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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Management Accountant to join a creative and inspiring dance Charity based in Woking. Reporting to the Head of Finance, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality financial management information, supporting budgeting and forecasting processes, and helping the organisation maintain strong financial controls as it continues to grow and develop its impact across local communities. This role will be responsible for producing accurate management accounts, supporting programme and project budgeting, assisting with grant reporting requirements, and providing financial insight to budget holders and senior stakeholders. The successful candidate will help ensure the charity remains financially sustainable while supporting the delivery of its artistic, educational, and community engagement objectives. Key Responsibilities: - Produce monthly management accounts, including variance analysis and commentary - Support the preparation of annual budgets, forecasts, and financial plans across the organisation - Work closely with budget holders to monitor expenditure and provide financial advice and guidance - Assist with project, programme, and grant budgeting, ensuring funding requirements are accurately tracked and reported - Monitor income and expenditure, investigating variances and supporting corrective actions where required - Support cashflow forecasting and assist with maintaining financial sustainability - Prepare balance sheet reconciliations and ensure accurate financial records are maintained - Assist with the preparation of statutory accounts and audit schedules - Managed a small transactional team of two staff members - Support the development and improvement of financial processes, controls, and reporting systems - Ensure compliance with charity accounting regulations, funder requirements, and internal policies - Produce KPI and performance reports to support organisational decision-making - Work collaboratively with colleagues across finance, fundraising, and programme delivery teams Ideal Candidate Profile: - Fully qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ACA) - Previous experience producing management accounts and financial reports - Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis - Experience supporting non-finance stakeholders and budget holders - Excellent Excel and financial systems skills - Strong attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively - Good communication skills with the ability to explain financial information to non-financial colleagues - Proactive and collaborative approach with a commitment to continuous improvement - Previous experience within the charity, arts, cultural, education, or not-for-profit sectors would be advantageous - An interest in supporting the arts, community engagement, and charitable impact would be beneficial Location: Woking, Surrey (Hybrid Working Available) Salary: £50,000 per annum + benefits Hours: Full-time, Monday to Friday Contract: Permanent Working Pattern: 3 days per week on site This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated finance professional to join a purpose-led organisation that uses dance and creativity to make a positive impact within local communities. The role offers the chance to contribute to meaningful work while developing your career within a supportive and collaborative charity environment.

Venn Group are supporting a fantastic Hotel Group, based in Central London, to find an interim Accounts Receivable specialist. The role will initially last for a month, to cover some long term sick leave, with a good possibility for extension. The role is based fully on-site, and applicants must be available to start a new role immediately. Previous Accounts Receivable/Sales Ledger experience, in a hotel, is also crucial for this position. Responsibilities: - Post daily receipts across multiple revenue streams (rooms, events, F&B), ensuring all entries match PMS and merchant data. - Complete daily and weekly bank reconciliations, investigate variances, and resolve mismatches quickly with FOH and reservations teams. - Credit reconciliations, reconcile corporate accounts, travel agent credit, and group bookings, ensuring all charges and payments align with contracts and folios. - Maintain accurate cash allocations whilst maintaining debtor visibility, and supporting month-end AR reporting. - Liaise with internal teams and external partners to resolve billing discrepancies with clarity and professionalism. - Uphold audit trails, documentation standards, and internal controls across all AR and reconciliation activity. Requirements: - Experience with Opera and Infosys are crucial - Candidate must have AR experience in a Hotel setting - High accuracy, strong numerical discipline, and confidence working fully on-site. - Immediate Availability to start a new role

Head of Payroll Services Large Acute NHS Trust London (Hybrid Working) £416 per day Umbrella Venn Group is supporting a large acute NHS Trust in London with the recruitment of an experienced Head of Payroll Services on an interim basis. This is an excellent opportunity for a senior payroll professional with substantial public sector experience to lead a high-performing payroll function responsible for delivering an accurate, compliant and customer-focused service across a large and complex organisation. The successful candidate will provide strategic leadership whilst ensuring the effective day-to-day delivery of payroll, pensions and associated services. Key Responsibilities - Lead the overall management, performance and strategic development of the Payroll Services function. - Ensure the delivery of an accurate, timely and compliant payroll service for a large workforce. - Oversee all statutory returns, pension submissions and payroll compliance requirements, ensuring adherence to relevant legislation and deadlines. - Manage departmental budgets, business planning and service improvement initiatives. - Develop and implement policies, procedures and system enhancements to improve operational efficiency. - Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders across Finance, HR and the wider organisation. - Lead, motivate and develop a large payroll team, driving high standards of service delivery and performance. Essential Requirements - Significant payroll management experience gained within a large public sector organisation , ideally within the NHS. - Proven experience leading a sizeable payroll service and managing large teams. - Strong knowledge of payroll legislation, statutory reporting requirements and pension administration. - Experience of driving service improvements and managing complex payroll operations. - Excellent stakeholder management, communication and leadership skills. - Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities. - Experience using large-scale payroll systems, with NHS ESR experience highly desirable.

