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Job Advertisement: Management and Finance Assistant

Are you a proactive and detail-oriented individual with a passion for finance? Do you thrive in a dynamic environment where your contributions make a real difference? Our client, a reputable organisation in the public sector, is seeking a Management and Finance Assistant to join their team on a temporary basis for three months.

Position Details:

• Contract Type: Temporary
• Contract Length: 3 months
• Hourly Rate: 14.65 PAYE or 19.26 umbrella
• Working Pattern: Full Time (1 day per week in the office - Tuesday)
• Driving Required: No

Key Responsibilities:
As a Management and Finance Assistant, you will play a crucial role in supporting the finance team with various tasks, including:

• Finance Support: Assist with invoicing clients, fee claiming processes, and entering journals using Integra.
• Data Analysis and Reporting: Compare fee earning versus time spent to provide valuable insights.
• Information Collection and Presentation Preparation: Gather photos and information for the Design Service projects portfolio.
• Template Formatting and Updating: Ensure consistency and attention to detail in all templates and documentation.
• General Support to Management: Help set up interviews, meetings, and arrange IT requirements.
• Fee Bids Support: Assist in submitting fee bids and collating submission documents.

What We're Looking For:
The ideal candidate will have a can-do attitude, excellent grammar, and a keen eye for detail. In addition, you should possess the following skills:

• Proven experience in finance and fee claiming.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.
• Strong proof reading and quality control skills.
• A proactive and methodical approach with the ability to prioritise tasks under tight deadlines.
• Exceptional time management and organisational abilities.
• A flexible and positive attitude, ready to collaborate with a diverse team.

Why Join Us?
This is a fantastic opportunity to gain valuable experience in the public sector while contributing to a vibrant team. You will enjoy a supportive work environment where your efforts will be recognised and appreciated. Plus, with just one day in the office, you'll also benefit from the flexibility of remote work!

If you are ready to take on this exciting challenge and make a meaningful impact, we'd love to hear from you!

How to Apply:
Please submit your CV

Join our client's team and be part of an organisation that values your skills and contributions! Apply today and take the next step in your career with us!

Adecco is a disability-confident employer. It is important to us that we run an inclusive and accessible recruitment process to support candidates of all backgrounds and all abilities to apply. Adecco is committed to building a supportive environment for you to explore the next steps in your career. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we will be happy to support you.

Adecco acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Adecco. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement explains how we will use your information - please copy and paste the following link in to your browser (url removed)

Morgan McKinley is recruiting on behalf of our client, a well-established business based in Swindon, who are looking for an experienced Management Accountant to join them on an interim basis.

We're ideally looking for someone local to Swindon, as this role will be office-based 5 days a week. You'll need to be available at short notice and confident in taking ownership of core monthly reporting tasks.

Key responsibilities:

• Preparing monthly management accounts

• Posting journals (accruals, prepayments, etc.)

• Balance sheet reconciliations

• Budgeting and forecasting

• Variance analysis and commentary

• Supporting month-end and year-end close

• Liaising with stakeholders across the business

What we're looking for:

• Proven experience in a similar management accounting role

• Strong Excel skills

• Able to start at short notice

• Comfortable working on-site full time

Interested? Call Lucy at Morgan McKinley on (phone number removed) or click apply to find out more.

Think Accountancy & Finance are proud to be partnering with a fantastic local business to recruit a Management Accountant (or experienced Finance Manager), into a brand new position.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to contribute to a broad, hands-on role. Working closely with the Head of Finance and Operations, you'll be involved in a wide range of finance duties including management accounts, reporting, forecasting, payroll and audit support.

Whether you're an experienced Finance Manager looking better work-life balance, or a Management Accountant looking to broaden your scope this role offers variety, autonomy, and the chance to make a real impact in an incredable buisness.

