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Join us as an MQ Project Analyst

• You’ll be designing and building MQ systems to support the many applications using these systems, working with our Middleware MQ project team in a large and complex support environment
• You’ll be supporting the platforms’ operational stability and technology performance, including maintaining any system’s utilities and tools provided by the platform
• This is an opportunity to learn a variety of new skills in a constantly evolving environment, working closely with feature teams to continuously enhance your development
• This role will involve occasional on call and out of hours support

What you'll do

As an MQ Project Analyst, you’ll be supporting the team’s activities to make sure that the platform integrity is maintained in line with technical roadmaps, while supporting change demands from domains or centres of excellence. You’ll be contributing to and supporting the delivery of a robust production management service for relevant infrastructure platforms.

In addition, you’ll be contributing to the delivery of customer outcomes, innovation and early learning by contributing to test products and services to identify early on if they are viable and deliver the desired outcomes.

Your role will involve:

• Contributing to the platform risk culture, making sure that risks are discussed and understood at every step, and effectively collaborating to mitigate risk
• Designing, building and maintaining our MQ systems to customer requirements as well as supporting our application teams with testing and resolving issues
• Integrating our MQ systems with other software and linking them to external customers and partners
• Participating and seeking out opportunities to simplify the platform infrastructure, architecture, services and customer solutions, guarding against introducing new complexity
• Building relationships with platform, domain and relevant cross-domain stakeholders
• Making sure that controls are applied and constantly reviewed, primarily against SOX, to ensure full compliance to all our policies and regulatory obligations

The skills you'll need

To succeed in this role, you’ll need to be a very capable communicator with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to colleagues, including management level. You’ll need a solid background working in an Agile or DevOps environment with continuous delivery and continuous integration. IIB running on RedHat Linux and Solaris is desirable

We’ll also look to you to demonstrate:

• Strong experience of MQ infrastructure design, configuration, and delivery of MQ infrastructure on Z/os and, Unix as well as experience of MQ clustering, shared queues, pub/sub and AMS
• Experience of working with third party vendors, SSL certificates
• Knowledge of relevant industry standard toolsets and processes to drive up customer service within an IT environment
• An understanding of operational principles
• Good collaboration and stakeholder management skills

Join us as a Fiduciary Diligence Manager

• In this key role, you’ll support, deliver and execute upon the Depositary performance monitoring and oversight programme

• You’ll help set and deliver the strategy for Depositary oversight utilising both internal and external insights such as industry and regulatory developments, client feedback, custodian, transfer agent or fund administrator feedback and competitor information

• This is an opportunity for you to join a collaborative team, where you’ll be liaising with different areas of the business to broaden your network, while developing your knowledge and skills

What you'll do

As a Fiduciary Diligence Manager, you’ll support and undertake the delivery of high quality and risk based due diligence and ongoing monitoring programme of fund managers, fund accountants, transfer agents and custodians including ongoing performance management, service level monitoring and relationship management for all Depositary jurisdictions. You’ll support the implementation and execution of overall risk based Depositary service monitoring and oversight programme in support of the business strategy.

You’ll also provide team support and guidance and undertake delivery of jurisdictional business fiduciary oversight and assurance program for all fund managers, their delegates and custodians in line with regulatory requirements. You’ll collaborate, manage and be a point of escalation both internally and externally, for all custody, fund accountant, transfer agent and client oversight related issues, ensuring the service levels of all parties are set and driven to high standards in a changing environment.

You’ll also be:

• Making sure the clients' and custodians performance is monitored within the agreed metrics, ensuring all risks are called out and are visible to the senior management team, and any losses are addressed and remediated

• Supporting engagement with the legal team in order to input and direct content of relevant legal agreements on an ongoing to represent business and fiduciary requirements

• Providing comprehensive and value-add performance analytics and reporting of fund managers, their delegates and custodians across all Depositary jurisdictions

• Identifying areas of continuous monitoring to enhance the existing External Monitoring and Custody oversight functions, utilising technology solutions as appropriate

• Producing, analysing and distributing comprehensive and accurate management information

• Supporting the operation and management of the team to ensure they have a full understanding of what is required for oversight and monitoring activities

The skills you'll need

To thrive in this role, you’ll need experience of regulatory and operational risk identification, assurance testing, independent oversight utilising audit and risk management methodologies

You’ll also bring a strong understanding of custody, depositary and fund administration and transfer agency business and relevant regulations.

