3 results for Senior Compliance Analyst in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Finance Analyst

City of London, London
remote
Permanent
50000 - 55000 GBP / Yearly
Finance Analyst | Real Estate | Central London (Hybrid - 2 Days in the Office) | £50,000-£55,000 | Permanent Role ⚠️ Due to business needs, only candidates who are immediately available can be considered for this position. Robert Half are recruiting for a Finance Analyst to join a large, international real estate and professional services business on a permanent basis, based in Central London. This role will initially be heavily focused on billing, cash flow, and process management in a complex, evolving environment, making it well suited to someone who enjoys improving processes, resolving issues, and working closely with operations. This is a highly operational and commercially exposed role, sitting within a fast-paced environment currently undergoing significant transformation. You'll play a key role supporting financial processes, improving systems, and partnering with operational teams during a period of change and integration. The organisation operates across the UK and globally, delivering high-value real estate and professional services solutions. With ongoing integration of project teams and major system changes underway, this is an opportunity to step into a role where you can make a tangible impact from day one. 📊 About the Position Reporting into senior finance leadership, your role will initially focus heavily on billing, cash flow, and process management, before evolving into a broader finance position with forecasting and commercial responsibilities. You will be responsible for: <ul><li>Supporting a complex billing process via a Shared Service Centre, ensuring accurate and timely invoice requests.</li><li>Managing aged debt, working closely with operational teams to drive timely PO receipting and cash collection.</li><li>Owning timesheet tracking and compliance, building dashboards to monitor completion and improve accuracy.</li><li>Partnering with operations to resolve resistance and improve adoption of financial processes.</li><li>Identifying and resolving process inefficiencies during a period of systems and operational change.</li><li>Supporting system migration activities and helping embed new finance processes and controls.</li><li>Assisting with budgeting and forecasting, with the opportunity to take on more ownership over time.</li><li>Ensuring strong financial governance, controls, and accurate financial data across projects.</li></ul> This is a hands-on role in a changing environment, particularly in the first few months, where billing, processes, and operational alignment will be the key focus. 📋 What We're Looking For <ul><li>Part-qualified, finalist, or qualified by experience (ACA, ACCA, CIMA), including those who have chosen not to continue studying.</li><li>Strong grounding in finance fundamentals (debits & credits, revenue, cost control).</li><li>Experience in billing, revenue processes, or working with Shared Service Centres.</li><li>Exposure to budgeting and forecasting, with a desire to develop further in this area.</li><li>Advanced Excel skills, with experience building dashboards and improving reporting.</li><li>Comfortable working in a complex, evolving environment with process and system challenges.</li><li>Strong stakeholder management skills, confident pushing back and driving process adherence.</li><li>Proactive, resilient, and solutions-focused mindset.</li></ul> 💼 Here's What's Waiting for You <ul><li>A key role within a globally recognised real estate and professional services environment.</li><li>The opportunity to step into a business undergoing significant transformation and system change.</li><li>High visibility across finance and operations, with real influence on process improvement.</li><li>The chance to build out dashboards, improve workflows, and shape how finance supports the business.</li><li>Exposure to budgeting, forecasting, and commercial finance as the role evolves.</li><li>A collaborative and fast-moving environment with strong long-term development opportunities.</li></ul>Robert Half Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. Robert Half is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. Suitable candidates with equivalent qualifications and more or less experience can apply. Rates of pay and salary ranges are dependent upon your experience, qualifications and training. If you wish to apply, please read our Privacy Notice describing how we may process, disclose and store your personal data: roberthalf.com/gb/en/privacy-notice.<img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/T2xpdmVyLldvbmcuNjA4NTAuMTA5MjNAcmhpLmFwbGl0cmFrLmNvbQ.gif">
2026-04-14T10:53:54Z

