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Key Responsiblities Applications close: Tuesday, 10th February 2026 at 5:00 pm The Finance Assistant will assist with the processing of accounts payable and accounts receivable transactions in a small finance team, as well as being the Finance main point of contact between Japan House London and Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Finance Assistant will be responsible for ensuring that all finance documents are translated and submitted to MoFA according to the agreed contract.The role will extend to all areas of accounts payable from authorisation through to payment, and the Finance Assistant will have an integral role to play in the month-end reporting. The Finance Assistant will also be required to support the Financial Accountant and the Finance Director with the preparation of financial reports for upper management. KEY RELATIONSHIPS Internal • Finance Team, • Director General of Japan House London, • Executive Management Committee members, • Budget holders across Japan House London External • The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo (MoFA), • Commercial Operators (Retail and Restaurant), • External Auditors KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Accounting • Process high volumes of supplier invoices accurately in a timely manner and with great attention to detail, ensuring correct coding, approvals, and documentation., • Proactively manage the invoice workflow, including chasing approvals, resolving discrepancies, and preventing backlogs., • Prepare and execute payment runs (BACS and international payments where applicable in line with internal controls), • Reconcile supplier statements and investigate unmatched or disputed items., • Liaise with suppliers and internal stakeholders (project managers, operations and restaurant) to resolve invoice and payment queries., • Work as part of a team to assist with the raising of sales invoices., • Assist with the month-end close, including processing of accounting journals and reconciliations (inc. bank) as required, • Assistance with ad hoc finance projects as they arise, • Deal with ad hoc queries as necessary MoFA Liaison • Act as main point of contact between Japan House and Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on finance-related issues, coordinating and processing finance and accounting-related matters., • Assist in the submission of financial reports and documents required from MoFA in Japanese, including creating approval letters, invoices and reports., • Ad hoc translations and document preparation/submission along with the Finance Director., • Arranging informal meetings with MoFA staff and keeping notes of matters discussed., • Translation work for various emails and documents., • Such other duties and activities as may be required from time to time Skills, Knowledge & Experience Essential • At least two years of experience in a finance or accounts-based role, • Fluent in both written and spoken English and Japanese, with a high proficiency in business language standards, • Excellent Excel skills including pivot tables and VLOOKUP, • Competency in MS applications including Word and PowerPoint Desirable • Finance qualification or degree from an accredited college, or working towards this, • Knowledge of Xero or any other ERP systems would be an advantageCAPABILITIES, • Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively, • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, • Excellent time management skills, including the ability to prioritise and work to strict deadlines, • Proactive, self-starter attitude; helping to improve processes and reduce the likelihood of errors, • Alignment with Japan House London Values of Omotenashi, Integrity, Cultivation, Open-ness and Shared Passion Work Environment • Our aim is for a flexible approach to work locations, balancing regular on-site presence and working remotely. For this role we anticipate an average of 2-3 days per week on site., • Some duties will be carried out in Japan House London public spaces, • Office is based at Japan House London, Kensington High Street., • Normal working hours are seven hours per day, five days per week, with core hours from 10am to 3pm. Benefits • Generous holiday allowance – up to 36 days per year inclusive of public and bank holidays, • Group life insurance scheme, • Health & Wellbeing app including remote GP service and access to counselling, physiotherapy and life coaching services, • Cycle to work scheme, • Employee discount for the Japan House Shop and Stand, • Discount platform for high street shops, • Access to perks and discounts local to Kensington High Street, London, • Personal learning budget after 6 months’ service About us At Japan House London we offer the opportunity to experience the best and latest from Japan. Located on London’s Kensington High Street, the experience we cultivate is an authentic encounter with Japan, engaging and surprising even the most knowledgeable guests. Presenting the very best of Japanese art, design, gastronomy, innovation, and technology, we work to deepen the visitor’s appreciation of all that Japan has to offer. At the same time, we cultivate our own understanding of Japan and Japanese cultures.

