Framework manager jobs in United Kingdom

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence. We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world. At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture, and technology to become the best version of you, we are counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Are you ready to grow with a team focussing on Microsoft stack that cuts across markets and industries. We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. As a manager in the Microsoft Dynamics team, you will play key role in leading Finance workstream across D365 projects in delivering complex enterprise solutions using Dynamics 365 and the Microsoft Power Platform, ensuring alignment with client goals and business outcomes. Key Responsibilities on Microsoft D365 stack • Ability to drive discovery or requirement gathering workshops, • Can Serve as a primary point of contact with client stakeholders and internal leadership, • Translate business requirements into deployable D365 solutions, • Skilled at doing Fit Gap assessment, • Strong internal and external product demonstration skills, • Ability to draft D365 Process maps based on internal IPs or Microsoft Business Process catalogue, • Contribute towards Project plan and follow delivery as per defined plan, • Can estimate for the entire workstream, • Play the role of Finance SME in a D365 program using his/her own experience and accounting knowledge, • Provide solution recommendations through Architecture review boards or Design Authority, • Aware of Modern Microsoft’s best practices while recommending solutions, • Drafting complex functional design documents/functional specifications, • Able to access new Microsoft releases and make recommendations to internal and external stakeholders, • Ability to follow Design decisions during large programs, • Adept at handling Azure DevOps during program delivery, • Can lead and review configuration, testing and documentation activities and if required provide recommendations and suggestions based on modern Microsoft best practices, • Well versed with Microsoft stack (Lifecycle Services, Business Process Catalogue, Task Guides, Office, MS Office etc), • Working knowledge of Power Platform, • Knowledge of entire Finance modules in D365 including Fixed Assets, Cash & Bank, Budgeting & Taxation, • Can identify risks and report any internal/external deviations against budget, schedule and resourcing to the program/project office, • Can deliver training (Train the Trainer/End User Training) as per the agreed scope of the program, • Provide on-going support to end users, assisting with trouble shooting or additional training via email, phone or site visits whilst liaising with Microsoft support team, • Can contribute towards reusable asset creation for the firm including templates and methodologies, • Knowledgeable about D365 data migration framework and Security configurations, • Can work with 3rd parties like exchange rate providers, payment providers and tax authorities Other Key areas • Stakeholder management and working collaboratively with Development and Testing teams to deliver high quality solutions that meet client and user business needs., • Able to lead multi geography teams to ensure project timelines are met, • Ability to manage near shore and off shore teams for build activities like configuration and testing, • Can mentor and guide junior team members on the subject Area, • Structured approach to problem-solving and project execution, • Excellent time management and communication skills, well organised, consistently meeting commitments and creating high level deliverables Must Haves • Bachelor's or Master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Business Administration, Accounting, Finance or a related field, • Good understanding of financial end-to-end processes such as Record-to-Report, Order-to-Cash, Procure to Pay, Acquire to Dispose, • Understanding of key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics used in Finance including Project accounting, • Microsoft Dynamics solutions, • Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Finance Functional Consultant Associate, • At least 2 end to end AX/D365 implementation experience, • English Proficiency is a must, • Excellent articulation skills for workshops & meetings while using tools like Microsoft PowerPoint Good to have • Relevant Professional qualifications are a plus, e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CMA/RC, CPA/RA or other, • Flexibility and willingness to travel, • Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Fundamentals, • Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals, • Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals, • Experience in using Microsoft Business Process catalogue on Azure DevOps, • Experience on Mavim whist using Microsoft Process catalogue, • Skilled at using Tax calculation Service and have deployed projects using Tax calculation services, • Knowledge of Electronic reporting to build electronic report, bank payment files & bank reconciliation, • Can recommend the right budgeting, expense management, consolidation & financial reporting solution (even outside of Microsoft stack to the client), • Knowledge of Making Tax Digital Services in UK, • Have lead Finance module on multi company and multi country roll out programs, • Proven Idea submissions Implemented by Microsoft, • Has led data migration on at-least one Project, • Experience in D365 Asset management and Leasing, Cost accounting module, D365 Project Operations/Project Management & Accounting, • Experience with D365 cost management with a manufacturing client, • Has worked on projects delivering features like Finance Insights, Payment predictions, Invoice capture, Globalisation studio, Electronic Invoicing, • Knowledge of Microsoft CoPilot for Finance MicrosoftFY26 EY | Building a better working world EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets. Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow. EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories.

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence. We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world. At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence. We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world. The opportunity In Assurance at EY, we empower you to thrive in a dynamic and inclusive environment. As a key player in our assurance practice, you'll engage with diverse clients, providing critical insights that drive their success. We offer a wealth of career opportunities, from hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies to tailored professional development programs. Our culture fosters collaboration, innovation, and a commitment to excellence, ensuring that every team member feels valued and inspired to reach their full potential. Discover your future with us and be part of a team that makes a difference! Financial Crime & Forensics is part of EY’s Financial Services practice: we work closely with financial services clients and regulators to help prevent, investigate and remediate fraud and financial crime along with other regulatory risks and issues. Our Financial Services clients are increasingly requesting our support with reacting to developments in the crypto assets landscape. Our dedicated Investigations & Compliance team supports them in the aftermath of fraud or financial crime events, to proactively prepare for future events and with regulatory issues. Join us and you will work on challenging projects in a rapidly growing team, accelerating your career within an international and supportive environment. You'll also be introduced to career challenges that will take you into exciting new professional territory. The role As a Financial Crime & Forensics Crypto Manager, you will supervise and develop junior colleagues, briefing them and reviewing their work, whilst executing your own work to a standard requiring minimal review across a portfolio of clients and internal projects. You will be expected to take personal responsibility for leading engagements and ensuring that deadlines are met to our clients’ satisfaction. Your role will also include proactively establishing, maintaining and strengthening internal and external relationships. Your knowledge and experience will help to create commercial insights for our clients. Within the Financial Crime & Forensics team you will work on the execution of a variety of projects including investigations, financial crime framework reviews, risk assessments, claims and disputes, fraud and financial crime prevention, and compliance programme development within the financial services sector. Required skills and experience • Knowledge and professional experience of crypto assets, • Experience of working in the financial services sector, • Strong academic record including a degree (in any subject), • Experience of managing juniors, including coaching of discrete tasks and reviewing outputs, • Proficiency in Excel, Word and PowerPoint, • Assertive and confident interpersonal skills, • Ability to simultaneously handle diverse and pressing assignments and sensitive and adversarial situations, • Ability to think critically with very good attention to detail, • Being comfortable working both independently and in a team Ideally you will also have • Professional accountancy or other financial qualification such as ICA, CFE or CAMS What we look for We’re interested in leaders with a genuine creative vision and the confidence to make it happen. If you are serious about forensics and enthusiastic about solving our clients’ most complex issues, this role is for you. What we offer you At EY, we’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We’ll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn _. Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today. To help create the best experience during the recruitment process, please describe any disability-related adjustments or accommodations you may need. EY | Building a better working world EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets. Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow. EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories. EY | Building a better working world EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets. Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow. EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories.

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence. We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world. EY-Parthenon Assistant Director – Financial Diligence The Financial Diligence team at EY-Parthenon has exciting opportunities. You'll work with a high-performing, integrated team which focuses on a variety of high-profile IPOs and transactions. You'll have a diverse range of stretching experiences which will give you continuous learning and development opportunities as well as a great sense of achievement. The opportunity At EY-Parthenon, our unique combination of transformative strategy, transactions, tax and corporate finance delivers real-world value – solutions that work in practice, not just on paper. Benefiting from EY’s full spectrum of services, we’ve reimagined strategic consulting to work in a world of increasing complexity. With deep functional and sector expertise, paired with innovative AI-powered technology and an investor mindset, we partner with CEOs, boards, private equity and governments every step of the way. Our core work is due diligence, assessing a target company’s finances and business projections, identifying opportunities, risks, sensitivities and potential mitigations, and reporting on these to our clients, their banks, investors and other parties. You will be working alongside experienced due diligence professionals, where you will continue to develop your skills to perform due diligence in a range of situations and sectors. There is the opportunity for travel, both within the UK and potentially internationally. When working on projects you will almost always be working as part of a wider cross service line team. Your key responsibilities In your role as an Assistant Director, you will have responsibility for understanding the key business drivers, co-developing our approach with the client, agreeing value measurements with the client, providing value to the client through insights, factual conclusions and advice. You will project manage teams and work closely with all members as well as forming strong internal links within Financial Diligence and other departments in EY both in the UK and internationally to form multi-disciplinary teams. You will gather, verify and assess information to formulate views as well as plan, prepare and review deliverables in various forms including written reports, presentations and discussions with the client. In addition, you will: • Plan and monitor the progress of the team, • Share your technical and other knowledge with your team and the department, • Build on and develop internal and external networks through personal contacts, • Understand the capabilities of the firm and look for opportunities to sell additional services to our clients, • Play a role in business plan initiatives (e.g. key accounts, recruitment, client service framework), • Being a true business advisor to the client and establish yourself as a key client contact, • Take responsibility for own learning and development, provide coaching / support to others, and participate in upward feedback Skills and attributes for success • Be able to gather, verify and analyse information to formulate views / conclusions, • Demonstrable experience in planning, preparing and reviewing deliverables in various forms including written reports, presentations and discussions with the client, • Offer a support culture to junior members of the team, assisting their development To qualify for the role you must have • Business Development experience, • Have an ACA, ACCA or equivalent qualification, • Strong commercial experience and/or relevant industry or transaction experience (including financial due diligence experience), • A passion to provide high quality service to your clients Ideally, you’ll also have • Have strong commercial experience and/or relevant industry or transaction experience (including financial due diligence experience), • Be an excellent communicator, both oral and written, • Have project management skills, • Be an effective time manager, able to keep calm when under pressure to meet deadlines, • Be a team player with the ability to build effective relationships at all levels, • Have counselling skills, though not essential What we look for What’s most important is that you’re dedicated to working with your colleagues as part of a high-performing team. You’ll need to thrive in picking up new skills as you go, so natural curiosity, a lot of questions and the confidence to speak up when you see something that could be improved are essential. If you’ve got the right combination of technical knowledge and communication skills, this role is for you. What we offer We will fuel your ambition and potential with future-focused skills development that equips you with state-of-the-art methodologies and technology-enabled solutions. With more than 25,000 people in 150 countries, you will join an inclusive and empowering culture that values your uniqueness, prioritizes your wellbeing, and immerses you in the diverse thinking and cross-cultural experiences necessary to help deliver impact to clients across the globe and to help build a better working world. Learn _ about careers at EY-Parthenon. Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today. To help create the best experience during the recruitment process, please describe any disability-related adjustments or accommodations you may need. EY | Building a better working world EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets. Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow. EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories. EY | Building a better working world EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets. Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow. EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories.

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 that lead them. We’ll broaden your horizons Working hard and working together, our Tax team thrives on keeping busy. Friendly, driven and diverse, they service our clients across the country and around the world. By providing expertise in many different specialist areas of tax, they collaborate across BDO to deliver wider business solutions. From meeting clients’ evolving business needs to managing changes to legislation, there are always fresh challenges to face in the Tax team. If you’re after a career that will keep you on your toes, we’ll give you the autonomy to drive your career forward. We’ll help you succeed Leading organisations trust us because of the quality of our advice. That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with them and building long-lasting relationships. You’ll be someone who is both comfortable working proactively and managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with senior managers, directors, and BDO’s partners to help businesses effectively. You’ll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with. The Role BDO’s Tax Accounting Group is a national group bringing together tax professionals who specialise in tax accounting and tax audit work. Headed by an equity partner, we can offer an exciting and quality career path for ambitious people. This role as Audit of Tax Senior Manager will provide tax audit support on our largest, high-profile audits across a range of groups and sectors. Just as key will be acting as a tax accounting specialist to our non-audit clients, assisting with complex provisioning engagements and the tax accounting aspects of GAAP conversions, carve out accounting and acquisition accounting. Clients and audited entities include FTSE companies, AIM listed companies, large inbounds and private equity backed businesses. You will be responsible for a number of tax audits, acting as the point of contact with the main audit team, and working closely with junior staff and tax partners to deliver this work. You will also work on a number of ad hoc, project based engagements working with other BDO teams, using your tax accounting knowledge in different contexts to deliver the best to our clients. You will act as a key contact for tax accounting queries for the wider tax and audit practices and be involved in coaching and training more junior members of the team. Requirements When you join us, we’ll make your growth our priority. If you can demonstrate the following skills, we can help you go far. We’re looking for someone with: Prior experience of tax accounting and tax auditing, with a clear desire to specialise in this area. Knowledge of tax accounting under FRS102 and IFRS; prior experience of US GAAP is useful but not obligatory. General corporate tax experience providing corporate tax advisory and compliance services to a variety of clients. Good project management skills, including meeting agreed deadlines, taking ownership and managing a team. Experience of coaching and training more junior staff. Experience of dealing with client senior management and key stakeholders. CTA and/or ACA qualified or equivalent You’ll be able to be yourself; we’ll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the business. We’re committed to agile working, and we offer every colleague the opportunity to work in ways that suit you, your teams, and the task at hand. At BDO, we’ll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development. 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 for the companies we work with and satisfying experiences for our colleagues, 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. #LI-SS2

