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A niche Insurance Broker working in the charity sector has new opening to join their close-knit team in this interesting and varied role as Graduate Trainee Insurance Administrator.

This is a rare opportunity to join a small team with a low staff turnover and to work for an employer which encourages staff development.

The company is based in spacious modern office in a town centre location. Benefits offered include a competitive basic salary, 25 days' holiday, generous contributory pension scheme, free onsite parking, and opportunities for progression.

This broker works with a long-established book of third sector clients, so the role involves no sales. Your duties will centre around claims oversight and policy administration, providing high quality customer service and assistance to colleagues including

• Answering incoming calls/emails
• Receiving claims, notifying insurers, and acting as an intermediary throughout the claims process.
• Preparing quarterly reports and sending to clients.
• Policy renewals, adjustments, and general policy administration.

To be considered you must be educated to degree level with sound written and verbal communication skills including an excellent telephone manor. You must have very high professional standard of work including thorough attention to detail and accuracy, and a consistent commitment to excellence. Candidates with degrees focusing on legal, business, insurance or financial services will be desirable however all backgrounds will be considered if you are able to display to right attributes to succeed.

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Your new company
A small Management Company based in central Henley-on-Thames, is seeking a candidate with at least 4 years minimum Finance experience who is able to assist with bringing their accounts in-house and then acting as the main point of contact for Finance.
You will join a friendly, intimate working environment which, although informal, is highly focussed on delivering a best-in-class professional customer experience. Very flexible hours

Some of the duties will include:-

• Basic bookkeeping
• Assist with payments, invoices, reconciliations and managing outstanding payments
• Prepare and handle online filings with statutory authorities
• Complete quarterly VAT returns and assist in year-end accounting
• Basic CRM and database work
• All administration tasks to support the wider team

You will need:-

• At least 3-5 years of experience in administrative roles, preferably within finance or small-to-medium-sized companies.
• Experience with bookkeeping tasks, including VAT returns and assisting in year-end accounting.
• Familiarity with company secretarial matters such as filing with statutory authorities, maintaining corporate records, and liaising with solicitors.
• Familiarity with AML & KYC Procedures
• High proficiency in Excel and other MS Office applications for preparing reports, tracking payments, and managing administrative tasks.
• Attention to Detail

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Your new company
A public sector organisation based in South Oxfordshire.

Your new role

• Build relationships with Finance colleagues, directors, and senior management.
• Understand business models and their financial impact.
• Promote Finance Business Partnering and ensure compliance.
• Provide financial advice for proposals and tenders.
• Support budget holders and deliver financial insights.
• Develop financial plans and indicative budgets.
• Guide to Project Managers on budget management
• Manage project finances and reporting.
• Produce financial forecasts and assist with audits.
• Maximise stakeholder relationships and communication.
• Support Finance team objectives.
• Collaborate on financial reports.

What you'll need to succeed

• Part qualified or QBE
• Experience of financial reporting
• You will be able to support with financial management.
• Confident communicator, written and verbal
• Ability to take complex problems and provide simple solutions
• Able to work in a fast paced environment
• IT: EXCEL (essential)

What you'll get in return

• £34,000 - £43,000 annual salary
• Temp contract until June 2025
• Hybrid working
• 37.5 hours per week
• Ability to gain experience of working within a public sector finance team

What you need to do now
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Job title: Global Mobility / Finance Coordinator
Job Type: Temporary Contract
IR35 Status: Inside IR35
Start date: Immediate
Duration: 6 months with possible extension
Pay rate: Competitive
Location: Abingdon, Oxfordshire (Hybrid)

Are you ready to be a part of the world's cutting-edge journey towards nuclear fusion energy? At UKAEA, they're leading the global effort in sustainable energy research, and we're looking for a highly skilled Coordinator to join their dedicated team. If you have a passion for detail, financial acumen, and thrive in a dynamic environment, this could be the perfect role for you.

The Role:
As a Coordinator within their Global Mobility department, you will play a key role in supporting the team through a variety of financial and administrative tasks. You'll work closely on UKAEA's Retendering Suppliers Project, ensuring smooth financial operations through accurate invoicing, reporting, and investigative work. Your analytical skills will be critical in helping us optimise processes and maintain excellence in financial management.

