nurtures talent, and has a strong sense of community between colleagues. This means that everyone who either applies to or works for KP Law is treated equally, regardless of their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, or religious beliefs. Our Values At KP Law, we pride ourselves on being a values-led law firm. Excellence in Everything ·We deliver high-quality work, ensuring accuracy, and attention to detail in everything we do. ·We seek continuing competence by embracing feedback, learning from our experiences and that of others, and developing our expertise. ·We hold ourselves and each other to account for upholding the highest professional standards, ensuring our clients receive exceptional service. Together We Achieve More ·We collaborate openly, valuing and respecting diverse perspectives to achieve the best results. ·We support and trust one another, fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can contribute and thrive. ·We recognise that success is a team effort, sharing knowledge and celebrating each other’s achievements. There’s Always a Way ·We approach challenges with a positive and proactive mindset, exploring creative and practical solutions. ·We take ownership of problems, staying committed and resilient until we achieve the best outcome. ·We embrace change and adaptability, seeing obstacles as opportunities to improve and innovate. Our Benefits We strive to offer a rounded benefits package, that employees value, no matter what stage of their career they are in. Current benefits include: • Annual discretionary bonus scheme, • Company contributory pension scheme, • Hybrid working, • Life assurance, • Cash-back healthcare scheme, • Enhanced family friendly polices, • Employee Assistance Programme, • Subsidised gym membership, • Cycle to Work scheme, • Staff referral scheme

Our client is one of the biggest crypto exchange platform and currently is hiring an Options Trader. Location: Remote (Europe-based highly preferred) Core Responsibilities • Quantitative Strategy Development: Responsible for researching, designing, backtesting, and deploying high-frequency trading strategies for cryptocurrency options, including but not limited to options market making, volatility arbitrage, calendar spread, and cross-market arbitrage., • Automated Trading System Management: Monitor and optimize high-frequency marketmaking algorithms to ensure stable and low-latency operation in extremely volatile market conditions. Work closely with the development team to continuously refine pricing and execution logic., • Risk Management and Portfolio Analysis: Monitor and manage options positions in real-time, with precise measurement and control of risk exposures. Conduct attribution analysis on daily trading strategies and algorithm performance, calculate sources of profit and loss (P&L), and evaluate the effectiveness of strategies., • Cross-Team Collaboration: Collaborate closely with IT engineers, risk teams, and other team members to translate business requirements into executable code, ensuring trading activities comply with exchange rules and regulatory requirements. Qualifications • Educational Background: Hold a master's or doctoral degree from a top-tier university, with a focus on highly quantitative disciplines such as mathematics, physics, financial engineering, computer science, or statistics., • Work Experience: At least 3 years of professional trading experience, with a background in options trading at a proprietary trading firm, hedge fund, or market-making institution., • Professional Skills: ◦ Deep Knowledge of Derivatives: Profound understanding of options pricing models (e.g., Black-Scholes), volatility surfaces, and options Greeks risk metrics. ◦, • Excellent Programming Skills: Must be proficient in one or more programming languages, especially Python and C++., • Quantitative Analysis Skills: Strong knowledge of statistics and machine learning, capable of handling complex datasets and applying methods such as stochastic calculus and Monte Carlo simulations for modeling. •, • Personal Attributes: Ability to remain calm and efficient under extreme pressure and rapidly changing market conditions; possess an entrepreneurial mindset, actively seeking profitable opportunities and continuously learning., • Language: Native in Chinese is highly preferred.

Company: Victoria College of Arts and Design Job Title: Lecturer - Creative Business Reports to: Programme Leader Location: ON-SITE, Manchester, UK Salary Range: £45,000 per annum Work Schedule: Tuesday - Saturday, 9am to 5pm Overview As a Lecturer at the Victoria College of Arts & Design, you are expected to play a key role in delivering, maintaining, and continuously enhancing the high standards of teaching, mentoring, and academic support that we aim to provide for our students. You will play a key role in designing, delivering, and assessing undergraduate and / or postgraduate modules and programmes. In particular, the role requires a broad and confident understanding of core business principles across areas such as entrepreneurship, strategy, marketing, innovation, operations, and professional practice. You will bring insight into how creative thinking enhances problem-solving, value creation, and decision-making within contemporary business contexts, including the creative and cultural industries. You will be expected to support students in developing business ideas, strategies, and ventures through research, experimentation, critical analysis, and reflective practice. This includes guiding students to translate ideas into viable business models, compelling propositions, and professionally presented outcomes that respond to industry challenges and entrepreneurial opportunities. This position is ideal for a lecturer who is passionate about teaching and mentoring, committed to student success, and motivated to develop enterprising, adaptable graduates who can think creatively while operating confidently across all areas of business. This position is ideal for someone who is passionate about teaching and mentoring, and who is also dedicated to delivering student success. Key Responsibilities Teaching and Module Delivery: • Plan, develop, and deliver high-quality, student-centred lectures, seminars, tutorials, and workshops for assigned modules., • Utilise a range of best-practice teaching methods to support various learning styles, fostering engagement and inclusivity., • Maintain up-to-date knowledge of subject areas, ensuring course content is relevant, current, and aligned with contemporary industry practice and research insight. Assessment and Feedback: • Design, manage and assess formative and summative coursework assignments, ensuring flexibility, fairness, transparency, and relevance., • Provide succinct, constructive, coherent and timely feedback to students, using written, recorded or written media, designed to aid students in their academic reflection, progress and development of core skills., • Ensure that grading and feedback is in line with best practice and standards across the English Higher Education sector. Student Support and Guidance: • Act as an academic advisor and mentor to students, providing guidance on academic matters and supporting their professional aspirations., • Organise and participate in student engagement activities and additional, non-curricular, learning and academic integrity support sessions., • Address individual student needs, such as reasonable adjustments for students with disabilities, and refer to appropriate support services as necessary. Curriculum and Module Development: • Work collaboratively with faculty, management, students and external stakeholders to develop, modify and enhance curricula so that it always reflects contemporary industry and academic trends., • As appropriate, devise, design, manage and deliver the continuous improvement of teaching resources, such as updating reading lists, case studies, practical equipment, practical exercises, and online learning content., • Participate, as appropriate and when requested, in all Academic Development Committees including curriculum review committees, considering such things as the development of new and revised programmes. Quality Assurance and Continuous Improvement: • Adhere to all VCAD and Partner institution policies, procedures, and quality assurance standards., • Engage in peer review processes to improve and share good practices across teaching methods., • Participate in teaching observation and evaluation processes to ensure good quality support, development and enhancement of teaching practice across faculty. Professional Development: • Participate in professional development activities, keeping abreast of innovations and developments within the field of higher education teaching and learning and regulatory requirements. Administrative and Departmental Responsibilities: • Undertake, as required, administrative duties related to teaching, timetable management, module coordination, course management, marking, grading and other associated administrative tasks concerned with the efficient running of the Board, as well as any other appropriate duties reasonably requested by your line manager, including attendance and participation in departmental meetings., • Actively contribute to departmental goals and participate in activities such as open days, student recruitment, induction events, knowledge transfer and other outreach work., • Support VCAD initiatives, such as diversity and inclusion efforts, digital learning, and community collaboration. Staff Management Responsibilities: • Holders of any Lecturer post will have line management responsibilities as per their various and occasional non-substantive role, such as module or programme leader. These roles will be recognised through such procedures as remission of teaching hours or honorarium payments and will be reasonably negotiated with the Academic Dean and VCAD Director and in keeping with established VCAD policy. Qualifications & Experience: Essential (E) Desirable (D) • A Bachelor’s Degree (E), • Confidence and Ability to communicate complex information to a class of students. (E), • Ability to utilise a range of digital platforms, in particular Microsoft Office / 365. (E), • Enthusiasm, knowledge and experience of your specialist area. (E), • A Master’s Degree (D), • Relevant professional experience in an associated or appropriate area of practice (D), • Experience of Teaching (D), • Knowledge of the Higher Education sector in England. (D) Benefits • Annual leave (7.2 weeks), • Workplace pension scheme., • Company Sick Policy., • Statutory maternity/paternity pays., • Career development opportunities, • Training and self-development opportunities., • Gym membership discounts, • Retail discount schemes, • Cinema discounts, • Grocery discounts, • Cycle to work, • Investing and savings opportunities, • Financial wellbeing – personal debt advise., • Financial wellbeing education, • My Mind Pal (mental fitness)

