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Our client, a UK-based group, is seeking an experienced Head of Digital Services to lead end-to-end IT operations, technology strategy, and digital transformation across the organisation and its subsidiaries. This is a strategic and operational leadership role, responsible for delivering secure, reliable IT services while driving technology modernisation across infrastructure, business applications, cybersecurity, and ways of working. • Own the group-wide IT and digital services strategy, governance, and technology roadmap, • Lead IT service delivery across service desk, field support, infrastructure, and business systems, • Drive the implementation, optimisation, and ongoing development of Microsoft Dynamics 365, • Own and enhance the organisation s management system, • Strengthen cybersecurity, data protection, compliance, and risk management, • Identify and embed AI technologies, including AI agents, safely and pragmatically to improve business outcomes, • Manage IT budgets, suppliers, contracts, and technology investments to deliver value for money, • Lead, develop, and inspire a multi-disciplinary IT team, • Ensure technology services continue to evolve in line with business objectives and organisational growth, • Senior leadership experience with responsibility for IT and digital services across multi-site organisations, • Strong service delivery expertise and ITIL-aligned operational management, • Proven cybersecurity leadership within regulated or sensitive environments, • Successful delivery of major IT systems, platforms, and transformation programmes, • Experience managing budgets, third-party suppliers, contracts, and technical teams, • Strong knowledge of Microsoft 365, Azure, cloud technologies, and modern workplace security, • Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 or similar enterprise business systems, • Experience within healthcare or another regulated environment is desirable, • A strategic, commercially minded approach combined with the ability to remain hands-on when required This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced IT Director, Head of IT, Head of Digital, or Head of Digital Services to shape and lead technology services at group level, balancing operational excellence with forward-thinking digital transformation. Competitive salary and hybrid working offered. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Locations : Leeds. Liverpool, Salford-Trinity Bridge House, Telford HMRC are going through a massive transformation programme, embracing new technology and placing the customer at the heart of everything we do. As part of that wider transformation, all core services are being challenged to improve better service at a lower cost. Building on the above, this is an exciting time for HMRC Commercial. We have just completed the discovery element of our Core Services Review Transformation Programme, and this led to a series of recommendations to improve the service Commercial provides to its customers, strengthen risk control, enhance service delivery, and increase value. HMRC has around 400 FTE working within the end-to-end Commercial function, although not all are within the Commercial Directorate which can lead to fragmented delivery with inconsistent cross-functional issues in ownership, risk, capability and data, limiting efficiency and effectiveness. This role will be looking at the overall Commercial function and so experience of end – to – end Commercial outcomes is essential. The discovery work led to 7 specific areas of improvement Commercial Process Standardisation & Simplification (IRQ) Central Commercial Enablement Team Simplification & Targeted Automations Third-Party Risk Maturity Team Prime & Subcontractor Assurance Framework Business Continuity & Operational Resilience Capability & Training Pathways This new role combines both subject matter expertise and delivery and will be fundamental to the implementation of the recommendations, deliver and maintain an enhanced Commercial service. The role will sit within Commercial Operations and is an exciting opportunity to be “hands on” and really drive service transformation. This role will build on your experience of previously delivering Commercial transformation and delivering innovative solutions around technology. Your expertise and experience will be needed to engage with all parts of HMRC and a key element will be building relationships with non – commercial colleagues and bringing them along on the journey. You will be a subject matter expert within the Commercial profession but also have a track record of delivering transformation programmes within the Commercial environment. This is a senior leadership role with full ownership of a multi-faceted Third Party Risk Management/Integrated Risk Questionnaire (TPRM/IRQ) implementation across HMRC. There is no direct line management responsibility, however you will be responsible for the delivery of the transformation in partnership with our chosen delivery partners so credibility and experience in having delivered transformation within Commercial functions is a necessity to establish the credibility and gravitas needed. The role has significant influence across multiple directorates, platforms, and senior stakeholders with HMRC who currently receive the Commercial services. Person specification As part of the Commercial transformation, the 7 recommendations focus around 3 key areas: • You will lead the implementation of an Inherent Risk Questionnaire [IRQ] to establish a consistent baseline of third-party risk. You will also be accountable for the implementation and maturity of TPRM processes, ensuring alignment to HMRC policy and regulatory requirements., • A core part of the role is orchestrating multiple platforms and tools to deliver a joined-up TPRM operating model. You will drive the simplification of complex, fragmented processes and reduce end-to-end cycle times to improve assurance, efficiency, and the experience for our business areas., • Delivering a more joined – up commercial service with simplified front door entry, easier artifacts to follow and eliminate duplication/hand off across the end to end customer journey You will operate at pace, using data and evidence to make decisions and demonstrate impact to stakeholders, and critically have the skills and gravitas to take non-commercial colleagues with us on this service transformation. • Experience of Commercial Third Party Risk Management/IRQ transformation leading to better business outcomes, • Experience of building new gateways/front doors into the Commercial function across large scale organisations, • Experience of commercial transformation within a large organisation from design through to implementation including strong experience of improving Commercial operating models, processes or services to deliver better outcomes for customers and stakeholders., • Experience on how AI can be used in a Commercial environment to improve efficiency and outcomes, • The ability to build credibility via strong leadership with and influence senior stakeholders across multiple business areas. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Vacancy Name Enterprise Architect Vacancy No VN2354 Employment Type Permanent Duration N/A Location City Manchester Location Country United Kingdom Xeinadin was established in 2019 when a number of leading business advisory and accountancy practices across the UK and Ireland came together to re-imagine the future of accountancy. Our collective mission to provide locally forged, trusted business advice to SMEs through forward-thinking, close-knit relationships remains pivotal to our growth. It's our people who drive our business forward, and we offer them future-focused career opportunities whilst supporting individual specialisms. Our regional offices of over 3000 colleagues operate collaboratively, combining collective expertise to maximise potential. The Enterprise Architect is responsible for establishing and leading Enterprise Architecture capability across Xeinadin, providing strategic direction, governance and oversight of technology, data, applications, integrations and platforms. Reporting to the IT Director, the role will introduce architecture governance from the ground up, ensuring all business demand is assessed, prioritised and aligned to a clearly defined target-state architecture. The Enterprise Architect will be accountable for reducing technical debt, increasing standardisation, improving platform integration and ensuring technology investments contribute to a scalable, secure and commercially effective operating model. In addition to architecture leadership, the role will provide interim leadership of Data Architecture and Data Governance while the wider data function matures and expands. The role will work closely with business stakeholders, Digital Accountancy Solutions (DAS), Operations, Finance, M&A, IT and Executive leadership to ensure Xeinadin develops a fully integrated, platform-led technology ecosystem capable of supporting growth, acquisition activity and operational standardisation. Enterprise Architecture Leadership • Establish and lead the Enterprise Architecture function from inception., • Develop and maintain the enterprise architecture framework, standards and governance processes., • Create and maintain current-state, transition-state and target-state architecture models., • Define architecture principles that drive standardisation, simplification and scalability., • Act as the authority for strategic technology decisions across applications, data, integrations and platforms. Architecture Governance • Establish Architecture Review Boards, governance forums and decision-making processes., • Define architecture policies, standards and controls., • Ensure solutions comply with enterprise architecture principles and technology standards., • Create governance processes that support rapid growth whilst maintaining architectural integrity., • Provide architectural oversight of all major technology initiatives. Demand & Portfolio Alignment • Work closely with the Head of Strategic Demand & Portfolio, PMO, DAS and business stakeholders to ensure all demand is reviewed through an architecture lens., • Ensure business requirements are translated into strategic technology outcomes., • Challenge requests that increase complexity, duplication or technical debt., • Help define technology investment priorities and sequencing., • Ensure initiatives support the long‑term target operating model. Technical Debt Reduction & Rationalisation • Develop and lead a structured technical debt remediation programme., • Identify duplication, platform fragmentation and unnecessary complexity., • Lead application portfolio rationalisation initiatives., • Drive standardisation across infrastructure, applications, integrations and data., • Reduce operational risk through simplification and consolidation. Technology Ecosystem & Integration Strategy • Own the enterprise-wide application and integration architecture., • Develop a strategic roadmap for a fully integrated technology ecosystem., • Ensure data and process flows are aligned across business platforms., • Define integration patterns, API standards and interoperability principles., • Establish clear ownership of systems and business capabilities. Data Architecture (Interim Ownership) • Provide interim leadership of Data Architecture and Data Governance capability., • Develop data architecture standards, principles and target-state designs., • Establish governance for master data, reporting, analytics and information management., • Support the development of enterprise reporting, analytics and AI readiness., • Build the foundations for a future dedicated data leadership team. Business Engagement • Build strong relationships across Operational Leadership, Service Lines, Finance, DAS and Executive stakeholders., • Develop a deep understanding of accountancy, audit, advisory and professional services operations., • Translate business strategy into technology roadmaps., • Act as a trusted advisor to senior business stakeholders. M&A and Private Equity Environment • Support acquisition due diligence from a technology and architecture perspective., • Assess inherited applications, integrations, risks and technical debt., • Define integration strategies for acquired practices., • Support delivery of synergies and standardisation initiatives., • Operate effectively within a private-equity-backed environment where growth, scalability, governance and value creation are critical priorities. Key Requirements Essential Skills & Experience • Significant experience operating as an Enterprise Architect, Lead Architect or Chief Architect., • Experience establishing architecture governance and standards within a growing organisation., • Experience defining enterprise architecture operating models and governance frameworks., • Strong understanding of business, application, data and technology architecture disciplines., • Experience reducing technical debt and driving platform simplification programmes., • Experience delivering enterprise-wide integration and platform transformation initiatives., • Strong knowledge of application portfolio management and rationalisation., • Experience working with cloud-first architectures and modern SaaS ecosystems., • Experience leading or influencing data architecture and governance activities., • Excellent stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence executive-level decisions., • Experience operating within regulated, complex environments., • experience in an acquisitive, private-equity-backed professional services organisation Highly desirable: • Professional Services., • Accountancy., • Audit., • Advisory., • Financial Services., • Multi-site organisations., • Acquisition-led growth businesses., • Private-equity-backed organisations. The successful candidate should understand: • Practice Management platforms., • Audit and Assurance workflows., • Tax operations., • Payroll operations., • Document Management., • Regulatory compliance requirements., • Data governance in professional services environments., • Strategic thinker with strong commercial awareness., • Highly credible at Executive and Board level., • Able to balance long-term architecture goals with short-term business needs., • Naturally collaborative and influential., • Strong governance mindset without creating unnecessary bureaucracy., • Analytical, structured and detail orientated., • Comfortable challenging established approaches., • Passionate about standardisation, simplification and continuous improvement., • Able to operate successfully in a fast-moving, acquisitive, private-equity-backed environment. Model Hybrid Salary Competitive • Company Pension Scheme, • 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays, • Additional annual leave days from certain levels of seniority, • Ability to buy up to 5 days of annual leave to reach a maximum of 30 days per annum, • Business closure over Christmas*, • Life Assurance x4 annual salary, • Enhanced family leave policies, • Enhanced Company Sick Pay, • Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 support, free and confidential, • Corporate Discounts Platform Flexible Benefits platform with ability to opt-in to various insurances (level of seniority dependent & self-funded at corporate rates) such as: • Critical Illness Cover, • Cash plan, • Cycle to work, • Eye care, • Dental, • subject to exceptions and business needs #J-18808-Ljbffr

Plexal operates at the intersection of government, industry and emerging technology, helping organisations translate ambition into adoption and measurable impact. This role is a lead commercial and client‑facing position focused on how government turns policy into procurement — and how Plexal can shape, influence and win the opportunities that follow. The Strategic Growth Lead will build trusted relationships across government, understand where policy and spending are moving, and convert those insights into qualified commercial opportunities. You will influence procurement direction, shape opportunities before they reach formal routes to market, and lead customers through the full sales lifecycle — from early engagement to negotiation and contract award. Candidates from large enterprises, government, secure‑government markets or major public‑sector suppliers are highly desirable. What matters is your ability to understand government decision‑making, influence procurement, and sell complex technology‑enabled services through a consultative approach. Opportunity Origination & Procurement Influence • Build relationships across government departments, opening new conversations beyond Plexal’s existing network., • Understand how policy, funding and organisational change translate into procurement — and use that insight to shape opportunities early., • Influence procurement direction by aligning customer priorities with Plexal’s capabilities and market positioning., • Identify opportunities that can reach £1m+ contract value and lead multi‑year engagements. Plexal operates at the intersection of government, industry and emerging technology, helping organisations translate ambition into adoption and measurable impact. This role is a lead commercial and client‑facing position focused on how government turns policy into procurement — and how Plexal can shape, influence and win the opportunities that follow. The Strategic Growth Lead will build trusted relationships across government, understand where policy and spending are moving, and convert those insights into qualified commercial opportunities. You will influence procurement direction, shape opportunities before they reach formal routes to market, and lead customers through the full sales lifecycle — from early engagement to negotiation and contract award. Candidates from large enterprises, government, secure‑government markets or major public‑sector suppliers are highly desirable. What matters is your ability to understand government decision‑making, influence procurement, and sell complex technology‑enabled services through a consultative approach. Opportunity Origination & Procurement Influence • Build relationships across government departments, opening new conversations beyond Plexal’s existing network., • Understand how policy, funding and organisational change translate into procurement — and use that insight to shape opportunities early., • Influence procurement direction by aligning customer priorities with Plexal’s capabilities and market positioning., • Identify opportunities that can reach £1m+ contract value and lead multi‑year engagements. Consultative Technology Selling • Lead customers through the end‑to‑end sales lifecycle: discovery, shaping, qualification, negotiation and contract award., • Sell technology‑enabled services through a consultative, problem‑led approach, • Help government clients adopt critical technologies by translating needs into credible propositions and delivery pathways. Commercial Leadership & Pursuit Discipline • Shape opportunities before formal procurement, ensuring Plexal is positioned with the right partners, capabilities and commercial strategy., • Lead complex multi‑stakeholder pursuits, including negotiations and commercial structuring., • Build repeatable approaches to opportunity identification, qualification and pursuit across the organisation. Market Insight & Strategic Positioning • Maintain deep understanding of government priorities, spending routes, procurement behaviours and investment strategies., • Translate policy, reform and market signals into qualified opportunities Plexal can credibly win., • Position Plexal as a trusted partner for government organisations adopting critical technologies. Ecosystem & Partner Development • Build relationships with consultancies, technology providers, universities and delivery partners to strengthen routes to market., • Shape consortium approaches where partner‑led models improve Plexal’s ability to win priority opportunities., • Represent Plexal at senior government‑facing events, forums and industry engagements. Essential • Deep understanding of how government translates policy into procurement, including funding routes, commercial processes and decision‑making., • Proven ability to influence procurement, shape opportunities early and lead customers through the full sales lifecycle., • Experience negotiating and winning complex government contracts (ideally £1m+)., • Strong consultative selling capability — able to diagnose problems, shape propositions and sell technology‑enabled services., • Background in government, large enterprise, secure‑government markets, consulting or major public‑sector suppliers., • Ability to operate autonomously, build senior relationships and convert insight into commercial outcomes. Desirable • Experience shaping multi‑stakeholder or consortium bids., • Understanding of government priorities relating to technology adoption, digital transformation, cyber resilience or economic growth., • Experience working in scaling or entrepreneurial environments., • Commercially driven, outcome‑focused and proactive., • Highly credible with senior government stakeholders., • Strong relationship builder with excellent negotiation skills., • Strategic thinker able to translate policy and market signals into action., • Comfortable operating in ambiguity and shaping undefined opportunities. Collaborative, resilient and adaptable., • Willingness to undertake regular national travel (>40%) and occasional international travel Candidates must be eligible to undergo security clearance or hold current security clearance.( See more on clearance eligibility. ) As a start‑up, we thrive in a dynamic and fast‑paced work environment dedicated to empowering innovators. We embrace individuals who leverage technology and creativity to tackle our greatest challenges head‑on. We strongly advocate for maintaining a harmonious work‑life balance, our goal is to ensure every member of our team can authentically be themselves and live their best lives. We firmly believe that innovation and creativity flourish when we cultivate a diverse workforce, comprising highly skilled individuals with a wide range of perspectives to contribute. • Salary: £80,000 - £100,000 depending on skills and experience, • Annual bonus scheme, • A generous pension scheme (with a company contribution of up to 10%), • Private healthcare, life assurance and critical illness cover, • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, • Volunteering day Plexal is an equal opportunities employer and we actively encourage applicants from individuals from all backgrounds. We are a Disability Committed employer and are willing to make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Head of Ecommerce - Maternity CoverApply: Manchester: Full time: Posted Today: End Date: October 9, 2026 (16 days left to apply): JR003026POSITION SNAPSHOTJob title: Head of eCommerceLocation: ManchesterContract type: 12 Month Fixed Term ContractWHO ARE WEPZ Cussons is a FTSE250 listed consumer goods business, headquartered in Manchester, UK. We employ around 2,600 people across our operations in Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific and Africa. Since our founding in 1884, we have been creating products to delight, care for and nourish consumers. Across our core categories of Hygiene, Baby and Beauty, our trusted and well-loved brands include Carex, Childs Farm, Cussons Baby, Imperial Leather, Morning Fresh, Original Source, Premier, Sanctuary Spa and St. Tropez.Sustainability and the wellbeing of our employees and communities everywhere are at the heart of our business model and strategy, and captured by our purpose: For everyone, for life, for good.The Role:We have a fantastic opportunity within our Commercial function for a Head of Digital and eCommerce. This is a 12 month fixed term contract. This exciting role is responsible for shaping and leading the commercial digital growth strategy; optimising online channels, leading a high performing team and ensuring our brands win in a fast moving, highly competitive and accelerating channel.Digital and Ecommerce sits within the broader Commercial function, incorporating Distributor, Wholesale, Grocery, Discounter and High Street channels, Category and Commercial Strategy and Planning.Reporting RelationshipsThe role reports into the Europe Sales Director and has a combination of direct and indirect reports.Job context & scopeKey Duties and Responsibilities Digital and Ecommerce Strategy Development – define and execute a market leading ecommerce strategy to accelerate revenue growth across channels (D2C, pureplay, marketplaces, omnichannel retailers), translating consumer, shopper and category insights into clear digital growth plans P&L Ownership and Commercial Delivery – own the ecommerce P&L, revenue targets and profitability across channels, managing trade budgets and optimizing spending across channels to drive sales performance, underpinned by effective planning, forecasting and ROI centric investment decisions Strengthen Digital Brand Presence by building a cohesive ecosystem across websites, social, paid media, CRM and digital content, to ensure digital experiences reflect brand identity and meet consumer expectations Partner with Key Retailers and Platforms to manage relationships with online retail partners, and improve product discoverability, digital shelf performance, ratings and reviews, and trade spend effectiveness Lead Digital Transformation through championing the use of digital tools, data and automation to enhance marketing and sales effectiveness, and drive cross functional digital capability across marketing, sales and supply chain Ensure Operational Excellence through overseeing digital operations such as site performance, product content, merchandising, stock availability and fulfillment partnerships Build an Integrated Ecommerce Ecosystem to elevate digital capability across teams and enable the business to win online at scale Lead and Develophighly capable, high performing teams through fostering innovation, agility and a test and learn cultureCapabilities, Skills and Experience Degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience Significant experience in eCommerce or digital sales with the ability to define a multi-channel online growth strategy across marketplaces, channels and digital media. Strong demonstrable knowledge of eCommerce platforms, marketplaces and performance metrics Strong commercial acumen, with an understanding of P&L drivers, online customer economics, omnichannel demand levers and digital return on investment Digital transformation leadership and experience of embedding ways of working, tools, processes across the wider organisation Business planning and forecasting, with the ability to build accurate digital channel forecast and integrate them into broader category and commercial plans Deep understanding of retailer.com, marketplace management, content excellence and website experience Technical and data capabilities in data analytics, insight generation, digital shelf tools and customer journey mapping Strong leadership and influencing and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively Proven ability and passion in capability building to upskill teams cross functionally and strengthen the organisations digital muscle* Change leadership – comfortable in managing ambiguity, driving adoption of new tools and processes and leading organisational transformationEqual Opportunities:At PZ Cussons, we value diversity and make sure everyone feels included. We want our team to reflect society and our global customers. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and your unique perspective helps us develop brands and create new products for our consumers.If you need extra support during this process, please inform us so that we can accommodate your needs appropriately. It is important to us that all candidates feel recognised and have a good experience with PZ Cussons as part of our commitment to inclusivity.#LI-CE1#LI-Hybrid #J-18808-Ljbffr