Location: Tring, Hybrid
Salary: 40,000 maximum
Hours: Part-time / Flexible hours available - 4 full days or reduced hours over 5 days)

• Prepare accruals and prepayments

• Produce management accounts and cashflow forecasts

• Support with budgeting and forecasting processes

• Carry out variance analysis and produce internal financial reports

• Assist with payroll and pension administration

• Contribute to internal audits, controls, and policy development

• Provide support across general finance administration

• AAT Level 3 or 4 qualified (or working towards it)

• Part-qualified (ACCA/CIMA) or qualified by experience (QBE) welcome

• Strong understanding of double-entry bookkeeping

• Experience producing management accounts and understand the process and key financial principles

• A proactive, process-driven individual who's always looking to improve systems and add value

• Comfortable working independently within a small but supportive team

This is a brilliant opportunity to join a values-led organisation with a collaborative culture. You'll be encouraged to bring ideas, suggest improvements, and really make the role your own .

Think Accountancy and Finance is the finance division of Think Specialist Recruitment, an independent recruitment agency based in Hemel Hempstead and working across the Herts, Beds and Bucks area. We specialise in permanent, temporary and contract recruitment with areas of expertise including: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, Finance Admin, Part Qualified Finance, Credit Control and Bookkeepers.

Job Advertisement: Management and Finance Assistant

Are you a proactive and detail-oriented individual with a passion for finance? Do you thrive in a dynamic environment where your contributions make a real difference? Our client, a reputable organisation in the public sector, is seeking a Management and Finance Assistant to join their team on a temporary basis for three months.

Position Details:

• Contract Type: Temporary
• Contract Length: 3 months
• Hourly Rate: 14.65 PAYE or 19.26 umbrella
• Working Pattern: Full Time (1 day per week in the office - Tuesday)
• Driving Required: No

Key Responsibilities:
As a Management and Finance Assistant, you will play a crucial role in supporting the finance team with various tasks, including:

• Finance Support: Assist with invoicing clients, fee claiming processes, and entering journals using Integra.
• Data Analysis and Reporting: Compare fee earning versus time spent to provide valuable insights.
• Information Collection and Presentation Preparation: Gather photos and information for the Design Service projects portfolio.
• Template Formatting and Updating: Ensure consistency and attention to detail in all templates and documentation.
• General Support to Management: Help set up interviews, meetings, and arrange IT requirements.
• Fee Bids Support: Assist in submitting fee bids and collating submission documents.

What We're Looking For:
The ideal candidate will have a can-do attitude, excellent grammar, and a keen eye for detail. In addition, you should possess the following skills:

• Proven experience in finance and fee claiming.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.
• Strong proof reading and quality control skills.
• A proactive and methodical approach with the ability to prioritise tasks under tight deadlines.
• Exceptional time management and organisational abilities.
• A flexible and positive attitude, ready to collaborate with a diverse team.

Why Join Us?
This is a fantastic opportunity to gain valuable experience in the public sector while contributing to a vibrant team. You will enjoy a supportive work environment where your efforts will be recognised and appreciated. Plus, with just one day in the office, you'll also benefit from the flexibility of remote work!

If you are ready to take on this exciting challenge and make a meaningful impact, we'd love to hear from you!

How to Apply:
Please submit your CV

Join our client's team and be part of an organisation that values your skills and contributions! Apply today and take the next step in your career with us!

Adecco is a disability-confident employer. It is important to us that we run an inclusive and accessible recruitment process to support candidates of all backgrounds and all abilities to apply. Adecco is committed to building a supportive environment for you to explore the next steps in your career. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we will be happy to support you.

Adecco acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Adecco. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement explains how we will use your information - please copy and paste the following link in to your browser (url removed)

Think Accountancy & Finance are proud to be partnering with a fantastic local business to recruit a Management Accountant (or experienced Finance Manager), into a brand new position.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to contribute to a broad, hands-on role. Working closely with the Head of Finance and Operations, you'll be involved in a wide range of finance duties including management accounts, reporting, forecasting, payroll and audit support.

Whether you're an experienced Finance Manager looking better work-life balance, or a Management Accountant looking to broaden your scope this role offers variety, autonomy, and the chance to make a real impact in an incredable buisness.

