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Your new company
Globally recognised manufacturing business are currently recruiting for a Finance Manager to be based here in their Bristol office.

Your new role
This is a broad role covering team management, technical accounting and business partnering to key stakeholders from across the business. Key responsibilities include:

• Line management a team of 5 people including day to day workload management but also conducting 1-1 and business appraisals.
• Production of financial statements and reporting
• Perform regular balance sheet reviews
• Report results to the wider group, supporting with any issues that may arise.
• Manage the audit process, acting as a key point of contact
• Consolidate data for cash forecasts
• Work with non finance stakeholders driving strategy and help problem solve where required.
• Provide ideas for continuous process improvement.
• Project management any new integrations into current processes and ways of working.

What you'll need to succeed
We are ideally looking for a qualified accountant, however, we can also consider someone that is part qualified or qualified by experience. Ideally you will have worked in a large multinational businesss and would be beneficial if you had team management experience. You should have good accounting knowledge and an understanding of SAP would be an advantage.


What you'll get in return
The role is offering a competitive salary plus bonus. The office has parking on site with good additional benefits to choose from. The business actively promote from within so a good opportunity for someone to build their career in a well known Bristol employer.


What you need to do now


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We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Finance & Customs Administrator to join the Finance Department based at our Portbury Office in Bristol, reporting to the Financial Controller.

The ideal candidate should demonstrate an adequate understanding and practical appreciation of HMRC legislation surrounding and relating to the receipt, warehousing and release of excise duty suspended goods, in addition to warehousing procedures and pre-lodge and free circulation entries.

Working as part of a team they should be self-motived, be able to use their initiative with problem solving skills, and have the ability to work to deadlines while maintaining accuracy.

Strong literacy and numeracy skills along with clear communication skills are essential attributes required for this role. It is essential to have a knowledge and practical experience surrounding the import and export of goods, and related procedures, would be advantageous.


Knowledge of customs warehousing
Good knowledge of CDS/CNS/Destin8/CCS
Good knowledge of UK Trade Tariff
Workable knowledge of customs procedures


Key responsibilities will include:

· Responsible for all administering aspects of the C&E Compliance Department’s functionality.

· Ensuring compliance to current legislation relating to the receipt, warehousing and release of excise duty suspended goods across all OEM.

· Liaising with HMRC, Customers, Border Force and Port Authorities.

· Day to day responsibility of Bond Administration and monthly declaration reports.

· Ensuring timely submission of Customs declarations to HMRC.

· Maintenance of Discrepancy Logs.

· Checking all data is calculated and compliant with HMRC.

· Investigation and Closure of Discrepancies.

· Investigating Standing Data Issues.

· Maintenance of Exchange, VAT and Insurance Rates.

· Understand and Use of Commodity Codes, Relevant Documentation Such as C21 Paperwork.

· Responsible for New Customer Setup & Maintenance.

· Producing relevant reports, for OEM and Financial Controller.

· Prioritising, planning and organising activities to ensure deadlines are completed.

· Other financial functions –

Raising of purchase orders

Assisting Financial Controller with ad-hoc requests

Knowledge and understanding of Microsoft Office applications, particularly Advanced Excel and Outlook365 is essential and experience of working with Warehouse Management & Duty Management Systems will prove beneficial but training for such shall be provided.

The hours of work are based on Monday to Friday dayshift. Reasonable flexibility is expected to meet the requirements of the business, particularly at peak operational periods and weekend requirements.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a very successful and well known business.

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:


On-site parking


Experience:


C&E Compliance Administration
Advanced Excel


Work Location: On site

JOB TITLE: R Developer

SALARY: £68,202 - £75,780

LOCATION(S): Bristol Harbourside

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in our Bristol Harbourside office

About this opportunity

Are you an experienced code developer with a track record of success looking for an exciting opportunity in the Finance/Insurance sector? Look no further! Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) is seeking an individual who enjoys developing complex models, reviewing code, and solving problems to join us in Bristol, UK.

You'll be working with and supporting other developers in the team to focus on delivering change for a set of financial models and processes. You'll get involved at all stages of the change cycle - from initial design thinking, through build and test to ultimate delivery. We're also building capability to enrich management information that will provide valuable business and commercial insight.