Senior Operational Resilience Specialist Financial Services Investment Banking - London Hybrid (2-3 days onsite) - £750-£800 per day (Umbrella) - 6-Month Initial Contract (Strong Extension Potential) A leading global Investment Bank is looking to appoint an experienced Senior Operational Resilience Specialist to support a major Operational Resilience enhancement programme across its EMEA business. This is a hands-on delivery role, working within the first line of defence, driving the continued evolution of the bank's Operational Resilience framework in line with FCA, PRA and DORA regulatory requirements. The Role You'll take ownership of key Operational Resilience initiatives across the full resilience lifecycle, partnering with senior stakeholders across technology, operations and business functions to strengthen the bank's resilience capabilities. Key responsibilities include: - Leading end-to-end Important Business Services (IBS/CIF) lifecycle activities - Conducting service mapping, dependency mapping and impact tolerance assessments - Delivering resilience scenario testing and vulnerability assessments - Driving remediation activity across Operational Resilience workstreams - Producing executive and Board-level MI and governance reporting - Embedding resilience frameworks, controls and standards across the business - Working closely with business, technology and third-party stakeholders across EMEA - Supporting ongoing compliance with UK Operational Resilience regulations and EU DORA requirements What We're Looking For We're keen to speak with candidates who can demonstrate: - Significant Operational Resilience experience within Investment Banking or Financial Services - Strong understanding of FCA/PRA Operational Resilience and EU DORA - Proven experience delivering Operational Resilience programmes in a 1LOD environment - Hands-on experience across: - Important Business Services (IBS/CIF) - Service & dependency mapping - Impact tolerances - Scenario testing - Vulnerability management - Self-assessments - Governance & resilience reporting - Experience influencing senior stakeholders and driving resilience improvements across large, complex organisations - Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. Desirable Experience - Investment Banking environment - Business Continuity, Operational Risk or Technology Risk background - Experience working across cross-functional transformation or regulatory programmes - Exposure to enterprise-wide resilience frameworks and governance What's on Offer - £750-£800 per day (Umbrella) - Hybrid working (2-3 days in Central London) - High-profile regulatory transformation programme - Opportunity to work for a globally recognised Investment Bank - Long-term contract with strong extension potential If you're an experienced Operational Resilience professional looking for your next contract opportunity, we'd be keen to hear from you.

Venn Group are working in partnership with a well-regarded public sector organisation to recruit a Data Engineer into a growing data and analytics function. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced data professional to play a key role in shaping and developing modern data solutions that support operational reporting, business intelligence and strategic decision making. You'll be responsible for designing and maintaining scalable data pipelines, developing robust data models and ensuring high quality, secure and accessible data across the organisation's reporting environment. Key Responsibilities - Build and maintain data pipelines using Microsoft Fabric and related technologies - Develop lakehouse architectures, data models and semantic layers - Integrate data from a variety of operational systems, cloud platforms and APIs - Optimise datasets and reporting performance within the Microsoft ecosystem - Support data governance, quality, security and compliance initiatives - Work closely with analysts and stakeholders to deliver effective data solutions Requirements - Proven experience in data engineering using Microsoft Fabric, Azure or similar platforms - Strong knowledge of data modelling and modern analytics architectures - Experience optimising data for Power BI reporting and dashboards - Strong SQL skills with experience of DAX and Python or other scripting languages - Understanding of data governance, GDPR and data quality best practice - Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills

A major Private Hospital in London is seeking a Head of HR to cover some maternity leave within the team. It will be a 12 month contract role, with attendance required on-site 5 days per week. It will report directly into the HR Director, and lead a team of 4. The successful candidate will ensure the hospital maintains an exceptional HR, training, recruitment and retention service. They'll also provide senior leadership across HR operations, employee relations, workforce initiatives and people governance, shaping a service that supports staff wellbeing, organisational change and high-quality patient care. Responsibilities: - Lead the HR function and ensure consistent, high-quality people practices. - Drive workforce initiatives supporting recruitment, retention and future workforce planning. - Provide expert ER guidance and coach managers on policy and casework. - Manage budgets and contracts across OH, training and staff benefits. - Oversee people governance including DBS, Right to Work and sponsorship. - Develop KPIs and dashboards to support performance and decision-making. - Support regulatory compliance including workforce-related inspection requirements. Requirements: - Available to start a new role on no longer than 2 weeks notice - Senior HR experience in healthcare environment. - Strong operational HR expertise and experience leading teams. - Proven delivery of HR interventions and workforce projects. - Confident handling complex ER cases and policy development. - Degree-level education and CIPD qualification (level 7 desirable) - Credible, values-led leader with a coaching approach.