Total 394 Finance / Banking / Insurance job vacancies in Bradford, Yorkshire, BD4 7NW

JOB TITLE: Manager, Business Change

SALARY: £68,202 - £83,358

LOCATION(S): Leeds, Cardiff, London

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

Are you excited about data and systems required to create and manage innovative key balance sheet optimisation transactions? If so, we want you on our team!

About this opportunity

We play a key role in establishing new transactions for the Group. Our expertise is instrumental in the creation and successful management of transactions.

The Business Change Manager is responsible for supporting the GCT Capital and Optimisation & Securitisation team, along with broader GCT change initiatives. This includes providing data and ensuring that the development of reporting and system infrastructure for transactions and programs is robust and sustainable. This is an outstanding opportunity to work alongside a team of specialists to optimise and manage key, innovative transactions.

What you'll be doing:

You'll be responsible for managing change initiatives for Capital Optimisation and Securitisation within the Treasury department. The aim is to effectively manage data and ensure successful implementation and adoption of new processes and systems, using the latest technologies.

Responsibilities:

• Manage change initiatives within the Treasury department, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and objectives.
• Responsible for data management and control across securitisation programmes
• Collaborate with the business, risk, front office and product platforms to drive business change and add to the product backlog
• Be an agent for change by driving improvements in securitisation reporting processes
• Support assurance reviews and external Auditor requirements for transactions supplying data requirements and system logic.
• Cross-skill colleagues in the teams to upskill on new technologies and ensure best practice and learnings are shared to reduce key person dependencies.
• Assist and execute comprehensive change into wider team leadership and strategy

Why Lloyds Banking Group

If you think all banks are the same, you'd be wrong. We're an innovative, fast-changing 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.

What you'll need:

• Have a demonstrable knowledge of treasury data and applications with the curiosity to continually improve processes
• Experience in treasury processes, reporting requirements and change within a corporate or financial institution. Knowledge of securitisation processes and systems would be a distinct advantage
• Advanced technical skills in data preparation, information visualization, statistical programming languages and SQL.
• A positive record of managing change initiatives, within an agile environment.
• Collaboration, communication, presentation, team skills, with the ability to influence and across all levels of the organization.
• A critical thinker with the capability to think laterally, solve problems and find innovative solutions.
• An interest in market trends and industry developments related to securitisation.

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

* 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

This is a once in a career opportunity to help shape your future as well as ours. Join us and grow with purpose.

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FTC (3 Months) Credit Control- Goole, East Yorkshire

Search Consultancy is supporting a global company in recruiting an experienced Credit Controller for a 3-month fixed-term contract at their office in Goole.

This is an excellent opportunity for a self motivated and reliable candidate seeking a new challenge and eager to support their finance team.

The role involves chasing payments, controlling accounts, handling queries and coming up with solutions as well as collecting overdue invoices, reporting and reducing bad reports. You will also be making sure records are kept up to date and using financial software systems.

To be considered for this role, you should ideally have at least 1 years of experience in credit control. You will also have strong communication skills, good team player, excellent organisation skills as well as being capable of working under pressure. You also will be proficient in Microsoft Office applications and experienced in systems like SAP.

The role offers a competitive salary and is full time working in the office: 9:00 am-5:00 pm, Monday to Friday. In addition there are some great benefits.

If you are seeking this new opportunity and keen to get into a new role in finance, then this role could be the perfect fit for you, please apply today.

Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age

Your new company
Hays Senior Finance are partnering with a public sector organisation in the Sheffield region who are looking to add a Senior Finance Business partner to their finance team.
Your new role
As Senior Finance Business partner, you will lead a finance team reporting to the Head of Finance. This is a high profile role and will require good management skills to ensure finance services are provided efficiently and professionally. You will also act as deputy to head of finance and, as well as with good management skills, will require well-developed accounting knowledge. You will provide leadership and proactive support to direct reports, non-finance colleagues and stakeholders.
Main responsibilities include;

• Challenge and influence stakeholders at all levels by ensuring all viable options have been considered when making key financial decisions, using your knowledge and expertise, identifying and recommend mitigation and solutions for complex accounting risks.
• Supporting the head of finance, deputising as required to lead, coach and motivate the finance team, providing support to ensure that priorities are identified, objectives are achieved and enhancing the overall level of performance
• Ensure financial transactions are processed in an accurate and efficient manner, with emphasis on strong financial controls. Stay ahead of changes in accounting standards, legal obligations and ensure relevant compliance with mandates of the sponsor department.
• Manage a team of finance business partners to ensure productivity of monthly management accounts, identify key variances against budget and ensure that timely accurate information is provided to management and relevant teams on a timely basis. Undertake separate analysis of budget variances and trends as required
• Have oversight of the finance business partners ensuring the provision of insightful analysis and interpretation of financial data to facilitate informed decision-making.
• Oversee the reconciliation of monthly accounts, with accurate monthly closing balances
• Support the Head Of Finance with preparation for, and satisfactory completion of the annual audit ensuring financial statements are accurate and in line with accounting standards, internal accounting policies and public sector reporting requirements
• Support the Head of Finance with budgeting and forecasting, actively participating in financial projections and plans
• Work with people development team to control and monitor payroll budgets across the organisation
• Build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders across the organisation.
• Ensure finance systems and procedures are understood throughout the organisation and there is a high level of financial control implemented

