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Associate Director, Product (IRIS Financials) Competitive + Bonus + Benefits Remote, UK Permanent full time About IRIS Software Group IRIS Software Group is one of the UK's largest privately held software companies, supporting over 120,000 organisations across education, finance, HR, and payroll. Within our Education division, IRIS Financials is a market-leading finance platform trusted by over 11,000 schools and Multi-Academy Trusts. We're now looking for a senior product leader to take this platform to the next level. The Role As Associate Director of Product Management , you will define and deliver the vision for IRIS Financials, leading its evolution into a modern, cloud-first SaaS solution. This is a strategic and hands-on leadership role, combining product vision, commercial thinking, and team leadership to drive growth, innovation, and customer value. Key Responsibilities Define and lead the product strategy and roadmap for IRIS Financials Drive platform modernisation and SaaS transformation Use customer insight, market trends, and data to shape product direction Collaborate with Engineering, Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success Ensure delivery of high-impact, customer-centric product outcomes Support commercial performance, including growth and retention Lead and develop a team of Product Managers Ensure compliance with education finance regulations and standards About You You are a strategic product leader with a strong track record in SaaS or enterprise software environments. You'll bring: Significant experience in senior product management roles Proven success delivering product strategy and transformation at scale Strong leadership skills with experience managing product teams Ability to influence across technical and commercial stakeholders A data-driven, customer-first mindset Bonus if you have: Experience with financial systems or ERP platforms Knowledge of the UK education or MAT sector Experience leading cloud or legacy-to-SaaS transformations Why Join Us? Lead a high-profile, mission critical product Play a key role in a major SaaS transformation journey Work in a collaborative, growth-focused environment Competitive salary, benefits, and flexible remote working Apply Now If you're ready to lead product strategy at scale and make a real impact in education technology, we'd love to hear from you! Please note: We occasionally close vacancies early in the event that we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore we recommend you apply as soon as possible.

Client Manager / Accounts Senior - Stalybridge, Manchester Salary: £38,000 - £50,000 - Hybrid working and flexible hours Client Manager / Accounts Senior Description: Join a leading accountancy practice as a Client Manager / Accounts Senior in Stalybridge, Manchester. This role offers a fantastic opportunity to manage a diverse portfolio of clients, developing client relationships, while overseeing the quality of work produced by a talented team. Client Manager / Accounts Senior - Responsibilities: Manage and oversee a portfolio of clients, ensuring exceptional service and satisfaction. Review and ensure the accuracy and compliance of work produced by the team. Provide expert advice and insights to clients to aid in their financial decision-making. Collaborate with team members to improve processes and deliver outstanding results. Maintain up-to-date knowledge of industry regulations and best practices. Client Manager / Accounts Senior - Benefits: Competitive salary ranging from £38,000 to £50,000. Opportunity to work with a diverse client base and a supportive team. Professional development and career advancement opportunities. Hybrid and flexible hours Client Manager / Accounts Senior - Requirements: Proven experience in a similar role within an accountancy practice. Strong knowledge of accounting principles and practices. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to manage multiple clients and projects effectively. Professional qualifications (e.g., ACA, ACCA) are desirable. Vaisto Recruitment offers a generous referral scheme. If you refer a practice candidate to us (who is not already registered), as a thank you, you will receive a voucher up to the value of £1000. Vouchers are paid on successful completion of the referral's probation period. The above vacancy is only one of many that we are handling. Vaisto Recruitment specializes in permanent and contract practice assignments including: Audit Partner / Audit Director / Audit Associate Director / Audit Manager / Audit Senior / Audit Associate / Audit Semi Senior Business Services Partner / Business Services Director / Business Services Manager / Business Services Associate / Accounts Senior / Accounts Associate Tax Partner / Tax Director / Tax Manager / Tax Senior Manager / Tax Senior / Tax Semi Senior Accounts Partner / Accounts Director / Accounts Manager / Accounts Senior / Accounts Semi Senior Corporate Finance Partner / Corporate Finance Director / Corporate Finance Manager / Corporate Finance Executive / Corporate Finance Senior M&A Payroll Bureau Practice Managers

Job Title: Bid Coordinator Overview: We are recruiting for a Bid Coordinator to be based in Southampton. This is a permanent full-time role offering a salary up to 40k and benefits. The role is to work for a market leader in the Social Housing refurbishment industry. Bid Coordinator General Overview To provide high-quality coordination and production support across the end-to-end bid process and associated business development activity, helping the South East business units to secure new work in line with the Business Plan. Bid Coordinator Key Accountabilities Coordinate and support the production of bid submissions, including Expressions of Interest (EOIs), Selection Questionnaires (SQs) and Tenders (ITTs), taking the lead on SQ submissions as appropriate. Prepare and maintain bid templates, document structures, submission plans and formatting/quality standards. Produce and format bid documents and supporting materials (e.g., interview presentations, capability documents, customer packs, internal bid-launch communications). Ensure submissions are compliant, complete and consistently branded, with excellent attention to detail (version control, file naming, pagination, proofreading, packaging). Maintain and update company information for frameworks and annual refresh submissions. Coordinate the bid clarification process; log and submit clarifications, track responses and distribute updates promptly to the bid team. Opportunity Monitoring & Bid/No Bid Process Monitor contract notice portals to find tenders for relevant opportunities and alerts. Prepare and issue Bid/No Bids matrixes and emails for any new opportunities with the support