Career Opportunities

• Job Title:

  Staff/Senior Accountant – Contract role – Healthcare

• State/Area:

  UK

• Regional Area:

  London - All

• City:

  London

• Primary Background:

  Accountant - Staff/Sr - Finance

• Secondary Background:

• Job Number:

  JN -11971-17470

Staff/Senior Accountant – Contract role – Healthcare
 
This Accountant will report to the Accounting Manager and perform general accounting functions and reporting through the preparation of balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and other financial reports.
 
Responsibilities 

• Analyze trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations incurred to predict future revenues and expenses
• Monitor compliance, internal controls, and company and departmental procedures
• Reconciles general ledger accounts and prepare journal entries for the general ledger
• Perform month-end close process and assists with the preparation of monthly reporting packages, preparation of the management financial briefings and monthly financial reviews for the Senior Leadership Team

• Bachelor’s degree from a three year college or university
• 3-5 years of accounting experience
• Top Tier ERP system experience
• full charter highly preferred

Career Opportunities

• Job Title:

  Staff Accountant

• State/Area:

  UK

• Regional Area:

  Devon

• City:

  Devon

• Primary Background:

  Accountant - Jr - Finance

• Secondary Background:

• Job Number:

  JN -134237-14346

Ventura Recruitment is looking for an experienced Staff Accountant to help prepare year end paperwork for a well known corporation in Devon!

What you'll need: 

• Associate's or Bachelor's in Accounting or similar fields
• Software experience is a MUST
• Advanced Excel
• 2-5 years of experience

• Help prepare for year end paperwork 
• Handle bank reconciliation for accounts
• General bookkeeping
• Adjust entries
• Review cash receipts and credit card transactions

Career Opportunities

• Job Title:

  Program Operations Analyst

• State/Area:

  UK

• Regional Area:

  London - All

• City:

  London

• Primary Background:

  Risk Management - Finance

• Secondary Background:

• Job Number:

  JN -674617-145631

Operations Analyst - Jump Start Your Career at Publicly Traded Financial Services Company
 
Join a growing financial services company as the Program Operations Analyst where you will you will assist with risk and control assessments and review of the company's key business relationships.  
 
Responsibilities:

• Manage relationships with Third Party Vendors including program monitoring for tax professionals. 
• Work cross-functionally with customer service to evaluate, analyze and resolve client cases.
• Assist with customer service training for seasonal workers. 
• Interface with the Legal team to help draft policies and procedures to track documentation of controls and operational compliance.
• Develop and implement standard operating procedures relating to both operational and risk compliance.

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Marketing or related field with one to three years of progressive professional experience.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a proven track record of working cross-functionally with Third Party Vendors.
• Ability to problem solve and present solutions (written and verbal) to senior management.
• Experience in the banking/financial services industry a plus.
• Excel and PowerPoint skills required.

Career Opportunities

• Job Title:

  Finance Manager/Director - Business Analytics

• State/Area:

  UK

• Regional Area:

  UK All

• City:

  Bristol

• Primary Background:

  Other

• Secondary Background:

• Job Number:

  JN -112547-14248

Career Opportunities

• Job Title:

  Sr. Financial Analyst - Acquistions

• State/Area:

  UK

• Regional Area:

  UK All

• City:

  Leeds

• Primary Background:

  M&A - Finance

• Secondary Background:

• Job Number:

  JN -112347-14356

If you’re a valuations professional looking for an opportunity that will let you make a tangible impact on the corporate development and acquisitions activity of a major, growing firm, you’re in luck. A multi-billion pound organization is looking for a Senior Financial Analyst to join their Acquisitions team.
 
This is a key position that will be responsible for preparing and reviewing purchase price allocations and the fair market valuations of the firm’s acquired assets, focusing on the valuation of goodwill and intangible. As a Sr. Financial Analyst, you’ll also be responsible for performing the due diligence surrounding the acquisitions, including analyzing financial statements and preparing proforma financials.
 
