Finance Manager Location: Flexible / Hybrid Contract: Initial 6-Month Fixed-Term Contract with Potential for Permanent Opportunity The Opportunity An established and highly respected professional services organisation is seeking an experienced Finance Manager to lead its client accounting function. This is a key leadership role responsible for overseeing client money operations, financial controls, compliance, reporting, and team management across a diverse property and asset portfolio. The successful candidate will bring strong technical accounting expertise, excellent stakeholder management skills, and a proactive approach to process improvement and operational excellence. Key Responsibilities Client Accounting & Financial Control Oversee all aspects of client accounting operations, including rent and service charge accounting, client receipts and payments, reconciliations, and reporting. Ensure accurate maintenance of client ledgers and bank accounts across multiple portfolios. Review and approve client money transactions in accordance with internal controls and delegated authority levels. Manage monthly, quarterly, and annual reconciliations, resolving discrepancies in a timely manner. Produce client statements, cash summaries, expenditure reports, and bespoke financial reports. Support budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow management activities. Compliance & Governance Ensure client funds are managed in accordance with industry regulations, internal policies, and audit requirements. Maintain robust financial controls around client money handling, approvals, reconciliations, and record keeping. Support internal and external audits, providing documentation and implementing recommendations where required. Monitor compliance risks and identify opportunities to strengthen controls and governance processes. Ensure VAT, service charge accounting, and statutory reporting requirements are met. Leadership & Stakeholder Management Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing client accounting team. Allocate workloads effectively to ensure service levels and deadlines are consistently achieved. Act as the primary finance contact for operational teams, clients, and external stakeholders. Build strong working relationships across the business to facilitate effective communication and issue resolution. Provide financial guidance and support to non-finance colleagues where required. Systems & Process Improvement Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, reporting, automation, and controls. Support enhancements to finance and property management systems. Contribute to finance transformation initiatives and best-practice standardisation. Ensure strong governance and data integrity across all financial systems. Skills & Experience Essential Proven experience within client accounting, property accounting, or finance management. Background within property, real estate, asset management, or professional services environments. Strong understanding of client money management, reconciliations, financial controls, and reporting. Experience leading or supervising finance teams. Strong knowledge of month-end processes and accounting principles. Advanced Excel skills and experience using finance and property management systems. Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines. Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. Desirable Knowledge of client money regulations and industry best practices Experience with property accounting platforms and ERP systems.
Jun 30, 2026
Contractor
Finance Manager Location: Flexible / Hybrid Contract: Initial 6-Month Fixed-Term Contract with Potential for Permanent Opportunity The Opportunity An established and highly respected professional services organisation is seeking an experienced Finance Manager to lead its client accounting function. This is a key leadership role responsible for overseeing client money operations, financial controls, compliance, reporting, and team management across a diverse property and asset portfolio. The successful candidate will bring strong technical accounting expertise, excellent stakeholder management skills, and a proactive approach to process improvement and operational excellence. Key Responsibilities Client Accounting & Financial Control Oversee all aspects of client accounting operations, including rent and service charge accounting, client receipts and payments, reconciliations, and reporting. Ensure accurate maintenance of client ledgers and bank accounts across multiple portfolios. Review and approve client money transactions in accordance with internal controls and delegated authority levels. Manage monthly, quarterly, and annual reconciliations, resolving discrepancies in a timely manner. Produce client statements, cash summaries, expenditure reports, and bespoke financial reports. Support budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow management activities. Compliance & Governance Ensure client funds are managed in accordance with industry regulations, internal policies, and audit requirements. Maintain robust financial controls around client money handling, approvals, reconciliations, and record keeping. Support internal and external audits, providing documentation and implementing recommendations where required. Monitor compliance risks and identify opportunities to strengthen controls and governance processes. Ensure VAT, service charge accounting, and statutory reporting requirements are met. Leadership & Stakeholder Management Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing client accounting team. Allocate workloads effectively to ensure service levels and deadlines are consistently achieved. Act as the primary finance contact for operational teams, clients, and external stakeholders. Build strong working relationships across the business to facilitate effective communication and issue resolution. Provide financial guidance and support to non-finance colleagues where required. Systems & Process Improvement Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, reporting, automation, and controls. Support enhancements to finance and property management systems. Contribute to finance transformation initiatives and best-practice standardisation. Ensure strong governance and data integrity across all financial systems. Skills & Experience Essential Proven experience within client accounting, property accounting, or finance management. Background within property, real estate, asset management, or professional services environments. Strong understanding of client money management, reconciliations, financial controls, and reporting. Experience leading or supervising finance teams. Strong knowledge of month-end processes and accounting principles. Advanced Excel skills and experience using finance and property management systems. Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines. Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. Desirable Knowledge of client money regulations and industry best practices Experience with property accounting platforms and ERP systems.
