Total 112 job vacancies in Blackburn, , BB1 3LS

Your new company
Join a large, dynamic finance department that is dedicated to enhancing financial reporting activities. This company, based in Blackburn, offers a fantastic opportunity for a skilled finance professional to manage the statutory audit process and contribute to continuous improvement projects within the finance function.

Your new role
As the Finance Manager for Audit, you will play a vital role in managing the statutory audit process, ensuring efficiency, compliance, and transparency. Your responsibilities will include leading the statutory external audit process, managing audit task trackers, coordinating with internal and external stakeholders, and implementing robust internal controls. You will also be involved in various continuous improvement projects aimed at enhancing internal controls, balance sheet reconciliations, local statutory accounts, month-end processes, and financial reporting practices.

What you'll need to succeed
To be successful in this role, you will hold a finance qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA), with experience working in an Audit role, with no previous experience within industry required. You will need strong organisational and project management skills, excellent communication abilities, and a deep knowledge of financial reporting, compliance, and internal controls. You should have a proven ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines effectively, along with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

What you'll get in return
In return, you will receive a salary up to £57K, plus a bonus and generous benefits. You will work full-time onsite at modern offices in Blackburn, and will have the opportunity to work in a collaborative and supportive environment that values continuous improvement and professional development. You will be part of a team that is committed to maintaining high standards of financial integrity and compliance, with opportunities to make a significant impact on the finance function. There is the chance with this role to influence the direction your career will move into within the wider finance team as you progress, whether into the Group finance function, or a more commercial focused role, for example.

What you need to do now


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Terms and Conditions: Permanent, 37 hours per week

Salary: Grade L, SCP 53-57 £63,875 - £68,468 per annum

Department: Adults & Health

Shortlisting date: TBC

Interview date: w/c 16th December 2024

Service Lead- Neighbourhoods and Integration

Terms and Conditions: Permanent, 37 hours per week, Grade L (£62,317 to £66,798, LGA Pay award pending)

Core area: Integrated Neighbourhood Social Work Teams

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council is an exciting place to work. Our Adults & Health department have a proud record of achievement in supporting adults and communities within our borough. We do this by promoting independence, health, wellbeing and through safeguarding from harm. Following internal promotion of current post holder an exciting opportunity to join our Senior Leadership Team has become available for an experienced leader within Adult Social Care.

We are seeking candidates with strong experience, knowledge and a proven track record of management and leadership within Adult Social Care. The ideal candidate will have a depth of experience and knowledge across several key disciplines within statutory social care practice.

In addition to providing senior leadership to our services across Adult Social Care, this role will lead on relevant aspects of integration and service planning across the Place Based Partnership. This role is one of several Service Lead posts across the department and there is a requirement to work collaboratively to support the department.

You will have a positive attitude to transformation, innovation and growing new ways of working. You will work closely with senior colleagues within the department and the wider council and will have the credibility to be able to provide healthy challenge, reflection and to be able to influence the development of our services.

Adult Social Care works within increasingly integrated and collaborative partnerships with Health, the Voluntary Community and Faith Sector and partner provider organisations. Our partnerships are strong and continue to evolve to best meet the needs of our population and address health inequalities. We prioritise a person centred, strength-based approach to working with our communities to support them to become more resilient, stronger and more prosperous. We have embraced modern ways of working, are open to new ideas and innovation and the use of emerging technology and digital services.

For more information, please see attached Key Requirements documents and/or contact Brendan Gray, Head of Service, Brendan.gray@blackburn.gov.uk for an informal conversation.

Please note this advert may be closed early if a successful candidate is recruited prior to the application closing date.

For further information and to apply: https://shorturl.at/sb3yK

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Prestigious opportunity for an IT Infrastructure Engineer with a Global highly acclaimed Retail organisation based in Blackburn. With sites across the UK and Europe, following a period of significant growth and investment, we are seeking an IT Infrastructure Engineer to join our success story.

As one of our IT Infrastructure Engineers you will be responsible for:-

• Working with the Infrastructure Manager to ensure changes are planned and implemented in a structured and assured way.
• Testing of the Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery plans.
• Infrastructure incident management and resolution.
• Actioning any alerts generated by the monitoring systems in a timely manner
• Supporting the IT Service Desk function.
• Proactively seeking opportunities from across the organisation to improve the infrastructure.
• Documenting common practice, process flow diagrams and maintaining the knowledge base.

If you possess a combination of some of the following skills, then LETS TALK!

• Active Directory Administration.
• Office 365 / Exchange online
• Hypervisor technologies (Hyper-V, AHV or equivalent).
• Networking knowledge (LAN, IPv4, DNS, DHCP, Firewalls, Managed Switches, VLANs).
• PowerShell or any other scripting language or automation methodology.
• Windows Server (2008-2019).
• Windows (7, 10).
• Veeam Backup - desired but not essential.
• Linux/Unix administration experience - desired but not essential

In return, you will be rewarded with ongoing career development and training in addition to an enviable team environment, and an extensive benefits package!

What you need to do now


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Your new company
An exciting global convenience retail organisation, are looking to recruit an VAT assistant Manager to join their in house tax team at their head office in Blackburn on either a full time or part time basis. The company operates filling stations, convenience stores, and food service outlets throughout Europe and is based in the UK. It is a well-established, highly respected organisation who are looking to bring in someone experienced in VAT and management to help their fast paced group.