You’ll also need:

• Proven ability to provide good reliable and robust management information

• The ability to manage various stakeholders, using excellent problem solving and interpersonal skills

• Good influencing and negotiation skills and the ability to develop effective working partnerships both internally and externally across a wide range of stakeholders

• Strong ability to work under pressure, managing diverse initiatives without comprising quality

• The ability to coach and share specialist knowledge with others to aid their understanding and decision making

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Join us as an Operational Readiness Financial Crime Senior Associate

• Take on a critical role defining and realising fantastic solutions, processes, benefits and new opportunities to deliver to our stakeholders
• You'll be working in a vibrant, forward looking team and helping us to shape the future of our business
• It’s a great chance to hit the ground running and make a tangible impact on our function

What you'll do

In your new role, you’ll be managing the analysis of complex cross franchise and pan bank requirements for Financial Crime & Due Diligence functions, while capturing, validating and documenting business and system requirements and making sure that they are in line with key strategic principles.

In the course of your work, we’ll also look to you to build, manage and maintain a positive working relationship with stakeholders and third party suppliers across multiple franchises and functions.

You’ll also:

• Create and maintain documentation, as well as support controls and quality assurance for key stakeholders and suppliers
• Identify and support cut-over and implementation tasks
• Trace and link business requirements to future state design
• Have knowledge of at least one relevant operational area in financial crime, fraud prevention or due diligence
• Be aware of banking operations requirements and regulations applicable for a Business Current Account, Retail Current Account, Savings and Lending

The skills you'll need

We're looking for someone with a background of delivering business analysis in a banking, FinTech, technology or IT function. You’ll have an analytical mindset, with strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise your work.

You’ll also need:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to build relationships with internal stakeholders and customers
• Experience in process mapping and documentation creation in standard formats
• Experience working in an agile environment and with tools like Jira/Confluence

Why Risk?

In Risk, our role is to make sure we're doing the right thing as an organisation - for our people and our customers. Risk management allows us to strike a balance between taking risks and reducing them.

It's our responsibility to manage risk across the bank, ensuring we have the right culture, strategy and rules in place. We also manage interactions with key regulators, providing trusted advice to the colleagues who are serving our customers.

A world-class industry placement

If you’re looking for an industry experience as part of your degree, our 12-month Risk internship has been designed to both prepare you for working life and challenge you at the same time.

We welcome – and encourage – applications from a diverse range of degree disciplines, including arts, legal, STEM, quantitative or other fields.

At the end of your placement, we’ll assess you on what you’ve learned. Complete this successfully and you could be offered a place on our Risk graduate programme, where you can carry the skills you’ve learnt forward and take the next step in your career.

Over the course of this 12-month placement, you can look forward to:

• Learning about our culture, values and goals
• Seeing first-hand how we work together as one bank to deliver an outstanding service for our customers
• Attending training workshops and getting involved with our day-to-day work
• Working with different risk teams to learn a competitive mix of practical knowledge and technical skills
• Learning about the models and practices we use to manage risk
• Accelerating your report writing capability
• Developing your qualitative and quantitative data analysis skills
• Exploring your capability by taking part in a business improvement project

How you’ll benefit

We’ll reward you with a starting salary of £24,000.

Plus, you can expect to:

• Learn from industry experts and immediately apply your learnings
• Enrich your learning with access to world-leading research and insights
• Test and learn new approaches in a safe, inclusive environment
• Start building a global professional network
• Grow your confidence, build your resilience, and elevate your presence
• Experience first-hand what it’s like working in a purpose-driven organisation

Entry requirements

To be eligible for our Risk placement you’ll need:

• To be in your penultimate year of university
• To be on course to achieving a 2:1 in your degree
• A genuine interest in the world of finance
• Strategic-thinking skills
• A creative approach to problem solving
• Analytical skills
• To be comfortable challenging the status quo

Ready to apply?

The application window for this programme will be open until we receive enough applications to fill our cohort. When that happens, we’ll close the programme to new applications. It’s important to take the time to make sure you’re making the right decision about the programme you want to apply for (you can only apply for one programme) but please complete your application as soon as you can to make sure you don’t miss out!

