Stopford has an exciting opportunity for a Commercial Manager to join the team based in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. You will us on a full time, permanent basis. In return, you will receive a competitive salary of £45,000 - £50,000 per annum dependent on experience. You will be based at our Head Office in Ellesmere Port and also work from our Manchester (Knutsford) office.

Stopford is an international energy and environmental engineering company; our professional services span Consultancy, Technology & Innovation and Project Management. We are an industry leader with a portfolio spanning research and development through to design and commissioning of process technology. With a worldwide clientele in emerging and existing industries. We provide expert consulting to our partners, supporting them in their drive toward a sustainable low carbon economy. 

You will receive the following benefits:

- Competitive Salary

- Pension

- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

- Private medical insurance

- Employee assistance program

- On-site parking

- Professional Membership fees

About the role:
The Commercial Manager reports to the Commercial Director. The CM provides support to our service groups where the delivery of our services ‘touch money’. The CM will support the CD with the development & progression of the Commercial team/function.

We are looking for someone who has experience of working in the engineering services sector an aspiring procurement and contract professional who enjoys a variety of work. The role offers the opportunity to get involved in a variety of exciting projects, covering a broad spectrum of clients from Renewables; plastics to oil to the more traditional Industrial; chemical & fuel storage with a focus on energy net zero initiatives including hydrogen switching.

The Commercial team are the central point for all the company’s procurement processes, delivering value for money and reducing supply chain risk. We support our three service groups Technology & Innovation, Consultancy and Projects.

Key responsibilities of our Commercial Manager:
- Day to day you will work closely with the CD to develop and deliver our Commercial function. The team is centralised, strategic and facilitates best practice procurement and contract management throughout the business
- Corporate Governance for purchasing, review/refine existing policies and update to capture new services offered
- Performing procurement functions of purchasing supplies and services including experience with subcontracting
- Manage the budget for support services and provide monthly report to the CD
- Co-ordination of support functions e.g., admin, IT
- Company procurement activities across multiple categories of spend, to effectively source equipment and supplies that fully satisfy our clients requirements and our company purchasing procedures
- Implement and share best practice/learning experience from each service group
- Project procurement working with the service group project managers, acting as the project procurement manager where required
- Procurement and Contracts advisory; oversee and guide project team procurement managers to nurture our wider capability to lead complex procurement processes. Identify high value orders for the attention of the CD

Our Commercial Manager will have the following skills and experience:

- Degree qualified & beneficial a background in Engineering, quantity surveying, business and or finance
- A minimum of 10 years post graduate relevant experience
- Specialist in Engineering forms of contract; NEC, ICHEME, Fidic etc
- Membership of The Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply
- Significant experience working in a similar industry, with proven project experience
- Eligible to live and work in the UK
- Full UK/EEC driving licence
With support, variety and opportunities, Stopford Energy and Environment is the ideal place to build your skills and career.
If you would like to join our team as our Commercial Manager, then why not click ‘apply’ today – we’d love to hear from you!

Please note we do not accept applications from agencies, and you must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

Speedy are the UK’s leading hire provider with the widest range of tools, specialist hire equipment, plant and support services – everything for every job!

Speedy’s finance department are looking for a graduate to assist in the provision of financial support to the management of the Group through the production of financial information and analysis, improving processes and procedures and  involvement in external audit and tax reporting.  The graduate will rotate through areas of finance including Group Finance, Operational Finance and Record to Report.  In addition, the role will be involved in cross-departmental projects that have significant crossover with the business, enabling the individual to see business processes on the ground and the interaction with financial processes and controls. There will also be opportunities for work shadowing senior members of the finance leadership team.

What do we look for?
The successful candidate will be an innovative individual who can produce high quality work, having commercial acumen and the ability to influence and develop new ways of working.  You will be an effective communicator with the capability to manage your own workload, meet deadlines and be able to respond quickly and positively to change.  Being a team player is essential and you should be able to build strong internal relationships as well as being highly motivated to succeed in a fast paced and changing environment.

 We also require the following:
•    Finance related degree classification 2:2 or above
•    Finance related work experience, e.g. – a year in industry
•    Excellent IT skills (such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook, Excel)
•    Analytical skills with a great attention to detail
•    Desire to complete professional qualifications

As well as completing your day-to-day role within the finance team you will also be required to complete the two year Speedy Graduate Development Programme.

What is the Speedy Graduate Development Programme?
Our graduate development programme runs alongside the role you obtain. The programme enables successful applicants to develop the skills required to progress their career within Speedy and become a fully competent and professional member of the business.  The programme consists of:
•    On the job training within your department
•    Support to obtain professional qualifications (ACCA/CIMA)
•    Completion of Business Experience Modules to understand and learn about all areas of the Speedy business and how they contribute to our success
•    Access to Speedy’s internal learning and development courses
•    The chance to complete an Exec Board project
•    Enrollment onto the first level of Speedy’s High Potential Programme (HiPo)
•    The provision of an experienced professional mentor from within the Speedy business

If you would like to discuss the graduate opportunity detailed above, please feel free to contact Gillian Roberts, Early Careers Manager, on gillian.roberts@speedyservices.com or 01942 327853.