About Nteractive At Nteractive, we bring experiences to life. Whether it’s global events, internal communications, or transformative campaigns, we help some of the world’s biggest brands connect with their people in extraordinary ways. And none of that happens without the right people, in the right place, at the right time. We are specialists in the technology sector. We create incredible live brand experiences – the sort that really make a difference. Experiential marketing campaigns, product launches, conferences, incentive programmes, exhibitions, VIP experiences, store launches, hospitality programmes, digital campaigns, brand films, internal communications programmes and much more. We’re looking for a highly organised, collaborative, and career-focused Finance Assistant to join our growing team. This hybrid role is perfect for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, varied finance environment, is eager to learn, and wants to develop new skills while supporting the smooth running of our finance operations. What you'll be doing As Finance Assistant, you’ll be an essential part of our Finance team, working closely with colleagues to manage reconciliations, expenses, invoices, and project administration. You’ll report to the Senior Finance Manager, gaining exposure to new finance projects and developing your career in a dynamic, supportive environment. Key responsibilities include: • Reconciling and processing all company credit cards., • Checking and processing staff expenses., • Monitoring the accounts payable inbox and managing invoice authorisations through Acumatica., • Managing project administration in the accounting and expenses systems., • Providing general administrative and finance support to the Senior Finance Manager and Finance Director., • Assisting on ad-hoc finance projects and tasks as required. What you will bring We’re looking for someone who is ambitious, a strong team player, and keen to grow their career in finance. • Ideally 1+ years’ experience in Accounts Payable or expense processing, with a good understanding of VAT., • Strong Excel skills (experience with Acumatica or Webexpenses is desirable but not essential)., • A proactive, “can-do” attitude, with the willingness to learn new finance systems and processes., • Strong collaboration and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with colleagues and stakeholders., • Highly organised with excellent attention to detail., • Comfortable working under pressure in a fast-paced environment., • Ability to work independently while being a supportive team player. Why you'll love working here • A genuinely supportive and collaborative culture where people come first., • Career development opportunities and exposure to varied finance projects., • A fast-paced environment where you can learn, grow, and make a real impact., • An inclusive, down-to-earth team passionate about quality and innovation.Benefits, • Annual leave – 33 days including Bank Holidays., • Summer Hours., • Pension (5% employee, 3% employer)., • Wellbeing & Inclusion Initiatives including access to an EAP., • Enhanced Maternity and Adoption Pay., • Rewards & Recognition incentives., • Volunteering Day., • Private Medical Insurance & Cash Plan., • Generous Talent Referral Scheme., • Life Insurance., • Birthday vouchers., • Eyecare vouchers.Other Requirements, • Hybrid working (Staines office & remote)., • Quiet home environment with minimum 25MB download / 2MB upload broadband speed (for remote working). If you’re detail-driven, thrive in a team environment, and want career development in a dynamic finance team, we’d love to hear from you. For further details contact _. About us We are Experience Architects with an ambition to cultivate client trust and brand value. We are a people first agency where our passion and boundless collaboration combine to deliver excellence for our clients. We are commercially aware and drive value for our clients and Nteractive by seeking efficiencies and cost effectiveness without compromising the creative vision. We are forward thinking and constantly pushing ahead for ourselves and our clients. We are specialists in the technology sector. We create incredible live brand experiences – the sort that really make a difference. Experiential marketing campaigns, product launches, conferences, incentive programmes, exhibitions, VIP experiences, store launches, hospitality programmes, digital campaigns, brand films, internal communications programmes and much more. Our Commitment We eagerly seek individuals who bring diversity of background, experience, and thought to create an engaging work environment, foster innovation and better understand and meet the needs of our users. We encourage people from underrepresented and/or marginalized backgrounds, including BIPOC, LatinX, LGBTQ+, women, and people with disabilities, to apply.