What you'll need to succeed

• Recognised accountancy qualification with post-qualification experience
• Experience of managing a finance team in processing financial and accounting transactions as well as production of management accounts and providing financial information with accompanying commentary to budget holders
• Experience of preparing annual accounts for audit and the publication of financial statements for public view
• Experience of supporting senior managers and stakeholders
• The ability to analyse and communicate complex financial information to identify risk and inform decision-making and recommend appropriate courses of action
• Experience of drawing upon a high degree of technical understanding and application of personal knowledge and experience
• Ability to manage fluctuating workloads
• Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to create and present clear, well-structured papers and present at- executive leadership level holders, supporting them to make sound and considered decisions and judgements
• Evidence of instilling confidence and credibility when dealing with sensitive, challenging and difficult situations
• Ability to influence colleagues and senior stake

What you'll get in return
An opportunity to join a large Public Sector organisation based in Sheffield who offer a competitive salary, fantastic benefit package as well as hybrid and flexible working
What you need to do now


If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Role: Finance Manager

Location: West Yorkshire (2-3/Week Hybrid)

Salary: £55-65K + Benefits

Our client is looking for a Finance Manager to join their team and work with the senior leadership team to help deliver on their ambitious growth targets through a combination of organic and M&A activities. Typical stakeholders will be the Finance Director, Operations Directors and the Group CFO. This is a brilliant role for someone looking for a mix of career progression and a real entrepreneurial culture.

Responsibilities:

• Working with Ops Directors to enable profit maximisation and cash flow.
• Lead the organisation's monthly reporting (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow) in accordance with requirements and ensure adherence to relevant accounting standards.
• Review and challenge operational and financial performance.
• Line management responsibility of 4 staff and mentor throughout their qualification journey
• Proper application of financial controls according to the principles contained within the Delegated Authorities.
• Prepare, review and challenge any financial business cases/investment requests as required.
• Assist with due diligence of potential acquisition targets
• To ensure delivery of Monthly Management packs in accordance with reporting requirements
• Continuously review profitability across all operating units and clients both current and forecast
• Develop and maintain a series of KPIs for key areas of financial and operational risk and opportunity to ensure profit is maximised
• Assist in the closure of the monthly and annual accounts and deliver effective communications to support the presentation of results both internally and externally.
• Calculate and submit regulatory returns (VAT, CIS, Corporation tax).
• Challenge and review the balance sheet including aged debt, periodic accruals, provisions and provide robust analysis of variances.
• Ensure compliance with all necessary financial procedures (including appropriate budget delegation arrangements and procedures) and ensure robust controls are in place.
• Play a lead role in the annual audit.

Essential Experience:

• Qualified ACA / CIMA / ACCA (Post Qual 2-3 Years)
• Working to a strategic level in a multi-service organisation
• Experience of advising senior management teams on strategic and financial issues
• Experience of performance reporting at all levels including the Board
• Line management experience
• Proven knowledge of UK GAAP

If you're interested, please hit apply or email your CV

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Role: Finance Business Partner (Qualified Only)

Location: West Yorkshire (2-3/week on-site)

Salary: £50-60K + Benefits

Our client is an exciting group business with a variety of manufacturing businesses in its portfolio. They are looking for a strong business partner to join their team and provide a more cohesive approach to analysis and communication between their brands and work with both finance and non-finance stakeholders to help bridge that gap.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with regional operations teams across various sites / branches (Yorkshire and the North), providing insight and understanding to ensure the group meets its financial objectives
• Standardise and formalise processes as well as drive rigour across the national network
• Have a desire to dissect operational processes and propose KPIs to measure and drive productivity and make the right commercial decisions
• Regular reporting of financial performance and KPIs and associated commentary
• Ownership of budget process for the Region(s)
• Partner with branch managers on capital project approvals and reporting
• Provide assurance to the FD that revenue & costs are appropriately recognised and leakage is minimised
• Review period end close, identifying opportunities or risks that may appear

Essential

• Qualified (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

If you're interested, please click apply or drop an email

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Urgently required!! Temporary Role- Purchase Ledger clerk in Hull

Search Consultancy are supporting a manufacturing company to recruit a Temporary Purchase Ledger Clerk on a two month contract at their office in Hull.

This is a brilliant opportunity for an individual who is seeking a new opportunity, keen to get into a new finance role and is immediately available.

The role will consist of processing invoices accurately, preparing and processing payments, reconciling supplier statements and resolving any discrepancies. You will also be calculating VAT, maintaining accurate record of all transactions as well as assisting with month-end duties.

To be considered for this role you will ideally need to have relevant experience of at least 1 year, strong attention to detail, great organisation skills as well as communication skills. You will also need to have proficiency in Microsoft Office especially Excel and financial software systems.

The role will be paid on an hourly basis equivalent to £26,000 per annum. This will be working fully on site in Hull on full time hours working 5 days a week.

