A leading financial consultancy in Reading is seeking a talented finance professional to support strategic accounting projects related to a recent merger. You will deliver high-quality financial reporting and coordinate inputs from experts across the business. The ideal candidate will be ACA/ACCA qualified with in-depth experience in IFRS standards. This initial contract starts in January and runs through to the end of March, providing a unique opportunity to shape the organization's future.
Jan 08, 2026
Full time
A leading financial consultancy in Reading is seeking a talented finance professional to support strategic accounting projects related to a recent merger. You will deliver high-quality financial reporting and coordinate inputs from experts across the business. The ideal candidate will be ACA/ACCA qualified with in-depth experience in IFRS standards. This initial contract starts in January and runs through to the end of March, providing a unique opportunity to shape the organization's future.
Personal Assistant (PA) Permanent Theale/Home - 3 days in the office/2 from Home We're looking for a highly organised and proactive Personal Assistant to support two C-Suite leaders. This is a fast-paced role requiring exceptional diary management, administrative efficiency, and absolute discretion. Responsibilities of the Personal Assistant include: Manage complex diaries, meetings, travel, and events Draft correspondence, reports, and presentations Act as first point of contact for stakeholders Handle expenses and confidential records Coordinate logistics for corporate events and client visits The successful Personal Assistant will have: Proven PA experience supporting senior leadership Outstanding organisational and communication skills Strong IT proficiency (Microsoft Office) Ability to prioritise, problem-solve, and work independently Professionalism, discretion, and attention to detail This is a fantastic opportunity to work closely with senior leaders, build strong stakeholder relationships, and make a real impact. To apply for the Personal Assistant please send your CV to (url removed) Project People is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
Jan 08, 2026
Contractor
Personal Assistant (PA) Permanent Theale/Home - 3 days in the office/2 from Home We're looking for a highly organised and proactive Personal Assistant to support two C-Suite leaders. This is a fast-paced role requiring exceptional diary management, administrative efficiency, and absolute discretion. Responsibilities of the Personal Assistant include: Manage complex diaries, meetings, travel, and events Draft correspondence, reports, and presentations Act as first point of contact for stakeholders Handle expenses and confidential records Coordinate logistics for corporate events and client visits The successful Personal Assistant will have: Proven PA experience supporting senior leadership Outstanding organisational and communication skills Strong IT proficiency (Microsoft Office) Ability to prioritise, problem-solve, and work independently Professionalism, discretion, and attention to detail This is a fantastic opportunity to work closely with senior leaders, build strong stakeholder relationships, and make a real impact. To apply for the Personal Assistant please send your CV to (url removed) Project People is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
Join our high profile client at a pivotal moment with a rare , career-defining opportunity to help shape an organisation, culture and future. We're looking for a talented finance professional to support strategic accounting projects related to a recent merger and other major transactions. Reporting to the Head of Strategic Reporting & Technical Accounting, you'll play a key role in delivering high-quality financial reporting, coordinating inputs from experts across the business and external advisors. You'll build strong relationships at all levels, bring excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, and ensure all outputs are accurate, timely and robust under scrutiny. If you thrive in a fast-moving, transformational environment, we'd love to hear from you. We require someone to be available immediately for a January start for an initial contract running through to the end of March. What experience you will bring: ACA/ACCA Qualified/Chartered Accountant (England and Wales - ICAEW). In depth experience of IFRS - Specifically IFRS 9, IFRS 15 and IFRS 16. Strong audit cycle experience to include writing technical accounting papers Strong Stakeholder Management experience. Project People is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
Jan 01, 2026
Full time
Join our high profile client at a pivotal moment with a rare , career-defining opportunity to help shape an organisation, culture and future. We're looking for a talented finance professional to support strategic accounting projects related to a recent merger and other major transactions. Reporting to the Head of Strategic Reporting & Technical Accounting, you'll play a key role in delivering high-quality financial reporting, coordinating inputs from experts across the business and external advisors. You'll build strong relationships at all levels, bring excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, and ensure all outputs are accurate, timely and robust under scrutiny. If you thrive in a fast-moving, transformational environment, we'd love to hear from you. We require someone to be available immediately for a January start for an initial contract running through to the end of March. What experience you will bring: ACA/ACCA Qualified/Chartered Accountant (England and Wales - ICAEW). In depth experience of IFRS - Specifically IFRS 9, IFRS 15 and IFRS 16. Strong audit cycle experience to include writing technical accounting papers Strong Stakeholder Management experience. Project People is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