of the Bid Managers and Directors, Monitor, chase and ensure decisions are correctly documented. Bid Library, Collateral & Knowledge Management Maintain an up-to-date bid library to improve speed, quality and consistency of submissions. Collate and manage bid collateral including: Project data sheets (including site visits where required) Case studies Image library Client quotes/feedback Awards & accreditations CVs and skills profiles Best practice materials (regional and group-wide) Prepare and publish suitable information/case studies to the Knowledge Hub. Information Flow, Systems & Team Support Monitor and triage the bid team shared inbox, responding or routing requests appropriately and professionally Process Evison requests and raise contract numbers in line with internal requirements. Support the Business Development Coordinator to ensure CRM data within Salesforce is accurate, complete and kept up-to-date. Build effective working relationships with estimating, pre-construction, operational teams and other bid teams to ensure smooth information gathering and sharing. Provide flexible administrative and production support to bid team members as required during peak periods. Research & Market / Competitor Insight Support bid development through targeted research into: specific tenders and client organisations projects/contract opportunities of interest long-term pipelines and early-stage prospects procurement developments, methods, and relevant legislation/rules competitor activity and successes best practice from other regions / group functions Attend relevant exhibitions, conferences and training to stay current and bring insights back to the team For more details please call Gary Sewell on (phone number removed) Applications If you feel that you have the relevant experience to be successful in this position and would like to find out more please apply online today attaching a copy of your current CV. Alternatively contact us on (phone number removed). Howells are an Equal Opportunities employer. All applications will be dealt with in the strictest confidence. Howells acts as an Employment Business for the supply of temporary workers and an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies.

2nd Line Support Engineer Provide exemplary IT technical support to our internal colleagues whilst demonstrating excellent customer service. While the service offer is consistent across all our geographies, presence and accessibility are key. Understanding the challenges and opportunities that our colleagues experience will allow us to bespoke our approach to delivering technical support. Whilst not limited to this, the type of technical activities to be undertaken could be anything from assisting with the installation, monitoring, maintenance, support, security, integrity and optimisation of IT hardware, software, and communication systems within agreed service levels. Key duties and responsibilities Encompass line manager responsibilities for a group of 2nd line support analysts based in the South region. The role holder will therefore be expected to manage, inspire and develop a group of individuals to successfully deliver high quality regional 1st line support services, ensuring quality customer experience is maintained. Key to the delivery of support is the troubleshooting and resolution of 1st line technical issues, hardware and application support queries and requests. Only escalating to senior members of the Service Desk and third parties when a thorough triage and recreation of the issue has been undertaken. This role acts as a gatekeeper to ensure only necessary escalations occur and encouraging an "always learning" approach to minimise unnecessary delays to ticket resolution. A proactive, not only reactive service that seeks to minimise the impact of technical issues by stopping them before they occur. Independently curious, evolving skills to respond to the ever-changing challenges associated with a rapidly changing IT offer. This means taking responsibility to understand the technology offer, how to support and ensuring the colleague experience is seamless. Thorough understanding of the elements of technology delivered across the organisation. Including (but not limited to) the preparation of endpoints, their life cycle support and subsequent decommissioning (agnostic of technology type). Incumbents of this role will be required to travel within the local geography to support specific issues and field-based colleagues. Critically the role holder will have empathy and patience, considering the user experience in every interaction. Carry out additional duties commensurate to the role. Substantive experience in a 1st and 2nd Line support. Proactive approach to minimising failure demand in service, learning from tickets and demonstrably reducing repeat issues. Technical Skill Set Effective troubleshooting skills with the ability to diagnose and resolve hardware and software issues or recreating to enable appropriate escalation. Experience of Operating Systems, basic networking, software installation and configuration, remote support skills and IT administrative tasks. Proactive nature and the ability to act upon initiative and effectively manage the workload with the ability to prioritise and work under pressure and to tight deadlines with a keen eye for detail. Highly effective interpersonal skills: flexible and committed, enthusiastic, takes ownership, promotes sharing of ideas and supports team members with their duties as required. Possess initiative, excellent organisational and communication skills with the ability to work independently. Self-motivated and enthusiastic with a solution focused, positive 'can do, will do' attitude, putting the customer at the heart of every interaction. Always curious with a willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies and processes. Azure Windows/O365/Entra/Active Directory VMWare Networking Principles Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Senior Account Manager - BAE Our client is a fast-growing, multi-million £ advanced engineering company that delivers a range of complex systems, solutions, products and technical services to the civil aerospace and defence markets. To support their continued growth with BAE in particular, we are looking for a dynamic and visionary, senior level Senior Account Manager to lead the further commercial growth and engagement with this group. Having senior level contact awareness within BAE already, this is a high-impact role and is to drive revenue and margin expansion across BAE s business lines, in alignment with our clients global Group strategy. You will combine sharp strategic thinking with strong leadership and client management skills nurturing C-level relationships and steering business plans that