D2 are an independent and growing, professional services business. Since formation in 2011, we have developed a comprehensive suite of programme management capabilities. We combine our industry expertise with innovative thinking and digital products to develop close relationships with our clients our clients and deliver our commitments. We are actively engaged on some of the largest infrastructure projects across the UK and Canada, performing to our mission statement: “Working together to develop intelligent programme management solutions, helping to deliver a more sustainable world”. Overview of Role: As a Programme/Project Controls Manager, you will play a pivotal role in providing project controls leadership across key infrastructure projects. You will support the establishment and operation of best-practice controls, ensuring accurate forecasting, transparent reporting, and effective governance throughout the project lifecycle. You will work closely with senior client stakeholders, delivery teams, commercial leads, and supply chain partners to provide insight, challenge, and drive performance improvement. Responsibilities: • Lead and manage project controls activities across one or multiple infrastructure workstreams., • Develop, maintain and assure integrated project schedules, including baseline management, critical path analysis, and progress measurement., • Provide accurate cost reporting, forecasting, and performance analysis to support decision-making., • Own and maintain risk and opportunity processes, facilitating workshops and ensuring mitigation plans are embedded into delivery plans., • Deliver high-quality project controls reporting packs (weekly/monthly), including KPIs, dashboards, and executive-level narrative., • Support robust change control, capturing schedule/cost impacts and ensuring governance and approvals are maintained., • Provide assurance of programme health, highlighting key risks, issues, and recovery actions early., • Engage confidently with client and stakeholder teams, presenting insights clearly and influencing outcomes., • Mentor and support junior project controls resources where required and contribute to continuous improvement across D2 Global’s controls capability. Requirements: • Proven experience in a Project Controls Manager / Senior Project Controls role within major infrastructure (rail, transport, utilities, energy, civils, or large capital programmes)., • Strong knowledge of project controls disciplines: planning, cost, risk, reporting, governance, and performance management., • High proficiency in Primavera P6 and/or Microsoft Project, with strong Excel capability., • Experience producing client-facing reporting and presenting performance insights to senior stakeholders., • Strong understanding of programme controls, baseline management, forecasting, and change control., • A collaborative, proactive approach with the confidence to challenge and influence. Desirable: • Experience working in a consultancy / PMO / client-side environment., • Knowledge of NEC (and/or FIDIC) contracts and how change impacts time and cost., • Familiarity with Power BI, dashboards, and data-led reporting., • Professional qualification or working towards (APM / PMI / RICS or equivalent). Benefits: • Competitive salary (Salary dependant on experience level), • Pension scheme, • 25 days holiday + option to buy 4 days., • Additional 1 day holiday for your birthday, • Private healthcare and employee assistance programme, • Group life insurance., • Medi Cash health insurance providing cashback towards everyday healthcare bills., • Enhanced family leave, including maternity/ paternity/ adoption., • Cycle to work scheme., • Financial and technical support for professional memberships, • Hybrid working, • Summer and Winter staff celebration events Core Values: We pride ourselves on behaving and delivering to our core values: • People – We encourage diversity whilst investing in, and developing, the very best talent., • Integrity - Our reputation, passion, and commitment inspire trust and integrity., • Community - We are a collaborative community, understanding challenges from every angle, exploring innovative solutions based on our expert knowledge., • Innovation – We are driven to inspire others with fresh creative ideas based on continuously learning.

Job Title: Vice President & Senior Vice President Roles | Wealth Services Leadership (Operations, Risk, Client & Control Functions) Location: Manchester, England, U.K. (Hybrid – 4 days onsite) Full-time Competitive salary: (dependent on experience) About the Opportunity We are hiring experienced Vice President (VP) and Senior Vice President (SVP) professionals across a wide range of leadership roles within a global Wealth Services and Financial Operations platform. These roles span Client Operations, Client Enablement, Investor Reporting, Corporate Actions, Data Governance, Risk & Compliance, AML, Billing, Settlements, and Business Transformation. Each role offers the opportunity to lead teams, shape strategy, strengthen control frameworks, and drive operational transformation at scale. About the Company Join a leading global financial institution recognised for delivering world-class solutions across wealth management operations, custody and settlement services, investment servicing, and regulatory-controlled environments. The organisation operates at scale across global markets, combining advanced operational platforms, data-driven decision-making, and digital transformation capability, including increasing adoption of AI and automation to enhance efficiency and client outcomes. With a strong focus on collaboration, continuous improvement, and innovation, this organisation empowers senior leaders to shape strategy, influence enterprise outcomes, and deliver measurable impact across complex operational environments. About the Roles We are seeking experienced Vice Presidents and Senior Vice Presidents to lead critical functions across Client Operations, Client Enablement, Investor Services, Corporate Actions, Risk & Compliance, and Operational Transformation. Each role will own strategic initiatives within their domain, improving client experience, strengthening governance and controls, and enhancing operational efficiency across global platforms. These positions offer senior leaders the opportunity to shape functional strategy, lead transformation programmes, and influence enterprise-wide outcomes in a high-impact environment. VP – Client Enablement Manager (Client Onboarding & Implementation) Lead end-to-end onboarding programmes for wealth clients, managing implementation journeys, improving onboarding processes, and optimising data flows and system integration. This role plays a key part in enhancing client experience while driving operational efficiency and scalable onboarding solutions. VP – Client Operations Manager Own client operations delivery and service performance across multiple workflows. Act as a senior escalation point for client issues, ensuring service excellence, operational stability, and continuous improvement across day-to-day operations. VP – Shareholder Services / Investor Reporting Oversee investor reporting and shareholder servicing functions, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and high-quality client delivery. Act as a senior client contact while driving enhancements in reporting processes and service models. VP – Corporate Actions Manager Lead corporate actions operations across global markets, ensuring accurate processing, regulatory compliance, and high-quality client service. Drive automation, process improvement, and operational resilience across the function. VP – Data Quality / Data Steward Own enterprise data governance and data quality frameworks, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and control across operational data sets. Manage data incidents, define data standards, and act as escalation point for data integrity and risk issues. VP – Business Continuity & Incident Management Lead operational resilience frameworks, including business continuity planning, incident management, and crisis response. Ensure readiness for operational disruption events and regulatory compliance across global operations. VP – AML / Sanctions Manager Oversee AML and sanctions compliance programmes, ensuring adherence to UK and global regulatory frameworks. Manage financial crime risk, lead teams, and provide expert guidance on legislative and regulatory impact. VP – Settlements Manager Oversee securities settlement operations, including reconciliation, break resolution, and custodial interactions. Drive operational efficiency, control improvements, and timely settlement of global financial transactions. VP – Mutual Funds Manager Manage fund operations across dealing, settlements, AML due diligence, and fund lifecycle processes. Ensure service quality, regulatory compliance, and operational efficiency across mutual fund administration. VP – Tax Operations Manager Lead global tax operations, including withholding tax, tax reclaims, FATCA/CRS reporting, and regulatory tax compliance. Drive accuracy, process controls, and continuous improvement across tax servicing functions. VP – Transaction Reporting Specialist Ensure compliance with regulatory transaction reporting requirements (including EMIR, MiFID II, SFTR). Manage reporting accuracy, resolve issues, and partner with regulatory and operational stakeholders. VP – Operations Business Planning & Analysis Lead operational analytics, performance reporting, and strategic planning across Wealth Services Operations. Develop dashboards, insights, and automation solutions while driving AI and digital transformation initiatives. SVP – Billing Manager Lead billing operations and revenue control frameworks, ensuring pricing accuracy, control effectiveness, and revenue protection. Manage teams, resolve complex client escalations, and identify efficiency and automation opportunities. SVP – Control Manager / Client Asset Safety (CASS) Oversee client asset protection frameworks and ensure compliance with FCA CASS regulations and broader custody rules. Lead governance, risk mitigation, regulatory reporting, and audit readiness across client asset operations. Key Responsibilities (Across Roles) • Lead strategic initiatives across client operations, onboarding, reporting, risk, and control functions, • Act as a senior escalation point for clients, internal stakeholders, and regulatory bodies, • Drive operational transformation, process improvement, and efficiency across global teams, • Strengthen governance, risk, and control frameworks in line with regulatory requirements, • Embed automation, digital tooling, and AI-enabled solutions into operational processes, • Oversee end-to-end service delivery within complex, high-volume financial environments, • Lead, mentor, and develop high-performing teams across multiple operational functions, • Collaborate with Operations, Technology, Risk, Compliance, and Client Relationship teams, • Ensure delivery of accurate, timely, and high-quality outputs across all operational areas, • Influence and contribute to enterprise-wide strategy and business outcomes, • Support regulatory readiness, audit processes, and ongoing compliance obligations Qualifications • Extensive experience in financial services (wealth management, custody, asset servicing, or operations), • Proven leadership experience, particularly at Vice President or Senior Vice President level, • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills across senior internal and external audiences, • Deep expertise in one or more relevant domains (e.g. onboarding, investor reporting, corporate actions, AML, CASS, settlements, data governance, or tax operations), • Strong understanding of regulatory frameworks including FCA rules, AML regulations, and client asset requirements (CASS), • Demonstrated experience leading teams, managing performance, and driving operational delivery, • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities in complex environments, • Experience delivering process improvement, transformation, or change initiatives, • Ability to operate effectively in both strategic and hands-on leadership capacities, • Degree or equivalent professional experience required (relevant certifications advantageous, e.g. ACAMS, PMP, Lean Six Sigma), • Demonstrated interest in digital transformation, automation, and AI-enabled operational improvement Why Join This is a unique opportunity to step into high-impact leadership roles within a globally recognised financial services organisation undergoing significant transformation. You will have the opportunity to shape operational strategy, influence enterprise-wide decision-making, and lead critical functions that underpin global wealth services delivery. The environment is collaborative, forward-thinking, and innovation-driven, with a strong focus on transformation, automation, and continuous improvement. How to Apply If you’re a VP or SVP-level professional ready to make an impact: 👉 Click “Apply” via LinkedIn 📧 Or contact directly: 💬 Message me for a confidential discussion, we look forward to hearing from you. Requirements added by the job poster • Commute to this job’s location, • No need for visa sponsorship, • 5+ years of Financial Services experience