At MBNL, our mission is clear: Managing the Mobile Infrastructure to Enable Digital Britain . As the UK's largest network-sharing joint venture, we are at the forefront of industry transformation, delivering innovative solutions that shape the future of connectivity. The Health, Safety & Environment Team are responsible for setting the standards from a Health & Safety perspective for all work undertaken on the estate including setting and creating assurance levels, managing fatal and significant injury risks as well as the management of H&S issues on the estate. We're now seeking an experienced H&S Incident Response Manager to join our team. In this pivotal role, you will manage and coordinate the effective delivery of incident and issue management across the organisation. Acting as the first-line support and escalation point for health and safety-related events, you will ensure outsourced service providers align with MBNL's standards, drive resolution of major and critical incidents, and foster seamless cross-functional communication. You will also play a key role in governance-providing insights, conducting deep dives, supporting process harmonisation, and ensuring lessons learned are captured and shared to enable continuous improvement and informed decision-making. This is a hybrid role with a minimum of 2 days per week in our Central Reading office. What you'll do: Co-ordinate incident and issue management delivered by outsourced providers, ensuring alignment with MBNL's Policies and Standards. Serve as the primary point of contact for stakeholders regarding health and safety incidents, ensuring efficient triage, timely response, and appropriate escalation. Act as the escalation point for incident coordination to drive prompt resolution in alignment with internal standards and compliance requirements. Maintain quality assurance through structured governance approach including reporting and oversight. Identify learning opportunities proposing recommendations back to the business. Act as the central conduit for incident-related communication across MBNL teams and client activities - providing guidance for relevant communication channels such as bulletins etc for internal and external advice and guidance. Support harmonisation of incident and issue management into a unified front-door process. Provide insights and trend analysis to strengthen governance, reporting, and decision-making. Support and/or oversee working groups focused on health and safety improvements, providing subject matter expertise and ensuring alignment with strategic objectives. Contribute to improvement plans, helping to identify gaps, propose solutions, and monitor progress against agreed actions. Where needed oversee MBNL's internal response to major and critical health and safety incidents as the designated Incident Controller. Support MBNL Business Continuity planning, testing and invocation activities as needed. What you'll bring: Deep Knowledge of Best Practices: Understanding of methodologies, processes, and capabilities required to deliver best-in-class technical and business incident management services. Analytical and Insight-Driven: Strong analytical mindset with experience in providing insights and trend analysis to support data-driven decision-making, governance, and strategic reporting. Outstanding Problem Solving : Experienced at applying a range of problem-solving methodologies to ensure rigorous root cause analysis and implementation of impactful corrective actions. Continuous Improvement mindset: Ability to identify learning opportunities and propose actionable recommendations that drive process and performance enhancements. Influential Relationship Builder: Skilled at building strong relationships, navigating organisational dynamics, and influencing stakeholders effectively. Executive Communication Skills: Proven experience briefing and influencing senior leadership teams with clarity and confidence. Balanced Decision-Making: Ability to weigh customer, commercial, and technical requirements to deliver optimal outcomes. Nice to Have: Experience managing remotely located, cross-functional teams. Strong safety, quality, and compliance knowledge of mobile or fixed network technologies. Experience working in or with a joint venture organisation. Business Continuity capability ability to oversee internal response to major or critical health and safety incidents as an Incident Controller MBNL - building strength through inclusion. At MBNL we embrace equality, diversity, and inclusion. People are at the heart of everything we do and collectively we strive to create an environment where everyone can flourish. By fostering an inclusive environment, we are championing each other's uniqueness. Inclusion & Diversity within MBNL will unlock innovation and continue to evolve how we work, to help us deliver world class infrastructure for our Shareholders and their customers. We will work creatively to offer flexible working arrangements, (like non-standard hours, part-time, remote working). We want to support you to build your career without sacrificing your personal priorities. MBNL are proud recipients of the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award, and Disability Confident accredited. Project People is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
Jan 01, 2026
Contractor
At MBNL, our mission is clear: Managing the Mobile Infrastructure to Enable Digital Britain . As the UK's largest network-sharing joint venture, we are at the forefront of industry transformation, delivering innovative solutions that shape the future of connectivity. The Health, Safety & Environment Team are responsible for setting the standards from a Health & Safety perspective for all work undertaken on the estate including setting and creating assurance levels, managing fatal and significant injury risks as well as the management of H&S issues on the estate. We're now seeking an experienced H&S Incident Response Manager to join our team. In this pivotal role, you will manage and coordinate the effective delivery of incident and issue management across the organisation. Acting as the first-line support and escalation point for health and safety-related events, you will ensure outsourced service providers align with MBNL's standards, drive resolution of major and critical incidents, and foster seamless cross-functional communication. You will also play a key role in governance-providing insights, conducting deep dives, supporting process harmonisation, and ensuring lessons learned are captured and shared to enable continuous improvement and informed decision-making. This is a hybrid role with a minimum of 2 days per week in our Central Reading office. What you'll do: Co-ordinate incident and issue management delivered by outsourced providers, ensuring alignment with