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Soft Services Director Location: London (Head Office) / Hybrid Working Package: Competitive + Benefits A well established facilities management group is seeking an experienced Soft Services Director to lead its nationwide operations. Reporting directly to the CEO, this pivotal leadership role will oversee multi-site service delivery across cleaning, security and a range of specialist support services, delivered both in-house and via subcontractors. With full P&L accountability, the successful candidate will play a key role in driving financial performance, enhancing operational resilience and ensuring services consistently meet the highest standards of quality, compliance and client satisfaction. Key Responsibilities: Lead, motivate, and inspire multi site operational teams to consistently deliver service excellence across all contracts. Provide proactive, hands on leadership with a particular focus on the complexities of security service management. Take full accountability for the financial performance of the soft services division, achieving revenue and profit targets. Oversee all aspects of service delivery, ensuring strict compliance with SLAs, KPIs and health & safety standards. Drive operational efficiency and embed a culture of continuous improvement to enhance service resilience. Build and maintain strong senior level client relationships, representing the division at board level with authority and credibility. Contribute to business growth by supporting tender submissions, bids and key commercial decision making. Candidate Profile: Extensive senior leadership experience within soft services, facilities management or a related sector. Proven success managing complex, multi site operations with full P&L responsibility. Proactive, self driven professional with a strong corporate background; prior experience with leading service providers is highly desirable. Strong people leader with a track record of motivating and managing large, diverse teams while delivering outstanding client engagement. Commercially astute, skilled at driving operational efficiency, financial performance and client satisfaction, while upholding the highest standards of compliance and quality. Deep commitment to health, safety, regulatory compliance and continuous service improvement. Excellent communicator with the ability to influence and build strong relationships at executive and client level. London or Home Counties based, with a reliable commute to support regular central London work. Flexible to begin on a 4 days office / 1 day remote hybrid pattern, with scope to transition to a 3/2 model in line with business needs. This is a career defining opportunity for a commercially driven leader with the expertise and ambition to shape the future of a high performing soft services division. To express interest in this role, please apply confidentially.

Finance Manager PE-Backed Consumer Business | Central London We’re recruiting on behalf of a dynamic, high growth private equity backed business based in Central London. With an ambitious growth agenda and a collaborative culture, the company is scaling rapidly and now looking to strengthen its finance function with the addition of a commercially minded and technically astute Finance Manager. What you’ll be doing: As Finance Manager, you’ll work closely with the Financial Controller and take a leading role in the day-to-day running of the finance function. This is a broad and hands-on position, covering everything from financial reporting, management accounts, budgeting and forecasting to cashflow management and maintaining robust financial controls. You’ll also provide commercial insight and partner with operational teams to help drive informed decision making. This role will suit someone who thrives in a dynamic, high growth environment and enjoys improving processes, solving problems, and getting stuck into the detail. You'll be encouraged to bring fresh ideas and play a part in shaping a finance function that supports long term scale and success. Do you bring strong management reporting experience and a passion for process improvement? Are you a qualified (or part-qualified) accountant from a fast paced, high growth environment? If so, read on… What we need you to bring to the business: Fully or part-qualified (ACCA / ACA), ideally with a background in practice Previous experience in a similar finance role within a fast paced, high growth or PE-backed business Strong working knowledge of UK GAAP and core financial reporting standards Excellent Excel skills and familiarity with cloud based systems (Xero, Sage, QuickBooks) A proactive, hands-on approach with excellent attention to detail Strong communication skills and the confidence to liaise with non finance stakeholders Experience managing or mentoring small finance teams Comfortable working in a hybrid set-up (2-3 days per week in the office - London) What’s on offer in return: Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 Discretionary performance bonus Hybrid working (2-3 days in the office) 25 days holiday + bank holidays Pension scheme Opportunities for professional development Direct exposure to senior leadership and strategic decision making What’s next? If you’re ready to take on a varied and commercially influential finance role within a fast growing business, click apply or get in touch to learn more.