Purchase Ledger Clerk | £30,000 - £35,000 | London (Hybrid 2 Days) | Permanent

Why join our client

Our client is a growing, purpose-led organisation with a collaborative culture and a genuine commitment to continuous improvement. They are investing heavily in technology and modern finance processes, creating an environment where curiosity, learning and fresh thinking are encouraged.

Based in London, this Purchase Ledge Clerk role offers the opportunity to build a long-term career in finance while gaining exposure to automation, financial control and broader finance operations. You'll join a supportive team where your ideas can make a real difference.

How you'll make an impact

• Own the day-to-day Accounts Payable process and maintain accurate supplier ledgers.
• Support invoice automation and help improve purchase-to-pay processes.
• Prepare weekly payment runs, refunds and ad hoc payments.
• Resolve supplier queries and complete statement reconciliations.
• Maintain bank reconciliations and support cashflow reporting.
• Raise sales invoices and credit notes across a B2B customer base.
• Support Accounts Receivable activities and improve collection processes.
• Assist with balance sheet reconciliations and month-end close activities.
• Contribute to budgeting, forecasting and finance process improvements over time.
• Identify opportunities to streamline finance operations through automation.

Why you're a great fit

Essential

• At least 2 years' experience in an accounts role with strong Accounts Payable exposure.
• Experience managing invoice volumes and working to regular payment cycles.
• Understanding of debits, credits, the P&L and balance sheet.
• Strong Excel skills and confidence using finance systems.
• Excellent organisation, accuracy and communication skills.
• A proactive approach and genuine interest in building a career in finance.

Desirable

• Accounts Receivable experience, particularly within a B2B environment.
• Exposure to ERP systems and finance automation tools.
• Experience supporting month-end processes and financial control activities.

What you'll get in return

As a Purchase Ledge Clerk, you'll benefit from a supportive environment that encourages learning, development and progression.

• Salary of £30,000 - £35,000
• Hybrid working. 2 days per week in the London office
• Study support towards ACCA or CIMA
• Clear progression into management accounts and business partnering
• Private healthcare and wellbeing support
• Enhanced holiday allowance plus additional leave benefits
• Volunteering and wellbeing days
• Employee discounts and lifestyle benefits

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

We welcome applications from all qualified candidates who believe they meet the role requirements. We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, and we’ll provide any reasonable adjustments you may need throughout the recruitment process.

Apply

If this advert sounds like you, please apply now or contact jackie@core3.co.uk / 0117 213 0300.

Visit www.core3.co.uk to view all our finance opportunities.

FP&A Analyst - FTC

Core3 is delighted to be working with an established organisation in Bristol to recruit an FP&A Analyst to join its finance team on a 12-month fixed-term contract.

Why join our client

This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing finance team where you'll play an important role in improving financial reporting, analysis, and business performance. As FP&A Analyst, you'll work closely with finance and commercial stakeholders, providing insight that supports decision-making and helps drive profitability.

How you'll make an impact

• Deliver meaningful financial analysis to support commercial and operational decision-making
• Support the budgeting and forecasting process across the business
• Produce and maintain accurate month-end reporting
• Partner with finance and operational teams to provide insight into business performance
• Respond to ad hoc reporting requests and identify more efficient ways to deliver information
• Help develop self-service reporting and financial dashboards
• Improve reporting processes and identify opportunities to increase efficiency
• Support projects focused on profitability, pricing, and business performance
  
  

Why you're a great fit

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA), or equivalent
• Strong experience in an FP&A or commercial finance role
• Experience producing financial analysis that drives business decisions
• Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
  
  

What you'll get in return

As an FP&A Analyst, you'll join a collaborative finance team where you'll have the opportunity to influence decision-making and contribute to meaningful business improvements.

• £60,000–£65,000 salary
• 12-month fixed-term contract
• Hybrid working
  
  

We welcome applications from all qualified candidates who believe they meet the role requirements. We're committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, and we'll provide any reasonable adjustments you may need throughout the recruitment process.

If this advert sounds like you, please apply now or contact louis@core3.co.uk / 0117 213 0300.

Visit www.core3.co.uk to view all our finance opportunities.

Senior Commercial Accountant

£70,000 to £85,000 + Bonus + Benefits

Central London | Hybrid Working | Global Energy Business

We’re partnering with a global energy business looking to appoint a Senior Commercial Accountant into a high performing finance team supporting a complex trading operation.

This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified accountant with experience in energy, commodities or another trading environment who enjoys combining technical accounting with commercial insight. You’ll work closely with finance, commercial and operational teams, playing a key role in financial reporting, business partnering and supporting new business activity.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead the accounting for complex trading activities, including mark to market reporting and derivative accounting.
• Support monthly and year end reporting, providing analysis and commentary on financial performance.
• Act as the technical accounting lead, advising on IFRS and ensuring new commercial activity is structured and accounted for appropriately.
• Partner with commercial stakeholders to support new business opportunities and provide financial insight.
• Develop profitability reporting, KPIs and analysis to support strategic decision making.
• Take ownership of operational cost reporting and budgeting.
• Drive continuous improvements across finance processes, controls and reporting.

