Group In Greater Manchester Jobs
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Join Our Team as a Finance Team Leader!Are you an accomplished finance professional looking for a fresh opportunity? We're on the hunt for a skilled individual to lead and guide our finance team in a multifaceted role. Responsibilities: * Lead a team responsible for managing AR transactions * Ensure accurate cash flow forecasting * Present financial analyses to key stakeholders with clarity and precision * Direct the preparation of Budgets, Management and Statutory Accounts, and Forecasts * Oversee month-end close and reporting activities, ensuring timely completion * Provide insightful analysis of variances * Take charge of the P&L and Balance Sheet, maintaining a comprehensive understanding of ledger transactions, and offering strategic support to departments for optimal financial performance * Foster the growth and development of team members Qualifications/Experience: * Proficient in Excel * Attention to detail * Self-motivated * Strong analytical skills * Ability to juggle multiple priorities under tight deadlines * Accountancy qualification (ACCA/CIMA/ACA). * Excellent interpersonal and communication skills If you're ready to take the reins and lead our finance team to new heights, apply today! We offer competitive compensation and ample opportunities for professional advancement. P46950CHINDMANJ
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Customer service Administrator Greater Manchester
Permanent £23,000 - £25,000 Per Annum
Ref: P46952LF Group
Portfolio are proud to be representing our client, one of the fastest growing HR Consultancy businesses globally. As a leading technology provider, they are transforming the world of work in terms of HR and health and safety helping businesses manage their day-to-day, removing administration burden and growing their bottom line. We are looking for an experienced Customer service administrator to join the team, providing excellent customer care to clients and all associated administration. You be contacting clients via phone and VC to gain a good understanding of their needs, answering any queries they may have and maintain contact throughout the process. This is a very fast paced role, in an ever-changing environment, you will also have the opportunity to assist other departments and expand your knowledge and growth within the business. If you have experience of high-level customer service within a professional environment, good excel skills and want longevity in your next role, please apply today and we'll be in touch!Job Purpose * To deliver world class client care in order to exceed our clients' expectations and provide ongoing contact and support to clients throughout the Tribunal process to support with the Company's Retention & Growth. * Day-to-Day Responsibilities * Daily telephony/VC contact with clients to qualify the service being delivered, and to assess what additional support, if any, is required and to realise that support on their behalf. * Recording the number of client contacts made on a weekly basis to the Manager - text messages/calls/VCs. * Liaising with other departments; to ensure they take any required action, and to support with any actions within this remit where necessary to ensure delivery of quality service. * Be proactive in resolving any potential service issues, and the ability to use initiative in following up on any necessary client actions determined from direct client communications. * Recording and reporting on information and feedback obtained to relevant parties. * Support with new work allocation including the registration of new requests. * Arranging client visits for Experts and sending the relevant correspondence to both parties. * To manage the mailbox by actioning emails and inputting data onto the system and updating both parties with the correspondence. * Support with any projects geared towards continuous development of the department. * Management and maintenance of assets - reviews and updates as required. * Keeping client details up to date in all internal systems.. * All client telephone calls to be undertaken in accordance with the company standards. * All written client correspondence to contain clear, accurate and thorough information and meet required company standards. * Meet departmental and Company protocols and KPIs. What you Bring to the Team * A total commitment to client service. * A bright, enthusiastic outlook, a "can-do" attitude, a thirst for knowledge and the ability to communicate effectively within the team. * Ability to work in a fast-paced environment. * Strong customer-facing and telephone experience and time management skills. * A dynamic and flexible approach, as well as the ability…
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Financial Controls Accountant Greater Manchester
Permanent £40,000 - £45,000 Per Annum
Ref: P46744CHR1 Group
