<p><strong>Commercial Management Accountant</strong></p><p>Robert Half are delighted to be partnering with <strong>AJ & RG Barber Ltd</strong>, a highly successful, family-owned manufacturing business with a rich heritage and an impressive growth story. Having expanded from a £67m business to over £195m turnover in just 14 years, Barber's continues to invest in its people, systems and operations while maintaining the close-knit culture and values of a family business.</p><p>This is an outstanding opportunity for a commercially minded finance professional to join the business at a significant stage of growth and transformation. Working closely with the Financial Controller, you will play a key role in commercial decision-making, financial reporting, data analytics and business partnering across multiple entities within the Group.</p><p><strong>The Opportunity</strong></p><p>This is far more than a traditional management accounting role.</p><p>You will become a trusted finance partner across the organisation, supporting operational, commercial and leadership teams with insightful analysis, costing models, pricing strategies and performance reporting. The position offers significant exposure to senior stakeholders and the opportunity to make a tangible impact on business performance.</p><p>With recent ERP investment and a growing focus on business intelligence, the role offers the chance to leverage tools such as <strong>Dynamics 365 Business Central, Power BI and advanced analytics</strong> to drive better decision-making across the Group.</p><p>The culture is collaborative, relaxed and highly autonomous. Individuals are trusted to take ownership, challenge processes and drive continuous improvement.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li>Lead financial reporting and management accounting activities across multiple Group subsidiaries.</li><li>Produce insightful monthly management accounts, variance analysis and performance reporting.</li><li>Partner with operational, commercial and procurement teams to support business performance.</li><li>Develop robust costing, margin and pricing models to support strategic decision-making.</li><li>Deliver inventory, profitability and commercial analysis to identify opportunities and risks.</li><li>Support budgeting, forecasting and long-term planning processes.</li><li>Work extensively with Dynamics 365 Business Central, Power BI and data analytics tools.</li><li>Drive continuous improvement initiatives across reporting, systems and finance processes.</li><li>Support group-wide financial control, governance and reporting requirements.</li><li>Collaborate with stakeholders across Somerset and Dorset operations.</li></ul><p><strong>About You</strong></p><ul><li>Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA).</li><li>Strong management accounting and financial reporting background.</li><li>Experience within manufacturing, FMCG, food production or a similar operational environment would be highly advantageous.</li><li>Strong commercial acumen with proven business partnering capability.</li><li>Experience developing costing, pricing or financial modelling frameworks.</li><li>Advanced Excel skills and experience with Power BI, ERP systems or data analytics tools.</li><li>Experience working in a multi-entity group environment.</li><li>Self-motivated, proactive and comfortable working with a high degree of autonomy.</li><li>Experience with Dynamics 365 Business Central and multi-currency reporting would be beneficial.</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Salary & Benefits</strong></p><ul><li>£60,000 - £70,000 salary</li><li>Hybrid working (typically 4 days office / 1 day home)</li><li>33 days annual leave</li><li>Private Medical Insurance</li><li>Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme</li><li>Significant autonomy and exposure to senior leadership</li><li>Opportunity to join a growing, highly successful British manufacturing business</li><li>Strong family-business culture combined with commercial ambition and continuous investment</li></ul><p><strong>Location</strong></p><p>Based at the Group's headquarters near Shepton Mallet, with travel to Dorchester and Wellington sites as required.</p><p><strong>Why Join AJ & RG Barber?</strong></p><p>This is a rare opportunity to join a financially robust, growing business where finance is viewed as a genuine commercial partner. You'll have visibility across the wider Group, exposure to strategic projects, access to modern reporting tools and the chance to shape decision-making at every level of the organisation whilst enjoying the positive culture of a successful family-owned business.</p><p> </p><p>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.</p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/QW5keS5Ucm91cC4yMjE3MC4xMDkyM0ByaGkuYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t.gif">
