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We have a current opportunity for a Finance Officer on a permanent basis. The position will be based in West Midlands. For further information about this position please apply.



Salary: £26500 - 28500 per annum

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Responsible to: Chief Executive Officer/Board of Management

Background:
You will be working for a passionate and ambitious organisation committed to tackling the causes and consequences of domestic abuse on women and children from black and minoritised communities. They are known in the West Midlands for dedicated, independent services that have been supporting the cause locally since 1979.

They offer a range of services across the West Midlands including refuge accommodation, outreach, floating support, IDVA, Forced Marriage & Honour Based Abuse Helplines.

Overall:

To provide smooth, seamless and proactive support to the CEO and Board of Directors and at all times representing the charity in a professional way. Providing financial, HR, planning and organisational support to the CEO and Board of Directors.

CEO:

1. All aspects of PA/secretarial assistance for CEO as required
2. Finance officer duties which include but not limited to balancing of budgets, auditing of files, qualify auditing, petty cash, ensuring not over / under spending
3. Assisting with bid and project work as necessary
4. Assisting CEO with preparation, design and distribution of reports
5. Responsible for keeping policy review schedule up to date and liaising with CEO on updating of policies. Maintaining up to date electronic and hard copy of policies and procedures.
6. Assisting with organising events and conferences.
7. Working with/support the CEO with special fund-raising activities and applications
8. Supporting relationship management with all stakeholders as necessary.
9. Responsible for arranging all aspects of strategy days and team building days
10. Attending and taking part proactively in Strategic Team meetings.
11. Oversee HR administration in conjunction with Domestic Abuse Services Manager, Co-Ordinator and Chief Executive
12. Dealing with recruitment
13. Maintaining staff files

General:

1. Act as first point of contact within the charity via email and telephone, with responsibility for onward direction of all contact
2. Initial and external liaison for awareness raising talks, ensuring that talks are organised and followed up on
3. Maintaining permissions and contract files
4. Overseeing petty cash/invoices and preparing monthly financial returns to the accountant.
5. Maintaining Asset Register and log of all donations
6. Proofreading documents/publications
7. Assistance with the safe working practices
8. Maintain notice boards with up to date information
9. Prepare and balance all payments and receipts, including monthly petty cash returns and prepare invoices to be paid
10. To keep records for all grants and donations
11. Keep records of all memberships and make payments on time to avoid cancellation of memberships.
12. Undertake such other duties, which may incidentally arise, development or be assigned, commensurate with the post.

Person Specification:
· Experience within a finance officer role or similar

· Experience working within the charity sector

· Able to speak one of the southern Asian languages

· Female applicants only. We are committed to equality of opportunity and encourage applications from all sectors of the community. In light of the nature of work, the candidate's gender is considered to be an occupational requirement in accordance with Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010.



For more information about this vacancy please click apply!

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual's skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

A prestigious and innovative business who continue to be a successful and highly profitable outfit in their market, have an exemplary opportunity for a Finance Business Partner. The successful finance professional is going to be part of a strategic project team with autonomy for delivery of key commercial improvements.

Key responsibilities of the role will include:

• Project planning, business case analysis, forecasting, objective setting, and presentation.
• Utilising Advanced Excel skills to produce financial models for improved market analysis.
• Deliver the project lifecycle to include commercial analysis results through MI reports.
• Ensuring the team are delivered full documentation for successful project management, to include analysis and other work requirements.
• Developing proposal for new projects to include pricing process utilising trend analysis.
• Pioneer business change initiatives in line with the team objectives.


Other duties will include:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and implement financial strategies and plans.
• Monitor and analyse financial performance, identify trends, and recommend improvements.
• Prepare financial reports, presentations, and other documentation for internal and external stakeholders.
• Support budgeting and forecasting processes.


Key attributes required:


• Accomplished analytical and modelling alongside project management and business planning.
• Qualified accountant with extensive commercial analysis experience.
• Strategic mind-set of continuous improvement.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management.
• Advanced Excel, business intelligence and reporting experience.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Working model:

A hybrid working model is in place. Great flexibility of the successful applicant is expected aligned to hit business objectives and stakeholder engagement. This role will also require occasional travel throughout the UK.

We are excited to present this newly created executive appointment suited to a finance professional with progressive career aspirations.

