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About the role Were looking for an ambitious and solutions-driven individual to join our Accounts and Tax team as an Assistant Manager. Youll work directly with a broad range of clients, as well as Partners and senior leadership, helping to deliver high-quality audits and accounts across a growing portfolio. This is a role where youll be trusted to take ownership, lead client meetings, and mentor ju click apply for full job details

About the role Were looking for an ambitious and solutions-driven individual to join our Accounts and Audit team as an Assistant Manager. Youll work directly with a broad range of clients, as well as Partners and senior leadership, helping to deliver high-quality audits and accounts across a growing portfolio. This is a role where youll be trusted to take ownership, lead client meetings, and mentor click apply for full job details

Responsible to: Director, Finance & Technology The Role The Director, Financial Management, will lead the development and delivery of robust financial management practices across the organisation. This role ensures effective systems, processes, and controls are in place to support global operations, drive compliance, and enable informed decision making. They will provide strategic oversight of secretariat wide financial transactions (unrestricted core funding), global audits, financial policies and procedures including those relating to procurement management, financial systems and compliance, ensuring alignment with organisational objectives and safeguarding requirements. Context of Role Reporting to the Director of Finance & Technology, this position sits within the integrated Finance, Admin & IT function. The role plays a critical part in shaping and implementing global financial frameworks, supporting organisational evolution, and maintaining high standards of governance, transparency and accountability. This role requires close collaboration across functions and adherence to safeguarding reporting and monitoring obligations. Conceptualise, design, and keep up to date in line with the SROP guidelines, the global financial policies, frameworks, processes, and systems that enhance service delivery that is aligned with IPPF's financial strategy, internal resources, and donor requirements. This would include overseeing the implementation of all these policies/ frameworks/ processes/ systems. Accounting Continually conceptualise, build and review frameworks and processes to improve overall financial KPIs. Build budgets and oversee their utilisation for the finance function in line with the journey developed to strengthen the finance and other functions. Advise and collaborate with the Director - Financial Planning and Analysis and Donor Reporting Global manager for all planning and budgeting processes and specific financial processes and policies, applicable to restricted projects, respectively. Influence and galvanise a strong culture of transparency and financial control across the Secretariat by setting clear expectations, developing reporting and oversight tools and adequate follow up. Design and oversee implementation of regular review and approval systems inline with the policies and procedures. Conceptualise, design and oversee implementation of a strong treasury and investment management system, optimising returns on investment. Ensure timely review and sign off of monthly payroll transactions, ensuring all compliances inline with internal policies and HMRC requirements (note people management matters are managed by People, Organisation and Culture division and the payroll services for most offices are outsourced). Procurement Conceptualise, design and oversee implementation of procurement policies and processes to ensure value for money, which includes speed, quality and timeliness of the delivery. Conceptualise and design vendor management solutions to efficiently and transparently manage procurement across the Secretariat. Oversee and direct implementation of systems/processes to ensure timely and accurate statutory compliance directly in the UK (VAT / PAYE / Gift Aid). Oversee compliance in line with the requirements of the UK Charities Commission, HMRC, US Internal Revenue Service and Donors. Oversee financial compliance across all Secretariat offices. In doing so conceptualise and direct the team to input a system to ensure oversight of financial compliance. Conceptualise, design and manage financial systems for efficiently and transparently manage financial transactions across the Secretariat. Conceptualise, design and manage a timesheet management system to ensure fair allocation of costs across different sources of funding across the Secretariat. Conceptualise and design accounting systems to help in lead consolidation of accounts for the Charity Group ensuring timely closure of statutory audits. Audit and Oversight Influence and oversee implementation of the external audit process on an annual basis to ensure timely closure of audits. Be the focal person for oversight and follow up on fraud and mismanagement complaints from across the finance function within the Secretariat. Advise Director Finance & Technology and where needed the internal audit to ensure efficient responses and follow up to the internal audit recommendations. Assist the Director Finance & Technology in preparation work (including preparation of documents) related to the DLT, Finance, Audit and Risk committee and Board of Trustee meetings. Lead the global financial responses to internal/ external audit requests. Attend and participate, as required by DLT, Finance, Audit and Risk Committee, Board of Trustees and the annual Donor Meeting. People Management Advise senior management and staff on financial policy/process/system changes that embed new ways of working and improve financial management within the wider workforce. Champion change within the team and with stakeholders on adopting new financial approaches that position IPPF at the forefront of innovation. Reporting / Management Responsibility NetSuite Global Manager Investment Management (Outsourced) Treasury Management Corporate Services Assistant Expertise / Skills Fully qualified Chartered Accountant Strong knowledge of UK Charities Commission, SORP and other statutory requirements (including VAT). Proactive problem solver Hands on without getting lost in the weeds Experience of working with global systems & processes Evidence of setting and managing robust standards of performance and compliance to tight deadlines. Understanding of NetSuite and used to working with various currencies. Demonstrates good judgment and decision making. Excellent analytical skills with a keen eye for detail High level of organisational skills, planning, time management. Demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding in a local and international context. Demonstrates ability and willingness to work in a diverse, multicultural, multilingual and intergenerational environment that is anti racist and respectful of others. An intersectional (pro) feminist passionate about sexual reproductive health care rights + justice, including safe abortion. Supportive of people's rights regardless of sexuality or gender identity/expression and supportive of workers' rights and access to health care in sex work. For more information, Contact Michaela Campbell, People Partner UK & Affiliates, if you have any questions at emailprotected International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) is a global sexual and reproductive health service provider and one of the leading advocates for universal access to sexual, reproductive, and human rights (SRHR) for all. We are a worldwide movement of 149 national organisations working with and for communities and