Finance Assistant

Adkins & Cheurfi Recruitment are recruiting on behalf of a leading women’s fashion brand for a Finance Assistant.

Our client, a leading women’s fashion brand, has recently brought its finance operations in-house after initially outsourcing them. The company has experienced significant growth, doubling its sales annually for the past three years. As a result, they are seeking a dedicated Finance Assistant to support the Finance Director in managing the financial activities of the business. This is a very excting opportunity for a junior member of staff who would like to progress their finance career within a small company, please note our client would support candidates through their finance qualifications.

Salary: £25,000 – £26,000 per annum. Purely office based between the hours of 9:30-5:30pm.

Key Responsibilities:

Inputting purchase invoices and obtaining necessary approvals
Processing corporate credit card expenses with valid receipts
Preparing supplier payment listings twice a month
Reviewing and finalising staff expenses for correct posting and VAT treatment
Conducting supplier statement reconciliations
Managing petty cash including monthly counts, reconciliation, and posting
Processing concession sales invoices
Creating analyses for the Finance Director, such as property costs by shop and profitability of brochure drops
Assisting in cash flow management

Benefits:

20 days holiday + 8 bank holidays
Additional holiday for your birthday
Staff discount of 40%
Workplace pension scheme
Team events
Performance-related discretionary bonus

Note: The above duties are indicative and not exhaustive. The role may involve additional responsibilities as required.

Sales Associate

Adkins & Cheurfi Recruitment are currently hiring a retail sales associate for a growing plumbing and heating wholesalers merchant in Dagenham.

About the company:

This wholesaler has nine regional sites throughout the UK with a fleet of transport vehicles specialising in the distribution of heating and hot water products to the plumbing and heating sector. Starting from humble beginnings and having huge aspirations, the organisation continues to grow annually with considered and targeted results. The product range has been streamlined over the years to offer customers the best quality heating and hot water products available at the right price, delivered within the right time frame.

About the role:

This is a full time, Monday to Friday position with no weekends. As a sales associate, you will be reaching out to new clients and growing the company’s customer base. You will perform a consultative service, upselling and recommending suitable products. You will be joining a small team of 4 existing retail consultants.

The perfect candidate:

The perfect candidate for this role will either have knowledge or experience (in a trade) of the heating and plumbing industry, this role could be suited to a Heating Engineer with a background in retail wholesale. Knowledge of the products is a bonus when selling to customers. If you have wholesale experience, or strong retail experience your application is still likely to be considered.

Working hours / perks and other information:

The store is open between 7am-5pm daily. Your shifts will differ between 7am-4pm or 8am-5pm with an hour’s lunch break. There is excellent break out facilities on site.

The site is very close to public transport links and is easily accessible. There is also an abundance of parking on site.

The salary is circa £30k with a bonus scheme in place (performance based). The company also have access to an employee perks platform.

If you pride yourself in a consultative outlook to sales, are comfortable with speaking to customers and can build rapport easily this could be the role for you.

Interviews commencing immediately.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: £30,000.00 per year

Schedule:

Day shift
Monday to Friday
No weekends

Ability to commute/relocate:

Dagenham, RM10 8QR: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

Retail sales: 1 year (preferred)
customer service: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: One location

Major Works Project Manager

Adkins & Cheurfi are searching for a Major Works Project Manager for a role-based in the London, Haringey.

About the Role

Plan, monitor, control and successfully project manage an increased range of medium value (predominantly project values from £1,000,000 up to £5,000,000) and/or medium complexity (construction stage will be delivered in a single phase; change will have a impact on council business activity; and or members may show some interest and /or have a role in shaping the project) capital projects (predominantly construction related) from inception to completion under minimal supervision of a Senior Project Manager.
Co-ordinate the collection of all relevant advice and information from the appropriate sources that will assist in risk management, decision making and project delivery.
Effectively manage the project teams so that the agreed project objectives and success criteria are achieved.
Ensure that project records, files and any related documentation are maintained up to date.
To carry duties in accordance with the Council’s Health and Safety policies and relevant statutory requirements and obligations.
To be able travel, visit and meet at various premises, offices, and construction sites within and outside of the London Borough of Haringey but within the United Kingdom during and outside of core working hours for at least but not limited to two days per week.
To be responsive to the needs of the Major Projects Team and the wider business unit in that it is not always possible to operate to fixed normal working hours thus ensure that work is completed when required and in response to the operational needs of the service, for example, attend publicity and consultation events as required.