deliver commercial success. Responsibilities: Strategic Road mapping: Define and execute a 3-year business plan and expansion roadmap across major accounts and new high-potential clients Commercial Growth: Implement sales strategies, pricing policies, and positioning to meet revenue and profit objectives Customer Relationships: Build trusted partnerships at C-level, SVP, VP and director levels, with a focus on long-term value creation Market Intelligence: Conduct customer mapping and market analysis to identify high-growth opportunities and anticipate client needs Sales Lifecycle Management: Oversee full sales lifecycle from prospecting and lead generation through to negotiation, deal closure and renewal of framework agreements Pipeline Ownership: Manage the global sales pipeline ensuring alignment to strategic targets and budget performance Innovation & Offer Development: Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Marketing, Solution Architects, Delivery) to design and promote new service offerings and cross-sell initiatives CRM & Reporting: Ensure high-quality reporting and visibility of sales activities through the CRM Operational Integration: Partner Capability Heads to shape resourcing plans and forecast delivery structures for scaling success Delivery Oversight: Participate in internal and external reviews, track key delivery KPIs, and drive continuous improvement Marketing Engagement: Support external visibility and client engagement through marketing and communications initiatives Skills A comprehensive background in sales within the engineering sector including having a solid understanding of the defence sector. High motivation and a competitive streak to out-perform others (both competitors and internally). Highly personable with strong relationship building skills at a VP and executive / decision maker level. A proven track record of winning business with a clear understanding of sales process associated with complex solution-based sales. The commercial understanding to estimate the financial impact of an opportunity, both with the client and internally, coupled with risks and opportunity management. Working remotely ideally in the Northwest of the UK, you will have the ability to travel nationally on a regular basis, and on occasion internationally. Benefits Highly competitive salary and package. Collaborative working environment working shoulder to shoulder with our clients and peers through good times and challenges Empowering all enthusiastic technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects Competitive company benefits Always working as one team and challenge the status quo Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency. In order for your CV to be processed effectively, please ensure your name, email address, phone number and location (post code OR town OR county, as a minimum) are included.

Andy File Associates Limited are working as a recruitment business on behalf of our client with regards this temporary vacancy Pay rate: £20.29 per hour Job type: Temporary Hours of work: 37 hours, hybrid working option with 3 days in office HR Advisor reporting to: Head of HR Operations Role Purpose This role will be responsible for providing all round HR support to a directorate. Working closely with all three functional experts of the People leadership team: Head of OD & Talent Management, Head of HR Change and Head of HR Operations, as well as the HR Project Manager, this role will assist in the delivery of an exemplary, agile, customer-focused People service. This role will support line managers and ensure high quality, consistent and efficient advice, and guidance on a full range of people matters is provided. Principal Accountabilities Supporting, advising, and coaching managers on People policy and procedures. Supporting and advising managers on all aspects of Employee Relations casework up to but not including complex casework that has associated ET risk. Supporting the Head of HR Change with organisational redesigns by co-creating role profiles with the responsible line manager. As well as providing support on all associated consultation correspondence thus ensuring consistency and transparency across the business. Coaching and empowering line managers to deliver sustained improvement in People Management relations issues with focus on informal or early resolution. Assisting the HR Project Manager with policy development, ensuring current employment legislation and best practice is reflected in the review, redesign, and implementation. Working with the Head of HR Operations on annual pay review data, analysis, and reporting, identify both team and individual performance and work with line managers to ensure all employees have robust performance development plans. Working with Line Managers to ensure robust performance management practices are in place and carried out in a professional and timely manner and provide guidance on how to approach setting objectives and have a constructive conversation about performance. Working with Line Managers to ensure individual development plans are in place as part of the performance management / appraisals process. Liaise with other HR Advisors to ensure the LMS is up-to-date and providing the relevant training opportunities. Supporting and providing administrative duties to the HR Project Manager around policy development. Contributing to an environment of continuous improvement and excellence. Undertaking any other duties commensurate with the role as requested by management. Knowledge required for this role covering qualifications, experience, and skills Essential: CIPD qualified level 5 or equivalent Experience managing employee relations cases of varying complexity disciplinaries, appeals, grievances, capability, sickness to successful completion Experience in advising and supporting line managers in compiling role profiles Up-to-date knowledge and understanding of employment legislation and case law Ability to build and maintain strong relationships at all levels and influence at all levels Excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills, both written and verbal with the ability to present information clearly Ability to work as part of a team and on your own initiative Ability to work within a fast-paced environment, manage and prioritise workloads and conflicting demands Desirable: Experience working in the public sector would be advantageous Experience in using Job Evaluation methodology and tools such as Korn Ferry Hay Ideally experience of working in a unionised environment Experience in identifying individual and team training and development needs Experience in some areas of external recruitment methods e.g., career fairs; graduate and apprenticeship programmes Ideally experience in using an applicant tracking system