Join us as a Fiduciary Diligence Lead

• In this key role, you’ll lead the development, execution and delivery of a comprehensive, flexible, agile, and risk based Depositary service performance and oversight framework

• You’ll also oversee plans for all Depositary jurisdictions which are subject to continuous assessment that address regulatory requirements, provide detailed independent assurance, industry best practice and opinions with impact

• You'll have a real opportunity to add value and deliver lasting results in this role, while building meaningful relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders

What you'll do

As a Fiduciary Diligence Lead, you’ll lead delivery of high quality and risk based due diligence and ongoing monitoring programme of fund management, fund accountants, transfer agents and custodians, including ongoing performance management, service level monitoring and relationship management for all Depositary jurisdictions. Using data and regulatory insights, and knowledge of upstream regulation, industry and environment, you’ll create and drive a best-in-class service performance and oversight model, and culture.

This will be focused on investor protection and outcomes in the collective investment scheme industry by challenging existing industry norms on fund management and Custodian Depositary oversight, to set new higher standards of investor protection insightful oversight reviews. You’ll understand the strategic needs and direction, identify and provide solutions, guidance and support, manage conflicts, and negotiate mutually beneficial outcomes which deliver optimal investor protection outcomes.

You’ll also be:

• Leading delivery of jurisdictional Depositary fiduciary oversight and assurance program for all fund managers, their delegates and custodians in line with regulatory requirements

• Building and maintaining long term relationships with clients, stakeholders and suppliers through value-add insight reviews and performance evaluation

• Leading delivery of comprehensive and value-add performance analytics, and reporting of fund management, as well as their delegates and custodians across all Depositary jurisdictions

• Designing NatWest Depositary Services overall risk based service monitoring and oversight programme

• Leading delivery of the oversight programme in line with regulatory expectations and quality standards, ensuring adherence to Group policy, governance and frameworks

• Utilising and developing technology solutions to identify areas of continuous monitoring to enhance the existing External Monitoring and Custody oversight functions

• Leading engagement with the legal team in order to input and direct content of relevant legal agreements on an ongoing basis to represent business and fiduciary requirement

• Building and developing a high performing Fiduciary Assurance & Oversight capability, including supporting recruitment, team development, talent management, succession planning and performance management

The skills you'll need

To thrive in this role, you’ll need experience of regulatory and operational risk identification, assurance testing, independent oversight and implementing mitigating practises for end investor outcomes. You’ll be an experienced practitioner of audit and risk management methodology and have the ability to build and maintain an agile risk assessment model ensuring appropriate level of focus is attached to each review exercise.

In addition, you’ll have the ability to demonstrate continuous improvement and open minded assurance approach which continually assesses, challenges and tests the oversight framework using management information industry and business data to evaluate and review outcomes for optimum investor protection and fiduciary oversight in a changing regulatory industry.

You’ll also need:

• Knowledge of collective investment schemes, industry including existing and upstream regulatory agenda, industry mechanics, and the ability to demonstrate strong consumer outcomes focus

• Good influencing and negotiation skills and the ability to develop effective working partnerships both internally and externally across a wide range of stakeholders

• Strong ability to work under pressure, managing diverse initiatives without comprising quality

• The ability to coach and share specialist knowledge with others to aid their understanding and decision making

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Critical thinking skills, enabling you to cut through complexity, and make sound decisions and recommendations that are carefully balanced against risk

Join us as a Financial Controller in our Banking Product Control team

• You’ll lead a team with responsibility for the delivery of end to end financial control activity
• We’ll look to you to proactively establish and maintain strong working relationships with key customers and stakeholders, and the wider finance team
• As a key member of our team, you’ll enjoy extensive collaboration and can expect great visibility for you and your work
• We have three positions available and these will be for a twelve to fifteen month period, depending on the programme

What you'll do

As a Financial Controller, you’ll ensure the integrity of monthly, quarterly and annual financial information across our businesses, including balance sheet, profit and loss account, fixed assets accounting, legal entity recharge accounting and supporting data.

You’ll comply with relevant policies and consider and escalate the adequacy and effectiveness of the business’s controls.