individuals, and together, we have delivered more than 1 billion cumulative services over the last 6 years. We are now looking for people to join us and make our Come Together Strategy 2028 a reality. Come Together revolutionises IPPF, placing it in a stronger position to support SRHR for those who are left out, locked out, or left behind. It commits IPPF to shaping laws, policies, and norms through feminist action and international solidarity and to strengthening the federation, adding new drive for real and lasting impact. Action is urgent. We have delivered. We have stood for justice and equality. We commit to more daring and feminist action that secures choices about our bodies, sexual lives, and well being. Everyone should enjoy a pleasure filled and healthy sex life and a life free from violence, shame or criminalisation. We know love is love. And we come together to support women, youth, and marginalised and excluded people. Through the care we deliver, our actions, and the solidarity we foster. IPPF is an equal opportunity employer. As a leading global human rights organisation focused on equality, empowerment, ending discrimination, and poverty eradication, we internally reflect social justice principles. We, as IPPF, strongly oppose racism in all its forms and resolutely go for a cultural change that will shift the existing imbalances in power and process. We are a multi cultural, multi lingual, intergenerational and diverse work environment. Applications are particularly encouraged from women, people living with HIV, people living with disability and people with diverse SOGIESC. IPPF is committed to protecting children, young people and vulnerable adults, and our safer recruitment and selection procedures reflect this commitment. We expect all employees, volunteers, contractors, and partners to share this commitment, and anyone employed by IPPF agrees to sign up for our Code of Conduct and Safeguarding (Children and Vulnerable Adults) Policy. This is not a paid role but the opportunity to join an organization with a large professional environment, high levels of training and development, and an opportunity to further your career in a corporate setting.

Financial Reporting Assistant Manager page is loaded Financial Reporting Assistant Managerlocations: Manchester: Leeds: Liverpooltime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: R18296 Ideas People Trust We're BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions businesses need to navigate today's changing world.Our clients are Britain's economic engine - ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high growth businesses that fuel the economy - and the owners and management teams that lead them. We'll broaden your horizons The Business Services and Outsourcing team are essential to meeting our clients' evolving requirements. As well as delivering long-term, sustainable value to businesses by providing a range of solutions such as accounting, payroll and compliance services, they also play a key role in tying together many of our services across BDO both domestically and internationally. By building deep and meaningful relationships with a range of clients from ambitious entrepreneurial SMEs to large multi-national groups, our BS&O team don't just advise on their specific business challenges, they open doors for other teams to provide our firm's wider service offering. To succeed in this agile environment, you'll need to demonstrate excellent problem-solving skills and initiative. In return, you'll have the opportunity for progression, and the chance to develop in one of the industry's most exciting and varied roles. We'll help you succeed Our clients trust us because of the quality of our advice. That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with clients and building long-lasting relationships.You'll be someone who can work pro-actively, managing your own tasks, but you'll also be confident collaborating with others, communicating regularly with senior managers, Directors, and BDO's Partners to enable us to serve our clients effectively. You'll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to our clients. Overview: This is a brilliant chance to join a fast-growing business with real potential for career progression. Our Northern team boasts a fantastic culture, and this service line offers a flexible schedule and work-life balance. We've embraced a hybrid working policy, allowing you to work from home or the office depending on the task and business needs. This role is perfect for developing your financial reporting and technical accounting skills within a supportive, close-knit team. We provide high-quality training and development to the successful candidate. We work with a wide range of clients, mainly within the SME space.As an Assistant Manager, you'll manage a portfolio of clients day-to-day and support senior team members in delivering services on time. Your portfolio will mainly involve financial reporting technical advisory projects and preparing and reviewing year-end statutory accounts for large groups or complex clients under frameworks like FRS 102 and IFRS. You'll assess resource needs, monitor progress against budget and timeframes, review junior staff work, and resolve issues before Manager or Partner review. You'll work independently, ensuring project delivery to the Manager or Partner for review, and be the first point of contact for clients and auditors throughout the project. Besides client-facing work, you'll support the management team on departmental matters, including coaching and feedback for junior staff, ensuring compliance with stream policies and procedures, and the firm's risk management procedures.You'll be someone with: ACA, ACCA or equivalent qualification. Previous experience in a supervisory role. Strong working knowledge of UK reporting standards (including UK GAAP and UK-adopted IFRS) and related financial reporting requirements. Previous experience preparing and/or reviewing statutory accounts, consolidations and cash flows. Evidence of the ability to research technical accounting matters.You'll be able to be yourself; we'll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the business. We're committed to agile working, and we offer everyone the opportunity to work in ways that suit them, their teams, and the task in hand.At BDO, we'll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development. We're in it together Mutual support and respect is one of BDO's core values and we're proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we'll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs.We can provide the best support for our clients and people when we're working side by side. Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another. At BDO, you'll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work.We know that collaboration is the key to creating value for our clients and satisfying experiences at work, so we've invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices. BDO's people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we'll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences. With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you'll never stop learning at BDO. We're looking forward to the future At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy.Our success is powered by our people, which is why we're always finding new ways to invest in them. Across 17 UK locations, we are 6,500 unique minds coming together to help our clients reach their ambitions.We've got a clear purpose, and we're confident in our future, because we're adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. We shape the future together with openness and clarity, because we believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.