About us: Toluna is the global research and insights leader that enables businesses to make smarter, data-driven decisions – faster. For 26 years, we have partnered with the world’s leading brands, delivering transformative impact through our advanced technology platform, comprehensive solution portfolio, expansive global first-party panel, and world-class team of leading research experts. Since 2019, we’ve made significant investments in artificial intelligence to enhance automation, accelerate insight delivery, and unlock deeper understanding at scale. With 40+ offices worldwide, Toluna operates in 70+ countries, redefining the future of insights. Learn more at . Introduction: As a Senior Research Manager focused on financial services, you will play a key role in driving project success and leading client relationships alongside a dynamic team of researchers. This position is pivotal in delivering actionable insights for high-profile clients in a collaborative, growth-oriented work environment. Responsibilities: Client and Project Management • Lead multiple projects, with a focus on the financial services sector., • Design research that meets project objectives in consultation with clients., • Manage end-to-end, predominantly ad hoc research projects, including survey design, data analysis, and results presentation., • Analyze and transform data into clear, high quality, story-driven reports and presentations that address clients’ research, commercial, and communication goals, whilst keeping in mind regulatory requirements., • Maximize use of internal AI tools to enhance research delivery., • Review deliverables from more junior members of the team., • Work closely with internal operations teams to oversee survey deployment, data collection, and analysis processes, while managing timelines, budget and delivery efficiency. Strategic Contribution • Develop a strong understanding of client business needs, with the ability to deliver tailored solutions., • Demonstrate deep knowledge of consumer insights on topics like new product/service development, Consumer Duty, communications testing and advertising campaigns., • Contribute to business development by supporting proposals, pitches, and account growth initiatives as needed. Your Profile: • 10+ years of experience in quantitative research, including UK and international studies., • Knowledgeable in and passionate about the financial services industry., • Proven expertise in designing, managing, and delivering complex adhoc research projects to answer business questions., • Excellent analytical and storytelling skills with a focus on turning complex data into actionable insights and compelling presentations., • Proven ability to manage client relationships., • A results-driven, can-do attitude with a passion for research excellence., • Positive, solution-oriented attitude., • Collaborative team player who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment., • Commitment to fostering an inclusive, empathetic, and transparent work culture., • Strong organizational and project management skills, handling multiple tasks effectively., • Experience or education in fields such as Marketing, Business, Economics, Communications, Social Sciences, or similar areas. Formal degrees are welcome but not required., • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English. What success looks like in this role: • Develop strong relationships with key clients within the first 3 months., • Demonstrate financial services expertise., • Lead multiple adhoc studies with a strong focus on quality and client objectives., • Ensure high-quality, on-time delivery across your projects., • Work closely with a wider team of researchers and client directors., • Effective co-operation with internal operational teams. Our Values: Acting with Ownership- Demonstrating individual accountability Bringing a forward mindset- Being action-oriented, bold and entrepreneurial Collaborating with Curiosity- Exhibiting teamwork through togetherness Discussing openly, committing jointly- Sharing your views openly Embracing empathy- Being egoless & caring What we Offer: At Toluna, we’re all about creating a welcoming, diverse workplace where everyone can thrive. We offer competitive pay, great benefits, and plenty of opportunities to grow within our global team. Inclusion and respect are at the heart of what we do. Our community connects over 72 million people across 70 countries. If you’re passionate about making an impact, we’d love to have you on board. Join our global team. We welcome big thinking and reward great work.