Essential Skills

Experience in the planning, managing, monitoring and delivery of low to medium value (project values between £500,000 to £2,500,000) and medium complex and (preferably construction related) projects from inception to completion.
Experience of developing and agreeing the scope, budget and programme with the project sponsor and the commission of approved design, cost and construction related consultancy services.
Ability to effectively manage the project teams under supervision so that the agreed project objectives and success criteria are achieved.
Experience of using Microsoft Office and other core office systems/tools and Microsoft Project or similar
Experience of working in a large multi-functional organisation or business within either the public or private sector, within a programme and/or project management and/or asset management and/or education and/or construction related field.
Experience of public/stakeholder/end user consultation and communication.

*Very Competitive Salary*

HR Onboarding & Compliance Officer

Adkins & Cheurfi are searching for a HR Onboarding & Compliance Officer for a role-based in the London, Haringey.

About the Role

Under the leadership of the HR Operations management team provide a professional, high quality, accurate customer focussed onboarding, employment screening and compliance service to all our customer groups. Working in partnership with the HR Support Services colleagues, the Resourcing Team and wider HR function to support a seamless on-boarding process and HR transformation.

About You

• Delivery of a high quality, accurate customer focussed onboarding and employment screening service for all our customer groups which are delivered within or exceeding our Service Level Agreements.

• To work closely with the resourcing team to process candidate’s compliance documentation in line with Haringey Council’s Recruitment Policy.

• Responsible for providing a high level of customer service to all candidates, engaging and building relationships.

• Liaising with candidates through the initiation of the compliance software as well as by phone and face to face to assist them through the onboarding/compliance/screening process where necessary.

• Arranging suitable times for candidates to attend right to work document check appointments that are customer focused and offer flexibility for the candidate.

• Liaise with the Senior HR Officer (Compliance) where a candidate has disclosed information on their DBS certificate which needs to be assessed against Haringey Councils Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Policy and safeguarding requirements.

• To maintain confidentiality at all times and ensure any disclosed information is shared on a strict “need to know” process.

• To ensure any disclosures are assessed and considered within a clear objective risk assessment framework and all decisions and actions taken clearly documented and filed for audit purposes.

• Responsible for confirming the candidate’s appointment, agreeing appropriate start dates and issuing all relevant employment documents in a timely manner and within agreed timescales.

• Delivery of high quality, efficient HR Service customer query resolution aiming for first time resolution and proactively suggesting updates to guidance materials to support ESS/MSS and HR Self-Service.

• Maintain the integrity of all HR Data, data flow, processes, and procedures.

• Delivery of accurate advice and guidance by ensuring up to date knowledge and understanding of HR policies, practice notes and procedures.

• Clear escalation and or handover of customer query ensuring customer and next team, e.g. HR Advice, are fully briefed on requirements.

• Continuous work with HR Support Service, the wider HR Team, and other council teams as appropriate, to transform service delivery and increase digital utilisation for the council.

• Proactively identify and implement current and future opportunities to increase ESS and MSS.

Programme Management Officer / Junior Project Manager

Adkins & Cheurfi are searching for a Programme Management Officer / Junior Project Manager for a role-based in the London, Haringey.

About The Role

The role will to provide:

Project Management Office (PMO) support to projects, programmes and other activity delivering the transformation needed to achieve the outcomes in the Council’s Borough Plan. PMO support will include facilitating the practical aspects of our governance arrangements; carrying out initial assurance for board papers and other documents as required; the development and maintenance of the Council’s project management framework; supporting the monitoring of where and how resources are deployed
Business and administrative support to the Council’s Transformation Teams including supporting the budget management processes; supporting and facilitating recruitment and on-boarding of staff; leading on the purchasing of equipment and supplies and maintaining the teams intranet pages
Ad-Hoc support to Programme & Transformation managers and wider team, for example, undertaking research and supporting the facilitation of workshops