Core Java Developer - Low Latency Trading Technology Location: United Kingdom (Remote) We're working with a high-performance financial technology business whose software sits directly in the execution path of real-time electronic trading. This is not a Spring Boot microservices environment. This is an opportunity for an engineer who enjoys solving performance problems at the lowest levels of the stack. The team builds and maintains low-latency trading infrastructure used by banks, brokers and market participants globally. You'll work on market connectivity, FIX integration, execution workflows, smart order routing and real-time trading systems where latency, throughput and reliability matter. We're particularly interested in engineers who have built systems from the ground up and who understand what happens underneath the frameworks. Key Requirements: Strong Core Java Multi-threading, concurrency and locking Memory management and garbage collection optimisation Low-latency system design FIX Protocol Trading technology experience Smart Order Routing, market connectivity or electronic trading desirable No sponsorship is available. Applicants must have full rights to work in the UK.
Jun 30, 2026
Full time
Core Java Developer - Low Latency Trading Technology Location: United Kingdom (Remote) We're working with a high-performance financial technology business whose software sits directly in the execution path of real-time electronic trading. This is not a Spring Boot microservices environment. This is an opportunity for an engineer who enjoys solving performance problems at the lowest levels of the stack. The team builds and maintains low-latency trading infrastructure used by banks, brokers and market participants globally. You'll work on market connectivity, FIX integration, execution workflows, smart order routing and real-time trading systems where latency, throughput and reliability matter. We're particularly interested in engineers who have built systems from the ground up and who understand what happens underneath the frameworks. Key Requirements: Strong Core Java Multi-threading, concurrency and locking Memory management and garbage collection optimisation Low-latency system design FIX Protocol Trading technology experience Smart Order Routing, market connectivity or electronic trading desirable No sponsorship is available. Applicants must have full rights to work in the UK.
A Top 6 Accounting Firm is recruiting for a Global Mobility Tax Associate Director to join their team in Central London You'll be joining a growing Expatriate Tax team, part of a Nationwide Employer Services team, that supports clients with Expatriate Tax, Employment Tax, Share Plans and Incentives, and Rewards Advisory. This team supports and advises clients across a variety of industries and sizes of clients, from AIM to FTSE listed, and to SME's. Responsibilities: Building, developing and managing a portfolio of clients including control of billings and cash collection Ensuring you have in-depth, up to date knowledge of Tax matters impacting mobility clients Experience of managing complex projects with often complex tax issues Experienced in leading the day to day operations of a portfolio of clients Being a key point of contact, internally and externally, for Expatriate Tax Business development with new and existing clients Training, coaching and developing junior staff Benefits: 28 days annual leave + bank holidays + option to buy and sell Flexible and agile working policies Private Medical Insurance (PMI) Income protection Life Assurance
Jun 30, 2026
Full time
A Top 6 Accounting Firm is recruiting for a Global Mobility Tax Associate Director to join their team in Central London You'll be joining a growing Expatriate Tax team, part of a Nationwide Employer Services team, that supports clients with Expatriate Tax, Employment Tax, Share Plans and Incentives, and Rewards Advisory. This team supports and advises clients across a variety of industries and sizes of clients, from AIM to FTSE listed, and to SME's. Responsibilities: Building, developing and managing a portfolio of clients including control of billings and cash collection Ensuring you have in-depth, up to date knowledge of Tax matters impacting mobility clients Experience of managing complex projects with often complex tax issues Experienced in leading the day to day operations of a portfolio of clients Being a key point of contact, internally and externally, for Expatriate Tax Business development with new and existing clients Training, coaching and developing junior staff Benefits: 28 days annual leave + bank holidays + option to buy and sell Flexible and agile working policies Private Medical Insurance (PMI) Income protection Life Assurance
