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Admin Officer - Executive PA Our client, an international company with offices in the City of London, is looking to recruit an Admin Officer. Responsibilities Provide professional secretarial support and personal assistance to the Chief Representative of the company. Support the Expatriate Human Resources & General Affairs Department with entertainment and security management tasks. Key Responsibilities The Administrative Assistant will assist with: Arranging meetings and managing diaries for senior management (SM). Organising business and personal trips for SM within and outside the UK. Meeting and greeting high-profile customers and guests of SM. Managing budgets, accounts, bookkeeping, and processing expenses for SM. Organising lunches, dinners, parties, and receptions. Booking golf club memberships, managing logs, bookings, fees, and expenses. Handling customer and client hospitality arrangements, including hotel bookings, transportation, gifts, and golf bookings. Managing activities related to Japanese societies and social activities involving the company in the UK, such as Nippon Club, Japanese school, JCCI, Sanyuu-Kai, and Japan Society. Advising on and booking venues for functions. Acting as an intermediary among staff, customers, and SM. Supporting EUAJA HR department with entertainment and security tasks. Managing car lease and chauffeur services. Providing support to the Personal Assistant to the Managing Director as needed. Skills Professional, flexible, and well-organized with initiative. High literacy and numeracy skills. Excellent communication skills in English. Proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and effective email communication. Open-minded, respectful, and a team player. The client is based in St. Paul's, London. This is a 3-day in-office position. The salary is circa £40K plus overtime. Please send your CV in Word format, including your salary expectations and notice period.

Finance Director with ACCA Our Client is a growing young company with circa 120 people, looking to recruit a Finance Director with 4 people reporting to the position. Ideally the Client would like to consider a candidate in their mid 30's with experience of steering a start-up and to take the company to the next level. You will be formally qualified as an Accountant with an ACCA or FCCA coupled with at least 10 years corporate experience. Role Description This is a full-time hybrid role for a Financial Director. The Financial Director will be responsible for financial planning, preparing financial statements, utilizing analytical skills, overseeing finance operations, and ensuring accurate financial reporting. The role is based in London with some flexibility for remote work. You will be responsible for Management Accounts, Auditing, Forecasting and Planning. Qualifications Financial Planning and Financial Statements skills Analytical Skills and Finance expertise Experience in Financial Reporting Excellent communication and interpersonal skills Strong leadership and decision-making abilities Relevant degree in Finance, Accounting with an FCCA or ACCA Professional certification such as CPA or CFA is a plus The role will be based in Central London. The salary for the position will be in the range £100K 0 £120K + Equity. Do send your CV to us in Word format along with your salary and availability.

Solutions Architect Our Client is an international consultancy with over 3000 employees. They are now looking to recruit a Senior Solutions Architect to be based at the Company's Central London Offices. You will have extensive and deep expertise in the following Application Development areas: Expertise in application architecture using modern technologies such as cloud native development, 12 factor Apps, microservices, serverless, API management, Kafka, etc. Deep knowledge of Microservices, Containers, REST APIs development, API Management tools (e.g. MuleSoft, Apigee), Kafka Solution architect with broad expertise in a wide range of digital technologies in areas of application platform development, web and mobile development, cloud, integration, security, etc. Application development experience with at least one of the cloud providers - Amazon AWS or MS Azure Understanding of distributed computing paradigm and exposure to building highly scalable systems. Experience with platform modernization and cloud migration projects Expertise in Agile development methodologies like TDD, BDD, Performance/Load testing etc. DevOps experience - CI/CD, Test Automation, Containerization - tools and processes Should be conversant with emerging technologies - chatbots, voice/conversational interfaces, RPA, Machine Learning, etc. In-depth, hands-on experience in developing web/mobile applications or platforms with either Java/J2EE or .NET tech stack and database technologies such as Oracle, MySQL, etc. Exposure to polyglot programming languages like Scala, Python and Golang will be a plus Ability to read/write code and expertise with various design patterns Have used NoSQL databases such as MongoDB, Cassandra, etc. Responsibilities include: Work on opportunities along with sales, practice, delivery teams through the pre-sales process Develop customer proposals - solution architecture, pitch decks, estimating solution effort, resourcing and timelines Translate requirements into solution architecture diagrams, implementation roadmap, delivery approach and other artifacts Understand business & technology issues/challenges and translate that into modern technology solutions Engage with business and IT groups to align solution architecture with strategic business direction Build a trusted advisor relationship with business and technology leaders Stay periodically engaged throughout the entire project lifecycle to ensure ongoing alignment to established solution vision Qualifications: Bachelors or master's degree in engineering (computer, electronics, etc.) 20+ years of Solutions Architecture experience (or equivalent enterprise architecture experience) and in customer-facing roles Vertical domain knowledge in Financial Services will be an advantage Excellent written and verbal communication skills Experience in client-driven large-scale application platform implementation projects Experience and desire to work in a global delivery environment Ability to travel up to 40% Familiarity with architecture modelling tools. TOGAF experience/certification desired but not necessary Proven track record of designing/developing scalable solutions at the enterprise level Demonstrated success in quickly understanding business needs and aligning it to technology solutions Experience delivering solutions using an Agile/Scrum methodology Strong communication skills (e.g. active listening, requirements elicitation, oral, written, presentation, workshop facilitation, consensus building) are essential. The Client's offices are based in Holborn - Central London. The salary for this position will be based on expertise and will be in the range £90K - £120K. Please do send your CV to us in Word format along with your salary and availability.