Interested? Here’s what you need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 3 – 6 years of related experience within business valuations or acquisition analysis; experience in Big 4 transactional advisory is a plus.
• Experience with financial reporting or compliance as it relates to business acquisitions.
• Ability to pivot and adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Career Opportunities

• Job Title:

  Senior Software Engineer

• State/Area:

  UK

• Regional Area:

  Birmingham - All

• City:

  Birmingham

• Primary Background:

  SW Development - Other (C/C++/PHP/etc.) - Technology

• Secondary Background:

• Job Number:

  JN -114525-25230

Our EXTREMELY data intensive client in the analytics space is searching for their next Sr. Software Engineer to build robust applications capable of processing large amounts of data. This is a great opportunity to grow as a leader and work with industry leaders in the technology and media sectors.
 
**Start up feel to them but with the backing of a well established company. Not to mention 100% paid employee benefits and current team members that have come from fortune 500 companies!**
 
Requirements:

• 5+ years’ experience in Software Development
• Extensive experience developing with Java
• Solid experience with various type of databases (relational, non-relational, document-oriented)
• Strong understanding of JavaScript and accompanying frameworks and libraries (Angular/React, jQuery)
• Existing experience working in Cloud Environments (AWS is what they’re currently using)
• Strong problem solving skills and results/detail-oriented 

Career Opportunities

• Job Title:

  Software Engineering Manager

• State/Area:

  UK

• Regional Area:

  UK - All

• City:

  Brighton

• Primary Background:

  SW Development - Other (C/C++/PHP/etc.) - Technology

• Secondary Background:

• Job Number:

  JN -112347-12429

SWE Manager (Java/Big Data/AWS)
 
We are seeking a passionate Software Engineering Manager lead a team of 5 autonomous software engineers to have an immediate impact on their two largest entertainment/media clients: Disney and NBC!
 
What will I do?

• Develop and architect creative Cloud/Big Data solutions that allows massive amounts of data to be aggregated and automated
• Create new strategies and processes for robust testing on the SW your team brings to the dinner table
• Think of outside-the-box solutions and improvements to their core products
• Work collaboratively with DevOps, Design and stakeholder to understand pain-points and present new road maps

• Deep experience with Java and RESTful APIs that are scalable and Big Data oriented
• Experience with AngularJS and React
• Strong understanding of AWS and Docker application deployment
• NoSQL database experience is highly preferred
• Experience with MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra or Hadoop preferred

Career Opportunities

• Job Title:

  Accounts Payable Specialist or AP Manager for Stable Organization with a Great Culture!

• State/Area:

  UK

• Regional Area:

  Birmingham

• City:

  Birmingham

• Primary Background:

  Other

• Secondary Background:

• Job Number:

  JN -103427-14224

Career Opportunities

• Job Title:

  AP Manager

• State/Area:

  UK

• Regional Area:

  Birmingham

• City:

  Birmingham

• Primary Background:

  Accounts Payable - Finance

• Secondary Background:

• Job Number:

  JN -111337-13425

Ventura Recruitment is looking for an experienced AP Manager who can carry our clients team to success!

What you'll need:
- Working knowledge of QuickBooks
- Ability to learn QuickBooks job costing module
- 10 key touch experience

What you'll do:
- Process high volume of invoices
- Prepare bank deposits
- Report directly to the CFO
- Run high volume of checks
- Resolve vendor issues 

job type: full time

location: Birmingham, UK

Salary: £52-70K, depending on experience 
If you just got excited, email your Word resume to apply@venturarecruitment.com

Career Opportunities

• Job Title:

  Billing Analyst

• State/Area:

  UK

• Regional Area:

  London - All

• City:

  London

• Primary Background:

  FP&A - Finance

• Secondary Background:

• Job Number:

  JN -103458-14389

Ventura Recruitment is looking for an experienced Billing Analyst who thrives in a fast paced environment.  As a Billing Analyst for one of London’s premiere organizations you will be responsible for a high volume of complex invoicing for a rapidly growing energy program.  Advanced Excel skills are required including Pivot Tables. If you have the proven analytical capabilities, both qualitative and quantitative, with a high degree of self-motivation send your resume directly to apply@venturarecruitment.com .  A bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance is preferred.  Applicants must be available for temp to hire.    
 