<p style="margin: 0in; margin-left: .375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in; margin-left: .375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Robert Half Talent Solutions are currently working with an organisation in the legal sector for a permanent Financial Systems Accountant with deep domain expertise in Elite 3E Practice Management Solution to play a critical role in the Day 2 transformation of finance systems. The firm successfully implemented the PMS in the spring of 2024, have operated with the support of external consultants since Go-live, and are now in the steady state to optimise the platform.</p><p style="margin: 0in; margin-left: .375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">This new role will drive the optimisation of the platform, delivering efficiency in processes, facilitate the provision of real time insights and analytic reports to drive profitability and improve working capital. Reporting directly to the CFO with a dotted line to the IT Director, the role will be required to work collaboratively between functions to support the future growth of the firm.</p><p style="margin: 0in; margin-left: .375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </p><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;">Be the finance subject matter expert on 3E and all other finance systems utilised by the firm.</li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;">Effect change. Champion the PMS and finance systems as the catalyst to solve the firms challenges and be the catalyst to transform the finance function to support the firm.</li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;">Create and own the finance process maps to drive continuous improvement, removing manual processes and embedding efficiency into BAU tasks.</li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;">Oversee the business intelligence design, improvements and production.</li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;">Project work to include the automation of management account production, reporting packs and dashboards.</li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;">Relentless pursuit to focus the firm on the key operating metrics, make information readily and easily available to drive improved decision-making.</li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;">Be the link between Finance, IT and external consultants.</li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;">Ensure system integrity and manage core financial data structures.</li></ul><p style="margin: 0in; margin-left: .375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in; margin-left: .375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">You will be a qualified accountant with experience of implementing, running and optimising 3E PMS.</p><p style="margin: 0in; margin-left: .375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in; margin-left: .375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Salary to £90,000. Remote working with occasional travel to Cardiff</p><p>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.</p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/Q2hhcmxvdHRlLmFsbGVuLjcwNDIxLjEwOTIzQHJoaS5hcGxpdHJhay5jb20.gif">
<p><strong>Systems Accountant</strong></p><p><strong>Hybrid Working | South West | Competitive Salary + Benefits</strong></p><p>Robert Half are delighted to be supporting an established, market-leading organisation with the recruitment of a Systems Accountant.</p><p>This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified accountant who enjoys combining financial accounting with finance systems, reporting and process improvement. The role offers significant exposure to business transformation initiatives, finance technology and automation projects, whilst retaining involvement in core accounting activities.</p><p><strong>The Role</strong></p><p>Reporting into senior finance leadership, this position will act as a key link between Finance, Systems and Business Transformation teams.</p><p>The role provides an ideal blend of technical finance, systems optimisation and business partnering.</p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li>Act as the finance systems lead, driving the effective use, development and optimisation of finance platforms and reporting tools.</li><li>Support system enhancements, upgrades, testing and implementation projects.</li><li>Work closely with finance and operational stakeholders to identify opportunities for automation, efficiency and process improvement.</li><li>Enhance reporting capabilities and improve the quality, consistency and accessibility of financial data.</li><li>Develop and maintain reporting models and management information tools.</li><li>Support the integration of automation and emerging technologies into finance processes.</li><li>Assist with month-end reporting, reconciliations, journals and financial analysis.</li><li>Support internal controls, governance and finance process documentation.</li><li>Deliver training and guidance to finance users to maximise system capabilities and adoption.</li></ul><p><strong>About You</strong></p><p>We are seeking a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with a strong understanding of finance systems, financial reporting and accounting processes.</p><p>You will ideally possess:</p><ul><li>Experience within a Systems Accountant, Finance Systems, Reporting or Finance Transformation role.</li><li>Strong Excel skills, including advanced reporting and data analysis.</li><li>Knowledge of ERP systems, planning tools and business intelligence platforms.</li><li>Experience improving finance processes, controls and reporting frameworks.</li><li>Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.</li><li>Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage both finance and non-finance stakeholders.</li><li>A proactive mindset and passion for continuous improvement.</li></ul><p><strong>What's on Offer</strong></p><ul><li>Hybrid working, 2 days onsite, 3 days remote</li><li>Salary range of £60,000-£65,000 + bonus of up to 15% _ excellent benefits</li><li>Opportunity to play a key role in a finance transformation programme.</li><li>Exposure to modern finance technology, automation and reporting tools.</li><li>Broad stakeholder engagement across multiple business functions.</li><li>Competitive salary and benefits package.</li><li>Genuine opportunities for professional development and career progression.</li></ul><p>This opportunity would suit an ambitious qualified accountant looking to combine technical accounting expertise with finance systems, reporting, data analytics and continuous improvement within a large, complex organisation.</p><p>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.</p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/QW5keS5Ucm91cC4yMjEzMy4xMDkyM0ByaGkuYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t.gif">