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. We'll broaden your horizons Learning and Development (L&D) is more than just a function, it’s a key enabler of our people strategy. It supports our ability to attract, develop and retain talented people who take pride in their work and successfully deliver for our business. Effective L&D underpins quality and productivity by supporting our people to develop the necessary knowledge and skills to perform their work, helping them reach their personal and professional potential. Our firmwide L&D function works hand-in-hand with the business to pinpoint and address learning needs, developing and delivering innovative, high-quality and commercially viable learning and development opportunities that enable both individual growth of our people and achievement of our firm’s strategic priorities, all whilst adhering to the regulatory standards expected of us as a professional services firm. Our goal is to cultivate a learning culture that equips our people with the knowledge and skills they need to achieve their personal and professional aspirations alongside delivering excellence for our clients. Our team of L&D professionals spans across a number of BDO offices, with a significant presence in our vibrant London office. Regular travel to London and other locations will be required. Are you ready to broaden your horizons and make a significant impact in the world of Learning and Development? Here is your chance to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of learning strategy by joining our leadership team. We are seeking a talented, high-performing and ambitious senior manager to join our team in one of our leadership positions, as Head of Learning & Development (Head of L&D). We’ll help you succeed The work we do is underpinned by quality. We deliver audits which are trusted and transparent which can be relied upon by companies and their stakeholders. You’ll be someone who is comfortable working proactively and managing your own tasks as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with Senior Managers, Directors, and BDO’s Partners. You’ll help deliver accurate and transparent reporting to all relevant stakeholders as you provide long term value. Role overview The Head of L&D role is a senior leadership role responsible for managing the firmwide L&D function. Initially, the role will primarily focus on supporting the Audit stream, with a view to expanding across other streams over time, with future activities informed by a detailed learning needs analysis exercise to be performed shortly. Reporting to the Director of L&D, this role involves collaborating with other central teams to deliver effective, high-quality learning aligned with strategic priorities. Why Join Us? Strategic Influence: Play a key role in shaping L&D strategy, ensuring learning meeting individual and business needs, supports strategic priorities and meets compliance requirements. Innovative Environment: Join a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Be part of our effort to drive positive change and promote learning culture, using cutting-edge tools and leveraging the latest design thinking to enhance our learning offering. Leadership Role: Work directly with senior stakeholders to achieve strategic and operational goals. Professional Growth: Coach and support the team and represent BDO at external events. You'll be responsible for: Leading the day-to-day operations of the L&D function, collaborating with the Head of Professional Qualification, Head of Talent & Leadership and other people teams to ensure our learning offering is cohesive and aligned with strategic objectives. Developing and maintaining L&D curriculums (firmwide and stream-wide), informed by the learning needs analysis, including core technical learning, skill learning, milestone programmes and ad hoc programmes. Managing priorities to ensure delivery of agreed curriculums on time and to expected quality standards. Balance people, quality and growth aims as appropriate. Supporting with regulatory compliance including developing responses to formal and informal queries and directly engaging with the firm’s regulators where needed. Ongoing engagement with central teams and the individual streams to identify emerging L&D needs and develop effective responses (at either the firmwide or stream-wide level). Maintaining quality assurances procedures for learning and development across BDO, to ensure learning meets the needs of the learner, support BDO commercial aims and meets expected quality standards. Overseeing the operation of systems, controls and processes across the learning cycle, proactively assess and manage risks, and drive continuous improvement as part of the firm’s System of Quality Management. Establishing metrics to measure learning effectiveness and managing risk, monitoring these regulatory and reporting to those charged with governance as appropriate, to support effective operations and achievement of strategic outcomes. Handling budgeting and ongoing financial management, providing clear justification for deviations from budget and actively managing commercial risks. Bringing innovation, tools and the latest design thinking into our learning offering. Providing insight into the latest thinking and best practice across L&D, making recommendations to the Director of L&D around L&D strategy and supporting operational transformation / efficiency across the function. Advocating L&D activities and promoting a strong learning culture. Role modelling BDO Values and representing BDO at networking and other business events, ensuring a clear learning narrative in the marketplace, contributing the learning discussion, and influencing the future landscape. Initial role responsibilities will be focused on leading delivery of the Audit required learning curriculum. Over time, the remit of this role will evolve, informed by the detailed learning needs analysis, and it is expected to broaden to include both firmwide and other stream (Tax, Deals, Consulting, Risk and Outsourcing) learning. The exact timing and nature of these wider activities has yet to be determined. The responsibilities outlined however are applicable to both the immediate role and any future evolution. The knowledge, skills and experience are consistent. You'll be someone who with: Experience as a Senior Manager, preferably with a Learning & Development background. Strong understanding of Audit and the regulatory environment (particularly important given the immediate focus of the role). Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with senior stakeholders and suppliers. Proven ability to influence and drive forward strategic projects. Strong project management skills and ability to prioritise. Critical thinking and pragmatic problem-solving skills. Commercial mindset with a focus on operational excellence. Commitment to quality and excellence in delivery. Strong leadership skills, including an ability to coach, develop and inspire people to reach their potential. Professionalism and gravitas to represent the firm among senior leaders (both internally and externally) Collaborative mindset and alignment with BDO Values. Excellent analytical, interpersonal and communication skills. Understanding of business strategy and goals. An Audit background would be beneficial but is not essential. You’ll be able to be yourself; we’ll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to our business. We’re committed to agile working, and we offer everyone the opportunity to work in ways that suit them, their teams, and the task at hand. At BDO, we’ll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development. We’re in it together Mutual support and respect are 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.

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. Why Join Us? • Innovative environment: Be part of a team creating impactful and innovative learning solutions that meet learner needs and deliver clear business outcomes, using the latest tools and technology to support effectiveness and engagement. You'll be at the forefront of designing and curating content, sharing insight and promoting continuous learning., • Collaboration: Work with L&D colleagues, technical and non-technical subject matter experts, and other key stakeholders in the stream to translate business objectives into effective learning interventions. Partner with the business to deliver sustainable outcomes., • Leadership and development opportunities: Lead a portfolio of programmes and support broader team activities and initiatives. Coach and upskill junior team members., • Flexibility: Join a geographically diverse team. Work from anywhere in the UK with regular travel to our exciting London hub expected and other UK locations as needed. Support on-site programme delivery and engaged with L&D professional in the marketplace. Key responsibilities • Design and curate impactful learning solutions for the Audit curriculum, ensuring they meet learner needs and deliver business outcomes. Review of content written by other members of the team to maintain quality control of content, ensure learning objectives have been met, challenge learning efficacy and innovation, and drive consistency, whilst ensuring programmes always meet business needs. Covers both technical and non-technical programmes., • Develop and maintain relevant business relationship to enable you to translate business objectives into effective learning interventions, leveraging cutting-edge tools, methodologies and insights as appropriate to support our offering. Collaborate with L&D and subject matter expertise as needed to optimise learning design and underlying programme quality., • Lead a portfolio of programmes and support broader team activities, including content reviews, coaching junior members, and driving key initiatives such as the Learning Library and Learning Culture. Support wider L&D activity, such as Faculty briefings, training for facilitators and hosts and on-site implementation. Some delivery of programmes may also be required as part of the role., • Bring the latest thinking and innovation to develop high-quality learning solutions and advocate for change where needed. Lead by example and seek support where needed. What we’re looking for • Senior Manager (or Experienced Manager or equivalent) with a background in programme development, • Audit experience / experience working in a regulated environment, • Formal L&D qualifications would be an advantage but are not essential (subject to proven experience), • Strong relationship and collaboration skills, • Ability to coach, develop, and inspire team members, • Skills in translating learning needs into learning objectives and key learning outcomes, and then coordinating an appropriate response to these, • Excellent analytical, interpersonal, and communication skills., • Focus on delivering high-quality learning interventions and business outcomes. Join us to make a significant impact in learning development and drive excellence in audit training programmes. 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.

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Part-Time Tax Manager - 12-Month FTC \n Central London | Hybrid | \n 3 days per week \n £100k FTE (£60k pro rata) \n Are you an experienced tax professional looking for a flexible, high-impact opportunity? \n We're working with a leading organisation in Central London that is looking for an experienced Tax Manager to join its trusted finance team on a 12-month fixed-term contract. \n This is an excellent opportunity for a corporate tax and/or indirect tax specialist who enjoys taking ownership, identifying opportunities for improvement and making a tangible difference to tax processes, controls and governance. \n The role \n Working closely with the finance team, you'll provide focused tax leadership across the business, with a particular emphasis on reviewing and strengthening the organisation's existing tax framework. \n You'll assess current tax processes, controls and arrangements, identify risks and improvement opportunities, and develop a practical framework to enhance compliance, governance and delivery. \n Your responsibilities will include: \n\n • Reviewing existing arrangements across corporate tax, indirect tax and employment taxes\n, • Identifying tax risks, control gaps and opportunities for improvement\n, • Recommending practical and proportionate improvements\n, • Strengthening tax structures, processes and documentation\n, • Developing and implementing robust tax controls and governance\n, • Working with external tax advisers and auditors where required\n, • Creating a clear implementation plan to ensure agreed changes are embedded before the end of the contract\n\n This is a role where you can make an immediate impact, bringing your expertise to an organisation that wants to strengthen its tax processes and leave a lasting, well-structured framework in place. \n About you \n We're looking for a qualified and experienced tax professional with a strong practical understanding of tax compliance, reporting, risk and governance. \n You'll ideally have: \n\n • A professional qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CTA or equivalent\n, • Strong experience in corporate tax and/or indirect tax, gained in industry or practice\n, • Experience of tax reporting, compliance and working with external advisers and auditors\n, • A strong understanding of tax risk, controls and governance\n, • Excellent analytical and attention-to-detail skills\n, • The ability to communicate complex tax matters clearly to non-tax specialists\n, • A pragmatic, hands-on approach and the confidence to identify issues and implement improvements\n\n eSift have been appointed as the resource partner and we are managing this role on behalf of our client. To apply for this position please click on the "apply now" button below. Your CV will then be held on our central database, if for any reason you do not wish us to retain your details, please contact us via .

Compliance & Office Manager \n London \n Up to £50k \n I'm working with a fantastic high street City law firm that's looking to appoint a Compliance & Office Manager to take ownership of the firm's compliance framework while overseeing the day-to-day operations of the office. \n This is a genuinely varied role, perfect for someone who enjoys wearing multiple hats and wants to play a key part in the smooth running of a well-established law firm. \n The Role? \n Leading the firm's SRA regulatory compliance and AML framework \n Developing and maintaining policies, procedures and internal controls \n Managing complaints, breaches, conflicts and compliance registers \n Supporting GDPR and data protection processes \n Leading internal audits and coordinating external accreditations where required \n Delivering compliance training and promoting best practice across the firm \n Reporting directly to the Managing Partner on compliance and risk matters \n Overseeing the day-to-day running of the office, facilities and suppliers \n Supporting business continuity planning and operational improvements \n About you? \n • Previous legal compliance experience within an SRA-regulated law firm \n • Strong knowledge of SRA Standards & Regulations, AML and GDPR \n • A practical, solutions-focused approach to compliance \n • Excellent organisational and stakeholder management skills \n • Someone who enjoys combining compliance with operational responsibility \n What's in it for you? \n Competitive salary \n 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays \n Pension scheme \n A varied role with real autonomy and ownership \n Direct exposure to the Managing Partner and senior leadership team \n The opportunity to shape and improve the firm's compliance and operational processes \n A supportive, collaborative working environment where your ideas are valued \n Genuine opportunity to make a visible impact across the business \n Interested? \n Know someone great? \n Reach out, let's have a confidential conversation!

Rev & Regs are seeking a Financial Crime Compliance Risk Assessment Manager to work for a dynamic and well-respected investment and wealth management firm in London. \n The Financial Crime Compliance Risk Assessment Manager will lead the development, enhancement, implementation and ongoing maintenance of the firm's Financial Crime Risk Assessment Framework, ensuring that it delivers a comprehensive, data-driven and risk-based assessment of the firm's exposure to Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, Proliferation Financing, Sanctions, Bribery & Corruption, Tax Evasion Facilitation, Fraud and other applicable financial crime risks. \n Responsibilities: \n\n • Lead the review and enhancement of the firm's Business-Wide Financial Crime Risk Assessment methodology.\n, • Assess and refine risk categories, risk factors, scoring models, weightings and risk indicators.\n, • Ensure the methodology provides a balanced assessment using both quantitative and qualitative measures.\n, • Maintain alignment with regulatory expectations, industry guidance and emerging financial crime threats.\n, • Work collaboratively with First, Second and Third Line teams to gather input, challenge assumptions and drive continuous improvement.\n, • Develop and maintain a comprehensive financial crime risk and controls framework.\n, • Identify, assess and document inherent financial crime risks across customers, products, services, transactions, jurisdictions and delivery channels.\n, • Support the assessment and reporting of residual risk and identification of control enhancement opportunities.\n, • Design and implement quality assurance and effectiveness testing processes for the risk assessment framework.\n, • Support regulatory reviews, audits and independent assurance activities.\n, • Ensure frameworks, methodologies and supporting documentation remain current and appropriately governed.\n, • Engage with external advisers and industry bodies to identify evolving regulatory expectations and best practice.\n, • Facilitate workshops and provide expert advice on financial crime risk assessment matters.\n\n Experience: \n\n • Significant experience within Financial Crime Compliance, AML, Risk or Regulatory Compliance is essential.\n, • Experience developing or enhancing Business-Wide Risk Assessments or financial crime risk methodologies is essential.\n, • Experience within Wealth Management, Private Banking, Asset Management or Trust Services is desirable.\n, • Strong understanding of AML, CTF, sanctions and broader financial crime risks.\n, • Experience assessing control effectiveness and developing risk-based frameworks.\n, • Experience designing risk scoring, weighting or risk quantification methodologies.\n, • Experience developing risk and control libraries and governance frameworks.\n, • Professional qualification such as ICA, CISI, IRM or equivalent financial crime or risk management certification is desirable.\n\n Salary: £80,000 - £100,000 \n Location: Hybrid (2 days per week in London office) \n Contract: Permanent

