About the accountancy firm
Pentagon Talent are delighted to be partnering with an award winning, dynamic and growing Top 30 Accountancy Firm in the City of London to recruit for an Audit Semi Senior to join their ambitious creative, media and technology team. This firm prides themselves on challenging, supporting and developing their employee\'s skill set whilst also going above and beyond to provide an exceptional service to their varied client portfolios.

Duties and responsibilities
As an Audit Semi Senior you will be carrying out a range of duties and responsibilities including but not limited to;

• Running and assisting on audits, in compliance with the firm\'s and statutory procedures, for a variety of clients across the Creative, Media & Technology sector
• Show willingness to work as part of a team and be able to meet deadlines
• Travel to clients\' premises and work around clients\' working hours as necessary
• On some of our smaller clients, you will act as senior reporting directly to the manager. For these audits, the individual would be responsible for the planning of the audit file right through to the completion sections including drafting the financial statements, the management letter and the letter of representation;
• Supervise and effectively delegate work to less experienced members of the audit team as agreed by the senior

Qualifications and skills required
Our client are looking for a someone with a flexible work attitude, pro-active mindset and a collaborative team player. In order succeed as a Audit Senior you will:

• Will have had experience of leading small audits from the planning stage right through to the completion stage including supervising junior members of staff within your audit team
• Be familiar with and have an awareness of the laws and regulations that apply to accounting and audit and are required to ensure compliance
• Have experience preparing accounts.
• Have excellent communication and management skills with a keen eye for detail.
• Be in the process of studying for the professional stage of the ACA qualification or ACCA equivalent

What\'s on offer
Our client are offering a very competitive salary package with the opportunity to receive bonuses. Along with this they have a benefit scheme that is second to none with a plethora of opportunities to help you maintain a healthy work life balance. Not only this but this role would also allow you the opportunity to be part of a growing and evolving firm.

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual\'s skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

About the accountancy firm
Pentagon Talent are delighted to be partnering with an award winning, dynamic and growing Top 30 Accountancy Firm in the City of London to recruit for an Audit Senior to join their ambitious creative, media and technology team. This firm prides themselves on challenging, supporting and develop their employee\'s skill set whilst also going above and beyond to provide an exceptional service to their varied client portfolios.

Duties and responsibilities
As an Audit Senior you will be carrying out a range of duties and responsibilities including but not limited to;

• Running and assisting on audits, in compliance with the firm\'s and statutory procedures, for a variety of clients across the Creative, Media & Technology sector
• Be responsible for the planning of the audit file right through to the completion sections including drafting the financial statements, the management letter and the letter of representation.
• Supervising junior members of staff and leading teams on assignments.
• Working on a diverse portfolio of clients including small and medium sized privately owned limited companies, LLPs, partnerships and sole traders preferably with the creative, media and technology industries.
• Provide technical support to clients, through discussions with the partner and manager.

Qualifications and skills required
Our client are looking for a someone with a flexible work attitude, pro-active mindset and a collaborative team player. In order succeed as a Audit Senior you will:

• Have had experience of leading audits from the planning stage right through to the completion stage including supervision of staff within your audit team.
• Be familiar with and have an awareness of the laws and regulations that apply to accounting and audit and are required to ensure compliance
• Have experience preparing accounts.
• Have excellent communication and management skills with a keen eye for detail.
• Ideally have completed or be in the process of studying for the ACA or ACCA or equivalent.

What\'s on offer
Our client are offering a very competitive salary package with the opportunity to receive bonuses. Along with this they have a benefit scheme that is second to none with a plethora of opportunities to help you maintain a healthy work life balance. Not only this but this role would also allow you the opportunity to be part of a growing and evolving firm.

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual\'s skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

About the accountancy firm
Pentagon Talent are delighted to be partnering with an award winning Chartered Accountants and Business Advisers, providing pro-active and commercially innovative accounting, advisory and taxation advice to their clients who include high net worth individuals, sole traders and family-owned businesses, medium & large UK & overseas companies.