An astute leader who has extensive and successful experience of improving the commercials thus business divisions (£100m and above) performance is essential. You will have a proven record of supporting both Operational Directors and developing business partnering initiatives.

The client has deep roots in the UK and beyond and continues to inspire with their innovations in the engineering community with substantial technological advances.

If you are a finance figurehead looking for a position that will progress you to a lead central finance position or Divisional MD, this opportunity has succession planning. The business is committed to further advancements for profitable revenue streams and restructure or disposal of others. The role profile will boost your commercial acumen throughout the wider business and consistently challenge you in pivotal business areas.


Your key responsibilities will include:

• Improving all areas of divisional operational accounting to drive improvements and exceed the group’s objectives.
• Delivering compelling business partnering to improve the data for strategic management reporting.
• Managing the financial close process and producing financial statements and reports to guide decision-making.
• Structured financial planning to include analytical business case reviews.
• Being the finance lead on a new ERP implementation to include full process optimisation.


To be successful in this role you will be:

• A finance professional with extensive experience in implementing best practice through strategic financial management processes.
• Your initial objective will be to prove that you can improve commercials reported in the annual financials reported to the Group function.
• It is essential that you have a track record in an engineering/ technology business and have worked closely with executive teams with an international presence.

To explore this role further or to make a referral please send CVs to andrew@andrewbaldwinconsultancy.co.uk

We have a current opportunity for a Finance Officer on a permanent basis. The position will be based in West Midlands. For further information about this position please apply.



Salary: £26500 - 28500 per annum

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Responsible to: Chief Executive Officer/Board of Management

Background:
You will be working for a passionate and ambitious organisation committed to tackling the causes and consequences of domestic abuse on women and children from black and minoritised communities. They are known in the West Midlands for dedicated, independent services that have been supporting the cause locally since 1979.

They offer a range of services across the West Midlands including refuge accommodation, outreach, floating support, IDVA, Forced Marriage & Honour Based Abuse Helplines.

Overall:

To provide smooth, seamless and proactive support to the CEO and Board of Directors and at all times representing the charity in a professional way. Providing financial, HR, planning and organisational support to the CEO and Board of Directors.

CEO:

1. All aspects of PA/secretarial assistance for CEO as required
2. Finance officer duties which include but not limited to balancing of budgets, auditing of files, qualify auditing, petty cash, ensuring not over / under spending
3. Assisting with bid and project work as necessary
4. Assisting CEO with preparation, design and distribution of reports
5. Responsible for keeping policy review schedule up to date and liaising with CEO on updating of policies. Maintaining up to date electronic and hard copy of policies and procedures.
6. Assisting with organising events and conferences.
7. Working with/support the CEO with special fund-raising activities and applications
8. Supporting relationship management with all stakeholders as necessary.
9. Responsible for arranging all aspects of strategy days and team building days
10. Attending and taking part proactively in Strategic Team meetings.
11. Oversee HR administration in conjunction with Domestic Abuse Services Manager, Co-Ordinator and Chief Executive
12. Dealing with recruitment
13. Maintaining staff files

General:

1. Act as first point of contact within the charity via email and telephone, with responsibility for onward direction of all contact
2. Initial and external liaison for awareness raising talks, ensuring that talks are organised and followed up on
3. Maintaining permissions and contract files
4. Overseeing petty cash/invoices and preparing monthly financial returns to the accountant.
5. Maintaining Asset Register and log of all donations
6. Proofreading documents/publications
7. Assistance with the safe working practices
8. Maintain notice boards with up to date information
9. Prepare and balance all payments and receipts, including monthly petty cash returns and prepare invoices to be paid
10. To keep records for all grants and donations
11. Keep records of all memberships and make payments on time to avoid cancellation of memberships.
12. Undertake such other duties, which may incidentally arise, development or be assigned, commensurate with the post.

Person Specification:
· Experience within a finance officer role or similar

· Experience working within the charity sector

· Able to speak one of the southern Asian languages

· Female applicants only. We are committed to equality of opportunity and encourage applications from all sectors of the community. In light of the nature of work, the candidate's gender is considered to be an occupational requirement in accordance with Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010.



For more information about this vacancy please click apply!