Key Responsibilities:
* Provide crucial financial and administrative support to the Global Mobility team.
* Manage invoicing processes and assist with financial reporting.
* Investigate financial anomalies and assist in problem-solving.
* Support the retendering process for suppliers to maintain competitive and reliable services.
* Collaborate cross-functionally with teams to ensure seamless financial operations.

About You:
We're looking for an organised and analytical professional who enjoys working with numbers and has a keen eye for detail. The ideal candidate will have experience in a similar role, with a background in project coordination, finance, or HR, and an enthusiasm for making an impact in a pioneering sector.

Qualifications/Experience:
Essential
* A minimum of 1 years' experience in a similar role.
* Strong organisational skills and attention to detail, particularly in managing financial data and reporting, data validation, invoicing, and project coordination
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to liaise with internal and external stakeholders.

Desirable:
* A degree in Economics or a related field.
* A background in analytical roles or experience within related sectors.

Why Join UKAEA?
UKAEA is at the forefront of nuclear fusion energy research, offering an innovative, challenging, and rewarding environment where your work will contribute to groundbreaking developments in sustainable energy. Joining us means you'll be part of a forward-thinking organisation that values growth, collaboration, and excellence.

Please note that applicants must live in the UK and have the right to work in the UK. We cannot provide VISA sponsorship.

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This vacancy is being advertised by Rullion Ltd acting as an employment business
Since 1978, Rullion has been securing exceptional candidates for a range of clients; from large well-known brands, to SMEs and start-ups. As a family-owned business, Rullion's approach is credible and honest, focused on building long-lasting relationships with both clients and candidates.

Rullion is a forward-thinking recruitment company that specialises in providing a wide range of talent consultancy services to a diverse client base; from small start-ups to large household names.
We celebrate and support diversity and are committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants.

Rullion celebrates and supports diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants.

Your new company
A charity based in the city centre of Oxford.

Your new role

• Payroll of 5 staff
• Processing invoices
• Financial administration
• File documents
• Expense claims
• Bank reconciliation
• Supplier statements
• IT: XERO

What you'll need to succeed

• You will be immediately available
• You will have demonstrable experience in: processing invoices, financial administration, expenses, bank reconciliations, supplier statements
• If you have experience in using XERO, this would be an advantage

What you'll get in return

• Flexible working options available
• £28,000 - £30,000 annual salary FTE
• Temp work until January 2025

What you need to do now
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Your new company
We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Temporary Finance Assistant to join our clients' team in Oxford for a 3-month period. The successful candidate will primarily be responsible for processing invoices, updating purchase orders (POs), and performing various finance administrative tasks using Xero.
Your new role

• Invoice Processing: Accurately process and record invoices in the accounting system.
• Purchase Orders: Update and maintain purchase orders, ensuring all information is current and accurate.
• Financial Administration: Assist with various finance-related administrative tasks, including data entry, filing, and document management.
• Xero Management: Utilise Xero for all financial transactions, ensuring data integrity and accuracy.
• Reconciliation: Assist in reconciling accounts and resolving any discrepancies.
• Communication: Liaise with suppliers and internal departments to resolve invoice and PO queries.
• Reporting: Generate and distribute financial reports as required.

What you'll need to succeed

• Experience: Previous experience in a finance assistant role, preferably with experience using Xero.
• Skills: Strong attention to detail, excellent organisational skills, and the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Technical Proficiency: Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook) and accounting software, particularly Xero.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Education: A degree in finance, accounting, or a related field is preferred but not essential.

What you'll get in return

• £25,000 annual salary
• 3 months temp contract
• A start immediately
• Opportunity to gain experience in a dynamic finance environment

What you need to do now
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Your new company
A manufacturing business in Oxfordshire.