Location: Tring, Hybrid
Salary: 40,000 maximum
Hours: Part-time / Flexible hours available - 4 full days or reduced hours over 5 days)

• Prepare accruals and prepayments

• Produce management accounts and cashflow forecasts

• Support with budgeting and forecasting processes

• Carry out variance analysis and produce internal financial reports

• Assist with payroll and pension administration

• Contribute to internal audits, controls, and policy development

• Provide support across general finance administration

• AAT Level 3 or 4 qualified (or working towards it)

• Part-qualified (ACCA/CIMA) or qualified by experience (QBE) welcome

• Strong understanding of double-entry bookkeeping

• Experience producing management accounts and understand the process and key financial principles

• A proactive, process-driven individual who's always looking to improve systems and add value

• Comfortable working independently within a small but supportive team

This is a brilliant opportunity to join a values-led organisation with a collaborative culture. You'll be encouraged to bring ideas, suggest improvements, and really make the role your own .

Think Accountancy and Finance is the finance division of Think Specialist Recruitment, an independent recruitment agency based in Hemel Hempstead and working across the Herts, Beds and Bucks area. We specialise in permanent, temporary and contract recruitment with areas of expertise including: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, Finance Admin, Part Qualified Finance, Credit Control and Bookkeepers.

Morgan McKinley is recruiting on behalf of our client, a well-established business based in Swindon, who are looking for an experienced Management Accountant to join them on an interim basis.

We're ideally looking for someone local to Swindon, as this role will be office-based 5 days a week. You'll need to be available at short notice and confident in taking ownership of core monthly reporting tasks.

Key responsibilities:

• Preparing monthly management accounts

• Posting journals (accruals, prepayments, etc.)

• Balance sheet reconciliations

• Budgeting and forecasting

• Variance analysis and commentary

• Supporting month-end and year-end close

• Liaising with stakeholders across the business

What we're looking for:

• Proven experience in a similar management accounting role

• Strong Excel skills

• Able to start at short notice

• Comfortable working on-site full time

Interested? Call Lucy at Morgan McKinley on (phone number removed) or click apply to find out more.

Lyst is a global Fashion Tech company and premium shopping app, founded in London in 2010 and catering to over 200M shoppers per year. We offer our customers the largest assortment of premium & luxury fashion items & products in one place, via an assortment of 8.5M+ items from over 17,000 of the world’s leading brands. We are a scale-up business with a current team size of c. 160 people in London, combining an agile mentality with a proven business model and over a decade of experience. This provides a balance between foundations and structure, and autonomy and pace.

At Lyst we obsess over the customer, providing a search & discovery experience which offers inspiration, fulfilment, and personalisation. We believe that fashion is amazing but shopping for fashion often isn’t, and use our technology, data and creativity to bring more joy, greater choice and fewer fails. Our mission is to help fashion shoppers make better decisions and help fashion partners find better audiences as the category-leading destination for every fashion shopper. Lyst has raised over $160m from leading investors including Accel, Balderton, Molten Ventures, Fidelity International, and LVMH.

We are looking to hire a qualified Management Accountant to join our core finance team. This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to make a mark in a small but high performing team in a fast paced environment. As a team, we focus on ensuring our reporting is robust, whilst constantly looking to iterate and improve our processes, to maintain our position as an industry leading department.

In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring we can deliver against this mission whilst maintaining a service of uninterrupted BAU. You will be a firefighter for both the core finance team and the wider business to help resolve queries and work on value add projects, meaning a varied and dynamic role.

Responsibilities:

• Predominantly works on ad-hoc projects within the core finance team, including:
• Identifying process efficiencies and implementing improvements to enable these
• Fixing and rebuilding controls and reports
• Reactive business partnering with stakeholders across the business
• Is responsible for a majority of the deliverables for the external statutory audit, liaising with the auditors and collating data requests
• Owns the half year internal audit process, performing controls and accounting procedures
• Manages the monthly payroll process, liaising with our People team and third-party payroll providers
• Reviews output from junior team members during the month end process and creating the management accounts to ensure an accurate and timely month end close
• Owns treasury management, including cash forecasting, optimising savings and managing KYC.

