Total 167 finance banking insurance job vacancies in manchester m20 4bx

Your new company
Our client is a localgovernment entity looking for an interim finance assistant on a short termcontract.

Your new role
You willbe responsible for:

• Managingthe commissioning process, including maintaining and updating the commissioninglog, and coordinating with Procurement and Legal teams.
• Overseethe Finance inboxes, handling queries, invoices, and taking appropriateactions.
• Performbank reconciliations and process cost transfers and banking journals accordingto the timetable.
• Maintainthe Purchase Ledger/Accounts Payable function, including raising purchaserequisitions/orders, logging invoices, processing approvals and payments, andgoods receipting.
• Preparesupplier payment runs, including journals and documentation, and maintainup-to-date supplier information and verify bank details.

What you'll need to succeed
You willhave:

• Strongexpertise in Purchase Ledger/Accounts Payable. (Essential)
• Proficiencyin Excel and managing Excel models.(Essential)
• Provenability to meet tight deadlines.(Essential)
• Previousexperience in the Public Sector. (Desirable)
• Previousexperience with Microsoft Dynamics.(Desirable)

What you'll get in return
You willreceive a competitive rate, (£17.94-19.48 DOE), hybrid working, contract untilMar 2025.

What you need to do now
If you're interestedin this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CVnow.
If this job isn'tquite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact usfor a confidential discussion on your career.
Contact Jessica Cannonon +443330105524 or

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Your new company
Our client is lookingfor someone to join the finance team on a 6month contract, they are based inthe city centre and are a well-known global institution.

Your new role
You willbe responsible for acting as main point of contact between the company andexternal trusts while;

• Leading the month-endsalary recharge process
• Investigate billingqueries from Trusts
• Input correctionjournals into the Oracle Finance System for recharge corrections and submit requests for creditsand rebills as necessary.
• Manage the inbox byresponding to emails, directing queries to relevant departments, andactioning any necessary corrections.

What you'll need to succeed
You willhave:

• AATQualification or relevant finance experience
• Experience in Reconciliations , billings and journals
• Previousexperience within NHS Trust is desirable
• Abilityto be inquisitive and identify issues and resolutions
• Excellent verbal andwritten communication.
• Excellent customerservice skills.

What you'll get in return
You will received a competitive hourly rate between15-19p/h, hybrid working, 35 hour week, supportive team and opportunity to workwith a well-known global institution.

What you need to do now
If you're interestedin this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CVnow.
If this job isn'tquite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact usfor a confidential discussion on your career.
Contact Jessica Cannonon +443330105524 or

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JOB TITLE: Backend software engineer

SALARY: £68,202 - £75,780 per annum

LOCATION: 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 our office in Manchester.

ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY

An exciting opportunity has arisen in our Intelligent Gateway lab, for a backend engineer to further build, maintain and develop the banks telephony channel.

As a Lead Software Engineer within the Intelligent Gateway team, you'll be encouraged to work as part of an agile team to guide and implement technical solutions. You'll be responsible to help promote sound engineering practices and to work alongside team members to architect, design, and implement those solutions.

You'll be using Git to manage most of the source code, and SonarQube to help monitor code quality. Jira and Confluence are used heavily for task management and documentation.

You'll be an innovator and join us whilst we are about to head into the next phase of our transformation journey. We are looking for naturally passionate and curious engineers, with an innovative mind, who can make use of our newly delivered architecture and support the evolution to a full micro-service application that can drive change, further improve operational efficiency, and deliver at pace!

ABOUT US

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

We like people who come from a diverse cultural background, with different ways of thinking who can challenge our current practices. That said, because of the nature of this role it is important to have existing knowledge and experience working in a software engineering role.

What minimum skills you'll need to apply:

Software Engineering

• Experienced with the full software development lifecycle and relevant frameworks

• A proven track record of the Spring framework, Git workflows, testing (TDD, Mock object), and DevOps toolchains

• Cloud Deployment experience

• Experience with Rest APIs

• Experience of microservice design, container technologies (Kubernetes, Docker, Helm)

Communication & Collaboration

• Phenomenal teamwork and communication skills as well as team leader/mentoring experience

Desirable skills:

• Java developer expertise (Spring or NodeJS)

• Experience with telephony platforms

• Experience with cloud technologies Google Cloud platform (GCP) others (ICP, Azure)

• A passion for delivering business value through sound engineering methods and principles

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 fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace and believe that diverse perspectives drive innovation and creativity.