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual's skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

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A market leading FMCG business with their UK HQ offices based in the South Birmingham area are looking for a standout leader in the Commercial Finance arena.
This exciting position requires a finance professional who can demonstrate their leadership has directly impacted business financial improvements with full autonomy you will have direct access to the group leadership team and your commercial talent will be pivotal and influential across regions, for improvements.
Strategically focused key responsibilities will include:
• Spearheading the optimisation of business processes alongside commercial teams to ensure agile working and efficiency returns on supply chains.
• High level commercial business analysis to produce and build upon existing models to provide insightful data, consistently challenging commercial measures and realignment.
• Championing a new business wide programme to encourage and reward operational support to identify opportunities to make commercial improvements.
• Enhance relations across the executive management team in the EMEA region to identify sales growth, new supplier partnering and cost savings, to include offloading obsolete processes.
• Tailor new management reporting to focus on real time product and market data insights.
• Develop and manage a team of five (UK based) and set a strategy with to implement across business divisions.
The accomplishments required in your career to be successful in this role should include:
• A finance professional and commercial leader with proven experience of managing and influencing divisional and central commercial accounting teams.
• Compelling track record of providing insight into business process upgrades and efficiencies within the FMCG or similar sector.
• Forward thinking with the ability to challenge customer sales drivers and vast experience of implementing data analysis, usage of business models to focus on competitive advantage throughout to include the supply chain.
• Technology savvy, ideally you will have previously been the finance lead on an ERP implementation, well known for tailoring to business objectives and requirements.
• Advanced Excel and BI tools experience to include Business Objects.
• Excellent communication skills, understanding essential BAU in operational teams, whilst progressing with Sales and Marketing Directors on business planning.
Given the exposure to the leadership team and commercial improvement expectations there is a unique career path planned for the successful applicant. A key focus is on retention so you will be expected to be promoted into a Regional executive position within two years where strategic advisory skills are essential.
We look forward to receiving your application for this opportunity.








New Permanent Opportunity - Head of Commercial Finance, South Birmingham UK HQ.
Remuneration: up to £95,000, performance bonus, private healthcare, management incentive package, hybrid working model, flexible working hours and technology to carry out role remotely.
A market leading FMCG business with their UK HQ offices based in the South Birmingham area are looking for a standout leader in the Commercial Finance arena.
This exciting position requires a finance professional who can demonstrate their leadership has directly impacted business financial improvements with full autonomy you will have direct access to the group leadership team and your commercial talent will be pivotal and influential across regions, for improvements.
Strategically focused key responsibilities will include:
• Spearheading the optimisation of business processes alongside commercial teams to ensure agile working and efficiency returns on supply chains.
• High level commercial business analysis to produce and build upon existing models to provide insightful data, consistently challenging commercial measures and realignment.
• Championing a new business wide programme to encourage and reward operational support to identify opportunities to make commercial improvements.
• Enhance relations across the executive management team in the EMEA region to identify sales growth, new supplier partnering and cost savings, to include offloading obsolete processes.
• Tailor new management reporting to focus on real time product and market data insights.
• Develop and manage a team of five (UK based) and set a strategy with to implement across business divisions.
The accomplishments required in your career to be successful in this role should include:
• A finance professional and commercial leader with proven experience of managing and influencing divisional and central commercial accounting teams.
• Compelling track record of providing insight into business process upgrades and efficiencies within the FMCG or similar sector.
• Forward thinking with the ability to challenge customer sales drivers and vast experience of implementing data analysis, usage of business models to focus on competitive advantage throughout to include the supply chain.
• Technology savvy, ideally you will have previously been the finance lead on an ERP implementation, well known for tailoring to business objectives and requirements.
• Advanced Excel and BI tools experience to include Business Objects.
• Excellent communication skills, understanding essential BAU in operational teams, whilst progressing with Sales and Marketing Directors on business planning.
Given the exposure to the leadership team and commercial improvement expectations there is a unique career path planned for the successful applicant. A key focus is on retention so you will be expected to be promoted into a Regional executive position within two years where strategic advisory skills are essential.
We look forward to receiving your application for this opportunity.

IPS Group is proud to be working with a growing independent insurance broker in Birmingham. Due to their continued success in securing new business, they are expanding their team and are looking for a driven and ambitious individual to join their thriving office.

In this role, you will support the company Director-an industry leader known for prioritising their staff-and the Account Executives. Key responsibilities include reviewing tenant details, verifying addresses and values, liaising with insurers to negotiate competitive rates, and producing accurate documentation.