Validate and Invoice Usage Volumes for Customers. (45%)

• Review customer records in billing database to ensure billing parameters are set up accurately
• Correspond Daily with internal departments to ensure the usage volumes for CCA customers has been uploaded
• Promptly invoice the Customers to ensure charges are sent to the local utility in a timely manner

• Respond to all action item emails within 30 minutes; maintaining effective working external and internal relationships

• Provide a high level of customer service using strong written and verbal communication when communicating
• Promptly respond to elevated customer and billing inquiries
• Correspond daily with the local utility to resolve customer inquiries
• Stay informed and communicate all program changes to pertinent internal and external parties
• Provide training to new and developing employees
• Routinely update procedures, training materials, and call center scripts

• Be proficient in understanding and articulating the nuances of the various CCA Programs
• Provide constructive feedback regarding current processes
• Practice high ethical standards; be accountable for such things as time, communication, statistics, organizational understanding and business knowledge

• Demonstrate the ability to work independently and maintain flexibility to adapt well to change
• Maintain effective working relationships with other organizations in the company, the Call Center, and PG&E
• Gain an understanding of how the tasks at hand have a broader impact to the business

• Organized and Detailed Oriented
• Analytical with Information files
• Strong Verbal and Written Communication
• Bilingual is a plus but not required

Career Opportunities

• Job Title:

  Sr. Accountant for Innovative Tech (Bio-Healthcare) organization

• State/Area:

  UK

• Regional Area:

  Manchester

• City:

  Manchester

• Primary Background:

  Other

• Secondary Background:

• Job Number:

  JN -113247-14677

• Fixed assets as well as related depreciation
• Prepare monthly account reconciliations.
• Responsible for preparing journal entries for month-end close, intercompany transactions, accruals, Management fee allocations
• Understanding of Investments in marketable securities
• Responsible for preparing financial statements and supporting schedules for assigned entities according to monthly close schedule
• Prepare trending analysis for both balance sheet and income statement accounts
• Prepare invoices
• Reconcile intercompany accounts for other major business lines
• Assist in reviewing and preparing contract briefs
• Help assist in development and documentation of processes and procedures, monitoring of internal controls
• Ad hoc reports and special projects as needed

• Bachelor’s or higher degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or relatable field
• Strong understanding of accounting theory
• CPA or currently pursuing or attaining CPA
• Large company, Bio-Tech, Technology, or progressive healthcare company experience preferred but not mandatory.
• Big 4 or Top 10 Public Accounting experience. Or combination of Public + Industry experience
• Oracle, SAP, JD Edwards, or other notable ERP experience
• Strong Excel skills - incl. Pivot Tables.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work well in team atmosphere or as an individual contributor with minimal guidance at times
• Ability to function in a fast-paced environment
• Creativity, problem solving ability, and driven to yield results

Career Opportunities

• Job Title:

  Technical Accounting Lead - London

• State/Area:

  UK

• Regional Area:

  London - All

• City:

  London

• Primary Background:

  Public Accounting Non Big 4 - Finance

• Secondary Background:

• Job Number:

  JN -164647-144645

Technical Accounting Lead: Technology, London 
 
Are you looking for better work life balance but fear leaving Big4 for a role that lacks the challenge and variety you have enjoyed in public accounting?  We have a solution!  Join an engaging technical accounting team of a one of London's largest technology companies.  In this role, you will provide technical accounting research to support the business.  Be a valued technical accounting partner to cross-functional teams including M&A, Treasury, Strategic Planning and Sales and Marketing as appropriate.  Most days will be different as the company goes through transactions that require your research, knowledge and problem solving skills.  The Technical Accounting role requires five to eight years of experience including at least three years of Big4 audit experience.  Managerial and supervisory skills are also required.  A Masters in Accounting or Tax or an MBA is a plus.  Applicants should also have strong communication skills with the ability to interact with executives and provide well-written positions on technical accounting matters. 
 