Large Lloyd's of London Insurer - 6 Month Contract (Temp to Perm) - £250 - £350 Per Day, depending on experience (Inside IR35) \n Join Our Client as a Conduct Risk Officer – Protecting Integrity and Ensuring Regulatory Excellence in a Lloyd's of London Firm \n Are you passionate about building a compliant and ethical environment? We are seeking a dynamic Conduct Risk Officer to support our client in maintaining the highest standard of conduct. Based in London and reporting to the Conduct Risk Manager, you will be at the forefront of ensuring regulatory adherence, mitigating conduct risks, and fostering a culture of integrity across our operations. This is an excellent opportunity for a professional with proven conduct risk experience to make a tangible impact in a fast-paced, regulated industry. \n What You’ll Bring to the Table: \n\n • Hands-on conduct risk experience within insurance\n, • Solid knowledge of FCA sourcebook including PRIN, ICOBS, and PROD\n, • Strong organisational, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities\n, • Knowledge of Consumer duty and TCF \n\n Plus, if you have: \n\n • Knowledge of insurance operations such as claims and underwriting\n, • A keen passion for data analysis and identifying emerging trends\n, • Ability to adapt swiftly to evolving regulatory requirements and consultations\n\n Additional requirements: \n\n • Ability to collaborate effectively across teams and stakeholder groups\n, • Commitment to upholding FCA and Lloyd’s conduct standards\n, • Willingness to support and lead initiatives ensuring the organisation’s conduct framework aligns with international regulations\n\n \n Large Lloyd's of London Insurer - 6 Month Contract (Temp to Perm) - £250 - £350 Per Day, depending on experience (Inside IR35)

The role Portfolio Contract Manager \n\n • Reporting to the Head of Commercial Contracts and Support within the Commercial & Partnerships youll be responsible for our housing and property management portfolio.\n, • Be the strategic lead for our growing property/housing management service for investors and other property owners\n, • Lead on new business opportunities including co-ordinating due diligence with service leads, consulting stakeholders, completing feasibility assessments and producing recommendations to Portfolio Steering Group, Executive Team and Risk Appraisal Group.\n, • Overall responsibility for coordinating and mobilising new contract for property/housing management services. To include organising and interpreting contractual service specification, into new operating processes, establishing performance management framework including KPI in accordance with contract and/or internal standards.\n, • Embed excellent governance in our contractual relationships including our decision-making processes, maintaining structured, secure and accurate information relating to contracts, reflecting contractual changes formally, adherence to contractual reporting and financial obligations,\n, • To manage the strategic relationship with superior landlords and managing agent for blocks Southern Housing is not the freeholder.\n\n \n Take the lead role in the mobilisation of new contracts, including delivering workshops, establish reporting & payments arrangements and supporting operational teams to engage fully with Property Investment Partners to deliver their contractual requirements. \n Working with the Director of Commercial & Partnerships on the development and management of Southern Housing relationships with our network of Property Investment Partners and Superior Landlords/Managing Agents. \n Organise and co-ordinate with service delivery leads across the business to ensure compliance with all contractual obligations and maintain strong service quality assurance controls including cyclical audits and deep dives into failing performance areas. \n Working collaboratively with service delivery leads and our clients to ensure successful mobilisation of new contracts and smooth transition of developments transferring to us from another management provider. \n Working with the Home Ownership, Neighbourhoods, Compliance, Property and Asset Management to develop and maintain excellent strategic relationship with our Superior Landlord/Managing Agents. You will maintain a regular dialogue around their performance to ensure appropriate levels of service to the residents of our clients. \n Ensure we have a strong framework for reporting performance to clients, service delivery leads, senior management stakeholders and Committees as required demonstrating exceptional awareness of the portfolio through analysis and data driven evidence. \n Embedding a culture of collaborative working with operational service delivery teams and stakeholders in the broadest sense to ensure successful onboarding of homes and residents making first impressions with Southern Housing a positive experience. \n Identify opportunities to demonstrate additional value from Southern Housing relationships with Property Investment Partners and Superior Landlords through the development, refining and sharing of processes, systems and third-party relationships. \n Maintain strong governance in relation to new opportunities including overseeing due diligence, assessing feasibility, identifying risks, consulting service delivery leads, producing draft management contracts and providing project management oversight. \n \n \n Knowledge Portfolio Contract Manager \n\n • Degree level qualification or equivalent relevant professional qualifications or qualified by experience.\n, • Hold relevant Professional Body membership (or equivalent).\n, • Evidence of successfully building and maintaining relationships to ensure the successful and agile delivery of housing management and maintenance services.\n, • Evidence of successfully delivering residential landlord and property management activities to a high standard.\n, • Background in influencing and shaping the design and development of products and services in a housing or similar service sector setting.\n, • Previous achievements of establishing systems to ensure ongoing contract management delivers increasing returns over an extended period.\n, • Excellent understanding of best practice, the regulatory and legislative framework in which Registered Providers operate.\n, • Strong understanding of effective contract management, quality assurance, risk management,\n, • Experience in delivering strategic and operational priorities to mixed portfolio.\n\n

\n • Run Group Treasury for leading Investor\n\n Group Treasury Manager | Private Equity | £100,000 - £110,000 | Central London | 4 days in \n A leading international investment manager is seeking a Group Treasury Manager to play a pivotal role in developing and enhancing its global treasury function. \n This is a high profile position within a growing business that manages investments across infrastructure, private markets and sustainable growth sectors. Reporting to FD, you will have the opportunity to shape treasury strategy, strengthen governance and controls, and influence key funding and liquidity decisions across an international group. \n The Opportunity \n Leading the Treasury function, you will manage 1 member of staff. You will be actively partnering with leadership to help form their decision making and actively involved in the deals the team are making. If you're looking to move into a broad, commercially focused position where you can combine strategic treasury leadership with hands on operational oversight. \n You will take ownership of treasury governance, liquidity management, funding activities, banking relationships and treasury reporting, while helping to build a scalable treasury framework capable of supporting continued business growth. \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • Lead the development of a scalable, best in class treasury function\n, • Design and maintain treasury policies covering liquidity, investments, foreign exchange, counterparty risk and governance\n, • Manage funding facilities, financing solutions and assess hedging requirements\n, • Drive process improvement, automation and enhancements\n, • Develop robust cash flow forecasting and liquidity management, including relationships with banks\n, • Monitor cash positions and investment opportunities\n, • Produce scenario analyses covering acquisitions, refinancing, capital distributions and stressed liquidity situations\n, • Monitor liquidity, foreign exchange, counterparty and operational risks\n, • Develop treasury risk metrics and governance processes\n, • Lead stress testing exercises and continuous improvement initiatives\n\n About You \n You are a motivated treasury professional who combines strong technical expertise with commercial awareness and stakeholder management skills. \n You are likely to have: \n\n • ACA, ACT, ACCA or CIM qualification \n, • Treasury management experience gained within a corporate, financial services, investment management or multi entity group environment\n, • Strong cash flow forecasting and liquidity management expertise\n, • Experience producing treasury reporting for senior executives\n, • Knowledge of treasury controls, governance frameworks and banking operations\n, • Experience working with treasury systems and banking platforms\n, • Broad remit covering treasury strategy, funding, liquidity and governance\n\n For a confidential discussion or immediate consideration, please get in touch with Harry at Trace Recruitment .

\n A role has arisen in a high performing FTSE 100 business for a Part-time UK Tax Manager to support the Group Tax Director to take ownership for the Group's corporate tax compliance and reporting obligations for the UK businesses. This is a broad role that would be ideal for someone who enjoys taking ownership over processes, whilst also supporting the tax team with other projects. Ideally the role would be 4 days a week with 2 days in the office. \n \n Specific responsibilities include: \n\n • Working with the outsourced provider to ensure tax compliance obligations are met\n, • Support the preparation and review of Group tax reporting for external reporting purposes, including assisting with year-end and interim reporting processes.\n, • Support the Group's Senior Accounting Officer (SAO) framework and wider tax risk management processes\n, • Lead and support a variety of tax projects, working collaboratively with finance teams and other stakeholders across the business.\n\n \n The business has a flexible approach to hybrid working so is open to various working patterns. You will have a strong track record of managing compliance and reporting in the UK and ideally be qualified accountant or tax advisor. Please apply now for more information. \n

*FINANCIAL CRIME MANAGER - DMLRO* A prestigious investment bank require an experienced financial crime professional to join their busy London team. You will act as the DMLRO and will run a small team. \n DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES OF A FINANCIAL CRIME MANAGER/DMLRO \n\n • Undertaking financial crime assessments\n, • Overseeing AML/CTF/Sanctions and Fraud issues\n, • Ensuring KYC/EDD is undertaken correctly\n, • Maintaining and enhancing the AML framework\n, • Providing financial crime advice to senior stakeholders\n, • Assessing the impact of new regulations\n, • Collating MI and making reports\n, • Providing training and developing AML policies\n, • Maintaining the internal AML framework.\n\n You will have a minimum of 10 years' experience with previous DMLRO experience. Salary: £Up to 110K plus car allowance. Please get in touch for more details.

Commissioning Manager – Older People \n Based in London, hybrid working \n Inside IR35 \n Length: 6 months \n \n We are working with a London Local Authority who are looking to appoint an interim Commissioning Manager to support across Domiciliary Care, Reablement and the Extra Care Contract. \n \n Key Responsibilities: \n You will lead on a number of important areas: \n\n • Domiciliary Care - undertake commercially sensitive re-negotiations of the current contract, review the current performance management framework for the contract and ensure measures are put in place to result in effective performance management and begin developing future commissioning intentions and provider engagement activities for a future commissioning model\n, • Re-ablement – develop commissioning intentions, looking at best practice, review the contract and design performance monitoring for the future – time, cost, quality\n, • Extra care - review the current performance management framework for the contract and ensure measures are put in place to result in effective performance management\n, • Care Homes – develop a tactical negotiation strategy to reduce costs/fees for existing and new placements\n\n \n You will work closely with providers, colleagues and stakeholders to establish clear expectations, improve performance and ensure commissioned services deliver the best possible outcomes for older people. \n \n Key Requirements: \n\n • Strong commissioning and contract management experience, ideally within adult social care or services for older people\n, • Confident working with providers, analysing performance and using evidence and best practice to inform commissioning decisions\n, • Improvement-focused approach and be comfortable taking services from a position of limited performance management to one with robust monitoring and demonstrable outcomes\n\n

As a Prudential Risk Manager in Challenger Banking, you'll oversee and manage risk frameworks (specifically ICAAP, RRP) to ensure regulatory compliance and operational efficiency. Your role will focus on identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks to support the organisation's financial stability and strategic goals. \n Client Details \n Growth Challenger Bank with Business Lending lines across Mortgages, Loans, Savings, Online Payments with expanding product lines. To embark on Consumer Lending further in next phase. City of London based hq. \n Enjoyed recent tranche of new funding to boost growth and keep present management team in place for long term. \n Description \n Prudential Risk Manager \n \n\n • Maintain and enhance the prudential risk framework to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements - own ICAAP and RRP.\n, • Access constantly to C-Suite level, so excellent communications skills.\n, • Monitor and assess the organisation's risk exposures, offering actionable insights for mitigation (e.g. some horizon scanning/basel 3.1).\n, • Prepare and deliver comprehensive reports for senior stakeholders and regulatory bodies.\n, • Collaborate with various departments to ensure alignment with risk management policies (e.g. help with ILAAP - not essential to have owned before).\n, • Conduct stress testing and scenario analysis to evaluate potential impacts on the organisation.\n, • Stay updated on regulatory changes and provide recommendations for necessary adjustments.\n, • Support the development of risk training materials for internal teams.\n, • Lead or contribute to risk-related projects and initiatives as required.\n\n Profile \n A successful Prudential Risk Manager should have: \n\n • Strong knowledge of prudential regulations and risk management practices in a Small to Mid sized Bank/Challenger/Disruptor OR may come from Big 4/Top 20 Practice with Prudential Assurance/Consulting for similar clients.\n, • ICAAP knowledge front-to-back.\n, • Proficiency in analysing financial data and conducting risk assessments (e.g. data mapping exercises).\n, • Excellent communication skills for preparing reports and liaising with stakeholders (great comms given this role will have access constantly to C-Suite level).\n, • A detail-oriented mindset with strong problem-solving abilities.\n, • Relevant professional accounting qualifications or certifications in accounting, finance, or risk management.\n\n Job Offer \n\n • Competitive salary ranging from £80,000 to £90,000, dependent on the level of experience.\n, • Generous Benefits Package and enhanced maternity/paternity leave.\n, • Competitive bonus scheme.\n, • 3x days a week in City of London office, 2x days a week working from home flexibly.\n, • Permanent position in a top Challenger Bank.\n\n \n If you're interested in this role, apply now. \n People are at the heart of Michael Page. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment. As an inclusive recruiter we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and experiences. If you require any adjustments or accommodations during the recruitment process, we'll work with you to ensure you can perform at your best.

