<h2 data-path-to-node="0">The Company</h2><p data-path-to-node="1" id="p-rc_6a41091968a3b6fc-126">My client is a premier venue and live events business based in East London. Following major expansion projects and the rollout of new leisure districts, this flagship organisation welcomes millions of visitors every year across a diverse portfolio of world-class events. Driven by a collaborative, values-led culture, they are now looking to recruit an ambitious Financial Controller to join their four-person finance leadership structure.</p><h2 data-path-to-node="2">The Role</h2><p id="p-rc_6a41091968a3b6fc-127" data-path-to-node="3">Reporting directly to the CFO, this role takes full ownership of the integrity, accuracy, and efficiency of the group's core accounting records and General Ledger. Managing a direct team of four and partnering with senior heads across 25 operational departments, you will play a central role in maintaining financial discipline and modernising core systems.</p><p data-path-to-node="4">Key responsibilities include:</p><ul data-path-to-node="5"><li><p data-path-to-node="5,0,0" id="p-rc_6a41091968a3b6fc-128">Inspiring, coaching, and setting clear direction for a team of four covering Accounts Payable, Revenue & Credit, Cashier, and Management Accounts.</p></li><li><p id="p-rc_6a41091968a3b6fc-129" data-path-to-node="5,1,0">Overseeing group accounting operations, maintaining robust financial controls, and collaborating with internal audit and compliance teams.</p></li><li><p data-path-to-node="5,2,0" id="p-rc_6a41091968a3b6fc-130">Driving system optimisation and process automation across the finance function, leveraging modern IT tools and AI solutions where appropriate.</p></li><li><p data-path-to-node="5,3,0" id="p-rc_6a41091968a3b6fc-131">Managing working capital, balance sheet reconciliations, treasury, and inputs into monthly cash flow forecasting.</p></li><li><p data-path-to-node="5,4,0" id="p-rc_6a41091968a3b6fc-132">Partnering with senior managers across 25 operational business functions to ensure financial accuracy at every level.</p></li></ul><h2 data-path-to-node="6">Your Profile</h2><p data-path-to-node="7">To be successful in this role, you will be a qualified finance leader who thrives when managing people, tightening controls, and driving digital transformation.</p><p data-path-to-node="8">Essential criteria:</p><ul data-path-to-node="9"><li><p id="p-rc_6a41091968a3b6fc-133" data-path-to-node="9,0,0">Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA) with several years of post-qualification experience in industry or commerce.</p></li><li><p data-path-to-node="9,1,0" id="p-rc_6a41091968a3b6fc-134">Proven track record of leading, mentoring, and developing direct reports within a finance function.</p></li><li><p data-path-to-node="9,2,0" id="p-rc_6a41091968a3b6fc-135">Strong track record of achievements over 3-5 years in a Financial Controller or Finance Manager role.</p></li><li><p data-path-to-node="9,3,0" id="p-rc_6a41091968a3b6fc-136">Hands-on experience driving finance system improvements, process automation, or digital transformation initiatives.</p></li><li><p id="p-rc_6a41091968a3b6fc-137" data-path-to-node="9,4,0">Advanced Excel capabilities and overall technical fluency, with a tech-forward mindset around automation.</p></li><li><p id="p-rc_6a41091968a3b6fc-138" data-path-to-node="9,5,0">Confident communication and influencing skills, with the ability to articulate complex financial information clearly to non-finance stakeholders.</p></li></ul><h2 data-path-to-node="10">Salary & Benefits</h2><ul data-path-to-node="11"><li><p data-path-to-node="1,0,0">Salary: £90,000 - £100,000 per annum</p></li><li><p data-path-to-node="1,1,0">Bonus: Up to 20% performance-related bonus</p></li><li><p data-path-to-node="1,2,0">Working Model: 4 days per week in their East London office (free on-site car parking provided)</p></li><li><p data-path-to-node="1,3,0">Pension: Matched pension scheme with up to 15% company contribution</p></li><li><p data-path-to-node="1,4,0">Healthcare & Wellbeing: Private Health Insurance (AXA), biennial Nuffield Health assessment, free on-site gym, and an Employee Assistance Programme</p></li><li><p data-path-to-node="1,5,0">Financial Security: Life Assurance (4x salary) and Income Protection (75% of salary for up to 2 years)</p></li><li><p data-path-to-node="1,6,0">Holidays & Perks: 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, season ticket loan, and cycle to work schem</p></li><li><p data-path-to-node="11,0,0"> </p></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/SmVybWFpbmUuTHluY2guODgwMTQuMTA5MjNAcmhpLmFwbGl0cmFrLmNvbQ.gif">
<p><strong>Commercial Director | Energy & Infrastructure | Central London or Leeds (Hybrid Working) | Up to £140,000 | Permanent Role</strong></p><p> </p><p>Robert Half is partnering with a rapidly growing energy and decarbonisation business operating across complex infrastructure, engineering and building services projects throughout the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The business works extensively across the public sector, including healthcare, universities and other complex live environments, and is entering an important period of growth and transformation.</p><p> </p><p>This is a senior leadership opportunity reporting directly to the Managing Director and sitting on the Senior Leadership Team. You'll lead the Commercial, Procurement and Document Control functions, while playing a key role in strengthening commercial capability, improving processes and governance, and supporting the continued growth of the business.</p><p> </p><p><strong>📊</strong><strong> About the Position</strong></p><p> </p><p>As Commercial Director, you'll lead a sizeable team, with four direct reports, and act as a key commercial partner to the wider leadership team.</p><p> </p><p>The business has grown quickly, and the processes and structures across the Commercial function now need to develop in line with the scale and complexity of the projects being delivered. <strong>This role will therefore have a strong transformation and process improvement focus</strong>, with the opportunity to build a more mature, consistent and commercially controlled function.