We're actively seeking to build a team that reflects a wide range of backgrounds, experiences and thinking approaches and would like to encourage applications from under-represented groups from candidates of all ethnicities, cultures and identities, and from candidates that identify as neurodiverse.

As a disability-confident employer, we are committed to support you in showcasing your best self; 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

Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow and thrive? Apply today and find out more!

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Finance Manager - Group Financial Accounts Team

Location: Manchester
Contract Type: Full-time

About the Role:
We're seeking an experienced Finance Manager to join our Group Financial Accounting Team. This role is key to supporting the FY24 year-end audit process and the implementation of SAP (S4 Hana). Reporting to the Head of External Financial Reporting, you will play a critical part in preparing consolidated Group results, working on balance sheet reconciliations, and collaborating across the business to ensure smooth delivery of our year-end accounts.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the Group Financial Accounts team to produce consolidated Group results and the annual report for FY24 year-end.
• Perform central balance sheet reconciliations periodically and at year-end.
• Assist with the preparation of group-related financial close, consolidation information, and balance sheet reconciliations in line with external audit requirements.
• Prepare technical accounting papers to support key judgments and estimates.
• Support the preparation of year-end subsidiary accounts.
• Work with the Group Finance team to support the SAP implementation project, including participating in user acceptance testing (UAT) for consolidation and reporting.

What We're Looking For:

• Fully qualified accountant with post-qualification experience.
• Strong understanding of IFRS accounting standards and experience preparing statutory accounts.
• Proven track record of completing or reviewing balance sheet reconciliations.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at various levels.
• Ability to manage workload independently and delegate effectively, meeting deadlines.
• A collaborative team player who is proactive in building trusted relationships both internally and externally.

Behaviours and Capabilities:

• Co-operation: Work closely with the wider Finance team to ensure accuracy and timely delivery of audit information.
• Relationship Building: Actively forge and maintain trusted relationships with internal and external partners, including auditors and SAP partners.
• Future Focused: Develop and refine accounting processes that align with future business priorities, especially post-SAP implementation.

You'll Be Empowered To:

• Make decisions about accounting treatments for new initiatives.
• Prepare consolidated Group results and provide responses to external auditors.
• Align planning activities to ensure team members are on track with their deliverables.
• Deliver testing and provide data under the SAP programme.

About Rullion:
Since 1978, Rullion has been securing exceptional candidates for a range of clients, from large well-known brands to SMEs and start-ups. As a family-owned business, Rullion's approach is credible and honest, focusing on building long-lasting relationships with both clients and candidates. Rullion is a forward-thinking recruitment company that specialises in providing a wide range of talent consultancy services to a diverse client base, from small start-ups to large household names.

Rullion celebrates and supports diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants.

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School Finance Assistant

• Greater Manchester
• Long-term temporary
• Competitive rate
• Full-time

The Role:
As a School Finance Assistant, you will play a vital role in managing the school's financial operations, ensuring compliance with financial regulations, providing assistance to the wider financial team, and supporting the senior leadership team in financial planning and reporting.

Key Responsibilities:

• Overseeing day-to-day financial transactions, including invoicing, payroll and payments
• Managing the school's budget, ensuring accurate financial records and tracking expenditure
• Preparing regular financial reports for the SLT and governors
• Handling purchase orders, processing invoices and reconciling accounts
• Liaising with external auditors, vendors and suppliers as needed.

Key Experience:

• Experience working within financial administration, preferably in an education setting.
• Excellent numerical and analytical skills, with great attention to detail.
• Proficiency in using financial software.

Candidates will have to provide adequate references and will be subject to relevant police checks.

If this role is of interest to you, please get in touch.

If this role isn't right for you, but you know someone who would be interested, we have a referral bonus of £350 in shopping vouchers available for successful referrals.