Financial Controls Specialist Wanted!! Are you ready to be a driving force in revolutionizing financial controls? We're seeking a skilled Financial Controls Specialist to join our esteemed team. The ClientFor nearly four decades my client has been the go-to support for UK businesses in HR, Health and Safety, wellbeing, legal insurance and more. They have revolutionised employment law, sparing employers from expensive legal fees. Based in the Manchester head office, they offer more than just a job. It's an invitation to a world of professional growth and collaboration. As a member of the Group Finance team, you'll engage with local finance teams across the subsidiaries and occasionally embark on international ventures. Your Role * Conduct rigorous testing and refinement of financial controls and procedures across all group companies * Identify weaknesses and spearhead improvements in collaboration with the Reporting and Controls Manager * Assist in shaping policies and procedures for future enhancements * Dive deep into key accounting estimates and operational KPIs, ensuring accuracy and clarity * Play a vital role in the preparation of annual statutory accounts and external audits Your Profile * Prior experience in internal or external audit roles is essential * Exceptional organizational skills to manage multiple priorities and meet strict deadlines * Meticulous attention to detail and a strong analytical mindset * Sound knowledge of financial reporting procedures and technical accounting concepts * Proficiency in Excel for data manipulation, analysis, and presentation * Ability to make informed decisions independently * Excellent verbal and written communication skills, fostering effective relationships with subsidiary finance teams * Possession of a recognized professional accountancy qualification or active pursuit thereof P46744CHR1INDMANS
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Principal Business Analyst Greater Manchester
Permanent £60,000 - £65,000 Per Annum
Ref: P971098NBR Group
Portfolio are proud to be exclusively representing an award-wining, Software provider based in the heart of Manchester, providing people solutions to over 50,000 clients worldwide.Our client is looking for a Principal Business Analyst To support the business in the elicitation of, and the understanding and valuing of ideas they have for features. To support the product team in the description of the feature, what makes it valuable, who gets the value and what makes it acceptable. You will be working alongside a variety of stakeholders and will report to the Lea Business Analyst. Key Responsibilities/Skills: * Elicit, elaborate and maintain vision, drivers and CSF's * Identify stakeholders, their role and engage them to determine their needs * Breakdown features into independent features that have value, can be estimated, are appropriately sized and testable * Build maintain and communicate a release strategy that maximises opportunities for incremental delivery * Support the product owner in development of a release plan * Elaborate requirements collaboratively with other members of the team and the stakeholders * Express the requirement as a suitably sized feature that is independent where the value is clear the feature can be estimated and tested * Maintain a backlog of change that is elaborated at an appropriate level for the part of the development cycle that the feature is at * Maintain a catalogue of NFR's * Negotiate features to balance complexity, speed to market and other competing pressures with stakeholders and team members * Support testing of features by being the requirement authority for a feature * Have sufficient detail to plan the feature when appropriate. * You take responsibility for the entire lifecycle of delivery from idea, marketing, sales and operation * Manage your own training requirements * Attend industry events and share the value with your colleagues Benefits: * 25 days' holiday, plus bank holidays. * Day off on your birthday. * Perkbox discounts. * Holidays increase after 2 and 5 years' service. * Pension Plan and Life Insurance. * Access to Employee Assistance Programme. * Company incentives, access to discount schemes. * Profit Share Scheme. P971098NBRINDMANS
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Portfolio are proud to be exclusively representing our award-wining, multinational professional services client in their search for a Frontend Developer. Day to day Responsibilities: * You make realistic commitments that you are confident of meeting and strive to do so. * Maintain and improve engineering practice. * Maintain and improve software quality for features built (TDD, Pairing, Peer Review, Static Analysis). * Support the product owner and Development Lead in the provision of estimates that are at an appropriate level of fidelity for the phase in the development lifecycle. * Support the QA in identifying describing and resolving defects. * Support the BA in the elaboration of requirements. * You take responsibility for the entire lifecycle of delivery from idea, marketing, sales and operation. * Manage your own training requirements. * Attend industry events and share the value with your Key Skills: * knows React (with experience in the Gatsby and NextJS frameworks) * experience in building marketing websites (and website SEO knowledge would be great as well) * Knowledge around continuous integration, services like Azure Devops * has experience with unit and cypress testing * experience working in an agile environment would be good * knowledge of graphql, as well as any CMS experience (we use DatoCMS) If you're interested, please apply and drop me an email at nandini.bhatia@theportfoliogroup.co.uk! P45748NBR3INDMANS