Duties and responsibilities
My client are looking for an ambitious professional, who has the passion and drive to excel; being an individual who doesn\'t just want to get a professional qualification but is aiming to grow their business skills - professionally, technically and commercially. You will be carrying out a range of duties and responsibilities including but not limited to;

• Assist in preparing UK corporate tax returns and notes within the statutory accounts
• Get involved in planning such as R&D tax relief, group tax planning, venture capital reliefs, share schemes and valuations and group restructuring and tax clearances
• Prepare Employee Related Securities (ERS) and ATED compliance returns
• Working closely with personal tax colleagues to look holistically at shareholder planning and exit
• Reporting to the manager and partner
• Produce high quality professional technical advice

Qualifications and skills required
In order to succeed as a Tax Senior, you will need to have experience in Corporate Tax compliance and strong technical skills with a keen eye for detail. You must be ATT / CTA or ACA qualified or coming to the end of your exams.

What\'s on offer
Amongst working within a fantastic team in a great environment with like minded people, our client offers a competitive salary package with excellent training and support. Along side they offer flexible/hybrid working. On top of this you will also have access to a plethora of benefits.

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual\'s skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

Senior Conflicts Lawyer

London, Birmingham

Hybrid working

£100,000 - £120,000

A Global highly ranked law firm offices across over 20 offices across 4 continents is looking for a Senior Conflicts lawyer based in either London or Birmingham.

This firm is strongest across mainland Europe, The Middle East and Asia and is also expanding in Oceania.

The feedback from staff is that the offer an amazing working environment with excellent training and development, and good work/life balance.

As Senior Conflicts Lawyer, based in either London or Birmingham, your responsibilities would include:

• Act as Subject Matter Expert for legal conflicts and confidentiality issues
• Provide guidance to fee earners and senior stakeholders on whether work can be taken on
• Train Lawyers on Conflicts rules and processes
• Review and maintain the firm\'s conflicts policies

The experience required for this role of Senior Conflict Lawyer include:

• Minimum 4 years\' PQE and qualified lawyer
• Experience as a Conflicts lawyer at a Global Law firm
• Stakeholder management experience
• Great communication skills and ability to influence lawyers and senior staff

A great opportunity as a Senior Conflicts Lawyer based in London or Birmingham that offers great career development and working environment.

For further information, please send you CV via this advert or contact David Phan at Pentagon Talent via DM on LinkedIn.

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual\'s skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

Pentagon Talent have partnered up with a boutique law firm in search of a Legal Cashier for their London based finance team. My client prides themselves on the outstanding work they do within specific areas of property law. The ideal candidate is someone who has experienced working within all areas of accounts and has knowledge on the processes required and involved. They are willing to train people on areas which they may have less knowledge on.

The Legal Cashier will be involved in all areas of accounts assisting the Senior Cashier. This position will allow somebody to learn more and get more involved into practice management too by assisting the practice manager in some duties which will also be trained on.

The ideal Legal Cashier will have to:

• Be involved in client cashiering and monitoring funds received via Cashroom portal.
• Transferring client funds into office account to pay bills whilst adhering to SRA Accounts Rules.
• Assist with all other cashiering and accounting duties.
• Provide general support for accounts team including assistance with billing, purchase ledger and credit control.
• Deal with fee earner queries as and when they arise.

Ideal skills for the Legal Cashier would include:

• Excellent SRA Accounts Rules knowledge.
• Previous experience in a similar role within a law firm.
• Good IT skills with excel and able to manage electronic filing.
• Understanding of all aspects of legal accounts.
• Confident and ability to work quickly and accurately.

This opportunity with my client will allow the successful candidate to work within a boutique law firm where they are very welcoming and collaborative. This opportunity will allow a Legal Cashier to broaden their skill set by incorporating some practice management in the role. If you are looking to develop your career and you are an ambitious and proactive candidate, then please get in touch as soon as possible.

Please contact Finlay Clark on 0207 419 8939 to gain more information on the role or apply now.

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual\'s skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

Residential Property Conveyancing Compliance Officer

Fully Remote working

£30k-£37.5k

A High St firm that has over 500 staff is looking for a Residential Property Conveyancing Compliance Officer to join their governance team.