Corporate Tax Assistant Manager \n Location: London (Hybrid) \n Salary: Competitive Base + Bonus + Full Study Support \n Job Type: Full-time, Permanent \n Are you an ambitious Corporate Tax Senior ready to step into an Assistant Manager role with genuine client ownership, transaction-led advisory exposure, and a clear, fast-track route to Manager? \n A market-leading Top 10 accountancy practice in London is expanding its corporate tax offering following a surge in deals activity and international project work. Joining a dynamic, growing team, you will take ownership of a diverse corporate client portfolio while gaining high-value exposure to M&A, group reorganisations, and cross-border tax structuring. \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • \n Advisory & Transactions: Assist Partners and Directors on complex advisory projects, including M&A tax due diligence, group restructurings, and private equity-backed transaction planning. \n • \n Portfolio Ownership: Act as the main day-to-day point of contact for a portfolio of OMBs, PE-backed businesses, and multinational corporate groups. \n • \n Technical Review & Compliance: Oversee complex corporate tax compliance and review tax computations prepared by junior team members. \n • \n Mentorship & Development: Coach, delegate to, and support the career development of Associates and Seniors within the team. \n\n About You \n\n • \n Qualifications: ACA, ACCA, CTA (qualified or part-qualified/studying toward final exams). \n • \n Experience: Strong foundation in UK corporate tax gained within an accountancy practice environment. \n • \n Skill Set: Exposure to corporate tax compliance with a strong desire to expand your advisory skill set; experience reviewing junior work or a readiness to step into a supervisory role. \n • \n Aspiration: Commercially minded, proactive, and looking to accelerate your path to Manager within a Top 10 firm. \n\n What's On Offer \n\n • \n Career Acceleration: Structured, fast-track framework designed to help you step up to Manager in the near term. \n • \n Advisory Exposure: Direct involvement in project and transaction-led work rather than routine compliance delivery. \n • \n Full Study Support: Comprehensive funding, study leave, and tuition support for remaining CTA or professional exams. \n • \n Culture & Balance: Flexible, hybrid working arrangements within a collaborative, non-hierarchical, partner-led practice. \n • \n Comprehensive Benefits: Private medical cover, pension scheme, generous annual leave, and corporate wellbeing perks. \n\n How to Apply \n For a confidential discussion or to request the full job description, please contact Kate Green at . \n \n As an employer, we are committed to ensuring the representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.

Your new company \n Join a growing and evolving professional services organisation as a Finance Manager, playing a key role in financial control, management accounting, and team leadership. This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified accountant to support business growth while enhancing financial governance and reporting. \n Your new role \n Reporting to the Financial Controller, you will support the management, accounting and financial control functions, helping to maintain a robust control environment and ensuring accurate financial reporting across the organisation. You'll also lead a small finance team and contribute to process improvements during an exciting period of development. \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • Support month-end and quarter-end close processes.\n, • Strengthening the financial control framework, including documenting key controls.\n, • Produce quarterly analytical reviews of P&L and balance sheet performance.\n, • Support year-end and interim audit processes.\n, • Prepare regulatory reporting returns for regulated entities.\n, • Lead, develop and mentor a team of finance professionals.\n\n What you'll need to succeed \n You will be a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with strong IFRS and FRS 102 expertise. You will bring proven experience leading and developing finance teams, coupled with the ability to improve processes, adapt quickly to change, and drive continuous improvement. Strong audit management experience, advanced Excel skills, and the confidence to influence and communicate effectively with senior stakeholders are essential for success in this role. \n What you'll get in return \n You will be rewarded with a competitive salary and the opportunity to join a forward-thinking, award-winning business with growth and expansion plans. This is a broad and varied role with scope for adding real value both to finance and the wider organisation. \n What you need to do now \n If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. \n 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. \n Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Financial Consultant \n Location: Central London \n Working Pattern: Full-time | Hybrid \n Salary: £45,000 – £55,000 + Performance Bonus \n Career Level: Graduate / Junior to Mid-Level opportunities available \n The Opportunity \n We are looking for an ambitious Financial Consultant to join a growing financial consultancy supporting businesses with financial analysis, commercial decision-making and funding strategy. \n This is not a traditional banking role. You will work across real commercial situations, helping clients understand their financial position, assess potential funding routes and make better-informed business decisions. \n The position offers exposure to businesses across multiple sectors and is particularly suited to someone who enjoys combining financial analysis with communication, problem-solving and commercial thinking. \n What You'll Be Doing \n Your responsibilities will include: \n\n • Reviewing company financial information, management accounts and cash-flow positions.\n, • Building and interpreting financial models, forecasts and scenario analyses.\n, • Supporting clients in understanding their financial and commercial position.\n, • Assessing business funding requirements and researching suitable commercial funding options.\n, • Preparing financial summaries, reports and presentations.\n, • Comparing commercial finance structures based on cost, term, security requirements and business objectives.\n, • Conducting market, company and sector research.\n, • Supporting senior consultants with more complex client assignments.\n, • Liaising with lenders, finance providers and other professional parties where appropriate.\n, • Helping businesses prepare information required when approaching potential finance providers.\n, • Identifying financial risks, cash-flow pressures and potential areas for commercial improvement.\n, • Maintaining accurate client records and ensuring work is completed in accordance with internal compliance procedures.\n\n What We're Looking For \n We are interested in candidates with backgrounds in areas such as: \n Finance | Economics | Accounting | Banking | Business | Financial Management | Investment & Risk | Data Analysis \n You should have: \n\n • Strong numerical and analytical ability.\n, • A good understanding of financial statements and commercial finance.\n, • The confidence to communicate financial information clearly.\n, • Strong Excel and financial modelling skills, or the willingness to develop them.\n, • Excellent written and verbal communication.\n, • Commercial awareness and an interest in how businesses operate.\n, • Strong attention to detail.\n, • The ability to manage several pieces of work simultaneously.\n\n Previous consultancy experience is advantageous but not essential for candidates entering through the graduate or trainee pathway. \n Graduate & Trainee Candidates \n We are particularly interested in ambitious graduates who want to develop a long-term career in financial consultancy. \n Successful junior candidates will receive structured development covering: \n\n • Financial statement analysis\n, • Commercial finance\n, • Cash-flow forecasting\n, • Financial modelling\n, • Risk analysis\n, • Client communication\n, • Business funding structures\n, • Professional report writing\n, • Commercial research\n\n Relevant professional qualifications and ongoing CPD will also be encouraged as part of your development. \n Earnings & Benefits \n Alongside a competitive base salary, the package includes: \n\n • Performance-related quarterly bonus\n, • Annual performance bonus\n, • Salary reviews linked to progression\n, • Professional training and development support\n, • Support towards relevant professional qualifications\n, • Ongoing CPD opportunities\n, • Hybrid working following the initial training period\n, • 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays\n, • Company pension\n, • Regular performance and career-development reviews\n, • Clear progression into Senior Financial Consultant and management-level positions\n\n High-performing consultants will have the opportunity to take greater ownership of client relationships and more complex commercial assignments as they progress. \n Important Regulatory Scope \n This role is focused on commercial financial consultancy, analysis and business support. \n The position does not involve providing regulated investment advice or making personal recommendations concerning regulated investments unless such activity is separately conducted within the appropriate regulatory permissions and framework. \n Employees are expected to work strictly within the scope of the firm's services and internal compliance procedures. \n Career Progression \n This position is designed to provide a genuine career path rather than simply a first job in finance. \n A typical progression route may include: \n Financial Consultant Senior Financial Consultant Principal Consultant Consultancy Manager \n For candidates who demonstrate strong analytical ability, commercial judgement and client-management skills, progression can be accelerated. \n Apply \n If you are commercially minded, confident with numbers and want a finance career where your analysis contributes to real business decisions, we would like to hear from you. \n Please submit your CV for consideration. 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Head of HR & Administration \n \n New UK Launch Project / Hybrid Working / Global Environment - \n A hotel group planning its first UK opening is seeking a Head of HR & Administration to support the launch of its new UK operation. \n The Head of HR & Administration will play a key role in building the organisation from the ground up ahead of the planned hotel opening in 2028. The role will lead recruitment, HR framework development, employee policies, training structures, and general administration activities. \n This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced HR professional to establish the foundation of a new organisation while working closely with Japan headquarters and international teams. \n (Ref: MI47417 - Please include this when making any enquiries.) \n \n Main Responsibilities \n\n • Develop workforce plans and lead recruitment activities across all departments ahead of the hotel opening\n, • Manage recruitment processes including job descriptions, candidate selection, interviews, and hiring decisions\n, • Manage employment contracts, right-to-work checks, DBS checks, and onboarding processes\n, • Coordinate training programmes with Japan headquarters and support overseas training arrangements\n, • Develop company policies including employment regulations, GDPR, and equality policies\n, • Ensure compliance with UK employment law and liaise with external legal and HR specialists\n, • Design HR frameworks including performance evaluation, grading, salary structures, and bonus schemes\n, • Establish KPI setting and employee performance management processes\n, • Support implementation of HR systems including payroll and attendance systems\n, • Support office setup, supplier coordination, administrative operations, and government-related procedures\n, • Provide general support to the General Manager\n\n \n Ideal Candidate \n\n • Must have experience supporting the launch of a new business, hotel, restaurant, retail operation, or other pre-opening project in the UK\n, • Experience in HR, administration, business management, hospitality, or related fields\n, • 7+ years’ HR and administration experience, including 3+ years in a management role\n, • Proven experience managing the full recruitment process\n, • Strong understanding of UK employment law and GDPR requirements\n, • Experience reviewing employment contracts\n, • Experience establishing HR policies, procedures, or frameworks from the ground up\n, • CIPD Level 5 or Level 7 qualification is advantageous\n, • Experience in hospitality, hotel, or service industries is preferred\n, • Understanding of Japanese corporate culture or Japanese language skills is advantageous\n, • Experience with HR and payroll systems such as Workday is advantageous\n\n \n Conditions \n\n • Location: West London\n, • Working Style: hybrid\n, • Salary: £65,000–£100,000 per annum depending on experience\n, • Job Type: permanent, full-time\n, • Working Hours: 40 hours per week\n, • Start: negotiable (within this year, as the successful candidate will join during the pre-opening phase)\n\n \n Visa Support \n **All applicants for the Head of HR & Administration position must have the right to work in the UK without any restrictions as the Company is not able to offer visa support. \n **We regret that we cannot accept applications from Working Holiday, Graduate or Student visa holders. \n If your application is successful, you will be contacted within two business days. We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive, we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs.

Harper May is working with a London-based asset manager managing £8bn in AUM across listed equities and fixed income strategies. The firm is founder-led, backed by a respected institutional investor, and has grown steadily over the past five years through a combination of organic performance and selective acquisitions. The business is now at a stage where strengthening finance infrastructure and deepening operational resilience have become strategic priorities. They are seeking a Financial Controller to lead this agenda. \n The RoleReporting to the Chief Financial Officer, you will own the full cycle of financial accounting, reporting, and controls across the business. This is a hands-on role sitting between investment operations, fund administration, and external stakeholders. You will drive accuracy in NAV reporting, ensure compliance with FCA and AIFMD obligations, and build the control framework that underpins the firm's growth trajectory. \n\n • Lead the monthly and annual financial close, producing accurate statutory accounts and management reporting\n, • Establish and oversee a robust control environment across financial operations, fund accounting, and reconciliation\n, • Manage the external audit process and act as primary liaison with auditors and regulators\n, • Ensure timely and accurate NAV and performance reporting to investors and fund boards\n, • Drive process improvements in systems and documentation to reduce manual effort and operational risk\n, • Provide financial analysis and variance commentary to senior management and investment teams\n, • Monitor capital, liquidity, and balance sheet integrity in line with regulatory requirements\n\n What we are looking for \n\n • ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified with a minimum of seven years in financial controller or senior accounting roles\n, • Direct experience in asset management, fund accounting, or investment management\n, • Demonstrated strength in a regulated, governance-heavy environment\n, • Competence across fund valuation, performance reporting, and investor communication\n, • Ability to build and lead a small team, with strong stakeholder management skills\n, • Comfortable with ambiguity and rapid change in a growth-stage business\n

Harper May is working with a well-established consumer non-durables business based in London. The company operates across multiple product lines with a strong retail distribution footprint and has grown organically over the past decade. It is privately owned and currently scaling its finance operations to support planned expansion into new categories. The business is now seeking a Finance Manager to join its finance team. \n The Role \n Reporting to the Finance Director, you will own the monthly financial close cycle and produce consolidated management accounts covering P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow. You will also drive continuous improvements to the Group's reporting processes and maintain the financial control framework across the business. This is a hands-on role that combines analytical rigour with process improvement ownership. \n\n • Deliver monthly consolidated management accounts, working papers, and supporting variance analysis to the Finance Director.\n, • Lead the year-end close process, including balance sheet substantiation, intercompany reconciliation, and statutory compliance.\n, • Review and strengthen key financial controls across the Group, documenting policies and procedures to embed consistency.\n, • Support the external audit process and manage the audit timeline and deliverables to budget.\n, • Identify and implement process improvements to increase efficiency and accuracy in the monthly close.\n, • Provide technical accounting input on policy matters and unusual transactions.\n\n What we are looking for \n\n • Qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA, or ACA) with proven management accounts and consolidation experience.\n, • Track record in a multi-entity environment with exposure to Group financial reporting.\n, • Strong technical knowledge of accounting standards, controls design, and audit processes.\n, • Methodical approach to detail with a focus on data accuracy and control robustness.\n, • Able to communicate financial information clearly to non-finance stakeholders.\n