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Portfolio are proud to be exclusively representing an award-wining, Software provider based in the heart of Manchester, providing people solutions to over 50,000 clients worldwide.In this role our client is looking for a candidate that possess an ability to work in cross-functional product teams, in a truly agile way, delivering small increments of value to our customers very frequently. An Ideal candidate would have experience of REST, JSON and how to build clean architecture with TDD and BDD for mobile platforms.The ideal candidate will have a positive, 'can-do' attitude, with a thirst for knowledge and the ability communicate knowledge effectively and work within a team. Key Responsibilities/Skills: * Ensure that the initiative has a coherent Definition of Done and that your features are met. * Able to communicate a complicated problem succinctly accurately and coherently to a team with different skill sets. * Exhibit cross functional behaviour and support other competencies within the company. * Able to negotiate and compromise solutions and find the balance between best practice, expediency and longer-term maintenance costs. * Demonstrate, discuss and permeate current good practice in the skills specific to your professional family across other members of your professional family. * Propose new technology, process or tooling to improve efficiency being aware of the future maintenance costs and consistency across other product teams. * You make realistic commitments that you are confident of meeting and strive to do so. * Maintain and improve engineering practice. * Maintain and improve software quality for features built (TDD, Pairing, Peer Review, Static Analysis) * Support the product owner and Development Lead in the provision of estimates that are at an appropriate level of fidelity for the phase in the development lifecycle. * Support the QA in identifying describing and resolving defects. * Support the BA in the elaboration of requirements. * You take responsibility for the entire lifecycle of delivery from idea, marketing, sales and operation. * Manage your own training requirements. * Attend industry events and share the value with your Benefits: * 25 days' holiday, plus bank holidays. * Day off on your birthday. * Perkbox discounts. * Holidays increase after 2- and 5-years' service. * Pension Plan and Life Insurance. * Access to Employee Assistance Programme. * Company incentives, access to discount schemes. * Profit Share Scheme. P971080NBR2INDMANS
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Business Development Manager Greater Manchester
Permanent £27,000 - £35,000 Per Annum
Ref: P45776KO Group
Job Title: Business Development ManagerSalary: £27,000 - £35,000 = Realistic OTE £80,000 - Top earners earn up to £120,000Job Location: Manchester City centrePosted: 11th March 2024 What's in it for you? * Basic Salary plus uncapped commissions * Annual Trip abroad for top earners - the team have just returned from 4 nights in Monaco! * 25 days' holiday, plus bank holidays * Day off on your birthday * Daily, weekly, and monthly incentives, games, and prizes * Profit Share Bonus * Fun Fridays, Free breakfasts, and social events * Robust training, plus ongoing training, and support * Vibrant offices in the heart of Manchester City Centre, close to Victoria Station * Perkbox discounts * Holidays increase after continuous service. * Pension Plan and Life Insurance after continuous service. * Access to Employee Assistance Programme - 24/7 confidential help and advice from expert advisors and counsellors The Role:We are recruiting a Business Development Manager, who is focused on success, commitment, and a passion for sales. Within this role, you will be expected to sit appointments, set by you or our Wellbeing Executives (SDRs), and liaise with potential clients to hold a live demonstration of our products and services. You will build, maintain, and manage a pipeline of prospective clients and close new business. You should have previous experience within a similar role, ideally in a B2B outbound sales role. We will support you and offer a clear progression plan, meaning that you will understand what it takes to be a high performer in Health Assured and how you can achieve your career goals with us.Key requirements: * At least 1 full professional year of BDM or closing experience. * Proven, track record of Business Development experience. * Passionate about sales: Whether it's hitting targets, the power of persuasion with superb negotiation skills, or figuring out what makes people tick - sales is what gives you energy! * Tech Savvy! You're going to be providing Online Demos so need to be exceptional in your computer/ IT skills. * Keeping the momentum of conversations going, and not letting things slip through the net. * A self-starter: You can work alone but also motivate and influence other teams when needed. * Resilient, determined & adaptable. * Strong written, verbal, interpersonal and presentation skills, and an ability to interact with diverse audiences. This is an amazing opportunity for an experienced BDM looking for a new challenge. Fantastic perks include frequent incentives, increasing holiday entitlement with years of service, annual trips for top earners, the opportunity for progression in a vibrant office environment and uncapped commission.If you have experience of end-to-end sales and online demos - your experience along with the specialised training provided could have you in the most successful position you've been in. Some of the top-performing BDMs are taking home 200K a year. With an unrivalled track record of incredibly strong year-on-year growth of its subscription model business, our client supports over 70,000 organizations globally. Part of a global Group, with 14…
