Turner Hargreaves |
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Branksome House, Filmer Grove , Godalming , Surrey , GU7 3AB |
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Accountant - Global Expenses (Fixed Term Contract) |
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London, London |
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£40000/annum plus benefits package |
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126146318 |
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16/05/2008 (16:26) |
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Turner Hargreaves |
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Our client, a highly successful global investment management organisation, wishes to appoint an interim accountant. The role is primarily systems accountant for the Global Expense system, providing global reporting and analysis on a monthly basis and undertaking global financial controller responsibilities for Compliance and Corporate Projects and Operational Excellence business functions. The role will assist the Head of Financial Control - Global Expenses in delivering good quality data to all stakeholders for management accounting purposes.
Role overview:
- Undertake systems administration and control of the Hyperion Global Expenses system on a global basis
- Undertake Global Expense reporting and analysis from Hyperion on a monthly basis with reconciliation between global ledgers and group consolidation system
- Ad hoc reporting and project work as necessary, assiging the project team in wider entity inclusion
- Work on the administration of the budget cost tool and budget 2009 build as well as delivery of forecasts
- Undertake financial control and partnering responsibilities for global functions, including budget construction and monthly reporting analysis with commentaries
Candidate Profile:
- A systems accountant, with practical experience and a good understanding of accounting principles
- Hyperion experience
- Construction and analyusis of general ledgers
- Problem solving and attention to detail
- Ideally from an investment management or financial services background, but not restrictive on background
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6 months plus |
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Lynne Hargreaves |
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1072/LH |
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Strategy Planning Analyst |
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Leeds, West Yorkshire |
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£26000 - £32000/annum |
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101187213 |
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16/05/2008 (15:00) |
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Turner Hargreaves |
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Our client, a high profile and successful organisation within the utilities sector, wishes to appoint a Strategy and Planning Analyst to support the SME Sales Strategy and Planning Manager with the Business Planning process, delivering innovative modelling solutions and implementing the scenario modelling process. In addition, communicating with the Sales Channel Managers and Sales Operations Managers on a day-to-day basis, understanding their process limitations and capabilities, and building relationships with cross-functional business areas is an essential aspect of this role and is key to delivering the right results for Business Sales. The role will be based in Leeds but will be required to be highly flexible, and at times it will be a requirement of the role to work in the Midlands.
- Enhance and support reporting, processes and strategies through the delivery of expert modeling capability and reporting facilities to support existing and new products, campaigns and processes.
- Produce recommendations to the Channel Managers based on an analysis of competitor intelligence and implement strategic manoeuvers to best position Business Sales prices and products.
- Support the Business Planning activity providing planning and financial modelling and analysis, producing innovative modelling facilities for scenario forecast modelling and facilitating the provision of inputs and outputs.
- Work closely with the Sales & Service Performance Team and Marketing to analyse and understand trends for setting future strategies and/or amending existing strategies.
- Assist with the implementation of a joint Renewals and Retention / Business Sales strategy to maximise value
- Ensure delivery and reporting of target margins and provide where appropriate discounts and NPV analysis.
- Set DOA’s in line with SME Sales DOA Statement and DOA strategy to ensure Commercial Control and to achieve Business Plan.
- Support Business Sales commercial activities, working across the business to help identify & exploit commercial opportunities within the market space to deliver growth and gross margin. Work with the Channel Managers to create and implement commercial strategies for each of the Business Sales channels to achieve Business Plan.
- Perform commercial appraisals on potential new opportunities and ventures.
- Work cross-functionally, develop relationships with Key business stakeholders including Commercial, Finance, Retention and Renewals, Marketing and Operations to identify reporting / process requirements, agree assumptions and plan for change. This includes providing recommendations to SME Business Development for system changes.
- Lead on project work representing Business Sales through various ‘workstream’ activity including Project Derby, the Commercial Controls Project (power & gas) and SME Benchmark Price Implementation.
- Liaise with Pricing to understand, challenge and communicate all cost updates to Business Sales.
- Ensure fully effective commissions by analysing sales data and amending accordingly.
Candidate Profile:
- Advanced Excel
- Ability to challenge status quo and respond positively to change with previous experience at process re-engineering and process mapping.
- Experienced: Considerable exposure to fast moving and changing environments with a track record of success.
- Excellent commercial awareness and risk management skills.
- High degree of modeling skills in Microsoft required and ability to use large sets of data.
- The ability to communicate cross-functionally at all levels.
- Excellent prioritisation, planning and organising skills.
- Strong influencing and negotiating skills essential.
- Committed to delivering results, close attention to detail and the ability to provide root cause analysis.
- A positive and committed champion of change.
- Ideally degree qualified or equivalent.
This is a high profile role, offering excellent developmental opportunities. The organisation offers a good benefits package
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Lynne Hargreaves |
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1035/LH |
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Financial Controller |
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London, London |
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£75000 - £80000/annum |
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101192588 |
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16/05/2008 (12:21) |
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Turner Hargreaves |
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Our client, a highly respective organisation and one of the world's largest asset managers, wishes to appoint a Financial Controller, this role takes responsibility for managing the deliverables of the financial accounting team, as well as supporting the projects that deliver robust financial and systems controls, synergies and efficiencies to support the business and finance communities.