Requirements

To be successful in this role you will need to have a rounded skill set as well as a fantastic work ethic. We're a high-performance, open and honest team, always pushing to learn and develop. We believe the right person for this role will:

• Enjoy independent working
• Be able to adapt to switching priorities and tasks, reacting to business needs as these change
• Have a desire to challenge existing thinking around how we perform our work
• Have a drive to problem solve, rising to and overcoming complex and unique challenges
• Have a strong sense of professional judgement for resolving issues.

We are looking for someone who is:

• Qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA
• Has been working in a finance/accounting based role for at least 3 years (including time to qualify)
• Proficient in technical accounting, able to research and apply accounting treatment to significant or new transactions
• A Microsoft Excel expert. and willing to learn more
• Able to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing
• Has solid month end and audit experience

Benefits

• Our Ways of Working: We come into the office between 2-4 days a week and we're always in on Tuesdays and Thursdays . We strongly believe that in-person collaboration and time spent together as a team allows us to deliver high impact work, but the flexibility to also work remotely supports our diverse team.
• Time Off : In addition to the 8 statutory bank holidays, you will receive 29 holidays per year. Lyst’s holiday year runs from 1 April to 31 March.
• Competitive Family Leave Package : This includes Enhanced Family Leave for those eligible, paid Time off for Dependents and Support for Fertility Treatment & Loss.
• Clothing Benefit: We want you to enjoy using the Lyst app and site as much as our customers, so we provide you with a clothing allowance to use on Lyst every year. This starts at £250 when you join and increases up to £,000 with your length of service
• Private Healthcare: Our healthcare provider is Vitality. Your health is important to us which is why we offer all employees a comprehensive healthcare scheme from the day you start.
• Training Allowance : We’re big on continuous learning and growth, so all employees are currently entitled to an annual training allowance of £1 00. This can be used to attend conferences, industry events, training courses and to purchase resources.
• Pension Scheme: Our pension provider is The People’s Pension. We offer a minimum employee contribution of 5% and 3% employer contribution.
• Eye Tests and Vouchers: Employees can make a saving on their eye test and glasses through our chosen provider. You’ll receive a free eye test every year and a discount towards glasses.
• Cycle-to-Work Scheme : Lyst will purchase a bicycle from your chosen retailer, you will then receive a voucher to pick up your bicycle from them.
• Transport Season Ticket Loan : Employees can apply for an interest free season ticket loan to support your travel to work.
• Social Events : Frequent company wide social events including Christmas & summer parties, sports days, themed drinks, quizzes, cook alongs, as well as smaller team socials. We also have plenty of interest based groups such as football, running club, book club, culinary and more.

We want to build a world where fashion works for everyone, and we want teams that are just as inclusive. Diversity and inclusion is an integral part of our culture at Lyst. We recognise and celebrate the value and impact diversity brings to our company and are committed to ensuring this is a consistent focus, for which we are held to account. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and equally, and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply for this role. We are happy to talk about flexible working arrangements.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Lyst we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

At Capgemini Invent, we believe difference drives change. As inventive transformation consultants, we blend our strategic, creative and scientific capabilities, collaborating closely with clients to deliver cutting-edge solutions. Join us to drive transformation tailored to our client's challenges of today and tomorrow. Informed and validated by science and data. Superpowered by creativity and design. All underpinned by technology created with purpose.

Your Role

Our Finance & CFO Advisory practice are looking for experienced Finance Transformation Senior Consultants, Managers and Senior Managers to join the team. 

As part of our Corporate Experience practice, the Finance & CFO Advisory capability combines accounting, consulting and industry experience to focus on our client's most strategic Finance priorities. We act as strategic advisors to the Office of the CFO and a critical friend to their wider finance leadership team. 