Who are OnCommerce? OnCommerce is a global selling platform that powers a growing network of retail channels, including: • OnBuy - The only marketplace in the world to give customers instant Cashback on everything, • easyShop - An all-new marketplace created in collaboration with the easy® family of brands, • Comet - The iconic UK tech brand making its return later this year Who are OnCommerce? OnCommerce is a global selling platform that powers a growing network of retail channels, including: • OnBuy - The only marketplace in the world to give customers instant Cashback on everything, • easyShop - An all-new marketplace created in collaboration with the easy® family of brands, • Comet - The iconic UK tech brand making its return later this year OnCommerce is growing fast, launching new brands and scaling to power the future of ecommerce. OnCommerce is constantly evolving. Everyone here plays a hands-on role in shaping what comes next, building brands that make an impact across global markets. There's no red tape or rigid corporate structure; just smart people taking ownership and figuring things out as we build something big together. The pace is fast, priorities shift, things aren't always perfectly set up, and you'll often need to get stuck in and solve problems. But if you thrive in that kind of environment, you'll have real influence, real ownership, and the chance to grow with a rapidly scaling business. OnCommerce is transforming its platform and operating model while continuing to trade live, every day, across Buyer and Seller domains. That dual demand, build the future, protect the present, doesn't run itself. This role exists to hold both at once: the standard the engineering team is held to, the resilience of what's live today, and the continuity of delivery and culture as the organisation restructures around it. This is a senior leadership role accountable for the day-to-day performance and long-term evolution of OnCommerce's engineering function, spanning both the current platform and its transformation to a modern, composable architecture. The Head of Platform Engineering owns engineering delivery, operational resilience, and standards across all squads, ensuring strong processes translate into reliable services, predictable delivery, and high-performing teams. Working alongside the Transformation and Solution Architecture Leads, you will balance live operations with platform evolution, ensuring neither stability nor progress is compromised. Success in this role requires leading people, setting clear expectations, and driving accountability for outcomes, while making effective trade-offs between short-term delivery and long-term sustainability. Product Engineering Ownership & Accountability • Define and enforce clear ownership boundaries across the engineering team, by domain (Buyer / Seller / Platform), holding every contributor accountable regardless of sourcing model (permanent or partner-led), • Track and report Throughput and Instability per domain, so standards are visible and enforceable, not aspirational Transformation Continuity • Hold delivery consistent through every point of disruption the transformation introduces: nearshore/offshore onboarding, domain moves, headcount change, • Partner with the Transformation Lead to ensure structural change doesn't degrade live delivery Standards & Engineering Governance • Own the engineering standard across both the current platform and the target state, • Review the Transformation Lead's roadmap for engineering-standard and operational impact before commitments are made, • Own how modern and legacy architecture coexist during migration, guarding against legacy practices and assumptions leaking into the new platform People Leadership & Team Engagement • Lead and develop engineering capability across squads (including DevOps and platform functions), • Coach and support Tech Leads to build consistent leadership standards across teams, • Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement, • Identify capability gaps and support hiring, development, and succession planning, • Own resource planning, including capacity, skills mix, and on-call structure Operational Resilience & Incident Ownership • Establish and run a two-tier resolver model: Ops on-call for standard support and runbook-driven issues, Product Engineering (Buyer/Seller) as the resolver group for genuine engineering problems, • Build rota depth (minimum 3 engineers per domain, or full team where smaller) so resolution doesn't depend on any one individual, • Drive a genuinely blameless Post-Incident Review culture, building on the existing Incident Management SOP Security & Risk • Embed secure coding practice, SAST/DAST scanning, and OWASP-aligned standards into the engineering definition of done, • Surface security risk in business terms (exposure, cost to fix vs cost to carry) and route it to the appropriate decision-maker, rather than carrying risk-acceptance decisions unilaterally Technical Debt Management • Identify, log, and manage technical debt within day to day delivery, • Escalate strategic trade-offs (rebuild vs patch, roadmap sequencing) to the Solution Architecture Lead, owning visibility and routine remediation rather than the strategic call Delivery & Execution • Work with Product Owners (Buyer and Seller) to translate roadmap items into scoped, sequenced engineering execution, • Own technical design and implementation choices day to day, operating within established architectural patterns without requiring sign-off for routine work, • Escalate to Product Owner Heads where scope or trade-off decisions sit above the Product Owner's remit Essential • Strong full-stack engineering background with Laravel/PHP, comfortable across monolith and microservices patterns, • People leadership: hiring, mentoring, performance management, • Direct experience leading an engineering transformation, restructuring teams, process, or architecture, while keeping a live, revenue-generating platform running throughout, • Strong API design and system architecture experience, • Production experience with MySQL, Couchbase or MongoDB, and Redis, • GCP, deploying and operating live services at scale, • Experience balancing legacy support against parallel investment in a target architecture, • Startup or scale-up experience, comfortable operating with ambiguity and limited resource Desirable • Has lived through a MACH or composable architecture migration on a live, trading platform, not greenfield, and carries the scars: knows where the pain actually shows up (data consistency across services, search/catalogue re-platforming, vendor lock-in regret), • Multi-cloud or cloud-agnostic experience, enough to have an informed, opinionated view on GCP versus alternatives rather than default loyalty to whatever's currently in place, • Comfortable working beyond PHP where the future stack calls for it (e.g. Node.js, Go, Python) The salary on offer for this role is upto £100k per annum depending on experience. • Company Equity- In return for helping us to grow, we'll offer you company equity, meaning you own a piece of this business we are all working so hard to build., • 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays, • 1 extra day off for your Birthday, • Employee Assistance Programme, • Perks at Work benefit platform, • Opportunities for career development and progression OnBuy is an equal opportunities employer. We are dedicated to creating a fair and transparent workforce, starting with a recruitment process that does not discriminate on the basis of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability, or age. Just a heads up — we never use WhatsApp. or any messaging apps to contact candidates #J-18808-Ljbffr

Our client, a UK-based group, is seeking an experienced Head of IT and Digital Services to lead end-to-end IT operations, technology strategy, and digital transformation across the organisation and its subsidiaries. This is a strategic and operational leadership role, responsible for delivering secure, reliable IT services while driving technology modernisation across infrastructure, business applications, cybersecurity, and ways of working. • Own the group-wide IT and digital services strategy, governance, and technology roadmap, • Lead IT service delivery across service desk, field support, infrastructure, and business systems, • Drive the implementation, optimisation, and ongoing development of Microsoft Dynamics 365, • Own and enhance the organisation’s management system, • Strengthen cybersecurity, data protection, compliance, and risk management, • Identify and embed AI technologies, including AI agents, safely and pragmatically to improve business outcomes, • Manage IT budgets, suppliers, contracts, and technology investments to deliver value for money, • Lead, develop, and inspire a multi-disciplinary IT team, • Ensure technology services continue to evolve in line with business objectives and organisational growth, • Senior leadership experience with responsibility for IT and digital services across multi-site organisations, • Strong service delivery expertise and ITIL-aligned operational management, • Proven cybersecurity leadership within regulated or sensitive environments, • Successful delivery of major IT systems, platforms, and transformation programmes, • Experience managing budgets, third-party suppliers, contracts, and technical teams, • Strong knowledge of Microsoft 365, Azure, cloud technologies, and modern workplace security, • Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 or similar enterprise business systems, • Experience within healthcare or another regulated environment is desirable, • A strategic, commercially minded approach combined with the ability to remain hands-on when required This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Head of IT, Head of Digital, or Head of Digital Services to shape and lead technology services at group level, balancing operational excellence with forward-thinking digital transformation. Competitive salary and hybrid working offered. #J-18808-Ljbffr

• Paid Holidays, • Staff Discount, • Travel Loans and more… Overview of the role Are you a strategic change leader ready to shape enterprise-wide transformation at scale? Bestway Healthcare is seeking a Head of Change Portfolio Office to drive the strategic, operational and transformational direction of its change agenda. This is a high-impact leadership role where you will establish and run a hybrid PMO/PPO model, ensuring all change across digital, data, retail, wholesale and regulatory domains is strategically aligned, well governed, and consistently delivered. Acting as custodian of the full change agenda, you will provide leadership with a single, transparent view of portfolio health and enable predictable, value-driven execution. Main Responsibilities Strategic Leadership & Governance • Own and lead the Portfolio Office, blending PMO discipline with PPO outcome orientation., • Chair quarterly portfolio reviews, monthly executive portfolio updates, and governance forums., • Ensure all change follows a unified lifecycle—from idea intake to benefits realisation., • Define, track, and report on benefits realisation, ensuring value delivery and continuous improvement., • Maintain a single enterprise-wide Change Demand Register with transparent prioritisation., • Provide an independent view of the portfolio to the Executive Team, including risks, interdependencies and delivery confidence., • Facilitate prioritisation using data-driven scoring models (strategic alignment, ROI, regulatory impact)., • Publish quarterly enterprise portfolio roadmaps aligned with product squad roadmaps and project plans., • Integrate governance with the Investment Committee, preparing investment papers and advising on funding decisions., • Continuously improve portfolio processes, frameworks and governance practices., • Develop and maintain performance metrics, dashboards and reporting frameworks for actionable insights. Execution Oversight & Delivery Support • Oversee progress across all initiatives (agile and waterfall), ensuring the right work is delivered at the right time., • Proactively identify cross-team collisions, risks and issues, and coordinate resolution., • Ensure governance is lean, value-led and supportive—not bureaucratic., • Build strong stakeholder relationships to support informed, well-communicated and consistently adopted decisions. Leadership & Capability Building • Act as a change leader, fostering a culture of transparency, accountability and continuous improvement., • Lead and develop the Portfolio Office team (analysts, change support)., • Establish a Community of Practice for project and delivery managers., • Provide coaching to project managers, product managers and business leads. The Ideal Candidate • Extensive experience in project/programme management and portfolio leadership within hybrid agile/waterfall environments., • Proven track record of designing or running a PMO/PPO or enterprise portfolio governance function., • Strong understanding of digital product operating models, agile delivery and OKR-based outcomes., • Experience influencing at C-suite level and presenting portfolio-level insights., • Demonstrated ability to lead change across complex, multi-brand, multi-disciplinary environments., • Expertise in RAID management, portfolio analytics and enterprise prioritisation., • Strong interpersonal, coaching and stakeholder management skills. Well are proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer. If you have any specific requirements, we'll do everything we can to support you. Whether it is to find a pharmacy that is accessible, or if it is a part time position you are looking for, we can help find the role that is right for you. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process, we will be happy to accommodate you. Please be aware that due to the high number of applications we receive it may not be possible for us to provide an outcome to all applicants. If you are not contacted within 28 days of your submission unfortunately you will have been unsuccessful. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Job Title: Senior Data Scientist Job Location: Salford Quays, Manchester Job Type: Permanent, Full-time Job ID: SF18973 Naimuri is offering the chance to help make the UK a safer place through innovation. We partner with government and law enforcement on some of the most challenging data and technology problems out there, and we're looking for a Senior Data Scientist to join our mission. We strongly encourage candidates of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to building an inclusive, safe and supportive environment that allows everyone to do their best work. We are happy to support any accessibility or neurodiversity requirements that you may need during the recruitment process. We’ve been around for about ten years and grown from being a little-known tech start-up to creating our own community at the heart of Manchester’s thriving tech ecosystem. The name Naimuri is Japanese and simply means… ‘nai’ meaning ‘not’ ‘muri’ meaning ‘overburden’ This principle guides everything we do, from our technology and processes to our people and culture. We empower our teams to do what they think is right, giving them the confidence to explore new ways of working and deliver the finest solutions in an agile, bias-free environment. Our business is focused on 4 cornerstones: Wellbeing, Empowerment, Perpetual Edge and Delivery. People and culture are at the heart of Naimuri, so that collectively, we can realise our mission of ‘making the UK a safer place to be’. The Data capability team at Naimuri offers a unique opportunity to apply your skills to impactful projects. It's a rapidly growing, collaborative, and supportive environment where we analyse and investigate data, design solutions to exciting data-driven challenges, and make a real difference for our customers. We are passionate about continuous learning and fostering shared expertise within the team. Data Scientists within our Data capability team are often working on: • Analysing customer requirements in long-term projects and new bid work to uncover opportunities for customers to leverage their data., • Analysing and modelling customer data, performing statistical analyses, designing cleansing, transformation and normalisation processes, performing feature extraction/reduction, and designing solutions and opportunities., • Performing, visualising, and presenting data analyses and analytics to customers and project leads, including on-site., • Engineering platforms, databases, and data pipelines as part of broader delivery solutions., • Training (inc. transfer learning and feature extraction) and deploying ML/AI models for prediction, detection, classification, etc., • Writing or supporting software solutions that implement data science models, tools, and techniques. As a Senior Data Scientist, you will help maintain our strong reputation for delivering robust solutions by taking a conscientious and scientific approach to customer data. You will use your strong problem-solving skills to design and develop innovative techniques and tools in an agile manner. Working collaboratively with other data scientists, engineers, and developers, you will research, experiment, analyse and visualise complex data, presenting your findings to customers and colleagues. A key part of this role is mentoring and supporting earlier-career colleagues, helping to foster a culture of continuous learning and shared expertise across the team. You will work closely with customers, other data scientists, data architects, data engineers, software developers, and testers to: • Investigate, transform (with provenance), and model customer data, and potentially create synthetic data in lieu., • Apply statistical methods to analyse customer data and be able to report that analysis to co-workers, customers, and project leads., • Identify opportunities to apply, design and build algorithms to transform and interrogate data., • Visualise and communicate data and model and algorithm outputs for audiences of different levels of understanding., • Use data science techniques, including ML/AI, to design and build solutions to customer problems, and work with software developers, data engineers and testers to implement and assure them., • Work with data engineers and platform engineers to design, implement and test data ingest pipelines., • Work with other data scientists and ML and platform engineers to design, train, test and deploy ML/AI models., • Test and compare the effectiveness of different mathematical and computational techniques for working with data., • Conduct research into the application or development of new data science techniques, potentially collaborating with our expansive academic network, and co-supervising Masters and PhD candidates., • Experiment design and execution/running, and communication of the experiment plan. We're looking for someone who: • Has significant industry experience as a data scientist and is passionate about data, with opinions on the best ways of working, techniques, and tooling., • Has experience leading a team or project and wants to help others develop and learn., • Takes a conscientious, curious, and scientific approach to their work., • Continually learning about state-of-the-art techniques in technology, academic, and industry articles., • Possesses strong analytical problem-solving abilities to design and develop innovative data science solutions., • Can communicate and present complex ideas and findings to diverse audiences, including customers, executives, and non-specialists., • Has performed deep dives into data and presented the results of analysis and modelling using tools like Jupyter Notebooks., • Has experience designing and developing data ingestion and transformation pipelines in languages like Python, potentially using cloud solutions in AWS, Azure, or GCP., • Is familiar with the full lifecycle of ML/AI models, including collating training data, design, training, evaluation, and deploying automated pipelines., • Has experience helping to transform or implement an organisation's data science strategy., • Is comfortable designing and executing experiment plans and communicating them to stakeholders., • Experience with any of the following specialisms: Data Synthesis, Test and Evaluation, AI Assurance, Knowledge Graphs and Ontologies, Data Governance and Compliance, or Deepfake Detection., • Creating Python-based applications and/or APIs., • A degree in a field like data science, physics, computational science, mathematics, or statistics (though we value demonstrable experience just as much!). Our Head Office is based in Salford Quays, Manchester, with satellite teams currently in London and Gloucestershire. We offer hybrid working where you can work from home for part of your working week with time on site being based on the needs of your assigned delivery and agreed Ways of Working for your team. This would normally be a maximum of one or two days per week but you would be welcome to spend more days in the office if you preferred. Pay and benefits: Naimuri pays competitively within the industry based on your role's base location rates. The salary for this position is dependent upon your experience. We assess seniority relative to the team at Naimuri during the interviewing process. A full time working week is 37.5 hours and you have flexibility over when you give that time. We also offer part-time working which can be discussed during the recruitment process. Our core hours are 10:00am - 3:00pm and our office hours are between 7:30 and 18:00 Monday to Friday. Benefits include: • Flexible/Hybrid working options, • A company performance related bonus, • Pension matched 1.5x up to 10.5%, • AXA group 1 medical cover, • Personal training budget, • Holiday buy-back scheme, • A flexible benefits scheme We want to ensure that you feel comfortable and confident when interviewing with us. To help you prepare, our recruitment team will discuss the process in more detail with you when you apply. We are happy to support any accessibility or neurodiversity requirements. #J-18808-Ljbffr