Role Overview:
- Management and development of two direct reports, to include performance management and performance reviews
- Support the implementation of process re-engineering with ongoing responsibility to ensure all finance controls are operating effectively by ensuring data entry, tracking and analysis are delivered to required accuracy standards and timeframes
- Produce quality financial information in line with Parent company requirements
- Production of the monthly balance sheet reporting package, with commentary
- Produce inter and intra company reports
- Review, check accuracy and sign off all cash flow funding requests
- Leverage the use of technology to suggest improvements to operational efficiencies in Finance and support the delivery of such efficiencies whilst maintaining a strong control environment
- Liaise with client base to produce annual business services budget
- Ensure transfer pricing calculations are performed in accordance with transfer pricing methodology for all businesses
- Support and absorb ad hoc projects and deliverables in support of Finance Department initiatives and improvements as and when required
Candidate Profile:
- A graduate, fully qualified ACA or ACCA, with relevant experience
- Experience of staff management or at minimum mentoring, specifically Finalist and part qualified accountants
- Experience of working with large scale, global, interactive accounting systems, preferably PeopleSoft
- Strong attention to detail, analytical and logical throughout processes
- Demonstrate ability to lead and direct to achieve tasks and goals of the financial reporting team. Can demonstrate career support and development experience
- Able to build relationships at all levels by building trust through consistent delivery, open and timely communication with clients, peers and external parties
- Ability to adapt to both hands on and supervisory styles of working
- Exceptional oral and written communication skills - able to adapt style and format to suit the need or situation
- Able to anticipate potential problems and solutions in advance
- Structured approach - regular meetings and reports put in place to ensure peers and managers are kept informed and updated
- Ability to manage multiple tasks, and co-ordinate other team members' deliverables to achieve tasks/goals of the financial reporting team
- Experience of working for a global organisation
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Lynne Hargreaves |
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1071/LH |
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Bought Ledger Clerk |
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London, London |
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£22000 - £25000/annum Plus study and benefits package |
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101191683 |
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12/05/2008 (15:21) |
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Turner Hargreaves |
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This is one of the UK’s most prestigious, well known Business Services Companies based in stunning Central London offices,
As a result of continued growth and progression within the department they are currently recruiting for a Bought Ledger Clerk with recent bought ledger experience. Working as part of this busy, lively department you will be responsible for matching, batching and coding high volumes of bought ledger invoices, assisting with generating supplier payments and reconciling supplier statements, dealing with internal and external queries. Any exposure to the JD Edwards System would be advantageous, however good organisational and time management skills are essential. In return the company offers excellent benefits, career progression and a great working environment.
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Lynne Hargreaves |
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1069/LH |
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Financial Planning & Analysis |
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London |
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£50000 - £53000/annum plus benefits package |
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101191378 |
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09/05/2008 (15:08) |
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Turner Hargreaves |
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This Global ‘Brand’ Retailer requires a Business Analyst to join their expanding finance dept. Reporting to the FD of the company's food and beverage business unit, you will be responsible for providing financial planning analysis and decision support to help drive the profitable, cash generative growth of the business. This will include; analysing trading profitability, identifying trends in performance, KPI (financial and non financial) monitoring, supporting new business opportunities by identifying new income streams, appraising and evaluating capital proposals, reviewing concessions profitability and benchmarking profitability and other KPI’s across different departments.
Candidate Profile:
You will have excellent communication skills with the ability to liaise with individuals at all levels both internally and externally. You will be a Qualified ACA, CIMA, ACCA with a min of 1 year PQE, and will ideally have previous Financial Planning and Analysis experience preferably gained from a food and beverage multi-site retail group. You will need advanced Excel skills, experience of SAP is desirable.
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Lynne Hargreaves |
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1068/LH |
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Interim Financial Controller |
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London, London |
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£300 - £350/day |
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101190851 |
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07/05/2008 (09:56) |
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Turner Hargreaves |
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Our client, an international branded retailer of luxury goods, wishes to appoint an interim Financial Controller to support the Finance Director in the achievement of finance department goals,support and develop the decision making process with proactive financial and commercial due diligence, manage the day to day running of the finance office and manage the monthly management accounts cycle.