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DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Acting as first point of contact for all users of the Integra software. This will include problem solving, providing user guidance within any finance applications, establishing if referral to the internal IT support or logging a service support request with the Managed Service Supplier (MSS). This will include providing supporting documentation and examples of system errors or malfunctions. Maintaining aspects of the Integra system by scheduling and reviewing system jobs, completing month-end processing and general system housekeeping. Maintaining procedures notes that are the responsibility of the financial systems team, ensuring that all processes and systems are documented and procedures are reviewed and updated on a regular basis in line with audit requirements. Vigorously test new solutions and report problems with evidence to the designated point of contact. Report faults in the software and follow through to fix Testing eForms, reports or other tools to enable process change as per agreed process flow. Continually review and support users on new system processes and reporting. Conforming to the monthly / annual timetables and external reporting deadlines, adhering to the system elements of the timetable, identifying issues and informing appropriate personnel as soon as these arise. Validating, approving and uploading system input files such as payroll, electronic purchase invoices and journals. Resolving queries and escalating issues where appropriate. Production of the NHS transparency reports, credit card expenditure journals and other ad-hoc reporting requirements. Creating and maintaining complex spreadsheet/databases in MS Access / MS Excel including the use of queries, pivots, macros and formulas Responsible for the provision and receipting of sensitive and confidential information and whilst adhering to regulations on internal and external data protection policy and information governance. Ensuring secure and relevant access to the Integra system through the set up and maintenance of appropriate security records and user group menus to ensure this meets the requirements of segregation of duties. Maintaining complex information by use of excel spreadsheets, as the post holder will demand a significant amount of time to be spent at a VDU using keyboard skills; the ability to concentrate on complex information/problems is imperative. Supporting any other areas within the role of Finance Systems Assistant.

Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: Full Time, 35 hours a week
Number of Positions: 1
Qualifications Required: Qualified account (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
Salary: £68,100 per annum
Start Date: 6th January 2025

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Head of Finance to join our Trust in the Central Finance Team, to lead the Finance transactional team, oversee KPIs and financial reporting, drive new finance projects, as well as play a key role in supporting new schools joining the Trust.

This role is expected to start in Spring term 2025.

Main purpose of the job:

The Head of Finance (HoF) for the Prospere Learning Trust will be a member of the Trust’s Strategic Leadership Team and will provide oversight and day to day support on all finance and resource matters relating to the Trust. They will work closely with the COO to ensure the smooth running of the Trust.

The HoF will lead on matters relating to finance for the Trust and provide oversight, advice and guidance to individual academies in the Trust; ensuring there is effective and efficient financial management across the Trust and that Trust mission and values are embedded in financial practices.

The HoF will play a lead role in the financial development of the Trust Strategic Plan and plan and lead in the design, development and implementation of systems, policies and procedures to ensure compliance in all relevant financial legislation relating to the Trust.

Please see the attached application pack for further information about our ideal candidate.

To make our ambition a reality, every person we recruit needs to play their its part. It takes a certain type of behaviour, attitude and way of working to get Manchester where it wants to be.

Our people and partners have agreed five ‘behaviours’ – the grounding for how we must work together and treat one another:

• We take time to listen and understand
• We work together and trust each other
• We show that we value our differences and treat each other fairly
• We ‘own it’ and we’re not afraid to try new things
• We’re proud and passionate about Manchester

A career with us means you can be yourself, thrive, and build the career your talent and ambition deserve.

To apply for this job role, please click the following link:https://www.tes.com/jobs/apply/2120591 If you are viewing this job on our Greater Jobs site then please click on the apply now button to view the full advertisement details and relevant attachments.

We are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, younger learners and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. The above post will be subject to enhanced DBS checks, satisfactory references and will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here

This post is also subject to satisfactory references, proof of right to work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 and other pre-employment checks where applicable.

We strive to create a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy, and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