Day to day you'll be;

• Creating and enhancing R-based applications and tools for financial modelling and analysis.
• Performing thorough testing and debugging to ensure optimal performance of developed applications.
• Conducting code reviews and provide critical feedback for developments completed by other members of the team.
• Experimenting with new apps / tools to automate and improving existing processes.
• Playing a part in the continuous improvement of our development practices.

About us

If you think all banks are the same, you'd be wrong. We're an innovative, fast-changing business that's shaping finance as a force for good. A bank that's empowering its people to innovate, explore possibilities and grow with purpose.

What you'll need

• Proficient with programming in R, especially with optimising code to improve model efficiency.
• Use of object-oriented programming and an understanding of its principles.
• Knowledgeable of Cloud Computing such as Google Cloud.
• Experienced with Excel, RStudio and Microsoft Power Platform products.
• Experience of using Git for version control.
• Confident and proactive when communicating with others.
  

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.

We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.

And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.

We're disability confident. So if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
  

If you're excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We'd love to hear from you.

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What skills and experience we're looking for



Cathedral Schools Trust are looking for a highly organised person to work with both the finance and estates team within the central services team. Day to day tasks within the finance team will include working primarily on the Trust purchase ledger and associated tasks. Day to day tasks within the Estates Team will include administration support for the estates team as well as supporting with updating the CST Contractor List. Further details of the role are set out in the attached job description and person specification.



You will need to forge good relationships with the existing schools within the Trust and also the new schools joining in 2024 as the Trust deals with this next phase of growth.



Cathedral Schools Trust is made up of three secondary schools (Bristol Cathedral Choir School, St Katherine's School and Trinity Academy) and six primary schools (Victoria Park, Cathedral Primary, Stoke Park, St Werburgh’s, Hotwells and Victoria Park). Three further primary schools will be joining the Trust later this year. This will be a key role within the Cathedral Schools Trust (CST) central team supporting the HR & Recruitment Manager and partnering with other members of the HR team in the delivery of an effective people strategy that delivers school improvement and achieves our Trust goals.



If you can demonstrate that you possess the necessary experience, knowledge and qualifications, and aspire to our values and vision, then we would like to hear from you.



• Applications should be received as soon as possible and no later than midnight on Tuesday 2nd July 2024




• Interviews will be held w/c 8th July




We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts at Cathedral Schools Trust are subject to pre-employment checks incl, but not limited to, initial and periodic enhanced level checks with the Disclosure and Barring Service.



Cathedral Schools Trust is an equal opportunities employer and recognises the strength in diversity. Our schools have a wide range of cultural, socio economic and religious influences and we use this to ensure that we broaden our understanding of each other and the world.



Applications are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or religious belief, sex or sexual orientation, gender reassignment, disability or age, and maternity, marital or civil partner status. We particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups.



What the school offers its staff



Cathedral Schools Trust offer the following package:



• The chance to join a growing organisation during an extremely exciting time, with the opportunity for development.
• Membership to the competitive Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Employees can join our cycle-to-work scheme.
• A 24/7 employee assistance programme which provides counselling, support and advice on a wide array of areas
• Discounted gym membership (PureGym and Nuffield Health)
• Continuing Professional and Leadership development
• Free parking onsite at St Katherine’s School
• Flexible hybrid working from office/home supported




Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Finance and Estates OfficerEmployment start date: 1st September 2024Employment basis: Full-time, 37.5 working hours per week across 5 days, all year round (Flexibility in hours considered for the right candidate)Cathedral Schools Trust are looking for a highly organised person to work with both the finance and estates team within the central services team. Day to day tasks within the finance team will include working primarily on the Trust purchase ledger and associated tasks. Day to day tasks within the Estates Team will include administration support for the estates team as well as supporting with updating the CST Contractor List. Further details of the role are set out in the attached job description and person specification. You will need to forge good relationships with the existing schools within the Trust and also the new schools joining in 2024 as the Trust deals with this next phase of growth. Cathedral Schools Trust is made up of three secondary schools (Bristol Cathedral Choir School, St Katherine's School and Trinity Academy) and six primary schools (Victoria Park, Cathedral Primary, Stoke Park, St Werburgh’s, Hotwells and Victoria Park). Three further primary schools will be joining the Trust later this year. This will be a key role within the Cathedral Schools Trust (CST) central team supporting the HR & Recruitment Manager and partnering with other members of the HR team in the delivery of an effective people strategy that delivers school improvement and achieves our Trust goals.If you can demonstrate that you possess the necessary experience, knowledge and qualifications, and aspire to our values and vision, then we would like to hear from you.Applications should be received as soon as possible and no later than midnight on Tuesday 2nd July 2024Interviews will be held w/c 8th July We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts at Cathedral Schools Trust are subject to pre-employment checks incl, but not limited to, initial and periodic enhanced level checks with the Disclosure and Barring Service.Cathedral Schools Trust is an equal opportunities employer and recognises the strength in diversity. Our schools have a wide range of cultural, socio economic and religious influences and we use this to ensure that we broaden our understanding of each other and the world. Applications are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or religious belief, sex or sexual orientation, gender reassignment, disability or age, and maternity, marital or civil partner status. We particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups.

Your new company
Hays are currently working with a leading South West company to recruit a Senior Finance Business Partner on a permanent basis.

Your new role
This is an integral role in ensuring the Shared Service centre is driving best practice and compliance across the region. This role will require problem-solving, being a key point of contact between the SSC and individual regions, helping to resolve any escalations. Other responsibilities include:

• Responsibility for helping to deliver in line with SLA.
• Engage and influence key stakeholders, identifying and making recommendations for improvements.
• Point of escalation and ensure and problems are resolved quickly and stakeholders are kept informed
• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders such as CFO
• Work with commercial teams to improve financial reporting across the business
• Drive a high performance culture
• Work closely with regional managers and finance leads to deliver key projects.

What you'll need to succeed
Looking for a qualified accountant, with extensive experience in a large complex business at a senior level. Ideally, you will have good technical expertise and be adapt to working in complex businesses going through change and growth. You should have good stakeholder engagement and have a track record of project management on complex topics. You should have experience of working in a Shared Service environment.

What you'll get in return
The client is offering a competitive salary, good benefits and good opportunity to progress.


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.
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JOB TITLE: Business Performance Analyst - Cavendish Online

SALARY: £28,329 - £29,820

LOCATIONS: Bristol

HOURS: Full-time (37 hours)

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, in the office.  

About the opportunity  

Are you passionate about making a genuine difference to customers? Then there's a role here for you! 

Supporting our Cavendish Online business we're currently looking for an enthusiastic and driven Business Performance Analyst to support our Advice and Guidance teams to achieve high standards of accuracy, deliver great customer outcomes and also be pro-active in identifying risks and resolving issues. 

 

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated, adaptable, and ambitious individual to take a pivotal role in the success of this team. It is a varied and exciting role that involves giving feedback to support colleagues to be the best version of themselves. 

About Us

From building a truly sustainable business to creating a place where people love to work, we need colleagues who are up for the challenge of our bold ambitions. Who are excited to push boundaries and make change happen. Together, we can grow with purpose.

What you'll need  

You'll have a strong business knowledge, be adaptable to change and have a desire to succeed in a new challenge. Good interpersonal, organisational, communication skills and analytical skills are crucial along with the ability and establish rapport and building relationships based on trust. 

• Strong attention to detail ensuring calls and information is accurately processed and that work follows relevant internal and external rules, procedures and regulatory requirements. 

• Positively influence others by demonstrating core LBG values and behaviours.

• Find opportunities for colleagues to improve through honest and robust feedback.

• Empower others by sharing your skills and knowledge.

About working for us  

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.

We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.

And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.

We're disability confident. So if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

* A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
* An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance 

* Share schemes including free shares

* Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

* 24 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top

* A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Want to do amazing work, that's interesting and makes a difference to millions of people?

Join our journey

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Quality Test Engineer x10+ (Mid to Senior Grade)

Lloyds Banking Group

Bristol: Hybrid working pattern, 2 days per week in office & rest from home

Salary & Benefits: £62,874 to £76,846 base salary depending on location and experience.