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Telephone Counsellor Greater Manchester
Permanent £27,000 - £31,000 Per Annum
Ref: P970309LS4R15 Group
Portfolio are proud to be exclusively representing our Client who are a trusted health and wellbeing network who have been making a positive difference in over 15 million lives, in their search to add an Helpline Counsellor to their team. Our client offers the most comprehensive employee assistance programme on the market, giving 24/7 caring and compassionate support services to employers from organisations of all sizes, across the private, public and non-profit sector, to business partners, individual users, employees and their family members.The role requires high levels of professional standards whilst working in a telephone environment, adhering to the company's core values and achieving daily goals. The counsellor will work on a 24/7 helpline, providing in the moment emotional support to individuals, conducting clinical assessments and signposting to specialised support services. The counsellor will also have an active caseload of structured telephone and/ or video counselling clients, including Online CBT clients and Power to Recover clients. Job OverviewProviding immediate emotional support and guidance to callers on the 24/7 helpline - completing clinical assessments and signposting appropriately. The Wellbeing Practitioner will complete risk assessments and work in line with the BACP code of ethics - ensuring the highest level of service and support is provided to callers. The role also includes an allocated day of structured telephone/ video counselling clients - hour can be counted towards BACP accreditation. Day to Day Responsibilities as a EAP Counsellor: * To provide an efficient and effective telephone counselling service to all callers * To answer all calls within 8 seconds and triage to determine the most appropriate type of support required; demonstrating a thorough understanding of the Health Assured products legal advice, counselling support, medical helpline etc * To demonstrate an ability to work with a variety of individuals and presenting issues, including those who are distressed and/or at risk * Provide "In the moment support" to callers, adopting a Solution Focused approach and achieving a one call resolution * To take accurate information and record on the companies data base * Conduct full and robust clinical assessments in accordance with Health Assured's procedures, ensuring the most clinically appropriate support is identified * To effectively identify and manage risk in accordance with Health Assured's "Risk Guidance Policy" * To undertake training provided by Health Assured and to utilise appropriate skills within calls, working with trauma, working with suicide, clinical assessment, safe guarding etc * Work to and exceed individual and team goals as per the KPI framework * Personally, ensure all call backs and queues are efficiently managed and ensure individual actions do not impact upon the availability of the service * To maintain an active caseload of STC/ Video clients, including online CBT and Power to * Recover clients - up to 6 clients on an allocated day * Demonstrate the ability to provide excellent customer service at all times Essential Skills and Competencies: * Minimum diploma level 4 in Counselling & minimum of 100 counselling hours * To be a member of…
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Development Lead (Full Stack) Greater Manchester
Permanent £75,000 - £80,000 Per Annum
Ref: P46623NB Group
Job PurposeTo manage the team of developers supported by analysis, development, test, and delivery management skills in assuring that the features that the team builds are valuable and at a high level of quality. To derive metrics that allow schedule predictions to be made with a good understanding of the fidelity. To assure the team has the appropriate skills, process, and practice to achieve a successful outcome. To manage the professional development of the team of developers. This individual will report to our Associate Director - Payroll as well as matrix reporting into the CTO. What you will bring to the team * Experience of leading a software delivery team to delivery business ideas into production as high-quality working software. * Experience of line managing direct reports and supporting them to meet their career aspirations. * Still hands on regarding development practices, being able to lead by example in terms of developing solutions. * A strong development background utilising back-end technologies including C# Azure Functions / Framework / SQL Server and/or front-end development in React or similar. * Experience working and building solutions within Azure. Desirable - Logic Apps. * Able to communicate a complicated problem accurately and coherently to a team with different skill sets. * Able to negotiate and compromise solutions and find the balance between best practice, expediency, and longer-term maintenance costs. * Strong leader able to motivate and inspire a broad technology team. * Ensure that the initiative has a coherent Definition of Done and that your features are met. * Propose new technology, process, or tooling to improve efficiency being aware of the future maintenance costs and consistency across other product teams. P46623NBINDMANS