Current Vacancies

• Account Manager

  consultant: Isabelle Madams reference: IM-6823 Location: Clevedon, Somerset
  Salary: £17000 per Annum Contract: Permanent

  Trainee Client Account Manager
  Location: Somerset
  Salary: £14,000 - £17,000
  
  Specialising in Credit Insurance our client is one of the UK's leading specialists in the Credit Insurance market. Due to company expansion they are looking for a Trainee Client Account manager to join their renewals team where they can progress to an Account Executive position within the company through continuous professional development. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an organisation that invests in developing in staff and has a reputation in the South West market that is exceptional.
  
  Responsibilities:
  
  Take full responsibility for a portfolio of client accounts
  Significant interaction with clients
  Learning about the Credit Insurance business
  Handling all client queries via telephone and e-mail
  
  Skills:
  
  You will possess excellent communication skills and presentation skills
  Be able to work under pressure, demonstrating good time management skills and complete accuracy
  Have a strong determination so succeed
  Previous experience with handling client accounts required, however not necessarily within the Credit Insurance industry

  Add to Folderreference: IM-6823

• Administrator

  consultant: James Rendell reference: JR-6506 Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire
  Salary: £17000 per Annum Contract: Permanent

  Asset Maintenance Administrator
  Location: Salisbury
  Salary: £14,000 - £17,000
  
  This is an opportunity to join a national company working in the administration department of their Asset maintenance sector

  Duties and Responsibilities:

  Ensure all trades are settled in an accurate & timely manner and any potential issues preventing this from happening are escalated to the Team Leader or Department Manager
  Ensure all Corporate Actions and Dividend Payments are dealt with in an accurate & timely manner and any potential issues preventing this from happening are escalated to the Team Leader or Department Manager
  Accurate entry of data provided by Investment Houses and Stockbrokers
  Maintaining a high level of knowledge of the processes and procedures of the department and able to resolve any problems
  Deal with queries from internal and external contacts and communicate in a professional, friendly manner at all times aiming to exceed customers' expectations
  Maintain databases and paper records to ensure full audit trail exists at all times
  Ensure a high degree of accuracy is maintained in all work, aiming for 100%
  Work with senior team members as and when required including work on projects and process improvements
  Provide support to other team members, providing coaching where necessary, and checking the work produced to ensure it meets company standards

  Skills and Qualifications:
  
  Excellent customer service
  Previous administration experience preferred
  Team working skills as well as ability to work independently under own initiative
  Flexible approach to work and ability to multi-task and move between tasks within the department at short notice
  Communication skills including face to face, telephone and written communications
  Excellent interpersonal skills
  Previous experience in the delivery of training to others
  Ability to manage own workloads considering quality/quantity and achieve high levels of accuracy
  Ability to work within tight deadlines whilst maintaining accuracy on either complex or repetitive tasks
  Conscientious with an excellent attention to detail
  Good IT skills with knowledge of MS Word, Excel and Outlook
  An understanding of financial products or pensions to IAQ or equivalent standard would be an advantage

  Add to Folderreference: JR-6506

• Analyst

  consultant: James Rendell reference: JR-5964 Location: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
  Salary: £21000 per Annum Contract: Permanent

  First Line Support Analyst
  Location: Cheltenham
  Salary: £15,000 - £21,000

  Our client is an esteemed based near Cheltenham who are looking for the right candidate to join their IT Department. The IT Department are in charge of supporting the various sites across Gloucestershire as well as numerous customer sites.

  Job Responsibilities

  1st Line support overflow (phone, email and in person)
  Management of incidents ensuring they hit SLA where possible
  Maintenance of IT Helpdesk email box, including alerts
  Building of user equipment
  Application upgrades
  Limited SQL Server maintenance
  Research new projects/products and versions and how they could be utilised
  Documentation; procedures, configurations, training
  Maintaining an orderly and tidy working environment for all areas of the IT Department
  Inventory management of spare user equipment
  Occasional out of hours work, both evenings and weekends together with travel to the other offices