Finance Assistant (FTC) £40,000 - £45,000 Remote THE COMPANY: Our client is a mid-level broker based in the heart of the City, who are looking for a Finance Assistant that has management accounts exposure and has proven experience within the financial services industry. THE ROLE: • Prepare weekly reports and assist with quarterly VAT returns, balance sheet reconciliations, leases, fixed assets, and annual audit., • Oversee month-end close processes, including billing, client/project invoicing, accruals, prepayments, deferred income, and key journal postings., • Manage the sales ledger, debtor tracking, and contract database, ensuring records meet audit requirements., • Liaise with Account Managers to accurately account for fees and expenses, monitor budget spend, and support project financial tracking., • Maintain and improve KPIs; perform ‘sense checks’ and ensure compliance with audit and finance procedures., • Provide support across ad hoc tasks, cover for Accounts Payable when needed, and contribute to systems/process improvements. THE PERSON:, • Proven experience in a similar role, • Intermediate level user of MS Excel, • Strong numeracy skills, • Highly organised, able to juggle multiple projects simultaneously, • Fast learner with a flexible attitude, • Exposure to NetSuite (preferable but not essential) Our mission: To be the leading Business Services recruitment consultancy in London, for employers and jobseekers alike. To receive regular updates of our current vacancies why not set up job alerts Our REFER and be REWARDED scheme is about recognising and thanking you for telling your friends, family or colleagues about our services and how we could help them. The rules are simple: Refer a friend or colleague who is not already registered with Morgan Spencer. If we place them in a permanent role, we will reward you with £200 of Gift vouchers of your choice. Remember there is no limit on the number of referrals you can make, and therefore the rewards you can claim!!! EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Morgan Spencer Recruitment is committed to equal opportunities and actively seeks applications from all sectors of the community irrespective of gender, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, having responsibility for dependents, age, religion/beliefs, or any other reason which cannot be shown to be justified. CONFIDENTIALITY: All applications are dealt with in strictest confidence and will be processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 Morgan Spencer Limited, registered in England & Wales No: 4254114

Work with Us. Change the World. At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations. There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world. We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us. Start here. Grow here. Are you ready to join a team of talented engineers and shape the future of energy infrastructure? Join our Transmission & Distribution team and work on engineering and construction projects in private, industrial, transmission/distribution, and renewables sectors. This role will give you the opportunity to become part be part of an innovative design team, responsible for delivering practical electrical design solutions throughout the project lifecycle. You will also get to work under the guidance of the project technical lead, as well as provide guidance to junior staff such as graduates and apprentices. Here’s what you’ll do: • Carry out Medium Voltage and Low Voltage network design work to DNO Standards, • Provide distribution Open and Closed Ring and Radial feeder supply network solutions, • Carry out Medium Voltage and Low Voltage Intake and Distribution Substation Layout design, as well as main primary plant and equipment design, • Provide secondary protection and control solutions, digesting equipment scheme circuit and wiring diagrams, • Provide Medium Voltage and Low Voltage cable sizing calculations, routing, section, and termination drawings, • Produce electrical system, earthing grid design and modelling, and calculations for touch, step and transfer potential, • Undertake SCADA System, Auxiliary supply and COP metering interface designs, • Provide Medium Voltage and Low Voltage Local Standby and Back-up power supply (automatic and manual changeover solutions), • Write technical specifications and support with the down selection and placing of equipment orders/Procurement, • Liaise and collaborate with external suppliers and customers, • Provide input into electrical system studies for Low voltage and Medium voltage network modelling and verification, • Provide Arc-flash / Blast requirements and mitigation solutions, • Review design submissions within the team against client scope, • Be part of a design review process with Team Lead Verifier Enjoy the Perks. At AECOM, you'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days. Ready to push the limits of what’s possible? Here’s what we’re looking for: • Degree or relevant qualification in Electrical Engineering, • Knowledge of British, European and DNO specific design standards, • Knowledge and Understanding of Protection Setting co-ordination and grading, • A proven track record as a Trainee or Assistant Electrical Engineer, or completion of a Graduate Training programme post degree in both a design office and/or a construction environment within the Energy /Power Sector, • Understanding of functional characteristics of Power Systems, • Ability of working with internal and external parties and working within a strong team-working culture, • Experience in writing clear and concise documentation Desirable experience: • Experience of working under engineering design governance structure, • Experience of preparing pre-construction information, carrying out design risk assessments, design risk review and knowledge of CDM regulations, • Experience in MV & HV cable design, • Experience in Protection & Control We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at _. At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives. If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you! Interested in the role or curious about life at AECOM? Follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to explore our AECOM voices, employee stories, latest projects, and much more! For further information about the role, reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn, Francesca Siddle About AECOM AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM. Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed. You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients. AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too. Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours. We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address _ if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Gillespies LLP — Graduate/Assistant Designer (Landscape Architect / Architect) – Freelance / Contract Role About the opportunity We are looking for a talented Graduate/Assistant-level designer, welcoming applications from Landscape Architects or Architects, with strong visual, design and technical curiosity, to join our creative studio on a freelance / contract basis. This role is suitable for recent graduates or early-career professionals (typically 6–18 months experience is advantageous) who are eager to develop their practice skills while contributing to real projects across the UK and internationally. If you are passionate about design, enjoy working across scales, and want hands-on exposure to real project delivery within a collaborative studio environment, we would like to hear from you. About us Gillespies LLP is a diverse and free-thinking team of landscape architects, masterplanners and urban designers. We believe great places are created when people, nature and design intelligence work in balance. While technology is transforming design practice, we value the human insight, creativity and storytelling that shape enduring environments. Our work spans large-scale landscape, public realm and urban regeneration projects in the UK and internationally. Role scope You will support project teams in a design-led, professional studio environment. Typical activities may include: • Preparation of presentation materials across digital, 3D and graphic media, • Development of drawings and packages for planning, technical, tender and construction stages, • Conceptual sketching, illustrative design and visualisation support, • Contribution to design research, precedent studies, materials exploration and technical references, • Drafting, setting up and amending drawings in accordance with studio CAD/BIM standards, • Project file management, drawing issue coordination, printing and documentation control, • Participation in internal design discussions and project meetings, • Fieldwork, site surveys and research tasks where required Design, digital and emerging technology skills We are particularly interested in candidates who are curious about how digital innovation and AI-assisted workflows are shaping modern design practice. You should demonstrate an interest in: • Design exploration using emerging digital tools, • 3D Visualisation, graphic communication and workflow optimisation, • Data-informed design research and analysis, • Experimentation with new design technologies within a studio environment Freelance working considerations This is a freelance / contract role. Candidates should therefore be able to confirm: • Professional Professional Indemnity (PI) insurance coverage appropriate to freelance design work, • Familiarity with industry-standard design tools used in landscape and architectural practice, • Access to your own laptop and business licensed core design software Software list : Essential • Adobe Creative Cloud (with access to Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator as a minimum), • Microsoft 365 or Studio 2019 with MS Teams., • AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT Desirable based on project requirements • Autodesk Revit, • Autodesk Navisworks & Manager, • ArcGIS Desktop Pro, • Autodesk Civil 3D, • Sketch-up Pro, • Google Earth Pro, • NBS Chorus, • Rhino What we are looking for Education and professional development • Relevant degree in Landscape Architecture, Architecture, or related design discipline, • Post-graduate qualification is desirable, • Student member of the Landscape Institute (or equivalent) working toward professional accreditation is advantageous Technical and planning awareness • Basic understanding of the UK planning system and policy context, • Awareness of technical standards relevant to design and construction documentation, • Exposure to professional studio processes and project delivery stages Communication and creative capability • Strong written, verbal and visual communication skills, • Ability to develop hand sketches, digital drawings and presentation graphics, • Creative problem-solving mindset Personal attributes • Flexible and adaptable working style, • Curious and eager to learn, • Resilient and proactive, • Passionate about design quality, • Self-motivated and collaborative How to apply If you believe you are a good match for this opportunity, please submit your CV and portfolio using the Apply For This Job button above. Equal opportunities Gillespies LLP is an equal opportunities employer.