Interim National Head of Client Accounting Midlands Based Flexible on Location Ready to Lead Change, Not Just Manage It? We're partnering with a well-established national business that is looking for an ambitious and commercially minded finance leader to take ownership of a sizeable Client Accounting function operating across multiple UK locations, for an interim period of around 6 months. This is far more than a traditional accounting leadership role. You'll inherit a successful function and be given the platform to shape its future. From driving digital transformation and process improvement to bringing together geographically dispersed teams under a unified operating model, this is an opportunity to leave a genuine legacy within a highly respected organisation. If you enjoy challenging the status quo, leading large teams through change and combining strategic thinking with hands-on delivery, this could be the perfect next step. What You'll Be Doing Leading a multi-site Client Accounting function and developing a high-performing national team. Driving operational excellence through process improvement, automation and standardisation. Partnering with senior stakeholders across the business to influence change and deliver long-term efficiencies. Reviewing systems, controls and workflows to identify opportunities for transformation. Supporting business growth through client engagement, tender presentations and commercial decision-making. Developing robust reporting, forecasting and performance metrics to support operational and strategic objectives. Playing a key role in shaping the future structure of the function over the next 12-24 months. What We're Looking For Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) Significant post-qualified experience leading large finance or client accounting teams Proven track record of delivering change, transformation and process improvements Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at all levels Experience managing teams across multiple locations Commercially minded with the ability to balance operational excellence with client service Passion for developing people and building high-performing teams Why This Role? This is a rare opportunity to step into a senior leadership position where you'll have genuine autonomy, visibility and influence. You'll join an organisation with ambitious plans, a strong reputation and a culture that values collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement. Most importantly, you'll have the opportunity to shape a national function, lead meaningful transformation and make a lasting impact on the business. Interested in learning more? Please get in touch for a confidential conversation.
Jun 30, 2026
Contractor
Interim National Head of Client Accounting Midlands Based Flexible on Location Ready to Lead Change, Not Just Manage It? We're partnering with a well-established national business that is looking for an ambitious and commercially minded finance leader to take ownership of a sizeable Client Accounting function operating across multiple UK locations, for an interim period of around 6 months. This is far more than a traditional accounting leadership role. You'll inherit a successful function and be given the platform to shape its future. From driving digital transformation and process improvement to bringing together geographically dispersed teams under a unified operating model, this is an opportunity to leave a genuine legacy within a highly respected organisation. If you enjoy challenging the status quo, leading large teams through change and combining strategic thinking with hands-on delivery, this could be the perfect next step. What You'll Be Doing Leading a multi-site Client Accounting function and developing a high-performing national team. Driving operational excellence through process improvement, automation and standardisation. Partnering with senior stakeholders across the business to influence change and deliver long-term efficiencies. Reviewing systems, controls and workflows to identify opportunities for transformation. Supporting business growth through client engagement, tender presentations and commercial decision-making. Developing robust reporting, forecasting and performance metrics to support operational and strategic objectives. Playing a key role in shaping the future structure of the function over the next 12-24 months. What We're Looking For Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) Significant post-qualified experience leading large finance or client accounting teams Proven track record of delivering change, transformation and process improvements Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at all levels Experience managing teams across multiple locations Commercially minded with the ability to balance operational excellence with client service Passion for developing people and building high-performing teams Why This Role? This is a rare opportunity to step into a senior leadership position where you'll have genuine autonomy, visibility and influence. You'll join an organisation with ambitious plans, a strong reputation and a culture that values collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement. Most importantly, you'll have the opportunity to shape a national function, lead meaningful transformation and make a lasting impact on the business. Interested in learning more? Please get in touch for a confidential conversation.