Your new role

• Cash allocation
• Sales ledger
• Credit management
• Collections
• Processing of credit / debit notes
• Other financial administration

What you'll need to succeed

• Demonstrable experience of cash allocation, credit management and collections
• Desireable: experience of using Oracle R12
• Good customer service skills
• Strong Numerical ability
• You will be immediately available

What you'll get in return

• Flexible working options available
• £27,000 - £30,000 annual salary
• 3 months temp work, with a review of duration

What you need to do now
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Your new company
Our client is looking to hire a temporary finance assistant, for a period of 4 months! This is a friendly team for an organisation, based in South Oxford.

Your new role

• Purchase Ledger
• Sales Ledger
• Financial administration
• Expenses
• Bank transaction processing
• Assist with; balance sheet accounts reconciliation, prepayments and accruals

What you'll need to succeed

• Previous experience of working in a busy finance team
• You will be immediately available
• Competent in using Excel
• Great attention to detail
• Strong communicator

What you'll get in return

• Flexible working options available - hybrid working
• Experience of working in the public sector
• £24,000 - £25,000 annual salary
• Temporary contract until 20th December

What you need to do now
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Your new company
Our client is looking for a temporary finance assistant for a period of 3 months! This is a great company based in North Oxford!
Your new role

• Analysing and clearing down un-invoiced purchase orders
• Liaising with contacts within accounts payable
• Purchase order queries
• Dealing with incoming queries
• Credit card statement reconciliations
• Financial administration

What you'll need to succeed

• Experience of working in a busy finance role
• Experience of using various ERP systems
• You will be very analytical in your approach.
• Proficient in MS Excel
• Excellent attention to detail and organisational skill
• Good communication

What you'll get in return

• £27,000 - £30,000 annual salary
• 3 months temp work
• Experience of working in the engineering sector

What you need to do now
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Your new company
This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-paced Financial Services group, going through rapid growth, in West Oxfordshire.
This position is perfect for someone wanting to progress in a commercial finance role, in an FP&A team and highly progressive business.

Your new role As the successful candidate, your duties will include:

• Working with multiple stakeholders across the group, analysing business information, to aid decision-making
• Producing analysis and commentary on performance and operational board packs
• Providing analysis on financial and non-financial KPIs and information
• Assisting the budgeting and forecasting processes

What you'll need to succeed To be a successful candidate, you will need to have / be:

• Qualified or studying an accountancy qualification (CIMA, ACCA etc.)
• Strong Excel skills, with ambition to develop further
• Examples of analysing financial and non-financial information
• Experience of budgeting and BI tools is helpful
• Able to influence financial and non-financial stakeholders

What you'll get in return

• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
• Flexible working / Hybrid
• Life Assurance up to 4x salary
• Income protection
• Pension scheme
• Healthcare Cashplan
• Gym Discounts
• Salary sacrifice - Travel Insurance, C2W, Car leasing, Technology purchase
• Discounted personal health support - Critical illness, private medical, dental plans
• High-street retail discounts
• EAP

What you need to do now
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UKAEA is leading the drive to put fusion energy on the grid, to give the world a new form of long-term, sustainable low-carbon electricity. At their sites at Culham, Oxfordshire and Rotherham, South Yorkshire, they have a rapidly growing workforce to fulfil their expanding programme of research, focused on delivering the UK's first fusion prototype power plant by 2040.

Senior Finance Business Partner - Strategic & Analytical Reporting - Experience working with Business Case Studies

Finance Business Partners within a major programme or central team, provide a key role in supporting the delivery of business objectives. Providing planning & analysis, accounting, reporting and costing support to inform decision making and drive financial performance.

Whether providing financial input into a new business case or closing the monthly accounts, accuracy, timeliness, collaboration and understanding of performance essential.