  Tasks

  Logging, diagnosis and resolution of IT support issues (1st line only)
  Assigning of incidents to the most appropriate analyst or Third Party where appropriate
  Filtering & initial diagnosis of Application based incidents to 2nd Line
  Escalation of incidents where situation and/or SLA dictates
  Building of PC's laptops, thin clients and Blackberry handsets to department standards
  Assist or carry out basic application upgrades and installations
  Basic SQL server housekeeping and administration
  Assist in employee moves and meeting room setups, where appropriate
  Equipment fault finding/trouble shooting, testing, repair or dispatch for repair
  Maintenance of Inventory records
  Adherence to procedures & policies with regards to licensing of software
  Activating and deactivating network points as and when needed
  Regular/scheduled support site visits

  Skills

  Good/expert knowledge of Windows XP & 7 (Configuration & Support)
  Good knowledge of Microsoft Office 2003 (including Outlook) or later
  Some knowledge of Cisco Switches & Structured cabling
  Good knowledge of Internet Explorer + other browsers
  Experience in writing technical and procedural documentation
  Experience in configuring & setting up PC's/laptops
  Experience in installing and general PC maintenance
  General understanding of LAN, WAN, DHCP, DNS, PROXY, HTML, IIS6, TCP/IP
  Strong administrative skills as well as analytical
  Interpersonal skills with the ability to deal with people at all levels
  Calm disposition working well under pressure

  Experience

  Applications: - Sage: Accounts, Payroll, Winforecast
  Star Payroll, +Vantage/Pro Audit, APS Advance, Alphatax, Digita, Pentana, Prestwood, Fame, Farmplan, Landmark. PKF P11D Manager, Digita Taxpro & Accounts Production, Bighand
  Microsoft Active Directory administration
  Microsoft SQL Server 2005/8
  Citrix Presentation Server v4/Xenapp V5/6

  Add to Folderreference: JR-5964

• Compliance Manager

  consultant: Isabelle Madams reference: JR-6284 Location: Bristol
  Salary: £35000 per Annum Contract: Permanent

  Compliance & Training Officer
  Location: Bristol
  Salary: £22,000 - £30,000

  This new position offers an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to join the company and really make it their own.
  Our client is a well established Financial Services company based in Bristol and this role comes with an excellent salary and benefits package.

  Responsibilities

  You will oversee and ensure T & C schemes are in place and adhered too across the business
  You will monitor the compliance across the business
  Liaise closely with all areas of the business ensuring requirements of all schemes are met
  You will be responsible for reviewing these schemes periodically
  You will be responsible for managing and delivering job related training when required
  You will advise the IFA teams in keeping with the FSA guidance (Treating Customers Fairly)
  Organise and maintain training records
  Deliver and assist in the educating, briefing and training of staff to ensure all regulatory requirements are understood and adhered too
  To review all FSA regulation and both current and future developments
  You will assist in the compliance monitoring programme for the firm
  You will comply with all FSA rules, Data Protection Act, the IT policy and the Health and Safety legislation act
  You will prepare regulatory returns and internal reports
  You will undertake new business quality checking when required
  Assist in the maintenance of AML processes
  To have an active influence on company literature, promotional sales and product development
  Keep up to date and have a good knowledge of investment, non-investment and mortgage products
  You will assist in the complaints investigation management and tracking process, where applicable highlighting issues to help prevent further complaints

  Skills and Qualifications

  Have an excellent knowledge of the Financial Services industry and products including investments, pensions, protection and mortgages
  An understanding of RDR and its impact on the Financial Services sector
  Understand the process of new business written
  Maintain an excellent understanding of FSA handbooks in particular COBS, ML. T&C, SYSC, APER, ICOB and MCOB
  Good knowledge of regulatory framework, such as TCF and Conduct of Business Rules
  Understand and agree with the importance of a first class customer service
  Excellent team working ethic with the ability to delegate
  Punctual and professional
  Hold the relevant FS qualifications. Diploma level would be preferential

  Add to Folderreference: JR-6284

• Credit Analyst

  consultant: James Rendell reference: JR-5128 Location: London
  Salary: £35000 per Annum Contract: Permanent

  Senior Credit Analyst
  Location: London
  Salary: £30,000 - £35,000

  This is an excellent opportunity to join an International Credit Insurance Company that offer fantastic career progression in a Professional Working Environment