This is a highly rewarding but demanding role, requiring a strong work ethic and the right attitude. The opportunities for growth are significant, and if you have the drive and determination, you could quickly become a key player in the future of the business.

The role is ideal for someone looking to step up into an executive position and take on more client-facing responsibilities, though this is not essential. If you're not looking for this progression right now, we still encourage you to apply.

Experience in real estate insurance is essential for this role. Our client's team works closely with lawyers, funders, project consultants, and contractors to ensure all insurance obligations are met with comprehensive, competitively priced policies. They are involved at every stage-supporting site acquisitions, arranging project policies and warranties for developers, insuring income-generating assets upon completion, and handling professional indemnity for key advisors such as architects, engineers, and surveyors involved in developments.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing broker and take your career to the next level.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

What skills and experience we're looking for

Our ideal candidate would have:

• The ability to manage others and ensuring that minimum service levels are maintained
• Experience of working with day to day financial systems.
• Experience of financial procedures, including purchase ledger and accounts receivable.
• Experience of liaising with pupils, non-financial staff members and external suppliers and resolving queries.
• Be a competent user of Microsoft Office and confident to learn and use new technologies.
• Listens well, communicates clearly and fluently
• Maintains confidentiality, integrity and discretion
• Adapts to the team and helps to build team spirit
• Relates well to people at all levels
• Works productively in a high-pressure environment
• Adapts to changing circumstances
• Ability to rapidly learn new tasks and/or systems or processes
• Sets high standards for quality and quantity
• Works in a systematic, methodical and orderly way
• Manages time effectively
• Delivers positive business outcomes
• Accepts and tackles goals with enthusiasm
• Uses technology to achieve work objectives
• Excellent administrative, communication and organisational skills.

What the school offers its staff

Why work for us?

• Employee assistance The Trust offers:
• A strong focus on staff care and wellbeing
• High quality training and support in and across academies
• A clear career pathway programme
• Employee discount schemes

Further details about the role

Summit Learning Trust are looking to appoint a Senior Finance Officer to join the centralised finance team.

You will offer us the ability to manage others and ensure that minimum service levels are maintained. You will have experience of working within a finance role and day to day financial systems, with experience of financial procedures, including purchase ledger and accounts receivable. You will be a competent user of Microsoft Office and confident to learn and use new technologies.

You will also hold a level 4 or higher in Maths and English at GCSE (or equivalent) and be able to demonstrate that you are able to work flexibly and have excellent administrative, communication and organisational skills. It is also essential that you can adapt to changing circumstances and work productively in a high-pressure environment.

In return we will offer you an exciting opportunity to develop this new and important role within a vibrant and innovative trust, which is seeking to improve educational standards for all our learners across the trust.

This role will be based at Cockshut Hill School where the central finance team is currently based but will involve travel on occasion to other Trust sites.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

WAVERLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION TRUST WAVERLEY SCHOOL Yardley Green Road Bordesley Green East Birmingham B9 5QA Finance Assistant
GR2 SCP 3-8 Salary - £22,737 - £24,704 Full Time/TTO-Banked Hours +10 days in Summer Term Start Date: ASAP Waverley Education Foundation (WEF) is a Multi Academy Trust, which operates both Waverley School and Waverley Studio College. WEF has over 1900 students on roll across the trust. It develops, brokers and delivers a range of services which support learning and leadership & management and improve outcomes for children and young people. Waverley School is an all through school for students aged 4-19. It also has a Resource Base for students with cognition and learning difficulties. In its recent Ofsted inspection in September 2021, Waverley School was graded as a ‘Good’ School. The secondary phase of Waverley School has 1174 students including those in the Sixth Form. We have state of the art facilities for learning, teaching and training and a strong staff team that are committed to the learning and development of all our students.       Our core values of Humanity, Equality, Aspiration and Respect support our vision to create a learning community where we work together to achieve excellence in everything we do.  “Pupils have a strong understanding of diversity, respect and tolerance, including for different family lifestyles” – Ofsted 2021 We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and committed individual to join our team as a as a Finance Team for Waverley Education Foundation Trust. The ideal candidate will have experience of working in a busy finance team (ideally within a school environment). They will need to be confident and able to communicate effectively with staff, pupils and other external agencies as required. Experience of using Microsoft Office, especially excel, word and outlook is essential, and it would be helpful if you have used SIMS. You will need to have excellent administration skills and have the ability to work effectively and efficiently to tight deadlines. There is a responsibility for the post holder to demonstrate a commitment to quality service delivery through continuous improvement for the benefit of the Service and the organisation This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for this role. The successful candidate will need to meet the requirements of the person specification in order to be offered the post and will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity or religion. Only applications submitted on the schools application form will be accepted. Waverley School as part of the Waverley Education Foundation Trust is committed to the protection and safety of its students.