As N Brown continues to evolve its technology landscape and accelerate digital transformation, this role will play a critical part in shaping our future architecture. You'll provide strategic leadership across business and technology, defining target-state architecture, driving alignment across teams, and ensuring technology investments support our long-term business objectives. This is both a hands on and a highly strategic role that combines enterprise architecture leadership with an AI-native approach to problem solving and delivery. We are looking for someone who is already embracing AI as a core part of how they think, design, evaluate options and create architectural outputs, helping us scale quality and consistency across our Fintech start up division. • Own and define the enterprise target architecture, ensuring alignment between business strategy, technology priorities and delivery outcomes., • Translate business direction into clear architectural approaches, principles and specifications that engineering and delivery teams can execute with confidence., • Provide end-to-end architectural leadership across multiple domains, ensuring solutions work cohesively across the wider technology ecosystem., • Establish and maintain architecture standards, governance, design principles and integration patterns., • Identify and manage architectural risks, dependencies and opportunities, escalating issues where appropriate and influencing decision-making at senior leadership level., • Partner with Product, Engineering, Data and Business stakeholders to ensure strategic initiatives are delivered in line with agreed architectural direction., • Drive simplification and modernisation of existing technology platforms, helping to reduce technical debt and legacy constraints., • Use AI and automation as a core part of the architecture process to model options, test designs against constraints, improve specifications and create scalable, repeatable approaches across the Digital Factory., • Evaluate emerging technologies and AI capabilities, sharing insight and recommendations that improve organisational effectiveness., • Contribute to commercial opportunities and strategic initiatives by providing architecture expertise, thought leadership and technical credibility., • Significant experience operating in an Enterprise Architecture leadership role within a small, scale-up or large-scale, complex organisation., • Proven ability to define target-state architectures and roadmap strategies that enable business transformation., • Strong understanding of modern digital platforms, cloud technologies, data architectures, integration patterns and enterprise applications., • Experience translating business strategy into practical technology solutions and architectural frameworks., • Ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders, balancing strategic goals with delivery realities., • Broad understanding of software engineering practices, platform architecture and technology governance., • Experience working across multiple product, engineering and business teams to deliver cohesive enterprise-wide outcomes., • Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and complexity., • Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences., • Experience supporting organisational transformation, operating model change and modern ways of working., • Experience using AI tools to support architecture design, option modelling, specification development and decision-making., • A growth mindset, with curiosity for emerging technologies and a desire to drive innovation through AI-enabled ways of working., • Hybrid working (2 days in the office at a minimum), • 24 days holiday (+ 8 bank holidays), • Enhanced maternity and adoption leave, • Company pension with up to 8% N Brown contribution, • Mental Health support both internally and externally, including access to our wellbeing champions and counselling services, • A range of financial wellbeing support, • Stream - a financial wellbeing tool that helps you track your pay, access earnings early and manage your money with confidence, • Colleague discount across all N Brown brands, • Onsite café with subsidised rates and local restaurant discounts!, • Life Assurance and Private Medical Insurance, • Paid volunteer time – all our colleagues can take a full day paid to volunteer for a charity of their choice N Brown is a leading UK digital retail platform for clothing, footwear, home and technology, headquartered in Manchester and employing over 1,000 people nationwide. Through our strategic retail brands JD Williams, Jacamo and Simply Be and our unique payments offering, we exist to champion inclusivity and serve the underserved. Our customers are our passion, and we take great pride in delivering products that ensure they can look and feel amazing, without compromising on choice, value and accessibility. We're committed to building a diverse workforce and creating an inclusive environment that values equality for all. Our vision is that by championing inclusion, N Brown will become the UK's most loved and trusted consumer platform, shaping the future of financial empowerment and personal expression. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging are therefore at the heart of our culture. In May 2024 we were delighted to be named one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work. We work hard to create a happy and inclusive culture for everyone and we're proud to have been recognised by our colleagues. We offer hybrid working which varies across the business depending on the role you're in. Our Head Office is located in the Northern Quarter in Manchester City Centre. Our working hours are 36.17 per week over 5 days. We believe AI will become a standard part of modern professional practice. We are therefore looking for individuals who are open to learning, testing and responsibly adopting AI tools to improve efficiency, insight and impact in their role. We're an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status. Please know your application is being reviewed by a real human being. We value your interest in joining us and appreciate you taking the time to submit your application. As soon as we receive your application, we'll send you an email to let you know. We always aim to come back to you as soon as possible with an update and we really appreciate you taking the time to apply for a role with us. Good luck! #J-18808-Ljbffr

Senior Management Accountant - Record to Report (R2R) Manchester | Hybrid - three days onsite 12-month FTC with a view to becoming permanent \n \n A large, fast-growing professional services organisation is seeking an experienced Senior Management Accountant to lead the operational delivery of its Record to Report function. \n Reporting to the Head of R2R, you will act as their number two and manage a team of eight finance professionals. This role specifically requires someone with previous experience working within a Record to Report function or Shared Service Centre environment. \n Key responsibilities \n\n • Lead, coach and manage a team of management and assistant accountants.\n, • Take ownership of R2R delivery across month-end, quarter-end and year-end.\n, • Review journals, balance-sheet reconciliations and accounting schedules.\n, • Investigate the volume and timing of journals affecting the close timetable.\n, • Improve the efficiency and control of the month-end close.\n, • Maintain general-ledger integrity across a complex, multi-entity organisation.\n, • Oversee intercompany accounting and reconciliations.\n, • Deliver accurate management accounts, variance analysis and commentary.\n, • Manage team performance, workloads, development and engagement.\n, • Reduce key-person dependency through improved documentation and accountability.\n, • Identify opportunities for automation, standardisation and process improvement.\n, • Support finance transformation and system-development initiatives.\n, • Provide recommendations to the Head of R2R and senior stakeholders.\n\n Essential experience \n\n • ACA, ACCA or CIMA\n, • Previous experience within an R2R function or finance Shared Service Centre is essential.\n, • Strong understanding of end-to-end Record to Report processes.\n, • Proven experience managing a multi-level finance team.\n, • Experience within a complex, multi-entity organisation.\n, • Strong technical accounting, Excel and ERP-system knowledge.\n, • Able to investigate processes, challenge existing practices and implement improvements.\n, • Hands-on, operational and comfortable working through periods of change.\n\n Desirable experience \n\n • Practice-trained background.\n, • Professional services or legal-sector experience.\n, • Finance transformation or continuous-improvement experience.\n, • Experience within a large organisation with turnover exceeding £250 million.\n\n If so, please send me your latest CV and the best number to reach you on. \n \n Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates

Senior HR Business Partner Manchester City Centre (Hybrid) Circa £60,000 per annum Full Time, Fixed Term Contract (18 months) Job Description: Are you a senior HR leader looking for an opportunity to shape people strategy whilst leading a high-performing HR function? We are seeking an experienced Senior HR Business Partner to provide strategic HR leadership across a complex organisation. This is a highly influential role, partnering with senior stakeholders to drive organisational performance, support transformational change and ensure the delivery of a proactive, commercially focused HR service. Leading a team of HR Business Partners, who in turn manage HR Advisors, you will play a key role in setting direction, developing capability and ensuring consistency of HR delivery across the business. This position requires a confident and credible HR professional with experience operating at a senior level, managing multi-layered HR teams and supporting executive leaders through significant organisational change. This role offers a blend of strategic and operational responsibility, with a focus on leadership, workforce planning, organisational development, change management and complex people matters. The role involves: Leading, developing and supporting a team of HR Business Partners to deliver a high-quality HR service across the organisation Providing leadership and oversight to wider HR teams, ensuring effective management and development of HR Advisors through the HRBP structure Acting as a strategic partner to senior leaders, influencing business decisions and aligning people plans with organisational objectives Leading workforce planning, organisational design, succession planning and talent management initiatives Driving organisational change, restructures, consultation exercises and transformation programmes Coaching and supporting leaders to build high-performing, engaged and inclusive teams Providing oversight and guidance on complex and high-risk employee relations matters and employment law issues Using people data, metrics and insights to influence decision-making and improve organisational performance Identifying opportunities to improve HR processes, policies and ways of working Supporting the delivery of key HR projects and contributing to the wider people strategyYou’ll need: Significant experience operating as a Senior HR Business Partner, Head of HR, HR Manager or equivalent senior HR leadership role Proven experience managing HR Business Partners and developing high-performing HR teams Strong leadership capability with the ability to coach, mentor and influence managers at all levels Experience partnering with senior executives and stakeholders to deliver organisational objectives through people strategies Strong knowledge of organisational change, transformation, consultation and workforce planning A track record of leading complex people agendas across large or multi-site organisations Excellent understanding of employment law and HR best practice Commercial awareness with the ability to balance strategic objectives and people priorities Experience using HR data and analytics to inform business decisions and measure impact CIPD Level 7 qualification or equivalent senior-level HR experience Current CIPD membership preferred Exceptional communication, stakeholder management and influencing skills A pragmatic, resilient and solutions-focused approach This vacancy is being handled by Aspire Recruitment. Please be aware we receive a high volume of applications and regularly receive applications from candidates who exceed the job credentials. We will only contact you within the next 14 days if you are selected for interview. Should you apply for this role, we will process your data as detailed in our

Head of Digital / AI / Platform ServicesSalary: £49,920 - £63,000 per annumAt BIMM University, we're more than just an educational institution; we're a vibrant community dedicated to nurturing creativity and empowering students to reach their full potential. With campuses across the UK, Ireland, and Germany, we offer a diverse range of courses in modern music, performing arts, filmmaking and creative technology. Our commitment to excellence in creative arts education sets us apart, providing students with the knowledge, skills, and opportunities they need to succeed in their chosen fields.About the RoleAs Head of Digital, AI & Platform Services, you will lead the strategy, development and ongoing evolution of BIMM University's enterprise platforms, digital products, software engineering capability, Digital Library Services and AI-enabled solutions.Working closely with colleagues across Technology, academic departments and professional services, you will help shape the University's digital ecosystem, ensuring critical platforms remain secure, reliable and aligned with institutional priorities. You will also identify opportunities to use technology, automation and AI to enhance the student and colleague experience and support innovation across the University.This role combines strategic leadership with technical oversight, ensuring digital services continue to evolve in ways that are sustainable, well-governed and responsive to organisational needs.What You'll Do:Lead Digital, AI & Platform Services, bringing together enterprise applications, software development, digital products, Digital Library Services and innovation activity.Define platform and product priorities, ensuring technology investment supports institutional objectives and user needs.Oversee the University's enterprise platforms and digital services, ensuring they remain secure, reliable and effective.Lead software engineering and product development activities, promoting modern development practices and high standards of delivery.Drive the development and responsible adoption of AI, automation and intelligent workflows that enhance services and create organisational value.Ensure new products and technologies move successfully from concept and experimentation into sustainable, well-supported services.Oversee application architecture, integrations and platform performance in partnership with colleagues across Technology.Lead Digital Library Services, working closely with academic teams to support learning, teaching and access to digital resources.Build strong partnerships across the University, translating organisational priorities into clear digital and technology initiatives.Manage relationships with software vendors, implementation partners and suppliers, ensuring effective delivery and value for money.Contribute to technology strategy, investment planning and transformation initiatives across the University.What You'll Bring:Significant experience leading digital platforms, software engineering, technology products or AI-enabled services within a complex organisation.A strong understanding of enterprise applications, platform architecture, systems integration and modern software engineering practices.Experience delivering digital products and services from discovery and design through to implementation and ongoing enhancement.Knowledge of generative AI, automation technologies, large language models, APIs and emerging digital tools, and how they can be applied effectively and responsibly.Experience establishing technical standards and governance approaches that balance innovation with security, resilience and long-term sustainability.A track record of using technology to solve organisational challenges and deliver measurable outcomes.Experience leading and developing multidisciplinary teams, creating a culture of ownership, collaboration and continuous learning.Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.Experience managing technology suppliers, software vendors and external delivery partners.Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to assess priorities and make informed decisions.The postholder will be based within a commutable distance of one of BIMM University's seven UK campuses (Brighton, London, Essex, Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester or Leeds)Why BIMM UniversityWe are a values-led organisation, meaning our core values underpin all that we do:Believe in Everyone, Challenge the Norm, Grow Together, Do The Right Thing, Own It.In addition to joining a committed and dedicated team, you will have access to:25 days holiday per year (FTE)SMART pensionA comprehensive benefits packageWe continually strive to create a culture of inclusivity so that we truly represent our diverse communities. We particularly welcome applications from people of colour who are underrepresented in our organisation.We are committed to promoting the safety and welfare of our students therefore, all successful applicants are required to complete a basic DBS disclosure. Depending on the role, you may be required to complete an enhanced check / enhanced check with barred list if required by statute and internal policy.How To ApplyClick apply and you will be redirected to our careers site to complete your application.TPBN1_UKTJ

Commercial Sales Manager – UK Manchester £60,000–£75,000 + up to 30% bonus + Electric Vehicle We are working with a leading international organisation that is entering an exciting period of growth and transformation within the UK market. As part of this journey, they are looking to appoint an experienced Commercial Sales Manager to take ownership of the UK commercial strategy, strengthen sales capability and help drive the next stage of the company's growth. This is a newly created senior position, reporting directly to the Managing Director and working closely with the wider UK leadership team. It's an ideal opportunity for a commercially driven sales leader who can combine strategy with hands-on delivery. You'll be expected to develop the commercial framework, build relationships, develop people and, importantly, ensure the strategy is implemented effectively across the business. The Role As Commercial Sales Manager, you'll lead and develop the UK commercial function, with responsibility for Key Account Management, Tenders and Marketing. You'll work across the organisation to establish a consistent and effective approach to sales, developing commercial frameworks, improving processes, supporting pricing strategies and building a stronger sales culture. This is a highly visible role. The successful candidate will be expected to build trust across the business, work closely with branch and sales teams and lead from the front when it comes to major customers and commercial opportunities. You won't simply be setting strategy from a distance — you'll be actively involved in making it happen. Key Responsibilities Lead and develop the UK commercial and sales function. Manage and support Key Account Management, Tenders and Marketing teams. Develop and implement short, medium and long-term commercial growth strategies. Drive profitable organic revenue growth across the business. Build a robust and sustainable sales pipeline. Develop and improve lead-generation initiatives and sales processes. Establish consistent national sales standards and operating practices. Review and implement pricing strategies and commercial frameworks. Develop effective sales governance and performance measures. Support customer retention and increase customer lifetime value. Develop sales capability through coaching, mentoring and training. Identify and implement systems, tools and processes that improve sales performance. Develop strong relationships with key customers and strategic accounts. Provide senior commercial support on major tenders, pitches and high-value opportunities. Help drive the commercial adoption of innovative digital solutions across the UK. What We're Looking For We're looking for an experienced commercial or sales leader with a proven track record of delivering growth, improving performance and successfully implementing change. You'll ideally have experience in: Leading and developing sales or commercial teams. Developing and implementing business development or sales strategies. Delivering measurable revenue growth. Managing strategic accounts and senior customer relationships. Building and managing sales pipelines. Developing sales processes, frameworks and governance. Pricing and commercial strategy. Coaching and developing sales professionals. Implementing new systems, processes or ways of working. Influencing stakeholders at all levels of an organisation. Hands-on leadership is essential This role will suit someone who enjoys being visible, involved and close to the action. We're not looking for someone who simply develops a strategy and delegates it. You'll need to be comfortable rolling up your sleeves, working alongside teams, meeting customers, supporting major opportunities and helping to overcome commercial challenges. You'll be someone who can move comfortably between strategic planning and practical execution. The Person You'll be: Commercially driven and results focused. A confident and engaging leader. Highly visible and hands-on. A strong communicator and relationship builder. Customer focused. Comfortable influencing senior stakeholders. Able to challenge traditional ways of working. Experienced in leading and implementing change. Passionate about developing people. Resilient, adaptable and commercially curious. Ambitious and motivated by significant business growth. Experience within a service-based environment would be particularly relevant, as the ability to understand and sell service propositions is important. Your First 6–12 Months You'll have a clear opportunity to make an immediate impact, with initial priorities including: Establishing a clear commercial vision and direction. Improving consistency across the sales operation. Introducing stronger sales processes, governance and reporting. Improving accountability and performance across commercial teams. Strengthening the quality and size of the sales pipeline. Reviewing and improving pricing and commercial frameworks. Supporting the implementation of new systems and technology. Accelerating the adoption and commercial success of digital solutions. Developing the capability and confidence of the wider commercial team. Building stronger relationships with key customers. Creating greater ownership across the commercial function. Why Join? This is an exciting opportunity to join an established international organisation at a pivotal stage of its UK growth journey. The business has ambitious plans for the future and is investing in its people, technology and commercial capability. You'll have genuine scope to shape how the UK business sells, develop a high-performing commercial function and make a measurable impact on revenue and customer growth. You'll also work closely with an experienced leadership team and have access to longer-term career opportunities within a growing international organisation. Package Salary: £60,000–£75,000 Annual Bonus: Up to 30% of salary, based on achievement of organic growth targets Company Vehicle: Electric vehicle Location: Manchester Travel: Some UK travel required If you're an experienced Commercial Sales Manager, Sales Manager, Head of Sales, Commercial Manager or senior Business Development professional looking for a role where you can genuinely influence strategy, develop people and drive significant commercial growth, we'd be keen to hear from you. Interested? Please Click Apply Now for more information! 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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