Please send your resume to apply@venturarecruitment.com  if you have the requisite experience along with a positive attitude and the desire to affect change and your subject matter expertise impacts the bottom line. 

Career Opportunities

• Job Title:

  Senior Accountant - Revenue Recognition

• State/Area:

  UK

• Regional Area:

  London - All

• City:

  Aberdeen

• Primary Background:

  Public Accounting Non Big 4 - Finance

• Secondary Background:

• Job Number:

  JN -123427-142430

Senior Accountant…Revenue Recognition…Process Improvement…Leadership!  
 
Join a large, publicly traded company as a Senior Accountant on the Corporate Accounting team where you will focus on the new Revenue Recognition guidance. This is an opportunity for a strong candidate to build their career and help grow the company’s revenue team as they implement and stay in accordance with current revenue standards. The ideal candidate will have a public accounting background, and have 3+ years of progressive experience.
 
Responsibilities:

• Develop company revenue standards in compliance.
• Support accounting and cross-functional teams with revenue recognition GAAP initiatives.
• Support sales, finance, legal, HR to ensure advantageous customer sales agreements with respect to current and ongoing accounting standards.
• Build processes to help the department move more efficiently.

• Bachelor’s and or Master’s in Accounting. Charter highly desired.
• 4-6 years of experience, preferably at least 2 years in public accounting.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to research complex technical accounting issues.
• Ability to work independently and with a team.

Career Opportunities

• Job Title:

  AR Accountant

• State/Area:

  UK

• Regional Area:

  Kent - All

• City:

  Kent

• Primary Background:

  Revenue/Rev Recognition - Finance

• Secondary Background:

• Job Number:

  JN -104217-12421

Accountant – Large company with mid to long-term growth opportunities – London
 
This is a great opportunity to join a leading London based Technology company as a Staff Accountant.  In this multi-faceted role, you will be part of the Corporate Accounting team and begin in Revenue Recognition and the related  contract reviews and accounts receivables reconciliations as well as the related schedules for the annual audit.
 
Responsibilities:

• Review contracts to assess the appropriate revenue recognition application.
• Prepare invoices and record revenue.  Track both billed and unbilled revenue and ensure accounts receivable are accurate.
• Work cross-functionally with the contracts and legal team, the finance team and with customers to ensure accurate and timely AR.
• Work with the Big4 Audit firm and get involved in ad hoc analysis and projects as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and/or finance with at least two to five (2-5) years of progressive accounting experience.
• Understanding of and experience with project cost accounting are desired. 
• Excellent communication and customer service skills with the ability to analyze and trouble shoot data to solve problems.
• Strong work ethic and self-initiative is required as is the flexibility to travel and work over-time.
• Strong system skills including experience with a large ERP system such as Oracle or SAP.

Career Opportunities

• Job Title:

  Accounts Payable Specialist

• State/Area:

  UK

• Regional Area:

  London - All

• City:

  London

• Primary Background:

  Accounts Payable - Finance

• Secondary Background:

• Job Number:

  JN -23417-12308

Accounts Payable Specialist position in London 

Responsibilities:

• Validate and process invoices within accounting system
• Update and maintain vendor database and accounts payable files
• Perform a two-way or three-way match between POs, receiving documents and invoices
• Ad hoc projects when applicable

• Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Economics
• 3-5 years of full cycle accounts payable and expense reports experience
• Top Tier ERP experience highly preferred
• Intermediate Excel skills (pivot tables, vlookups)
• Excellent communication skills and a positive attitude 

Career Opportunities

• Job Title:

  Executive Assistant

• State/Area:

  UK

• Regional Area:

  London - North

• City:

  London

• Primary Background:

  Admin Assist/Exec - Operations

• Secondary Background:

• Job Number:

  JN -123017-14378

Executive Assistant… London!
 