  Duties and Responsibilities

  Working closely with the Risk Office Manager, you will assist in establishing, managing and the administration for your team to enhance the companies risk underwriting and monitoring capabilities in line with company standards
  Accurately manage and monitor activities, outputs and results of the Risk Office
  Quickly able to analyse and identify adverse risk exposures to minimise claims
  You will build and maintain a wealth of professional contacts to help promote the company
  Work closely with the Commercial Underwriting Department helping them achieve their renewal and new business premium targets
  Ensure company quality standards are met at all times
  Manage and supervise company staff when necessary ensuring all team projects and objectives are met
  The Risk Office has responsibility for buyers and you must ensure they are all graded. All buyers must have a grade that is less than 12 months old
  Frequently visit clients in accordance with company criteria

  Skills and Qualifications

  Educated to degree standard or equivalent
  Sufficient credit or banking experience
  Proven track record of credit and risk based analytical skills
  Excellent interpersonal skills to conduct business meetings both internal and external
  Full and clean driving license
  IT literate with Word and Excel
  Ability to coach others

  Technical Qualities

  Able to demonstrate excellent credit risk assessment using alternative analysis such as cash flow models, sensitivity and peer group analysis wherever relevant in buyer reports
  Excellent industry sector and economical knowledge confident with clients and management
  Excellent understanding of Financial Spreadsheets, Risk Office worksheets, Word and Excel
  Sound understanding of UK accounting practice and accounting standards integrated into risk analysis
  Good understanding of Company law

  Add to Folderreference: JR-5128

• Credit Underwriter

  consultant: James Rendell reference: JR-6898 Location: London
  Salary: £35000 per Annum Contract: Permanent

  Credit Risk Underwriters
  Location: Central London
  Salary: £35,000

  Our client is looking for highly analytical professionals with a good background and knowledge of Profit & Loss, Cashflow Forecasts and Spreadsheet Accounts.
  You will be a self sufficient, self motivated and confident character with some experience of working in the Financial Services market advantageous.

  This market leader in credit insurance are inviting candidates who are looking for an exciting, progressive, career opportunity in a global organisation to apply

  Duties and Responsibilities:

  Manage an account agreeing credit limits on your own risk portfolio
  Offering a first class customer service to all your clients
  Ensure risks are monitored whilst managing loss ratios
  Agree credit limit decisions promptly and professionally within agreed service levels
  Ensure renewal, new business aims and loss ratios are achieved
  When required meet clients, buyers and brokers to build relationships ensure long term business profitability
  Reduce business costs and increase customer service levels by assessing and recommending changes
  When required you will help in a coaching and recruitment capacity in line the Underwriting Departments business plans
  To follow and respect company rules, guidelines and procedures
  Work to strict timetables so that the company reduces costs, improves its customer service levels and increases profits

  Skills and Responsibilities:

  Have a Degree standard of education (preferably business based)
  A sound understanding and good knowledge of UK Risk Underwriting and/or credit management
  A knowledge of financial statements and an ability to compile spreadsheet accounts and cashflow's where appropriate is a must
  The ability to analyse financial and economical information to assess the credit risk
  Can confidently represent the company in a professional manner at internal and external meetings
  Good IT skills
  Communicate clearly and concisely to a high standard to both your colleagues and clients alike

  Add to Folderreference: JR-6898

• Fund Administrator

  consultant: James Rendell reference: JR-6795 Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Lanarkshire
  Salary: £18000 per Annum Contract: Permanent

  Funds Administrator
  Location: Glasgow
  Salary: £18,000

  My client is a leading independent provider of investment management, accountancy, tax, corporate and financial advisory services to private clients, corporate, professional practices, and non-profit organisations
  With offices in various locations across the UK and Ireland, a large workforce and an international capability, their aim is to provide an innovative global service.
  This team specialises in providing traditional stockbroking and investment management services and developing personal relationships between clients and senior fund managers

  Responsibilities:

  Processing of all income received in our custody bank accounts.
  Daily monitoring of the dividend diary to ensure all entitlements are updated accurately into the core system to ensure accurate NAV calculation
  Monitoring of the reports to ensure no duplicate entitlements or receipts affect the funds
  Production of KPI information and statistics
  Ensure all daily and non-daily tasks are completed to an excellent standard, and any anomalies are reported to your superior within agreed time-scales
  To ensure you meet all KPI's relevant to your business area
  On-going review of all tasks within your designated area, ensuring that improvements are made which ultimately results in enhanced client servicing
  Contribute to and assist with any initiatives
  Respond to telephone enquiries in a timely and professional manner
  Log, maintain and respond to written client enquiries
  Ability to provide cover to an agreed standard all tasks undertaken within the team
  Ensure adherence to in-house compliance procedures attending annual compliance briefing
  Ensure adherence to and familiarity with regulatory guidelines (FSA) and rules as specified by external bodies
  Attend internal/external training seminars as appropriate to enhance your development
  Contribute to collation of the team procedures manual
  Provide team manager with weekly management information statistics relevant to your duties
  Attend and contribute to internal team meetings and raise relevant issues with your line manager
  To assist with training any new recruits to the team
  Support and adapt to changes relevant to your business area with a positive attitude