Through the course of your work, you’ll:

• Help shape the strategy and operating model for financial control, with the overriding objective of establishing and maintaining trust and confidence of customers and stakeholders
• Make sure the impacts of external and internal changes in policy and legislation are fully embedded on time
• Drive a continuous improvement culture in the team
• Maintain an awareness of all changes which impact the business, its products and its financial performance and ensure the effective communication to global financial control teams
• Monitor data analysis, consolidation and inputs for external reporting, including statutory reporting and regulatory reporting

The skills you'll need

To succeed in this role, you’ll hold a professional accountancy qualification, with proficiency in accounting. You’ll have worked in a large multinational organisation, with substantial experience in a financial services environment.

We’ll also look to you to bring:

• Experience leading, motivating and directing a small team
• In depth knowledge and experience in interlinked financial systems and accounting procedures
• Experience of implementing business process and procedural change in a complex business environment
• The ability to prioritise and manage conflicting operational and strategic demands

Join us as a Third Party Risk Manager

• If you’re looking for a new challenge, where you can play a key role in managing third party risk, this could be the ideal role for you
• You’ll work in partnership with colleagues across the organisation in applying a third party risk management (TPRM) framework, and anticipating and assessing the potential impacts of third party risk across the bank
• By liaising closely with a range of stakeholders, you’ll have an opportunity to raise your profile across the bank and you’ll benefit from a strong focus on your personal development

What you'll do

You’ll play a key role in delivering initiatives that support the effective application of the TPRM framework, with an opportunity to improve the understanding and effective management of third party risk across the bank.

We’ll look to you to support the business in managing third party risk, making sure mechanisms are in place to identify, report, manage, and mitigate risk within a defined risk appetite, working in conjunction with the second line of defence.

Day-to-day, you’ll be:

• Undertaking quality assurance testing on key TPRM and governance processes, identifying weaknesses and trends and driving activity to improve process design and capability
• Developing processes and procedures to support users in complying with the EO standard
• Building and maintaining trusted working partnerships with key stakeholders across the bank to align and create synergies between inter-related frameworks and non-financial risks
• Supporting the interpretation of the latest regulatory requirements and changes, managing updates to the TPRM framework to ensure our ongoing compliance to the outsourcing regulatory requirements
• Reviewing and maintaining of the EO risk standard and supporting guidance
• Providing oversight of the development and testing of robust third party exit and contingency plans for our most critical suppliers

The skills you'll need

To be successful in this role, you’ll demonstrate knowledge of third party risk and bring experience of working in a first or second line of defence risk role.

You’ll also bring:

• A clear track record of achievement and delivery
• Experience of working in a in financial services or supply chain environment
• Strong analytical and problem solving abilities with good attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal and the ability to influence at all levels

About us

Reed are delighted to be recruiting on behalf of Fox’s Burton’s Companies (FBC UK)! FBC UK bake the UK's most incredible biscuits (we might be slightly biased, but we will leave that for you to judge). FBC UK was a match made in heaven, with two of the top UK biscuits manufacturers (Burton's Biscuits and Fox's Biscuits) coming together to create one unique, integrated company. FBC UK are home to famous iconic brands, including Maryland, Fox's, Jammie Dodger & Rocky, to name just a few, as well as a proud manufacturing partner to some of the biggest UK retailers and household names. The key ingredient to FBC UK’s success is people, and the passion they have for their brands. You could be the jammy to our dodger, party ring to our Fox’s or the choc-chip to our Maryland?! We need people with innovative ideas, an entrepreneurial spirit, and the commitment to drive FBC UK to success. FBC UK are currently the second biscuit manufacturer in the UK market with a strong ambition of becoming UK Market Leader.

The role

To ensure all bulk trays, bins and other items used in production are washed hygienically and in line with company procedures.

Key accountabilities

• Operating the tray wash machine to wash bulk bins, tubs and equipment ready for use again in production.
• Hand washing larger items, ensuring gross debris has been removed first.
• Compliance to site procedures regarding wastewater discharge consent.
• Operating floor cleaning equipment in the bakery.
• Supporting the wider Hygiene Team when required – e.g. line changeovers.
• Completion of cleaning records.
• Working with chemicals.
• Working in a safe manner ensuring all company health and safety policies are adhered to.
• Ensuring that hygiene supervisors are updated with all relevant information.

Skills & experience

• Self reliant – ability to work both as an individual and a team member.
• Demonstrate high standards of hygiene.
• Basic food hygiene training preferred but not essential as training will be provided
• Chemical training preferred but not essential as training will be provided.