Additional Package: Annual personal bonus, 15% employer pension contribution (when you put in 6%), flexible benefits system, private medical insurance, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays.

Visas: We're unable to support visa applications for these roles at this time.

Why Lloyds Banking Group;

Like the modern Britain we serve, we're evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We're growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too.

Where does the role sit?

We're the central hiring team at Lloyds Banking Group and we run the recruitment for roles that are always needed and in high demand across the group.

We are always hiring for good quality engineers!

You'll be taken through a centralised application, technical testing, and interviewing process, then if successful offered one of our available roles depending on your chosen location.

We currently have over 50 Quality Engineering positions available across a range of divisions and locations in the UK.

What exactly does a Quality Test Engineer do at Lloyds?

Depending on your level of seniority you'll either take accountability or support running and leading testing across our monthly release cycle, assuring the quality of delivery into these releases. You'll also manage the raising of defects and backlog items for addressing defects within the current sprint or for prioritisation for future sprints.

We've got a wide range of roles, some of which are working within a team of quality engineers while other roles may be stand alone as part of the quality engineering community.

We operate in an Agile software engineering environment using modern DevOps methods, continuous improvement & modern software stacks.

Example of Specific Activities:

• Automating testing where appropriate, updating and streamlining the test automation framework & coding standards.

• Use your experience of modern software development toolsets and demonstrate the ability to stretch into DevOps, Continuous Integration and Delivery pipelines.

• Supporting Quality Engineering and Assurance work ensuring the highest quality of shippable products and quality artifacts.

• Develop yourselves with industry standards, methods and tooling used across our engineering teams and introduce new concepts, approaches and tooling.

What do we need to see from your application?

We're keen to see diverse and varied applications, however as this is a technology role in a niche industry area we'll need to see the following as a minimum to be considered for interview;

• Essential to have a deep understanding of Frameworks and have developed as least one automation framework using libraries in either Selenium or Playwright.

• Intermediate competency competent in JavaScript/typescript

• Competent using Windows Command Line (CLI)

• Experienced with Source control (GitHub Enterprise preferred)

• Experienced with build tools such as Maven and Node Package Manager (NPM)

• Experience of modern Agile software engineering practices

• Good communication & interpersonal skills plus ability to work in a team.

If you have the above, please apply.

Desirable (but not essential!) things we're interested in include;

• knowledge in other languages: C#, Java, python, VBS.

• Containerisation experience e.g. docker and how this can be used in a test automation context.

• Desirable to have CI/CD experience e.g. Jenkins.

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.

We offer excellent training, certification, career opportunities and a relaxed working environment. We're a lovely bunch of people.

We're growing and will continue to do so for years to come so you'll have good career development opportunities.

We promote equal opportunities, and welcome applications from employees from a diverse range of backgrounds. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Your new role

• 2-3-month interim finance manager role
• Central Bristol
• 1 stage interview process - to start as soon as possible.
• Responsibilities include monthly financial reporting, monitoring of programme and project contracts, supporting the annual external audit, management of tenancy contracts and group VAT returns. Line management of two staff members in the team, and support for the day-to-day running of the department.
• The post holder co-ordinates with the programme and projects team to monitor and record project activity to ensure accurate accounting for all programme activity and funds.
• The post holder is expected to support and deputise as required.
• This post is a member of the Strategic Management Team sharing responsibility for business planning and performance.
  
