44 jobs found in Paignton

Your new company A well-established organisation based in Torbay is seeking temporary support within its finance team during a particularly busy period. Operating within a fast-paced environment, the business is looking for an organised and detail-oriented individual to support day-to-day accounts payable activities. Your new roleAs an Accounts Payable Assistant, you will play a key role in supporting the finance team with the accurate processing of financial transactions and supplier records. Your responsibilities will include: Processing high volumes of supplier invoices Matching invoices against supporting documentation Maintaining accurate financial records and data entry Reconciling supplier statements and resolving discrepancies Assisting with payment runs Handling supplier and invoice queries Supporting the wider finance team with administrative duties as required Ensuring compliance with internal processes and proceduresWhat you'll need to succeed To be successful in...

Interim Finance OfficerExeter Area | 24 Hours Per Week | 3 Days Onsite | Up to £23.44 Per Hour | Interim Contract Are you an experienced Finance Officer looking for a varied and hands-on interim opportunity? We are recruiting an Interim Finance Officer to provide key support within a busy finance function based in the Exeter area. This is a 24-hour per week role, working 3 days onsite, with flexibility around which days are worked.This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys a broad finance role and is comfortable working across accounts administration, payments, invoicing, reconciliations and stakeholder support. Key Responsibilities Monitor bank accounts, review transactions and download monthly bank statements. Manage the finance inbox and respond to internal and external queries. Coordinate weekly payment runs, including invoice processing, coding, approvals and bank payments. Raise and manage purchase orders. Administer company credit card transactions and...

Interim Finance Business Partner 📍 Exeter (Hybrid Working Available) 💰 Up to £250 per day 📅 12-Month Contract ⏰ Immediate Start Available Hays are delighted to be partnering with a highly regarded education organisation in Exeter to recruit an experienced Interim Finance Business Partner on a long-term contract basis. This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially focused finance professional to join a collaborative finance team and play a key role in supporting financial performance across a complex and evolving organisation. The RoleReporting into senior finance leadership, you will work closely with budget holders and operational stakeholders, providing meaningful financial insight and support to aid strategic decision-making. Key responsibilities will include: Producing monthly management accounts and financial reports. Leading budgeting, forecasting and planning processes. Providing detailed financial analysis and performance commentary. Business partnering with senior...

Finance Assistant We are currently recruiting for a Finance Assistant to join a local authority's Finance & Procurement team. This is a great opportunity for someone with strong attention to detail and experience in financial administration, transactional processing and supporting budget monitoring. Key Responsibilities Raise and manage purchase orders. Process and resolve supplier invoice queries. Maintain accurate financial records and information. Act as a point of contact for finance-related queries within Children's Services. Support budget holders with financial systems and information. Assist with budget monitoring through the analysis of financial data. Ensure financial regulations and procedures are followed. Support Finance Business Partners with financial information and ad hoc analysis. Assist with wider finance projects and service improvements. About You Experience working with financial processes, including purchase orders and invoices. Experience...

This Interim Financial Controller role in Portsmouth industrial/manufacturing sector is all about keeping the finance department running smoothly. You'll oversee financial operations, ensuring accuracy and compliance while supporting the business with key insights. Client Details A company operating in the industrial/manufacturing sector and based in Portsmouth. With close links to the M27, the offices are located in a highly commutable area for those who drive and also those travelling by public transport. Description Manage the daily financial operations, ensuring accuracy and efficiency. Prepare and review financial reports for internal and external stakeholders. Ensure compliance with financial regulations and company policies. Oversee budgeting and forecasting processes. Provide financial analysis to support decision-making across the business. Coordinate with external auditors and manage year-end audits. Identify process improvements to enhance financial workflows. Lead...

Senior Finance Manager About the Role We are seeking an experienced and hands-on Finance Manager to join an established and growing organisation on an 8-month fixed-term contract, providing maternity cover. Reporting to the Commercial Director, you will take responsibility for the day-to-day management of the finance function across three business entities, while providing accurate financial insight and commercial support to senior stakeholders. This is a broad and hands-on role, combining financial leadership, management reporting, cash management, financial controls and operational finance. You will play a key role in ensuring the smooth running of the finance function, maintaining strong financial governance and supporting the wider business through meaningful financial insight. The successful candidate will be comfortable operating at both a strategic and operational level, with the ability to take ownership, identify opportunities for improvement and deliver results in a...

Finance Manager About the Role We are seeking an experienced and hands-on Finance Manager to join an established and growing organisation on an 8-month fixed-term contract, providing maternity cover. Reporting to the Commercial Director, you will take responsibility for the day-to-day management of the finance function across three business entities, while providing accurate financial insight and commercial support to senior stakeholders. This is a broad and hands-on role, combining financial leadership, management reporting, cash management, financial controls and operational finance. You will play a key role in ensuring the smooth running of the finance function, maintaining strong financial governance and supporting the wider business through meaningful financial insight. The successful candidate will be comfortable operating at both a strategic and operational level, with the ability to take ownership, identify opportunities for improvement and deliver results in a...