Strategic ER | Enterprise Customer Success | Data & Insight | ARR Growth Turn Employee Relations Expertise Into Measurable Customer Value. Can you combine credible Employee Relations expertise with commercial Customer Success capability? Are you confident advising HR Directors and senior People leaders, using ER data and insight to identify challenges, shape improvements and demonstrate measurable value? Have you successfully grown customer ARR through strategic upselling and cross-selling? At AdviserPlus, we’re looking for two Strategic ER Customer Success Managers to become trusted partners to some of the UK’s best-known employers. This is a commercially focused Customer Success role where Employee Relations is your subject-matter expertise – giving you the opportunity to use your wider strategic, analytical, relationship-building and commercial skills far beyond transactional, reactive ER support. Ready to turn your ER expertise into strategic influence, measurable customer value and commercial growth? We’d love to hear from you. The Role at a Glance ER Customer Success Manager (in-house title) Remote Working | Occasional Travel to Ellesmere Port, Cheshire and Client Sites £50,454 – £65,454 37.5 Hours per Week | Flexible Working Between 8am–7pm, Monday–Friday Reporting to: Head of Customer Success Pedigree: UK’s Leading Provider of HR Technology, Consulting and Advisory Services Clients Include: Starbucks, Currys, Network Rail, Maximus, Wickes, Sainsbury’s, United Utilities, Sage and more Your Background / Skills: Employee Relations, Enterprise Customer Success, Strategic Account Management, HR Technology, UK Employment Law, ARR Growth, Upsell, Cross-Sell, Data and Insight, Strategic HR Qualification: CIPD Level 5+ or equivalent About AdviserPlus AdviserPlus helps organisations unlock the full potential of their people through award-winning HR technology, consultancy and advisory services. Combining cloud technology, data insight and genuine HR expertise, we help some of the UK’s largest employers simplify Employee Relations, reduce people risk and create better workplace outcomes. Our award-winning SaaS platform, empower®, alongside our consultancy and advisory services, gives customers the technology, expertise and insight to manage ER with greater confidence, consistency and efficiency. The Opportunity You’ll own and grow a portfolio of enterprise customers across our outsourced Employee Relations, HR software and combined service offerings. Your role is to get closer to each customer’s strategic people agenda – understanding their priorities, pain points and future plans so that AdviserPlus can provide the right support at the right time. By building trusted relationships with HR Directors, CPOs and senior People leaders, you’ll uncover upcoming organisational change, people risk and ER challenges early. This could include restructures, redundancy programmes, policy change, complex case management, ER transformation and wider people initiatives. You’ll combine credible ER expertise, customer data and commercial judgement to identify problems, shape solutions and demonstrate measurable improvement. Beyond retention, you’ll spot and convert genuine opportunities to grow accounts through relevant software, advisory, consultancy and professional services. This is about more than keeping customers happy. It’s about knowing their organisation, anticipating what’s coming and turning insight into action, value and sustainable ARR growth. Where You’ll Add Value • Build trusted strategic relationships with HR Directors, CPOs, ER leaders and senior enterprise stakeholders. • Stay close to customers’ strategic agendas, organisational priorities and emerging people challenges. • Surface upcoming restructures, redundancy programmes, policy changes, complex ER issues and transformation projects early. • Develop Customer Success Plans aligned with each customer’s people strategy, ER priorities and commercial objectives. • Use ER data, workforce trends and customer insight to identify risk, improvement opportunities and additional value. • Translate insight into clear plans, measurable outcomes and meaningful strategic recommendations. • Lead Quarterly and Annual Service Reviews that influence action, not simply report activity. • Recommend the right combination of technology, advisory, consultancy and professional services. • Identify and convert strategic upsell and cross-sell opportunities to grow ARR. • Monitor customer health, adoption and ER trends to manage risk proactively and strengthen retention. • Apply sound ER judgement and UK employment law knowledge within a commercial, customer-facing environment. • Partner with Sales, Product, Marketing, Professional Services and Support to deliver joined-up customer outcomes. • Drive retention, Net Revenue Retention and sustainable account growth. About You You understand Employee Relations deeply enough to see beyond individual cases. You can spot patterns, challenge thinking and help customers make longer-term, measurable improvements. You’re also commercially astute. You know how to turn trusted relationships and genuine customer insight into relevant solutions, stronger partnerships and account growth. You’ll likely bring: • 5+ years’ experience within Employee Relations, HR or People Advisory, ideally combined with Customer Success, Account Management or another client-facing role within B2B SaaS or Professional Services. • CIPD Level 5+ or equivalent, supported by credible ER advisory experience. • Strong knowledge of UK employment law and ER best practice, with the judgement to apply it commercially. • A proven track record of retaining customers and growing ARR through strategic upselling and cross-selling. • Experience using HR or ER data to identify issues, drive continuous improvement and measure outcomes. • The credibility and executive presence to advise, present to and influence HR Directors, CPOs and senior People leaders. • Strong commercial judgement and the ability to translate ER expertise into customer value and revenue growth. • Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation and stakeholder management skills. • Strong analytical, problem-solving and data-driven decision-making capability. • The ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively across teams. • Experience with Customer Success platforms such as Gainsight or ChurnZero, and CRM tools such as Salesforce or HubSpot. Why Join AdviserPlus? • Work strategically with some of the UK’s best-known enterprise employers. • Join a leading HR technology and advisory business where genuine ER expertise matters. • Remote-first working with flexibility built into the role. • £50,454 – £65,454 salary. • Pension Scheme and Life Assurance. • Health Cashback Plan and Employee Assistance Programme. • Holiday Purchase Scheme. • Professional Qualification Support and Membership Contributions. • Volunteering Days and Long Service Awards. • Career development within a growing, award-winning business. Apply Now If you can combine strategic ER expertise, enterprise-level customer relationships and proven commercial growth, we’d love to hear from you. Join AdviserPlus and help some of the UK’s largest employers anticipate people challenges, improve Employee Relations and turn insight into measurable, lasting value. Apply now. Application notice: We take your privacy seriously. 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Payroll Director | Manchester City Centre | Competitive Executive Package + Benefits Portfolio Payroll are partnering with an award-winning SaaS business in central Manchester to appoint an experienced Payroll Director. Their platform streamlines payroll and people operations for SMEs, and is trusted by over 120,000 businesses worldwide. This is a rare opportunity to join a technologically innovative business at a key stage of its growth. You will take full ownership of the UK payroll function, setting its strategic direction with a high degree of autonomy and the backing to deliver on it. You will be responsible for the future vision of the payroll service: compliance, efficiency, scalability, and a culture where innovation is expected rather than encouraged. Working in a product-led, global organisation, you will have direct influence over how technology and automation are applied across the operation, and a genuine voice with senior stakeholders on where the business goes next. As a Payroll Director, your key responsibilities will include: Define and deliver a payroll strategy aligned to the organisation's long-term commercial objectives. Lead a large payroll operation, developing and empowering the management team beneath you. Ensure compliance with all relevant legislation, governance requirements, and internal control frameworks. Drive operational excellence through robust processes, systems, and service improvements. Lead transformation and change initiatives that improve efficiency, scalability, and customer experience. Identify and deliver opportunities for automation and technology enhancement, working closely with product and engineering. Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders and influence strategic decision-making across the business. Monitor service performance, risk, and compliance standards to maintain exceptional delivery.About You Proven experience at Payroll Director, Head of Payroll, or equivalent senior leadership level. Extensive experience managing large-scale payroll operations and sizeable teams. Strong technical payroll expertise, with an in-depth understanding of legislation, compliance, and governance. Demonstrable success delivering transformation, process improvement, and operational efficiency. Commercially astute, with the confidence to operate strategically and the credibility to influence at board level. Genuine interest in payroll technology and how it can be used to improve service and scale. Passionate about developing people and building a high-performance culture.If you want a payroll leadership role with real ownership, in a business that invests in its technology and trusts its leaders to lead, we would like to hear from you. 51848GOR1 INDBRI The Portfolio Group are acting on behalf of our client in recruiting for this position

Reporting to the Category & Design Director, the Head of Quality, Compliance & Sustainability will lead the overall quality, product testing and safety, factory compliance and sustainability agenda across the business. The role will provide strategic leadership to the existing QA and QC teams whilst building a future-ready governance framework capable of supporting growth on a global basis A key objective is to integrate the business into the wider operating model, leveraging global resources, shared services and specialist expertise. The successful candidate will elevate the UK function from transactional execution to strategic governance, ensuring the team focuses on risk management, supplier performance, regulatory readiness and continuous improvement, whilst ensuring the day to day is delivered MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES Lead QA, QC, Compliance and Sustainability functions, writing procedures where needed and evolving methods of collection to meet customer requirements Manage sustainability and compliance communication internally and with customers, attending regular meetings, trainings, seminars. Undertake ongoing research, study and training on latest sustainability and compliance requirements in the industry Work with the company’s cross functional departments to facilitate checking traceability and validation of compliance, sustainability related paperwork Own quality strategy, product safety and compliance governance, advising and guiding team on global and relevant testing standards Develop supplier compliance programmes, audit frameworks and scorecards, driving improvement through ongoing work with In-Country sourcing teams Own quality strategy, product safety and compliance governance, advising and guiding team on global and relevant testing standards Evolve and Update Risk Assessments Act as subject matter expert on emerging UK and EU regulations. Global Integration Act as the primary liaison between global Quality, Compliance, Sustainability and Sourcing teams. Develop a roadmap to integrate processes into global operating frameworks. Identify opportunities to transition administrative activities into shared service functions, keeping Uk resource focused on strategic priorities Establish clear ownership, governance and accountability across UK and global teams. Drive organisational change and integration Regulatory Leadership Lead readiness for Digital Product Passports, EPR, PPWR, ESPR and future EU sustainability legislation. Develop supply chain traceability and sustainability reporting capabilities. Ensure compliance with retailers and regulatory requirements across all markets. Direct leadership of QA, QC and Compliance personnel. Develop future capability and succession plans. Build a culture of accountability, continuous improvement and proactive risk management. KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS REQUIRED 10+ years' experience in Quality, Compliance, Product Safety, Sustainability or Supply Chain Governance. Experience within Retail, Textiles, Homewares, Consumer Products Strong understanding of UK and EU consumer product legislation. Experience managing supplier compliance and international supply chains. Strong leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills. Experience leading transformation, change management or shared service integration initiatives preferred. Experience with ethical audit programs: SMETA, BSCI, SLCP, etc. Experience with sustainability & environmental programs: GOTS, GRS, RCS, OCS, BCSS, Higg Index etc. Understanding Sourcing and Selling market country laws, regulations – or research/study as needed By submitting your CV, you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as stated on our website and consenting to us processing your personal details in relation to current/future job opportunities. The information that you have submitted to us will be used in order to consider your suitability for the role you have applied for. A copy of our Privacy Policy can also be viewed on our website which explains how we gather, protect and manage any personal data that you share with us* Please be aware the duties listed above are an interpretation of the role and do not form any part of your employment contract. Please ask the interviewer any questions about the role that you wish to clarify. Tagged Resources Limited acts as an employment agency. We have 25 years of Recruitment and Industry experience, working with Retail and Supply Chain markets and have various positions available. If this vacancy does not suit your experience and you are looking for a suitable role, please look at our website or follow us on social networking sites. All are updated daily

This Interim Head of Finance, based in Manchester. You'll help ensure accurate calculations and compliance while supporting the organisation's accounting and finance functions. Lead the transformation of the finance function, delivering modern, efficient and resident-focused services that maximise a

Xeinadin in Manchester seeks a Head of Service to lead IT service delivery across the UK and Ireland. You will drive a single service operating model, governance, and continuous improvement while aligning technology services with business needs. The role requires extensive ITIL experience, supplier management, and a track record of service transformation across multi-site environments. Hybrid work and a strong pension/benefits package are offered. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Idox seeks a senior leader to head Data Services, overseeing complex ETL, data migration and transformation programmes. You will drive strategic capability, governance and repeatable delivery models while balancing customer value and commercial outcomes. This home-based UK role requires strong leadership, deep technical expertise in data integration, and a track record of delivering large-scale multi-source data projects for public sector clients. #J-18808-Ljbffr

At Debenhams Group, we are on a journey of transformation, revitalising our brand, culture, and connection with colleagues and customers alike. In a fast-changing retail environment, effective and authentic communication is vital to building trust, aligning our teams, and amplifying the impact of our work across internal and external audiences. We are looking to hire an experienced Legal Counsel to advise on general legal matters across the Debenhams Group. The role will involve supporting the legal team’s function in reporting to the operating board, plc board and the non-executive directors. The role will closely work with a number of different business operations across a variety of territories. We have 5 different brands and 8 labels - it’s fairly busy! So it’s important you’re able to quickly adapt to different people, situations and areas of advice and have fun along the way. The role will be varied and diverse. You will have opportunity to work on challenging but satisfying matters and really feel part of a commercial team that is driving the business forward. The business is passionate, entrepreneurial and driven and there is an expectation that you will work with that ethos. You must be capable of autonomously working to tight deadlines and under pressure . As such, you must be responsive, proactive and able to effectively manage deadlines and stakeholders. This role will be based out of our central Manchester office. • You will take active ownership in managing and supporting the legal team in completing and advising on a range of matters across the group. The nature of the business will mean the role will require a keen commercial acumen as the business will look to you for strategic advice on matters that are not solely legal., • You will provide legal advice on a range of contentious and non-contentious matters across the business. This may include commercial contracts, data protection, advertising, corporate, consumer law, employment, intellectual property, property and litigation. The business is incredibly agile and it is likely a wide range of matters will arise which require your support., • Take an active role in determining and implementing the legal team strategy and working with the business to drive the individual brand strategies., • Ensure you proactively think about how we can improve what and how we do things., • Prepare and deliver business wide training across a variety of topics., • Stay up to date with new legislation and key developments in our market to ensure the business is briefed and ready for any changes. Team & Management • You will have the opportunity to work closely with the team’s Head of Legal, Senior Legal Counsel and Paralegal., • You will lead by example and be a role model for the team. You will help to continue to maintain the credibility of the legal team across the group, which is already well established and highly respected across the group., • Identify the need for external legal advice and exercise appropriate cost management and control when using external advisors., • Work proactively to identify training needs across the legal team and support their development and growth., • Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external legal advisors., • Project manage key projects to ensure they are being driven forward., • Qualified and practising solicitor., • We are not focused on PQE but rather the output you deliver. Whilst it would be beneficial for an individual to have 2+ years PQE this is not essential for the role. We would still love to hear from you if you think this is an opportunity for you., • In-house experience at an ecommerce business and/or strong commercial contract experience is desired but not essential., • It’s crucial that you have a positive ‘can do’ attitude and willingness to just get stuck in. We are a team that doesn’t like to say no, we like to advise with a solutions led focus rather than present problems! At Debenhams Group we thrive on change, innovation, and pace. Every challenge is an opportunity, and every day is a chance to push boundaries. If you’re someone who embraces the unknown, thrives in a fast-moving, high-growth environment, and is ready to shape the future of retail, you’ll love it here. We want visionaries, disruptors, and doers—people who bring fresh thinking, relentless energy, and the drive to make an impact. Our mission is to create a workplace where everyone is respected, individual differences are valued, and people can be themselves at work — without exception. 2025 was a year of significant change for the Group. 2026 is about bold moves, real results and unstoppable momentum. If that excites you, you belong at Debenhams Group. • Highly competitive bonus scheme, company pension, share schemes, private medical cover and life assurance, • Access to an on-site gym and free weekly Pilates, yoga and fitness classes, • Discount across all brands, • Comprehensive wellbeing package, • Dog-friendly offices (in selected locations), • Ongoing learning and development with strong internal progression, • On-site canteen serving breakfast, lunch, snacks and hot drinks, • Free season ticket loan #J-18808-Ljbffr

Adria Solutions Ltd. is helping a UK-based group hire a Head of IT and Digital Services to lead IT operations, technology strategy, and digital transformation across the organisation and its subsidiaries in a hybrid UK role. The role requires senior leadership across multi-site IT and digital services, strong service delivery, and expertise in Microsoft 365, Azure, and Dynamics 365, with a focus on security and modern workplace practices. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Head of Service VN2453 Permanent NA Manchester United Kingdom Xeinadin was established in 2019 when a number of leading business advisory and accountancy practices across the UK and Ireland came together to re-imagine the future of accountancy. Our collective mission to provide locally forged, trusted business advice to SMEs through forward-thinking, close-knit relationships remains pivotal to our growth. It's our people who drive our business forward, and we offer them future-focused career opportunities whilst supporting individual specialisms. Our regional offices of over 3000 colleagues operate collaboratively, combining collective expertise to maximise potential. The Head of Service is responsible for the delivery, performance and continual improvement of all IT services across Xeinadin. The role ensures a consistent, reliable and customer-focused service experience for colleagues across the UK and Ireland. The post holder will lead service management, supplier performance, service reporting, major incident management and service improvement. They will establish and maintain a single service standard across the business while driving adoption of ITIL best practice, governance controls and operational excellence. Working closely with the Head of Platform, Enterprise Architecture and business leaders, the Head of Service will ensure technology services are stable, trusted, measurable and aligned with business needs. • Lead the Service function across Xeinadin., • Establish a single service operating model across all offices., • Define and own service standards, SLAs, OLAs and KPIs., • Act as the senior escalation point for service-related issues., • Accountable for service desk operations & field engineering, • Drive improvements in first-time fix rates, customer satisfaction and service responsiveness., • Champion an excellent end-user experience across all technology services., • Develop self-service, knowledge management and automation capabilities., • Ensure service transition from projects follows formal governance, • Own Incident, Problem, Change, Request and Major Incident Management processes., • Ensure service management disciplines are consistently applied across internal teams and suppliers., • Maintain service governance forums and reporting., • Lead service reviews with key suppliers including MSPs, SOC providers and application partners., • Manage contractual service obligations and performance targets., • Drive supplier accountability and service improvement plans., • Support contract renewals, service transitions and commercial negotiations., • Own the Major Incident process., • Coordinate business communications during critical incidents., • Lead post-incident reviews and root cause analysis., • Ensure lessons learned are embedded., • Produce executive-level service reporting and dashboards., • Present service performance to ExCo and relevant governance forums., • Measure performance against agreed service targets., • Drive fact-based service improvement initiatives., • Develop a formal CSI programme., • Identify opportunities for automation and standardisation., • Improve operational efficiency, service quality and customer satisfaction., • Reduce recurring incidents and operational risk., • Support IT audit, cyber security and operational resilience requirements., • Ensure service processes align to COBIT, ITIL and organisational governance frameworks., • Maintain operational risk and issue registers., • Lead, coach and develop SDM., • Manage the on call rota., • Build a culture of accountability, ownership and customer focus., • Support succession planning and capability development., • Define clear objectives and performance expectations., • 8+ years in IT service management or service delivery leadership roles., • Experience leading Service Desk and Service Management functions., • Strong knowledge of ITIL best practice., • Experience managing third-party suppliers and outsourced services., • Experience operating within a multi-site enterprise environment., • Proven ability to lead operational transformation and service improvement., • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills., • Experience producing executive-level service reporting., • ITIL 4 Managing Professional or equivalent., • Experience in professional services or acquisitive organisations., • Experience of large-scale service transition programmes., • Knowledge of COBIT governance frameworks., • Experience working alongside MSPs and outsourced support models. Hybrid Competitive • Company Pension Scheme, • 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays, • Additional annual leave days from certain levels of seniority, • Ability to buy up to 5 days of annual leave to reach a maximum of 30 days per annum, • Business closure over Christmas*, • Life Assurance x4 annual salary, • Enhanced family leave policies, • Enhanced Company Sick Pay, • Employee Assistance Programme - 24/7 support, free and confidential, • Corporate Discounts Platform Flexible Benefits platform with ability to opt-in to various insurances (level of seniority dependent & self-funded at corporate rates) such as: • Critical Illness Cover, • Cash plan, • Cycle to work, • Eye care, • Dental, • subject to exceptions and business needs #J-18808-Ljbffr