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

SC Cleared Programme Manager - Cybersecurity, SASE, PMP, MS Project, Google, Strategy, 3rd Parties, Networking, Infrastructure, Firewalls, Mainly Remote (Occasional UK visits) Outside IR35 This is a fantastic SC Cleared Programme Manager contract to join a leading tech company. Due to the nature of the projects, as SC Cleared Programme Manager you must have Active SC. The SC Cleared Programme Manager position is Outside IR35 The SC Cleared Programme Manager is mainly remote with occasional visits to UK offices. As SC Cleared Programme Manager you will oversee global, complex, Cybersecurity programmes of work covering strategy, scope and delivery. As SC Cleared Programme Manager a PMP certification (or similar) is essential, as is a proven track record managing complex, global CyberSec programmes. Active or previous UK SC Clearance is essential as SC Cleared Programme Manager as is indepth expertise in one or more of the following PM tools - MS Project, GSuite, Clarizen or Smartsheet. Experience managing and giving status updates to C-level stakeholders is also essential as SC Cleared Programme Manager. Knowledge of SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) is also required) Strong Risk Mitigation and Financial analysis/budget performance etc is also essential as SC Cleared Programme Manager. Excellent communication skills are a must, PM or security certifications are highly desirable as would a hands on technical background. Key skills as M365 SC Cleared Programme Manager • Previous or existing Active SC clearance, • PM certification, • High Level with most if not all of the following MS Project, GSuite, Clarizen or Smartsheet, • Executive Stakeholder Management, • Complex Cybersecurity programmes including SASE, • Global Programmes, • Risk & Financial Programme Management Desirable skills as SC Cleared Programme Manager • Hands on Technical background, • InfoSec Certifications, • Agile/Scrum Certifications This is an exceptional SC Cleared Programme Manager opportunity with exciting projects and longevity on offer. Key skills: SC Cleared Programme Manager - Cybersecurity, PMP, SASE, MS Project, Google, Strategy, 3rd Parties, Networking, Infrastructure, Firewalls Mainly Remote (Occasional UK visits) Outside IR35 Please ensure your location is clear on your CV/application. As the role is remote it does required UK based travel - so location proximity to transport link is a factor. Applications without location may be rejected Due to high volume we cannot discuss individual applications one of our Consultants will contact you if your application is suitable.

• 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.

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: Our Credit & Portfolio team sits at the heart of the business, overseeing all aspects of the customer journey from onboarding to recovery. You’ll join the DF Capital Lending Decisioning, Credit & Portfolio team with responsibility for the monitoring, analysis and optimisation of the SME & Consumer lending portfolio. The role focuses on assessing portfolio performance, identifying emerging risks and providing insights to support credit strategy, risk management and commercial decision making. You will be detail driven, diligent, meticulous, and considered in your approach, spotting, and escalating issues early to drive the best possible outcomes for the Bank and our customers. A good level of proficiency in using Microsoft PowerPoint, Adobe and other presentational materials is required. Key Responsibilities: Portfolio Monitoring & Reporting • Analyse the performance of the SME loan portfolio (arrears, defaults, recoveries, yields), • Produce regular MI packs for senior stakeholders, • Track key credit metrics such as PD, LGD, and EAD, • Monitor sector, geographic, and concentration risks Risk Analysis • Identify early warning signs of portfolio deterioration, • Conduct trend analysis across industries and borrower types, • Support stress testing and scenario analysis, • Assist in IFRS 9 provisioning and ECL modelling Data & Insights • Extract and analyse large datasets (Excel, SQL, Python), • Develop dashboards (using Power BI, Tableau), • Provide actionable insights to stakeholders Strategy & Decision Support • Support development of credit policies and risk appetite, • Evaluate new lending strategies and product changes, • Assist in pricing and profitability analysis Regulatory & Governance • Ensure internal Credit reporting aligns with regulatory expectations, • Support audits and maintain data quality Requirements • 3+ years in commercial lending (or similar roles) to small & medium sized businesses with experience in one or more of the following areas: inventory financing, dealer stocking, leasing, asset finance, trade finance or ABL, including invoice finance., • Ability to deliver against deadlines, articulate outputs from own analysis, recommendations and basis of decisions clearly and to a varied audience including SLT., • Writing comprehensive reports including the basis for your recommendations,, • You will have excellent attention to detail, with the ability to conduct detailed statistical analysis, interpreting and articulating meaningful information from trends and statistics., • Ability to work well on your own and as part of a team, building effective working relationships with colleagues across all areas of the business, and influencing others to take appropriate actions to address issues found. Essential • Experience in banking or financial services (SME preferred), • Strong Excel skills, • Understanding of PD, LGD, ECL, IFRS 9, • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills Desirable • SQL, Python or R experience, • Knowledge of UK regulatory environment preferred, • Experience in portfolio modelling or stress testing Qualifications • Degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics or similar, • Professional qualifications (CFA, FRM, ACA, ACCA) desirable Benefits · Private medical insurance for you and your family · 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. · 3 days paid Volunteering leave to support our local communities. · Vibrant office location in the lively city centre of Manchester.

£50,000 - £60,000 We’re Centrick — residential property experts with a clear mission: to make lives better, every day. Since 2005, we’ve grown into a nationwide business with a global reach, managing buildings and estates of all shapes and sizes. From property management, sales, and lettings to on-the-ground services like cleaning, caretaking, and maintenance — we deliver quality, end-to-end solutions. With our headquarters in central Birmingham and teams across the UK, we’re powered by dedicated professionals working collaboratively across operations, marketing, finance, and beyond. We reinvest in our people, technology, and culture to drive continuous improvement and long-term impact — for our clients, customers, and communities. What you’ll be doing No two days are the same, but the tasks below offer a glimpse of what to expect. If you don’t meet every point but believe you have the skills to succeed, we encourage you to apply. • Review, update and monitor the Golden Thread of information on our HRB Portfolio, • Work closely with our supply chain to gather missing information and reports that will help make up the Golden Thread and Building Safety Cases, • Complete site visits, specifically looking at Fire & Structural issues, • Responding to clients and updating them on Building Safety matters and Safety Case updates, • Oversee communication to the Building Safety Regulator on our HRB Portfolio, • Attend Project Team Meetings along with the Building Remediation Team, gathering relevant, • information, • Complete GAP Analysis on the Golden Thread on each property, updating monthly based on newly, • received information, • Organising and instructing reports as required on our HRB portfolio, • Work closely with our Integration Team to ensure that newly onboarded HR Buildings are onboarded, • correctly and that the Golden Thread is picked up from day of management, • Monitor, review and submit Mandatory Occurrence Reports when required, • Submit completed KBI and Safety Cases to the Building Safety Regulator, • Supporting the Associate Director & Director with Building Safety Matters and wider, • department compliance What you need to succeed • Previous Property Experience, specifically in the Leasehold sector (Essential), • Experience with HRB’s and the Building Safety Governance, • Experience with reviewing or writing Building Safety Cases Why join us? • Time to Recharge: 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, • Future Security: Enhanced pension scheme based on role, • Extra Holiday: Your holiday allowance grows with your length of service—because loyalty deserves rewards, • Health & Wellbeing: Medicash, virtual GP, therapies, dental and optical support, • Sick Pay Boost: Company sick pay increases over time to support your wellbeing when you need it most, • Life Assurance: Peace of mind for you and your loved ones with financial protection in place when it matters most, • Learning & Development: Study support and access to our dedicated academy to help you grow professionally and personally, • Mental Health Support: 24/7 mental health services, • Birthday Bonus: Enjoy an extra day off on your birthday to celebrate your way, • Giving Back: One volunteer day annually to support a charity or cause close to your heart, • Benefit Platform: One online platform for all benefits and recognition At Centrick, diversity and inclusivity are fundamental to who we are. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to creating a respectful and supportive hiring experience. If you need any adjustments during the interview process, please let us know—we’re here to help you succeed.