MS Dynamics 365 CRM Project Director Our Client is looking to recruit MS Dynamics 365 CRM expert Project Director with at least 7 to 10 years proven track record. The Client is moving their CRM data from a platform called Wattle to Selinesoft - so any experience of either or both of these CRM's would be handy but NOT essential. The core skills the Client wants you to bring to the project is MS Dynamics 365 CRM expertise with implementation skills. You will work with 4 key stakeholder departments in the business which are IT, Marketing, Finance and Policy. Your will organise the project plans coupled with the overview and project plan documents relating to the Clients MS Dynamics CRM data. This is a 6 month assignment. The Client would like to see Prince 2, Agile and MS Dynamics certification. Must have a degree. The Client is based in Holborn London. The rate for this assignment will be circa £650 - £850 per day. Please do send your CV to us in Word format.

Senior Solutions Architect with Pre-Sales Experience Our client is an international consultancy with over 3000 employees. They are now looking to recruit a Senior Solutions Architect with pre-sales experience to be based at the company's Central London offices. You will have extensive and deep expertise in the following Application Development areas: Expertise in application architecture using modern technologies such as cloud-native development, 12-factor apps, microservices, serverless, API management, Kafka, etc. Deep knowledge of microservices, containers, REST API development, API management tools (e.g., MuleSoft, Apigee), Kafka Solution architect with broad expertise in a wide range of digital technologies, including application platform development, web and mobile development, cloud, integration, security, etc. Application development experience with at least one cloud provider - Amazon AWS or MS Azure Understanding of distributed computing paradigms and exposure to building highly scalable systems. Experience with platform modernization and cloud migration projects. Expertise in Agile development methodologies like TDD, BDD, performance/load testing, etc. DevOps experience - CI/CD, test automation, containerization - tools and processes. Familiarity with emerging technologies - chatbots, voice/conversational interfaces, RPA, machine learning, etc. Hands-on experience in developing web/mobile applications or platforms with Java/J2EE or .NET stack and databases such as Oracle, MySQL, etc. Exposure to polyglot programming languages like Scala, Python, and Golang is a plus. Ability to read/write code and expertise with various design patterns. Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB, Cassandra, etc. Responsibilities include working on opportunities with sales, practice, and delivery teams through the pre-sales process, developing customer proposals, translating requirements into architecture diagrams and roadmaps, understanding business and technology challenges, engaging with stakeholders, and maintaining ongoing alignment throughout project lifecycles. Bachelor's or master's degree in engineering (computer, electronics, etc.) 20+ years of solutions architecture or enterprise architecture experience, including customer-facing roles Vertical domain knowledge in financial services is advantageous Excellent written and verbal communication skills Experience in large-scale application platform implementation projects and working in a global delivery environment Additional requirements include the ability to travel up to 40%, familiarity with architecture modeling tools, TOGAF certification (preferred but not necessary), proven success in designing scalable enterprise solutions, and experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies. Strong communication skills are essential. The company's offices are based in Holborn, Central London. The salary range for this position is £90K - £120K, depending on expertise. Please send your CV in Word format along with your salary expectations and availability.