A leading London biomedical company is looking for an Executive Assistant to support the CEO and CFO. The ideal candidate has 10+ years of experience as an Executive Assistant supporting C-suite personnel at a publicly traded company.

Responsibilities include:

• Manage calendars, mail, and phone calls
• Coordinate meetings, projects, domestic and international travel plans
• Prepare expense reports and materials for presentations
• Draft/ proofread memos
• Take notes during board meetings and work with investors

• Degree preferred, but not required
• 10+ years of experience in administrative roles
• Experience working in a publicly-traded company
• Previous experience supporting C-suite executives preferred
• Strong communication skills (both verbal and written)
• Experience with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, Power Point)

Career Opportunities

• Job Title:

  Jr Sys Admin / Help Desk Specialist

• State/Area:

  UK

• Regional Area:

  london

• City:

  london

• Primary Background:

  Infrastructure - Systems Administration / Engineering - Technology

• Secondary Background:

• Job Number:

  JN -103347-12342

Our innovative and reputable bioscience client is currently seeking a Help Desk Engineer to join their team. With strong communication skills and a “get things done” initiative, you will be working to troubleshoot the network, run scripts, and check logs.  

• 4+ year of experience in Help Desk OR Jr. Systems Admin that is looking to grow their knowledge and career
• Familiarity with Microsoft environments, MS Office 365 preferred
• Comfortable working with an Active Directory, adding computers to the domain
• Managing printer support, checking logs, password resets and troubleshooting
• Understanding of network topology preferred
• Willingness to learn quickly and work autonomously
• Resounding communication skills

Career Opportunities

• Job Title:

  Senior Accountant

• State/Area:

  UK

• Regional Area:

  London - All

• City:

  London

• Primary Background:

  Public Accounting - Finance

• Secondary Background:

• Job Number:

  JN -23217-14236

Senior Accountant, Profitable, Growing! 
 
Join a publicly traded London company as a Senior Corporate Accountant.  As the Senior Accountant you will be responsible for special projects, managing the month end close, ensuring compliance, and preparing and reviewing general ledger journal entries.  You will also take part in helping with SEC filings and work with many different internal teams to help ensure accurate and timely information for the audit. This is a great role for someone who has large, public company experience OR someone who is coming straight out of a Big4 or large regional Public Accounting firm.  The ideal candidate will have three to five years of experience.
 
Please email your resume to us at apply@venturarecruitment.com  if you meet the qualifications (Big company experience, public accounting experience, etc) and would like to be considered for this opportunity.  
 

Career Opportunities

• Job Title:

  Product Manager

• State/Area:

  UK

• Regional Area:

  UK All

• City:

  London

• Primary Background:

  Other

• Secondary Background:

• Job Number:

  JN -134317-14344

Are you someone that loves product and is looking to take the next step in your career? Our client in the hardware entertainment space located in London is searching for their next Product Manager to manage the product development and global distribution. You will be the driving force to develop new features while collaborating with the engineering, sales, and marketing teams.
 
Requirements 

• 2+ years’ in Product Management
• Effective product management methodology for hardware and/or consumer electronics
• Experience developing multi-year roadmaps
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Career Opportunities

• Job Title:

  Controller – SaaS Company – London!

• State/Area:

  UK

• Regional Area:

  London - All

• City:

  London

• Primary Background:

  Controller - Finance

• Secondary Background:

• Job Number:

  JN -108917-18903

Controller – SaaS Company – London!

Join an established software as a service company where you will report directly to the CFO and lead a successful finance and accounting team! This person will continue to develop the team, implement and enhance processes and procedures according to support the strategic plan. Apply today!   

Responsibilities:
 

• Oversee the company’s domestic and international financial reporting and direct the related month end close and corporate consolidation
• Oversee treasury, payroll, procurement, and the related control process and documentation
• Provide leadership to the finance and accounting team supporting monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc requests from the CFO

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or similar field with 10+ years of experience including 5 years of management experience
• Masters in Accounting, and experience at a Big 4 or large regional public accounting firm desired
• Experience with complex technical accounting issues.
• Strong communication and system skills