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

We have an exciting opportunity to join our LTE Group as a Portfolio Management Officer (PMO) on a permanent, full-time (37 hours per week) basis. This is a hybrid role working from our Openshaw, Manchester office. Role Responsibilities In this influential position, you’ll strengthen portfolio governance, assurance, and reporting across our programmes and projects, ensuring activity aligns with organisational priorities, risks are effectively managed, and benefits are realised for learners, colleagues, and stakeholders. You will be central to maintaining oversight of the Group’s project and programme portfolio, providing high‑quality analysis, insights, and continuous improvement to support decision‑making at the highest levels. From developing robust governance frameworks to championing best practice and driving meaningful improvements, you’ll help shape how we deliver transformation across the organisation. Skills, Qualifications and Experience To be successful in this role, you will need: • Degree or equivalent professional qualification in a relevant discipline., • Experience supporting or managing portfolios, programmes, or projects in a relevant sector (e.g., education, public sector, or commercial environment)., • Experience with portfolio management tools and Microsoft 365 applications (Teams, SharePoint, Excel, Power BI)., • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret financial, operational, and risk data to generate clear, evidence-based recommendations., • Project or portfolio management certification (e.g., MSP, PRINCE2, MoP, APM PMQ) desirable. An advantage Benefits • 26 days paid annual leave plus 8 bank holidays., • Significant pension contribution., • Retail discounts., • Employee Assistance Program., • Cycle to work scheme. Who are The LTE Group? The LTE Group is largest social enterprises in the UK dedicated to lifelong learning; we truly believe in the power of education to change lives. We consist of The Manchester College, MOL, Total People, UCEN Manchester, Novus, and LTE Group Operations. We are committed to delivering outstanding outcomes for our learners. Safeguarding The LTE Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All applicants will be required to undergo an appropriate DBS check via the Criminal Records Bureau and may be subject to additional online checks as part of our pre-screening process. Some roles are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and would require an Enhanced DBS check. Equal Opportunities Statement At The LTE Group, we’re committed to providing an environment free from discrimination, bullying, harassment, or victimisation, where all members of our community are treated with respect and dignity. The LTE Group is committed to working in an inclusive way with all the communities where we are geographically located and to developing a workforce and student community that reflects Greater Manchester’s and the UK’s rich diversity and vibrancy.

People Advisor / HR Advisor Liverpool / Manchester Paying up to £40k + Benefits Are you a proactive People Advisor / HR Advisor, looking for an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic, fast-paced professional services environment? Our client is seeking a skilled People Advisor to deliver a premium people service across various departments nationally in the UK. This role will play a crucial part in enhancing employee experience from onboarding to exit, while also supporting vital initiatives around engagement, diversity, inclusion, and wellbeing. Key Responsibilities: • Partner Support & Development: Provide guidance to department heads and line managers to enhance their management capabilities and foster continuous development within their teams., • Compensation & Benefits: Support the annual bonus and salary review processes by utilizing market data and advising line managers and budget holders to ensure fair compensation practices., • Employee Relations: Offer expert advice on employee relations issues, including capability, disciplinary actions, and grievances. Conduct investigations and attend relevant meetings to ensure compliance with legal and organizational standards., • Wellbeing & Absence Management: Serve as a wellbeing ambassador, offering support to line managers and staff regarding mental health and absence issues, and manage complex occupational health cases., • Performance & Development: Lead appraisal moderation meetings, ensuring performance evaluations are equitable. Provide coaching and constructive feedback to line managers for optimal team development., • Policies & Procedures: Advise on the application of company policies, contribute to policy amendments, and ensure alignment with best practices., • Lifecycle Activities: Conduct exit interviews for senior roles and provide guidance on family leave options, promoting shared parental leave among employees., • Data Analysis & Reporting: Interpret and analyze people-related data to inform decision-making and deliver regular reports on key metrics such as retention and absence trends., • Project Involvement: Participate in national HR projects and lead local initiatives as necessary. What We Are Looking For: • A minimum of 3 years’ experience in a People Advisor role or similar generalist HR position., • Significant experience in performance management and capability processes., • Proven track record in investigating disciplinary and grievance cases, as well as conducting redundancy consultations., • Ability to work independently and manage stakeholder relationships at all levels., • Experience in completing salary review processes is preferred., • Background in a professional or financial services environment is advantageous., • Strong data analysis skills, with the ability to interpret and leverage insights., • CIPD qualified or working towards qualification preferred., • Excellent organizational, client service, and communication skills, both written and verbal., • Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications., • A passion for Human Resources and enhancing employee experiences. If you are ready to make a meaningful impact in a supportive team and contribute to the ongoing development of the People Team, we would love to hear from you. To apply, please submit your CV and a cover letter detailing your relevant experience and motivation for this role. Join and play a vital role in shaping an inclusive and dynamic workplace. LHH is an employment consultancy that believes in talent, not labels. It is important to us that we run inclusive recruitment processes to support candidates of all abilities and encourage applicants of all backgrounds and perspectives to apply. LHH is committed to building an inclusive, supportive environment to enable candidates to explore the next steps in their careers. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we will be happy to support you.

Project Manager, Manchester, Hybrid, £500-£550 per day Outside IR35 We’re supporting a Pensions organisation undergoing a large-scale data migration programme and are looking for an experienced Project Manager to lead delivery across the full migration lifecycle. This is a hands-on role requiring a blend of project delivery, stakeholder management, data analysis and governance experience within a regulated environment. Key Responsibilities: • Own and manage the end-to-end migration delivery plan, • Coordinate business and technical stakeholders across multiple workstreams, • Drive data analysis, validation, reconciliation and issue resolution activities, • Manage RAID logs, governance reporting and cutover planning, • Support testing readiness, defect triage and go-live activities, • Proven experience delivering complex data migrations, • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, • Solid data analysis and reconciliation experience, • Experience managing risks, issues and governance reporting • SQL Server / SQL query experience, • Pensions administration knowledge This role would suit someone delivery-focused, proactive and comfortable operating across both business and technology teams in a fast-paced environment.

Who are we? We’re MoneyPlus. Life isn’t always simple, that’s why we do what we do. Our services help to make life less complicated, and expensive. We offer advice and financial services that help our customers overcome their troubles with debt once and for all. We’re people who take care of people. We’ll be there to help with things that can easily be forgotten about, answer any complicated questions and help our customers to plan for their future and reach their financial goals. Tough problems and challenges are no match for us. We’re a team of quick thinkers and relentless doers, with lots of ideas and plenty of passion to help improve the lives of others. If you share our passion for improving the lives of others through simple, affordable, jargon-free services, then you may have what it takes to join our team. Why we need you? The UX/UI Designer is responsible for designing intuitive, accessible, and visually consistent experiences across all customer-facing products and digital journeys at MoneyPlus. This role blends user experience, interaction design, and interface design to create products that are effective, easy to use, and aligned with brand and accessibility standards. You will work across the full design lifecycle - from discovery and research through to high-fidelity UI and implementation. Working closely with engineers, product owners, and business stakeholders, the UX/UI Designer champions user-centred design, drives design quality and consistency, and contributes to a culture of continuous improvement across the Product Engineering team. What’s in it for you? We believe our people truly are our greatest asset, that’s why we make sure our MoneyPlus People have the best experience, right from our first interaction all the way through their career with us. There’s way too many to list, but here are a few of the best reasons to join the MoneyPlus team: • Family Friendly – Having a healthy work life balance is important to us. We offer a minimum of 25 days holiday allowance per year., • Social – We value the relationships our employees have with one another, encouraging them to come together. Whether it’s a catch up in our café, a team trip out, or letting their hair down at one of our free annual events., • Doing our bit – We show support in every way we can to our clients, people, and company charity. We have regular fundraising activity, organised by our very own Social and Fundraising Committee., • Wellbeing – We provide a free cashback healthcare plan, as well as discounted gym and fitness deals. We also have a cycle to work scheme to encourage our people to make healthy life changes. What skills and experience do we need you to have? Key Skills & Behaviours • Strong experience in UX design, interaction design, and user research, • Solid understanding of user-centred design principles and design thinking methodologies, • Experience creating wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI designs (e.g. Figma), • Familiarity with designing for responsive web and mobile applications, • Understanding of accessibility standards (e.g. WCAG) and inclusive design practices, • Ability to interpret data and user insights to inform design decisions, • Strong collaboration skills, working closely with engineers and product teams, • Clear and confident communication, particularly when explaining design rationale, • Attention to detail with a focus on creating simple, effective user experiences, • Continuous improvement mindset, always looking to enhance design quality and processes, • Self-motivated and accountable, with a focus on delivering high-quality outcomes Core Responsibilities • Design intuitive, user-centred experiences across web and mobile applications, • Create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs to communicate solutions effectively, • Conduct user research, usability testing, and analysis to inform design decisions, • Translate business and product requirements into clear, engaging user journeys, • Collaborate with engineers to ensure designs are feasible, scalable, and implemented effectively, • Ensure consistency through design systems, patterns, and reusable components, • Advocate for accessibility and inclusive design across all products, • Iterate designs based on user feedback, data, and performance insights, • Contribute to continuous improvement of design processes, tools, and standards, • Participate in Agile ceremonies (stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives) to represent user experience, • Monitor and improve key UX metrics such as task success, engagement, and customer satisfaction Our Values We’re Always Ready • Proactively identify user pain points, friction, and usability issues before they impact customers, • Take ownership of user experience, design quality, and experience consistency across products, • Respond quickly to feedback, insights, and changing requirements with thoughtful design solutions We Raise the Bar • Champion high standards for usability, accessibility, and design quality, • Continuously improve design processes, tools, and ways of working, • Advocate for best practices in UX, interaction design, and user research We Work as One • Collaborate closely with engineering, product, and business teams to embed user-centred design, • Share insights, research findings, and design rationale to improve team outcomes, • Contribute to a culture where great user experience is a shared responsibility We Treat People Right • Communicate design decisions clearly, constructively, and respectfully, • Support and mentor team members on UX principles and best practices, • Build strong relationships with stakeholders to ensure alignment on customer needs Are you ready to join us? At MoneyPlus we want to create a work environment that inspires you to excel. Through our combination of support, working as a team and our ambition to be better, we want to help you achieve and create a future with us. Sound good? Apply now!