JOB TITLE: IT Systems Risk Specialist

SALARY: £62,874 - £69,860 per annum

LOCATIONS: Bristol, Birmingham, Chester, Edinburgh, Halifax, Leeds or Manchester

HOURS: Full-time - 35 hours per week

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites listed above.

ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY

We're putting in place a fresh operating model for non-financial risk management and we're seeking an IT Systems Risk Specialist to join our Centre of Excellence. In this role you'll be supporting robust risk management aligned with the Group's Enterprise Risk Management Framework (ERMF). This will include giving our leaders and Risk Owners businesses advice on their risk appetite decisions, safely, and at pace.

You'll contribute to implementing risk policy, appetite, and control objectives to enable the delivery of customer, regulatory and business strategic outcomes. Prepare to challenge conventions to create the best possible experience for both customers and staff!

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

Risk and control

• Contributing to the implementation of a risk and control oversight plan to assess compliance to relevant laws, regulations, industry standards and established controls.

• Providing pragmatic advice to support informed key risk decisions and trade-offs (balancing commerciality and risk appetite), being bold to 'call it', and influence senior decision makers.

Reporting & Monitoring

• Performing continuous monitoring and reporting of the Group's exposure relative to risk appetite, highlighting any significant deviations. Identifying and developing key risk indicators and key performance indicators to enable appropriate monitoring.

• Driving automation for risk and control measurement, monitoring, and reporting. Collaborating with technology, data, and analytics teams to escalate issues and define action plans, all in pursuit of sustainable risk management

Policy & Governance & Regulatory compliance

• Contributing to the design and implementation of risk policies, control objectives, and appetite to enable the Group to meet regulatory and operational risk objectives, providing consistent, fair outcomes for customers and ensure compliance with control specialist teams, audit and external regulators.

• Continuous review and enhancement of risk policies & appetite through the identification & assessment of emerging & growing risks, ensuring policies and appetite reflect new opportunities or threats.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

We welcome applications from candidates with a range of experiences and backgrounds. To thrive in this role however, you'll need to demonstrate the below skills in your CV and application.

IT Systems Risk & Control

• Existing deep operational expertise aligned to IT Systems Risk in a highly regulated environment, ideally within Financial Services, and knowledge of the latest operational risk frameworks and of technology asset lifecycle management,

Policy, Governance & Regulatory Compliance

• Knowledge of relevant laws, regulation, industry standards and established practice in technical subject area; and proven ability to establish relevant risk policies and appetite, designing effective control objectives and performance indicators, and experience in continuous monitoring and reporting on group exposure.

Future vision and understanding of emerging technology and risks

• Demonstrable curiosity, understanding and track-record of effectively interpreting emerging technologies shaping the risk landscape (inc. AI, Digital Ledger Technology, Quantum) and anticipating the impact of changes and act accordingly.

Decision-making & problem-solving

• Effective decision-making, with evidence of skilfully balancing trade-offs while understanding business strategy and opportunity risks and assimilating different sources of data and complex information to effectively problem-solve and make relevant conclusions and recommendations.

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Relationship building

• Strong communication skills in building effective internal and external partnerships and work collaboratively with all other lines of defence.

ABOUT WORKING FOR US

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.

We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity, neurodiversity or culture and we welcome applications from under-represented groups. We're disability confident, so if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance

• Share schemes including free shares

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

• 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

If you're excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We'd love to hear from you!

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

JOB TITLE: Integrator

SALARY: £57,546 - £63,940

LOCATION(S): Birmingham

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.

About this opportunity

We're hiring an Integrator to International and CHAPS Lab within Payments Services Platform. The purpose of the role is to coordinate dependencies between the Lab and collaborators external to the Lab such as other labs, platforms, Group Executive Functions and 3rd parties, this may include supporting complex and high-risk implementations. The Integrator sits at Lab-or Platform-level and covers both business and technology change.