Head of Finance

City of London, London
remote
Permanent
120000 - 130000 GBP / Yearly
Head of Finance | Energy | Central London (Hybrid) | £120,000 - £130,000 | Permanent Role Robert Half is partnering with a leading energy business that forms part of a large international group, combining the scale and backing of a multinational organisation with a commercially agile and operationally focused culture. This role sits within one of the group's specialist divisions, supporting a broad portfolio of public and private sector clients across complex infrastructure and energy-related projects. The business operates in a fast-moving, project-driven environment, working closely with operational and commercial teams to deliver long-term sustainable solutions for clients across the UK. This is a broad and commercially focused Head of Finance role, reporting directly into the Managing Director with a strong dotted line into the CFO. The position offers significant exposure to both operational and strategic leadership, combining ownership of the finance function with genuine influence across the business. 📊 About the Position As Head of Finance, you'll lead the day-to-day finance function and act as a key business partner to both operational and commercial leadership teams. This is a highly visible role with broad exposure across financial control, planning, commercial decision-making, and operational performance. Day-to-day, you'll: <ul><li>Lead, develop, and motivate the finance team, ensuring clear priorities, strong performance, and ongoing development across the function. * Own the month-end close process, delivering accurate and timely management accounts, KPI reporting, and financial commentary to senior leadership. * Lead budgeting, forecasting, and longer-term planning processes, including scenario analysis and performance modelling. * Partner closely with operational and commercial stakeholders, supporting project delivery, procurement activity, contract reviews, and profitability improvement initiatives. * Maintain a strong financial control environment, ensuring balance sheet integrity, reconciliations, and compliance with group and statutory requirements. * Oversee cash flow management, working capital, payroll oversight, and liquidity forecasting. * Coordinate statutory accounts preparation, audit processes, and wider external reporting requirements. * Drive continuous improvement across finance processes, reporting, systems, and controls. * Support senior leadership on strategic initiatives, investment decisions, and wider commercial projects. * Act as a key finance lead across the division, providing insight, challenge, and commercial support to both finance and non-finance stakeholders.</li></ul> This role offers a strong blend of operational finance leadership and commercial business partnering, making it particularly well suited to someone who enjoys working closely with the business. 📋 What We're Looking For <ul><li>Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent). * Significant post-qualified experience within a senior finance leadership role. * Experience within either construction, energy services, facilities management, engineering, or project-based environments is essential.</li><li>Strong understanding of payroll, procurement, and operational finance processes. * Experience leading budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning within a fast-moving and operationally focused business. * Commercially minded with strong business partnering capability and the confidence to influence senior stakeholders. * Previous people management experience, with a track record of developing and leading high-performing teams. * Confident communicator, capable of translating financial information into clear commercial insight for operational stakeholders.</li></ul> 🤝 Here's What's Waiting for You <ul><li>£120,000 - £130,000 base salary. * Hybrid working model with Central London office base. * Direct exposure to both the Managing Director and CFO. * Broad leadership role with genuine commercial influence across the business. * A highly visible position within a growing and operationally focused division. * The opportunity to shape finance processes, reporting, and controls within a complex environment. * Long-term career opportunities within a large international group.</li></ul> 💼 Why This Role Could Be Your Next Move This is far more than a traditional Head of Finance role. You'll operate as a genuine commercial partner to the leadership team, supporting operational performance, influencing strategic decisions, and helping drive the continued growth of the business. Alongside ownership of the finance function, you'll gain broad exposure across operational and commercial activity, working closely with stakeholders across project delivery, procurement, planning, and business performance. The role offers the scale and backing of a large international group whilst still maintaining the visibility, pace, and broad exposure often found in more entrepreneurial environments. For someone looking to combine strong financial leadership with genuine operational and commercial involvement within a growing and project-led business, this represents an excellent opportunity. Robert Half Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. Robert Half is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. Suitable candidates with equivalent qualifications and more or less experience can apply. Rates of pay and salary ranges are dependent upon your experience, qualifications and training. If you wish to apply, please read our Privacy Notice describing how we may process, disclose and store your personal data: roberthalf.com/gb/en/privacy-notice.<img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/T2xpdmVyLldvbmcuOTAwOTQuMTA5MjNAcmhpLmFwbGl0cmFrLmNvbQ.gif">
2026-05-22T16:26:51Z

Xero Implementation Lead

City of London, London
remote
Permanent
90000 - 95000 GBP / Yearly
Xero Implementation Specialist / Xero Practice Lead£65,000 - £85,000 | Hybrid (3 days office / 2 days remote)We're looking for a Xero Implementation Specialist, Xero Practice Lead, or Cloud Accounting Implementation Manager to take ownership of Xero onboarding, migration, and enablement across a growing Accounting-as-a-Service function.This is a specialist role - ideal for someone whose background is 80%+ focused on Xero implementations, migrations, and client training, rather than general bookkeeping or year-end accounting. Who this role is forYou'll likely already be working as one of the following:<ul style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;" type="disc"><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;">Xero Implementation Manager</li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;">Xero Practice Manager / Practice Lead</li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;">Cloud Accounting Manager (Xero-focused)</li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;">Accounting Systems Implementation Manager</li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;">Xero Specialist / Senior Xero Specialist</li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;">Digital Accounting Manager (Xero-focused)</li></ul> What you'll be doing<ul type="disc" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;">Leading end-to-end Xero implementations and client migrations</li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;">Onboarding SMEs onto Xero from legacy systems</li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;">Acting as the internal Xero subject matter expert</li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;">Delivering Xero training for internal teams and clients</li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;">Troubleshooting complex Xero setup, workflow, and integration issues</li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;">Building scalable onboarding guides, FAQs, and training resources</li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;">Improving implementation processes and reducing support dependency</li></ul> What's on offer<ul style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;" type="disc"><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;">£65,000 - £85,000 salary</li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;">25 days holiday</li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;">8% pension contribution</li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;">Hybrid working (3 days office / 2 remote)</li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;">Opportunity to lead Xero implementation strategy in a scaling function</li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;">Real ownership over onboarding, training, and process design</li></ul> This is a high-impact role for a true Xero specialist who wants to move beyond day-to-day compliance work and become a key driver of how clients adopt and succeed on Xero.Robert Half Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. Robert Half is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. Suitable candidates with equivalent qualifications and more or less experience can apply. Rates of pay and salary ranges are dependent upon your experience, qualifications and training. If you wish to apply, please read our Privacy Notice describing how we may process, disclose and store your personal data: roberthalf.com/gb/en/privacy-notice.<img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/dG9ueS5rb3lyYXR0eS43Mjc1Ny4xMDkyM0ByaGkuYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t.gif">
2026-06-02T15:03:12Z