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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.

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 & SMEs to groups of companies.

Duties and responsibilities
Our client are on the look out for an ambitious and enthusiastic Outsourcing Senior to join their growing team. You will be carrying out a range of duties and responsibilities including but not limited to;

• Review junior team members\' work
• Support juniors in their professional development
• Respond to, and anticipate, clients\' needs
• Prepare and review VAT returns
• Prepare consolidations and cash flows for management accounts
• Prepare and review management accounts
• Manage multiple deadlines at once
• Ensure a high level of service to meet clients\' expectations

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 be studying towards ACA, ACCA, CIMA or can be QBE previous proven bookkeeping, VAT and management accountants experience. At least 3 years in a small/medium sized practice is required and intermediate/advanced Excel, Xero, Dext and Quickbooks experience is preferred.

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.

Head of Compliance

Birmingham

Up to £105k plus bonus and benefits

Hybrid working

2 days in office

An internation law firm is looking for a Head of Compliance to be based in their Birmingham office. This full service law firm has a global presence across the UK, EMEA, North and South America.

This law firm has embedded a great distinct culture of their core values, and the client and their employees are most important to them - not results at any cost. A great work life balance, with further development of their employees on training and internal mobility.

The Role of Head of Compliance in Birmingham

You will have two direct reports who are managers and oversight of their team.

Core responsibilities and not limited to:

• Advising senior stakeholder and support the General Counsel/COLP on risk & compliance legal issues
• Advising the MLRO on SARs and firm\'s AML regulatory obligations and reporting to regulators
• Develop Risk & Compliance Strategies for the law firm
• Providing guidance and advice to partners and fee earner on conduct and compliance

Head of Compliance in Birmingham

• Qualified lawyer within private practice, in house or regulatory body
• Experience with advising on legal compliance and financial crime
• Senior Stakeholder management
• Strong SRA Handbook knowledge

This is an amazing opportunity for a Head of Compliance or Compliance Manager looking to step up, at a law firm that will offer you a great platform for career development.

Company Benefits

• 25 days annual leave, with the option to buy up to a week\'s extra annual leave
• Private medical insurance,
• A generous pension allowance
• Four times salary Death in Service
• Maternity, paternity and adoption leave schemes
• A range of health and wellbeing programmes

To apply for this role, please send your CV via this advert or you can directly mail David Phan from 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.

About the accountancy firm
Pentagon Talent are delighted to be partnering with a vibrant and evolving Top 50 Accountancy Firm in the City of London to recruit for an Audit Senior. You will be joining an ambitious audit team where you be challenged, supported and able to develop your skill set. Our client pride themselves in going above and beyond providing 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;

• Overseeing the audit process within the agreed timescale with guidance from the relevant Manager or Partner.
• 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.
• Planning, executing and seeing the audit work through to completion at a high standard.
• Production of draft accounts, from a variety of client records, together with producing a well presented audit file (paperless) for review.
• Auditing tax computations.
• Drafting management letters and reports.

Qualifications and skills required
In order succeed as a Audit Senior you will:

• Be ACCA or ACA qualified.
• Up to date working knowledge of financial reporting, accounting standards, auditing standards, company law and good basic knowledge of corporate and personal tax to enable draft tax computations to be reviewed.
• Have experience preparing accounts.
• Have excellent communication and management skills.
• Ideally have knowledge of Pro-audit and CCH.

What\'s on offer
For the Audit Senior position there are range of benefits on offer including hybrid working (two days at home) and a 35 hour working week. Between the months of June and September you are able to finish at 1pm on Friday (Summer Fridays). Career progressions is a vital part of the firm (the CEO started as an Associate!). Other benefits include bonuses, pension, dress for the day, social events, buddy pairing, birthday days off etc.

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 a vibrant and evolving Top 50 Accountancy Firm in the City of London to recruit for a Senior Accountant. You will be joining an expanding business services team where you be challenged, supported and able to develop your skill set. Our client pride themselves in going above and beyond providing exceptional service to their varied client portfolios.

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

• Serving as a main point of contact for a diverse portfolio of clients including small and medium sized privately owned limited companies, LLPs, partnerships and sole traders.
• Providing advice and support on financial matters.
• Preparing year end accounts and managements accounts (50:50).
• Preparing VAT returns.
• Reviewing and mentoring junior staff members.
• Utilising software and tools to streamline operations and reporting.
• Working on ad-hoc projects when required.

Qualifications and skills required
In order succeed as a Senior Accountant you will:

• Be ACCA or ACA qualified.
• Have experience carrying out the full accounts production process.
• Have to ability to work to budgets.
• Have excellent communication and management skills.
• Ideally have knowledge of Pro-audit and CCH.

What\'s on offer
For the Senior Accountant position there are range of benefits on offer including hybrid working (two days at home) and a 35 hour working week. Between the months of June and September you are able to finish at 1pm on Friday (Summer Fridays). Career progressions is a vital part of the firm (the CEO started as an Associate!). Other benefits include bonuses, pension, dress for the day, social events, buddy pairing, birthday days off etc.

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 excited to be partnering with one of the fastest growing accountancy firms in Sussex to recruit for an ambitious Finance Assistant their office in Haywards Heath. Our client provide a full range of services including but not limited too; accounting, advisory, payroll, taxation, auditing and financial planning for a variety of clients and sole-traders.

Duties and responsibilities
As a Finance Assistant you will be carrying out a range of duties and responsibilities including but not limited to;

• Managing the purchase ledger and sales ledger including processing invoices, reconciling supplier accounts, creating payment runs, allocating sales receipts to the correct invoices and reconciling the fees at the month end.
• Carrying out any ad-hoc bookkeeping tasks when required.
• Preparing management accounts and assisting with month end reporting.
• Drafting VAT returns.
• Liaising with various internal managers and partners of different teams.
• Other ad-hoc admin tasks.