In this role you will play a key role in:

• Contribute to strategic advice and thought leadership to clients on a wide range of finance-related topics with an emphasis on tangible value realisation and performance optimisation.
• Lead discrete workstreams in Finance & CFO engagements or smaller end-to-end engagements, including finance transformation, operating model & organisation design, process improvement, technology implementation, and strategic advisory, cost transformation & financial modelling projects, to deliver tangible value and drive business outcomes for the client
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including technology, operations, and strategy professionals, to deliver integrated solutions that address clients' complex finance and business needs
• Develop relationships with client stakeholders, deeply understanding their business needs and aligning solutions with their objectives and industry best practices
• Contribute to the growth of the Finance & CFO Advisory capability by developing thought leadership content, collaborating with internal teams across Capgemini, and building capabilities through innovative offerings and assets.

As part of your role you will also have the opportunity to contribute to the business and your own personal growth, through activities that form part of the following categories:

• Business Development – Leading/contributing to proposals, RFPs, bids, proposition development, client pitch contribution, client hosting at events.
• Internal Contribution – Campaign development, internal think-tanks, whitepapers, practice development (operations, recruitment, team events & activities),   offering development.
• Learning & Development – Training to support your career development and the skills demand within the company, certifications etc.

Your Profile

You will have experience and expertise in the following areas:

• Experienced in business transformation and the programme management lifecycle, including: (1) a good knowledge of benchmarking practices and capability maturity assessments, (2) Expertise in developing compelling business cases highlighting the financial benefits and ROI of investments, and (3) expertise in operating model design and implementation.
• In-depth process expertise in designing optimised Finance processes, across one or more from: Record-to-Report, Order-to-Cash, Purchase-to-Pay, Acquire-to-Retire, Financial Planning & Analysis, Tax & Treasury.
• Practical knowledge of cutting-edge technologies (GenAI, RPA, Analytics) and current/emerging market trends (e.g. Shared-Services, GBS, ERP/Digital Core), including their application in a finance context.
• Proven experience of engagement management (scope, deliverables and commercials) alongside experience leading small and medium multi-disciplinary delivery teams or workstreams. 
• Currently working in a major Consulting firm, and/or in industry but having a Consulting background Proven ability to be successful in a matrixed organisation, and to enlist support and commitment from peers in selling and delivering consulting solutions.
• Experience of proposition building and delivery. 

For Manager and Senior Manager Positions:

• Business development – utilising a combination of the organisation’s broader pre-existing relationships, company relationships and your own network, you’ll be generating ( Senior Manager) or Contributing to ( Manager )c.£1m of consulting revenues.

Required certifications or licenses

• Must be a fully or part-qualified Chartered Accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ICAEW/ICAS) or equivalent

What You'll Love About Working Here

We help our clients address challenges, and respond to opportunities around strategy, business case development, business integration, financial modelling & planning, cost optimisation & performance management and digital transformation across all industry sectors. You have an exciting opportunity to join our team and contribute to expanding the business, build client and internal relationships, support market activity, and be part of the team advising and shaping the leading Finance teams of the future.

We are delighted to have received the “Glassdoor Best Places to work UK’ accolade for 4 consecutive years, to see what it’s like to work at Capgemini Invent, visit our Glassdoor page

Need To Know

At Capgemini we don’t just believe in inclusion, we actively go out to making it a working reality. Driven by our core values and Inclusive Futures for All campaign, we build environments where you can bring you whole self to work.

We aim to build an environment where employees can enjoy a positive work-life balance. We embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements.

Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas. We have also invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.

CSR

We’re also focused on using tech to have a positive social impact. So, we’re working to reduce our own carbon footprint and improve everyone’s access to a digital world. It’s something we’re really serious about.  In fact, we were even named as one of the world’s most ethical companies by the Ethisphere Institute for the 10th year.  When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a team that does the right thing.

Whilst you will have London, Manchester or Glasgow as an office base location, you must be fully flexible in terms of assignment location, as these roles may involve periods of time away from home at short notice.

We offer a remuneration package which includes flexible benefits options for you to choose to suit your own personal circumstances and a variable element dependent grade and on company and personal performance.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 350,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.