Finance Manager About the Role We are seeking an experienced and hands-on Finance Manager to join an established and growing organisation on an 8-month fixed-term contract, providing maternity cover. Reporting to the Commercial Director, you will take responsibility for the day-to-day management of the finance function across three business entities, while providing accurate financial insight and commercial support to senior stakeholders. This is a broad and hands-on role, combining financial leadership, management reporting, cash management, financial controls and operational finance. You will play a key role in ensuring the smooth running of the finance function, maintaining strong financial governance and supporting the wider business through meaningful financial insight. The successful candidate will be comfortable operating at both a strategic and operational level, with the ability to take ownership, identify opportunities for improvement and deliver results in a...

Finance & Data Analytics Lead Bristol/Hybrid 6 month contract Salary from £80,000pa DOE, Day Rate via Umbrella Company also available Pontoon is an employment consultancy, we put expertise, energy, and enthusiasm into improving everyone's chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identifies, and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills, and unique experience in an inclusive environment that helps them thrive. My client powers businesses of all sizes to make, take and manage payments. They are a global leader in financial technology with unique capabilities to power omni-commerce. Whether online, in store or mobile, they are at the heart of great commerce experiences in 146 countries and across 135 currencies. They help our customers become more efficient, more secure and more successful. We are seeking an experienced Finance & Data Analytics Lead...

Interim Head of Finance - Ongoing Assignment We're looking for a qualified, hands-on Interim Head of Finance to join a growing SME on an ongoing interim basis, working closely with key stakeholders and taking ownership of the finance function. This is a role for someone who can hit the ground running, bring strong financial control and commercial insight, and isn't afraid to get stuck in. The role Lead and maintain strong financial control, including month-end close. Take ownership of VAT queries across multiple countries. Control and monitor the financial plan, including understanding how projects and business decisions impact forecasts. Own financial planning, modelling and forecasting. Monitor performance against plan and provide clear insight to key stakeholders. Liaise with the bank and external stakeholders as required. Act as a proactive problem-solver and trusted finance partner to the business. About you You'll be a qualified accountant with experience at Financial...

As a Temporary AP Clerk (Part Time) you'll handle essential accounts payable tasks, ensuring smooth financial operations. Based on the Isle of Wight, this temporary role plays a key part in keeping the finance department running efficiently. Client Details A successful company, located on the Isle of Wight. Description Processing invoices and ensuring accuracy in data entry. Reconciling supplier statements and resolving discrepancies. Preparing payment runs and maintaining records. Handling queries from suppliers and internal teams. Ensuring compliance with company policies and financial regulations. Supporting the finance team with general administrative tasks.Profile A successful Temporary AP Clerk (Part Time) should have: Previous experience in accounts payable or a similar role. Strong attention to detail and organisational skills. Proficiency in financial software and Microsoft Office, especially Excel. Good communication skills for liaising with internal and external...

Interim Financial Accountant - Cirencester We're supporting a client based on the outskirts of Swindon who are looking for an experienced Interim Financial Accountant to join their finance team from September through to around December. The main focus of the role will be audit preparation, supporting the completion of the consolidated statutory accounts and the accounts for four group companies, seeing the process through to completion of the audit. Alongside this, you'll provide general support to the Financial Controller and wider finance team, getting involved in management accounts, reporting, VAT returns and anything else that needs doing. We're looking for someone well-rounded, hands-on and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment. This would suit someone who enjoys contracting, can hit the ground running and is happy to get stuck in wherever needed. To apply for the role please contact Lucy on (phone number removed) or click on apply

Audit Support and Financial Control Accountant - Llansanttfraid Temporary 6 months Interim - Llansantffraid (Hyrbid) Wynnstay is seeking an experienced finance professional to provide additional support to the Financial Control team during a period of increased activity. The primary focus of the role is to support external audit preparation, review and enhance financial controls, strengthen balance sheet integrity, and assist with month-end reporting activities across the Group. The role will work closely with the Group Financial Controller, Finance Managers and wider finance team to ensure key financial processes operate effectively, reconciliations are completed and reviewed on a timely basis, audit requirements are efficiently managed, and financial records remain accurate and robust. This is a hands-on role requiring strong technical accounting skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work effectively across multiple entities and finance processes....

Financial Reporting Analyst | Oxfordshire A well-established organisation in Oxfordshire is looking for a Senior Financial Regulations Reporting Analyst to join its finance team. This is a specialist role focused on ensuring full compliance with an externally imposed financial regulatory framework, including detailed spend cap requirements. You will work closely with the Financial Regulations Reporting and Compliance Manager and the wider finance team, supporting decision-making up to CFO and senior leadership level. What you will be doing Preparing compliant regulatory submissions, ensuring they are accurate, on time and audit-ready Collating and analysing data to support CFO responses and requests for clarification from the regulator Supporting external audits, including agreed upon procedures, and producing the documentation and working papers behind them Building and maintaining monthly actuals reporting against the cap as part of the wider finance reporting cycle...