</p><p> </p><p>Day-to-day, you'll:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Lead and develop the Commercial, Procurement and Document Control teams, creating greater accountability, consistency and capability across the function.<br /> * Partner closely with Operations as a trusted commercial adviser throughout the project lifecycle.<br /> * Own commercial, contractual and supply-chain risk across a complex project portfolio.<br /> * Lead the transformation of commercial processes, governance, controls and ways of working.<br /> * Improve project profitability, forecasting accuracy and cash generation.<br /> * Lead major client and supplier negotiations, including complex contractual arrangements.<br /> * Provide commercial guidance across NEC4, JCT and bespoke contracts.<br /> * Oversee commercial disputes, claims and contractual risk where required.<br /> * Develop a strategic procurement function, strengthening supplier relationships and delivering greater value from the supply chain.<br /> * Work closely with Finance and systems teams to improve commercial reporting, processes and ERP integration.<br /> * Build the commercial structures, processes and accountability required to support the next stage of business growth.</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>📋</strong><strong> What We're Looking For</strong></p><p> </p><ul><li>Significant senior commercial experience within construction or building services.<br /> * Strong principal contractor experience, ideally from a Tier 1 construction or M&E environment.<br /> * Strong knowledge of NEC4 and JCT contracts.<br /> * Proven experience managing commercial, contractual, operational and supply-chain risk.<br /> <strong>* Demonstrable experience of transformation and process improvement within a growing or changing organisation.</strong><br /> * A track record of improving commercial performance, governance, processes and accountability.<br /> * Experience leading and developing commercial teams.<br /> * A hands-on, commercially sharp approach, with the confidence to challenge the business and make decisions.<br /> * Strong understanding of the commercial and operational complexities of project-led businesses.<br /> * Comfortable operating in a lean environment where you are expected to build, improve and deliver rather than rely on a large support structure.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>🤝 <strong>Here's What's Waiting for You</strong></p><p> </p><ul><li>Up to £140,000 base salary.<br /> * Hybrid working from either London or Leeds.<br /> * Approximately three days per week in the office.<br /> * Direct exposure to the Managing Director and Senior Leadership Team.<br /> * Leadership responsibility for a large team across Commercial, Procurement and Document Control.<br /> * Genuine ownership of the commercial transformation agenda.<br /> * The opportunity to shape processes, governance and commercial capability within a growing business.<br /> * Exposure to significant public-sector energy and infrastructure projects.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>💼 <strong>Why This Role Could Be Your Next Move</strong></p><p> </p><p>This is far more than a traditional Commercial Director role.The business has grown rapidly, and the next stage of its development requires stronger commercial foundations, more consistent processes and greater accountability across the function.</p><p> </p><p>You'll have the opportunity to build that capability rather than simply inherit an established structure. Working closely with Operations and the wider leadership team, you'll shape how the Commercial function operates, improve commercial governance and help the business respond effectively to the increasing scale and complexity of its projects.</p><p> </p><p>For an experienced Commercial Director, Head of Commercial or Senior Commercial Manager ready to step up, this offers the opportunity to combine strategic influence with genuine hands-on responsibility and make a tangible impact on the commercial maturity of a growing energy and infrastructure 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/T2xpdmVyLldvbmcuMjYyMzkuMTA5MjNAcmhpLmFwbGl0cmFrLmNvbQ.gif">
<p><strong>Group Financial Reporting Transformation Lead | Major UK Retailer | Central London or Manchester (Hybrid Working) | Up to £115,000 | Permanent Role</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Please note: candidates must be available to start by December 2026.</strong></p><p> </p><p>Robert Half is currently recruiting for a Group Financial Reporting Transformation Lead on behalf of a major UK retailer undergoing a significant transformation of its Finance function and the way Group Financial Reporting operates across the organisation.</p><p> </p><p>This is a senior opportunity for an experienced Group Reporting professional to join the business at an important stage of its transformation journey. You'll bring strong listed-company reporting experience and use it to help shape how the organisation consolidates, reports and governs its financial information for the future.</p><p> </p><p>The role offers the opportunity to step beyond traditional BAU reporting and work at the centre of a major change programme, influencing processes, controls, governance and ways of working across a large and complex organisation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>📊</strong><strong> About the Position</strong></p><p> </p><p>As Group Financial Reporting Transformation Lead, you'll take ownership of a key Group Reporting workstream and act as the subject matter expert across Consolidation, Group Reporting and External Reporting.</p><p> </p><p>You'll work closely with senior leadership and a broad range of stakeholders across Finance, Technology, Audit and Transformation. Your experience will be particularly important in ensuring that the future operating model reflects the practical realities of running Group Reporting within a complex listed business.</p><p> </p><p>This is not a pure transformation or systems role. The successful candidate will have spent a significant part of their career actually running and owning Group Reporting, and will now have the opportunity to apply that experience to how the function operates in the future.