  Main responsibilities
  
• Prepare monthly company and group management accounts and balance sheet reconciliations for review by the Finance Director prior to distribution to the Executive, Senior Management Team and Finance Sub Committee of the Board.
• Prepare financial reporting of project and programme grants, including quarterly reporting (as required by the programme funders) and regular review meetings with project managers.
• Effective monitoring of core programme and project activity, including regular liaison with the creative programme team, maintaining accurate records of income and expenditure, ensuring that backing paperwork is up-to-date to audit standard, producing financial reports in a timely manner as required by funders and internally, preparing and submitting and monitoring funding payment claims as required.
• Supervise and support the work of the assistant management accountant and finance assistants in correct accounting for all accounts payable, receivable, bank reconciliation, cash handling and authorisation of all weekly payroll and supplier payments.
• Representing the Finance department at Creative Team meetings and other meetings/working groups as required, ensuring the needs of the finance function are met.
• Build and manage relationships with internal budget holders and external stakeholders, in relation to budgets and financial reporting.
• Manage rent and service charges from leasehold tenants to include effective monitoring of service charges expenditure against budget and preparation and distribution of year-end service charge accounts.
• Review payroll reports supplied by an external payroll provider, including journal postings, completion of reconciliations and preparation of payments to HMRC, and calculation of holiday pay accruals.
• Maintain an overview of cash-flow, ensuring that any potential issues are identified in advance.
• Control and review all debtors and creditors with the Finance Director to maintain the working capital requirements of the entities.
• Produce the quarterly VAT return for the companies and file the group VAT return ensuring that the correct VAT status is applied to all income and activities are accurately classified as business/non-business as appropriate.
• Prepare year-end management accounts for all entities, including the preparation of year-end files in preparation for the annual external audit.
• Prepare and input into the draft annual budget and financial plan in close co-ordination with the Finance Director, including modelling all planned annual income across the entities, planned department and project expenditure, annual staff and employment costs. Support the Finance Director with review meetings with each department head in planning the annual budget and in review meetings with the Exec, SMT and Finance Sub Committee and or Board.
• Prepare and input into the 6 and 9-month forecasts for the year-end out-turn in close co-ordination with the Finance Director, as above, including accurate records of all amendments or changes to planned or deferred income and expenditure, so there is a clear-agreed record for monthly variance reporting.
• Assistance in process improvements and the development of month-end close and external reporting timetables.
• Ongoing development of a monthly reporting pack to include variance reporting against budget and KPIs as appropriate.
• Maintain fixed asset registers; to include the calculation of annual depreciation charges and the annual transfer of unrestricted funds to match the corresponding expenditure.
• Provide assistance to the Finance Director in consolidated cash-flow reporting, annual budget setting and re-forecasting, and other ad hoc project support as required.
• Prepare and record grant and freelancer contracts as required.
• Support the Finance Director to fulfil the requirements of the external audit fieldwork and supplementary information.
• Line management of the Assistant Management Accountant and Finance Assistants with support from the Finance Director, supporting the day-to-day function of the Finance department (including payroll, supplier payment processing, sales invoicing). Line management responsibilities include recruitment, review, training, and development.

Essential criteria:

• Either a full or post-exam qualified accountant from a recognised accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or CIPFA).
• Proficiency in UK charity regulations and reporting, encompassing group consolidation, and the ability to assist in the creation of Financial Statements following UK SORP and FRS 102 guidelines, along with a track record in preparing and analysing management accounts, including the reconciliation of balance sheets.
• Knowledge of UK tax, including preparation and submitting quarterly VAT returns (through MTD) with HMRC, familiarity with VAT apportionment for business/non-business and compliance.
• Proven familiarity with MS Office, including competence with Sage and other similar accounting
  software, complemented by intermediate or advanced Excel skills.
• Experience of line management or team leadership in previous roles, with demonstrable experience in motivating staff.

What you'll need to do next:If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call Charles Maidment from the Bristol office.
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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SALARY: £68,202-83,358 per annum

LOCATION: Bristol

HOURS: Full-time - 35 hours per week

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week currently, or 40% of our time, at our Bristol office.

ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY

Our Cloud SRE (Site Reliability Engineering) team is looking for an experienced and passionate Engineer with strong hands-on development experience. As a Cloud SRE you'll be an active and leading member of a cloud-focused team of engineers - working on one of the Group's flagship projects to run and maintain a set of products and services on the Google Cloud Platform that will enable the business to realise the next generation of services that form the Bank's vision for 2023 and beyond!

Specific activities might include:

• Working with service teams to directly influence and drive the adoption of SRE best practices and ways of working within our microservices;

• Collaborating with infrastructure engineers to ensure resilience and scalability across the platform;

• Observing, investigating & fixing service issues, with an engineering mentality - resolving via code changes and implementing improvements to prevent repeat issues.