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Finance Officer – Cash, Sales Ledger and Financial Operations
Reference: SCCG2803 | Closing Date: Sunday 17th November 2024 | Interview Date: 25th or 26th November 2024
Salary: £23,123 - £25,420. Incremental progression throughout the band is available
Contract Type: Permanent | Hours per Week: 36 (full-time) Location: Frontier House, Merchants Quay, Salford, M50 3SR (full-time office based)
Informal enquiries are actively encouraged. Please contact Michael Riley, Finance Manager, (please see advert for contact details) to arrange an informal discussion.About the Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our welcoming Finance Department as a Finance Officer – Cash, Sales Ledger and Financial Operations, reporting to the Finance Manager. You will be an integral and proactive member of the Finance Department, working across the Financial Operations Team.
We are seeking to appoint a Finance Officer to provide a wide-ranging financial operations service on behalf of Salford City College Group, assisting in the provision of high quality and efficient financial support to colleagues and stakeholders.
You will provide a comprehensive and efficient cash and treasury management service, ensuring all cash transactions are recorded accurately and in a timely manner, as well as being responsible for the College’s bank reconciliation.
You will provide a sales ledger and credit control service on behalf of the College, focusing predominantly on non-student debt. Under the direction of the Senior Finance Office, you, will ensure the timely and accurate processing of all sales invoices, and the administration of the College’s credit control function to facilitate the prompt receipt of funds as they fall due.
You will also provide support to the Purchase Ledger team as required to ensure the smooth running of the Finance Department.
We are looking for an individual with a proactive, ‘can-do’ attitude, a strong attention to detail, and with good communication and interpersonal skills, including confidence in engaging with both internal and external stakeholders.
Whilst our ideal candidate will have experience of working in a finance department/setting, and in particular experience of working within cash management and/or sales ledger, we welcome applications from any individuals with a willingness to develop a career in finance. We are looking for a colleague with good numeracy skills and a working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
This post is based full-time in our office at Frontier House.How to Apply
For more information and to apply for this job, please complete the registration and online application form via our website.
Reason to Join Us:• We have Generous Terms and Conditions (Sixth Form College’s Association style terms and conditions) including 40 days annual leave entitlement (including bank holidays)
• We have a 2:30pm finish on Fridays, Free on-site parking and various health and wellbeing resources and benefit schemes including two Staff Wellbeing days per year.
• We offer automatic enrolment to the Local Government Pension Scheme with 20.70% employer pension contribution.
• Our College is an incredible community, there is a lot that staff and their families can get involved with.
• We have family friendly policies and we are happy to talk about flexible working.
• We invest in our people and offer a range of training & career opportunities for all staff as part of our Be Outstanding Development programme.
• We have an amazing Staff Benefits Package with discounts and savings for supermarkets, petrol, high-street retailers, holidays, cinemas and other leisure.
• Our shared purpose: We believe in the value of education for a successful future and we want the best for our learners and our staff.
• Our core values are at the heart of everything we do. Staff and students behave with respect, integrity and kindness.
Commitment to Safeguarding
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as part of our safeguarding commitment we undertake DBS checks as part of our pre-employment procedures on all potential new employees
The College strives to be a diverse and inclusive community and welcomes applications from people from all backgrounds.

The Trust is seeking to appoint an ambitious and technically minded individual to join the finance department. Reporting to the Finance Systems Analyst, the post holder will primarily assist in the maintenance of the Trust’s eProcurement and eFinancial System, Integra Centros. With a close eye for detail, the Finance Systems Assistant will help maintain data, ensuring consistency across Integra and work in accordance with the Standing Financial Instructions.

The successful candidate will assist in testing, creating documentation and supporting process change within the Finance department. You will play an integral role within Finance, contributing to the delivery of the service, whist supporting staff and managers in the fight against cancer.

Key Responsibilities:
• Completing month end closedown and reconciliation
• Preparing month end journals
• A passion to challenge and change, to develop and evolve
• Supporting the wider Finance team
• Attention to detail and an understanding of the holistic process and system
• Assisting in developing and maintaining the Financial System



What we're looking for?
• A finance qualification or track record of bookkeeping and accounting.
• Ideal for a candidate looking to understand the wider finance function.
• IT Literate - experience using Finance systems an advantage
• The ability to prioritise and meet deadlines efficiently within fast-paced environment
• A flexible individual who enjoys working in a changing environment, with an enjoyment of problem-solving and a strong analytical mindset
• An excellent communicator, both written and verbal.

As a Financial Systems team, we offer a dynamic, diverse and developmental environment in which to nurture and enhance your career within the NHS. We have embedded a culture of strong teamwork, and ensure we get quality time together to build and enhance inter-team relationships.

The Finance Directorate actively promotes training and development within the team, we have developed a comprehensive finance education strategy and hold Level 2 accreditation in Towards Excellence and Future Focused Finance. We are an active member of the FSD (Finance Skills Development) Network, Future Focused Finance, and Towards Excellence scheme.