Role Overview:
Management Accounts Reporting:
- Manage team to prepare monthly management accounts with commentary on a timely basis enabling department managers to make and review commerecial decisions taken
- Ensure all material variances are investigated, identifying opportunities and proactively highlighting the impact these have on the business
- Prepare and evaluate key performance indicators assessing implications to the business and strategic goals
- Prepare monthly corporate banking reports ensuring management of all covenants
- Prepare weekly trading reports
Month End Process:
- Manage the team to maintain all weekly and monthly ledgers ensuring accounting treatment is consistent with UK recognised principles
- Prepare monthly reconciliation report of all balance sheet accounts ensuring all variances are investigated, highlighting possible business risk scenarios
Candidate Profile:
- Good degree or equivalent, coupled with a recognised accountancy qualification, preferably from a practice background (although not essential)
- Knowledge of SAP financial packages essential
- Excellent advanced Excel skills essential
- Excellent communication skills to both financial and non financial individuals
- Effective team building and development skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Ability to think at both strategic and tactical level
- Demonstrates large company disciplines
- Flexible working approach to achievement of departmental objectives
- Retail industry experience would be useful, but is not essential. However, experience of working in a multi-site organisation would be desirable |
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Permanent |
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3-6 months |
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As soon as poss |
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Lynne Hargreaves |
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1067/LH |
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Corporate Counsel |
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Berkshire, Berkshire |
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£70000 - £75000/annum Competitive benefits |
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114126114 |
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06/05/2008 (17:31) |
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Turner Hargreaves |
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Our client is an international plc providing innovative software solutions to companies to dramatically improve the business value of their enterprise applications.
Role Profile:
- Reporting to the General Counsel/Company Secretary who is based in the UK and to form part of a busy and effective global team comprising the General Counsel, one legal professional and paralegal in the US, and one UK based administrator. The role is to provide support to the UK European and Non-US operating subsidiaries of an ambitious and well established UK listed software company.
- The provision of legal support in the form of preparing, negotiating and drafting a wide range of software related commercial contracts including software licensing, distribution and partner agreements, consulting and services contracts and outsourcing.
- Instructing and working with external counsel as necessary to provide high standard of legal/contracts resource for European, Australian subsidiaries and Asian distributors.
Liaising with legal department in the US subsidiary on cross border issues
Managing contracts negotiation /approval procedures to ensure rapid responses to sales force.
- Preparing standard commercial contracts as required.
Candidate Profile:
- Must be both self –starter and self finisher
Must have excellent attention to detail and willing to take on problems even if not part of job description.
- Needs ability to manage a large number of matters of varying complexity and to work to strict deadlines with out close supervision and without stress
- Requires excellent communication and client management skills. Able to work as a team with sales- not as an obstacle: experience of a small, responsive, in house legal department may be helpful.
- Effective time management skills
- Proven experience of compliance & litigation matters
- UK legal work experience preferred
- Experienced working with and advising European and Non – Us subsidiaries on software licensing issues
- A skilled negotiator who can actively work with the sales force to engineer a solution to a wide range of challenges while balancing the need to comply with many and often potentially conflicting legal, regulatory and internal policy requirements
- An excellent team player adept at focusing on the key issues to produce a timely practical and feasible resolution to the table
- A professional approach is essential – with a willingness to concentrate solely on the job.
- Flexibility to adapt and work within a fast growing company and to master the ongoing changing needs of the business
- Excellent inter-personal skills, tough and resilient personality
- Pleasant, committed, confident individual able to communicate with clarity
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Lynne Hargreaves |
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1066/LH |
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Bought Ledger Clerk |
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London, London |
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£18000/annum |
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101189799 |
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06/05/2008 (14:31) |
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Turner Hargreaves |
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Our client, a prestigious retail establishment wishes to complement its finance team with the recruitment of a Bought Ledger Clerk to join their busy bought ledger team of 6. As a key member of the accounts function it will be your responsibility to assist in the smooth running of the bought ledger.
Your duties will include responsibility for key supplier accounts, processing of the bought ledger invoices, generating both computerised cheque, BACS and TT payments, processing staff expenses, maintaining the petty cash float and producing financial information for management at month end.
To be considered for this role you must have recent bought ledger experience and be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills. In return the company offers career progression, a fun and vibrant working environments, great benefits and a study package.
Applications will not be considered from individuals without the relevant Purchase Ledger experience stated within this advert. Only Candidates who are invited in for interview will receive a response to their application
Non-UK/non-EU applications: If you meet the above requirements, applications are invited from UK nationals or those holding a valid UK work permit.
Key words: Bought ledger, Accounts Payable, Purchase ledger, bought ledger controller, accounts payable controller,
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Lynne Hargreaves |
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Management Accountant |
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South West London, London |
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£28000 - £30000/annum Plus full study support & benefits |
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101188394 |
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06/05/2008 (14:31) |
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Turner Hargreaves |
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Our client, one of the UK's leading exhibition and events organisers, is currently looking to recruit a Management Accountant due to expansion. The company have been creating and developing the most stimulating and effective exhibitions and events throughout the UK for over 30 years, and has grown and evolved to become a highly respected and trusted brand within their specialist area.
Role Overview:
- Production and consolidation of P&L, balance sheet and other reports for the management accounts on a monthly basis
- Printing and distributing the monthly management accounts packs
- Maintenance of the fixed asset register and posting the depreciation journal accordingly
- Monthly review and posting of accruals, prepayments and amortisation journals
- Review and preparation of show forecasts
- Preparation of the weekly cash flow forecast
- Creation of shows on the accou | |