Qualifications and skills required
In order succeed as a Finance Assistant you will:

• Be ambitious and keen to pursue a career in accountancy.
• Have excellent communication skills.
• Have good attention to detail.
• Some accounts experience would be desirable.
• This role could also be suitable for someone who has recently completed their accountancy degree.

What\'s on offer
Our client are just five minutes away from the main line Haywards Heath station, they also offer a great holiday package of 25 days plus bank holiday, a lovely working environment with various social activities happening through the year. Training and study support is also provided and encouraged.

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 one of the fastest growing firms in Sussex, with multiple offices looking after thousands of businesses and individuals across the county who pride themselves on providing the full array of specialist accountancy, taxation, payroll, advisory and financial planning services.

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

• Bookkeeping duties for a range of clients, mainly using Xero although experience of Sage and Quickbooks would be useful
• Assisting clients with bookkeeping and software queries
• Liaising with clients to ensure all records can be completed and VAT Returns filed within their deadline
• Managing VAT Returns
• Bookkeeping to trial balance including bank reconciliations, prepayments and accruals etc.
• Preparing appropriate schedules and reports as required
• Completing and filing VAT
• Ensuring all client work is completed within applicable timescales

Qualifications and skills required
Our client are looking for someone with a keen eye for detail and high work ethic with previous well rounded bookkeeping experience within a practice environment who is confident working independently and working in a team. High organisational skills with intermediate to advanced level skills on Excel and great communication skills is required. Good VAT knowledge and cloud bookkeeping software knowledge is also favourable.

What\'s on offer

The role offers a great opportunity to be a part of the fastest growing firm in Sussex and they are offering:

• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free flu jabs
• Flexibility in start / finish times to accommodate childcare or other needs

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.

Head of Conflicts

London office

Hybrid - 3 days office

£100k-£120k

A Top 50 UK ranked law firm is looking to recruit a Head of Conflicts to join their Compliance Division.

This Law firm operates across multiple jurisdictions the includes EMEA and APAC and offers a very collaborative working environment where all compliance divisions across different countries are aligned.

This role of Head of Conflicts in London reports into The Risk & Compliance Partner at the firm.

The responsibilities for the Head of Conflicts are as follows:

• Large scale projects to implement and improve the firm\'s internal conflicts and procedures
• To draft the firms\' internal conflicts interest policies
• Manage a Team of Conflicts Analyst with further development of their skill set and knowledge
• Resolve the firms conflicts

The requirements for the role of Head of Conflicts in the London officer are as follows:

• Qualified Lawyer
• Experience of leading a conflicts team at an international law firm
• People management skills - to develop and ability to grow a team
• Experience with IntAPP

This is a great opportunity for a Head of Conflicts to join and amazing firm that would allow you autonomy to develop internal systems and controls for conflicts.

If interested in this role please send me you CV through is advert or directly message David Phan at Pentagon Talent 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.

Legal Assistant

London

Hybrid - 3 days office

£25k-£28k

A full service Top 100 UK Law firm is looking to recruit a Legal Assistant to support their Fee Earners and Partners within the Employment Team.

This firm based in the City of London and is renowned for offering a very collaborative working environment within a very diverse and friendly culture. This opportunity for a Legal Assistant in London, has great career development opportunities to progress further up with the firm. You would be well trained with hands on support from the fee earners and Partners.

The Role of Legal Assistant in London

• Administrative tasks not limited to arranging meetings, copying, creating files
• Act as liaison between client and solicitors, taking calls and monitoring inboxes
• Document production - proof reading, producing files, Power Point presentations and Excel
• Assist in billing and credit control

The requirements for Legal Assistant for the London Office:

• Legal Assistant experience from Private Practice ideally with Employment Law knowledge
• Accurate typing speed - 60 Words per minute
• Excellent communication skills
• Attention to detail

Please send your CV to this advert or contact 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.

Pentagon Talent are delighted to be partnered with a prestigious top 500 UK law firm who has a strong criminal law background to look for a Billing Coordinator in their London office. My client is widely recognised on a professional level with various awards. The Billing Coordinator will be expected to be involved heavily with monthly billing meetings with fee earners to review WIP. The right candidate will be someone who has worked in legal aid billing and is confident in facing partners and fee earners. This role is based in the city of London on a hybrid working basis.

The Billing Coordinator will be involved in making sure any tasks following billing meetings are dealt with promptly. The Billing Coordinator should be able to confidently handle all aspects of legal billing.

The ideal Billing Coordinator will have to:

• Post weekly bills following receipt of remittance from LAA, allocating costs to fee earners.
• Providing knowledge and assistance with appeals against LAA rejections and assessments.
• Attend monthly WIP and billing meetings with fee earners to discuss various things including but not limited to:
• WIP Write offs.
• Billing write offs.
• File closures.
• Rate changes.

Ideal skills for the Billing Coordinator would include:

• Experience of billing gained within a law firm.
• In depth knowledge and understanding of legal aid and other systems of public legal funding in both the civil and criminal sector ideally.
• ALCD or AAT qualification desirable.
• Ability to use own initiative.
• Confident, good at relationship building with stakeholders of all seniorities.

This opportunity with this firm will allow the successful Billing Coordinator to be welcomed to an inclusive working environment who will actively support and supervise your professional development. This top 500 UK law firm will ensure they are a platform for you to develop within and inclusive environment where everyone can achieve the progression they are looking for. If you are an ambitious, proactive candidate seeking their next step in their career, please get in touch as soon as possible.

Please contact Finlay Clark on 0207 419 8939 to get 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.