Are you passionate about helping organisations transform the way they attract, develop and support their people? Join Sopra Steria’s newly formed Transformative Business Services (TBS) Consulting practice as our Head of HR & Workforce Transformation and play a leading role in building a new consulting capability from the ground up. This is a senior, market-facing leadership role where you will work with HR Directors, Chief People Officers and Transformation Leaders to shape workforce strategies, redesign HR operating models and deliver large-scale people-centred transformation programmes. Combining advisory expertise with AI, technology and operational delivery, you will help clients achieve sustainable change that delivers lasting impact. Working across the Public Sector, Financial Services and Utilities sectors, you will be responsible for winning new business, leading major transformation programmes and building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders. You will also establish and grow the HR & Workforce Transformation practice, developing innovative propositions, thought leadership and a high-performing team. If you're an entrepreneurial consulting leader who thrives on driving growth, leading complex transformation and shaping something new, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact. We can offer great career progression opportunities, ability to be based anywhere across the UK, benefits which you can flex to meet your needs, and training and development opportunities. This role is hybrid variable, with regular travel to our offices (London, Newport or Salford) and client sites. • Lead and grow the People & HR Transformation Consulting practice, defining the strategy, propositions and go-to-market approach, • Build trusted relationships with HR Directors, Chief People Officers, COOs and Transformation Leaders, driving new business and account growth., • Lead major sales opportunities and bids, overseeing the full lifecycle from qualification and solution design through to commercial negotiations and contract award., • Deliver large-scale workforce and HR transformation programmes, ensuring successful implementation, stakeholder engagement and measurable business outcomes., • Develop innovative consulting offerings, methodologies and thought leadership that combine people, technology and operational transformation., • Build and lead a high-performing consulting team, driving capability development, recruitment, performance, revenue growth and profitability., • Proven experience leading large-scale Workforce, HR and organisational transformation programmes, delivering measurable business and people outcomes across complex organisations., • Strong business development track record, with an established network of senior stakeholders and a demonstrable ability to win new business, lead bids and secure complex consulting engagements., • Deep expertise across workforce strategy, HR operating models, talent and skills transformation, recruitment, HR administration, payroll and employee services., • Experience designing and implementing target operating models, shared services and global business services (GBS), alongside process optimisation, change management and organisational redesign., • Strong understanding of AI, automation, HR technology platforms (including SAP, Oracle and Workday) and the use of data and analytics to drive workforce and business performance., • Proven ability to build and grow consulting capabilities, including developing propositions, creating methodologies, recruiting and coaching teams, and taking new offerings successfully to market. Employment Type: Full-time/Permanent Location: Candidates can be based anywhere, but must be able to travel on average 3 days per week, this will either be to our offices (London, Salford or Newport) or client site Security Clearance Level: Eligible for SC Internal Recruiter: Amy Salary: Up to £110k depending on experience Benefits: • 20% bonus, • £6,600 car allowance, • 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, • private medical, • life assurance, • pension, • generous flexible benefits fund Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. We’re a leading provider in the UK of re-imagined Business Support Services powered by next-generation technology. We combine the full power of Sopra Steria's Insight, Technology and Transformation capabilities to deliver positive, meaningful and long-lasting outcomes for our clients. We’re the partner of choice for organisations who are looking to tackle the most complex problems with new solutions. We empower our clients by providing innovative solutions and commercial models that help them meet their business needs, drive operational efficiencies, and deliver impactful value creation. We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We have partnered with Vercida, the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format. If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Are you passionate about transforming Finance, Procurement and Shared Services functions to deliver greater efficiency, value and impact? Join Sopra Steria’s newly formed Transformative Business Services (TBS) Consulting practice as our Head of Finance & Business Services Transformation and play a leading role in shaping a new consulting capability from the ground up. This is a senior, market-facing leadership role combining business development, consulting delivery and practice growth. Working with CFOs, Finance Directors, Chief Procurement Officers and Transformation Leaders, you will help organisations redesign operating models, optimise business services and deliver large-scale transformation programmes powered by AI, technology and operational excellence. You will lead major bids, win new business and oversee the delivery of complex Finance, Procurement, Shared Services and cost transformation programmes across the Public Sector, Financial Services and Utilities sectors. At the same time, you will build and lead a high-performing team, develop innovative propositions and establish Sopra Steria as a recognised leader in the market. Although this role is advertised as full‑time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible. We can offer great career progression opportunities, ability to be based anywhere across the UK, benefits which you can flex to meet your needs, and training and development opportunities. This role is hybrid variable, with regular travel to our offices (London, Newport or Salford) and client sites. If you're an entrepreneurial consulting leader who thrives on driving growth, building teams and delivering meaningful transformation outcomes, we'd love to hear from you. • Lead and grow the Finance, Procurement & Shared Services Consulting practice, defining the vision, strategy, propositions and go-to-market approach., • Build and maintain trusted relationships with CFOs, Finance Directors, Chief Procurement Officers and other senior stakeholders, driving new business and account growth., • Lead complex sales opportunities and major bids, overseeing the full lifecycle from qualification and solution design through to commercial negotiation and contract award., • Deliver large-scale transformation programmes, ensuring successful implementation, stakeholder alignment and measurable business outcomes., • Develop innovative consulting offerings, methodologies and thought leadership that combine advisory, technology and operational delivery capabilities., • Build and lead a high-performing consulting team, owning capability development, recruitment, performance, revenue growth and profitability., • Proven experience leading large-scale Finance, Procurement, Shared Services or cost transformation programmes, delivering measurable business, operational and financial outcomes., • Strong business development track record, with an established network of senior stakeholders and a demonstrable ability to win new business, lead bids and secure complex consulting engagements., • Deep expertise across Finance and Procurement processes, including FP&A, Record-to-Report, Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay, Treasury and revenue management., • Experience designing and implementing operating models, shared services and global business services (GBS), alongside process re-engineering, change management and performance improvement initiatives., • Strong understanding of AI, automation, ERP transformation (SAP, Oracle, Workday), digital procurement platforms and data-driven decision making within Finance functions., • Proven ability to build and grow consulting capabilities, including developing propositions, creating methodologies, recruiting and coaching teams, and taking new offerings to market. Full-time/Permanent Candidates can be anywhere, but must be able to travel on average 3 days per week, this will either be to our offices (London, Salford or Newport) or client site Eligible for SC Up to £110k depending on experience • 20% bonus, • £6,600 car allowance, • 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, • private medical, • life assurance, • pension, • generous flexible benefits fund We’re a leading provider in the UK of re‑imagined Business Support Services powered by next generation technology. We combine the full power of Sopra Steria’s Insight, Technology and Transformation capabilities to deliver positive, meaningful and long-lasting outcomes for our clients. We’re the partner of choice for organisations who are looking to tackle the most complex problems with new solutions. We empower our clients by providing innovative solutions and commercial models that help them meet their business needs, drive operational efficiencies, and deliver impactful value creation. We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We have partnered with Vercida, the UK’s largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format. If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Footasylum is a leading UK-based retailer specialising in streetwear and sportswear, committed to delivering innovative and trend-setting products to our customers, with a strong focus on digital transformation and data-driven decision-making. We are looking for a Financial Controller to head up the Reporting and Transactional Finance teams and to act as a true partner to the Finance Director. The role is varied and will be split between reporting, control and compliance with key responsibilities around capital expenditure and risk management. The role will report into the Finance Director but will also work closely with FP&A, Business Partnering and Procurement. The role will head up the reporting team (management accounts as well as other statutory and stakeholder reporting) and transactional teams (incl. cash and banking, accounts payable, and accounts receivable). In the area of CAPEX there will be requirements to partner with the wider business around capital projects and budgets. We are looking for someone who embodies the Footasylum values – Community, Collaborate and Challenge. You will be an expert in UK culture and a brand fanatic. • You will like to get 'stuck in', self-motivate and take ownership of your work, • You will be passionate and interested in the financial workings of a business, • You will strong leadership skills and the ability to motivate a team, • You will have a strong attention to detail and really care about the accuracy and reliability of your work, • You will be a strong communicator with the ability to report to a wide variety of stakeholders and partner the business on key financial and investment decisions, • You will have a strong grasp of technical accounting and its practical implications, • 3+ years post-qualification experience, • Oversee Management Reporting and Month End, • Lead on Statutory Reporting and Audit, • UK and overseas VAT returns (incl. liaising with tax advisors), • Corporation tax (incl. Capital Allowances, Transfer Pricing, R&D etc.), • Lead on the group’s insurance policies and risk management activity, • Manage FX risk through hedging activities, • Support on cashflow forecasting and liquidity management, • Ensure strong balance sheet controls and reconciliation, • Overseeing the transactional financial function including supplier and customer relationship management, • Budgeting and reporting capital expenditure; includes partnering the business on key capex/investment decisions, • Management of IFRS 16 Leases Line Manager – Finance Director Direct Reports – Reporting Manager and Transactions & Credit Control Manager We are one of the UK’s leading omni channel retailers, but as well as that, we’re a genuinely great place to work. We value you and your development. Our people across the business have taken on new opportunities, whether that’s stepping into a new role, moving into a different department, or building new skills through the support and training we offer. Our goal is to create a fun, supportive environment where your success matters just as much as ours, and where you have the tools, encouragement, and opportunities to achieve your goals. We recognise and value the importance of diversity to help make sure we have a diverse perspective when we are building services to customers and the wider business. This is great news for us. But for us, diversity is also about building happy, energised teams full of people who want to learn and want to be inspired by each other's different backgrounds. We review applications on an individual basis, and if we feel you would be a good fit we’ll invite you for a call or Teams video for an informal chat about the role, and to see if we’re a good fit for you. We value open and honest conversations and collaboration, giving you a chance to learn about what we are doing in an informal and friendly environment. We want to know about you and why you feel that this is the opportunity for you. Please note, this is not a remote role and our expectation is that you will be able to attend Head Office in a hybrid way, in Greater Manchester. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Manchester Full time At AQA, we’re committed to advancing education and we’re committed to our people. As the largest provider of academic qualifications in the UK, we mark over 10 million exam papers each year and it’s our people who make this happen. Director of HR Manchester | Permanent | Hybrid | £115,000 - £125,000 Shape the future of people leadership at AQA You'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of AQA through its people, providing the clarity, direction and strategic vision needed to help the organisation thrive during a period of growth, change and opportunity. Reporting directly to the Chief Operating Officer, you'll lead a People function of around 25 colleagues and help shape a people agenda that supports more than 1,500 employees across AQA Education. Working closely with leaders across the organisation, you'll champion a strategic business partnering approach, strengthen organisational effectiveness and workforce transformation driven by technology and AI, and ensure our people strategy helps drive long-term success. This is a role with significant strategic breadth and influence. You'll work closely with the Executive Team, Directors, Trustees and Trade Unions, providing trusted advice on organisational priorities, workforce planning, leadership capability, employee relations and organisational effectiveness. Most importantly, you'll help shape a clear and ambitious people vision that enables organisational success whilst creating an environment where people can thrive. Leading strategic people partnering A key focus of this role is continuing to strengthen AQA's approach to strategic people partnering. You'll lead and develop a high-performing team that works alongside leaders to solve organisational challenges, build capability, plan for the future and deliver meaningful organisational outcomes. We're looking for someone who sees HR as more than a support function, and who is comfortable managing risk. Someone who can build trusted partnerships, influence decision-making and help leaders navigate complexity with confidence and clarity. Alongside Strategic People Partnering, you'll lead: • Diversity & Inclusion, • Employee Relations, • People Advice, • People Services, • Pay, Reward & Benefits You'll work closely with the Head of People Operations, whose remit includes Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development and People Operations, to ensure a joined-up and effective people strategy. Shaping an inclusive future Creating a workplace where everyone feels they belong and can do their best work is a strategic priority for AQA. You'll lead our Diversity & Inclusion agenda, supported by a dedicated Head of Diversity & Inclusion and D&I Specialist. We've made genuine investment in this area because we believe greater representation, broader perspectives and inclusive leadership make us stronger as an organisation. You'll help ensure inclusion is embedded across our people strategy, leadership practices and employee experience, helping us better reflect and serve the communities we work with every day. You’ll thrive in this role if you have: • Significant senior HR leadership experience within a complex organisation, • A demonstrable track record of leading and developing strategic HR Business Partnering teams, • Extensive Employee Relations and Trade Union experience, • Experience influencing Executive, Board or Trustee-level stakeholders, • Experience shaping organisational change, workforce planning and leadership capability, • Excellent stakeholder management, communication and negotiation skills, • A collaborative, strategically minded and outcomes-focused approach, • The credibility and judgement to act as a trusted adviser to senior leaders What's in it for you? Alongside a salary of £115,000 - £125,000, you'll benefit from: • 25 days' annual leave, rising to 30 with service, plus bank holidays and additional Christmas closure days, • A 35-hour working week and flexible hybrid working arrangements, • An excellent pension scheme with combined contributions of up to 18.5%, • Private Medical Insurance, life assurance and a health cash plan, • Enhanced family-friendly policies, • Up to five paid volunteering days each year, • Ongoing professional development opportunities Most importantly, you'll have the opportunity to influence the future direction of a purpose-led organisation whose work impacts millions of learners and educators. What's Next? Initial Teams interviews are expected to take place during mid to late October, with final face-to-face interviews in Manchester in early November. We anticipate making a successful appointment by mid to late November. We're committed to providing a positive candidate experience and all applicants will receive a written outcome following their application. Our commitment to inclusion At AQA, we're committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels they belong and can do their best work. We value the different perspectives, experiences and backgrounds our people bring, knowing they strengthen our culture, decision-making and impact. We foster an inclusive environment where everyone is treated with respect, has access to opportunities to grow and contribute, and feels able to be themselves. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and lived experiences. #STEC Recruitment Agencies We have a preferred supplier list (PSL) in place. Unsolicited CVs will be treated as a gift. We will not be subject to or liable under your terms and conditions for agency fees. Summary The role has overall responsibility for People Partnering, Pay & Benefits, Employee & Industrial Relations, People Services, and Diversity & Inclusion, ensuring the delivery of integrated, high-quality people services across the organisation. Leading a team of People (HR) Business Partners and Advisors, you will provide the primary people interface for business areas across AQA. Together, you will build trusted partnerships with leaders, supporting them to create a sustainable, high-performing organisation, develop talent, drive organisational effectiveness, and foster an inclusive and engaging culture. Through a modern, insight-led and proactive approach, the team will deliver solutions that meets business needs alongside an outstanding employee experience. As a trusted adviser to the Chief Operating Officer, Executive Team and Directors Group, you will provide expert strategic counsel on people matters, helping to inform business decisions and organisational priorities. You will also work closely with the Employee Forum, recognised Trade Unions and employee diversity networks, building positive and constructive relationships that support meaningful engagement and collaboration across AQA. The postholder will lead the organisation's approach to Employee Relations, ensuring that people practices and decisions support organisational outcomes while operating within legal, regulatory and governance frameworks. In addition, you will oversee the People Services function, ensuring the delivery of an efficient, responsive and customer-focused service to employees and leaders. A visible and influential champion of Diversity & Inclusion, you will provide senior sponsorship for people-related D&I initiatives, embedding inclusive practices and helping to create an environment where all colleagues can thrive and contribute to their full potential.Landscape: AQA Group is more than an exam board, with AQA Education focusing on General Qualifications, alongside other parts of the Group focused on Vocational Qualifications and Educational Assessment Services. This role is focussed on AQA Education, which employs almost 1,500 permanent staff alongside seasonal staff and associates. As the UK’s leading provider of General Qualifications (GCSEs and A Levels), we are focused on organic growth, digital transformation and diversification through acquisitions in the UK and internationally. Our growth and diversification is driven by the aim of increasing our charitable impact and ensuring financial sustainability. This role is part of a wider Corporate Services Office leadership team and reports to the Chief Operating Officer. You will work closely with the Head of People Operations, who is responsible for People Systems & Data, Recruitment, and Learning & Development. Activities: Leadership & Line Management Provide strategic direction for the People function, aligning it with the overall people agenda and organisational goals. Set the department up for success, with clear priorities and the right resources. Role model and embed AQA’s desired culture, focusing on our strategy and our customers to create an inclusive workplace where people learn and grown, and can do their best work every day. Manage talent and performance of your team, holding colleagues to account for delivery and behaviour, and ensuring long term capability and organisational sustainability. Focus on achievement, taking ownership to drive change, continuous improvement and deliver results. As a senior leader, champion enterprise-wide initiatives and contribute to the development and implementation of the company's business strategy. Build HR business partnering capability: Lead and coach HR team members for effective business partnering, fostering development through clear feedback. Drive HR business partnering capability, building relationships, understanding of AQA strategy and acting as a "critical friend" with strong influencing and risk management skills. Provide high quality people analyses and recommendations to drive positive change in line with objectives. Lead the team in supporting informed and commercially sound decisions. Proactively engage with stakeholders to influence strategic projects. People (HR) Strategy and Planning: Co-lead the AQA people strategy by developing and executing an HR agenda that supports organisational growth and development. Lead workforce planning initiatives, ensuring the right talent and capability is in place to meet current and future business needs, and reflecting the impact of technology (including AI) on skills and the workforce. Lead the HR strand of business planning and contribute to an effective and value adding business process. Manage competing demands for people related activities, creating a unified HR strategy across AQA and gaining buy-in from organisational leaders on agreed priorities. Utilise people and business data and insights to proactively inform and influence both organisational decision making and the design of people products and services. Input to and analyse business cases and business planning to ensure people requirements are identified and addressed. Communicate AQA’s employee offer so that we retain and motivate existing and attract future talent. Plan and manage HR team expenditures and headcount within budget as part of the wider People Group budgeting and planning, ensuring the function delivers value for money. Organisation design and development: Drive organisational effectiveness by leading initiatives that enhance employee performance, engagement and satisfaction. Oversee organisational change efforts, including potential integration of acquisitions and restructuring, acting as the HR lead when necessary. Oversee AQA’s approach to job evaluation, ensuring roles are sized objectively, and that line managers are able to make fast, responsive and robust decisions about pay. Employee Relations: Manage and maintain positive employee relations, working closely with unions and employee representatives. Oversee HR policies and procedures, ensuring they reflect legal requirements, AQA's appetite for risk, and organisational culture and values. Oversee a specialist team to lead and resolve employee relations issues, ensuring support for organisational outcomes and adherence to legal and regulatory frameworks. Talent Management: Collaborate with leaders to identify talent needs, develop succession plans, and foster career development opportunities. In collaboration with People Group centres of expertise in Talent Acquisition and Learning & Development, implement effective strategies for recruiting, retaining, and developing top talent. Pay and performance: Lead on the design of competitive compensation and benefits programs, working closely with Talent Acquisition and Finance to ensure they are effectively implemented. Manage the pay and performance cycle and annual negotiations with unions, ensuring organisational leaders are ready and able to play their part in objective setting, regular feedback and calibration of contribution recommendations. General accountabilities: #J-18808-Ljbffr

OnCommerce is seeking a senior Head of Platform Engineering to own delivery, standards, and the long-term evolution of the platform, balancing live operations with a major transformation to a modern, composable architecture. You will lead multiple squads, drive ownership, and ensure reliable services across Buyer and Seller domains. You will partner with transformation and solution architecture leads, shaping the architecture and governance, while fostering a culture of accountability and #J-18808-Ljbffr

Reporting to the Category & Design Director, the Head of Quality, Compliance & Sustainability will lead the overall quality, product testing and safety, factory compliance and sustainability agenda across the business. The role will provide strategic leadership to the existing QA and QC teams whilst building a future-ready governance framework capable of supporting growth on a global basis A key objective is to integrate the business into the wider operating model, leveraging global resources, shared services and specialist expertise. The successful candidate will elevate the UK function from transactional execution to strategic governance, ensuring the team focuses on risk management, supplier performance, regulatory readiness and continuous improvement, whilst ensuring the day to day is delivered • Lead QA, QC, Compliance and Sustainability functions, writing procedures where needed and evolving methods of collection to meet customer requirements, • Manage sustainability and compliance communication internally and with customers, attending regular meetings, trainings, seminars., • Undertake ongoing research, study and training on latest sustainability and compliance requirements in the industry, • Work with the company's cross functional departments to facilitate checking traceability and validation of compliance, sustainability related paperwork, • Own quality strategy, product safety and compliance governance, advising and guiding team on global and relevant testing standards, • Develop supplier compliance programmes, audit frameworks and scorecards, driving improvement through ongoing work with In-Country sourcing teams, • Own quality strategy, product safety and compliance governance, advising and guiding team on global and relevant testing standards, • Evolve and Update Risk Assessments, • Act as subject matter expert on emerging UK and EU regulations., • Global Integration Act as the primary liaison between global Quality, Compliance, Sustainability and Sourcing teams., • Develop a roadmap to integrate processes into global operating frameworks., • Identify opportunities to transition administrative activities into shared service functions, keeping Uk resource focused on strategic priorities, • Establish clear ownership, governance and accountability across UK and global teams., • Drive organisational change and integration, • Regulatory Leadership Lead readiness for Digital Product Passports, EPR, PPWR, ESPR and future EU sustainability legislation., • Develop supply chain traceability and sustainability reporting capabilities., • Ensure compliance with retailers and regulatory requirements across all markets., • Direct leadership of QA, QC and Compliance personnel., • Develop future capability and succession plans., • Build a culture of accountability, continuous improvement and proactive risk management., • 10+ years' experience in Quality, Compliance, Product Safety, Sustainability or Supply Chain Governance., • Experience within Retail, Textiles, Homewares, Consumer Products, • Strong understanding of UK and EU consumer product legislation., • Experience managing supplier compliance and international supply chains., • Strong leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills., • Experience leading transformation, change management or shared service integration initiatives preferred., • Experience with ethical audit programs: SMETA, BSCI, SLCP, etc., • Experience with sustainability & environmental programs: GOTS, GRS, RCS, OCS, BCSS, Higg Index etc., • Understanding Sourcing and Selling market country laws, regulations - or research/study as needed Please be aware the duties listed above are an interpretation of the role and do not form any part of your employment contract. Please ask the interviewer any questions about the role that you wish to clarify. #J-18808-Ljbffr