Senior DevOps Engineer (Contract) Rate: £375 per day (Inside IR35) Duration: 6 Months Location: Hybrid (London) Tech: Terraform & AWS (Kinesis focus) We are looking for a contract Senior DevOps Engineer for a 6-month project. You will be joining an IT consultancy team working with a major UK insurance and financial services company. The focus of this role is heavily on Terraform and AWS - specifically getting stuck into infrastructure unblocking, integrations, and pipeline fixes. Responsibilities Integrations & Security: Handle connections to systems like Guidewire and Dataiku. Sort out the network, IAM, and data access requirements. Third-Party Support: Work alongside major global consulting partners to help with environment setups, manage security ticketing, and fix infrastructure issues. CI/CD & Deployment: Troubleshoot pipeline failures (Artifactory, vulnerability scans) and set up CI/CD for feature-level deployments. Event Streaming: Provision and maintain Amazon Kinesis (pending final architectural decisions). Triage & Fixes: Run root cause analysis on platform service errors and loop in the right engineering teams to resolve them. LLM Setup: Support the AI side by testing model latency, stripping out infrastructure overhead, and handling PTU setup and load testing. Monitoring: Work with the Ops team and Platform Manager on monitoring and alerting to keep services reliable and highly available (RESCAT-0). Environment Support: Handle environment provisioning, managing secrets, certificates, and general Terraform readiness. Voice Architecture: Support fallback voice architecture (Azure Live) if needed. Enablement & Handover: Build shared components or boilerplates so the team doesn't have to reinvent the wheel, then hand over cleanly to the permanent Ops team. Requirements Strong Terraform skills for provisioning and managing infrastructure as code. Solid AWS experience, ideally with Amazon Kinesis or other streaming tools. Practical experience troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines and security tooling. Comfortable working in large, multi-vendor enterprise environments. To Apply If you are available and this fits your tech stack, please apply directly ASAP!
Jun 30, 2026
Contractor
Senior DevOps Engineer (Contract) Rate: £375 per day (Inside IR35) Duration: 6 Months Location: Hybrid (London) Tech: Terraform & AWS (Kinesis focus) We are looking for a contract Senior DevOps Engineer for a 6-month project. You will be joining an IT consultancy team working with a major UK insurance and financial services company. The focus of this role is heavily on Terraform and AWS - specifically getting stuck into infrastructure unblocking, integrations, and pipeline fixes. Responsibilities Integrations & Security: Handle connections to systems like Guidewire and Dataiku. Sort out the network, IAM, and data access requirements. Third-Party Support: Work alongside major global consulting partners to help with environment setups, manage security ticketing, and fix infrastructure issues. CI/CD & Deployment: Troubleshoot pipeline failures (Artifactory, vulnerability scans) and set up CI/CD for feature-level deployments. Event Streaming: Provision and maintain Amazon Kinesis (pending final architectural decisions). Triage & Fixes: Run root cause analysis on platform service errors and loop in the right engineering teams to resolve them. LLM Setup: Support the AI side by testing model latency, stripping out infrastructure overhead, and handling PTU setup and load testing. Monitoring: Work with the Ops team and Platform Manager on monitoring and alerting to keep services reliable and highly available (RESCAT-0). Environment Support: Handle environment provisioning, managing secrets, certificates, and general Terraform readiness. Voice Architecture: Support fallback voice architecture (Azure Live) if needed. Enablement & Handover: Build shared components or boilerplates so the team doesn't have to reinvent the wheel, then hand over cleanly to the permanent Ops team. Requirements Strong Terraform skills for provisioning and managing infrastructure as code. Solid AWS experience, ideally with Amazon Kinesis or other streaming tools. Practical experience troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines and security tooling. Comfortable working in large, multi-vendor enterprise environments. To Apply If you are available and this fits your tech stack, please apply directly ASAP!