We are working with a highly respected organisation in Watford on an interim assignment for an experienced Reward and Benefits Manager who can quickly understand an established reward proposition, benchmark it against the market and turn insight into practical, commercially sound recommendations. \n This is a high-impact role with company-wide scope, covering reward, benefits, total reward, salary structures and bonus design. It's an opportunity to step into an organisation where your expertise will genuinely influence the future reward strategy. \n The role \n You'll take a broad view of the existing reward and benefits proposition, identifying where there are opportunities to improve: \n\n • Market competitiveness and colleague value\n, • Cost effectiveness and efficiency\n, • Benefits and family-friendly provisions\n, • Total reward communication\n, • Salary structures and banding\n, • Performance-related reward and bonus design\n\n You'll work closely with senior HR, Finance and business stakeholders, providing clear, evidence-based recommendations and supporting the organisation through implementation. \n What you'll be doing \n You'll be responsible for a number of key priorities, including: \n\n • Reviewing and benchmarking the current benefits proposition and making recommendations for improvement.\n, • Reviewing family-friendly benefits and identifying opportunities to strengthen the overall offering.\n, • Taking forward existing work around Total Reward Statements.\n, • Developing an evidence-based approach to salary banding across a key area of the business.\n, • Supporting the design of an individual performance element within the annual bonus framework.\n, • Working closely with pensions and wider HR teams to ensure reward propositions are aligned and effectively communicated.\n, • Identifying opportunities for savings, efficiencies and improvements across the reward offering.\n, • Working with benefit providers and suppliers, including commercial discussions where appropriate.\n, • Presenting clear recommendations, options, risks and implementation considerations to senior stakeholders.\n\n About you \n We're looking for an experienced Reward professional who can hit the ground running and has operated across a broad reward remit rather than specialising in one area. \n You'll ideally bring: \n\n • Senior reward experience within commercially focused organisations.\n, • Strong experience across benefits, total reward, salary structures/banding and bonus design.\n, • Previous experience undertaking a reward or benefits review and benchmarking proposition against the external market.\n, • Strong commercial and analytical capability, with the ability to turn data into clear recommendations.\n, • Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the confidence to operate with senior HR, Finance and business leaders.\n, • The ability to simplify complex reward issues and communicate them clearly to different audiences.\n, • Experience managing or negotiating with benefit providers and suppliers.\n, • Strong systems and data capability\n, • The credibility, pace and pragmatism to make an immediate impact in an interim environment.\n\n Most importantly, you'll be someone who can join an organisation, quickly understand what is already in place, see the bigger picture and identify what needs to change, balancing colleague value, market competitiveness, affordability and simplicity. \n Why this opportunity? \n This is not simply a BAU Benefits and Reward role. \n You'll have the opportunity to review, challenge and shape an established reward proposition, working closely with senior stakeholders and influencing a number of important reward priorities across the organisation. \n If you're an experienced Reward professional who enjoys getting under the skin of a business, finding opportunities and turning analysis into action, this could be an excellent interim assignment. \n \n Think Human Resources is the HR division of Think Specialist Recruitment, an independently owned recruitment business. The HR division is responsible for recruiting permanent, temporary and contract roles within the field of Human Resources including; HR Administrator, HR Assistant, HR Advisor, HR Business Partner, HR Manager, Head of HR, Employee Relations, talent, internal recruitment, Learning and Development, Compensation and Benefits/Reward and Recognition. \n

\n This is an opportunity to take ownership of loyalty analytics within a well-established consumer brand. You'll play a role in shaping how the business understands, grows and optimises its loyalty programme, using data to drive customer retention, increase lifetime value, and enhance omnichannel engagement.The CompanyThey are a leading consumer-focused organisation with a significant customer base across both digital and physical channels. Customer loyalty sits at the heart of their growth strategy, with continued investment in analytics, personalisation and customer insight. The business is focused on building stronger long-term customer relationships and creating more value from its loyalty programme.The RoleAs a Marketing Analytics Manager, you will be responsible for developing the analytical framework that underpins the loyalty programme and customer strategy. Key responsibilities include: \n\n • Driving insights into loyalty programme performance, customer retention and lifetime value.\n, • Understanding how loyalty members behave across online and offline channels to improve omnichannel engagement.\n, • Developing customer segmentation strategies to identify high-value audiences and support targeted marketing activity.\n, • Measuring the effectiveness of loyalty initiatives, promotions, rewards and personalised campaigns.\n, • Designing testing frameworks to assess the impact of customer engagement and retention activity.\n, • Building and improving reporting and dashboard capabilities to provide visibility of programme performance.\n, • Partnering closely with Marketing, CRM, Product and Data teams to turn analysis into commercial action.\n, • Providing strategic recommendations on how the loyalty programme can grow membership, increase engagement and drive customer value.\n\n Your Skills & Experience \n\n • Experience within marketing analytics, CRM analytics, customer analytics or loyalty analytics.\n, • Deep understanding of loyalty programme metrics including retention, customer lifetime value (LTV/CLV), frequency and customer engagement.\n, • Experience developing customer segmentation frameworks and behavioural profiling.\n, • Background in campaign measurement, experimentation and incremental impact analysis.\n, • Advanced SQL skills and experience working with large customer datasets.\n, • Experience building stakeholder-facing reporting and dashboards using BI tools.\n, • Ability to translate complex analysis into clear commercial recommendations.\n\n What They Offer \n\n • Competitive salary and bonus potential.\n, • Hybrid working environment.\n, • Opportunity to own and shape a high-profile loyalty analytics function.\n, • Exposure to senior stakeholders and strategic customer decisions.\n, • Strong career development opportunities within a growing analytics team.\n\n How to ApplyApply now to learn more about this opportunity to lead loyalty analytics and influence customer strategy within a data-driven organisation. \n

Group Reporting Manager | initial 6-month FTC, with potential to go perm | £75,000 to £85,000 per annum \n Altum Consulting are partnering with a global maritime business to recruit a technically strong Group Reporting Manager. This is an excellent opportunity for an ACA qualified accountant with a strong audit background and proven industry and group reporting experience to take ownership of consolidated reporting, statutory accounts and technical accounting. \n The successful candidate will play a key role within the Group Finance team, supporting the preparation of consolidated financial statements, leading statutory reporting requirements, drafting the annual report, strengthening financial controls and driving continuous improvement across the group reporting process. \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • Lead and support the group consolidation and reporting process across monthly, quarterly and annual reporting cycles, ensuring accurate preparation of consolidated financial statements, management accounts and board reporting packs under FRS 102 and IFRS.\n, • Own key consolidation activities, including intercompany eliminations, foreign currency translation, reporting pack submissions and the resolution of consolidation queries across subsidiaries, branches and international entities.\n, • Provide technical accounting support across the group, advising on complex accounting areas including revenue recognition, lease accounting, foreign currency, business combinations and the application of UK GAAP, FRS 102 and IFRS.\n, • Draft, maintain and implement group accounting policies, technical papers and accounting memos to support consistent application of accounting standards and key judgements within the financial statements.\n, • Lead the preparation of statutory accounts for the parent company and key UK entities, including disclosures, supporting schedules, reconciliations, going concern assessments and parent company support letters where required.\n, • Manage the year-end external audit process, acting as the key day-to-day contact for auditors, coordinating audit evidence and liaising with overseas auditors to ensure group audit and statutory reporting deadlines are met.\n, • Maintain and enhance the group financial controls framework, identifying areas for improvement, remediating control weaknesses and ensuring compliance with regulatory and statutory reporting obligations across all relevant jurisdictions.\n, • Support tax reporting requirements by providing accurate financial information for corporation tax computations, transfer pricing documentation and related compliance matters.\n, • Drive continuous improvement across the group reporting process, including automation, finance systems optimisation, improved reporting quality and reduced close timelines.\n, • Mentor and support junior members of the Group Finance team, where applicable, contributing to a collaborative finance function.\n\n Candidate Profile \n\n • ACA qualified, trained within Big 4.\n, • Minimum of 3 years' post-qualification experience in group reporting, consolidation, statutory reporting or technical accounting.\n, • Strong working knowledge of UK GAAP, FRS 102 and IFRS, including consolidation principles, intercompany eliminations and foreign currency translation.\n, • Experience preparing or managing the preparation of consolidated financial statements and statutory accounts.\n, • Proven experience managing external audit relationships and coordinating the year-end close process.\n, • Advanced Excel skills, with experience using ERP or consolidation systems such as Sage, Oracle, SAP, Hyperion, Cognos or similar.\n, • Excellent attention to detail, with the ability to work to tight deadlines in a fast-paced, international environment.\n, • Confident communicator, comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders, auditors, overseas finance teams and non-finance colleagues.\n\n If this is something of interest, please get in contact with Anya Keinzley on the attached details. Relevant profiles will be considered for immediate interview & start.

QA Auditor Quality Assurance Auditor \n Enhanced DBS required Quality Assurance Auditor \n Candidates have to be social work qualified and registered with SWE \n Main Purpose of the job Quality Assurance Auditor \n To audit practice across the Children and Young People’s Service to assist with inspection readiness for Family Help and Care, SEND and/or Youth Justice \n To provide leadership within the Children & Young People’s Division and contribute to the development of corporate priorities. \n To ensure that these are translated into clear service objectives and expectations as part of the Quality Assurance Framework implementation. \n To lead on practice improvement and promoting the continuous learning and development of practice and systems within the service. \n To model and support others to deliver reflective practice that meets local standards and is congruent with Lewisham vision and values, promoting relationships and engagement with children, young people and families. \n To deliver a project or projects assigned to an agreed direction, timescale and budget in support of the CYP strategies and priorities. \n The Quality Assurance Auditor, working to the Quality Assurance Manager, will jointly lead on the delivery of quality assurance, including case audits of children who are supported by teams and services in CYP. \n The QA Auditor will help to ensure that the directorate maintains high service standards and development to promote good outcomes for vulnerable children. \n The main purpose of the post is to jointly develop and deliver the directorates Quality Assurance Framework across Children’s Services, including: - leading individual and team activity on a variety of audits and deep dives - ensuring directorate standards are appropriate, clear and communicated - leading on agreed directorate developments in response to national and local initiatives - act as directorate lead for the rollout of learning from different forms of learning reviews - lead on the development, promotion and communication of procedures, protocols and guidance for the directorate \n Summary of Responsibilities and Personal Duties Quality Assurance Auditor \n 1. To undertake and co-ordinate a variety of single and multi-agency audits \n 1. To organise, co-ordinate and provide analysis of the monthly Departmental audit programme. \n 1. To provide oversight, commentary, analysis and corrective activity of delivery of the Quality Assurance Strategy. \n 1. To contribute to the development of close collaboration between respective colleagues to develop consistency of practice and management. \n 1. To be responsible for monitoring and improving quality of service across Children’s Services by developing and using systems and tools for auditing user satisfaction and engagement. \n 1. From time to time, to deliver training to staff from within and external to the Council. \n 1. To lead on service reviews/initiatives, including analysis, planning, implementation, review and evaluation. \n 1. To ensure timely, clearly written reports are produced and communicated effectively to agreed stakeholders, including regular presentation to management forums including the Directorate Management Team. \n 1. To support the directorate during an inspection period in auditing cases identified by inspectors \n 1. To develop familiarity with the use of the Council’s ICT systems, and enter, manipulate and analyse data. \n 1. To effectively analyse the service performance \n 1. To be responsible for meeting performance indicators and targets relevant to the job role \n Technical Knowledge and Qualification \n Knowledge of the Children Act, current legislation, regulations, guidance and standards. S1 \n DipSW or equivalent recognised social work qualification. S2 \n Post qualifying qualification or demonstrable evidence of continuous professional learning. S3 \n Knowledge of methods to help others learn and to improve practice at an individual and service level. S4 \n Experience Quality Assurance Auditor \n Substantial experience of effectively practising and managing in professional children’s social work services for a diverse community. S5 \n Delivering training/workshops S6 \n Presenting complex information to a variety of stakeholders and providing guidance to professionals S7 \n Working collaboratively with other services and agencies to achieve positive outcomes for children and young people. \n Experience of quality assurance activities S8

\n A well-established and highly regarded Intellectual Property law firm is seeking a Junior Compliance Manager to join its growing Risk & Compliance team. This is an excellent opportunity for a compliance professional looking to take the next step in their career within a collaborative and specialist legal environment. \n \n Offering a flexible hybrid working model of 2 days in the office and 3 days from home, the firm provides a supportive culture, strong career development opportunities and exposure to a broad range of compliance and regulatory matters. \n \n Working closely with senior stakeholders, you will support the firm's regulatory and risk management framework, helping to ensure compliance with relevant legal, regulatory and professional obligations. \n \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • Support the day-to-day operation of the firm's compliance and risk function.\n, • Conduct client and matter onboarding, including CDD, KYC and AML due diligence checks.\n, • Review sanctions, PEP and adverse media screening results and escalate findings where appropriate.\n, • Assist with conflicts checks and risk assessments for new instructions.\n, • Support the delivery of compliance training across the firm.\n, • Handle queries from fee earners and business services teams regarding risk and compliance matters.\n\n \n About You \n\n • Previous experience within a legal compliance, AML, risk or conflicts role.\n, • Good understanding of AML regulations, client due diligence requirements and financial crime prevention.\n, • Experience conducting KYC, sanctions and adverse media checks.\n, • Strong attention to detail and excellent analytical skills.\n, • Confident communicating with stakeholders across all levels of the business.\n, • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.\n\n \n Due to the high volume of applications, we are not able to respond to all enquiries. If you have not received a response within 72 hours, please assume you have not been shortlisted at this stage, however thank you for taking the time to apply. \n Ryder Reid Legal is a recruitment specialist. For over thirty years we've been connecting legal talent with many of the leading law firms in London and internationally. Follow our LinkedIn page for the latest vacancies. \n \n

Private Client Tax Manager - Family Office \n Top 10 Firm | £65,000 - £75,000 + Benefits | Central London / Hybrid \n I'm working closely with a Top 10 accountancy and advisory firm that is continuing to grow its Family Office and Private Client practice, and is now looking to appoint a talented Private Client Tax Manager. \n This is an excellent opportunity for a Private Client Tax Manager seeking greater exposure to advisory work, high-quality clients and a genuinely supportive, partner-led culture - without needing to step into a niche boutique. The Opportunity\n As a Private Client Tax Manager, you'll join a well-established and expanding Family Office team, working with HNW/UHNW individuals, families, trusts and estates. The role combines strong technical exposure with client relationship management and clear progression toward Senior Manager. \n Key responsibilities for the Private Client Tax Manager include: \n\n • Advising family offices, trusts, estates and private clients\n, • Managing personal tax compliance and advisory work\n, • Supporting trust and estate planning projects\n, • Oversight of portfolio management, billing and WIP\n, • Developing relationships with clients and internal stakeholders\n, • Coaching and supporting junior team members\nWhy this Private Client Tax Manager role stands out\n\n, • Meaningful Family Office exposure within a Top 10 firm\n, • Advisory-led work alongside experienced Partners\n, • Clear and achievable career progression to Senior Manager\n, • Hybrid and flexible working embedded into the culture\n, • Collaborative, inclusive environment with low attrition\n\n This is a Private Client Tax Manager role designed for someone who wants to deepen their advisory experience while continuing to develop technically and commercially. About You\n This role would suit a Private Client Tax Manager who: \n\n • Is ACA and/or CTA qualified\n, • Has experience in private client tax within practice\n, • Has exposure to trusts (estates experience desirable)\n, • Enjoys client interaction and relationship management\n, • Is ambitious but values balance, culture and quality of work\nPackage\n\n, • £70,000 - £85,000 base salary (depending on experience)\n, • 25 days' holiday + bank holidays\n, • Hybrid & flexible working\n, • Private medical insurance (eligibility applies)\n, • Life assurance, financial coaching & mortgage advice\n, • Strong pension and lifestyle benefits\n, • Defined progression framework and ongoing development\nFirm Overview\n The firm is part of a Top 10 international group, combining a partner-led, relationship-driven ethos with the scale and infrastructure of a large organisation. Diversity, inclusion, flexibility and long-term career development are central to how they operate. Interested?\n For a confidential discussion about this Private Client Tax Manager - Family Office opportunity, please contact: \n Kate Green \n \n \n \n As an employer, we are committed to ensuring the representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.