This post will allow the successful candidate to build on their existing experience and provide the opportunity for professional development and extension of skills and knowledge within a supportive team.



DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES


1. Acting as first point of contact for all users of the Integra software. This will include problem solving, providing user guidance within any finance applications, establishing if referral to the internal IT support or logging a service support request with the Managed Service Supplier (MSS). This will include providing supporting documentation and examples of system errors or malfunctions.
2. Maintaining aspects of the Integra system by scheduling and reviewing system jobs, completing month-end processing and general system housekeeping.
3. Maintaining procedures notes that are the responsibility of the financial systems team, ensuring that all processes and systems are documented and procedures are reviewed and updated on a regular basis in line with audit requirements.
4. Vigorously test new solutions and report problems with evidence to the designated point of contact. Report faults in the software and follow through to fix
5. Testing eForms, reports or other tools to enable process change as per agreed process flow.
6. Continually review and support users on new system processes and reporting.
7. Conforming to the monthly / annual timetables and external reporting deadlines, adhering to the system elements of the timetable, identifying issues and informing appropriate personnel as soon as these arise.
8. Validating, approving and uploading system input files such as payroll, electronic purchase invoices and journals. Resolving queries and escalating issues where appropriate.
9. Production of the NHS transparency reports, credit card expenditure journals and other ad-hoc reporting requirements.
10. Creating and maintaining complex spreadsheet/databases in MS Access / MS Excel including the use of queries, pivots, macros and formulas
11. Responsible for the provision and receipting of sensitive and confidential information and whilst adhering to regulations on internal and external data protection policy and information governance.
12. Ensuring secure and relevant access to the Integra system through the set up and maintenance of appropriate security records and user group menus to ensure this meets the requirements of segregation of duties.
13. Maintaining complex information by use of excel spreadsheets, as the post holder will demand a significant amount of time to be spent at a VDU using keyboard skills; the ability to concentrate on complex information/problems is imperative.
14. Supporting any other areas within the role of Finance Systems Assistant.




This advert closes on Friday 8 Nov 2024

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Band E PEGA Quality Engineer - QE Automation & Frameworks
SALARY: £68,202 - £75,780
LOCATION: Manchester
HOURS: Full time
WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days per week) in an office site

About this opportunity

Would you like to be part of the next phase in our transformation? We're moving into streaming of data and cloud technologies, underpinned to meet data needs and our team. We're at the heart of our Group wide change.

Where does this role sit?

Core Platforms is on a journey to build the bank of the future and simplify our operational processes to help our customers with our Business Process Management, Customer Relationship Management (MS Dynamics) and API Integration technologies. We lead, prioritise, and deliver change across the Group by engaging with the Business areas, understanding their need, and delivering change in an agile way to safely deliver benefit for our Customers and Colleagues.

Here's how you'll make a difference:

As a Quality Engineer, you'll be making a real difference, as you'll blend both deep domain and technical expertise within a feature team.

• Working with the Business, Development and UK onsite teams to drive solutions.

• Highly experienced in creating test frameworks to aid the testing of complex code to deliver products that are fit for purpose and meet the quality standards that our customers expect, based on deep domain and technical expertise

• Coaching other members in the team including junior engineer and partner resources

• Attending and contributing to Guilds

• Supporting wider delivery consideration e.g. risk management, planning & keeping documents current

About us

If you think all banks are the same, you'd be wrong. We're an innovative, constantly evolving business that's shaping finance as a force for good. A bank that's empowering its people to innovate, explore possibilities and grow with purpose.

About You

You're able to find answers to questions and resolve problems, energised by learning new technologies and staying in step with industry changes. You're passionate about delivering high quality products and services, keeping a focus on our customers. You build strong business relationships and communicate in a clear, concise manner. You'll have excellent analytical skills and able to work methodically with a high level of attention to detail.

Skills/ experience we'd need to see

• Accomplished Test Automation Engineer helping to develop a robust and future-facing Automation & Frameworks.

• Highly experienced in creating test frameworks to aid the testing of complex code to deliver products that are fit for purpose and meet the quality standards that our customers expect, based on deep domain and technical expertise.