At AQA, we're committed to advancing education and we're committed to our people. As the largest provider of academic qualifications in the UK, we mark over 10 million exam papers each year and it's our people who make this happen. Manchester | Permanent | Hybrid | £115,000 - £125,000 You'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of AQA through its people, providing the clarity, direction and strategic vision needed to help the organisation thrive during a period of growth, change and opportunity. Reporting directly to the Chief Operating Officer, you'll lead a People function of around 25 colleagues and help shape a people agenda that supports more than 1,500 employees across AQA Education. Working closely with leaders across the organisation, you'll champion a strategic business partnering approach, strengthen organisational effectiveness and workforce transformation driven by technology and AI, and ensure our people strategy helps drive long-term success. This is a role with significant strategic breadth and influence. You'll work closely with the Executive Team, Directors, Trustees and Trade Unions, providing trusted advice on organisational priorities, workforce planning, leadership capability, employee relations and organisational effectiveness. Most importantly, you'll help shape a clear and ambitious people vision that enables organisational success whilst creating an environment where people can thrive. A key focus of this role is continuing to strengthen AQA's approach to strategic people partnering. You'll lead and develop a high-performing team that works alongside leaders to solve organisational challenges, build capability, plan for the future and deliver meaningful organisational outcomes. We're looking for someone who sees HR as more than a support function, and who is comfortable managing risk. Someone who can build trusted partnerships, influence decision-making and help leaders navigate complexity with confidence and clarity. • Diversity & Inclusion, • Employee Relations, • People Advice, • People Services, • Pay, Reward & Benefits You will work closely with the Head of People Operations, whose remit includes Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development and People Operations, to ensure a joined-up and effective people strategy. Creating a workplace where everyone feels they belong and can do their best work is a strategic priority for AQA. You will lead our Diversity & Inclusion agenda, supported by a dedicated Head of Diversity & Inclusion and D&I Specialist. We've made genuine investment in this area because we believe greater representation, broader perspectives and inclusive leadership make us stronger as an organisation. You will help ensure inclusion is embedded across our people strategy, leadership practices and employee experience, helping us better reflect and serve the communities we work with every day. • Significant senior HR leadership experience within a complex organisation, • A demonstrable track record of leading and developing strategic HR Business Partnering teams, • Extensive Employee Relations and Trade Union experience, • Experience influencing Executive, Board or Trustee-level stakeholders, • Experience shaping organisational change, workforce planning and leadership capability, • Excellent stakeholder management, communication and negotiation skills, • A collaborative, strategically minded and outcomes-focused approach, • The credibility and judgement to act as a trusted adviser to senior leaders Alongside a salary of £115,000 - £125,000, you will benefit from: • 25 days' annual leave, rising to 30 with service, plus bank holidays and additional Christmas closure days, • A 35-hour working week and flexible hybrid working arrangements, • An excellent pension scheme with combined contributions of up to 18.5%, • Private Medical Insurance, life assurance and a health cash plan, • Enhanced family-friendly policies, • Up to five paid volunteering days each year, • Ongoing professional development opportunities Most importantly, you will have the opportunity to influence the future direction of a purpose-led organisation whose work impacts millions of learners and educators. As part of the application process, you'll also be asked to complete a short role-related application question, alongside AQA's standard Diversity & Inclusion question for senior-level appointments. Applications close at 23:59 on Sunday 27 September 2026. Initial Teams interviews are expected to take place during mid to late October, with final face-to-face interviews in Manchester in early November. We anticipate making a successful appointment by mid to late November. We're committed to providing a positive candidate experience and all applicants will receive a written outcome following their application. At AQA, we're committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels they belong and can do their best work. We value the different perspectives, experiences and backgrounds our people bring, knowing they strengthen our culture, decision-making and impact. We foster an inclusive environment where everyone is treated with respect, has access to opportunities to grow and contribute, and feels able to be themselves. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and lived experiences. We have a preferred supplier list (PSL) in place. Unsolicited CVs will be treated as a gift. We will not be subject to or liable under your terms and conditions for agency fees. This is a strategically critical leadership role, responsible for shaping and championing a customer-focused, outcomes-driven people agenda across AQA Education. The postholder will lead the development and delivery of people strategies that enable organisational success, enhance employee experience, strengthen culture, and support the achievement of AQA's strategic objectives. The role has overall responsibility for People Partnering, Pay & Benefits, Employee & Industrial Relations, People Services, and Diversity & Inclusion, ensuring the delivery of integrated, high-quality people services across the organisation. Leading a team of People (HR) Business Partners and Advisors, you will provide the primary people interface for business areas across AQA. Together, you will build trusted partnerships with leaders, supporting them to create a sustainable, high-performing organisation, develop talent, drive organisational effectiveness, and foster an inclusive and engaging culture. Through a modern, insight-led and proactive approach, the team will deliver solutions that meets business needs alongside an outstanding employee experience. As a trusted adviser to the Chief Operating Officer, Executive Team and Directors Group, you will provide expert strategic counsel on people matters, helping to inform business decisions and organisational priorities. You will also work closely with the Employee Forum, recognised Trade Unions and employee diversity networks, building positive and constructive relationships that support meaningful engagement and collaboration across AQA. The postholder will lead the organisation's approach to Employee Relations, ensuring that people practices and decisions support organisational outcomes while operating within legal, regulatory and governance frameworks. In addition, you will oversee the People Services function, ensuring the delivery of an efficient, responsive and customer-focused service to employees and leaders. A visible and influential champion of Diversity & Inclusion, you will provide senior sponsorship for people-related D&I initiatives, embedding inclusive practices and helping to create an environment where all colleagues can thrive and contribute to their full potential. AQA Group is more than an exam board, with AQA Education focusing on General Qualifications, alongside other parts of the Group focused on Vocational Qualifications and Educational Assessment Services. This role is focussed on AQA Education, which employs almost 1,500 permanent staff alongside seasonal staff and associates. As the UK's leading provider of General Qualifications (GCSEs and A Levels), we are focused on organic growth, digital transformation and diversification through acquisitions in the UK and internationally. Our growth and diversification is driven by the aim of increasing our charitable impact and ensuring financial sustainability. This role is part of a wider Corporate Services Office leadership team and reports to the Chief Operating Officer. You will work closely with the Head of People Operations, who is responsible for People Systems & Data, Recruitment, and Learning & Development. Provide strategic direction for the People function, aligning it with the overall people agenda and organisational goals. Set the department up for success, with clear priorities and the right resources. Role model and embed AQA's desired culture, focusing on our strategy and our customers to create an inclusive workplace where people learn and grown, and can do their best work every day. Manage talent and performance of your team, holding colleagues to account for delivery and behaviour, and ensuring long term capability and organisational sustainability. Focus on achievement, taking ownership to drive change, continuous improvement and deliver results. As a senior leader, champion enterprise-wide initiatives and contribute to the development and implementation of the company's business strategy. Lead and coach HR team members for effective business partnering, fostering development through clear feedback. Drive HR business partnering capability, building relationships, understanding of AQA strategy and acting as a "critical friend" with strong influencing and risk management skills. Provide high quality people analyses and recommendations to drive positive change in line with objectives. Lead the team in supporting informed and commercially sound decisions. Proactively engage with stakeholders to influence strategic projects. Co-lead the AQA people strategy by developing and executing an HR agenda that supports organisational growth and development. Lead workforce planning initiatives, ensuring the right talent and capability is in place to meet current and future business needs, and reflecting the impact of technology (including AI) on skills and the workforce. Lead the HR strand of business planning and contribute to an effective and value adding business process. Manage competing demands for people related activities, creating a unified HR strategy across AQA and gaining buy-in from organisational leaders on agreed priorities. Utilise people and business data and insights to proactively inform and influence both organisational decision making and the design of people products and services. Input to and analyse business cases and business planning to ensure people requirements are identified and addressed. Communicate AQA's employee offer so that we retain and motivate existing and attract future talent. Plan and manage HR team expenditures and headcount within budget as part of the wider People Group budgeting and planning, ensuring the function delivers value for money. Drive organisational effectiveness by leading initiatives that enhance employee performance, engagement and satisfaction. Oversee organisational change efforts, including potential integration of acquisitions and restructuring, acting as the HR lead when necessary. Oversee AQA's approach to job evaluation, ensuring roles are sized objectively, and that line managers are able to make fast, responsive and robust decisions about pay. Manage and maintain positive employee relations, working closely with unions and employee representatives. Oversee HR policies and procedures, ensuring they reflect legal requirements, AQA's appetite for risk, and organisational culture and values. Oversee a specialist team to lead and resolve employee relations issues, ensuring support for organisational outcomes and adherence to legal and regulatory frameworks. Collaborate with leaders to identify talent needs, develop succession plans, and foster career development opportunities. In collaboration with People Group centres of expertise in Talent Acquisition and Learning & Development, implement effective strategies for recruiting, retaining, and developing top talent. Lead on the design of competitive compensation and benefits programs, working closely with Talent Acquisition and Finance to ensure they are effectively implemented. Manage the pay and performance cycle and annual negotiations with unions, ensuring organisational leaders are ready and able to play their part in objective setting, regular feedback and calibration of contribution recommendations. Stay abreast of changes in employment laws and regulations Comply with all AQA data, security and regulatory policies and legislative requirements. Business area leadership teams Director of Finance Head of internal communications and employee engagement External industry thought leaders Director of Enterprise Technology Director of Programmes & Projects A real interest in what AQA does, its purpose and values Proven success in senior HR roles Solid technical HR and ER expertise CIPD qualifications at L7 or equivalent an advantage Excellent relationship building, communication and influencing skills. Proven negotiation skills, including with Trade Unions Quick, sound decision-making based on knowledge and judgment. Resilient and adept at managing multiple priorities. Experience in implementing People Strategy and delivering related services and initiatives, including leading people transformation initiatives such as mergers, acquisitions, TUPE, restructures and collective consultations Business outcome orientated approach to HR #J-18808-Ljbffr

Location: Manchester - 2 x days per week required onsite Duration: End of Jan, 2027 We're seeking a Head of Accounting Services to lead our clients Sales to Cash (StC) function within a large-scale shared services environment. This is a leadership opportunity for a commercially minded finance professional to drive operational excellence across working capital, billing, collections, cash application and financial controls. You'll oversee a critical finance operation responsible for circa £1bn of annual billing and collections activity whilst leading transformation, optimisation and service excellence across people, processes and technology. Working as part of the wider Finance Services leadership team, you'll partner with senior stakeholders across the business to improve cash flow performance, strengthen controls and deliver continuous improvement across a complex operational environment. • Provide strategic leadership for the end-to-end Sales to Cash process, • Drive improvements across billing, collections, cash application and reconciliation activities, • Lead working capital performance and support cash flow optimisation initiatives, • Ensure delivery against agreed SLAs, KPIs, governance controls and service standards, • Optimise SAP and associated finance systems, improving efficiency and control, • Partner with senior business leaders on working capital and commercial finance matters, • Lead, coach and develop a large finance operations team, • Drive transformation and continuous improvement across shared service processes, • Collaborate with peers across Finance Services to deliver organisational objectives and strategy We're looking for an experienced finance leader who combines technical expertise with strong operational and transformation capability. • ACA, ACCA, CIMA or other CCAB-recognised qualification, • Significant leadership experience within Shared Services, GBS or Finance Operations environments, • Deep understanding of Order-to-Cash, Sales-to-Cash, Credit Management and Collections processes, • Experience leading large-scale teams through change and transformation, • Strong SAP ERP experience and exposure to outsourced service delivery models, • Proven ability to improve controls, processes and operational performance, • Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, • Strong analytical, governance and risk management capability This role offers an outstanding opportunity to join a high-performing finance leadership team and play a pivotal role in driving operational excellence, working capital performance and finance transformation across a large and complex organisation. If you're an ambitious finance leader with a passion for operational improvement and people leadership, we'd love to hear from you. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Our client, a UK-based group, is seeking an experienced Head of Digital Services to lead end-to-end IT operations, technology strategy, and digital transformation across the organisation and its subsidiaries. This is a strategic and operational leadership role, responsible for delivering secure, reliable IT services while driving technology modernisation across infrastructure, business applications, cybersecurity, and ways of working. • Own the group-wide IT and digital services strategy, governance, and technology roadmap, • Lead IT service delivery across service desk, field support, infrastructure, and business systems, • Drive the implementation, optimisation, and ongoing development of Microsoft Dynamics 365, • Own and enhance the organisation’s management system, • Strengthen cybersecurity, data protection, compliance, and risk management, • Identify and embed AI technologies, including AI agents, safely and pragmatically to improve business outcomes, • Manage IT budgets, suppliers, contracts, and technology investments to deliver value for money, • Lead, develop, and inspire a multi-disciplinary IT team, • Ensure technology services continue to evolve in line with business objectives and organisational growth, • Senior leadership experience with responsibility for IT and digital services across multi-site organisations, • Strong service delivery expertise and ITIL-aligned operational management, • Proven cybersecurity leadership within regulated or sensitive environments, • Successful delivery of major IT systems, platforms, and transformation programmes, • Experience managing budgets, third-party suppliers, contracts, and technical teams, • Strong knowledge of Microsoft 365, Azure, cloud technologies, and modern workplace security, • Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 or similar enterprise business systems, • Experience within healthcare or another regulated environment is desirable, • A strategic, commercially minded approach combined with the ability to remain hands-on when required This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced IT Director, Head of IT, Head of Digital, or Head of Digital Services to shape and lead technology services at group level, balancing operational excellence with forward-thinking digital transformation. Competitive salary and hybrid working offered. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Manchester UK, hybrid (60% office presence per year after onboarding period) RedCompass Labs are payments experts focused exclusively on payments modernization. Over the last 23 years, RedCompass Labs has delivered 500+ projects across the world’s major payments schemes and platforms, including ISO 20022, SEPA, Swift, the Real-time Payments Network, and FedNow, ISO 20022 migrations, and FIS OPF, Finastra GPP, and ACI Worldwide. Its flagship Payments Expert Agent is an AI solution purpose-built for the full payments modernization software development lifecycle. Trained on decades of deep payments expertise and more than 30,000 curated documents, the agent is certified to SOC 2 Type II. RedCompass Labs supports clients from offices in London, Warsaw, Brussels, Miami, Boston, Toronto, and Pune. For more information, visit www.redcompasslabs.com. Imagine reducing a 14-day financial analysis task to just 2 hours. At RedCompass Labs, we don't just imagine-we've built it. We're transforming the trillion-dollar payments industry through intelligent automation. At the heart of our mission is AnalystAccelerator.ai, our proprietary multi-agent AI platform built to accelerate complex analysis in global banking and compliance. We’re seeking AI Data Platform Lead to own the data foundation the Payments Expert Agent depends on. Reporting to our Head of AI Engineering, you'll own the ETL platform behind our internal payments knowledgebase and the benchmarking strategy that tells us whether our agents and knowledge are actually any good. You'll line manage our DevOps team, working in a regulated, high-stakes environment where the quality of what the agent knows is the product. You will own the data platform and evaluation capability that determine how good our AI products actually are: • Own the ETL data platform that services and maintains our internal payments knowledgebase - ingestion, transformation, refresh, and quality., • Ensure a steady flow of accurate, real-time data into our knowledge stores., • Own AI agent and knowledge benchmarking - defining the strategy and building the implementation that measures agent and retrieval quality., • Develop infrastructure strategy and implementation for AI product deployment., • Develop observability of AI agent and knowledge usage - strategy and implementation., • Own the strategy to productionise internally trained LLMs - taking models from research into deployable form., • Leadour SRE and Observability team We’re seeking a hands-on technical leader who can set direction and build the thing themselves when it matters. • Track record building and owning production data platforms - ETL/ELT at scale, not just pipeline contributions., • Financial services experience, or experience with other highly regulated data sources., • Experience with RAG and knowledge retrieval systems, including how retrieval quality is measured and improved., • Hands-on with LLM and agent evaluation - benchmarking, eval harnesses, and regression testing of non-deterministic systems., • Python experience, and comfortable in an Azure-native environment., • Experience setting technical strategy and seeing it through to implementation - across data, infrastructure, and evaluation., • Experience line managing a technical team, including DevOps or platform engineers, with the judgement to know when to delegate and when to go hands-on., • Comfortable operating where the data is the product - you understand that knowledge quality determines whether the agent is trusted., • Background in financial services, payments, or another regulated domain., • Experience productionising trained or fine-tuned models, including serving and monitoring., • Experience with data platforms deployed into client-controlled environments., • Data platform: Azure-native - Data Factory, Functions, storage, and orchestration tooling., • Retrieval & knowledge: RAG systems, vector and hybrid search, Azure AI Search, MCP servers., • Evaluation: benchmarking and eval frameworks for agent and retrieval quality., • Core:Python, Docker, GitHub Actions / Azure DevOps Work with real purpose. At RedCompass Labs, your projects carry weight beyond the delivery plan. Our work sits at the intersection of global financial infrastructure and some of the most important crime-fighting efforts in the world. Through our RedFlag Accelerator, we help financial institutions identify the financial traces of human trafficking and child sexual exploitation - and the data platform that powers our AI products is a vital part of making that possible. This is technical leadership with a genuine reason to care. A place where your judgement is trusted. RedCompass Labs is built on expertise, not hierarchy. As Lead of AI Data Platform, you will have real ownership of the platform and evaluation strategy - not a supporting role on someone else's programme. Your perspective will be sought, your decisions respected, and your contribution visible at the highest levels of the organisation. A team that genuinely invests in its people. We are committed to your development - not just your output. You will have access to a dedicated Career Development Manager, structured performance reviews, and a culture that encourages continuous learning. Whether you are an emerging technical leader building your foundation or an experienced practitioner ready for a more complex challenge, we will meet you where you are. A global community of specialists. With colleagues across London, Warsaw, Brussels, Toronto, Pune, and Miami, you will work alongside some of the sharpest minds in payments. Our engagements span institutions, geographies, and regulatory environments - no two projects are alike, and the breadth of exposure is consistently one of the things our people value most about working here. • Up to 10% of annual earnings as a personal performance bonus, • Life insurance, • Group Income Protection, • Health Insurance for you and your family, • Dental Insurance for you and your family, • Pension: the pension is currently 4% employer and 4% employee. You also have the option to increase your contributions to your private pension, if you wish., • 28 days annual holiday plus Public & Bank holidays, • 7 days of sick leave paid 100% per annum RedCompass Labs is committed to promoting and supporting a diverse and inclusive workplace, ensuring fair and equitable treatment for all. This fuels innovation and enables us to work better together with each other and for our clients. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Job title: Head of eCommerce Location: Manchester Contract type: 12 Month Fixed Term Contract PZ Cussons is a FTSE250 listed consumer goods business, headquartered in Manchester, UK. We employ around 2,600 people across our operations in Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific and Africa. Since our founding in 1884, we have been creating products to delight, care for and nourish consumers. Across our core categories of Hygiene, Baby and Beauty, our trusted and well-loved brands include Carex, Childs Farm, Cussons Baby, Imperial Leather, Morning Fresh, Original Source, Premier, Sanctuary Spa and St. Tropez. Sustainability and the wellbeing of our employees and communities everywhere are at the heart of our business model and strategy, and captured by our purpose: For everyone, for life, for good. We have a fantastic opportunity within our Commercial function for a Head of Digital and eCommerce. This is a 12 month fixed term contract. This exciting role is responsible for shaping and leading the commercial digital growth strategy; optimising online channels, leading a high performing team and ensuring our brands win in a fast moving, highly competitive and accelerating channel. Digital and Ecommerce sits within the broader Commercial function, incorporating Distributor, Wholesale, Grocery, Discounter and High Street channels, Category and Commercial Strategy and Planning. The role reports into the Europe Sales Director and has a combination of direct and indirect reports. Digital and Ecommerce Strategy Development – define and execute a market leading ecommerce strategy to accelerate revenue growth across channels (D2C, pureplay, marketplaces, omnichannel retailers), translating consumer, shopper and category insights into clear digital growth plans P&L Ownership and Commercial Delivery – own the ecommerce P&L, revenue targets and profitability across channels, managing trade budgets and optimizing spending across channels to drive sales performance, underpinned by effective planning, forecasting and ROI centric investment decisions Strengthen Digital Brand Presence by building a cohesive ecosystem across websites, social, paid media, CRM and digital content, to ensure digital experiences reflect brand identity and meet consumer expectations Partner with Key Retailers and Platforms to manage relationships with online retail partners, and improve product discoverability, digital shelf performance, ratings and reviews, and trade spend effectiveness Lead Digital Transformation through championing the use of digital tools, data and automation to enhance marketing and sales effectiveness, and drive cross functional digital capability across marketing, sales and supply chain Ensure Operational Excellence through overseeing digital operations such as site performance, product content, merchandising, stock availability and fulfillment partnerships Build an Integrated Ecommerce Ecosystem to elevate digital capability across teams and enable the business to win online at scale Lead and Develop highly capable, high performing teams through fostering innovation, agility and a test and learn culture Degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience Significant experience in eCommerce or digital sales with the ability to define a multi-channel online growth strategy across marketplaces, channels and digital media. Strong demonstrable knowledge of eCommerce platforms, marketplaces and performance metrics Strong commercial acumen, with an understanding of P&L drivers, online customer economics, omnichannel demand levers and digital return on investment Digital transformation leadership and experience of embedding ways of working, tools, processes across the wider organisation Business planning and forecasting, with the ability to build accurate digital channel forecast and integrate them into broader category and commercial plans Deep understanding of retailer.com, marketplace management, content excellence and website experience Technical and data capabilities in data analytics, insight generation, digital shelf tools and customer journey mapping Strong leadership and influencing and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively Proven ability and passion in capability building to upskill teams cross functionally and strengthen the organisations digital muscle Change leadership – comfortable in managing ambiguity, driving adoption of new tools and processes and leading organisational transformation At PZ Cussons, we value diversity and make sure everyone feels included. We want our team to reflect society and our global customers. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and your unique perspective helps us develop brands and create new products for our consumers. If you need extra support during this process, please inform us so that we can accommodate your needs appropriately. It is important to us that all candidates feel recognised and have a good experience with PZ Cussons as part of our commitment to inclusivity. Dare to be bold, Discover what’s possible, and Do the incredible. #J-18808-Ljbffr