The Firm Established in 2020, KP Law (previously Keller Postman) is a specialist litigation boutique, focussing on collective redress. The firm has over 100 employees across offices in London, Manchester, Birmingham, and Liverpool, representing over 250,000 individual clients across a range of cases in areas such as product liability, competition, worker rights, data breach and privacy and financial services. Our ethos is to combine the best legal talent with a strong operational and technological platform to enable its clients to pursue cases that could not otherwise be brought against large corporates as a result of their wrongdoing. Uniquely, KP Law is owned and fully financed by a recognised UK litigation funder (Legatus Holdings), this allows us to take on larger, headline making cases with greater efficiency and confidence. All of our cases are for claimants and carried out under contingent fee agreements at no cost or risk to its clients. KP Law was ranked Tier 1 for Group Litigation: Claimant in The Legal 500 UK Guide 2026, and Band 2 for Group Litigation: Claimant in Chambers and Partners 2026. Role Summary Working closely with business, the role will be responsible for understanding and prioritising requirements to support business process change, platform development and implementation of new technology solutions. Understanding business process problems and inefficiencies and providing suggested solutions to assist in delivering new operational and legal processes and process changes. Working with the Development team and business stakeholders to create specifications for new system features, workflows and automations and to document required changes to existing systems. Managing the delivery of new features and changes through robust management of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and liaising with end users, software vendors and development resources to achieve these outcomes. Key Duties & Responsibilities • Identifying and documenting business requirements to assess the viability of process and systems changes, • Creating user stories and working with the platform project manager and development team to refine these requirements and prepare them for development, • Creating new features and change specifications Working with internal and external Developers and Architects to define practical development requirements Liaising with external and internal stakeholders, • Mapping and documenting integration interfaces between legacy and new systems, • Conducting requirements analysis and preparing specific proposals for modified or replacement systems, • Working closely with end users and 3rd parties to ensure technical compatibility and user satisfaction, • Creating and supervising system test plans and working with end users to facilitate user acceptance testing, • Overseeing the implementation of new systems and data migrations with service owners through the release process, • Supporting users on change control, release planning and system updates, • Contributing to training and user manuals, • Guiding team development efforts towards successful project delivery Skills and Experience • Proven working experience in a Business Analyst role, • Ability to identify quick, workable solutions to business problems – focusing on timely delivery of value and not lengthy complex technical solutions Previous working experience of using Salesforce Products (ServiceCloud, Marketing Cloud), • Knowledge / experience in AI tools such as Salesforce Agentforce (desirable), • Degree, or equivalent work experience, in business administration or related fields such as computer science, business information systems or information technology., • Strong technical background with a thorough understanding of requirements management tools, eg Confluence, Jira, Monday.com, Clickup, Scribe, • Excellent knowledge MS Excel, Word and Powerpoint, Sharepoint, O365, • Outstanding analytical, innovation, critical thinking and problem-solving skills., • Ability to build effective, trusted relationships at all levels within the organisation and with external stakeholders., • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to explain complex scenarios to non-technical people Highly self-motivated with the ability to meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced dynamic environment with consistently high levels of performance., • Ability to travel to all our offices when required, • Experience of working in the legal industry not essential but beneficial, • Previous experience of working with Salesforce not essential but beneficial Equal Opportunities Our approach to our people is underpinned by our commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion and well-being. Our ambition is to build a richly diverse workforce made up of the best talent in our industry. With a workplace that is supportive and inclusive, recognises and nurtures talent, and has a strong sense of community between colleagues. This means that everyone who either applies to or works for KP Law is treated equally, regardless of their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, or religious beliefs. Our Values At KP Law, we pride ourselves on being a values-led law firm. Our Values: Excellence in Everything We deliver high-quality work, ensuring accuracy, and attention to detail in everything we do. We seek continuing competence by embracing feedback, learning from our experiences and that of others, and developing our expertise. We hold ourselves and each other to account for upholding the highest professional standards, ensuring our clients receive exceptional service. Together We Achieve More We collaborate openly, valuing and respecting diverse perspectives to achieve the best results. We support and trust one another, fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can contribute and thrive. We recognise that success is a team effort, sharing knowledge and celebrating each other’s achievements. There's Always a Way We approach challenges with a positive and proactive mindset, exploring creative and practical solutions. We take ownership of problems, staying committed and resilient until we achieve the best outcome. We embrace change and adaptability, seeing obstacles as opportunities to improve and innovate. Our Benefits We offer a competitive benefits package, that employees value, no matter what stage of their career they are in. Current benefits include: • Annual discretionary bonus scheme, • 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, • Company contributory pension scheme, • Hybrid working, • Life assurance, • Cash-back healthcare scheme, • Enhanced family friendly polices, • Employee Assistance Programme, • Subsidised gym membership, • Cycle to Work scheme, • Staff referral scheme