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Responsible To: Line Manager
Direct Reports: 0
Key Relationships: Coworkers, Guests, and Line Manager

Hours of work: 0-40 hours per week / Available to work some weekends.

Company Overview:
HotelCare, the UK's foremost hotel support services provider, boasts over 30 years of experience serving 200+ hotels nationwide. Offering premium staff and services, including cleaning over 10,000 rooms daily and catering to various sectors such as apartments, leisure facilities, public areas, and corporate offices, we collaborate with ICE UK to introduce sustainable cleaning solutions, reducing our carbon footprint while upholding quality service.

We offer a benefits package including

• Up to 28 days paid holidays.
• A permanent job with flexible working hours to suit your lifestyle.
• Standard working hours 25+ per week / Available hours may reduce during periods of low occupancy / Contracted hours can be negotiated and guaranteed.
• Free Lunch on duty (site dependant).
• Full on-site training.
• Salary Finance with exclusive rates – access to loans or wage advances (available once probation is complete).
• Career progression with the opportunity to undertake a HotelCare Apprenticeship.
• Automatic Enrolment into a workplace pension, after 3 months’ service.
• Recognition, incentives and awards.

Job Overview:
HotelCare are committed to excellence in all that we do and our Room Attendants are integral to upholding impeccable cleanliness standards, enhancing guest satisfaction in hotels nationwide. Joining our dynamic team, you'll thrive in a fast-paced environment, consistently delivering the highest levels of room cleanliness.

Job Description
Key Responsibilities

• Clean and tidy guest rooms to established standards.
• Change bed linens, replace towels, empty trash bins and restock amenities.
• Dust furniture, vacuum carpets, and clean mirrors for a neat appearance.
• Sanitize surfaces thoroughly for hygiene maintenance.
• Maintain stock levels of cleaning supplies and toiletries.
• Promptly report any maintenance issues or damages.
• Follow supervisor instructions and adhere to safety protocols.
• Ensure the security of guest rooms and the privacy of the guests.
• Provide professional and respectful service to guests and respond to their requests promptly.

Person specification
Experience

• Preferred Experience: Experience in a similar role within the hospitality industry, particularly in housekeeping or room attendant positions.

Skills and knowledge

• Physical ability to lift, bend, and stand for extended periods.
• The ability to work individually and as part of a team.
• Strong time management skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Flexibility and willingness to learn.
• A ‘Can Do’ attitude.
• Adaptability to organisational needs.
• Ability to prioritise and multi-task.
• Capability to provide excellent customer service.
• Self-motivation and accountability.
• Ability to work confidentially and with integrity.
• Ability to work under pressure and to follow instructions.
• Awareness of safety regulations and compliance.

Flexibility

• You may be required to work different and/or additional hours of work (from those to which you have been previously notified in respect of any period) and carry out additional reasonable tasks to meet the needs of the Company and their clients.

Job Description

Place

Environmental Health Officer
Various locations in City of Edinburgh

Salary: £44,257 - £52,373
Hours: 36 per week

Although we welcome applications for a range of hours (please be clear on application).

The City of Edinburgh Council is a predominantly urban Local Authority with a population of approximately 500,000. Edinburgh is a popular tourist destination with visitors coming to see the city’s museums, markets and monuments as well as some of the most famous festivals in the world. Providing for the population and visitors requires services and facilities that meets their needs including entertainment, restaurants, bars and cafes. Edinburgh is an important financial centre and is home to a number of universities and colleges and some manufacturing. This dynamic operating environment and the impacts of both technological and legislative change require a strong Environmental Health Service performing to the highest standards of competency, service delivery and professionalism. There can be few places more interesting than Edinburgh to work in Environmental Health. Are you the right person for our service?

Our Environmental Health Service comprises four teams: one covering Environmental Protection and three covering Food, Health and Safety. We are looking for enthusiastic and energetic EHOs to enhance our Food, Health and Safety and Environmental Protection Teams. We can offer a dynamic and interesting environment and want to encourage applications from qualified Environmental Health Officers (newly or experienced) looking for a new challenge. These posts will be based in Waverly Court although work is throughout the city with a degree of flexibility and some home working (subject to operational requirements). Some work out of normal office hours will be required.

For further information, please contact Heather Dick at heather.dick@edinburgh.gov.uk.

For more information about Edinburgh please see the official guide at http://edinburgh.org/

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

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