• Support delivery of MI reporting, BI and data analysis
• Manage the financial mailboxes and provide support to the wider team
• Build strong relationships across the business to deliver high level of service
• Provide analytical support and build and maintain reports
• Utilise software such as Power BI to report on data and analysis of this
• Identify trends through data analysis and report to the finance team
• Assist report production for input to the month-end processes.

The successful finance data analyst MUST have the below:

• Proven track record in similar role
• Be a self starter
• Analytical approach
• Strong excel skills
• Experience of using SAP, SAP business objects (advantage)
• Numerical
• Highly organised

Competitive salary up to £30,000 depending on experience

25 days + 8 BH

12 months FTC - Potential for long term**

Working from home - on-boarding and training

Page Personnel are working with a UK leading brand who has seen significant growth over the last 12 months to recruit for a finance data analyst on a 12 months FTC. This is an exciting opportunity for someone to grow their finance career in a fast paced and reputable brand. The role will be based working from home initially due to current market.

Senior Finance Officer needed Bootle paying £21.24 per hr PAYE Ref: 414451

This is working full time hours on a temporary basis

Responsibilities:

1. Support the Finance Manager in supervising and managing resources.
2. Produce annual budgetary and accounting information, in conjunction with service area staff, for incorporation into the Client’s overall budget or programme
3. Prepare financial reports in a clear and understandable format and with a level of detail that is meaningful and can be interpreted by clients when monitoring expenditure or forecasting future requirements
4. Consider the overall financial wellbeing of budgets and highlight any issues of concern to Budget Holders and Project Managers in a timely manner in order that appropriate action can be taken
5. Develop and maintain an up to date knowledge of finance and accounting guidance.
6. Prepare monthly documentation containing accurate and timely financial management information for senior managers and cabinet members.

If you are interested in the role, please email your CV to verity@essentialemploy.co.uk quoting the reference number.

All our roles may be subject to pre-employment checks including references so please be prepared

• Production of key MI reports and KPI analysis
• Labour and material variance analysis
• Reviewing all costing procedures
• Margin analysis
• Carrying out cost analysis to drive profitability
• Comparison to budget and forecast and producing forward thinking reports to help drive performance
• VAT returns
• Balance sheet reconciliations
• Improvement of processes and constant drive to make manufacturing processes more lean

We are looking for the following skills and experience for the Finance Manager role:

• CIMA/ACCA part qualified with experience in a management accounts environment
• Manufacturing experience with understanding of costings and margin reports
• Strong communication skills and able to build relationships with stakeholders, in particular the factory
• Dynamic and able to work in a fast paced business
• Commercial awareness
• Takes pride in developing and producing top class reports

We will offer the candidate:

• Attractive salary of £40,000
• Study support
• 25 days holiday
• Pension scheme
• Free on site parking
• Private medical

Page Personnel are working with a successful manufacturing business in Liverpool to recruit a Finance Manager to manage a manufacturing plant.

Finance Business Partner needed in Wirral paying £189 per day PAYE Ref: 413289

This is working full time hours on a temporary basis

 Responsibilities:

 To support a solution-focussed, innovative financial management function that enables the effective allocation of resources to outcomes to ensure value for money

Proactively support colleagues to ensure the provision of reliable, effective and timely financial support and advice that contributes to the achievement of their objectives.

Represent the Senior Finance Business Partner as and when required in internal and external scenarios and to display the behaviours and values expected in a positive and professional manner.

Support the provision of proactive, solution-focussed advice and guidance to the organisation to enable innovation and commercialism within the realms of the Council’s procurement and finance procedure rules.

Be an effective team member seeking out development opportunities to support succession planning so that the team is operating to the expected standard of a high performing, excellent, finance business partnering function.

Support the delivery of the financial sustainability and resilience by working with the team to provide insight and intelligence to predict and model demand management.

Able to input and analyse a range of financial information, for which care and attention to detail is required.

Complex queries to be escalated to the Senior Finance Business partner in the first instance.

Resolve issues arising from own work and those of others within the team, acting as point of escalation for Assistant Finance Business Partners.

Use knowledge and experience to determine the appropriate course of action. Identify opportunities for improvements to policies and procedures within work area in order to improve practice and customer service including the interpretation of financial legislation.

If you are interested in the role, please email your CV to verity@essentialemploy.co.uk quoting the reference number.

All our roles may be subject to pre-employment checks including references so please be prepared