📢 Great financial outcomes start with better decisions and that’s where you come in. Perch are now looking for a Senior Decision Science Analyst to join the team. At Perch Group, our vision is clear: to lead the UK debt purchase and collection industry by harnessing cutting-edge technology to drive ethical, efficient, and data-driven debt resolution. Our annual mission is to empower hundreds of thousands of customers to positively engage with and resolve their outstanding debts. We do this through an empathetic and customer-centric approach that is at the heart of our success. 🚶Could this be the next step in your career? Perch Group are looking for a decision scientist to design and optimize data-driven solutions that support machine learning, statistical analysis, and predictive modelling. You’ll work closely with a team of analysts and the investment team to create high-quality, scalable data models that fuel AI-driven decision-making. This business is driven by innovation, always seeking the most effective solutions that benefit both the company and its customers where models power every decision. 🗓So, what will your day-to-day look like? • You will support the Head of Decision Science, with responsibility for overseeing the design, development, and continuous refinement of predictive and probabilistic models based on historic and real-time trends., • You will guide the implementation of advanced techniques including XGBoost, Random Forest, and MCMC, ensuring model robustness, scalability, and business relevance., • You will act as a strategic partner to the pricing and operational teams, driving analytical excellence and automation across workflows. This includes proactively identifying opportunities for improvement, mentoring analysts, and ensuring outputs are both commercially impactful and technically sound., • You will continually evaluate new modelling techniques, tooling, and data sources, identifying opportunities to improve accuracy, efficiency, and automation across pricing and operational workflows., • You will help shape the roadmap for advanced analytics and decision science capability across the business. 👆 Does this sound like you? • Minimum of 3+ years’ experience in data science, analytics, or applied statistical modelling, with a proven track record of delivering impactful solutions in complex environments., • Strong hands-on experience applying machine learning techniques to real-world datasets, with demonstrable outcomes in business decisioning or operational optimisation., • Expertise in advanced modelling approaches such as Random Forests, XGBoost, and Monte Carlo simulations., • Proficiency in Python for data manipulation, model development, and deployment. Experience with other languages (e.g. R, Java, Scala) is beneficial, especially where cross-functional collaboration or legacy integration is required. ⌛ The Application Timeline • A first stage video call with the internal recruitment team (15 minutes), • A second stage introductory video call with the hiring manager (20 minutes), • A face to face interview with the hiring manager (45 minutes - 60 minutes) Typically, the average successful applicant will be within this timeline for 2-3 weeks. Please note we will close this role once we have enough applications for the next stages therefore you should submit your application asap to avoid any disappointment. If you do not receive a response after 3 weeks of applying, please assume you have been unsuccessful as we may experience a high volume of applications. 🎉 Why you should be EXCITED to apply… • £45,000 - £55,000 DOE, + up to 20% of your annual salary, paid as a bonus., • This role is based at our Manchester office., • 37.5 hours per week. We offer flexible and hybrid working between our core hours of 8am- 6pm, Monday to Friday., • The opportunity to complete formal qualifications and learn on the job in a successful, growing organisation., • And many more benefits to support your wellbeing and professional development. So, what are you waiting for? Submit your application today. We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, or veteran, neurodiversity or disability status. If you have any questions or suggestions of how we can assist you in your application due to disability or personal reasons, please email . PLEASE NOTE - All new employees must undergo a full DBS and Credit Check upon acceptance of a job offer with Perch Group.

Quantity Surveyor – Manchester – Civils/Water Projects – up to £65,000 My client are a Tier one civil engineering and infrastructure specialists in the UK, with over 40 years of experience in providing design, civil engineering and maintenance services working across multiple sectors, including: • Water, • Transport, • Built environment, • Energy The Role The Quantity Surveyor will provide commercial support to project teams, maintaining commercial information and ensuring compliance with contractual requirements. They will liaise with customer representatives and other third parties on commercial issues, including agreement of variations, claims and any additional payments. Projects are varied in value, complexity, and duration, from established frameworks to individual bespoke projects. With projects varying from £200k to £10m+, you will be essential in driving efficiencies within the scope of work, driving cost efficiency and providing a high standard of commercial analysis. Key Responsibilities Reporting • Ensure accurate cash flow reporting takes place, • Carry out cost management, including forecasting, • Update the monthly CVR, cost and commercial plans External relationships • Help ensure that any main contracts entered into have terms and conditions that are appropriate, with commercial risks identified, • Ensure that the supply chain is engaged appropriately with the correct contract terms and conditions, • Build and maintain good client relationships, • Be responsible for subcontract letting, negotiation and financial accounting, • Prepare applications for payment Internal relationships • Contribute towards effective interaction between the Commercial Team and the operational site teams, • Work with site management to forecast predicted spend and cash recovery, and ensure that both are kept in line with the target, • Share best practices with others and be proactive in advising site teams on costs and their management of them Key Measures and Targets • Accurate monthly forecasting, • Ability to challenge resources and costs, • Maintain deadlines in line with the monthly commercial calendar About you • Previous experience in the construction industry, • HND/degree (or equivalent) in Quantity Surveying, • Familiarity with ICE/NEC forms of contract and knowledge and understanding of Construction Law, • Previous experience in commercial management and procurement of subcontractors, including chairing regular meetings, measurement and control cycle, certificates, and accruals calculations.

Commercial Manager (PR/007222) Location: Manchester (Hybrid – 3-4 days per week) Salary: £60,000 – £75,000 Overview We are looking for a detail-oriented and commercially astute Commercial Manager to support the management of a major UK client engagement. This role will play a key part in ensuring strong financial control, accurate billing, and effective contract management, working closely with internal teams and vendors. You will be part of a wider commercial function, collaborating with Finance, Account, and Delivery teams to ensure smooth day-to-day commercial operations. Key Responsibilities Contract & Commercial Management • Support the management of client contracts, ensuring compliance with agreed terms, • Review and manage contractual documentation and commercial frameworks, • Manage quarterly purchase orders (POs) and track associated spend, • Oversee invoicing processes, ensuring accuracy and timeliness, • Reconcile billed vs. unbilled items and investigate discrepancies, • Work closely with vendor managers to ensure alignment on costs and services, • Liaise with Finance, Account, and Delivery teams to maintain accurate financial reporting, • Provide regular reporting on commercial performance, billing status, and financial metrics, • Identify risks, gaps, and opportunities for improvement within commercial processes Key Requirements • Proven experience in a commercial, finance, or contract management role, • Strong understanding of invoicing, purchase orders, and financial reconciliation, • Experience supporting cash collection and working capital management, • Ability to work with multiple stakeholders across different functions, • High attention to detail and strong analytical skills, • Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment If this role aligns with your experience, please get in touch with Abigail at

Alfred Recruitment are working with a Civil & Structural Engineering Consultancy, who are now actively looking for a new Associate Structural Engineer to join and help lead their Manchester office. This would be a perfect role for someone who is looking to take on more responsibility in the team and to step into a role that has a great deal of progression opportunity. This role is particularly exciting thanks to the ambition of this client, they have grown from strength to strength over the past 5 years, opening several new offices and hiring new teams and directors in the process. Manchester is one of their newer offices and as such are looking for an experienced number 2 who can deliver a range of projects in the Manchester region across residential & commercial developments. As well as helping to lead a fast-expanding team of engineers. What you’ll be doing • Taking responsibility of the production of drawings, calculations, design and reports produced by yourself and the team, whilst coordinating, • Leading and managing delivery of a variety projects, working closely with clients and stakeholders throughout – presenting solutions to clients when necessary and developing client relationships and exploring BD opportunities, • Analysis of technical problems and assessing the feasibility of suggested approaches, whilst developing alternate solutions if needed, • Following and contributing to clients engineering procedures for completing work to the highest standard and adding value to the schemes, • Identify and managing risks within your area of responsibility, • Supporting other team members in their technical development, • Attending site visits to review project constraints and the construction process, • Internal project management including resource planning and financial control, including, developing fee proposals and cost estimates What you’ll need for the role • Master’s degree in Civil/Structural Engineering, • Ideally Chartered or working towards chartership, • Experience using Civil 3D and AutoCAD and ability to support others in use, • Good understanding of design guides and standards, • Knowledge of the designers’ responsibilities under CDM (2015), • Previous experience delivering projects across mostly residential, commercial & mixed use What you’ll get in return • Salary up to £70,000 with regular pay reviews, • Discretionary bonus scheme, • Hybrid working arrangement and flexible hours if required, • Support in gaining Chartership, • Matched pension contribution, • Private healthcare, • Life Assurance, • 27 days of annual leave + purchase options + volunteering days

