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- Reading, Berkshire
- remote
- Permanent
- 70000 - 80000 GBP / Yearly
- <p class="isSelectedEnd">Robert Half is working with a fast-growing international renewable energy and infrastructure investment platform to recruit an Investment Associate into its Reading team.</p><p class="isSelectedEnd">The business invests in, develops and operates large-scale renewable energy and energy storage infrastructure across the UK and international markets. With an expanding portfolio and ambitious growth plans, the business is continuing to identify, acquire and develop new investment opportunities across multiple technologies and geographies.</p><p class="isSelectedEnd">This is an opportunity to join a small, entrepreneurial investment team and gain exposure across the full investment lifecycle, from origination and financial modelling through to due diligence, M&A, financing and asset performance.</p><h3>About the Opportunity</h3><p class="isSelectedEnd">The Investment Associate will support the commercial and investment appraisal of a growing portfolio of energy and infrastructure assets.</p><p class="isSelectedEnd">Importantly, this is not solely a UK role. The successful individual will also support the wider European activities of the group's international parent, providing exposure to multiple technologies, transactions and markets.</p><p class="isSelectedEnd">You will work closely with senior leadership and wider technical, commercial and legal teams, playing an active role in evaluating new opportunities and delivering the group's investment strategy.</p><h3>Key Responsibilities</h3><ul data-spread="false"><li>Build, develop and take ownership of financial models for existing assets and new investment opportunities.</li><li>Undertake commercial analysis, investment appraisal, valuation and scenario analysis.</li><li>Support the sourcing and screening of new investment opportunities across multiple markets and technologies.</li><li>Contribute to M&A transactions, acquisitions, due diligence and financing processes.</li><li>Work with technical, commercial and legal advisers to assess investment opportunities and incorporate findings into financial models.</li><li>Support the preparation of investment papers, board materials and senior management presentations.</li><li>Contribute to debt and equity fundraising at project and platform level.</li><li>Analyse key commercial and operational value drivers and assess asset performance against relevant benchmarks.</li><li>Support negotiations and execution of acquisition, financing and project-level agreements.</li><li>Help develop and improve financial modelling and investment processes across the business.</li></ul><h3>About You</h3><p class="isSelectedEnd">You will be a qualified finance professional with strong financial modelling and analytical experience and an interest in investment, infrastructure and the energy transition.</p><p class="isSelectedEnd">You are likely to have:</p><ul data-spread="false"><li>ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CFA or another relevant professional qualification.</li><li>5+ years' relevant experience in financial analysis, modelling, investment, M&A, corporate finance, transaction services or a similar environment.</li><li>Strong Excel and financial modelling skills, including complex formulas and DCF valuation.</li><li>Experience supporting transactions, due diligence, acquisitions, fundraising or investment appraisal.</li><li>Strong commercial judgement and analytical ability.</li><li>The ability to manage large volumes of information and distil key findings and risks clearly.</li><li>Strong communication and presentation skills, with the confidence to work with senior stakeholders and external advisers.</li><li>A proactive approach and the ability to work independently within a small, entrepreneurial team.</li></ul><p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong>Experience within renewable energy, energy storage or infrastructure would be advantageous, but is not essential.</strong> The ability to understand new sectors quickly and apply strong financial modelling and investment analysis skills is more important.</p><h3>What's on offer?</h3><ul data-spread="false"><li>Salary up to £80,000</li><li>Up to 30% discretionary annual bonus</li><li>6% matched employer pension contribution</li><li>Private medical and dental cover</li><li>Professional/accounting membership fees paid</li><li>Minimum 3 days per week in the Reading office</li><li>Exposure to an international portfolio across multiple technologies and geographies</li><li>Broad involvement across investment, M&A, financing and asset management</li></ul><p>If you're a qualified finance professional with strong modelling skills and want to move into a role offering genuine exposure to international renewable energy investment, M&A and infrastructure, this could be an excellent next step.</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/cnlhbi50dWNrZXIuMjM1NzUuMTA5MjNAcmhpLmFwbGl0cmFrLmNvbQ.gif">