• Implementing further automation and reducing toil, by utilising existing Cloud tooling or implementing new technologies

• The successful candidate will work across multiple labs and signature projects in the Digital space.

ABOUT US

We're on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we're shaping finance for good. We're focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

We like our teams to be as diverse as the customers and communities we serve and are really looking for someone passionate about data, ambitious and has a good problem-solving mindset. On your CV, we need to see the following to consider you for interview:

Background

Ideally you'll come from a software engineering or telemetry background and have now moved into an SRE role.

Technical Skills

• Experience working with a broad set of GCP products (or extensive experience with another Public Cloud platform, such as Azure or AWS) and Cloud security and networking;

• Hands-on working experience of building and administering Kubernetes clusters in a production environment and experience in automating/scripting to remove toil;

• Ability to quickly understand, update and write code in languages such as Python, Java, Golang BASH and PowerShell;

• Working experience monitoring SLO's, SLI's and SLAs and logging updates and alerting where appropriate;

• Strong DevOps understanding and familiarity, including experience of Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD pipelines, such as Terraform and Jenkins, or alternatives such as Azure DevOps;

Behavioural Skills

• Mentoring other engineers in SRE best practices;

• Experience in problem-solving, able to demonstrate logical thinking and excellent troubleshooting skills;

• Strong understanding of the software engineering life cycle and able to work collaboratively as part of an engineering team;

And any experience of these would be really useful

• Be proficient in the following tooling - Dynatrace, Stackdriver/Cloud Operations Suite, Cloud Monitoring, Cloud logging, Cloud Consumption and RTL viewer

ABOUT WORKING FOR US

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.

And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We're disability confident.

So if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

• An annual performance-related bonus

• Share schemes including free shares

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

• 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

If you're excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We'd love to hear from you.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Finance Support Officer with grants experience needed in Bristol. £16.63 ref 5244877

The role requires someone who is familiar with grant schemes, has knowledge of project monitoring and reporting processes. The ideal candidate will be confident with financial processes and project financial processes.

The post holder will apply excellent financial methodology to a number of projects, liaising and advising the project Manager from inception to completion.

Hybrid Working-Office is Bristol Based. Start date ASAP.

Working schedule - If they’re Bristol based, 2-3 days is reasonable. If wider SW then we can be more flexible.

Full time hours on a temporary basis.

Your new company
Hays has worked with this client for a number of years, recruiting key roles across the Finance team, and they are now looking for a Finance Change Manager to support the team on a transformation project as they implement Oracle Fusion into the business. As an extension of the finance team, this role will work with senior stakeholders and change professionals to ensure processes are effectively planned, implemented and embraced by the business.

Your new role
This is a key role in ensuring any change is effectively planned, implemented and embraced across the organisation. This will include:

• Work with both finance and change teams to ensure activities are fully aligned to business goals and objects and have clearly defined outcomes.
• Create and implement change plans in support of projects, taking into account people, processes and systems from start to finish.
• Ensure everything is effectively communicated with an explanation
• Conduct change impact assessments on how the change will impact different aspects of the organisation
• Work with L&D to assess skills gas
• Manage senior stakeholders effectively communicating key milestones of the project

What you'll need to succeed
We are looking for someone who has experience in technology-led change, ideally within a finance team. They are implementing Oracle Fusion, so systems experience would be a preference. You should have good expertise in change management and be able to clearly communicate and empathise with teams affected by change. This sits within the finance team, so an understanding of finance processes would be ideal.



What you'll get in return
The client is offering the role on a Fixed Term Contract for 15 - 18 months on a salaried basis. With that, you will receive 25 days' holiday, a bonus and good benefits. This employer is recognised across Bristol and a great employer and feedback from others placed in the finance team is brilliant. A great opportunity for someone that is available in the coming month or so.