About You

Project Management Officer:

You will be a well organised, self-starter, who is able to be flexible in how they approach their duties. Is a team player willing to contribute to finding solutions and to “chip in” to get the job done
The post will be ideal for someone who is eager to learn and looking to build a career in the project and programme management and has experience in administration and business support in a large organisation
Being inquisitive is welcome asset
Basic understanding of project management principles
Excellent customer service skills
Ability to work with employees from different departments
General knowledge of project management software
Excellent math skills

Junior Project Manger:

Working with BAs and programme manager and providing assistance whenever needed
Using project management principles to oversee productivity
Forward planning and timeline management
Coordinating timelines and adjust objectives according to new directives
Meeting with internal clients and ask questions to clarify goals
Preparing progress reports for project
Attending status meetings and updating team members about potential project delays
Directing employees as needed and answering questions about their expectations
Managing project risks and alerting project of impending issues

Data Scientist

Position Overview:

We are looking for a proactive and driven Senior Consultant to join our clients Decision Science Consulting team in UK. Work will be performed remotely. In this role, you will play a vital role as the client and team lead with hands-on involvement in project management, business interpretation and application of solutions, client communication, insights/results delivery. You will collaborate with your team and peers by developing resourcing plans, managing revenue goals, and contributing to new business development.

This is a perfect opportunity for someone, who is looking to combine best-in-class analytics skills with strong problem-solving and communication abilities to lead analytical work to help clients solve strategic, tactical, and operational business problems.

Responsibilities:

Lead at least one client project independently. Proactively deliver client updates and attend meetings with stakeholders. Identify potential failures and risks of a project, data sources, tracking execution and success metrics effectively and efficiently. A successful candidate is comfortable owning projects in complex, often ambiguous settings, while managing stakeholders’ expectations and ensuring a timely delivery of quality solutions
Drive decision making by conducting data wrangling, designing statistical models, and developing dashboards
Work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment with both virtual and face-to-face interactions utilizing structured approaches to solving problems, managing risks, and documenting assumptions
Execute quantitative data analyses that translates into actionable insights for the broader team

Qualifications:

Bachelors or equivalent experience in statistics, computer science, engineering, informatics, data science, or related field; additional business degree is a plus
5+ years of relevant work experience with analytics project(s)
1 or more years of leading analytics project(s)
Excellent communication and presentation skills are must
Advanced knowledge of SQL is Please required.
Experience with one of modelling languages, like Python or R is required
Knowledge of Statistics is needed

Project Manager – Finance

Adkins & Cheurfi are delighted to be recruiting for a Project Manager – Finance – within our client’s organisation. The role is based in the UK with offices in Canary Wharf and offers remote working no matter where you are based. legal cashier

Our client is a global business with more than 41,150 employees with inspiring careers from day one. Staff are left to think creatively and lead with passion and honesty, the client understands that people are the source of our success. They value collaboration, work in partnership with their customers, and strive for the highest standards of excellence. In today’s market conditions, they are supporting operations for hundreds of clients around the world remotely. No matter where you are located, you’ll join a dedicated, diverse community that will help you discover your fullest potential as Project Manager – Finance

DESCRIPTION

Do you want to join a team of globally renowned and award-winning Designers and Technologists, who are passionate about what they do and how they do it? Do you want to play a key role in building strong business/technology relationships, taking a hands-on approach to defining a culture of continuous improvement, while being accountable for the overall project delivery, client satisfaction and the management of expectations?

RESPONSIBILITIES

The primary responsibility of the position is managing the delivery of multiple complex ends to end digital transformation projects across various clients
Cover the full project initiation and life cycle: lead management, qualification for the bid/financing, staffing, client management, delivery and execution governance
Run multiple delivery streams and clients, to ensure governance at the top management level
Oversee delivery from financial, sourcing, development and business perspectives
Suggest innovative solutions to business problems/processes that leverage technology to provide marketing differentiation, efficiency improvements, and better user experiences
Investigate complex issues of production delivery, run the root cause analysis, establish a solution and push it through required steps necessary in order to deliver
Drive integrated teams to deliver solid technology solutions in support of key client initiatives
Coordinate the preparation of customer proposals and statements of work
Participate in new business development and discovery led projects
Manage customer expectations and relationship. Manage high-level client relationships, looking for opportunities to up/ cross-sell products and services through relationship management
Work closely with multi-disciplined teams of product owners, architects, engineers and quality assurance to drive estimates, delivery plans and retrospectives. Identify and manage engagement risks and flag major issues early
Management of a team of Technology Project Managers – providing coaching, mentoring and development support to drive up delivery capability across the department