A leading brand in the food industry is seeking a Greek Speaking Executive Assistant to join its team. The company’s product range includes high quality, authentic multi-award-winning products and its brand is trusted, and renowned for its dedication to excellence and innovation. They are looking for an experienced Executive Assistant to support both the business owner and Managing Director. This is a unique and varied role combining high-level administrative support, communication, and coordination duties in a fast-paced international business environment. It is essential that the successful candidate is fluent in both written and spoken English and Greek. Reporting to the Managing Director, you will be the central point of contact between the London office and the owner, who splits his time between London and Greece. This is a newly created role and the company has a high staff retention rate. The job is based at the company’s London office in Leyton. This is a hybrid position, offering remote working, however it is important that you are available to be in the office when the owner is in London. As the Executive Assistant you will: • Provide daily executive-level administrative support to the owner and Managing Director., • Manage complex diaries across international time zones., • Manage inboxes, prioritising and responding to communications on behalf of the executives., • Coordinate international and domestic travel arrangements., • Serve as the primary liaison between the owner and the London-based teams., • Ensure effective and timely communication in both English and Greek., • Prepare and edit correspondence, reports, and presentations, dealing with sensitive and confidential information., • Assist in organising board meetings, supplier meetings, and internal strategy sessions., • Support with personal administrative tasks for the owner when required, maintaining a high level of discretion., • Maintain office systems and improving administrative processes., • Occasionally accompanying the Owner or MD to meetings or events in the UK and Europe as needed. We are looking for a Greek Speaking Executive Assistant with the following skills, attributes, and experience: • Proven experience as an Executive or Personal Assistant supporting senior leadership, ideally in a fast-paced or international business environment., • Strong academic background preferred., • Fluent in both Greek and English (spoken and written) – essential., • Fluency in Dutch would be beneficial., • Highly organised with strong multitasking ability and meticulous attention to detail., • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and comfortable using digital communication and project management tools., • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills., • A confident, proactive, and professional demeanour., • Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to anticipate needs and work independently., • Experience or interest in the food distribution or FMCG sector would be an advantage., • Flexibility to travel if required and to accommodate communications across UK/Greece time zones. You must be highly organised and able to remain calm under pressure. It would suit a person who is discreet, proactive and comfortable with a fast-paced environment. You will need to be agile and comfortable dealing with frequent changes to priorities – it’s a role that requires adaptability and initiative. In return you will receive a competitive salary plus: • Pension, • BUPA Healthcare, • Employee Discounts on products, • Training and development, • Cycle to work scheme, • Travel card loan, • Discretionary bonus If this sounds like the Executive Assistant role foryou, click apply now. Candidate Source Ltd is an advertising agency. Once you have submitted your application it will be passed to the third party Recruiter who is responsible for processing your application. This will include holding and sharing your personal data, our legal basis for this is legitimate interest subject to your declared interest in a job. Our privacy policy can be found on our website and we can be contacted to confirm who your application has been forwarded to.

Executive Assistant to the Founder & CEO Location: UK – Hybrid / Flexible Working Contract: Permanent | Full-time Thomas & Co International is a growing, multi-award-winning tax and advisory firm supporting entrepreneurs, privately owned businesses, high-net-worth individuals and internationally mobile clients across the UK and overseas. The firm has doubled revenue for four consecutive years and now operates with a team of 35+ high performers. As the firm continues to scale, we are looking for an exceptional Executive Assistant to provide direct, high-trust support to our Founder & CEO. This is a senior support role for someone exceptional at managing complexity, anticipating needs and operating with absolute discretion. The successful candidate will work as the Founder’s right hand across the full spread of his commercial, content and personal commitments. Our Founder & CEO Josh Thomas was recently named in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list in the Finance category. He has built one of the largest personal brands in the tax advisory space, reaching millions of views each month and landing him in entrepreneurial circles out of reach to most. You can explore his thought leadership and insights via his _. The Role This role provides direct, comprehensive support to the Founder across the full spread of his commercial and personal commitments. You will own his diary, travel