In the Payments Services Platform, our mission is to provide compliant and efficient payments capabilities for the Group and drive innovation to enable customers to move money confidently, quickly and securely. We sit within Group Chief Operating Office (GCOO) and play a critical role in providing services across the whole Group.

You'll join the International and Chaps Lab within the Payments Services Platform. The Lab's vision is to deliver the best International Payments and CHAPS solutions and services for our customer and the business, while also servicing our Legacy Currency Accounts and their transition to the strategic estate.

In this role you'll:

• Develop the sequence for integration related tasks in collaboration with the PO aligned to the Lab backlog.

• Work with partners outside of the lab to ensure interlock, enabling delivery at pace.

• Identify blockers to delivery and, where possible, mitigate/resolve, raising to product owners/lab leadership where required.

• Act as interface between the supplier (3rd Party) and key business partners.

• Manage complex and high-risk implementations requiring integration between multiple parties (internal/external) to ensure safe delivery.

• Coordinate the integration process and/or implementation events across shared infrastructure (e.g. Upgrading the Mainframe); lead on the SI process, coordinating parties to get the change over the line.

• Provide expertise (not content) for governance activity owned by the Product Owner, e.g. PRIA, for change across multiple labs.

Why Lloyds Banking Group

We're on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we're shaping finance for good. We're focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you.

What you'll need:

• A strong ability in Agile Methodology, Tools and Ways of Working - Managing complex change within a business area through experience of agile teams, adapting to new ways of working quickly and efficiently

• A track record in developing and improving relationships with both internal and external collaborators to build consensus and improve delivery of change outcomes

• Experience in a change environment, managing conflicting priorities by facilitating discussion and resolution, persuading all collaborators to consider alternative views

• Proven leadership skills in managing critical risks/issues/dependencies arising out of Status Reporting and agile meetings- taking ownership for critical issues and ensuring resolution within agreed timescales

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.

We're committed to creating a consciously inclusive workplace where our colleagues can be themselves, thrive and perform at their best. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.

As an inclusive employer, we offer Workplace Adjustments for colleagues with a disability (which may include long-term health and neurodivergent conditions) where it is reasonable to do so. This could include flexibility with regards to office attendance, location, and working pattern.

We're proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you have a disability, you can also apply via our Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). Through the DCS, we guarantee to interview a fair and proportionate number of applicants with a disability, whose application meets the minimum criteria for the advertised job role.

We also provide adjustments that are reasonable throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers for applicants with a disability, long-term health condition or neurodivergent condition. If you'd like an adjustment to the recruitment process just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

• An annual performance-related bonus

• Share schemes including free shares

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

• 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Want to do amazing work, that's interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey!

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

6 Month Fixed Term Contract
Hours: 35 hours per week/ 70 hours over two weeks (Nine-Day Fortnight)
The role
We are currently looking to recruit a Finance Analyst to join our Financial Accounting team here at Housing 21.
Within the role you will provide the relevant divisions, directorates/functions with any relevant financial management information and provide a professional management accounting and financial support service to relevant business divisions, directorates and/or functions.
While the role is home based the successful candidate will be required to attend team meetings at our head office in Birmingham as required.
Curious to know more? If you’re looking for an opportunity where you can make a real difference, with an organisation with a strong social purpose, take a look at the job description attached.
We’d love to meet you!
What we’re looking for
The essential requirements for the role include:
• Double entry accounting and basic balance sheet management
• Working towards AAT qualification and relevant experience
Why us?
We support our employees to do what they do best, whether that’s through flexible working, learning new skills or being part of a friendly and supportive workplace culture. We also offer a great benefits package including Blue Light Card discount, holiday trade scheme, volunteer days, Occupational Sick Pay, Occupational Maternity Pay and more.
As part of our commitment to our employees and offering flexibility, we now offer a nine-day fortnight, providing employees with the opportunity to work their hours across nine days and have a three-day weekend every other week. Further details on how this works will be discussed with successful candidates upon on offer being made.
Closing date for applications 20 October 2024
Due to the nature of this role this advert may close earlier than the closing date listed and once sufficient applications have been received. Please apply early to avoid disappointment.