</p><p> </p><p>Day-to-day, you'll:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Lead the future design of Group Consolidation, Group Reporting and External Reporting.</li><li>Use your practical experience to shape reporting processes, controls, governance and ways of working.</li><li>Provide subject matter expertise across IFRS consolidation, intercompany, group adjustments and statutory reporting.</li><li>Partner with senior Finance, Technology, Audit and Transformation stakeholders, acting as the bridge between technical reporting requirements and practical delivery.</li><li>Identify opportunities to simplify, standardise and improve existing Group Reporting processes.</li><li>Challenge existing ways of working and help create a more efficient, controlled and scalable reporting environment.</li><li>Support implementation, testing, transition and the first reporting cycles within the new operating model.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>📋</strong><strong> What We're Looking For</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li>ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified.</li><li>Significant post-qualified experience in <strong>Group Reporting, Group Consolidation or External Reporting</strong>.</li><li><strong> Strong experience gained within a large listed, multinational or similarly complex organisation.</strong></li><li>Deep and recent knowledge of <strong>IFRS Group Reporting, consolidation, statutory reporting, intercompany and group adjustments</strong>.</li><li>Experience working across multiple entities, business units and/or jurisdictions.</li><li>A genuine hands-on Group Reporting professional who understands the challenges of running a complex reporting function.</li><li><strong> Experience of leading change, improving processes or supporting a significant Finance transformation would be advantageous.</strong></li><li><strong>Must be available to start by December 2026.</strong></li></ul><p> </p><p>🤝<strong> Here's What's Waiting for You</strong></p><p> </p><ul><li>Up to £115,000 base salary.</li><li>Hybrid working from either Central London or Manchester (3 days per week in the office)</li><li>Genuine ownership of a critical Group Reporting workstream.</li><li>The opportunity to influence the future operating model for Group Finance.</li><li>A role combining technical Group Reporting expertise with transformation, change and stakeholder leadership.</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>💼</strong><strong> Why This Role Could Be Your Next Move</strong></p><p> </p><p>For someone who has spent years managing complex reporting cycles within a listed environment, this is an opportunity to take that experience and use it to shape what comes next.</p><p> </p><p>You'll be joining a major UK retailer at a significant point in its Finance journey, with the opportunity to influence how Group Reporting operates across the organisation rather than simply inheriting an established process.</p><p> </p><p>The scale of the business means you'll be dealing with complex group structures, multiple entities and significant reporting requirements, while working alongside senior Finance stakeholders on a transformation that will have a lasting impact.</p><p> </p><p>For an experienced Group Reporting Senior Manager, Head of Group Reporting or equivalent who wants to broaden their experience beyond BAU reporting, this offers the opportunity to combine deep technical expertise with genuine transformation exposure and have a visible impact.</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/T2xpdmVyLldvbmcuMjA2NDAuMTA5MjNAcmhpLmFwbGl0cmFrLmNvbQ.gif">
<p style="margin: 0in; margin-left: .375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;">Role</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;">Audit employee records in Workday, identifying and correcting inaccuracies, duplicates and missing data</li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;">Run and review Workday reports to flag inconsistencies against HR policies and data standards</li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;">Liaise with HR and People teams to resolve queries and keep records up to date</li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;">Document findings and track progress, providing regular updates on data quality improvements</li></ul><p style="margin: 0in; margin-left: .375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in; margin-left: .375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Profile</p><p style="margin: 0in; margin-left: .375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">A detail-oriented HRIS Data Coordinator with hands-on Workday experience, spanning data auditing, record maintenance, and HR reporting. Proven at building strong working relationships with HR, People, and wider business teams to keep employee data accurate, consistent, and compliant. Skilled in identifying and resolving data discrepancies, running reports against defined standards, and documenting findings clearly, all while delivering to tight deadlines in fast-paced, project-driven environments.</p><p style="margin: 0in; margin-left: .375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in; margin-left: .375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;">Company</p><p style="margin: 0in; margin-left: .375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;">Our client is an exciting hospitality business, seeking a proactive Interim HR Data Coordinator to join them on an immediate 3- month contract.</p><p style="margin: 0in; margin-left: .375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in; margin-left: .375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;">Rate</p><p style="margin: 0in; margin-left: .375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">This Workday HRIS Data Coordinator role offers circa £20-£25 per hour depending on experience. This is a 3-month contract. Please note: applicants must be UK-based and available to work 3-5 days per week in the Mayfair office.</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/UmVtaS5HYXkuMzI1NTEuMTA5MjNAcmhpLmFwbGl0cmFrLmNvbQ.gif">