What you need to do now


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Job Title: Finance Manager The Cabot Learning Federation is a mature multi-academy trust (MAT) of 35 academies in the South West of England. The fundamental mission of the CLF is that its work will bear the hallmarks of excellence in all that it does in supporting pupils to achieve their full potential.
We are now seeking to recruit a qualified accountant to join our central finance team as a Finance Manager. This is a great opportunity to be part of a supportive team, with responsibility for providing finance business partnering to a mix of primary and secondary academies. What we are looking for: Working closely with the Principal and Senior Leadership Team you will be confident in presenting financial information to non-finance staff, working comfortably with complex data, and analysing to support and inform decision making. To be successful in the post, you will have the ability to build excellent working relationships with a variety of both central and academy-based staff. Working as part of the Central Finance Team the role will include a broad range of duties with a clear focus on budget setting, supporting with budget management and the production of management accounts. Reporting to the Senior Finance Manager you will provide professional capacity to the Finance Manager Team and support your academies in a varied and wide-ranging role ensuring effective budget management and reporting. You will provide financial leadership to Principals and the wider academy Senior Leadership team, delivering timely advice and support in the resolution of financial issues. You will have the determination to improve processes, drive change and be prepared to challenge when required to ensure the best outcomes for our pupils. The post is full time (37 hours per week) although we would be happy to consider applicants who would like to work 30 + hours per week. Within Finance we operate a hybrid working arrangement, where you would join us in our head office twice a week, with visits to academies as required. Your opportunity: Not only will you be working within one of our fantastic academies, but you will be a part of a diverse Federation working alongside professional and inspirational people. The Cabot Learning Federation is committed to providing the very best learning experiences for every young person we educate, which you can be a part of. You will have access to our generous benefits package including excellent annual leave entitlement, access to our pension scheme and a number of other well-being benefits. You will be working within a large multi-academy trust which provides dedicated training programmes and the opportunity to gain experience within other departments and CLF functions. About the Cabot Learning Federation: The Cabot Learning Federation is a diverse Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) in the South West. We are proud to serve 18,000+ pupils who all attend ten secondary academies, thirteen primary academies, an all through provision, a studio school, a discrete Post 16 provision, two alternative provision schools and three SEMH special schools. CLF is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The trust is proud to serve a diverse student population and their communities. We actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion. We are proud to be part of diverse communities in the region and celebrate the richness of cultures, faiths and backgrounds of our students. We aim to develop a curriculum that is responsive to our pupil’s needs and reflects their diverse interests and backgrounds. How to Apply:
To Apply, you will need to click the 'Apply Now' button on this page, which will redirect you to the CLF advert page. Within the CLF advert page, you can download and review the job description and person specification and then register/login to apply for the role. CV’s will not be accepted and any submitted will not be considered alongside your application. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. Safeguarding and pre-employment checks: The Cabot Learning Federation are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This role has significant responsibility for ensuring safeguarding practice within the academy. This role involves working with children on a daily basis and is therefore in regulated activity. The successful applicant will, in accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to a comprehensive pre-employment checking process including references from current and previous employers, health, right to work in the UK and a child disqualification check. The checks will also include an enhanced DBS check and a further check against the appropriate barred list.

Employment start date: 1st July 2024
Employment basis: Full-time, 37.5 working hours per week across 5 days, all year round (Flexibility in hours considered for the right candidate, but no less than 32.5 hours across 5 days)
Application Closing date: Monday 6th May 2024
Cathedral Schools Trust are looking for a highly organised person to work with both the finance and estates team within the central services team. Day to day tasks within the finance team will include working primarily on the Trust purchase ledger and associated tasks. Day to day tasks within the Estates Team will include administration support for the estates team as well as supporting with updating the CST Contractor List. Further details of the role are set out in the attached job description and person specification.
You will need to forge good relationships with the existing schools within the Trust and also the new schools joining in 2024 as the Trust deals with this next phase of growth.
Cathedral Schools Trust is made up of three secondary schools (Bristol Cathedral Choir School, St Katherine's School and Trinity Academy) and six primary schools (Victoria Park, Cathedral Primary, Stoke Park, St Werburgh’s, Hotwells and Victoria Park). Three further primary schools will be joining the Trust later this year. This will be a key role within the Cathedral Schools Trust (CST) central team supporting the HR & Recruitment Manager and partnering with other members of the HR team in the delivery of an effective people strategy that delivers school improvement and achieves our Trust goals.
If you can demonstrate that you possess the necessary experience, knowledge and qualifications, and aspire to our values and vision, then we would like to hear from you.
Applications should be received as soon as possible and no later than midnight on Monday 6th May 2024
Interviews will be held on Thursday 16th May 2024 at St Katherine’s School, Pill
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts at Cathedral Schools Trust are subject to pre-employment checks incl, but not limited to, initial and periodic enhanced level checks with the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Cathedral Schools Trust is an equal opportunities employer and recognises the strength in diversity. Our schools have a wide range of cultural, socio economic and religious influences and we use this to ensure that we broaden our understanding of each other and the world.
Applications are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or religious belief, sex or sexual orientation, gender reassignment, disability or age, and maternity, marital or civil partner status. We particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups.