• Ability to analyse and evaluate the feasibility/relevance of proposals for complex products/services, then develop and amend them as necessary (with guidance from senior colleagues). You might also understand how to supervise activities performed by a product development/specialist team.

• Be highly competent in one of the following languages: Javascript, Typescript or equivalent.

• Basic understanding of PEGA Architecture and supporting infrastructure

• Clear Communication - both written and verbal, familiar with communicating with business partners.

• Great teammate with good collaboration skills, with a willingness to improve your knowledge and experience.

• Growth Mindset - keen desire to lean and develop further

We'd be delighted if you also have:

• Knowledge of PEGA applications frameworks like Customer Service Framework, CLM (Customer Lifecycle Manager)

• Have a deep understanding of Frameworks and at least one automation framework, such as Playwright (preferred), Cypress, Selenium.

• Containerisation experience e.g docker.

• CI/CD experience e.g Jenkins.

• Knowledge on other programming languages.

• Agile experience

• Experience of JIRA/Confluence

• Comfortable participating in workshops

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 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

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

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JOB TITLE: Senior Software Engineer - Core Banking System Platform

SALARY: £68,202 - £75,780

LOCATION(S): Manchester

HOURS: [Full-time]

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

About this opportunity…

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Software Engineer to work on the Core Banking System which aims to support around 30 million customers and 60 million accounts.

You will be part of Everyday Banking in Consumer Relationships Platform working in the Vault Banking Products lab. The lab is focusing on building new core banking platform that will support servicing our customers through multiple channels and will enable the bank to create new innovative products for our customers using cutting edge cloud-based technology platform.

About us…

Like the modern Britain we serve, we're evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We're growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too…

What you'll do…

As an Senior Software Engineer of our team, you will be:

• Working with the most modern technology to deliver innovative solutions for our customers

• Hands-on designing and developing the new banking platform as well as integrating with heritage banking systems

• Working in an agile environment, alongside colleagues from both LBG and third party companies, both on and off-shore

• Mentoring junior team members including code reviews, problem solving, development and code standards including security standards

• Working within a strict QE-led methodology, delivering high quality software supported by fully automated testing frameworks

• Creating opportunities for your own learning and growth, as well as sharing finding with your peers

• Deploying developed applications using set tools and pipelines to all environments including production hosting on container based cloud platforms.

We would be looking for the following…

The successful candidate for the Senior Software Engineer role will be able to demonstrate deep technical expertise, experience in building banking platforms, ability to work independently and to mentor junior team members including development standards and quality of code.

We're looking for enthusiastic, proactive and dedicated engineers who are keen to make a difference and deliver at speed and can evidence experience in:

• Core Java development skills - At least 5 years of experience

• Microservices architecture

• Good understanding of design patterns and build activities across the SDLC including unit testing, system testing, integration, security and performance testing

• Relentless focus on delivering business value through sound engineering methods and principles

• Working experience with Kafka for event driven communication between services

It would be great if you also had…

• Experience in Cloud Applications

• Docker based container development and deployment on Kubernetes

• Thought Machine Vault

• Understanding of CI/CD methodology and tools such as Jenkins, GitHub, Spinnaker etc

• Banking applications development

• Experience in Automated testing and TDD

About working for us…

Our focus is to ensure we are 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 is why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We are disability confident. So, if you would 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.

* 30 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.

Join our journey.

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What skills and experience we're looking for

The successful candidate will:

• Ideally have experience of working within a school admin role
• Have a knowledge and understanding of the principles and practices of finance, and experience of working in a financial environment
• Have experience of using financial systems such as FMS
• Be able to take phone calls with a professional manner
• Have good IT skills, including knowledge of using MS Office
• Have good communication skills with staff, parents and pupils

What the school offers its staff

Oswald Road is a community-minded school with a fantastic reputation for being inclusive and forward-thinking. We have a very supportive and dedicated staff team who work tirelessly to provide a stimulating, nurturing and safe learning environment where the personalised provision for all children enables them to meet their full potential.

We can offer you:

• Opportunities for continuing professional development
• A welcoming, inclusive and friendly environment
• A school that is at the heart of the local community, in the centre of vibrant Chorlton
• Term time only contract, meaning you will get school holidays off
• On-site secure parking

We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce.