About the Business An excellent opportunity to join a manufacturing business as an Interim Financial Controller, based in Bromyard, Worcestershire and working hybrid with just 1 day a week on site. You will join at an exciting time, with lots of growth on the horizon. The role is initially 6 months, with a strong chance of it being extended. Main Duties: As an Interim Financial Controller, your main duties include: Month-End & Financial Reporting * Sign off the monthly management accounts and the commentary within the profit report before it reaches the Board, making sure both the numbers and the narrative stand up to challenge * Review balance sheet reconciliations across the UK entities, clearing down ageing and unsupported items * Run the monthly sales review, explaining and commenting on movements against prior year * Take ownership of UK transfer pricing and ensure intercompany treatment is applied consistently * Complete ONS statistical returns and...

Business Analyst - Lending / Underwriting Transformation Contract: 3 months, likely extension Rate: £500 - £585 per day insideIR35 Location: Reading - Hybrid - 2-3 days per week We are looking for an experienced Business Analyst with lending and/or underwriting experience to support a major financial services transformation programme. Our client is transitioning to a third-party lending platform and requires a BA to help assess existing underwriting processes, define future ways of working and translate business needs into clear technology requirements. You will work alongside an internal Business Analyst and closely with the third-party platform provider, helping to bridge the gap between business processes and the capabilities of the new platform. Responsibilities: * Analyse and document current-state lending and underwriting processes. * Understand business requirements and translate them into clear, structured requirements. * Develop a strong understanding of the...

Aioi R&D Lab – Oxford is an AI R&D company based in Oxford, on a mission to harness AI to understand, predict, and manage risk, helping build a safer, more resilient society. We sit at the intersection of academia and industry, working with Oxford's professors, researchers, and graduates alongside commercial spinouts and partner companies, to turn frontier research into AI that actually ships rather than just gets published. Our work spans applied AI for insurance and adjacent industries, including supply chains, nature, autonomous driving, and the emerging challenges nobody's solved yet, alongside deep research of our own into agentic AI, privacy-preserving technologies, trustworthy AI, complex systems modelling, and quantum computing. We build AI products and solutions for insurers, businesses, and public-sector organisations worldwide, and run innovative research projects that push these technologies further, helping people make better decisions in an uncertain...

Financial Analyst Location: Oxford – Hybrid (minimum 3 days onsite) Contract: 6 months Initially Rate: £27.67 per hour PAYE / £37.01 per hour Umbrella IR35: Inside IR35 Security Clearance: DBS required; current SC clearance preferred We are currently recruiting for an experienced Financial Analyst to join a leading organisation within the aerospace and defence sector on an initial 6-month contract. This is an excellent opportunity for a finance professional with strong hands-on experience across financial reporting, reconciliations, payroll, invoicing and month-end activities to support a busy finance function working across defence-related projects. The Role As a Financial Analyst, you will provide financial reporting support across key projects, while also contributing to future bid campaigns and the wider finance function. You will be responsible for a varied workload, working to tight deadlines and ensuring financial information is accurate, well controlled and delivered...

Senior Financial Planning Manager - Interim Spencer Clarke Group are working closely with a Local Authority in the South East to appoint an Interim Senior Financial Planning Manager. This is a senior assignment leading the Council's financial planning, MTFS and budget-setting activity, while providing strategic advice to senior leaders and Members. What's on Offer Rate: £600 - £700 per day PAYE Initial Contract: 6 months Hours: 37 hours per week Full-time The Role The successful candidate will lead the development and delivery of the Council's Medium-Term Financial Strategy and annual revenue and capital budget-setting processes. Key responsibilities: Leading the development, maintenance and delivery of the Council's MTFS. Coordinating annual revenue and capital budget setting, forecasting and financial modelling. Providing robust strategic financial advice and challenge to senior officers and elected Members. Leading monthly budget monitoring and quarterly financial...

Internal Audit Location South East England, Buckinghamshire, England Job Type Temporary, Full-Time Industry Primary: Banking and Finance Secondary: Accounting Salary £45,000 per annum Benefits Hybrid working arrangement – two days working from home Job Description The Internal Audit role is responsible for assessing and improving the effectiveness of risk management, control, and governance processes within the organisation. The post holder conducts independent evaluations of financial and operational activities to ensure compliance with relevant policies, regulations, and standards. This role supports the identification of risks and recommends improvements to enhance internal controls and operational efficiency. Key Duties and Responsibilities Plan, execute and report on internal audit assignments in accordance with the annual audit plan. Review financial statements, operational procedures, and compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements. Identify areas of...