• Review and analyse performance, producing reports and commentary for individual project managers and business unit management to enable monitoring of profitability against budget and recommend corrective action if required.
• To provide costing information into project managers and finance review of proposals as required, to enable bids and contracts to be issued on a timely basis.
• Preparation and analysis of month end accounts, ensuring accurate recognition of expenditure & revenue in accordance with UKAEA financial policy. Working closely with your business area and in collaboration with the broader finance team.
• Support the business budgeting and forecast processes, build productive relationship with project managers and senior managers to enable the creation of robust budgets and periodic forecasts at project and at a consolidated business unit level.
• To produce formal financial customer reports and liaise with auditors (UK and European) in order to facilitate payment for work performed.
• Support the maintenance of a robust control environment, including responsibility for relevant balance sheet accounts appropriate to the business area, such as prepayments, accruals, Work in Progress, Income in Advance are fully reconciled with adequate supporting documentation available for audit purposes.
• Liaise with the Capital Project Accountant over the reporting of capital expenditure and associated commentary to ensure clarity as to spending and reasons for variances

Support finance wide initiatives, such as testing of new reports & upgrades

Qualifications

• At least part-qualified, qualified by experience, or working towards a qualification in a relevant professional accounting body (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

Experience:

• Experience of commercial accounting and project costing and forecasting
• Experience with working with Business Case Studies
• Strategic and Analytical Reporting
• Experience of working closely with business teams in a "business partner" capacity
• To understand the principles of revenue recognition
• To have an appreciation of multi-funding control requirements
• Highly proficient in Excel and have experience of an ERP accounting system [Unit 4 (Agresso) would be an advantage]
• Able to work on occasion to challenging timescales while still ensuring accuracy
• Team player

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UKAEA is leading the drive to put fusion energy on the grid, to give the world a new form of long-term, sustainable low-carbon electricity. At their sites at Culham, Oxfordshire and Rotherham, South Yorkshire, they have a rapidly growing workforce to fulfil their expanding programme of research, focused on delivering the UK's first fusion prototype power plant by 2040.

Head of Directorate Finance - Robotics, Repurposing and Decommissioning

As business partner to the Executive Director and working collaboratively with the senior team and wider finance function, you will support a broad remit including major programmes, developing and implementing commercial strategies and optimising funding for maximum impact in a complex multi-funding environment.

This role is a matrix role within the finance function, reporting jointly to the RRDD Executive Director and the Director of Finance - both of whom are member of the UKAEA Executive Committee (leadership team).

In this role you will:

• Ensure excellence in planning, control and reporting of income and expenditure providing financial management as part of the Directorate senior leadership team, advice and insight, driving financially sound decision making and future planning.
• Ensure the Directorate maximises funding and impact through accurate and taut forecasting.
• Support future strategy developmentthough insightful analysis, modelling and understanding of both the capabilities of the Directorate and the opportunities externally.
• Lead finance aspect of business plans, business case development, commercial and grants bids.
• Balance financial reporting with insight of benefits and impact, to support investment decisions and demonstrate value for money and financial efficiency.

Please note: This role is likely to require some occasional travel to Cumbria.

Qualifications

Essential Requirements:

• Fully qualified accountant, with significant post qualification experience in a senior role. Ideally with extensive experience as a business partner, dealing with technical and/or scientific customers.
• Highly motivated with capability to lead & develop direct reports and support overall development of the finance team.
• Ability to establish strong working rapport with internal and external customers representing a variety of professional disciplines.
• Experience of working with and advising programme leadership teams
• Experience in business case development and analysis
• Understand the principles of revenue recognition and accounting for grant funding, appreciation of multi-funding control requirements.

Rullion celebrates and supports diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants.

Your new company
A manufacturing company based in Oxford.

Your new role

• Processing invoices
• Manage employee expenses
• Assist in the month-end
• Supplier statements
• Preparing accruals
• Balance sheet reconciliations
• Grant submissions and external statutory audits
• Will work up to being involved with bank reconciliations, and fixed asset.
• Other financial administration

What you'll need to succeed

• Demonstrable experience of working in an accounts role
• Have experience of supplier statement reconciliations
• Have contributed to the preparation of management accounts
• Accurate reconciliation skills using Excel and ERP systems
• Experience of accounts payable
• Good communication
• Used NetSuite or similar ERP
• AAT Qualified, Part Qualified (ACCA/CIMA)

What you'll get in return

• £35,000 annual salary
• 6 months temporary work
• ASAP Start date
• Working hours: 37.5
• Free staff meals
• Hybrid working
• Access to a gym on site
• You can bring your Dog to office!

What you need to do now
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