Oswald Road is a 'Good' school and our recent Ofsted inspection (September 2023) highlighted our commitment to staff wellbeing:

"The school has acted decisively to understand the impact of workload on staff’s well- being. Consequently, the school has responded to staff’s unique work pressures and taken steps to better support staff across the school. This means that staff feel valued and are proud to work at the school."

Further details about the role

• You will provide both financial and HR administrative support as part of the school office team.
• Your main day-to-day activities will include arranging payments of invoices, raising purchase orders, organising bookings of school trips and managing online parent payments for items such as school dinners and trips. The role will involve some HR administration, such as keeping the school's Single Central System up to date and processing DBS applications.
• You will also support with general admin tasks as part of the office team, such as answering the phone and dealing with parent enquiries
• This is a full-time role and you would be required to work Monday-Friday 8:00am-3:30pm, term time only. This is a fixed term contract for 12 months starting 1st January 2025.

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.

Join us as our Marketing Business Partner in Corporate & Institutional Banking

• Lead a team of marketing professionals by translating the Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB) business strategy and commercial outcomes into plan, budget and execution
• Day-to-day, you’ll lead the marketing for our Corporate and Institutional (C&I) customer businesses, including Markets, supporting the strategy and commercial objectives alongside brand objectives
• Support the Marketing Director, C&I to drive the overall C&I marketing strategy, bringing together the three businesses, customer goals and journeys to deliver a customer-first marketing strategy
• This is an opportunity to make an important impact through your work and establish yourself as a key senior leader in both our Marketing function and across the customer business

What you'll do

As our Marketing Business Partner in Corporate & Institutional Banking, we’ll look to you to lead engagement with senior business leaders on converting business Objective Key Results into a customer centric strategy, with clear activation plans. You’ll design the marketing strategy, making decisions on resources and plans to prioritise delivery on the strategy, translating these into a three-year marketing strategy with an annual plan.

You’ll lead a team of marketing professionals by translating strategy into operational management activities, along with recommending and delivering a portfolio of products and services in line with the Marketing service proposition, through effective collaboration with the Marketing Centres of Excellence and all other relevant internal and external partners. You’ll sit on our leadership committees and interface with senior leaders within CIB.

Your top priorities will include:

• Providing insight to business stakeholders on marketing strategy, including annual business planning, marketing campaigns and proposition exploration and development
• Leading and developing a professional, capable and engaged team to meet the needs of the business and customers
• Driving greater visibility of Return on Investment for marketing spend across CIB marketing plans
• Delivering accurate and reliable profiling for the broad spectrum of customers within our Corporate, Institutional and Markets businesses, allowing for personalised marketing interventions to be deployed to the appropriate decision-maker within the business
• Delivering against commercial goals through direct and response marketing, developing a consistent approach across the bank
• Acting as a spokesperson for Corporate & Institutional Banking at external engagements such as trade events and through online networks
• Identifying key marketing priorities through the provision of expert diagnostics, analysis and decision support, making recommendations to the business and Centre of Expertise
• Drawing insights from Centre of Expertise to help inform the annual C&I marketing strategy and budget

The skills you'll need

To be successful in this role, you’ll need strong influencing and stakeholder engagement levels at a senior level, with knowledge and application of marketing strategies and leadership including comprehensive end-to-end understanding of the commercial sales funnel and customer lifetime value. You'll demonstrate strategic and commercial acumen, with experience of creating a clear connection between commercial drivers and marketing strategies.

In addition, you’ll have marketing experience within a large matrix organisation and knowledge of the banking industry, regulatory and commercial environment, specifically corporate and institutional banking including financial and capital markets.

Furthermore, you’ll need:

• Marketing technical expertise including Global Corporates, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Real Money Funds, Global Insurers, Non-Bank Financial Institutions, Structured Finance, and Markets
• The ability to make data driven decisions and support a culture of continuous improvement
• Cross-border marketing experience in key geographical markets aligned to NatWest’s Commercial & Institutional franchise, including European Economic Area, United States, Singapore, and Japan
• Experience of leading diverse, professional teams
• Experience of operational and financial planning with budget management experience
• A high level of drive, energy and personal commitment to success
• Demonstrated experience in understanding and communicating complex commercial models of value to a broad audience of stakeholders and collaborators
• Knowledge of relevant legal policies, regulations and risk management

Are you a strategic finance leader with a passion for driving business performance?