  Key Skills:

  Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, will be required to communicate problems and updates to colleagues and external parties
  Work as part of a team providing support to colleagues and managers
  Proficient in adopting a methodical approach to work with good organisational skills
  Technical Experience with sound knowledge of team and business area
  Methodical approach to problem solution
  Focusing on delivering internal and external customer satisfaction
  Satisfied through relevant experience or works toward IAQ award or equivalent
  Experience within a Dividends function
  Computer literate
  Accuracy and attention to detail

  Add to Folderreference: JR-6795

• HR Advisor

  consultant: Damien Kelland reference: DK-6432 Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire
  Salary: £25000 per Annum Contract: Permanent

  HR Advisor
  Location: Salisbury
  Salary: £25,000 - £35,000

  
  This is an excellent chance for an HR consultant to take on a new role working for a market leader in all HR areas

  
  Duties and Responsibilities:

  
  Reporting to the Head of HR and deputising where necessary
  Key experience within: Employment Law and legislation; Employee Relations; Performance Management; Disciplinary & Capability management; Resourcing and Succession planning
  Responsible for the delivery and support of all HR policies and procedures, with the focus on adding value to the business through HR strategy
  Develop and maintain all relationships both internal and external
  Able to respond flexibly and positively to changes in the requirements of this post
  Design and implement HR policies in line with legislation and business requirements
  Ensure that all relevant legislative requirements, including those relating to discrimination are embedded in the development of project and policy work and in all the advice provided to line managers and others
  Coach, support, mentor and challenge management at all levels in the application of HR policies and practices, provide advice and guidance on complex HR issues in order to minimise risk and financial exposure

  
  Skills and Qualifications:

  
  CIPD or part-CIPD qualified
  Used to working autonomously but within and part of a team
  Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  Good influencing skills
  Good analytical, problem solving and decision making skills
  Excellent time management and the ability to work to deadlines
  Up-to-date knowledge of employment law and best practice
  Committed to delivering good customer service

  Add to Folderreference: DK-6432

• Senior Analyst

  consultant: James Rendell reference: JR-5091 Location: London
  Salary: £35000 per Annum Contract: Permanent

  Senior Credit Analyst
  Salary: £Negotiable
  Location: London

  This credit insurance solutions giant is searching for a Senior Credit Analyst who has vast knowledge of both Plc and private company business with strong financial analysis skills.
  Based in the company's HQ at the heart of London's financial hive, here lies an opportunity to build a successful career with a global specialist Credit Insurer

  Role summary

  The successful candidate will be a self motivated, confident communicator across all levels, with the ability to support both the management and analysis of a portfolio of companies. Objectives will include mitigation and prevention of claims and losses, whilst you will have the business knowledge to identify opportunities of increasing business with qualitative and quantitative analysis of the company's largest and/or most sensitive risks

  Duties and Responsibilities:

  To support the Risk Office Manager in the establishment, management and administration of a Risk Office team with the aim of enhancing the risk underwriting and monitoring capabilities of the Company in line with the Company Quality Standards
  To maintain management information to enable accurate and timely monitoring of Risk Office activities, output and results
  To identify and report upon adverse risk exposures to minimise claims from foreseeable failures
  To assist Commercial U/W in achieving their renewal/new business premium target by identifying and reporting on buyer risk improvements to maximise premium earning potential by creating capacity
  To ensure that Risk Offices risk monitoring is in accordance with the Company Quality Standards and meets standards of performance outlined within the Risk Office procedures document
  To provide administrative support to the Risk Office team
  To support the Risk Office buyer and bank visit programme

  Skills and Responsibilities:

  Educated to degree standard or equivalent
  Banking / credit / accounting experience.
  Demonstrable knowledge of credit & risk based analytical skills.
  Good interpersonal skills.
  Computer literate and proficient in the use Microsoft Word and Excel.
  Demonstrate good credit risk assessment skills by producing well-structured buyer visit reports containing in-depth financial and business analysis and interpretation.
  Demonstrate good economic, sector and regional knowledge by routinely integrating into risk analysis.
  Demonstrate working knowledge of Word and Excel and Access by producing buyer visit reports, financial spreadsheets, and Risk Office worksheets
  Demonstrate good understanding of UK Accounting Practice and Accounting Standards by routinely integrating into risk analysis

  Add to Folderreference: JR-5091

• Senior Analyst

  consultant: James Rendell reference: JR-5480 Location: Manchester, Lancashire
  Salary: £35000 per Annum Contract: Permanent

  Senior Credit Analyst
  Location: Manchester
  Salary: £30,000 - £35,000

  This is an excellent opportunity to join an International Credit Insurance Company that offer fantastic career progression in a Professional Working Environment

  Duties and Responsibilities

  Working closely with the Risk Office Manager, you will assist in establishing, managing and the administration for your team to enhance the companies risk underwriting and monitoring capabilities in line with company standards
  Accurately manage and monitor activities, outputs and results of the Risk Office
  Quickly able to analyse and identify adverse risk exposures to minimise claims
  You will build and maintain a wealth of professional contacts to help promote the company
  Work closely with the Commercial Underwriting Department helping them achieve their renewal and new business premium targets
  Ensure company quality standards are met at all times
  Manage and supervise company staff when necessary ensuring all team projects and objectives are met
  The Risk Office has responsibility for buyers and you must ensure they are all graded. All buyers must have a grade that is less than 12 months old
  Frequently visit clients in accordance with company criteria

  Skills and Qualifications

  Educated to degree standard or equivalent
  Sufficient credit or banking experience
  Proven track record of credit and risk based analytical skills
  Excellent interpersonal skills to conduct business meetings both internal and external
  Full and clean driving license
  IT literate with Word and Excel
  Ability to coach others

  Technical Qualities

  Able to demonstrate excellent credit risk assessment using alternative analysis such as cash flow models, sensitivity and peer group analysis wherever relevant in buyer reports
  Excellent industry sector and economical knowledge confident with clients and management
  Excellent understanding of Financial Spreadsheets, Risk Office worksheets, Word and Excel
  Sound understanding of UK accounting practice and accounting standards integrated into risk analysis
  Good understanding of Company law

  Add to Folderreference: JR-5480

• Senior Credit Underwriter

  consultant: James Rendell reference: JR-5275 Location: London
  Salary: £55000 per Annum Contract: Permanent

  Credit Risk Underwriters - Senior level
  Location: Central London
  Salary: £55,000

  Our client is looking for highly analytical professionals with a good background and knowledge of Profit & Loss, Cashflow Forecasts and Spreadsheet Accounts.
  You will be a self sufficient, self motivated and confident character with some experience of working in the Financial Services market advantageous.

  This market leader in credit insurance are inviting candidates who are looking for an exciting, progressive, career opportunity in a global organisation to apply

  Duties and Responsibilities:

  Manage an account agreeing credit limits on your own risk portfolio
  Offering a first class customer service to all your clients
  Ensure risks are monitored whilst managing loss ratios
  Agree credit limit decisions promptly and professionally within agreed service levels
  Ensure renewal, new business aims and loss ratios are achieved
  When required meet clients, buyers and brokers to build relationships ensure long term business profitability
  Reduce business costs and increase customer service levels by assessing and recommending changes
  When required you will help in a coaching and recruitment capacity in line the Underwriting Departments business plans
  To follow and respect company rules, guidelines and procedures
  Work to strict timetables so that the company reduces costs, improves its customer service levels and increases profits

  Skills and Responsibilities:

  Have a Degree standard of education (preferably business based)
  A sound understanding and good knowledge of UK Risk Underwriting and/or credit management
  A knowledge of financial statements and an ability to compile spreadsheet accounts and cashflow's where appropriate is a must
  The ability to analyse financial and economical information to assess the credit risk
  Can confidently represent the company in a professional manner at internal and external meetings
  Good IT skills
  Communicate clearly and concisely to a high standard to both your colleagues and clients alike

  Add to Folderreference: JR-5275