JOB TITLE: Mobile Android Engineering Lead

SALARY: £86,964 - £102,310 DOE

LOCATION(S): Bristol

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in the Bristol office.

About this opportunity

Lloyds Banking Group is the UK's leading digital banking franchise, with over 13 million active online customers across our three main brands - including Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland - as well as the biggest mobile bank in the country. We're building the bank of the future, and we need your help.

We're continuing our extensive transformation Programme, redefining what a bank is from the inside out. We're committed to Help Britain Prosper and become the best bank for customers. As part of this, we're redefining our digital capability, providing customers with simpler, continuous interactions across online, mobile and branches.

Our digital platforms (public website, mobile & tablet app, and internet banking website) are where the majority of customer and colleague interactions with the bank take place. They are becoming increasingly sophisticated with the introduction of public API's, growing numbers of devices to access them from and evolving operating systems.

Here's where you'll make a difference:

This is an excellent opportunity for a driven candidate to join us as an Android Engineering Lead working across several cross-disciplinary feature teams providing engineering leadership and expertise. You will be passionate about designing and delivering scalable mobile applications.

You will:

• Collaborate with solution architects, UI/UX designers, API development team and proposition managers to refine and implement features

• Act as an authority with knowledge of best practice Android UI/UX design principles and patterns

• Demonstrate leadership for mobile architecture

• Provide mentoring and supporting for Android development team members

• Help create prototypes to explore innovative solutions and features

In return, you'll enjoy an exciting, innovative environment which supports flexible and agile working. You will work in a highly collaborative way and enjoy seeing the impact of your work by crafting digital experiences.

About You:

• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of Android applications with other systems

• Staying up-to-date with the latest Android trends and technologies and actively contributing to architectural decisions and tech stack choices

• Mentoring and providing technical guidance to junior Android developers

• Conducting code reviews to maintain code quality and supporting knowledge sharing through peer programming

About us

Like the modern Britain we serve, we're evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We're growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too…

What you'll need -

We believe that people don't fit neatly into roles, and we value everyone's individual skills, experience, and knowledge - it's what makes you amazing!

As a minimum to be considered, we would like to see demonstrated core experience in:

• Professional working knowledge in designing a mobile experience for variable screen sizes in variable versions of Android

• Excellent knowledge of Kotlin/Java

• Strong knowledge of Android SDK, Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices

• Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning

• Awesome knowledge of the open-source Android ecosystem and the libraries available for common tasks and benchmarking and optimisation

• Proficient in Google's Android design principles, interface guidelines and code versioning tools, such as Git

• Applying SOLID Principles

• MVVM/MVI architecture, Android Architecture Components and other Jetpack libraries

• Jetpack Compose

• Working in a modularised codebase

• UI testing

It would also be great if you had experience in:

• Application security principals, cryptography and secure coding techniques

• React / AngularJS frameworks

• Strong understanding of source code repositories and change management tools, Git.

• Experience of working with Docker or other containerisation technologies

• Experience of successfully implementing and using CI/CD pipelines

• Knowledge of agile development practices and test automation (Unit/Integration/E2E testing - Jest/Testing Library/Cucumber/Cypress).

• Displaying a DevOps mindset and ability to use tools like Jenkins, Maven, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform

• Experience with build processes and release automation (Azure/GCP Pipelines, Nexus).

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We're disability confident. So, if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance

• Share schemes including free shares!

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping.

• 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Want to do amazing work, that's interesting and makes a difference to millions of people?

Join our journey.

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