Do you want to make a real difference to the travelling public of Manchester?

Come and join Transport for Greater Manchester and take the reins as our Head of Finance. You will be at the heart of our financial strategy, guiding us through a period of transformation.

Your Role

You’ll provide excellent leadership to our Finance team as well as:

• Lead and manage the full spectrum of finance activities, from budgeting and forecasting to financial reporting.

• Drive financial planning to support operational excellence and long-term business strategy.

• Partner with senior leadership colleagues to provide data-driven insights and recommendations.

• Oversee financial risk management and ensure regulatory compliance across the transport sector.

• Lead and continue to build the finance team to support and advise into TfGM’s expanding range of activities

• Optimise financial processes to improve efficiency and cost-effectiveness, .driving continuous improvement

Who are we?

TfGM plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of transport across Greater Manchester, influencing millions of daily journeys. Working here means directly contributing to the development of an integrated and sustainable transport network that transforms the region.

Working at TfGM offers a unique blend of public service, innovation, and the chance to make a tangible difference to a major UK city-region.

What you’ll bring

What you do and how you do it is important whatever type of role you work in at TfGM and even small behaviours and actions can have a really big impact. At TfGM, our behaviours bring to life our values of Deliver, Care and Adapt.

• Proven experience as a senior finance professional, preferably in the transport or logistics sector.

• A strategic mindset with strong analytical, forecasting, and budgeting skills.

• Professional accounting qualifications (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA or equivalent).

• Strong leadership abilities with a track record of managing high-performing finance teams.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

What we can offer you

TfGM works closely with local authorities, government bodies, and private sector partners to deliver complex projects. This gives you the unique opportunity to collaborate across sectors and gain valuable experience in cross-industry work.

As part of the finance team at TfGM, you’ll be directly involved in funding and supporting large-scale transport projects that improve infrastructure across Greater Manchester. From managing the financials of new tram lines to funding innovative green transport initiatives, you'll be at the heart of transformative projects that benefit the entire region.

Working at TfGM offers a unique blend of public service, innovation, and the chance to make a tangible difference to the people of Greater Manchester.

Our benefits include:

• A competitive salary depending on skills and experience

• 28 days holiday per annum (plus bank holidays)

• Flexible and hybrid working options to promote and support a good work/life balance

• Free bus, rail or Metrolink travel to and from work within the Greater Manchester boundary

• Local Government Defined Benefit Pension Scheme which includes life cover of 3x your salary and options to increase your pension contributions

• Commitment to learning and personal development and upskilling with reimbursement of professional fees, where essential to the role

• We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to staff via our employee assistance programme when required

What's next?

To apply please submit your CV and also provide a covering letter providing clear examples of how your experience meets the requirements of the role, all appointments will be based on merit.Our short-listing process is anonymised, so please do not include your name or contact details on either of these documents. If any personal details are included these will be visible to the hiring manager.

TfGM is proud to be an equal opportunities employer that encourages and celebrates diversity. We want to recruit and retain a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and welcome individuals from all backgrounds by committing to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.We will offer support and reasonable adjustments if required and we also have a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme which you can find out more information on here.

For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK - if in doubt please visit the following linkEmployers' right to work checklist - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please note we are not a licensed sponsor.

Please note we may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.

Role profile

Looking for an exciting opportunity to lead a high-performing team? We're seeking an experienced RTR Finance Manager to join us on a short-term basis while we recruit for a permanent member of staff.

Role Highlights:

• Manage complex balance sheet reconciliations
• Lead system implementations & continuous improvements
• Support internal/external audits
• Be part of the SAP4/Hana project meetings
• Collaborate with the CBS leadership team on strategic initiatives

Location: Hybrid working (1 day/week onsite at Angel Square).
In January, you'll also oversee a team during UAT testing, requiring onsite presence for 4 days/week.

Daily Rate: Competitive, around £700 per day (Inside IR35)
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours/week
Start Date: ASAP!

If you're experienced in managing finance teams, auditing, and have some exposure to SAP projects, this is a great chance to make an impact.

Apply now to be part of a dynamic and supportive team at Co-op! #FinanceJobs #Hiring #RTRFinanceManager #SAP4Hana #InterimRole #HybridWork #Leadership

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