and communications, coordinate across the firm’s commercial workstreams and content production, and act as a trusted gatekeeper for his time and standards. On any given week, you may be coordinating complex international travel, preparing briefing notes for a high-net-worth client meeting, supporting a podcast or speaking engagement, liaising with editors on content campaigns, and managing inbound requests from media, partners and prospective clients. The work spans operational, strategic and personal, and requires someone who can hold all of it with discretion, polish and pace. Key Responsibilities: • Own and manage the Founder’s diary, ensuring time is allocated effectively across commercial, content, partnership and personal commitments., • Coordinate complex domestic and international travel, including flights, accommodation, ground transport and full itineraries., • Manage inbound communications, prioritising correspondence and acting as a first-line filter for the Founder’s time., • Prepare for meetings, including agendas, briefing notes and supporting documents, and ensure agreed actions are tracked through to completion., • Coordinate across internal team members and external partners to keep commercial workstreams progressing on the Founder’s behalf., • Act as a key point of contact for high-profile clients, partners and brand collaborators, representing the Founder’s standards in every interaction., • Support the Founder’s content and personal brand operation, coordinating with editors, podcast hosts, event organisers and partnership brands., • Manage personal commitments, lifestyle administration, restaurant and event bookings, and ad-hoc personal tasks., • Maintain absolute discretion across all confidential business and personal information at all times. Experience and Qualifications: • Significant experience as an Executive Assistant or Chief of Staff to a Founder, CEO or senior public-facing executive., • Track record supporting a Founder or principal who attracts inbound media, podcast, public speaking and investment opportunities is highly advantageous., • Highly commercially aware, with the capability to act and operate on the Founder’s behalf in commercial conversations and inbound opportunity discussions., • Demonstrated ability to manage complex domestic and international diary and travel logistics with precision., • Experience operating within high-net-worth, professional services or comparable environments such as luxury, finance or talent management is highly advantageous., • Confident handling sensitive and confidential information with absolute discretion., • Excellent written communication, with strong drafting and proofreading skills., • Highly proficient with diary, productivity and project management tools (Google Workspace, Slack, Asana or equivalent)., • Comfortable coordinating with content production teams (editors, videographers, podcast hosts) is advantageous., • Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as required, including to the Founder’s overseas base., • Willingness to flex working hours where required to support the Founder’s schedule, with appropriate boundaries respected. Personal Qualities: • Highly polished, professional and well-presented, with the ability to represent the Founder and the firm to an exceptional standard., • Anticipatory by nature, with a strong instinct for what the Founder needs before being asked., • Calm and composed under pressure, with the resilience to manage competing priorities and last-minute changes., • Discreet, trustworthy and committed to absolute confidentiality., • Strong judgement, comfortable making decisions on the Founder’s behalf where appropriate., • Excellent communicator, both written and verbal., • Genuinely committed to enabling the Founder to operate at his highest level. What We Offer A highly competitive remuneration package designed to recognise both individual contribution and collective team success. Our approach combines financial reward, career progression and personal wellbeing to support our people in continued growth and development. Joining us means working directly alongside one of the most recognisable founders in UK tax advisory, with full visibility of the commercial, content and brand operation that has built Thomas & Co International into the firm it is today. We measure contribution, not just length of service. If you are looking for a role with genuine pace, real proximity to decision-making and the chance to enable a high-profile founder to operate at his absolute peak, then Thomas & Co International is your calling. Benefits Package: • Highly competitive base salary., • Wellness subscription., • Life assurance cover., • An additional day’s leave for your birthday, plus a holiday buy-back scheme., • Hybrid and flexible working arrangements., • Direct daily proximity to senior leadership and decision-making., • Clear opportunity for career progression in a fast-growing firm. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK, as visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