A Top 6 Accounting Firm is recruiting for a Global Mobility Tax Assistant Manager to join their team in Central London You'll be joining a growing Expatriate Tax team, part of a Nationwide Employer Services team, that supports clients with Expatriate Tax, Employment Tax, Share Plans and Incentives, and Rewards Advisory. This team supports and advises clients across a variety of industries and sizes of clients, from AIM to FTSE listed, and to SME's. Responsibilities: Manage a client list alongside Senior leadership Deliver Tax compliance and Tax advisory services Involvement in ad-hoc technical projects and advisory work Collaborate closely with other members within and outside of Employer Services Support in the development of junior colleagues and develop your leadership skills Seek business development opportunities from new and existing clients Support in the marketing of the Expatriate Tax teams services and networking generally Benefits: 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + option to buy / sell Hybrid and flexible working Study support (if required) Private Medical Insurance Flexible benefits
Jun 30, 2026
Full time
A Top 6 Accounting Firm is recruiting for a Global Mobility Tax Assistant Manager to join their team in Central London You'll be joining a growing Expatriate Tax team, part of a Nationwide Employer Services team, that supports clients with Expatriate Tax, Employment Tax, Share Plans and Incentives, and Rewards Advisory. This team supports and advises clients across a variety of industries and sizes of clients, from AIM to FTSE listed, and to SME's. Responsibilities: Manage a client list alongside Senior leadership Deliver Tax compliance and Tax advisory services Involvement in ad-hoc technical projects and advisory work Collaborate closely with other members within and outside of Employer Services Support in the development of junior colleagues and develop your leadership skills Seek business development opportunities from new and existing clients Support in the marketing of the Expatriate Tax teams services and networking generally Benefits: 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + option to buy / sell Hybrid and flexible working Study support (if required) Private Medical Insurance Flexible benefits
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) - Luxury Hospitality & Wellness On behalf of an iconic, household name in the luxury hospitality and wellness sector, our client is a market-leading brand currently executing a transformative, heavily backed modernization and expansion strategy. Supported by a premier institutional investment partner, the group is deploying significant capital into portfolio-wide asset upgrades, sustainability infrastructure, and next-generation wellness technology. Simultaneously, the business is pivoting toward a highly scalable, asset-light domestic and international management contract and franchise model. Reporting directly to the CEO and Board, the incoming CFO will assume ultimate accountability for the group's financial strategy, capital structure, and operational efficiency during a defining chapter of growth and strategic valuation milestones. Key Responsibilities C-Suite & Board Leadership: Act as a strategic co-pilot to the CEO and Board, providing the financial vision required to steer the group through aggressive scaling and business model evolution. Capital Governance & ROI: Oversee the financial allocation, deployment, and performance tracking of a multi-million-pound capital expenditure and multi-site refurbishment program. Investor Relations & Funding: Manage the critical relationship with the group's primary institutional investment partners, ensuring robust reporting, covenant compliance, and optimized capital structuring. Operational Turnaround & Margin Protection: Drive aggressive profitability initiatives across the estate, implementing strict cost controls and operational efficiencies to successfully counter macroeconomic and inflationary headwinds. Corporate Strategy & Valuation: Lead relationships with tier-one external advisory firms to evaluate long-term strategic options, joint ventures, and corporate valuation milestones. The Ideal Profile C-Suite Track Record: Proven experience as a CFO, Deputy CFO, or Finance Director within luxury hospitality, elite leisure, premium spa/wellness, or high-end multi-site real estate/retail . Capital Program Stewardship: A successful history of governing large-scale capital allocation programs and property integrations. Business Transformation Expertise: Direct experience navigating structural corporate shifts, specifically the transition from asset-heavy models to asset-light (management contract/franchise) frameworks. Commercial Grit: A proven ability to optimize bottom-line performance, restructure costs, and protect margins in a high-cost economic landscape. Corporate Finance & M&A Savvy: Strong background in corporate fundraising, refinancing, institutional investor relations, or preparing a business for strategic options/valuation events.