Your new role
As a VAT Assistant Manager in the tax team, you will report to the VAT Director and support the VAT Managers. Your responsibilities will include preparing and submitting VAT returns and EC Sales Lists (ECSLs) for specific territories, which involves collaborating with country finance teams to enhance processes and data accuracy. Additionally, you will provide ad-hoc support to the VAT Director on various non-compliance Indirect Tax matters.

Key Accountabilities:
* Preparing and submitting VAT returns, EC Sales Lists and Intrastat returns.
* Performing reconciliations and assisting in VAT audits.
* Building and maintaining relationships with key finance personnel across the business.
* Working with finance teams to improve processes.


What you'll need to succeed
* VAT technical knowledge and experience of preparing and submitting VAT returns.
* Intermediate/advanced Excel skills
* Strong communication skills (verbal and written)
* Ability to adapt and respond to changing priorities
* Accuracy and attention to detail
* Characteristics such as integrity, trust, professionalism, initiative, discretion, team work
* Tax technical qualifications, working knowledge of SAP and VAT reporting tools is desirable

What you'll get in return
* Salary would be £45k - £50k
* Standard 10% bonus
* In office work, with the option to work from home once a week
* This role offers a diverse range of tax experience within a truly international and dynamic business, providing an excellent opportunity to enhance your tax knowledge.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 contact William Loring on 0161 237 3388 or email: If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position in Tax or Treasury, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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Your new company
Hays have been approached by a High School in the Blackburn area that we have worked with for a number of years, who are seeking to appoint Teaching Assistants of a full-time basis. This school has an OFSTED rating of 'Good' and an excellent reputation within the local community for the level of support and education they provide to their pupils. The school has an extremely welcoming approach and now, due to planned expansion of the school, they are looking to recruit Teaching Assistants to come in and support.
Your new role
As a teaching assistant, you are responsible for providing support and assistance to the pupils, whether it be in a group or 1:1 setting, as well as supporting the class teacher across, this could be across KS3, KS4 or KS5. By being a teaching assistant, you should possess good behaviour management skills and hit the ground running by building up those relationships with pupils as well as staff. There is currently a high demand for teaching assistants in the Blackburn area, so please get in touch if you would like to know more or discuss the roles available.
What you'll need to succeed
In order to be successful in securing this position, you must possess recent experience working with children, the school are also willing to consider individuals from other various roles working with young adults, for example, support worker roles. As the schools are recruiting immediately, it would be ideal if you could jump straight into the role, however, do not let this put you off applying, as we are always receiving new roles. SEN experience would also be desirable in this role, however the school are looking for someone to come in with an open mind and commit to the role.
What you'll get in return
In return, you will be paid a highly competitive daily rate and will be working in this successful school where you will become an integral part of a welcoming team of TA's. You will therefore have the opportunity to further develop your own teaching assistant skills and experience. A dedicated consultant will always be on hand should you have any questions or concerns.
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.

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Head of Finance

Local Authority Blackburn

Monday to Friday 09:00-17:00

3 Days required in the office (2 Days Remote)

Salary Negotiable - (£500-£700pd) Dependent on Experience

Job Purpose

You will take responsibility for our finance teams and performance monitoring team developing the plans necessary to deliver excellent services to our residents. You will have the opportunity to influence the direction of the services and support our staff to make the continuous improvements needed to enable our services to flourish.

The successful applicant will play a vital role in supporting the development of our social care and public health services, offering inspiring leadership to our teams and influencing the strategic direction of our services linked to regulatory and business plan requirements. We are on an improvement journey and have brought together a range of services including for example commissioning, finance and performance, which with your expertise, will support the Directorate to operate within budgets and evidence compliance with a range of regulated activities.

Main responsibilities

• Collaborate with internal and external partners to design and deliver integrated services, ensuring efficient budget use.
• Develop and improve financial, performance, and business systems for managing contracts, focusing on outcomes and quality.
• Ensure commissioned services are high-quality, cost-effective, and people-centered with ongoing quality assurance.
• Lead Adult Social Care Finance, Performance, Direct Payments, and Complex Care teams to drive service improvements and align with public health strategies.
• Ensure compliance with Local Authority systems, including risk management, performance monitoring, and workforce planning.
• Manage multiple Council budgets and funding streams effectively.
• Represent the council in key meetings and with health sector partners to ensure collaborative service delivery.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement to achieve positive outcomes for citizens.
• Provide leadership, fostering employee development, wellbeing, and proactive health management.
• Provide timely information to stakeholders to monitor performance and progress towards strategic goals.

Requirements for the role

• Must be able to attend the office 3 days per week (Flexibility on the days)
• Must be a Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIPFA)
• Must have significant experience within Adult Social care at a Senior Level
• Or similar significant NHS experience

Service Care Solutions also offers a £250 referral bonus! So, if you know of anyone who would be perfect for this position and they are placed into work, you will receive £250 for the referral once their probationary period has been completed.

If this role is of interest, please just respond to this advert with an up to date copy of your CV or call Jake on 01772 208969