Construction Senior Underwriter page is loaded Construction Senior Underwriterlocations: Manchester - Blackfriarstime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: RHowden is a global insurance group with employee ownership at its heart. Together, we have pushed the boundaries of insurance. We are united by a shared passion and no-limits mindset, and our strength lies in our ability to collaborate as a powerful international team comprised of 23,000 employees spanning over 56 countries.People join Howden for many different reasons, but they stay for the same one: our culture. It's what sets us apart, and the reason our employees have been turning down headhunters for years. Whatever your priorities - work / life balance, career progression, sustainability, volunteering - you'll find like-minded people driving change at Howden.Role DefinitionTo develop strong business relationships for annual renewable contractors combined with brokers and service providers. To deliver strategic planning, development and execution of business development, ensuring DUAL Construction reach its targets in line with its published business plan within agreed strategies and underwriting binder limits, guidelines, maximising profitable opportunities. To act as a referral point and role model to other members of the underwriting team.Key Responsibilities / Accountabilities Generate and underwrite annual renewable contractors combined business in accordance with the business plan and profile of target insurance business set by Dual Corporate Risks Limited, and in accordance with the binding authority granted to the company. To develop an effective annual business activity planning process with our brokers and have a good knowledge of DUAL's Underwriting's overall business plans, processes and key contacts. Working with stakeholders to ensure efficient delivery of business plans. To work with new and existing broker panel to forge relationships and trust and extend the panel to include new brokers. To act as a referral point for underwriters and assistant underwriters within the construction team Undertake peer reviews of other members of the Construction team Display positive traits as a role model to other members of the DUAL team Work with the underwriting manager and Development Director on a regular basis to help develop the construction team members skills and knowledge To produce and maintain underwriting files for both internal and external viewing and to prepare for audit. Perform underwriting checks/ research prior to quoting. Work with Underwriting's computer system and platforms to produce certificates, policy wordings, and bordereaux. Work with various binders under the Underwriters responsibilities. Due to the size of the organisation the Underwriter will be expected to assist other product areas where required. To actively sell and promote DUAL Construction products and services to brokers. To identify ways in which DUAL Construction and each broker can work smarter together for mutual benefit. To understand how each broker evaluates insurers against the demands and needs of customers, and/or the attractiveness of insurers generally. To develop an effective Portfolio New Business and Renewal planning process with broker. To conduct broker research into business development opportunities thereby creating opportunities for DUAL Construction in the process. To maintain accurate and timely Management Information, monitoring the development of the broker's account including credit performance and to communicate/feedback.Skills and abilities needed to perform role Highly engaging communicator with excellent inter-personal skills. Approachable and consistent Strong ability to influence and negotiate with brokers, underwriters and service providers. Analytical and creative thinker in meeting Underwriting needs whilst working in partnership with brokers. Ability to understand the needs of each Underwriting line on a portfolio basis. Self-motivated. Ability to motivate and gain buy-in from others effectively. Committed to learning and development i.e. continual professional development. Politically astute regarding the insurance market. To work with confidence, embrace change, be inquisitive, resilient, imaginative and direct. Ability to work quickly, efficiently and methodically. Ability to communicate theories and ideas.Knowledge and Experience Experience in the insurance industry with a broad range of experience in, policy work and preparation, basic accounts and claims. Sound product awareness with significant experience of underwriting annual renewable contractors combined to which the job holder is responsible for.Compliance & Regulatory Responsibilities Remain compliant with FCA requirements at all times. To share ideas, best practice and other information within DUAL Oliva, especially where relevant to the relationship with brokers.A career that you define. At Howden, we value diversity - there is no one Howden type. Instead, we're looking for individuals who share the same values as us: Our successes have all come from someone brave enough to try something new We support each other in the small everyday moments and the bigger challenges We are determined to make a positive difference at work and beyond Reasonable adjustments We're committed to providing reasonable accommodations at Howden to ensure that our positions align well with your needs. Besides the usual adjustments such as software, IT, and office setups, we can also accommodate other changes such as flexible hours or hybrid working .If you're excited by this role but have some doubts about whether it's the right fit for you, send us your application - if your profile fits the role's criteria, we will be in touch to assist in helping to get you set up with any reasonable adjustments you may require. Not all positions can accommodate changes to working hours or locations. Reach out to your Recruitment Partner if you want to know more.Permanent