Jun 30, 2026
Full time
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) - Luxury Hospitality & Wellness On behalf of an iconic, household name in the luxury hospitality and wellness sector, our client is a market-leading brand currently executing a transformative, heavily backed modernization and expansion strategy. Supported by a premier institutional investment partner, the group is deploying significant capital into portfolio-wide asset upgrades, sustainability infrastructure, and next-generation wellness technology. Simultaneously, the business is pivoting toward a highly scalable, asset-light domestic and international management contract and franchise model. Reporting directly to the CEO and Board, the incoming CFO will assume ultimate accountability for the group's financial strategy, capital structure, and operational efficiency during a defining chapter of growth and strategic valuation milestones. Key Responsibilities C-Suite & Board Leadership: Act as a strategic co-pilot to the CEO and Board, providing the financial vision required to steer the group through aggressive scaling and business model evolution. Capital Governance & ROI: Oversee the financial allocation, deployment, and performance tracking of a multi-million-pound capital expenditure and multi-site refurbishment program. Investor Relations & Funding: Manage the critical relationship with the group's primary institutional investment partners, ensuring robust reporting, covenant compliance, and optimized capital structuring. Operational Turnaround & Margin Protection: Drive aggressive profitability initiatives across the estate, implementing strict cost controls and operational efficiencies to successfully counter macroeconomic and inflationary headwinds. Corporate Strategy & Valuation: Lead relationships with tier-one external advisory firms to evaluate long-term strategic options, joint ventures, and corporate valuation milestones. The Ideal Profile C-Suite Track Record: Proven experience as a CFO, Deputy CFO, or Finance Director within luxury hospitality, elite leisure, premium spa/wellness, or high-end multi-site real estate/retail . Capital Program Stewardship: A successful history of governing large-scale capital allocation programs and property integrations. Business Transformation Expertise: Direct experience navigating structural corporate shifts, specifically the transition from asset-heavy models to asset-light (management contract/franchise) frameworks. Commercial Grit: A proven ability to optimize bottom-line performance, restructure costs, and protect margins in a high-cost economic landscape. Corporate Finance & M&A Savvy: Strong background in corporate fundraising, refinancing, institutional investor relations, or preparing a business for strategic options/valuation events.
Morgan McKinley is looking for an experienced Credit Manager to work for a great business based in the Tadworth, Surrey area. This is a permanent Credit Manager role which will be working on a hybrid basis. The Credit Manager will manage the team and also support with the financial analysis, credit reviews, providing credit recommendations and underwriting services. Salary: Basic up to £60k + bonus, excellent benefits and car allowance Location: Hybrid working - Tadworth, Surrey Credit Manager duties: Monitor and provide detailed financial analysis and recommendations Manage the administration for new proposals / credit line increases including acquisitions / takeovers etc. Management of the administration of critical risk situations rejected payments, cash trading and receivership Team management - carry out regular reviews with the Credit and Funding team Oversee the management of the administration of credit schemes, Credit Lines and interest rate controls Handle any tasks associated with SOX compliance, audit etc Skills and experience: Proven experience working in a similar credit management role Experience of working with underwriting teams Attention to detail and good analytical experience
Sep 24, 2025
Full time
Morgan McKinley is looking for an experienced Credit Manager to work for a great business based in the Tadworth, Surrey area. This is a permanent Credit Manager role which will be working on a hybrid basis. The Credit Manager will manage the team and also support with the financial analysis, credit reviews, providing credit recommendations and underwriting services. Salary: Basic up to £60k + bonus, excellent benefits and car allowance Location: Hybrid working - Tadworth, Surrey Credit Manager duties: Monitor and provide detailed financial analysis and recommendations Manage the administration for new proposals / credit line increases including acquisitions / takeovers etc. Management of the administration of critical risk situations rejected payments, cash trading and receivership Team management - carry out regular reviews with the Credit and Funding team Oversee the management of the administration of credit schemes, Credit Lines and interest rate controls Handle any tasks associated with SOX compliance, audit etc Skills and experience: Proven experience working in a similar credit management role Experience of working with underwriting teams Attention to detail and good analytical experience