Senior Data Privacy Manager \n Location: London, Manchester or Northampton - hybrid working \n Marshall Wolfe hiring consultancy are supporting our client within financial services, for an experienced Senior Data Privacy Manager to lead and evolve a large-scale privacy programme within a highly regulated environment. \n In this strategic leadership role, you will drive the organisation's data privacy strategy, ensuring compliance with UK GDPR, DPA 2018 and other regulatory requirements while embedding privacy-by-design across products, platforms and business processes. You will oversee privacy governance, risk assessments, DPIAs, international data transfers, incident response, data subject rights, retention programmes and privacy controls across the organisation. \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • Lead the development and implementation of data privacy policies, standards and governance frameworks.\n, • Drive privacy risk management, control effectiveness and regulatory compliance.\n, • Oversee DPIAs, TIAs, Records of Processing Activities (ROPA) and data breach response activities.\n, • Partner with technology, security and business teams to embed privacy-by-design into agile delivery and DevSecOps practices.\n, • Manage privacy tooling and data governance initiatives, including data discovery, classification and retention.\n, • Deliver privacy training and awareness programmes across the business.\n\n Essential Experience \n\n • Strong expertise in UK GDPR, DPA 2018, data privacy governance, DPIAs, TIAs and international data transfers.\n, • Experience leading privacy programmes within banking, financial services or another regulated environment.\n, • Experience managing privacy backlogs and delivering change in Agile environments.\n, • Knowledge of privacy technologies such as OneTrust, Purview, BigID or Collibra.\n, • Understanding of cloud platforms (Azure, AWS or GCP), modern data environments and DevSecOps practices.\n\n Desirable Skills \n\n • ISO 27701 / ISO 27001 and NIST Privacy Framework knowledge.\n, • Experience with Open Banking, PSD2, customer data platforms or consent management.\n, • CIPP/E, CIPM or CIPT certifications.\n, • Experience delivering large-scale privacy transformation programmes.\n

Job Title: Operational Finance Manager \n Location: London Hybrid 3 days WFH per week \n Salary: Up to £70,000 DOE \n Hours: Monday to Friday 9 am to 5 pm \n Benefits: \n Competitive benefits package including flexible hybrid working, generous holiday allowance, pension, private healthcare, enhanced parental leave, life insurance, EV and cycle-to-work schemes, and regular social events. \n About the position of Operational Finance Manager: \n We're partnering with a specialist mortgage lender that is bringing its mortgage servicing and operational finance function in-house. As a result, they are looking for a qualified or part-qualified Operational Finance Manager with a background in loan management or mortgage servicing. \n This is a new internal function with no existing framework, meaning you will be the first hire into the area and will need to act as a self-starter and will be building the function from the ground up. \n The role is highly hands-on covering daily reconciliations, mortgage cash management, ETB reporting, funder reporting packs, and audit support, while also taking ownership of designing and embedding the processes, controls, and reporting structure for the future. You will be working closely with funding partners and external stakeholders, ensuring accuracy, transparency, and strong financial governance across all reporting. \n The ideal candidate will be tech-savvy, process-minded, and open to using tools to improve efficiency and insight, while maintaining strong control and attention to detail. \n Responsibilities for the role of Operational Finance Manager: \n\n • Take ownership of mortgage cash management and daily reconciliations as part of a new in-house operational finance function.\n, • Manage BAU activities, including ETB reporting, funder reporting packs, and audit support.\n, • Ensure accuracy and control across all financial reporting, working closely with funding partners and external stakeholders.\n, • Investigate and resolve reconciliation differences, maintaining strong financial governance and audit trails.\n, • Help design, embed, and improve processes, controls, and reporting frameworks for a newly created function.\n, • Operate in a standalone capacity\n, • Support the build-out of the function while balancing day-to-day operational delivery in a fast-paced environment.\n, • Contribute to improvements in efficiency, including the use of tools and technology to enhance reporting and analysis.\n\n Experience and skills required for the role of Operational Finance Manager: \n\n • Experience in operational finance, loan servicing, or a mortgage lending environment.\n, • Strong understanding of mortgage servicing cashflows and reconciliations.\n, • Structured finance experience (e.g. SPVs, warehouse facilities, RMBS) desirable.\n, • ACCA/ACA qualified, part-qualified, or equivalent experience.\n, • Strong analytical skills with the ability to investigate and resolve discrepancies.\n, • High attention to detail with strong numerical and control focus.\n, • Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.\n, • Advanced Excel skills.\n, • Proactive, adaptable approach with a focus on process improvement and efficiency (including use of technology/AI desirable).\n\n For more information regarding the role of Operational Finance Manager, please contact us \n Stellar Select is acting as an employment agency and is a corporate member of the REC. \n Due to a high volume of applications, we will only contact you if your application has been successful. We aim to contact all successful contacts within two business days.

Ready to shape the future reward strategy of a growing international organisation? \n We're partnering with a global business undergoing significant transformation to appoint a Reward Manager. This is a unique opportunity to play a leading role in shaping the organisation's reward philosophy, bringing together multiple reward frameworks and supporting the evolution of a cohesive, future-focused approach to compensation and benefits. \n Working closely with senior leaders across HR, Finance and the wider business, you'll provide strategic reward expertise while balancing the management of existing arrangements with the design and implementation of long-term reward solutions.This role offers significant visibility, influence and the opportunity to makea lasting impact on the organisation's people strategy. \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • Lead the development and evolution of the organisation's reward philosophy and total reward strategy.\n, • Review and harmonise existing compensation frameworks and reward programmes.\n, • Manage legacy reward arrangements while supporting the transition to a future-state reward model.\n, • Provide strategic oversight across compensation, benefits, executive reward and recognition programmes.\n, • Assess reward structures, identify opportunities for improvement and drive reward transformation initiatives.\n, • Partner with senior stakeholders to support organisational change and complex reward challenges.\n, • Advise on executive compensation, reward governance and policy development.\n, • Establish reward principles, frameworks and governance structures that support business growth and employee engagement.\n, • Work closely with HR leadership and operational teams to ensure effective delivery of reward programmes.\n, • Utilise market benchmarking and external insights to inform reward decision-making.\n\n About You \n We're keen to speak with experienced Reward professionals who combine strategic thinking with strong delivery capability. \n You'll have: \n\n • Extensive experience within Reward in large, complex multinational organisations.\n, • A strong background in reward strategy, framework design and organisational transformation.\n, • Experience managing multiple compensation structures and harmonisation or integration programmes.\n, • Knowledge of executive compensation and broad-based reward programmes.\n, • Experience balancing strategic design with operational implementation and governance.\n, • Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders and executives.\n, • Experience operating within matrixed environments.\n, • A pragmatic and commercially minded approach to reward challenges.\n\n Why Apply? \n This is a rare opportunity to influence the long-term reward direction of an organisation during a period of significant growth and transformation. You'll work closely with senior leadership, have ownership of key reward initiatives and play a central role in developing reward frameworks that support the future success of the business. \n Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Risk & Compliance Manager - 2 month assignment - up to £31/hr - London - Hybrid \n \n Robert Half are thrilled to be working with a growing organisation in their search for a temporary Risk & Compliance Manager covering a leave of absence. You’ll take a leading role in developing and maintaining the organisation’s risk and compliance framework, working closely with stakeholders across the business. \n \n This is an exciting opportunity for someone who wants to shape how a business manages risk, influence decision-making and build robust frameworks that support growth - rather than simply tick compliance boxes. \n \n Key Details: \n\n • Job Title: Risk & Compliance Manager\n, • Location: flexible for right candidate\n, • Pay: £28 - £31/hr + holiday pay\n, • Contract Length: 2 months\n\n \n Responsibilities: \n\n • Ensure UK/US regulatory and industry compliance.\n, • Monitor regulatory changes and advise on business impact.\n, • Develop and maintain policies covering bribery, fraud and compliance.\n, • Manage client audits, due diligence and compliance requests.\n, • Oversee ESG, including EcoVadis, carbon footprint and DEI.\n, • Review contracts and marketing for CMA/FCA greenwashing compliance.\n, • Own and maintain the enterprise risk management framework and risk register.\n, • Identify, assess and manage operational, regulatory, contractual and reputational risks.\n, • Track risk remediation and mitigation actions.\n, • Partner with IT on cyber and information security risk.\n, • Act as DPO, overseeing UK GDPR, DPA 2018, PECR and US privacy requirements (CCPA/CPRA).\n, • Review data processing agreements and contractual privacy requirements.\n, • Maintain privacy policies, notices and registrations.\n, • Assess cross-border data transfers.\n, • Lead responses to client information security questionnaires.\n, • Liaise with IT/MSPs on security and data classification.\n, • Develop and maintain AI governance policies and procedures.\n, • Assess AI tools against data protection and contractual requirements.\n\n \n Requirements: \n\n • Strong experience across risk, compliance and governance.\n, • Good knowledge of UK GDPR / Data Protection Act 2018 / PECR and ideally US privacy regulations such as CCPA/CPRA.\n, • Experience developing or managing enterprise risk frameworks and risk registers.\n, • Exposure to information security, cyber risk and/or AI governance.\n, • Confidence working with contracts, policies, audits and client due diligence.\n, • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.\n, • A practical, commercially minded approach to compliance - you don't just identify the risk; you help the business manage it.\n

Reed Banking are pleased to be partnering with a small international bank based in the city who are currently seeking a forward thinking Banking Operations Manager to lead the operational support functions for the bank. This is a leadership role with the London office, reporting directly into the managing director strengthening operational efficiency, enhancing governance and supporting critical banking activities in a regulated environment. \n Key Responsibilities Include: \n • Providing senior level coverage in the absence of the operations manager. \n • Acting as join authoriser for online payments across all major banking counterparts. \n • Review, authorise and approving transactions across internal and external systems. \n • Ensure all outsourced services meet internal KPI's and service level agreements undergo regular review. \n • Play a key role in supporting the implementation and maintenance of the banks information security framework. \n • Involvement in keeping abreast of bank regulations and compliance, data privacy and updating on changes. \n • Acting as SWIFT payments authoriser and security officer. \n • Work with HR to develop policies in line with Bank regulation. \n • Act as Project manager for any core banking system changes, system implementations and regulatory changes. \n Key Skills: \n • Minimum 5 years experience in banking operations working in an regulatory-intensive environment. \n • Strong understanding of banking operational processes and regulatory requirements. \n • Experience with IT system management and SWIFT operations. \n

Our client is a multi-asset global investment management house with a recognised track record. They are looking to appoint a Compliance Manager on a 12-month fixed term basis from 2027. The client offers hybrid working (3 days in the office required) and excellent benefits. \n Key Responsibilities as Compliance Manager include: \n\n • Provide practical, commercially focused regulatory advice across new business opportunities, products and strategic initiatives.\n, • Partner with key business teams to support regulatory approvals, product governance and effective management of compliance requirements.\n, • Lead day-to-day oversight of AML, KYC, anti-fraud and anti-bribery, ensuring robust controls, monitoring, reporting and escalation.\n, • Build strong relationships with international stakeholders and support a consistent, effective compliance framework across the business.\n, • Promote a strong culture of compliance through effective policies, procedures, training and practical guidance.\n, • Support compliance monitoring, audits, regulatory reporting, conflicts of interest and remediation activity.\n, • Monitor regulatory developments and support the business in assessing and implementing regulatory change effectively and on time.\n, • Maintain key compliance frameworks, registers and regulatory trackers, including the Code of Ethics, personal account dealing and gifts and entertainment.\n, • Provide broader compliance support across areas such as CASS, SMCR, transaction reporting and front-office oversight.\n, • Act as a key point of contact for compliance queries, providing clear, pragmatic advice and escalating material issues to senior management.\n\n \n You will have proven generalist compliance experience from an asset management or fund management background. \n £60-75K plus bonus, benefits & hybrid working.