Sales Operation Administration Our Client is a Global organisation who are looking to recruit a candidate with experience as a Sales Operation Administrator. You will have experience of working vendors and vendor management, negotiating food contracts in commodities trading particularly trading of grain. For this position the Client would like to meet candidates with at least 5 to 10 years experience. Key Responsibilities: To manage LDNPA's sales administrative operations (documentation, logistics operations, credit lines and payment schedules, communication/negotiation with clients/suppliers including resolution of disputes, reporting) and to manage the appropriate work allocation among administrative staff. To execute sales administrative operations of the businesses that she is in charge including but not limited to rice, grain, beat seeds to conclude contracts, settle payments and to deal with problems such as quality issues, seeking the most suitable solution through constructive negotiations. To implement and manage control procedures of LDNPA including a credit control procedure to monitor over credits and over dues, and to assist the person in charge to solve potential issues. To manage and optimize business processes of LDNPA, working with the relevant sales staff, administrative staff, corporate departments including LPC, logistics division, accounting & finance etc. To impart her knowledge and experience of internal systems such as ECC, SAP module, PRISM, STC, MGM etc. to other administrative staff to improve operational efficiency and accuracy. To educate new administrative staff and junior administrative staff As a senior staff in the department to show leadership and improve teamwork. Archive information management of LDNPA, including archives and records management in case of an internal audit to ensure knowledge management and transfer among the department members To manage LDNPA's administrative tasks (booking of hotels and transport, conference arrangements, managing memberships including Chelsea Club Box ownership and contracts with service providers such as Addison Lee etc.) and to allocate these tasks among administrative staff To support the General Manager in making sales and customer records To provide market data and services concerning UK and EU as requested by the General Manager or counterparts in the Company. Temporarily to function as the secretary to EMEA Foods Division ROO Relationships: Accounts, finance and other relevant corporate departments within Mitsui group Relevant external parties in the food business Skills / Knowledge: Ability to work independently and as senior staff of the department Multi-tasking, prioritization, management of time, pressure and workload. Basic numerical and analytical skills. Advanced command of MS Office including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and internal systems such as SAP. Knowledge and practicing of Company internal rules and regulations including Ringi. Advanced knowledge for trade transaction, finance, accounting, credit management, logistics, basic tax and legal affairs. Well-founded understanding of the business and the company, its rules, processes and people. Good communications skills (verbal, written and listening) in both Japanese and English. Deep knowledge on trade execution and logistics, as well as our system supporting the transactions. Ability to shift tasks in alignment with the necessities of the ROO, GM and the department. Ability to plan and organize tasks well in ahead in light of annual business calendar and events. Ability to manage and keep good relationships with internal members and external parties The Client is based in the City of London. The salary for this role is circa £45K - £55K. Please do send your CV to us in Word format along with your salary and notice period.

Head of Architecture and Integration - London Our Client is an international investment bank based in the City London. They are now looking to recruit a Head of Architecture and Integration. You will have at least 10 plus years at a senior level in technology. Provide end-end analysis, architecturalspecification, guidance and review Identify options for delivering best-valuesolutions to meet the architectural strategy, balancing available time andresources against strategic direction and architecture Distil complex problems for analysis,assessment, presentation and resolution Support senior decision makers, and supportthe decision making process with consultation and in-depth expertise Document and oversee project-specific principlesand guidelines for solution design, build and implementation Produce architecture and design documents such as process, data and interaction models, to clearly articulate the proposedarchitectural solution Support the solution design for the project,by providing guidance to build and implementation teams Helpmaintain and extend the relevant enterprise architectural models. Must have a degree in Computer Science or Engineering qualification (or higher or equivalent) Experience of working in an investment bank in a variety of technical roles. The Client is based in the City of London. The salary for this role will be very competitive. Please send your CV in Word format along with salary and availability.

Head of IT Infrastructure - City Our Client is looking to recruit a Head of IT Infrastructure with at least 7 to 10 years solid hands-on expertise to run the IT Infrastructure at this City based bank. Must be someone has been through the cycle from 1st to 3rd line support and subsequently moved in to project management or Head of IT Infrastructure. You will be involved with project planning and delivering upgrades to hardware and software and decisions with senior management. You must therefore be able work at all levels and understand the full project life-cycle. Must have experience of the following as a minimum: Active Directory and SCCM server management. Disaster Recovery Swift Messaging Windows Server EMC SAN Ability to communicate effectively at all levels. You will be working in a small team. Any experience from the banking World would be handy. The role will be based in the Central of London. The salary for this position will be in the range £70K - £90K plus benefits. Please send your CV to us in Word format along with your daily rate and availability.

