Direct Response Employment Services are delighted to be supporting a local client of ours in the recruitment of a paint sprayer to join our clients team on a temporary to permanent basis.

This is a great opportunity to work for a established manufacturer who are known globally working Monday to Thursday 8am – 5pm and Friday 8am – 14:30pm.

To be considered for this role you will have previous experience within paint spraying from any industry and be confident in working on larger and smaller projects.

The role will be paying £13.90 per hour so if you have the previous experience or transferrable skills within a similar industry we would love to hear from you.

Direct Response Employment Services are looking for 4 Assemblers to join our clients team on a temp to perm basis for our client in Westbury.

This is a temp to perm role working Monday to Thursday 8am – 5pm with an early finish on the Friday working 8am – 14:30pm with a starting pay rate of £11.44 per hour.

As an assembler you will be responsible for assembling items together and preparing for them to be packed and ready to be loaded for delivery to customers.

If you have some previous assembling / warehouse experience working within a manufacturing environment this would be ideal. Training can be given to those who are willing to learn and have a can do attitude and willing to roll up their sleeves and muck in.

We are looking for team players who live locally to Westbury or able to commute to Westbury with the use of their own or public transport.

If you would like to discuss this opportunity working for a fantastic Manufacturer then please get in touch for an immediate chat.

Tagged as: assembler, Assembly Operatives, Production, warehouse

Direct Response Employment Services are delighted to be assisting a long established client of ours in Shaftesbury in the recruitment of a Management Accountant to join the team on a permanent basis.

As a Management Accountant you will play a key lead in setting and monitoring budgets and working along side the wider financial team in driving continuous improvements.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Lead the financial planning, forecasting, and support the Finance Manager in reporting and analysis across the group, identifying trends, risks and opportunities and where necessary provide variance analysis and recommend corrective actions.
• To prepare designated month-end and year-end journal adjustments to agreed deadlines, including accruals and prepayments.
• To manage the collation, interpretation, of accurate weekly and monthly Management accounts & reports according to time schedules agreed.
• Together with the Finance Manager ensure the accuracy of P&L, Balance Sheet reconciliation and cash flow reporting for the group’s businesses including cashflow forecasting.
• To identify key trends in income and expenditure by department / activity program and significant variances from budget. To investigate unusual or unexpected departmental and activity results or variances and to bring these to the attention of the FC.
• Ensure integrity of financial data supplied to the board and external compliance organisations along providing information for audits.
• Provide support to the Finance Director, the co-ordination and production of the annual budget and periodic forecasts as required.
• Support senior management and key stakeholders in making informed financial decisions, support budget holders in preparation of annual budgets and forecasts, communicate and interpret financial date to non- financial managers.
• Creating adhoc reports and providing overall support to the Finance Department streamlining processes as and when necessary.
• Undertake other relevant tasks as required.

The ideal candidate will have previous accountancy experience and ideally be part qualified CIMA or ACCA qualified with previous experience of managing budgets within an organisation.

The role is working Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week with a salary of £40,000 – £45,000 per annum plus additional company benefits.

If you would like to find out more then please get in touch for a confidential discussion on the role.

Are you an experienced financial professional looking for a challenging but rewarding role. Our client is currently seeking a skilled and dedicated Financial Controller to join there dynamic team based in Frome.

Main tasks and responsibilities:

• To work proactively with the Finance & Administration Director and wider management to ensure all policies and procedures are followed and no aspect of the business is financially compromised

• Management of a team of 5 and responsible for all aspects of finance across both UK sites

• Produce long term plans, budgets and forecasts to map and analyse and the performance of the Company
• Implement, review and standardise control procedures across both sites in the UK
• Produce all weekly, monthly and annual management and financial reporting including year-end statutory accounts, develop new systems as appropriate to gain efficiencies, speed of output and standardisation of presentation
• Ensure that the accounting records and financial control procedures are maintained at a level which meets all internal, group and external audit requirements
• To monitor cash flow and currency requirements for the clients UK sites, providing cash flow forecasting as required
• Monitor and Implement control systems and procedures in order to allow the control and allow reduction of spend. Drive budget and forecast targets, following up regularly with each of the departmental heads across both UK sites
• Monitor and analyse cost performance and KPIs versus budget and standards. Develop and enhance existing systems, also develop and introduce new systems where necessary and appropriate to facilitate regular accurate recommendations are made to the factory manager

Candidate Profile:

• Professional approach
• Ability to cope with changes to workload and adapt quickly to changing priorities
• Ability to work calmly toward deadlines, work accurately under pressure
• Flexible can-do attitude and a good sense of humour

Background

• Strong technical accountant with previous experience
• Qualified/Part Qualified with recognised professional accounting body (ACCA/CIMA) or QBE accompanied by good general standard of education
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and capable of explaining financial information to commercial, operational and other non-finance staff
• Experience of credit and transactional management desirable with the ability to prioritise and organise a large work load
• Experience of working in a FMCG manufacturing environment, with 24/7 activity an advantage
• A good general understanding of IT systems and software, proficiency in MS Excel is of particular importance

Company Package

• Company pension 6% employer contribution
• 25 days holiday + Bank holidays
• Company sick pay
• 4 x Death in Service
• Wellbeing initiatives – Free flu jabs, free eye tests, £90 contribution to prescription lenses

If you would like more information about this role, please contact our office on (phone number removed) and ask for Victoria.