This firm has a great culture and friendly staff that supports each other across all areas of the business.

The role

As Residential Property Conveyancing Compliance Officer working remotely, your responsibilities would include:

• To undertake audits of client files, working to audit and compliance specifications through our Audit Framework.
• To analyse audit data and prepare written reports on the audit findings including compliance breaches.
• Provide feedback to the Management Team, Managers and staff on audit and compliance findings.
• To support the Management Team and Senior Staff with embedding compliance and quality processes, including audit activity and compliance monitoring across the branch offices particularly.
• To be responsible for collating, maintaining and reporting on data from identified areas of practice.
• To work closely with Managers to ensure that, where appropriate, findings from the audit process are reflected in performance management activities including training needs analysis and personal development plans.
• Ensure managers are kept up to date with any changes in SRA, CQS, ICO, GDPR and all other compliance standards.

The Person

To qualify for Residential Property Conveyancing Compliance Officer you will need the following experience:

• Ideally suit a residential property conveyancer who no longer wants to fee earn
• Compliance checks for conveyancers
• Stakeholder management
• Upskilling and training

This is a great opportunity for a Residential Property Compliance Officer to join an amazing, friendly, collaborative business, that offers fully remote working.

For further information, please send me your CV via this advert or DM David Phan at Pentagon Talent via LinkedIn.

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual\'s skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Finance Systems Analyst to join a dynamic London based Finance Systems team on a 6 month interim basis. This role involves supporting and enhancing key business systems, including Aderant Expert, Intapp Open, and SSRS, while driving process improvements and system integration\'s. The role will be based out of the firm\'s stunning offices in the City of London, however will work on a hybrid basis of 3 days per week in the office, 2 days from home. The firm pride themselves on the level of service provided both to their internal and external stakeholders and therefore this Finance Systems Analyst opportunity is critical to the smooth day to day running of the global finance function.

Key Responsibilities for the Finance Systems Analyst:

• Provide technical support for global Accounts teams and other key stakeholders.
• Maintain data integrity and manage system maintenance tasks.
• Lead development, configuration, testing, and end-user training.
• Document processes and ensure smooth project handovers.

Ideal Candidate:

• Strong technical skills, particularly in Aderant Expert and SQL.
• Experience in law firms with knowledge of financial systems.
• Excellent communication, a proactive attitude, and attention to detail.

This opportunity would be great for a seasoned Finance Systems Analyst, based within commutable distance to London, who has prior Aderant systems experience. The role will offer the opportunity for someone to gain autonomy, complex problem solving experience and international systems exposure. This organisation offers a supportive, inclusive environment where individual contributions are recognised and rewarded. They are committed to diversity and equal opportunities. This position is based on an initial 6 month interim contract and therefore ideally someone will have a short notice period of be immediatley available to start work.

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual\'s skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

We have a current opportunity for a Director of Financial Crime on a permanent basis. The position will be based in London. For further information about this position please apply.

Director of Financial Crime

London

Hybrid

£130k-£160k plus bonus

A Top UK ranked law firm based in London is looking for a Director of Financial Crime to lead their compliance department.

This firm offers an amazing culture, where staff are wellbeing is critical as they embed a excellent work/life balance.

This law firm is a driving force for positive change with Pro Bono legal work, Diversity & Inclusion, Social Impact and Sustainability.

The Role

As Director of Financial Crime working from their London Office, you will be responsible for:#

• Global Financial Crime Strategy
• Implement a Global Financial Crime framework
• To ensure lawyers are advised and are compliant with the prevention of financial crime - ABC, Tax evasion, Sanctions, CTF and AML
• Develop and install global financial crime policies
• Support the New Business Intake team

The experience requirements for the role of Director of Financial Crime are as follows:

• Ideally qualified solicitor but those with that have over 10 years of experience with a compliance function or heading up a Global team at a Law Firm are welcome
• Key senior stakeholder experience
• Need to be an excellent communicator

This is an amazing opportunity for a Director of Financial Crime to join a Top UK ranked Law firm at their London offices, at a firm that offers a friendly, collaborative working culture.