Grafana Labs, the company behind the open observability cloud, is founded on the principles of open source, open standards, open ecosystems, and open culture. Grafana Cloud, our fully managed observability platform, is flexible and built for scale. With Grafana Cloud's actually useful AI, organizations can see, understand, and act on all their disparate data to move at the speed of their ambitions. Today, more than 35 million users and 7,000+ customers – including Anthropic, Bloomberg, NVIDIA, Microsoft, and Salesforce – trust Grafana Labs to ensure reliability of their applications and systems, resolve incidents quickly, and optimize their telemetry to reduce noise and cost. We are a 100% remote company with 1,600+ team members across 40+ countries, and we’re backed by leading investors including Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, GIC, Coatue, J.P. Morgan, CapitalG, and Lead Edge Capital. Learn more at and follow us on and _. We’re scaling fast and staying true to what makes us different: an open-source legacy, a global collaborative culture, and a passion for meaningful work. Our team thrives in an innovation-driven environment where transparency, autonomy, and trust fuel everything we do. You may not meet every requirement, and that’s okay. If this role excites you, we’d love you to raise your hand for what could be a truly career-defining opportunity. The Opportunity We build Tempo, the open-source distributed tracing backend behind Grafana Cloud Traces and Grafana Enterprise Traces (GET). Tempo makes it easy to search traces, generate metrics from spans, and connect tracing data with logs, metrics, and profiles across the Grafana stack. 2026 is an inflection point for Tempo. After a major architectural upgrade and the launch of TraceQL metrics, we are shifting from foundational work to product and operational excellence, and evolving Tempo from a SaaS database into a platform that powers Grafana’s next generation of observability products (App Observability, Asserts, Traces Drilldown, and AI-driven assistants). Over the next year, you will help us: • Make Grafana Cloud Traces “just work” for customers by eliminating rough edges, confusing limits, and hidden failure modes., • Achieve operational excellence at scale as we grow from close to 50 cells today into triple digits this year, with autoscaling, parameterized rollouts, and aggressive toil reduction., • Evolve Tempo into a platform enabler: higher-density APIs, trace aggregation, TraceQL metrics math, and machine/LLM-friendly interfaces that downstream products and agents can build on., • Push performance further: faster query latency at hundreds of MB/s ingestion and performant 30-day query ranges to match competitors., • Prepare Tempo for an agent-driven world: larger, burstier, higher-cardinality workloads, and new categories of AI-powered workflows, such as assistant-driven triage and “why is this slow?”- style investigations. What You'll Be Doing: As a Staff Engineer on Tempo, you will set technical direction on the hardest problems in our roadmap and raise the bar across the team. • Lead multi-quarter technical initiatives from problem framing through rollout, e.g., trace aggregation APIs, Limitless Tempo, autoscaling cells and customer limits, or query engine improvements., • Own the architecture of core Tempo components: ingestion, storage, query, and metrics generation. Drive design reviews, make sharp trade-offs on performance, cost, and complexity, and document the “why” for the team., • Design APIs for humans and agents. Shape the next generation of Tempo’s interfaces (structured, deterministic, discoverable) so that Act 3 products, LLM-driven assistants, and external integrators can build on Tempo reliably., • Drive operational excellence. Own outcomes against concrete SLOs (P99 write latency, incident recurrence, TCO per ingested GB) and push the team toward Zero Ops through automation, parameterized rollouts, and actionable alerts., • Partner with Product and sibling teams. Work closely with PMs and with App Observability, Asserts, Drilldown, and Grafana Assistant teams to understand how Tempo gets consumed and to ship what unblocks them., • Mentor engineers. Raise the engineering bar through code review, design feedback, pairing on hard problems, and writing that leaves the team smarter than you found it., • Participate in on-call for the services you help build, and be a force multiplier in incident response and post-incident learning., • Contribute to open source. Tempo is OSS. You will engage the community, review external contributions, and help steer the project in the open. We invest heavily in developer productivity. You can use modern AI coding assistants as part of your daily workflow (your choice of tools, within security guidelines), backed by a company-funded usage budget so you can iterate quickly without unnecessary friction. We encourage pragmatic AI-assisted development: faster prototyping, test generation, refactors, documentation, and incident follow-ups—always paired with strong code review and quality standards. You’ll also have access to frontier models (e.g., GPT-5.6, Claude Fable, Gemini Pro 3.1). Example problems you could work on: These are the kinds of projects landing in 2026. Any one of them is a Staff-sized problem: • Trace aggregation and higher-density APIs: extend TraceQL metrics, design LLM-friendly response types, and make Tempo a first-class data source for Grafana’s AI assistant., • Autoscaling end to end: customer limits and Tempo cells, with hysteresis, predictive scaling for spikes, and safe scale-down., • Agent-scale ingestion and query: guardrails for bursty, high-cardinality, agent-generated workloads., • Query performance: new data formats, smarter query pipelines, targeted optimizations for common Drilldown and Traces workflows, and 30-day query ranges., • Rollouts and multi-cell operations: parameterized rollouts, push-button deploys, and the tooling to grow safely into triple-digit cell counts without a proportional increase in alert noise., • Limits