- 2026-10-02T09:01:59Z
- City of London, London
- remote
- Contract
- 500 - 550 GBP / Daily
- <p>Here's a more <strong>hands-on Azure DevOps Engineer</strong> version rather than a Manager/Lead profile:</p><h2><strong>Azure DevOps Engineer | Global Risk Consulting Firm | £500-550/day via Umbrella | London Hybrid</strong></h2><p>We're supporting a leading global risk consulting firm looking for an experienced <strong>Azure DevOps Engineer</strong> to join an initial 6-month engagement, with strong potential to transition into a longer-term Associate Consultant position.</p><p>This is a hands-on engineering role focused on supporting, optimising and enhancing an established Azure DevOps environment. You'll work closely with development, infrastructure and delivery teams to improve CI/CD pipelines, automation, reporting and platform performance across a large-scale enterprise programme.</p><h3>Assignment Details</h3><ul><li>📍 London (1-2 days per week)</li><li>📅 Initial 6-month contract with strong extension potential</li><li>💷 £500-550/day via Umbrella Company</li></ul><h3>Key Experience Required</h3><ul><li>Strong hands-on experience with <strong>Azure DevOps (ADO)</strong></li><li>Building and supporting <strong>CI/CD pipelines</strong></li><li>Azure DevOps Boards, Repos, Pipelines and Test Plans</li><li>Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep or ARM templates)</li><li>Azure cloud services and deployments</li><li>Automation and scripting (PowerShell, YAML, Bash)</li><li>Power BI reporting and Azure DevOps dashboards</li><li>Release management and deployment optimisation</li><li>Monitoring, troubleshooting and continuous improvement</li><li>Experience working within Agile delivery environments</li></ul><h3>Desirable Experience</h3><ul><li>Azure certifications (AZ-104, AZ-400 or equivalent)</li><li>Experience supporting enterprise-scale Azure platforms</li><li>Hospitality, travel, transport, logistics or retail sector experience</li><li>Consulting or advisory background</li><li>Experience integrating Azure DevOps with Microsoft tooling and security controls</li></ul><h3>What We're Looking For</h3><ul><li>A proactive engineer who enjoys solving problems and improving delivery processes</li><li>Strong technical troubleshooting and automation skills</li><li>Ability to work independently while collaborating with technical and non-technical stakeholders</li><li>Comfortable operating within complex enterprise environments</li></ul><p><strong>As part of becoming an Associate Consultant, successful candidates will be subject to financial and criminal background checks and will need to provide their two most recent employment references.</strong></p><p>This version should attract <strong>actual Azure DevOps engineers (AZ-400/Terraform/CI-CD practitioners)</strong> rather than Scrum Masters, Delivery Leads or DevOps Managers.</p><br><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/Tmljb2xhcy5HZW9yZ2lvdS40NjUwNi4xMDkyM0ByaGkuYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t.gif">
- 2026-10-28T10:31:29Z
- City of London, London
- remote
- Temporary
- 425.00 - 475.00 GBP / Daily
- <p>Robert Half Finance and Accounting are exclusively partnering with an Fin-tech firm in London who are looking to recruit an immediate, Qualified interim Finance Manager for 6 months.</p><p><strong>Role:</strong></p><p>Our client is looking to recruit an immediate, Qualified interim Finance Manager to join their finance team for a period of 6 months.</p><p>In this role you will be responsible for assisting our client with the following duties: </p><ul><li>Taking ownership of revenue & billings reporting</li><li>Revenue analysis and financial reporting</li><li>SOX reporting & controls</li><li>Journals review/sign-off and month-end </li><li>Detailed variance analysis & commentary</li><li>Business partnering with key stakeholders</li><li>Hands-on accounting across the finance function</li><li>Management of 2 Accounts Assistants</li></ul><p><strong>Profile:</strong></p><p class="isSelectedEnd">The successful interim Finance Manager will be qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CA) from practice who is comfortable getting stuck in, can own the revenue piece and is confident partnering with senior stakeholders.</p><p class="isSelectedEnd">You must be immediate or on a 1 weeks notice to be considered for this role. </p><p><strong>Client:</strong></p><p>Our client is a global Fin-tech firm in London who are looking to recruit an immediate, Qualified interim Finance Manager for 6 months. This is a genuinely hands-on role with ownership of revenue and billings, alongside month-end, reporting, controls and business partnering.</p><p>This role will be office based 2 days per week with 3 days working from home.</p><p><strong>Salary & Benefits:</strong></p><p>This interim Finance Manager role will be paying £425-475 per day dependant on experience.</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/TWFyeS5PUmlvcmRhbi4yMjAwNC4xMDkyM0ByaGkuYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t.gif">