MBNL's Policies and Standards. Serve as the primary point of contact for stakeholders regarding health and safety incidents, ensuring efficient triage, timely response, and appropriate escalation. Act as the escalation point for incident coordination to drive prompt resolution in alignment with internal standards and compliance requirements. Maintain quality assurance through structured governance approach including reporting and oversight. Identify learning opportunities proposing recommendations back to the business. Act as the central conduit for incident-related communication across MBNL teams and client activities - providing guidance for relevant communication channels such as bulletins etc for internal and external advice and guidance. Support harmonisation of incident and issue management into a unified front-door process. Provide insights and trend analysis to strengthen governance, reporting, and decision-making. Support and/or oversee working groups focused on health and safety improvements, providing subject matter expertise and ensuring alignment with strategic objectives. Contribute to improvement plans, helping to identify gaps, propose solutions, and monitor progress against agreed actions. Where needed oversee MBNL's internal response to major and critical health and safety incidents as the designated Incident Controller. Support MBNL Business Continuity planning, testing and invocation activities as needed. What you'll bring: Deep Knowledge of Best Practices: Understanding of methodologies, processes, and capabilities required to deliver best-in-class technical and business incident management services. Analytical and Insight-Driven: Strong analytical mindset with experience in providing insights and trend analysis to support data-driven decision-making, governance, and strategic reporting. Outstanding Problem Solving : Experienced at applying a range of problem-solving methodologies to ensure rigorous root cause analysis and implementation of impactful corrective actions. Continuous Improvement mindset: Ability to identify learning opportunities and propose actionable recommendations that drive process and performance enhancements. Influential Relationship Builder: Skilled at building strong relationships, navigating organisational dynamics, and influencing stakeholders effectively. Executive Communication Skills: Proven experience briefing and influencing senior leadership teams with clarity and confidence. Balanced Decision-Making: Ability to weigh customer, commercial, and technical requirements to deliver optimal outcomes. Nice to Have: Experience managing remotely located, cross-functional teams. Strong safety, quality, and compliance knowledge of mobile or fixed network technologies. Experience working in or with a joint venture organisation. Business Continuity capability ability to oversee internal response to major or critical health and safety incidents as an Incident Controller MBNL - building strength through inclusion. At MBNL we embrace equality, diversity, and inclusion. People are at the heart of everything we do and collectively we strive to create an environment where everyone can flourish. By fostering an inclusive environment, we are championing each other's uniqueness. Inclusion & Diversity within MBNL will unlock innovation and continue to evolve how we work, to help us deliver world class infrastructure for our Shareholders and their customers. We will work creatively to offer flexible working arrangements, (like non-standard hours, part-time, remote working). We want to support you to build your career without sacrificing your personal priorities. MBNL are proud recipients of the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award, and Disability Confident accredited. Project People is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
Join our high profile client at a pivotal moment with a rare , career-defining opportunity to help shape an organisation, culture and future. We're looking for a talented finance professional to support strategic accounting projects related to a recent merger and other major transactions. Reporting to the Head of Strategic Reporting & Technical Accounting, you'll play a key role in delivering high-quality financial reporting, coordinating inputs from experts across the business and external advisors. You'll build strong relationships at all levels, bring excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, and ensure all outputs are accurate, timely and robust under scrutiny. If you thrive in a fast-moving, transformational environment, we'd love to hear from you. We require someone to be available immediately for a January start for an initial contract running through to the end of March. What experience you will bring: ACA/ACCA Qualified/Chartered Accountant (England and Wales - ICAEW). In depth experience of IFRS - Specifically IFRS 9, IFRS 15 and IFRS 16. Strong audit cycle experience to include writing technical accounting papers Strong Stakeholder Management experience. Project People is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
Jan 01, 2026
Contractor
Join our high profile client at a pivotal moment with a rare , career-defining opportunity to help shape an organisation, culture and future. We're looking for a talented finance professional to support strategic accounting projects related to a recent merger and other major transactions. Reporting to the Head of Strategic Reporting & Technical Accounting, you'll play a key role in delivering high-quality financial reporting, coordinating inputs from experts across the business and external advisors. You'll build strong relationships at all levels, bring excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, and ensure all outputs are accurate, timely and robust under scrutiny. If you thrive in a fast-moving, transformational environment, we'd love to hear from you. We require someone to be available immediately for a January start for an initial contract running through to the end of March. What experience you will bring: ACA/ACCA Qualified/Chartered Accountant (England and Wales - ICAEW). In depth experience of IFRS - Specifically IFRS 9, IFRS 15 and IFRS 16. Strong audit cycle experience to include writing technical accounting papers Strong Stakeholder Management experience. Project People is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