JOB TITLE: Customer Support

SALARY: £23,500

LOCATIONS: Birmingham
HOURS: 35 hours a week, including some Saturdays

WORKING PATTERN: Full-time

About this opportunity
Do you want to be part of a team that makes a genuine difference to customers, businesses and communities?

As one of our Customer Support colleagues, you'll learn, grow and develop within an inclusive organisation with genuine values focussed on putting people first.

You could be in one of our branches helping our customers side by side, or working from home, doing your best to help the person at the other end of the line (we also connect via social media, web-chat and remote advice video calls).

You'll learn to make the most of your best talent - helping people. You'll show you care and understand what matters to them and if you don't know the answer then you'll have access to a supportive team that do.

From Day 1 we'll provide all the training and support you'll need. Join us and, as well as making a difference to customers, you'll enjoy a fulfilling career where you're free to be yourself. Great colleagues, transforming workspaces, potential hybrid working and a wide variety of career opportunities - you'll find them all here.

About us
From building a truly sustainable business to creating a place where people love to work, we need colleagues who are up for the challenge of our bold ambitions. Who are excited to push boundaries and make change happen. Together, we can grow with purpose.

What you'll need

• Crucially, you're a people person - to be honest and genuine, caring about helping people with their finances (no previous financial services experience required)
• The ability to quickly build relationships to give customers a fantastic experience.
• The passion to put yourself in the customers' shoes, show empathy, acting with care and integrity - taking time to resolve queries and giving our customers confidence in the service you're providing.
• The commitment to deliver on your promises and going above and beyond for your customer.
• A genuine teammate - collaborating closely with colleagues to ensure your customers' needs are met.
• If located in in one of our hybrid locations, you will need to meet our Homeworking criteria, for example, a quiet, private room at home, stable internet connection.
  
  

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.

We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.

And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.

We're disability confident. So, if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 22 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow and thrive?

Apply today and find out more. (Please note our roles can generate a considerable amount of interest and close early so don't miss out on this opportunity to apply today.)

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I am working with a local council to recruit a Finance Improvement Manager. This is an interim
Position for an initial 6-month contract.You will be working on the Finance Improvement & Recovery programme that focusses on raising the standards of financial management within the Council. It will systematically diagnose and correct the organisation's financial management issues, while delivering quick wins along the way enables improved management. The programme will drive efficient and effective working, to achieve appropriate income collection targets, process payments on time, and meet a range of other measurable standards. It will work alongside the Oracle Programme and other council strategic transformation initiatives, ensuring that finance recovery and improvement work is co-ordinated with other activities.

Key attributes (Must haves)

• Accountancy qualification (CIPFA or equivalent).
• Extensive knowledge of best practice standards in local government financial management and good wider working knowledge of a variety of areas such as procurement, internal audit, council companies.
• The ability to draw on contacts and evidence from elsewhere to benchmark, identify professional and operational standards and know the art of the possible
• Used to working on a disciplined and methodical programme - systematic in nature and able to hold others to account to follow agreed processes and procedures
• A track record of successfully delivering service improvement and transformation in a local authority or public sector context.

‌ If you are passionate about the local community and want to make a difference, please send your CV.

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We are recruiting on behalf of a prestigious global insurance broker, seeking an experienced Corporate Account Executive to join their growing team in Birmingham. This is a fantastic opportunity for an accomplished professional to manage key corporate accounts and be part of an industry-leading organisation.

The Role: As a Corporate Account Executive, you will oversee a portfolio of 4-5 high-value corporate clients, with a combined fee income of around £600k. The focus of the role is to maintain and develop existing relationships, ensuring excellent service delivery. Growth will be driven by the producers, so you will support business pitches but will not be responsible for generating your own referrals.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing corporate accounts with fee income between £25k and £100k
• Supporting growth by attending client pitches and presentations, working closely with producers
• Ensuring top-tier service and building strong relationships with clients
• No new business targets - the focus is on growth from existing clients and maintaining a successful portfolio

The Ideal Candidate:

• Corporate insurance background, with global experience being highly desirable
• Proven experience managing accounts with fee income in the range of £25k to £100k
• Strong client relationship skills, with the ability to support business development efforts
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with confidence in client-facing situations

This is an ideal opportunity for a Corporate Account Executive who thrives on relationship management, without the pressure of chasing new business targets. You'll be joining a supportive team where you can focus on delivering high-quality service to major corporate clients.

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Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust. When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).