- 2026-10-01T18:22:01Z
- City of London, London
- remote
- Contract
- 600 - 650 GBP / Daily
- <p>I'd update the advert to reflect what Vijaya is actually screening for and push the rate up to attract stronger Azure specialists.</p><h2>Azure DevOps Engineer / Senior DevOps Engineer | Azure, Databricks & CI/CD | £650-750/day via Umbrella | London Hybrid</h2><p>We're supporting a leading global consulting organisation seeking a <strong>hands-on Azure DevOps Engineer</strong> to join a major enterprise transformation programme.</p><p>This role is focused on the deployment, automation and support of Azure platform services, working closely with engineering, data and cloud teams to deliver robust CI/CD solutions across a modern Azure estate. We're looking for genuine Azure DevOps practitioners rather than Delivery Managers, Scrum Masters or purely infrastructure-focused consultants.</p><h3>Assignment Details</h3><ul><li>📍 London (1-2 days per week)</li><li>📅 Initial 6 months with extension potential</li><li>💷 £650-750/day via Umbrella</li><li>🚀 Immediate/short-notice starts preferred</li></ul><h3>Essential Experience</h3><ul><li>Strong hands-on <strong>Azure DevOps</strong> and/or <strong>GitHub Actions</strong> experience</li><li>Building and supporting <strong>CI/CD pipelines</strong> within Azure environments</li><li>Deploying and supporting Azure services including: <ul><li>Azure Data Factory (ADF)</li><li>Azure Databricks</li><li>Azure Synapse</li><li>Azure Data Lake</li></ul></li><li>Infrastructure as Code using: <ul><li>Terraform</li><li>Bicep</li><li>ARM Templates</li></ul></li><li>YAML pipeline development</li><li>Azure platform engineering and cloud deployments</li><li>Git version control and release automation</li><li>Experience working across production Azure environments</li></ul><h3>Desirable</h3><ul><li>AKS / Kubernetes</li><li>PowerShell or Python scripting</li><li>Azure certifications (AZ-104, AZ-400, AZ-305)</li><li>Consulting or enterprise-scale programme experience</li><li>Financial Services, Government, Retail or Enterprise experience</li></ul><h3>What We're Looking For</h3><p>The ideal candidate will demonstrate recent project experience where they have:</p><ul><li>Built or maintained Azure DevOps or GitHub deployment pipelines</li><li>Delivered Azure Data Factory and/or Databricks deployments</li><li>Worked hands-on across Azure engineering environments</li><li>Operated as a senior Azure DevOps Engineer rather than solely a people manager or project lead</li></ul><p>As part of becoming an Associate Consultant, successful candidates will be subject to financial, criminal and referencing checks.</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/Tmljb2xhcy5HZW9yZ2lvdS44OTgyMS4xMDkyM0ByaGkuYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t.gif">
- 2026-10-29T11:42:44Z
- Southampton, Hampshire
- remote
- Permanent
- 35000 - 40000 GBP / Yearly
- <p>Robert Half are pleased to be partnering with an established organisation based in <strong>Southampton</strong> to recruit a <strong>Payroll Manager</strong>. The Payroll Manager will receive a salary of up to <strong>£40,000</strong> along with other attractive benefits including <strong>hybrid remote working!</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Primary responsibilities; </strong></p><p> </p><ul><li> Process and manage payroll across multiple subsidiaries, ensuring timely and accurate salary payments.</li><li>Run weekly and monthly payrolls and prepare relevant reports.</li><li>Post payroll journal entries and reconcile salary-related balance sheet accounts.</li><li>Manage employee expense reimbursements and maintain payroll records for pensions.</li><li>Input and maintain new starter, leaver, and salary change details in the payroll system.</li><li>Ensure compliance with statutory payroll requirements, including P60s, P45s, and HMRC submissions.</li><li>Collaborate with HR and local payroll teams on special payroll arrangements and queries.</li><li>Act as the first point of contact for payroll-related queries and liaise with external payroll software providers.</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>Key experience and attributes; </strong></p><p> </p><ul><li>Proven experience in payroll management, accounts payable, and accounts receivable functions.</li><li>Strong knowledge of UK payroll regulations and familiarity with EU payroll laws.</li><li>Proficiency in payroll systems and financial software.</li><li>Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.</li><li>Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively across departments and subsidiaries.</li><li>Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet strict deadlines.</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/Sm9yZGFuLldlc3QuNTU0MzAuMTA5MjNAcmhpLmFwbGl0cmFrLmNvbQ.gif">
- 2026-11-11T16:57:19Z