\n A role has arisen in a high performing FTSE 100 business for a UK Tax Manager to support the Group Tax Director to take ownership for the Group's corporate tax compliance and reporting obligations for the UK businesses. This is a broad role that would be ideal for someone who enjoys taking ownership over processes, whilst also supporting the tax team with other projects. \n \n Specific responsibilities include: \n\n • Working with the outsourced provider to ensure tax compliance obligations are met\n, • Support the preparation and review of Group tax reporting for external reporting purposes, including assisting with year-end and interim reporting processes.\n, • Support the Group's Senior Accounting Officer (SAO) framework and wider tax risk management processes\n, • Lead and support a variety of tax projects, working collaboratively with finance teams and other stakeholders across the business.\n\n \n The business has a flexible approach to hybrid working but would like someone to come to their Central London offices 2-3 times a week. You will have a strong track record of managing compliance and reporting in the UK and ideally be qualified accountant or tax advisor. Please apply now for more information. \n

Senior Risk & Compliance Manager \n London or Surrey \n Hybrid - 2/3 days a week in office \n Have you been leading Risk & Compliance within a smaller law firm and reached the point where you’re ready for greater scale, complexity and opportunity? \n We're working with a growing regional law firm of over 400 people that is looking to appoint an experienced Senior Risk & Compliance Manager. \n This could be an excellent move for someone currently operating as a Head of Risk & Compliance, COLP or senior generalist within a smaller firm who wants to join a larger, well-resourced function without losing the visibility, autonomy and influence they currently enjoy. \n The role? \n You’ll work closely with the Head of Risk and two experienced Risk & Compliance Managers, acting as a trusted adviser to partners and senior stakeholders across the firm. \n Advising on SRA regulatory and professional conduct matters \n Managing complaints, claims and professional indemnity matters \n Horizon-scanning and implementing regulatory change \n Developing firmwide policies, procedures and guidance \n Conducting compliance audits across practice groups \n Coordinating Lexcel accreditation \n Supporting the firm’s PII renewal \n Delivering risk and compliance training \n Supervising and developing a Risk & Compliance Assistant \n Supporting due diligence on potential mergers and acquisitions \n Contributing to senior management reporting and strategic projects \n This is a broad, influential position, not a role focused solely on AML, conflicts or file reviews. \n About you? \n\n • Broad experience in law firm risk and compliance function\n, • Detailed knowledge of the SRA Standards and Regulations, Accounts Rules and Code of Conduct\n, • Experience handling complaints, claims and professional indemnity matters\n, • Confidence advising partners and senior stakeholders on complex regulatory issues\n, • Experience developing policies, procedures and firmwide guidance\n, • Strong investigative, analytical and problem-solving skills\n, • The ability to influence, challenge and build trusted relationships across a firm\n, • A collaborative approach, with the confidence to work autonomously and supervise junior colleagues\n\n You’ll need strong experience in a law firm Risk & Compliance function, alongside detailed knowledge of the SRA Standards and Regulations, Accounts Rules, professional indemnity insurance and the Legal Ombudsman framework. \n What’s in it for you? \n A highly visible role within a growing firm \n Direct exposure to senior leadership and strategic decision-making \n A collaborative and established Risk & Compliance team \n The opportunity to influence policies, processes and firmwide culture \n Genuine scope to work across complex regulatory and commercial matters \n Hybrid working and a strong emphasis on work-life balance \n Private healthcare and enhanced family leave \n 25 days’ holiday, your birthday off and the option to buy more \n Life assurance, pension and interest-free season ticket loans \n Interested? \n Know someone who could be great? \n Reach out for a confidential conversation.

Employee Relations Manager deliver a customer focussed professional ER service, working within the People Policy Framework and overseeing and undertaking employee relations casework, in all areas of dispute, attendance management etc. \n Employee Relations Manager To ensure that clear, balanced and professional advice and guidance is provided, in line with all policies and ER support is provided to services, as defined and required. \n The role will identify where opportunities to develop and improve HR policy and practice are identified, there is a responsibility to look to apply these across all partners to support the delivery of co-ordinated solutions and align HR policy, and practice to simplify, standardise and enhance HR service provision. \n Employee Relations Manager The postholder will work with a Senior HR Advisor and shared HR & OD apprentice and work with the wider team to manage work allocation. When required, work with external or other support e.g. legal, LBS and other partners to improve and enhance the ER and wider People and OD service provision. \n Policy Implementation and culture change \n Following introduction of new employment policies in 2023/24, the role will: \n\n • work with our employment policies and approach to casework management\n, • Facilitate informal resolution, where possible and appropriate to do so\n, • Influence delivery from our shared service operations to and for RBK requirements in a planned way, where possible\n, • Adhere to agreed procedures to maintain effective governance and central management of terms and conditionsand contracts (picked up in policy project) including policy version control\n\n Service Delivery \n\n • Oversee and undertake casework including attending hearings to demonstrate a responsive action to workforce issues for 2024/ 25 including sickness absence short term, long term and complex mental health and wellbeing (managers action monitored)\n, • Highlight risks of ET claims and financial exposure,\n, • Ensure investigation timelines are monitored and escalated when delays incurred, provide mitigating actions to reduce negative impact\n, • Support the improvement of service delivery, visible and proactive training for policy and culture and empower the role of the manager, support good union relations and enhance outcomes for staff\n, • Review, develop and implement HR policies and procedures, transactional and operational processes, to contribute to a culture of continuous improvement and customer focus\n\n Where appropriate, discuss/consult trade unions on changes and develop and deliver necessary briefings, management workflows and training sessions to better enable management, help embed new ways of working. Provide visible support to managers, senior managers (and all employees) so they have easy to follow policies, procedures and guidance and forms which assist the procedures and provide an audit trail. Recommend and instigate new ways of working to streamline and use technology e.g. note taking. Highlight to managers their roles and responsibilities and escalate issues

As a field based Specification Manager, you will cover the London region, developing relationships with architects, designers, contractors and key stakeholders to secure specifications on high profile projects and convert them into sales opportunities. \n There’s plenty about Topps Tiles that might surprise you. Like the scale of our Support Office in Leicester. We have Finance, Marketing, Buying, Central Operations, HR, Property, Customer Service and IT all under one roof. Tight-knit teams of talented people working together and working hard to get things done and drive results. But then, would you expect anything less from an ambitious, dynamic, market-leading, multi-million-pound retail business? After delivering our 20% market share goal of “one in five” in 2023, we have launched our new goal – Mission 365 – targeting £365 million of sales. \n A key member of the Commercial team, reporting into the Director of Commercial Sales, this role is responsible for developing a pipeline of M40 specifications for commercial projects across the UK, maximising Parkside Architectural Tiles' exposure within the Architecture & Design community and driving growth through a substantial specified project pipeline. The role owns early engagement and project management within Microsoft Dynamics (SPARK), develops and delivers CPD seminars alongside the Brand Manager, develops and delivers technical training, and promotes the complete Parkside proposition including tiles, accessories, shower trays, raised access flooring and associated value added solutions. \n KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES \n CUSTOMER / STRATEGY / PLAN: \n\n • Build and maintain a national M40 specification pipeline across commercial projects to deliver annual sales targets year-on-year\n, • Establish Parkside as the specification partner of choice, achieving specification coverage across key sectors (transport, sports, workplace, healthcare, education, hospitality, residential and others)\n, • Increase active A&D practice engagement and drive ROI on A&D activity\n, • Build relationships with architects, designers, developers, contractors and end users\n, • Identify opportunities to introduce the wider Parkside portfolio beyond tiles, including accessories, shower trays and raised access flooring\n, • Represent Parkside at industry events, exhibitions and networking opportunities\n\n PEOPLE / LEADERSHIP: \n\n • Support the commercial team with maximising specification conversion and building a high-performing culture\n, • Deliver CPD seminars and technical training in partnership with the Brand Manager and Key Accounts, building specification capability across the business\n\n FINANCIAL / COMMERCIALS: \n\n • Maintain 100% project and contact compliance within Microsoft Dynamics (SPARK)\n, • Work with the Director of Commercial to develop and maintain the M40 specification bank and associated training materials\n, • Provide technical specification guidance and support on commercial projects\n\n RISK / PROCESS \n\n • Maintain accurate opportunity and pipeline management within Microsoft Dynamics (SPARK)\n, • Develop and deliver accurate sales forecasts, reports and market intelligence\n, • Increase qualified project pipeline value year-on-year and improve project conversion rates from opportunity to secured revenue\n\n DECISION MAKING/FREEDOM TO ACT \n\n • Freedom to act day to day within a broad framework\n, • Able to develop a category plan that supports the overall company goals\n, • Financial sign off as per the business expenses policy\n\n KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED \n\n • Specification sales experience within construction or interior products\n, • Understanding of commercial project cycles, including RIBA stages and build sequences\n, • Experience using CRM systems, ideally Microsoft Dynamics\n, • Strong presentation and stakeholder management capabilities\n\n What we’ll do for you \n In a culture where hard work is recognised and great results are rewarded; you can look forward to a company bonus that will give you a share of our success (up to 25% of your base salary). Then there’s a company car and a generous staff discount, pension and life assurance, a holiday allowance that increases with length of service and a wide range of other benefits. Plus, flexible working, free on-site parking, generous discounts on products and services and more. A lot more. We’re committed to promoting talent from within too, which means you’ll be well-supported to build a rewarding career with an individual development plan and lots of training on offer. \n Diversity, Equity and Inclusion \n At Topps Group we believe that diversity isn’t just a box to tick. We are committed to creating an authentic ‘One Topps’ culture, where our colleagues feel included and supported regardless of who they are or where they are from \n We actively welcome applications from individuals of all races, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, abilities, ages, religions, and socio-economic backgrounds. If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, just let us know—we’re here to support you. \n Join us in shaping a culture where inclusion is more than a policy—it’s a daily practice. \n Think you know Topps Group? Think again. \n There's plenty about Topps Group that might surprise you. Like the fact that you don't need to be a DIY or tile expert to work in one of our stores or our Leicester based Support Centre. \n Or the fact that that we're Britain's largest specialist tile retailer, with more than 1,600 in-store specialists providing world class customer service to homeowners and tradespeople in over 300 stores nationwide.

Day rate - Between £425-£436 per day outside IR35 \n Work location - London 3 days a week, 2 days remote \n Business Analyst \n Duration 6 months + \n Location London (EC3 / Lloyd's market area) - minimum 3 days in office per week \n ROLE SUMMARY \n I have an exciting long term opportunity for a Contract Business Analyst to work within a premium London Market Insurance client. You will be a core delivery team member for the project to document current-state processes, support process design workshops, manage the standardisation documentation workstream, and coordinate adoption activities across all (re)insurance classes. This is a hands-on, delivery-focused role requiring strong analytical rigour, Lloyds insurance market knowledge, and the ability to operate confidently with senior underwriters and class heads. \n PURPOSE OF THE ROLE \n\n • Document current-state underwriting processes across all classes from submission intake to bind.\n, • Support process co-design workshops and capture outputs accurately and comprehensively.\n, • Manage the standardisation documentation workstream: process maps, variation registers, data capture standards, and playbooks.\n, • Coordinate class-by-class rollout activities and track adoption metrics.\n, • Support the optimisation opportunities tracker by documenting use case requirements and business case data.\n\n KEY RESPONSIBILITIES \n Current State Documentation & Analysis \n\n • Review existing process documentation, SOPs, system documentation, and MI artefacts at engagement start.\n, • Conduct structured interviews and observations with Underwriting Assistants, Underwriters, and Class Heads across all in-scope classes.\n, • Produce as-is process maps (L1/L2/L3) for submission-to-triage across all (re)insurance classes, including controlled variation capture.\n, • Collect and validate baseline metrics data: submission volumes, triage cycle times, UA administrative effort percentages.\n\n Process Design Support \n\n • Drive co-design workshops; capture design decisions, open items, and agreed variations in real time.\n, • Maintain the class-level variation register - documenting each variation with rationale, class(es) affected, and approval status.\n, • Document the minimum data capture standard for intake\n, • Produce clean, version-controlled process documentation at each sprint: base process maps, triage models, referral trigger registers.\n, • Support the referral and control framework documentation: control checkpoints, trigger thresholds, ownership model.\n\n Rollout Coordination & Adoption \n\n • Prepare per-class rollout packs: adapted base process, variation summary, intake log template, and triage checklist.\n, • Coordinate class scheduling for rollout phases liaising with UW team leads to confirm SME and team availability.\n, • Track weekly adoption metrics: process adherence rates, data completeness at intake, triage cycle time against baseline.\n, • Maintain the adoption blockers log and coordinate resolution actions with the Change Consultant and class teams.\n, • Support training delivery: prepare training materials, manage logistics, record attendance.\n\n Optimisation Opportunities Support \n\n • Document initial optimisation opportunity candidates identified during standardisation (context, trigger, class affected).\n, • Assist in populating functional and technical requirements for each opportunity under direction of the Process SME.\n, • Gather and validate business case data inputs - baseline metrics, effort estimates, and benefit quantification inputs.\n\n Programme Governance \n\n • Attend weekly Programme Working Group meetings and maintain accurate action logs.\n, • Update the RAID log with issues, actions, and decisions arising from workshops and daily delivery activity.\n, • Produce weekly status summaries for Programme Manager review.\n, • Manage the document version control discipline for all engagement artefacts.\n\n Experience & Technical Skills \n\n • 5 years + experience as a Business Analyst in a commercial or specialty insurance environment.\n, • Demonstrated experience documenting end-to-end business processes using structured process mapping techniques.\n, • Comfortable conducting workshops and stakeholder interviews with senior business users (Underwriters, Class Heads).\n, • Strong data collection and analysis skills, able to gather baseline metrics, identify gaps, and present findings clearly.\n, • Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio or equivalent process mapping tool).\n, • Experience working on transformation, process improvement, or operating model engagements in a consulting or internal change capacity.\n, • Highly organised with strong document management discipline - able to maintain version control across\n, • Able to work at pace in a sprint-based delivery model with short feedback loops.\n, • Practical understanding of the Lloyd's and London company market operating model - how classes are structured, how submissions flow from broker to underwriter, and how bind and post-bind activities are managed.\n, • Understanding of the Lloyd's regulatory environment and how compliance considerations (LIC referrals, sanctions, aggregate management) interact with underwriting processes.\n, • Experience working directly with Underwriting Assistants, Underwriters, or Underwriting Operations teams in a London market insurer or Lloyd's managing agent.\n\n \n If you're currently a Business Analyst with strong insurance sector experience, this could be the opportunity you've been waiting for. \n We're looking for someone who can engage stakeholders, understand business needs and help deliver change that makes a real difference. \n Positions like this don't stay open for long. Apply now or contact me directly for immediate consideration. \n \n