At BNY, our culture allows us to run our company better and enables employees’ growth and success. As a leading global financial services company at the heart of the global financial system, we influence nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day, our teams harness cutting‑edge AI and breakthrough technologies to collaborate with clients, driving transformative solutions that redefine industries and uplift communities worldwide. Recognized as a top destination for innovators, BNY is where bold ideas meet advanced technology and exceptional talent. Together, we power the future of finance – and this is what is all about. Join us and be part of something extraordinary. We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President, POM Technical Product Management to join our Reconciliation Services team. This role is located in Manchester. BNY is modernizing Reconciliations—shifting from manual processing to data‑led, AI assisted, agile delivery with embedded data intelligence. We are seeking a Senior Vice President to serve as a high‑impact, sole contributor in our Platform Strategy team. This SVP will be a key platform role—shaping the 3‑year plan, delivering complex insights and analysis, accelerating AI‑enabled transformation, and deputizing for the EPO where appropriate. The role collaborates closely with the locally based Head of Operations, and the Heads of Product and Engineering based in Pune. Drive end to end platform thinking across Product, Engineering, and Operations. Deliver transformative automation, insights, and process improvements using agentic AI solutions that enhance controls, efficiency, and client outcomes. Build scalability and first‑class client experience into reconciliations workflows. • Own and co‑author the 3‑year platform plan: target state, strategic intents, OKRs, and value realization roadmap., • Convert complexity into clarity: produce executive‑ready analyses, narratives, and recommendations that guide investment and prioritization., • Embed data intelligence and agentic AI into operating workflows to improve match rates, reduce exceptions, and elevate control quality., • Strengthen governance and execution discipline: establish performance cadences, KPI frameworks, risk/issue logs, and dependency maps., • Deputize for the EPO in key forums, reviews, and stakeholder engagements to maintain momentum and alignment., • Help the platform team set the north‑star vision for reconciliations (process, data, controls, user journeys) and translate into executable roadmaps., • Drive AI adoption across the Platform., • Align the strategy across technology, operations, risk, and finance; articulate outcomes, milestones, and measurable benefits., • Lead complex quantitative/qualitative analyses: throughput/capacity modelling, unit economics, SLA/defect metrics, productivity, and client impacts., • Stand up KPI frameworks, dashboards, and narrative packs; track benefits realization versus plan and highlight trade‑offs., • Identify and validate AI/ML opportunities (e.g., anomaly detection, match optimization, exception triage); design-controlled pilots and scale proven solutions., • Partner with engineering to prioritize capabilities, ensure backlog quality, and define non‑functional requirements (resilience, controls, scalability)., • Align data strategy (sources, lineage, quality, governance) to enable analytics and model deployment., • Run execution cadence (quarterly strategy reviews, monthly performance packs) and maintain decision/risk/issue registers., • Coordinate with control partners to ensure readiness across process, data, and change controls; adhere to model risk and operational risk practices., • Collaborate across firm‑wide stakeholders (Operations, Technology, Risk, Finance, Client teams) to unblock decisions and drive outcomes., • Communicate crisply to senior audiences; make clear recommendations with action plans and measurable success criteria., • Be Client Obsessed: Understand client products and drivers; anticipate needs and improve experience through swift issue resolution., • Spark Progress: Challenge the status quo; turn insights into experiments and improvements., • Own It: End‑to‑end accountability for data quality, rules, and exception outcomes—issues surface because controls worked., • Stay Curious: Continuously explore AI and analytics to enhance reconciliations; test, learn, and iterate., • Thrive Together: Collaborate across stakeholders and share knowledge; build trust and momentum., • AI Literacy: Apply agentic AI/ML where feasible; design for scale and controlled adoption., • Product Mindset: Measure outcomes, simplify processes, and scale solutions., • Design Thinking & Agile: Journey mapping, iterative delivery, and experimentation., • Data & Analytics: Data mining, visualization, and storytelling to drive decisions., • 10+ years in platform strategy, product/transformation, or operations within financial services; reconciliations/post‑trade experience preferred., • Proven track record delivering complex analyses and executive‑ready insights; expert at structuring problems and data‑driven decisions., • Hands‑on partnership with engineering on platform roadmaps and agile delivery; strong grasp of backlog management and NFRs., • Practical exposure to AI/ML in operations or risk; able to translate business problems into testable hypotheses and measurable pilots., • Strong financial acumen (business cases, benefit tracking) and operational metrics (SLA, throughput, quality, controls)., • Exceptional written/verbal communication, executive presence, and cross‑functional stakeholder management., • Thrives as a high‑impact sole contributor; proactive, accountable, and comfortable deputizing senior leadership., • Custody operations, reconciliations, exceptions management, or middle‑office experience., • Data fluency (SQL/BI/Prompt Engineering), KPI/dashboard design, data quality frameworks, and measurement discipline., • Familiarity with control environments and change practices relevant to AI‑enabled operations., • Manchester‑based; collaborates closely with the Head of Operations, Product and Engineering leadership., • Operates with transparent execution cadence (OKRs, reviews, dashboards, risk logs) aligned to BNY’s Strategic Pillars: Be More for our Clients, Run our Company Better, Power our Culture., • 30 days: Baseline current‑state metrics, risks, and dependencies; establish stakeholder map and governance cadence., • 60 days: Propose target‑state hypotheses, initial KPI framework, and prioritized opportunities (including AI/ML pilots); align OKRs., • 90 days: Finalize 3‑year plan with execution roadmap, benefit tracking, and control considerations; publish first executive performance pack. BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay‑for‑performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life’s journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter. BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Location: Manchester Type: Permanent Industry: Licensed Products Job Ref: TGN5577 Reporting to the Category & Design Director, the Head of Quality, Compliance & Sustainability will lead the overall quality, product testing and safety, factory compliance and sustainability agenda across the business. The role will provide strategic leadership to the existing QA and QC teams whilst building a future-ready governance framework capable of supporting growth on a global basis A key objective is to integrate the business into the wider operating model, leveraging global resources, shared services and specialist expertise. The successful candidate will elevate the UK function from transactional execution to strategic governance, ensuring the team focuses on risk management, supplier performance, regulatory readiness and continuous improvement, whilst ensuring the day to day is delivered MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES • Lead QA, QC, Compliance and Sustainability functions, writing procedures where needed and evolving methods of collection to meet customer requirements, • Manage sustainability and compliance communication internally and with customers, attending regular meetings, trainings, seminars., • Undertake ongoing research, study and training on latest sustainability and compliance requirements in the industry, • Work with the company’s cross functional departments to facilitate checking traceability and validation of compliance, sustainability related paperwork, • Own quality strategy, product safety and compliance governance, advising and guiding team on global and relevant testing standards, • Develop supplier compliance programmes, audit frameworks and scorecards, driving improvement through ongoing work with In-Country sourcing teams, • Own quality strategy, product safety and compliance governance, advising and guiding team on global and relevant testing standards, • Evolve and Update Risk Assessments, • Act as subject matter expert on emerging UK and EU regulations., • Global Integration Act as the primary liaison between global Quality, Compliance, Sustainability and Sourcing teams., • Develop a roadmap to integrate processes into global operating frameworks., • Identify opportunities to transition administrative activities into shared service functions, keeping Uk resource focused on strategic priorities, • Establish clear ownership, governance and accountability across UK and global teams., • Drive organisational change and integration, • Regulatory Leadership Lead readiness for Digital Product Passports, EPR, PPWR, ESPR and future EU sustainability legislation., • Develop supply chain traceability and sustainability reporting capabilities., • Ensure compliance with retailers and regulatory requirements across all markets., • Direct leadership of QA, QC and Compliance personnel., • Develop future capability and succession plans., • Build a culture of accountability, continuous improvement and proactive risk management., • 10+ years’ experience in Quality, Compliance, Product Safety, Sustainability or Supply Chain Governance., • Experience within Retail, Textiles, Homewares, Consumer Products, • Strong understanding of UK and EU consumer product legislation., • Experience managing supplier compliance and international supply chains., • Strong leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills., • Experience leading transformation, change management or shared service integration initiatives preferred., • Experience with ethical audit programs: SMETA, BSCI, SLCP, etc., • Experience with sustainability & environmental programs: GOTS, GRS, RCS, OCS, BCSS, Higg Index etc., • Understanding Sourcing and Selling market country laws, regulations – or research/study as needed #J-18808-Ljbffr

We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President, POM Technical Product Management to join our Reconciliation Services team. This role is located in Manchester. BNY is modernizing Reconciliations—shifting from manual processing to data‑led, AI‑assisted, agile delivery with embedded data intelligence. We are seeking a Senior Vice President to serve as a high‑impact, sole contributor in our Platform Strategy team. This SVP will be a key platform role—shaping the 3‑year plan, delivering complex insights and analysis, accelerating AI‑enabled transformation, and deputizing for the EPO where appropriate. The role collaborates closely with the locally based Head of Operations, and the Heads of Product and Engineering based in Pune. Drive end‑to‑end platform thinking across Product, Engineering, and Operations. Deliver transformative automation, insights, and process improvements using agentic AI solutions that enhance controls, efficiency, and client outcomes. Build scalability and first‑class client experience into reconciliations workflows. • Own and co‑author the 3‑year platform plan: target state, strategic intents, OKRs, and value realization roadmap., • Convert complexity into clarity: produce executive‑ready analyses, narratives, and recommendations that guide investment and prioritization., • Embed data intelligence and agentic AI into operating workflows to improve match rates, reduce exceptions, and elevate control quality., • Strengthen governance and execution discipline: establish performance cadences, KPI frameworks, risk/issue logs, and dependency maps., • Deputize for the EPO in key forums, reviews, and stakeholder engagements to maintain momentum and alignment., • Help the platform team set the north‑star vision for reconciliations (process, data, controls, user journeys) and translate into executable roadmaps., • Drive AI adoption across the Platform., • Align the strategy across technology, operations, risk, and finance; articulate outcomes, milestones, and measurable benefits., • Lead complex quantitative/qualitative analyses: throughput/capacity modelling, unit economics, SLA/defect metrics, productivity, and client impacts., • Stand up KPI frameworks, dashboards, and narrative packs; track benefits realization versus plan and highlight trade‑offs., • Identify and validate AI/ML opportunities (e.g., anomaly detection, match optimization, exception triage); design‑controlled pilots and scale proven solutions., • Partner with engineering to prioritize capabilities, ensure backlog quality, and define non‑functional requirements (resilience, controls, scalability)., • Align data strategy (sources, lineage, quality, governance) to enable analytics and model deployment., • Run execution cadence (quarterly strategy reviews, monthly performance packs) and maintain decision/risk/issue registers., • Coordinate with control partners to ensure readiness across process, data, and change controls; adhere to model risk and operational risk practices., • Collaborate across firm‑wide stakeholders (Operations, Technology, Risk, Finance, Client teams) to unblock decisions and drive outcomes., • Communicate crisply to senior audiences; make clear recommendations with action plans and measurable success criteria., • Be Client Obsessed: Understand client products and drivers; anticipate needs and improve experience through swift issue resolution., • Spark Progress: Challenge the status quo; turn insights into experiments and improvements., • Own It: End‑to‑end accountability for data quality, rules, and exception outcomes—issues surface because controls worked., • Stay Curious: Continuously explore AI and analytics to enhance reconciliations; test, learn, and iterate., • Thrive Together: Collaborate across stakeholders and share knowledge; build trust and momentum., • AI Literacy: Apply agentic AI/ML where feasible; design for scale and controlled adoption., • Product Mindset: Measure outcomes, simplify processes, and scale solutions., • Design Thinking & Agile: Journey mapping, iterative delivery, and experimentation., • Data & Analytics: Data mining, visualization, and storytelling to drive decisions., • 10+ years in platform strategy, product/transformation, or operations within financial services; reconciliations/post‑trade experience preferred., • Proven track record delivering complex analyses and executive‑ready insights; expert at structuring problems and data‑driven decisions., • Hands‑on partnership with engineering on platform roadmaps and agile delivery; strong grasp of backlog management and NFRs., • Practical exposure to AI/ML in operations or risk; able to translate business problems into testable hypotheses and measurable pilots., • Strong financial acumen (business cases, benefit tracking) and operational metrics (SLA, throughput, quality, controls)., • Exceptional written/verbal communication, executive presence, and cross‑functional stakeholder management., • Thrives as a high‑impact sole contributor; proactive, accountable, and comfortable deputizing senior leadership., • Custody operations, reconciliations, exceptions management, or middle‑office experience., • Data fluency (SQL/BI/Prompt Engineering), KPI/dashboard design, data quality frameworks, and measurement discipline., • Familiarity with control environments and change practices relevant to AI‑enabled operations., • Manchester‑based; collaborates closely with the Head of Operations, Product and Engineering leadership., • Operates with transparent execution cadence (OKRs, reviews, dashboards, risk logs) aligned to BNY’s Strategic Pillars: Be More for our Clients, Run our Company Better, Power our Culture., • 30 days: Baseline current‑state metrics, risks, and dependencies; establish stakeholder map and governance cadence., • 60 days: Propose target‑state hypotheses, initial KPI framework, and prioritized opportunities (including AI/ML pilots); align OKRs., • 90 days: Finalize 3‑year plan with execution roadmap, benefit tracking, and control considerations; publish first executive performance pack. BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay‑for‑performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life’s journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter. BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Birchall Blackburn Law is seeking an experienced Head of IT to lead our technology function in Manchester or Preston. You will shape and execute the IT strategy, drive digital transformation, and ensure robust cybersecurity and governance to support our growing legal services team. You will manage IT operations, lead internal teams and external partners, and oversee budgets, procurement, and risk management to deliver reliable, cutting-edge technology for clients and colleagues. #J-18808-Ljbffr