<p><strong>HR Business Partner</strong></p><p><strong>Location: Swansea <br /> Hours: Part Time</strong></p><p><strong>About the Role:</strong></p><p>As HR Business Partner, you will act as a trusted adviser to leaders and managers, providing pragmatic and commercially focused HR guidance across the full employee lifecycle. You will take ownership of key HR processes and initiatives while ensuring that our people practices remain compliant, consistent and aligned with organisational values.</p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities:</strong></p><p><strong>HR Business Partnering:</strong></p><ul><li>Partner with senior leaders and managers to understand business priorities and translate them into effective people strategies and actions.</li><li>Provide trusted, commercially focused advice across a broad range of people matters.</li><li>Support organisational development, workforce planning and organisational change.</li><li>Identify people-related risks and opportunities and develop practical solutions.</li><li>Use people data and insight to support informed business and workforce decisions.</li><li>Challenge and coach leaders where appropriate, helping them build strong, engaged and high-performing teams.</li><li>Contribute to the development and implementation of the wider People & Culture strategy.</li></ul><p><strong>Employee Relations & HR Advisory:</strong></p><ul><li>Provide expert guidance on employee relations matters, including performance, absence, disciplinary, grievance and capability issues.</li><li>Coach managers through complex and sensitive employee situations and difficult conversations.</li><li>Support the fair, consistent and legally compliant resolution of workplace issues.</li><li>Investigate employee concerns and workplace conflicts where required.</li><li>Ensure appropriate action is taken in relation to harassment, discrimination, inappropriate behaviour and other employee concerns.</li><li>Maintain a balanced approach that considers both employee wellbeing and business requirements.</li><li>Keep up to date with UK employment legislation and ensure HR practices reflect current requirements and best practice.</li><li>HR Operations & Compliance</li><li>Oversee and continuously improve HR processes across the employee lifecycle.</li><li>Ensure employment contracts, policies, procedures and employee documentation remain accurate, compliant and fit for purpose.</li><li>Review and develop HR policies and the employee handbook as required.</li><li>Ensure HR processes are consistently applied across the organisation.</li><li>Maintain accurate employee records and HR data in the HRIS.</li><li>Ensure HR activities comply with GDPR and other relevant legislation.</li><li>Develop and implement HR procedures and SOPs that improve consistency, efficiency and employee experience.</li></ul><p><strong>Talent, Performance & Development:</strong></p><ul><li>Lead and support effective performance management and development processes.</li><li>Work with managers to identify talent, capability gaps and development priorities.</li><li>Support succession planning for key roles and help mitigate people-related business risks.</li><li>Develop and implement learning and development initiatives aligned with business and employee needs.</li><li>Support career development and internal progression opportunities.</li><li>Contribute to the development of competency frameworks and talent management processes.</li><li>Support managers in creating clear objectives, providing effective feedback and developing their people.</li></ul><p><strong>Recruitment & Workforce Planning:</strong></p><ul><li>Partner with managers on workforce planning and recruitment requirements.</li><li>Support effective end-to-end recruitment processes and ensure a high-quality candidate experience.</li><li>Provide advice on organisational structures, roles and responsibilities.</li><li>Support succession planning and contingency planning for critical positions.</li><li>Ensure new employees receive a consistent and engaging onboarding experience.</li></ul><p><strong>Engagement, Culture & Employee Experience:</strong></p><ul><li>Drive initiatives that strengthen employee engagement, wellbeing and organisational culture.</li><li>Support engagement surveys and translate feedback into meaningful action plans.</li><li>Work with leaders to build a positive, inclusive and collaborative working environment.</li><li>Support employee communications and people-focused initiatives.</li><li>Promote a culture based on trust, respect, fairness, accountability and continuous improvement.</li><li>Support employee events and initiatives that strengthen connection and engagement across the organisation.</li></ul><p><strong>HR Systems, Data & Projects:</strong></p><ul><li>Take ownership of HRIS processes and ensure data quality and integrity.</li><li>Support the implementation and development of HR systems, processes and reporting.</li><li>Use HR data and analytics to identify trends and inform people decisions.</li><li>Lead or contribute to key People & Culture projects.</li><li>Work with the wider HR team on the implementation of group-wide HR initiatives, policies and processes.</li><li>Continuously identify opportunities to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the HR function.</li></ul><p> </p><p>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.</p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/THVuYS5QZXNjZS42MjQ0NC4xMDkyM0ByaGkuYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t.gif">