For further details, please send you CV via this advert or connect with David Phan at Pentagon Talent or DM.

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual\'s skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

Senior Legal Cashier

Pentagon Talent have partnered with a top 20 London Law firm, operating on a global capacity. Boasting with over 150 years\' worth of experience and more than 3000 employees globally, my client is looking for an experienced Senior Legal Cashier to assist the department with further growth plans and execution of the day to day cashiering responsibilities.

As Senior Legal Cashier; based in London, you will be required to oversee 3 Legal Cashiers, supporting in the day to day running of the Legal Cashiering team to ensure that high standards are maintained. The Senior Legal Cashier will form part of a busy and dynamic Cashiering team and will be expected to deputise for the Cashier Manager in their absence.

Duties/Responsibilities of the Senior Legal Cashier

• Supervise a team of 3 legal Cashiers on the day to day processes, ensuring performance is kept to a high standard and fulfilling yearly appraisals
• Supervising transactions for the office account using complex office receipt software
• Completing Client compliancy forms to a high standard
• Addressing complex transactions and set ups, ensuring you advise partners prior to competition
• Supervising the client balances project
• Monthly deposit runs
• Setting up joint deposit accounts by liaising with partners and the bank in the absence of the Cashier Manager
• Client bank reconciliations
• Identify issues with weekly credit balances by reporting to the Manager
• Holding meetings with Partners in regards to Client balances
• Identifying and addressing Cashiering/Billing queries and raising appropriately
• Ensuring all SRA regulation process is maintained to a high standard and raised to auditors and to management efficiently
• Supervise reconciliation of deposit accounts
• Identify and advise management of SAR breaches

Desired experience of the Senior Legal Cashier

• Experience of working in Legal Cashiering role
• Previous experience supervising a team or looking for progression from a Senior Legal Cashier role
• Strong knowledge of SARs
• In depth experience of using a legal finance system (Elite 3e, Aderant or equivalent)
• Good communicator
• A strong multitasker and good time management
• Able to meet deadlines
• An eye for attention to detail
• Able to work efficiently on their own
• Brilliant team dynamics
• Flexible

This role is a brilliant opportunity for someone who has experience operating in a more senior role, looking to further advance their skillset. This firm will be expanding in the forth-coming months and there is potential for further growth, so If you are ready to take that step forward and meet the above criteria, please apply now!

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual\'s skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

Pentagon Talent are delighted to be partnering with an amazing Accountancy firm in East Sussex, who pride themselves on delivering an exceptional bespoke service to all clients who range from entrepreneurs and SMEs to groups of companies.

Duties and responsibilities
Our client are on the look out for an eager and passionate Payroll Supervisor to join their growing team. You will be carrying out a range of duties and responsibilities including but not limited to;

• Liaising with clients and entering payroll data from start to finish
• Reconciling payroll to client data, getting client approval as appropriate and issuing payroll reports & payslips
• Reviewing team member\'s work
• Preparing payroll journals
• Reconciling weekly and monthly PAYEF figures
• Preparing BACS files
• Administering Pension Auto-enrolment including making appropriate declarations to The Pensions Regulator
• Producing and distributing pension scheme returns, including notification of changes in members\' status and uploading to pension provider
• Dealing effectively with queries from clients, and HMRC and other parts if the business
• Assisting with on boarding new clients.
• Share knowledge internally and externally

Qualifications and skills required
Our client are looking for someone who can show evidence of being a proactive, hands-on team player who is confident in working to changing priorities in a busy department with a keen eye for detail. They should have good working knowledge of statutory family leave, SSP, salary sacrifice, pensions,etc with excellent excellent communication. They must also have [ayroll bureau experience and be able to calculate tax, NI, pensions, etc. manually

What\'s on offer

The role offers a great opportunity for fast learning and growth opportunities. Benefits include:

• Flexible and hybrid working
• Early finish Fridays during Summer
• Private Medical Insurance
• Up to 25 days holiday
• Employee Discount Scheme

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual\'s skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.