If you are seeking the new opportunity and keen to get into a new role as soon as possible and this role is the perfect fit for you, please apply today.

Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age

Your new company
Hays are delighted to be working with this manufacturing company based in Rotherham to recruit a Finance Manager.

Your new role

• Ensure all data entry is current and accurate, leading to error-free financial records and efficient reporting.
• Produce reports for the General Manager, providing insights for review and discussion, aiding informed decision-making.
• Support and train the accounts' administrator, contributing to continuous staff development and improved team performance.
• Process invoices and customer payments promptly, maintaining smooth financial operations.
• Keep bank and client reconciliations up-to-date, ensuring accuracy in financial records.
• Complete financial accounting tasks as requested by Taconova AG, ensuring compliance with internal requirements.
• Deliver regular reports to management, providing clear financial overviews when needed.
• Carry out month/year-end procedures accurately and on time, ensuring timely financial closures.
• Settle all HMRC demands promptly, ensuring compliance with tax regulations.
• Perform journals and accounting adjustments to maintain accurate financial statements.
• Work with external accounting firms to prepare statutory accounts and support year-end audits, ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Manage payroll processes and implement any required changes, ensuring timely and accurate payments to staff.

What you'll need to succeed

• Ideally, AAT level 3 or equivalent
• The ideal candidate will have previous experience of working as a Finance Manager or 3-5 years in finance / management accounting.
• They will have an in-depth understanding of preparing management accounts, managing budgets, and handling full balance sheet reconciliations.

What you need to do now


If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Search Consultancy is excited to be assisting in the recruitment of a Credit Controller for a full-time, permanent role based in Goole. Our client is looking for an experienced and detail-oriented individual to join their finance team.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an individual with previous Credit Control experience who is looking to join a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

The role will involve managing approximately 600 customer accounts, ensuring timely payment collection, and maintaining customer records. You will be responsible for applying the client's credit management policies, using various accounting and credit management systems, and liaising with both internal and external teams to resolve outstanding issues. The role will also involve monitoring overdue invoices, reporting on high arrears, and ensuring customers are kept within their credit limits.

To be considered for this role, you will need prior Credit Control experience and a solid understanding of credit control and sales ledger accounting. You should be self-motivated, reliable, and possess excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Experience with Microsoft Office, Excel, and ERP systems (preferably SAP & FSCM) is essential.

The role offers a competitive salary and is office-based in Goole, with standard working hours of 9am - 5pm, with some flexibility available. Additionally, the client offers a range of benefits including 25 days of annual leave (increasing with length of service), salary sacrifice schemes, and a robust employee assistance program.

If you are looking for an exciting new challenge with a global company, apply today!

Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.

Search Consultancy is excited to be assisting in the recruitment of a Credit Controller for a full-time, permanent role based in Castleford. Our client is looking for an experienced and detail-oriented individual to join their finance team.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an individual with previous Credit Control experience to join a fast-growing and dynamic company.

The role will involve daily monitoring of debtor balances, chasing outstanding payments, and ensuring debts are collected within terms following each sale. You will be responsible for the end-to-end management of the company sales ledger, from raising sales invoices and monitoring payments to escalating slow receipts. Additionally, you will resolve queries with internal and external stakeholders, process cash receipts and refunds, and proactively manage the debtor position, contributing to weekly and monthly debtor reviews. The role also includes general finance administration and ad-hoc tasks as needed.

To be considered for this role, you should have previous experience in sales ledger, credit control, or accounts receivable. You must be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines, with exceptional attention to detail and an organised approach. Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, are essential, along with the ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team. Experience with Microsoft Excel and working in a fast-paced environment is also required.

Salary based on experience plus benefits package.

If you're looking to join a growing company in an exciting industry, apply today!

Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.

Are you looking for your next career move in Financial Planning? Want to work for an award-winning legal firm?

My client based in Hull are seeking a highly motivated Financial Planning & Analysis Executive to join their team. The FP&A Executive will play a critical role in supporting the firm's financial planning and decision-making processes. This role will involve delivering and executing financial planning activities, including strategic planning, budgeting, forecasting, performance reporting, and providing analytical support to meet the firm's reporting requirements.

Duties of Financial Analyst:

• Assist in the development and execution of long-term strategic plans by creating detailed financial models and forecasts.
• Support strategic decision-making by analysing financial implications of business initiatives and investments.
• Coordinate and manage the annual budgeting process, including collecting, validating, and consolidating input from various departments.
• Ensure alignment between departmental budgets and overall organisational goals.
• Prepare accurate and timely quarterly forecasts, incorporating key business drivers and market conditions.
• Identify and explain variances between actuals, forecasts, and budgeted figures.
• Deliver comprehensive financial and operational performance reports, dashboards, and KPI metrics.
• Analyse financial results and provide actionable insights to senior leadership to drive performance improvements.

Benefits:

• Bonus scheme
• 25 days holiday entitlement, plus buy and sell scheme as well as birthday allowance
• Hybrid and flexible working options
• Supportive, approachable and friendly working environment
• Ongoing professional development and training opportunities
• Range of benefits, including pension, health cash plan, discounted gym membership and more

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