Aveni is redefining how financial institutions use AI. We build real, production-ready agentic systems that reshape how banks, advisers and financial services firms operate, replacing fragmented processes with intelligent, end-to-end workflows. We have been recognised as Fintech of the Year for two consecutive years and awarded Best Specialist Technology Service at the Professional Adviser Awards 2025. Backed by leading investors including Puma Private Equity, and commercially supported by Lloyds Banking Group and Nationwide Building Society, we previously completed one of Scotland’s largest Series A rounds. Since then, we’ve continued to grow rapidly as adoption of AI in financial services accelerates, and we’re now scaling our team to meet that demand. The Role We’re looking for a Senior AI Engineer (FinLLM / NLP) to help drive the next generation of AI systems powering financial services. This role focuses on developing, fine-tuning and deploying advanced language models that operate at production scale within highly regulated environments. You’ll work alongside our NLP team, software engineers, and product leaders to build cutting-edge solutions that transform how financial organisations use AI. This is a hands-on role where you’ll shape both the technical direction and practical deployment of large language models and NLP systems within our platform. What You’ll Do • Build and optimise LLM-powered systems, • Architect, fine-tune and optimise machine learning models including LLMs and classical ML approaches, • Experiment with modern architectures such as Transformers and Mixture-of-Experts, • Apply efficient training and fine-tuning techniques including LoRA and parameter-efficient methods, • Develop robust evaluation approaches to measure model quality and reliability, • Develop scalable AI systems, • Build and deploy production-grade NLP pipelines and services, • Ensure models operate efficiently with low latency and high availability, • Integrate models into scalable cloud infrastructure and real-world applications, • Data strategy and model training, • Lead the acquisition, processing and governance of large structured and unstructured datasets, • Apply exploratory data analysis and validation techniques to improve training pipelines, • Ensure data privacy and governance standards suitable for financial services, • Engineering best practices, • Contribute to DevOps and MLOps pipelines, • Implement robust version control, testing and CI/CD workflows, • Support reliable deployment and monitoring of models in production environments, • Technical leadership, • Mentor engineers and contribute to the technical growth of the team, • Work closely with product, engineering and data teams to deliver AI solutions, • Stay at the forefront of AI and NLP research, applying new approaches where they add value What We’re Looking For Essential experience • Significant experience building, training and deploying machine learning models, • Strong Python skills with experience using NumPy, Pandas, SciPy and modern ML frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow, • Experience working with large-scale unstructured data, • Experience building and deploying production-ready NLP systems, • Familiarity with API integrations and data acquisition pipelines, • Experience implementing software engineering best practices including Git and agile development, • Experience working with cloud environments (preferably AWS) Nice to have • Experience with containerisation technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes, • Experience with frameworks such as vLLM or NeMo, • Knowledge of financial services NLP applications, • Experience designing evaluation methodologies for LLM outputs, • Experience building intelligent agents or multi-agent systems, • Skills and mindset, • Strong analytical problem-solving skills, • Ability to design scalable, production-ready AI systems, • Clear communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, • Passion for AI innovation and continuous learning, • Leadership and mentoring capability Qualifications • MSc or equivalent experience in a relevant field such as AI, Machine Learning, Computer Science, or Data Science Join Us in Making a Difference At Aveni, we believe that diversity drives innovation. We’ve built our business to ensure an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute their best work. If you’re passionate about technology and its ability to drive positive change for the future of financial services, we’d love to hear from you. Even if you don’t meet 100% of requirements, we’d like to hear from you anyway if you believe you’d fit in. Apply now to join us on our mission to transform the financial services industry through AI. Benefits at Aveni What you’ll love: • Remote-first working across the UK, • Work abroad policy, • Co-working spaces available, • 34 days holiday (including flexible bank holidays) and your birthday off, • Company-wide off-sites, • Optional Personal Development Plan, • Flexible benefits platform, • Protection essentials including Life Insurance, Income Protection, Critical Illness cover, and Pension (up to 5% matched employer contribution with optional increased contributions), • Private health and dental care, • Potential share options, • Enhanced family leave

What is the Business Analysis Placement Programme? Our Business Analysis Placement Programme is designed for anyone looking to start a career as a Business Analyst (BA) using education and recruitment support to help you achieve an entry level role or position. This programme does involve a financial contribution from you to fund your qualification, cv review and recruitment support but the long-term rewards will be extremely lucrative with the average Business Analysts salary in the UK being around £52k pa. What does a Business Analyst do? A Business Analyst is a problem solver who investigates an issue or area of weakness within an organisation or business, analyses solutions and helps facilitate the change that is needed. They do this through following a set of guidelines and principles set out within the BCS Business Analysis Diploma certification. To succeed as a business analyst, you should be somebody who enjoys problem solving and analysing, has good administration skills and communicates well in both written and verbal communication. You should be somebody who can work well alone but when needed be able to integrate well into a team. The role will generally include:- • Analysing elements within the business or the whole business, • Making evaluations of all available data, • Identifying problems and looking at potential improvements, • Making a feasibility study in proposed improvements, • Present your acquired information within a business case to the company or organisation. Demand for Business Analysts continues to soar as organisations need to evolve and stay competitive in an everchanging world. Business Analysts ensures a business remains relevant and future proofs against changes both foreseen and sudden. All businesses need to make data driven decisions and the demand for analysts has become a key role for any size of business and has become a very lucrative, in demand position with Senior Business Analyst's commanding salaries in excess of £100k pa. How we help you get you first role We specialise in working with candidates who wish to start or transition into a Business Analyst career. How do we do this? 1. Firstly, we place you on a training program which provides a pathway to the most relevant industry recognised certification being the BCS Business Analysis Diploma. The diploma comprises of 4 certification courses and a final oral examination signing you off as Business Analyst through the BCS. Study time to complete all of the certifications is recommended at around 90 hours to achieve exam pass level., 2. Once you have successfully passed the 4 required certification exams and the oral exam which make up the diploma, you will be handed over to our recruitment support team. They will then work with you to help rewrite your cv to a professional standard to highlight the skills required by Business Analyst recruiters. In addition, they will also assist in creating a professional LinkedIn profile, interview support, career advice and tailored support such as taking you through mock interviews., 3. Our recruitment advice consultants will work with you to identify the best opportunities available which are suited to you. Their tailored support ensures you only apply for roles where there is a realistic chance of success and help you to prepare for interviews and perform at your best. Typically, starter roles will be junior business analyst, junior analyst or a support/admin role utilising your analytical skills. Business Analysts work closely with Project Managers and Change Managers and opportunities in these areas also exist which broadens the net in these sister sectors. Further study into Project Management certifications can expand the breadth of roles you find available. Finances To accommodate candidates, the training element of this package is available on finance terms to easily spread the cost of investing in your career. This enables you to get qualified without having to fund all the training costs upfront. In addition, we are so confident in our success with placing qualified candidates that we will refund the cost of the courses to anyone we are unable to place within 12 months of passing their required exams subject to our terms. What next? To get your journey started and check whether you meet the criteria to join the programme, enquire now and one of our experienced Course and Career Consultants will contact you within 4 working hours assist you. Typical Salaries • Administrator/Support: £28,000, • Junior Business Analyst: £32,000, • Change Analyst: £37,000, • Systems Analyst: £42,000, • Business Analyst: £52,000, • Senior Business Analyst: £60,000+