MRJ Recruitment is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a squad of six engineers and drive an AI-first transformation of the customer-facing digital experience across web and mobile apps in Manchester. Reporting to the Head of Engineering, you will partner with Product to shape plans, own delivery end-to-end, and define architectural direction within an AWS microservices environment, aligning technical delivery with strategic AI initiatives. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Working Pattern: Full time Working Arrangement: Hybrid Worker Interview Date/Type: 23 October 2026 / In Person SMART Working: We aim to offer flexibility wherever possible. Many of our colleagues work from home one or more days a week and/or adjust their hours. We call this SMART working - giving you the freedom to shape your working pattern around your life, whilst still delivering great outcomes. Speak with the hiring manager about the range of flexible working options available for this role. Lead Strategic Safeguarding. Influence System Change. Improve Outcomes for Trafford Residents. This is an exciting opportunity for an exceptional leader to join Trafford Council's Adults & Wellbeing Directorate as our Head of Strategic Safeguarding. At Trafford, we are committed to ensuring that safeguarding is at the heart of everything we do. As we continue to deliver our Improving Lives Everyday transformation programme and strengthen partnerships across the borough, we are seeking an experienced and innovative leader who can drive excellence in safeguarding practice, quality assurance and strategic development. As a key member of the Directorate Management Team, you will lead the strategic safeguarding agenda across Adult Social Care, ensuring that safeguarding remains central to decision making, service delivery and organisational improvement. This is a highly influential role with opportunities to shape policy, drive system-wide improvement and make a lasting difference to the lives of adults across Trafford. About the Role As Head of Strategic Safeguarding, you will provide strategic leadership for safeguarding adults across Trafford, ensuring the effective discharge of the Council's statutory responsibilities and promoting a culture of continuous improvement, learning and professional excellence. You will be the Directorate's designated safeguarding lead, providing expert advice and assurance to senior leaders on safeguarding practice, risk management, quality assurance and regulatory compliance. You will lead the development and delivery of safeguarding strategy, policy, practice and assurance arrangements across Adult Social Care, ensuring services consistently deliver high-quality outcomes for residents. Working closely with senior colleagues, elected members and partner agencies, you will influence the safeguarding agenda locally, regionally and nationally. A significant element of the role is providing strategic oversight of Trafford's Adult Social Care Safeguarding Hub and DoLS service, ensuring effective safeguarding pathways, high-quality decision-making and compliance with current and emerging legislative requirements. You will play a key role in shaping Trafford's approach to Mental Capacity legislation, Liberty Protection Safeguards and wider safeguarding reform. You will support and further develop the Trafford Safeguarding Adults Board and associated governance arrangements, working collaboratively with health, police, housing, provider organisations and wider partners to ensure safeguarding remains a shared responsibility across the system. You will champion learning from Safeguarding Adults Reviews and assurance activity, ensuring learning is effectively embedded to improve practice and outcomes. This role also has responsibility for leading strategic developments relating to Multi-Agency Risk Management, MARAC, MAPPA, Prevent and Persons in a Position of Trust arrangements, ensuring Trafford continues to deliver robust and effective adult safeguarding services. As part of the Adults & Wellbeing senior leadership team, you will contribute to the wider strategic direction of the Directorate, supporting transformation, service improvement and innovation whilst ensuring safeguarding remains central to our vision of helping residents live healthy, independent and fulfilling lives. We are looking for an experienced, credible and inspiring leader who is passionate about safeguarding and improving outcomes for adults with care and support needs. You will be a qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England and will bring significant senior leadership experience within Adult Social Care, safeguarding or a related field. You will have an excellent understanding of safeguarding legislation, statutory guidance, Mental Capacity legislation and the wider policy landscape affecting Adult Social Care. You will have a proven track record of leading complex services, driving organisational improvement and influencing strategic change across organisations and partnerships. Your experience will include developing safeguarding strategies, leading quality assurance arrangements and successfully working with a broad range of stakeholders in politically and strategically sensitive environments. You will be an engaging and collaborative leader with the ability to build credibility and influence at all levels. Comfortable working across organisational boundaries, you will have excellent communication, relationship-building and stakeholder management skills, together with the ability to analyse complex information and translate national policy into effective local practice. Most importantly, you will share Trafford's values and demonstrate a commitment to empowering people, promoting inclusion, fostering collaboration and delivering the very best outcomes for residents, communities and partners. This is an opportunity to join an ambitious and forward-thinking organisation where safeguarding is a strategic priority and where your leadership can genuinely make a difference. An enhanced DBS Check with adults barred list will be required. Contact: Charlotte Walker (Charlotte.Walker@trafford.gov.uk, 07855 977 214). Trafford is a vibrant, inclusive borough at the heart of Greater Manchester. Home to 235,000 residents, four thriving town centres, over 11,000 businesses, and 60+ parks and green spaces. We’re a place where community and opportunity meet. With excellent transport links, a proud heritage as the birthplace of the NHS, world-class sporting venues and outstanding schools, Trafford is a fantastic place to live, work, and thrive. We’re more than just a local authority; we’re a team of passionate people committed to making a real difference. We deliver essential services that matter, from education and social care to business support, licensing, libraries and leisure and much more. No matter what your role is with us, you will help us to create a borough where all our “residents, businesses and communities thrive.” Our values are at the heart of everything we do. They’re not just words on a wall, they shape how we work together, make decisions, and support each other every day. They help us create a workplace where everyone feels valued, heard, and inspired to do their best. If you share these values and want your work to have real purpose and impact, Trafford is the perfect place to grow your career. Alongside a competitive salary, we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your wellbeing, development and work-life balance: • Generous Leave: Start with 26 days of annual leave (plus bank holidays), with options to carry over or buy extra days., • Flexible Perks: Discounts on car leasing, cycle to work, home tech, plus family friendly policies and hybrid working, • Invest in your future: Join our generous Local Government Pension Scheme for peace of mind., • Grow with us: We'll support your development at every stage! Through leadership programmes like our EPIC Manager, LEAP into leadership and senior leadership. Plus, you’ll have access to specialist qualifications and personal coaching to unlock your full potential., • Wellbeing First: Guided wellbeing walks and “Tea and Talk” sessions, and events like World Mental Health and National Fitness Day., • Connect with us: Connect with colleagues through our staff forums or join our Let’s Talk events to network, share ideas, and hear about the exciting work happening across our council., • Be Celebrated: For all your hard work, ideas and contributions through at our annual Time to Shine event, our cheers for peers’ scheme or through our EPIC Star Awards., • Pre-Employment Checks: If offered a role, as a minimum we’ll need to verify your right to work in the UK, receive two satisfactory references, and medical check. Trafford Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All post holders are subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks, including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Check., • Please note: We are not a licensed sponsor and will not be able to support with your work visa., • Privacy Notice: We respect your privacy. For details on how we collect, process, and protect your data, please click here: Recruitment and employment privacy notice | Trafford Council privacy notice | Trafford Council Role Profile #J-18808-Ljbffr

Join a leading Managed Service Provider based in Manchester on the lookout for a Head of Account Development to join their team. They are looking for a transformational leader to move their account strategy from a product‑led approach to a sophisticated, business outcome model. A successful applicant will be a proven leader and mentor who values team success and culture. • Job Title: Head of Account Development, • Location: Manchester, • Strategic Autonomy: Your primary product is the team, given the responsibility to overhaul sales direction and build a culture, • Upward Trajectory: The business is scaling fast, rapidly expanding their engineering and sales teams over the last few years, • Modern Tech Stack: A vendor‑agnostic business with world leading partners in networking, cybersecurity, UCaaS, and CCaaS, • Team Based Bonus: Unlike many roles, your commission is tied to the success of your team, reinforcing your role as a mentor and leader rather than an individual contributor, • Team Leadership: Manage and coach a team of around 10 Account Managers/Development Managers, • Transformation: Lead the shift from selling technology features to selling business outcomes and services, • Stakeholder Management: Work closely with the board and vendor partners to align account strategies with broader business goals Apply now for a leadership role where you can truly leave your mark on the tech industry! • Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level, • Employment type: Full‑time, • Job function: Sales and Information Technology, • Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting #J-18808-Ljbffr

Type: Full-time, permanent Working pattern: Flexible, home, office or hybrid Location: Within 50 miles of an office, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Leeds, Manchester or London We're hiring an Agentic Solutions Engineer to lead the earliest, most open stage of our client work. You'll be the first engineer through the door on a new client engagement. Before there's a team, before there's a plan, with no one ahead of you telling you how to build it. Just a client trusting you to work out what's possible, then build the proof a delivery team can scale from. Most engineering roles start once the hard decisions are made. This one starts before them. If that sounds exciting rather than daunting, this could be for you. You decide how the work gets done. Most companies wrap their AI accounts in governance and access controls that block half of what's useful. We don't. Swap one AI tool for another, wire them into your stack, whatever suits the problem. No permission needed. The work spans sectors, from healthcare and commerce to media and education, and it's live transformation that ships. On a recent 19-week build, an AI insights platform turning complex data into clear, multilingual analysis, AI was embedded from day three and 80.5% of authored commits carried verifiable AI co-authorship. We call the approach Run: deliver something the business needs now, use that work to set better engineering practices, and leave the team stronger than you found it. You're close to clients from the start, so the effect of your decisions is visible. We're a UK digital product consultancy and a certified B Corp, with 20 years behind us and teams in Edinburgh, Newcastle, Leeds, Manchester and London. AI reaches beyond the engineering floor. Around 40 people across the business, recruitment and operations included, are working out how AI changes their own roles. Turn customer goals into a solution architecture and technology choices. Build proofs of concept that validate your design and hand off cleanly. Define the agentic engineering pipeline: tooling, workflows and guardrails for AI coding agents. Shape the quality strategy, including test approach and code review. Make other engineers more capable, pairing on real work and leaving patterns client teams can own. Own the architectural decision records. You’ll be in front of clients from the first week, not just building behind the scenes. Shaping ambiguous problems and explaining your thinking to non-technical people is core to the job. If you'd rather keep your head down and code, this isn't for you. Real experience using AI agents to build production software, not copy-pasting from ChatGPT. The ability to break down a complicated, poorly defined problem and ship something that works. Strong TypeScript or Python, comfortable across the full stack, with frameworks such as NestJS or FastAPI. Experience meeting and presenting to clients directly. Strong written communication, especially for ADRs and docs others rely on. Experience in consulting, professional services or a forward-deployed role. A pragmatic take on architecture, sized to POC, pilot or production. This is a permanent role. We don't mandate office days, but we value time together in person, as a team and with clients. From time to time there will be client presentations and meetings we'd expect you to attend in person. To make that work, you'll need to be based within 50 miles of one of our offices in Edinburgh, Newcastle, Leeds, Manchester or London. Agentic Solutions Engineer (UK) • Manchester, England, United Kingdom #J-18808-Ljbffr

Birchall Blackburn Law is seeking an experienced Head of IT to drive technology strategy, digital transformation, and cybersecurity across the firm. You will lead the IT function, align technology with business goals, and partner with senior leadership to deliver innovative services. The role focuses on delivering robust IT operations, governance, and strategic technology investments to support client service and growth in a professional services environment. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Interim Head of Group Consolidation & Reporting A leading UK-listed media business is seeking an experienced Interim Head of Group Consolidation & Reporting to join its finance leadership team on a 12-month fixed-term basis. This is a high-profile role within a complex international group undergoing a significant period of strategic change. Reporting into senior finance leadership, you will take ownership of the group consolidation process, lead a team of qualified accountants, and ensure accurate and timely reporting across a large multi-entity environment. Key Responsibilities • Lead the monthly group consolidation process across a complex international business, • Manage and develop a team of Group Financial Accountants, • Oversee the accounting treatment of acquisitions, disposals and other corporate transactions, • Support delivery of half-year and year-end reporting requirements, • Act as a key finance partner to global subsidiaries and senior stakeholders, • Drive continuous improvement across reporting processes, controls and systems, • Contribute to budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning activities, • Partner closely with Group Tax, Treasury and FP&A teams About You • Fully qualified accountant (ACA or ACCA), • Strong background in large-scale group consolidations within a complex corporate environment, • Hands-on experience with Oracle FCCS, • Expert knowledge of IFRS and technical accounting, • Proven experience leading and developing finance teams, • Comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment with evolving priorities, • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, • Listed or large multinational group environment, • Exposure to acquisitions, disposals, carve-outs or wider corporate transactions, • Track record of delivering process improvements within reporting and consolidation functions This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-known international organisation and play a key role during a period of transformation while leading a critical finance function. #J-18808-Ljbffr

ADI now has an exciting opportunity for a Head of Marketing EMEA to join our International Marketing Leadership Team based from our Head Office in Oldham, Greater Manchester. In this strategic leadership role, you will lead the EMEA Marketing function, driving profitable growth across our branch network, ecommerce platform and sales channels. Leading a team of 15 marketing professionals across 8 countries, you will be responsible for defining and delivering the regional marketing strategy, creating an integrated omnichannel approach to customer acquisition, engagement, retention and growth. As the Head of Marketing EMEA, you will work closely with regional Sales Leadership, Country Management, Category Management and Ecommerce teams to ensure marketing investment delivers measurable commercial results. Reporting to the Marketing Director, EMEA, you will play a key role in shaping the future growth of the business across the region. • Define and deliver the EMEA marketing strategy aligned to regional business objectives and country priorities., • Lead, develop and inspire a team of 15 marketers across 8 countries, creating a high-performance culture and driving collaboration across the region., • Work closely with Sales, Ecommerce, Category Management and Country Leadership teams to deliver integrated marketing programmes that support revenue growth., • Drive customer acquisition strategies that generate high-quality leads and convert prospects into active customers., • Lead retention and growth marketing programmes focused on onboarding, repeat purchase, cross-sell, reactivation and customer lifetime value., • Guide Country Marketing Managers in developing effective local marketing plans while maintaining regional consistency and best practice., • Lead Account-Based Marketing initiatives targeting key accounts and strategic growth opportunities., • Utilise customer insight, behavioural data and market intelligence to improve targeting, personalisation and campaign performance., • Lead the development and optimisation of marketing automation, CRM and customer data capabilities across EMEA., • Build scalable customer journeys across acquisition, onboarding, growth, retention and reactivation programmes., • Establish best practices for campaign delivery, data quality, testing, reporting and measurement., • Manage the EMEA marketing budget, ensuring strong return on investment and maximising supplier-funded marketing activities., • Measure marketing performance through key metrics including customer growth, customer retention, conversion, pipeline contribution and revenue impact., • Significant senior marketing leadership experience within a multi-country B2B organisation., • Proven experience driving customer acquisition, retention and growth marketing programmes., • Strong expertise in Marketing Automation, CRM platforms and customer data-driven marketing., • Experience delivering successful marketing strategies across ecommerce, branch/store and sales channels., • Strong commercial acumen with experience managing significant marketing budgets and demonstrating ROI., • Excellent leadership, stakeholder management and communication skills., • Ability to influence and drive change across a complex international matrix organisation., • Experience leading geographically dispersed teams across multiple countries., • Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate customer and performance data into actionable business insights., • Experience implementing scalable customer lifecycle and personalisation programmes., • Knowledge of Account-Based Marketing and advanced lead generation strategies., • A collaborative leadership style with the ability to balance strategic thinking and hands‑on execution., • Competitive salary with annual bonus scheme, • Opportunity to lead marketing across a diverse and fast-growing EMEA region., • Strategic leadership role with significant visibility and influence across the business., • Collaborative, supportive and international working environment., • Hybrid working and flexible approach to work., • Opportunity to shape the future of customer growth, marketing innovation and digital transformation across EMEA. #LI-KN1 #LI-HYBRID ADI is a leading global distributor and solutions provider of security, AV, and smart living technologies, helping professionals deliver smarter, safer, and more connected experiences for homes and businesses around the world. Through trusted brands, exclusive solutions, and strong industry partnerships, ADI supports more than 110,000 customers across residential and commercial markets globally. From security and video surveillance to networking, audio, automation, fire, and connected technologies, ADI offers a broad portfolio of products, services, and software designed to support the evolving needs of integrators, installers, and technology professionals. With a global team spanning operations, sales, supply chain, digital, customer experience, engineering, and more, ADI combines deep industry expertise with innovation and service to help customers grow and succeed in an evolving industry. With a global team spanning operations, sales, supply chain, digital, customer experience, engineering, and more, ADI combines deep industry expertise with innovation and service to help customers grow and succeed in an evolving industry. At ADI, our teams help create the technologies, partnerships, and experiences that keep people connected, protected, and supported every day. Learn more at www.adiglobal.com. You can find out more about how the talent community works here: ADI Talent Community Terms. Our recruitment privacy notice ADI - Recruitment Privacy Notice describes in more detail how we process your personal data and how you can exercise your personal data rights. If a disability prevents you from applying for a job through our website, request assistance here. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Design Lead Brand & Studio Stockport | Hybrid 3 days in the office | Up to £60,000 Senior design leadership role not a brand marketing or marketing management position Does the idea of leading the visual roll-out of a major rebrand excite you? This is an opportunity to take ownership of how a newly created brand identity is brought to life across a growing FinTech business from design systems and brand guidelines through to its implementation across every customer touchpoint. The brand identity has already been developed by an external agency partner following extensive research. Your role will be to take that foundation and turn it into a consistent, recognisable and high-quality visual identity across the business. The role: Youll lead the design direction, implementation and ongoing development of the brand while managing an existing studio team of three. This is a hands-on design leadership position: youll combine creative direction and design expertise with studio leadership, team development and the practical delivery of a company-wide rebrand. Lead the visual roll-out and activation of the new brand identity across digital and offline touchpoints. Turn the existing brand strategy and identity into scalable design systems, principles, standards and frameworks. Create and maintain clear brand guidelines and ensure consistent application across existing brands, products and future acquisitions. Lead and develop a team of three designers and oversee the wider studio, improving processes, skills and ways of working. Work closely with the Head of Marketing and senior leadership team to translate business requirements into high-quality design solutions. Develop the visual identity further, including the launch and creative development of a distinctive brand mascot and its visual language. Oversee the design and creative execution of campaigns and brand activity, ensuring everything remains consistent with the visual identity. Explore AI and new creative tools where they can improve studio efficiency and free designers to focus on higher-value creative work. What were looking for: A substantial background in graphic design, brand design, art direction or creative direction. Strong examples of leading or delivering major rebrand, brand transformation or brand identity roll-out projects. A portfolio demonstrating your personal design contribution and ability to develop a visual identity across multiple touchpoints. Experience managing, mentoring and developing designers and running a creative studio. Strong knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite and Figma. Experience creating design systems, brand guidelines, visual standards and scalable creative frameworks. Evidence of embracing AI and new creative tools where they genuinely improve design workflows. The seniority, confidence and gravitas to lead the studio and influence design decisions across the wider business. The rebrand experience is essential: Were specifically looking for someone who has been through a substantial rebrand or brand transformation before. This isnt simply a role focused on producing brand campaigns: youll be responsible for taking an established identity and embedding it consistently across a growing organisation. Things to know: Youll be working across an interesting range of FinTech products sold into sports, luxury and leisure markets. Creative testing and iteration are encouraged, including using behavioural insight and feedback to improve design and creative execution. Hybrid working with 3 days per week in the Stockport office. Central Stockport location with free onsite parking and public transport on the doorstep. Flexible working, with core hours of 10am-4pm and start times from 7.30am. Strong benefits package, paid overtime and structured career development and progression opportunities. Application portfolio required Please provide a link to your design portfolio and briefly describe a brand identity or rebrand project that you personally led or were responsible for implementing. How to apply If youve led a significant rebrand from a design perspective, have the portfolio to demonstrate it, and are excited by the opportunity to lead a studio through its next phase, wed love to hear from you. TPBN1_UKTJ

NHS Shared Business Services is seeking a strategic Head of Finance Consulting to lead and grow the finance consulting capability for NHS clients. You will build a high‑performing team and shape the strategic direction while managing executive‑level client relationships. The role requires extensive NHS finance transformation experience, strong commercial awareness and a proven track record of delivering measurable outcomes. The role is hybrid with travel to offices and client sites across the UK. #J-18808-Ljbffr