Years of Relevant Experience: 5+ years Education Level: Bachelor's Degree About the Job: Acceptance Testing Manager (OAT) or Unit Testing Manager (UAT) Our Client is a leading household insurance company based in London. They are looking to recruit an experienced UAT/OAT Manager to join their ever-growing test team working on a large transformation programme for an insurance system. The role requires a broad cross-section of skills along with a strong consultative approach. This position provides an opportunity to join a growing organization and be a part of the team servicing key insurance clients. Required Skills: OAT (Operational Acceptance Test) / Unit Testing Management experience in distributed test architecture. Experience in managing customer expectations with strong communication skills to highlight key messages. Experience in managing vendors, as this account has multiple off-the-shelf products from different vendors. Exposure to UAT/OAT Test Methodologies, Test Strategy and Approach, and Testing Types from a design and execution perspective. Good architectural knowledge around App servers (Tomcat), DB Servers (Informatica, SQL, Oracle), and Middleware (Mulesoft). Ability to proactively identify key operational requirements and detail needed for OAT design and execution. Skills to identify risks and issues around the approach taken. Strong communication, interpersonal, leadership, decision-making, and problem-solving abilities. This is a 6-month contract to start immediately. The rate is negotiable. Position is based in Bromley, South East London. Please send your CV to in Word format, along with your salary expectations.

Technical Solutions Architect The primary role of the IT solutions architect, is to ensure all IT Infrastructure applications architecture and design, systems and software Integration, functional requirements gathering, whether from inception or enhancements, are delivered on-time, aligned to industry standards, redundant and simplified by design, as well as being delivered cost effectively, whilst ensuring project delivery meets architectural objectives. Responsible for providing hands-on design and technical leadership to the global IT and business related teams, with a solid technology background, experience in capability and data models, domain driven design for application strategy, across all phases of the software development lifecycle. Additional responsibilities include ensuring IT Infrastructure and application design are secure, reliable, and regularly reviewed. This role will also develop and enhance relationship management with key service partners, independent contractors, vendors, and suppliers. Key Responsibilities/Tasks: Lead the architecture design, and delivery towards consolidation of O365 amongst operating companies globally. Lead the architecture and design towards implementation of a robust, cost-effective disaster recovery solution for all key business applications globally. Ownership of the workflow design between core system applications and functions. Ownership of end architecture target designs with viable interim states. Ownership of data integration complexity, with an aim of simplification. Ownership of architectural and operational design and roadmap. Ensure solutions are secure by design, with minimum customisation (as needed). Support and train technical / business leads across functions, using agile decision making. Responsible for ensuring the correct technical solutions and products are chosen. Responsible for documenting the technology landscape, interfaces, and data flows. Responsible for ensuring new and modified services, occur in a planned, controlled, and timely manner, with emphasis on design and implementation concepts. Provide monthly reporting dashboard, on network security, IoT consumption, endpoint and server security, application security, including SLA and key KPI counters to the director of IT and associated stakeholders. Develop and maintain a comprehensive understanding of IT transformation related projects and programs, to ensure application of appropriate governance processes are aligned. Maintain and up to date solution architecture diagrams / workflows and documentation for all key IT programmes, projects and ongoing BAU activities. Provide timely reports to management and key stakeholders on projects progress, and risks to delivery including non-compliance issues. Collaborate with the director of IT, ensuring IT security policies & practices are adhered to within all regions and groups. Skills/Competencies Required: Microsoft / AWS architecture (recent experience) Agile methodology / delivery Experience with interacting with business and technology leaders. Experience designing physical data models (relational SQL desirable) Experience rolling our mid-large platforms from inception to production. SQL, Java, Oracle, Kubernetes exposure. Hardware and software virtualisation techniques Excellent written and verbal communication skills Prior experience in a complex IT infrastructure environment Excellent analytical abilities and innovative problem-solving skills. Excellent interpersonal skills and strong abilities to develop and enhance relationships with clients and peers. The Client is based in Central London. This is a hybrid role - 3 days per week in the office. The salary for this position circa £55K - £60K. Please do send your CV to us in Word format along with your salary and notice period.