and self-service: drive customer-facing configuration and observability so escalations trend toward zero. What Makes You a Great Fit: • Technical leadership. A track record of leading complex, multi-quarter initiatives that spanned design, delivery, and operations, and made the teams around you better., • Deep systems experience. Substantial hands-on experience building and operating distributed data systems in production: ingestion pipelines, storage engines, query execution, or similar., • Strong software craftsmanship. You write clean, robust, performant software that others can maintain, and you know when to optimize vs. when to ship., • Strong Go, or a path to it. We write Tempo in Go. Deep experience in other systems languages (Rust, C, C++) translates well., • Operational mindset. You’ve owned production services, carried a pager, reduced toil, and treated SLOs as a product feature, not a chore., • Customer focus and pragmatism. You break complex problems into short feedback loops: analyze, design, deliver an MVP, learn, iterate., • Leadership through writing and collaboration. You lead through design docs, reviews, and shipped code, not hierarchy. You communicate clearly in a fully remote, asynchronous environment. Bonus Points for: • Experience with tracing, OpenTelemetry, or large-scale observability systems., • Experience designing query languages, SQL/TraceQL-like engines, or APIs intended to be consumed programmatically (by services or agents)., • Experience with columnar storage formats (e.g., Parquet) or purpose-built on-disk formats for analytical workloads., • Experience operating multi-tenant, multi-cell SaaS infrastructure at scale on Kubernetes., • Experience building for AI/LLM consumers: structured APIs, metadata/discovery endpoints, deterministic outputs, evaluation harnesses., • Open-source contribution or maintainership, and comfort engaging a community in the open., • Experience as an on-call user of Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, or Tempo in a previous role (or on a homelab)., • Experience in a fully remote, globally distributed team. How we work: We are a remote-first team that meets regularly over video and does most of our work asynchronously, in writing. We value creativity, diverse perspectives, and clear communication. Tempo is relied upon by prominent global organizations to monitor critical applications and infrastructure, and we expect everyone on the team, including our Staff engineers, to contribute ideas that make it a more reliable, more useful, and more loved product. Compensation & Rewards: In the United Kingdom, the Base compensation range for this role is GBP 103,958 - GBP 124,750. Actual compensation may vary based on level, experience, and skillset as assessed in the interview process. Benefits include equity, bonus (if applicable) and other benefits listed _. *Compensation ranges are country specific. If you are applying for this role from a different location than listed above, your recruiter will discuss your specific market’s defined pay range & benefits at the beginning of the process *Compensation ranges are country specific. If you are applying for this role from a different location than listed above, your recruiter will discuss your specific market’s defined pay range & benefits at the beginning of the process. Why You’ll Thrive at Grafana Labs: • 100% Remote, Global Culture - As a remote-only company, we bring together talent from around the world, united by a culture of collaboration and shared purpose., • Scaling Organization – Tackle meaningful work in a high-growth, ever-evolving environment., • Transparent Communication – Expect open decision-making and regular company-wide updates., • Innovation-Driven – Autonomy and support to ship great work and try new things., • Open Source Roots – Built on community-driven values that shape how we work., • Empowered Teams – High trust, low ego culture that values outcomes over optics., • Career Growth Pathways – Defined opportunities to grow and develop your career., • Approachable Leadership – Transparent execs who are involved, visible, and human., • Passionate People – Join a team of smart, supportive folks who care deeply about what they do., • In-Person onboarding - We want you to thrive from day 1 with your fellow new ‘Grafanistas’ to learn all about what we do and how we do it., • Balance is Key - We operate a global annual leave policy of 30 days per annum. 3 days of your annual leave entitlement are reserved for Grafana Shutdown Days to allow the team to really disconnect. *We will comply with local legislation where applicable. Equal Opportunity Employer: Grafana Labs is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of race, colour, nationality, origin, caste, sex, gender reassignment identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief, disability, veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy, maternity, marital, family or carer status, or any other characteristic which is protected by local law. We believe that equality and diversity build a strong organisation, and we work hard to ensure that is the foundation of our organisation as we grow. Grafana Labs may utilize AI tools in its recruitment process to assist in matching information provided in CVs to job postings. The recruitment team will continue to review inbound CVs manually to identify alignment with current openings. #LI-Remote For information about how your personal data is used once you’ve applied to a job, check out our .

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