I am partnering with a fast-growing Technology company on a fantastic opportunity for a Technical Accounting Manager to join their team on a permanent basis. For this role you will be reporting into the Head of Technical Accounting and work within the wider Group team. \n \n This is a brilliant role for someone looking to step out of practice and into a their frist role in industry or someone who is looking for a step up. In this role you'll be key in shaping the technical accounting framework of a business that's going through a lot of change. \n \n What you'll be doing: \n\n • Advise group and unit finance/commercial teams on the accounting implications of deals and new contracts, reviewing the supporting analysis.\n, • Deliver regular accounting training to finance teams across the group.\n, • Lead group implementation of new and amended accounting standards.\n, • Set, review and monitor adherence to group accounting policies.\n, • Own key group accounting processes, goodwill impairment, share-based payments, going concern and long-term viability.\n, • Contribute accounting content to quarterly Audit Committee and Board papers.\n, • Own and review year-end and interim financial statement disclosures.\n, • Liaise with external auditors on accounting judgements and the group audit. \n\n What we're looking for: \n\n • ACA qualified, ideally from a Top 10 practice\n, • Strong knowledge of accounting standards, including reviewing and drafting accounting papers. \n, • Abilit to summarise techinical matters for multiple audiences. \n, • Excellent communication skills and able to translate complex accounting into clear business language\n\n \n This role is perfect for someone who is looking to make their first step out of practice or someone who is already in a Technical Accounting role and would like to make that step up. \n \n

I am working with a privately backed business that is scaling rapidly and now requires an HR Manager to grow and lead the people agenda. \n As the first dedicated People hire, you will build the HR function from scratch. Nothing is currently in place—no HRIS, policy suite, performance frameworks, or contract templates. You will stand up the operational foundation, own the talent engine, navigate M&A/TUPE integrations, and serve as the bridge between fast-paced venture execution and corporate Group governance. \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • Build the HR Infrastructure: Select and implement core tooling (HRIS, ATS, payroll interfaces, e-signature). Draft employment contracts, policy handbooks, compliance frameworks (GDPR, Right to Work), and reporting packs.\n, • Talent Acquisition & Onboarding: Lead end-to-end direct recruitment across field and head office roles. Build an onboarding engine that gets new hires productive in days and design structured offboarding processes.\n, • M&A & TUPE Integration: Lead people integration for acquired businesses, including TUPE consultation, measures letters, terms harmonisation, and cultural alignment.\n, • Performance & Reward: Design performance frameworks, career progression paths, and salary bandings. Own annual compensation cycles and benefit structures in partnership with Finance and Group HR.\n, • Employee Relations & Culture: Serve as the first escalation point for casework, coach line managers, and drive engagement across a geographically dispersed, field-based team.\n, • Group Integration: Interface with Group HR, Reward, and Payroll to maintain governance and assist with acquisition due diligence.\n\n Looking For \n\n • Proven Greenfield Experience: Track record of standing up or rebuilding an HR function from zero within a high-growth startup, corporate venture, or carve-out.\n, • M&A & TUPE Expertise: Strong hands-on experience managing post-acquisition integrations, TUPE transfers, and team harmonisation.\n, • Full-Stack Generalist: Deep familiarity with everything from contract generation and payroll inputs to performance framework design and strategic workforce planning.\n, • Direct Hiring Ability: Demonstrated success running full-lifecycle direct recruitment at pace without relying heavily on agencies.\n, • Employment Law & Governance: Solid UK employment law knowledge combined with the commercial judgment to balance Group governance with startup agility.\n, • Resilience & Autonomy: High comfort with ambiguity, commercial acumen, and a proactive, roll-up-your-sleeves mindset.\n\n Desirable Qualifications \n\n • CIPD Level 5 or 7 qualification (or equivalent experience).\n, • Hands-on implementation of modern cloud HRIS and ATS platforms.\n\n

Job Title: Head of Compliance (SMF16 & SMF17) \n Location: London (Mayfair) \n Working Pattern: Part-time - 2 - 3 days per week (office-based) \n Salary: £120k-£130k Competitive (pro-rata for 2 - 3 days per week) \n Deerfoot Recruitment is assisting a well-established independent financial planning business to recruit an experienced Head of Compliance to join its senior leadership team based in London. \n This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on compliance professional to take ownership of a firm's compliance and financial crime framework while also operating at a strategic level. The successful individual will report directly to the Board and assume the SMF16 (Compliance Oversight) and SMF17 (Money Laundering Reporting Officer) responsibilities. \n The role combines strategic leadership with day-to-day operational involvement and is ideally suited to someone who enjoys working closely with financial planners and senior stakeholders to promote strong governance, regulatory adherence, and positive client outcomes. \n Key Responsibilities \n Hold SMF16 and SMF17 regulated responsibilities. \n Lead and enhance the firm's Compliance Monitoring Programme using a risk-based approach. \n Conduct suitability and client file reviews, identifying trends and areas for improvement. \n Produce compliance management information, Board reports, and trend analysis. \n Maintain and update compliance policies, procedures, and regulatory documentation. \n Provide clear, pragmatic regulatory guidance to advisers and the wider business. \n Oversee the financial crime framework, including AML, sanctions, and fraud controls. \n Monitor regulatory developments and implement required changes. \n Act as key liaison with the FCA where appropriate. \n Support Training & Competence and adviser oversight frameworks. \n Foster and maintain a strong culture of compliance across the business. \n Candidate Profile \n The successful candidate will be an experienced compliance professional with a strong background in the IFA or financial planning sector and proven experience within an FCA-regulated environment. They will be comfortable operating at both strategic and operational levels, engaging confidently with senior leadership while remaining actively involved in day-to-day compliance activity. \n Essential experience includes: \n Prior experience at SMF16/SMF17 level or equivalent responsibility. \n Strong background within an IFA or financial planning business. \n In-depth knowledge of FCA regulation, SMCR, Consumer Duty, AML, and financial crime. \n Proven experience conducting suitability and file reviews. \n Experience developing Compliance Monitoring Programmes. \n Strong report writing, MI production, and Board-level communication skills. \n Experience maintaining compliance policies and procedures. \n Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills. \n Desirable: \n Experience with Intelligent Office (IO). \n Relevant compliance qualification (e.g. ICA). \n What's on Offer \n Senior leadership role within a respected independent financial planning business. \n Opportunity to shape and enhance the compliance framework. \n Direct exposure to Board and senior decision-making. \n Competitive pro-rata salary, discretionary bonus, and benefits. \n Supportive and collaborative London-based working environment. \n To apply, please contact Deerfoot Recruitment for a confidential discussion regarding this opportunity. \n Head of Compliance & MLRO / Head of Compliance (SMF16/SMF17) / Compliance Director & MLRO / Compliance Officer (SMF16/SMF17) / Compliance Oversight Director / Head of Compliance - Wealth Management / Head of Compliance - Financial Planning \n Compliance Director - IFA Business / Head of Risk & Compliance - Financial Planning / Senior Compliance Manager (SMF16/17) \n Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions Ltd is a leading independent tech recruitment consultancy in the UK. For every CV sent to clients, we donate £1 to The Born Free Foundation. We are a Climate Action Workforce in partnership with Ecologi. If this role isn't right for you, explore our referral reward program with payouts at interview and placement milestones. Visit our website for details. Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Your new company \n Our client is a leading UK residential property services organisation, delivering property management, lettings, estate agency and advisory services through a portfolio of well-established brands. With a nationwide presence and a broad customer base, the business supports homeowners, landlords, developers and investors across the UK. \n Your new role \n As Compliance & Risk Manager, you will play a key role in developing and enhancing the organisation's compliance and risk management framework. Working closely with senior stakeholders across the business, you will provide advice on regulatory and compliance matters, oversee policy development, support risk assessments, and promote a strong culture of governance and compliance. \n What you'll need to succeed \n\n • Previous experience in a Compliance, Risk, Governance or Internal Audit role.\n, • Strong understanding of risk management and compliance frameworks.\n, • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.\n, • Experience developing policies, procedures and controls.\n, • Ability to work independently while building strong relationships across the business.\n, • Professional qualifications in Risk, Compliance, Audit or Governance would be advantageous.\n\n What you need to do now \n If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. \n 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. \n Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

About this role \n The Network Compliance Senior Manager will perform a key role in the second line of defence for network and merchant businesses to help implement the framework for the network compliance program. The role forms part of a team responsible for delivering effective challenge and compliance advice for business processes worldwide, as well as serving as a subject matter expert to ensure the development of the network compliance program aligns with the company’s broader enterprise risk management framework. \n The role will suit a highly motivated Compliance professional with excellent organizational, leadership and communication skills. You will be exposed to senior business leaders and have the opportunity to work with executives to create and implement innovative solutions to identify and mitigate potential risks to the business. \n What you'll do: \n\n • Utilizing subject matter expertise, provide advice and effective challenge on the compliance risks impacting the network and merchant businesses through both formal and informal engagements.\n, • Develop expert-level understanding of network and merchant business processes.\n, • Proactively identify trends in business data and demonstrate appreciation of network payments compliance risks, including emerging external risks.\n, • Maintain subject matter expertise in the broader payments industry and applicable laws, rules and regulations.\n, • Collaborate with first and second line functions to analyse the existing risk management program framework and applicability to the network and merchant services business; educate and influence risk management colleagues and senior leaders with respect to nuanced or specialized considerations, as necessary.\n, • Develop strong relationships with Business Risk, Legal, and Audit peers to support the ongoing network compliance integration\n\n Candidate requirements: \n\n • A compliance specific skillset/knowledge\n, • Significant experience in legal, compliance, or risk management OR relevant regulatory experience in consumer financial services or payments industry\n, • Understanding of key regulatory requirements and three lines of defence risk management framework\n, • Successful track record of thriving in both a highly regulated industry and a fast paced, entrepreneurial, and dynamic environment\n, • Collaborative, solution-oriented mindset with solid teamwork skills; ability to build and leverage the capabilities of a high-performing team\n, • Ability to balance operating independently with appropriate escalation and interaction with senior leadership\n\n What’s in it for you \n\n • Flexible hybrid working\n, • High performers receive strong and diverse career progression, with the business investing heavily in developing great people through training programmes (and appropriate external providers)\n, • Immediate access to our core benefits including pension scheme, bonus, generous holiday entitlement and private medical insurance – with flexible benefits available including season-ticket loans, cycle to work scheme and enhanced parental leave\n\n

A well-established private bank is seeking a Business Standards & Quality Manager to join its Compliance / Training & Competence (T&C) function. This is an excellent opportunity for a Paraplanner or suitability reviewer looking to transition into a broader compliance-focused role, with clear progression into a T&C Supervisory position over time. \n \n The Role \n You will play a key role in ensuring high standards of advice and documentation across the business through detailed client file reviews. Working closely with advisers and T&C Supervisors, you will provide valuable feedback, identify trends, and contribute to training and coaching strategies. \n \n Key responsibilities include: \n\n • Conducting client file reviews to assess advice suitability and documentation quality\n, • Delivering constructive feedback to advisers and identifying performance trends\n, • Supporting T&C Supervisors with oversight and coaching initiatives\n, • Maintaining and enhancing T&C processes and supervisory documentation\n, • Assisting with projects and technical support alongside senior stakeholders\n, • Ensuring adherence to regulatory standards and internal compliance frameworks\n\n \n About You \n\n • Experience in paraplanning, file review, or advice suitability assessment\n, • Understanding of the Training & Competence (T&C) framework (desirable)\n, • Knowledge of COBS, ICOBS and/or MCOB\n, • Strong analytical skills with the ability to assess complex cases\n, • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal\n, • Highly organised with the ability to manage workloads independently\n, • Proactive, detail-oriented, and comfortable working with stakeholders across the business\n\n \n Qualifications \n\n • Level 4 Diploma (or equivalent) in Financial Planning or Investment Management required\n\n \n What’s on Offer \n\n • Competitive salary (£55k–£65k, with potential flexibility)\n, • Discretionary bonus\n, • Comprehensive benefits package (including private healthcare, pension, life assurance)\n, • Hybrid working model (4 days office-based)\n, • Strong career progression within the T&C / Compliance function\n\n \n This is a fantastic opportunity to move into a strategic compliance role within a highly reputable banking environment, offering both variety and long-term career development.

Interim Talent Manager \n 4-month contract | Hybrid | London / South East \n \n LHH is supporting a high‑profile, transformation‑focused organisation to appoint an experienced interim Talent & Performance Specialist for an initial 4‑month contract. \n \n This role offers the opportunity to lead and embed enterprise‑wide people frameworks that are commercial, credible and immediately usable - working closely with senior leaders in a complex, regulated environment. \n \n Key responsibilities: \n You will be accountable for designing and delivering several critical, organisation‑wide initiatives, including performance management, succession planning, talent review and future capability: \n \n\n • Design and implement a business‑ready performance management framework integrating outcomes and leadership behaviours\n, • Align leadership behaviours to job architecture, values and strategic priorities\n, • Identify critical roles and talent segments aligned to strategy and business risk\n, • Establish a robust succession methodology\n, • Provide executives with clear insight into readiness, bench strength and risk across senior populations\n, • Design and lead a company‑wide talent review process with strong calibration\n, • Identify emerging leadership and workforce capability requirements\n, • Highlight gaps against future strategic direction and recommend practical approaches to address gaps through talent and development solutions\n\n \n The successful candidate will have: \n\n • Proven experience delivering enterprise‑level performance, succession and talent programmes\n, • Confident operating at Executive and Board level\n, • Pragmatic, delivery‑focused and credible with senior stakeholders\n, • Comfortable leading from the front and setting sustainable standards\n\n \n If you are looking for an interim role where you can make a visible, lasting impact, please apply now.