<p dir="ltr">Robert Half is partnering with a great company to find a Finance Data & Systems Analyst for a growing international business.</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Finance Data & Systems Analyst</strong></p><p dir="ltr">We're looking for a Finance Data & Systems Analyst to improve performance visibility across the business. Working closely with Finance, FP&A, and Data teams, you'll enable better decision-making through reliable data, strong analytics, and smart use of digital tools - combining an understanding of Finance processes with the ability to drive automation and AI adoption.</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>What you will do</strong></p><ul dir="ltr"><li>Act as the main Finance point of contact for the Data team, translating requirements into scalable data solutions.</li><li>Build, maintain, and improve Finance datasets, reports, and dashboards, supporting data quality and governance.</li><li>Build KPI dashboards and communicate performance trends as part of a commercial reporting workstream.</li><li>Own the build and upkeep of the FP&A planning platform's models (infrastructure, data flows, dimensions), managing tickets and supporting the team's use of it for budgeting, forecasting, and reporting.</li><li>Identify opportunities to automate manual work and champion responsible use of AI within Finance.</li></ul><p dir="ltr"><strong>What you should bring</strong></p><p dir="ltr">Essential:</p><ul dir="ltr"><li>Strong understanding of Finance processes and business performance management.</li><li>Experience building and maintaining BI solutions and dashboards.</li><li>Proven ability to bridge Finance and Data/Technology teams.</li><li>Strong SQL skills and experience with data platforms, data flows, and reporting infrastructure.</li><li>Strong analytical, stakeholder management, and communication skills, with a structured, problem-solving mindset.</li></ul><p dir="ltr">Desirable:</p><ul dir="ltr"><li>FP&A experience, ideally hands-on with a planning platform (e.g. Pigment, Anaplan, Workday Adaptive, Vena).</li><li>Experience with ERP data, payments/transactional reporting, and applying AI/automation to business processes.</li></ul><p>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.</p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/ZGlhbmEuZmVybmFkZXNsb3Blcy44NzE3Ni4xMDkyM0ByaGkuYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t.gif">
<p><strong>Interim Finance Consultant (Manufacturing Scale-up)</strong></p><p><strong>Location:</strong> Hybrid - Bristol, with travel to London<br /> <strong>Duration:</strong> 4-6 months<br /> <strong>Rate:</strong> £450 - £550pd - Outside IR35<br /> <strong>Reports to:</strong> COO</p><p><strong>About the Role</strong></p><p><br /> A well-backed manufacturing scale-up is transitioning from R&D into commercial production. They are seeking an Interim Finance Consultant to design and implement stock, inventory and cost of goods sold (COGS) processes in their ERP, and to own the finance side of the ERP-MES integration. This is a hands-on, standalone role with no team to delegate to the successful candidate will have full ownership to build these processes from the ground up, leaving behind a documented, repeatable process for the permanent team to run after handover.</p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p><p><strong>Main Focus;</strong></p><ul><li>Design and implement stock, inventory and COGS processes in the ERP system, covering costing method, valuation, bills of materials, and WIP and finished goods tracking</li><li>Own the month-end reconciliation between the ERP and the manufacturing execution system (MES)</li><li>Own the ERP-MES integration from the finance side, ensuring production data flows into the ledger accurately</li><li>Leave behind a documented, repeatable process the permanent team can run after handover</li></ul><p> </p><p>Reporting and scaling finance processes</p><ul><li>Improve management reporting and put in place the controls and processes needed to move from R&D into commercial production</li><li>Build gross margin and unit cost reporting</li><li>Move the business to production-based cost accounting as it scales</li></ul><p> </p><p>Stakeholder engagement and management</p><ul><li>Work closely with production, engineering and finance teams to understand shop floor operations, agree data ownership and process changes, and drive adoption of new ways of working</li><li>Act as the main point of contact for group finance agreeing reporting requirements, accounting policies and timelines up front, and keeping stakeholders updated on progress and risks</li><li>Manage expectations so that delivery aligns with group-level policies and needs</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>Candidate Profile</strong></p><ul><li>Hands-on ERP implementation experience in a manufacturing or scale-up setting</li><li>Comfortable delivering alone with minimal support</li><li>Strong understanding of shop floor operations</li><li>Able to explain finance to non-finance teams, with the emotional intelligence to hold their own with senior group stakeholders</li><li>Ideally has experience remediating a poorly executed ERP rollout, and understands what good looks like from the outset</li></ul><p> </p><p>If you would like more information regarding the above role, please reach out directly to Hannah Curnow on 01179 35459.</p><p>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.</p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/aGFubmFoLmN1cm5vdy4zMjc1NS4xMDkyM0ByaGkuYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t.gif">