REQUIREMENTS

Proven experience in managing the delivery of an organization of 40-100 FTE and or high business impact engagements of a similar size
Experience in banking, fintech or insurance
Ability to apply a mix of business knowledge and delivery practices to projects to achieve the best results
Knowledge and ability to assess and propose a variety of methodology, process and technology on accounts
Strong experience working with distributed teams on client-side
Excellent communication, presentation, and planning skills are necessary, experience with working with nearshore teams preferable
Exceptional organization, leadership and stakeholder management skills

BENEFITS

A competitive group pension plan, life assurance and income protection
Private medical insurance, private dental care and critical illness cover
Cycle scheme Tech scheme and season ticket loan
Employee assistance program
Various perks such as Gym discount, Friday lunch, on-site massage and regular social events
Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions
Some of these benefits may be available only after you have passed your probationary period

Solutions Architect- Developer- Fully Remote

Job Purpose

We require an experienced Developer for an initial 3 months to assist in the following project activities leading up to the Project Go-Live of a strategic API Management system:

Extend the existing AWS onboarding processes using AWS Lambda (Python)
Build new Analytics Reports
Support the Lead Developer with development/delivery and testing of the Strategic workflow solution
Assist Testing and peer reviews of technical delivery
Provide onboarding advice to Development Squads
Deliver allocated Service Acceptance activities

Essential Qualifications, Skills & Abilities

Highly proficient in developing using both Python and Java
Experience of building unit tests with Junit and mocking frameworks, e.g. Mockito
Experience using Git / GitHub
Demonstrable knowledge of using Amazon AWS services including Lambda, EC2 and experience of the AWS CodePipeline
Strong communications skills with evidence of an organised and structured approach to your work and ability to work within a team environment

Desirable Qualifications, Skills & Abilities

A working knowledge of implementing or supporting APIs and an API Management solution (e.g. WSO2, Apigee)
Development experience using Spring and Spring Boot
Experience with the Atlassian toolset
Good understanding of Maven
Integration experience using REST APIs and JSON
Understanding of OAuth2 and JWT

Project Manager/Data Analyst

Adkins & Cheurfi are searching for a Project Manager/Data Analyst for our client, based in London Hr Manager

The Media Destruction Project Manager/Data Analyst will be responsible for the completion of key deliverables within the 2021 UK Tape Destruction Project. This project will deliver policy-compliant destruction of aged backup tape media.

Key Responsibilities:

The specific responsibilities of the Project Manager/Data Analyst are:

Project planning and coordination to achieve defined milestones and accuracy requirements
Collaboration with multiple internal stakeholder groups to identify in-scope tape media, obtain required approvals, and deliver on policy compliant destruction of approved backup tape media
Build process and procedures necessary to identify, verify and properly destroy approved tape media
Develop and implement data collection systems, data analytics and tools to perform precise and efficient reconciliation of approved tape media to destruction event outcomes. Identify errors in data and taking actions to resolve them.
Data acquisition and reconciliation across multiple sources, including data cleaning as required
Witness tape preparation and destruction events in person and/or via video tools
Work with stakeholders ensuring all relevant evidence materials are obtained and archived appropriately
Prepare necessary batch updates for the tape inventory system

Key Deliverables:

Project Plan with work breakdown structure, risk log, and daily tracking updates
Management of project resources, both internal and external, to achieve quality, budget and schedule requirements
Manage financials against defined budgets
Build and maintain a project data archive evidencing all actions and outcomes reconcile to the approved destruction tranches
System inventory management, tracking and collection of evidence records to evidence 100% reconciliation destruction was accurate to approvals, performed to company policies and fully updated in all relevant inventory systems

Requirements

To be effective in this role the candidate must:

5+ years of Project Management experience in a major organisation handling complex initiatives from planning through to delivery. International project experience is beneficial.
Experience working with policy-compliance projects (Ex. media audit, ISO frameworks, inventory reconciliation)
Strong interpersonal and communications skills to establish excellent working relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders
Excellent analytical skills, detail-oriented approach and effective presentation skills
Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office: Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Visio
Strong client service, teamwork and situational leadership skills
The role has a requirement to travel to the storage and destruction facilities for witnessing media counts and subsequent destruction activities (approx. 1-2x/wk.) in Essex.
Abide by all company, regional, local and facility Covid-19 protocols

Senior Project Manager

Adkins & Cheurfi are recruiting for a Senior Project Manager to work remotely but within travelling distance of London for office access.

Situation

Our client is undertaking a large and complex programme to separate its consumer business into a separate entity. The Senior Project Manager will create a standalone company that will be one of the largest consumer companies in the world containing many well-known and trusted brands.

As this essentially offers the standalone company the opportunity to create an IT landscape that is not tied to the existing services, solutions and practice, it also offers the opportunity for using IT solutions that can be designed and developed from the ground up using best-in-class industry offerings. This role is for a Senior Project Manager working on the project to deliver the new consumer company. Specific project assignment will be assigned on an as-needed basis.

The role will be expected to work in a fast-paced environment with high degrees of ambiguity arising from a period of significant change.

Job Purpose:

Must have experience in large corporate environments
Must have significant experience working in corporate IT infrastructure projects
Lead the hands-on delivery and project management of assigned workstream initiatives towards achieving target outcomes and benefits/value, in line with agreed expectations around scope, timing, budget & quality
Provide proactive management of initiative scope, plans, risks, issues, dependencies and benefits in line with agreed standards set by the PMO.
Provide high levels of assurance, transparency as well as accurate and timely reports to the Programme Manager and Delivery Lead.
Candidates must be experienced in working in technology and specifically in the IT infrastructure space.
Projects will run at an aggressive rate, the candidate must be able to operate in a high-pressure environment where deployment milestones must be met
Should be experienced in running large projects with complex requirements.
Must understand both agile and waterfall project management
Some travel may be required
Must be “self-starting” able to operate with minimal supervision to achieve targets.

Key Responsibilities:

Translates initiative objectives into actionable implementation plans. Owns the detailed end-to-end plans across all relevant initiatives, providing coverage across detailed design, and key delivery milestones.
Manages dependencies between initiatives and broader workstream transformation activity and surfaces these to PMO and Programme Manager
Leads key project management activities for relevant initiatives, including plan management, tracking and reporting of delivery progress/status; identification, evaluation and resolution of risks, issues, dependencies; tracking, development and assurance of initiative deliverables
Provides end-to-end oversight of plan across all in-scope infrastructure deliverables
Leads the resolution of issues/problems by bringing together experts to drive consensus on the way forward with a ‘Can-do’ attitude
Identify, engage and manage relevant stakeholders. Manage delivery interactions with key workstreams
Adheres to workstream governance requirements and standards set by the Programme Manager / PMO. Represents the initiatives at Workstream meetings and leads any initiative-specific delivery/governance meetings
Provides ongoing clarity, transparency and assurance to the Workstream PMO on status/progress, plans, risks, dependencies, quality and escalations.

Target Capability Profile:

High performers with a demonstrable track record of project delivery and impact. Strong project management capability / technical expertise – demonstrable success in managing project delivery within key strategic programmes within global highly matrixed companies.

Demonstrated success managing technical/infrastructure projects using Agile (SAFe) delivery and Kanban methodologies. Project Manager and Scrum Master experience preferred.

Confident, proactive self-starters, comfortable in managing/engaging others and in dealing with and navigating ambiguity or shifting context. Primarily execution-focused but works to understand the broader strategic context and ensure strategic alignment.

A consulting-type skillset/mindset – strong influencing/relationship-building, leadership, communication and problem-solving skills, supported by strong EQ and learning agility. Ideally experience or subject matter knowledge of the function in question and/or key transformation levers (e.g. process re-design; offshoring/outsourcing; automation).