We’re looking for:

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified.
• Experience within energy, commodities or another trading environment.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS, particularly financial instruments and derivative accounting.
• Confident partnering with both finance and commercial stakeholders.
• Strong Excel skills, with exposure to ERP systems. Experience with Power BI, Python or VBA would be advantageous.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a global organisation where you’ll work on complex commercial activities, influence key business decisions and develop your career within an international finance team.

For a confidential conversation, please get in touch.

Finance Manager

Core3 is partnering with a growing international organisation to recruit a Finance Manager, based in Bath.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a commercially focused finance team within a business continuing to expand across multiple international markets. You'll play a key role in delivering accurate reporting, supporting strategic decision-making, and helping drive financial performance across a complex and evolving organisation.

The role offers broad exposure across management accounting, financial reporting, business partnering, and finance improvement initiatives, making it an ideal opportunity for someone looking to step into a highly visible role within a growing business.

Why join our client

This organisation places real value on strong financial insight, accurate reporting, and effective business partnering. As a Finance Manager, you'll work closely with senior finance leaders and stakeholders across the wider business, helping to deliver meaningful analysis, improve reporting processes, and support commercial decision-making.

You'll also have the opportunity to contribute to finance improvement initiatives while supporting and developing junior members of the team.

How you'll make an impact

• Prepare and review monthly management accounts across multiple entities
• Deliver accurate financial reporting and support month-end close activities
• Provide financial insight and analysis to support operational and commercial decision-making
• Partner with stakeholders across the business to improve understanding of financial performance
• Support balance sheet reviews, reconciliations, and cash flow management
• Assist with VAT reporting and wider compliance activities
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting processes and strengthen financial controls
• Analyse trends and performance data to support strategic planning
• Support budgeting and forecasting activities across the business
• Mentor and support junior finance team members
• Build strong relationships across finance and operational teams
  
  

Why you're a great fit

• ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified
• Experience within a Finance Manager, Management Accountant, Financial Accountant, or similar finance role
• Strong understanding of financial reporting and month-end processes
• Strong analytical capability and attention to detail
• Confident communicator with the ability to influence stakeholders across the business
• Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis activities
• Positive and proactive approach to problem-solving and continuous improvement
• Experience supporting or mentoring junior finance professionals
• Experience working within a multi-entity or international environment would be beneficial
• Comfortable operating within a fast-paced and evolving business environment
  
  

What you'll get in return

As a Finance Manager, you'll join a growing organisation where finance plays a central role in supporting business performance and future growth.

• Salary £60,000–£65,000
• Bonus scheme
• Hybrid working, 3 days per week in the office
  
  

We welcome applications from all candidates who feel they meet the requirements. We're committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, and will provide any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

If this sounds like you, please apply now or contact louis@core3.co.uk / 0117 213 0300.

Visit www.core3.co.uk to view all our finance opportunities.

Finance Business Partner

Core3 is partnering with a growing organisation to recruit a Finance Business Partner, based in Bristol.

This is an excellent opportunity to join an expanding commercial finance team where you'll play a key role in helping the business improve profitability, support strategic decision-making, and influence commercial performance.

The role would particularly suit someone looking to make their first move from practice into industry, whilst also offering an excellent opportunity for commercially minded candidates already working within industry who are looking to broaden their business partnering experience.

Why join our client

As a Finance Business Partner, you'll become a trusted adviser to senior stakeholders, helping them understand financial performance, identify opportunities, and make informed commercial decisions.

You'll work alongside an experienced commercial finance team, giving you the opportunity to develop your commercial skillset while building relationships across the wider business.

How you'll make an impact

• Partner with senior stakeholders to improve financial and commercial performance across assigned business areas
• Build trusted relationships with leadership teams, becoming their key finance contact
• Analyse financial performance to identify opportunities to improve profitability and efficiency
• Support the development and delivery of commercial improvement initiatives
• Contribute to pricing decisions, commercial proposals, and profitability modelling
• Deliver meaningful financial analysis and commentary to support strategic decision-making
• Challenge stakeholders to deliver against budgets, forecasts, and performance targets
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning
• Help improve working capital and overall financial performance
• Contribute to finance transformation and continuous improvement initiatives
• Act as the link between finance and operational stakeholders across the business

Why you're a great fit

• ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified
• Strong technical accounting foundation with excellent analytical capability
• This role would particularly suit candidates making their first move from practice into industry, especially those trained within a larger accountancy practice looking to broaden their commercial experience
• Strong communication skills with the ability to build credibility and influence senior stakeholders

What you'll get in return

As a Finance Business Partner, you'll join a growing commercial finance team where you'll have genuine influence over business performance while developing your commercial finance career.

• Salary £60,000–£70,000
• Bonus
• Hybrid working, 2 days in the office and 3 days from home

We welcome applications from all candidates who feel they meet the requirements. We're committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, and will provide any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

If this sounds like you, please apply now or contact louis@core3.co.uk / 0117 213 0300.

Visit www.core3.co.uk to view all our finance opportunities.

E-Billing Assistant | £29,500 | Bristol (Hybrid) | 12-Month Fixed-Term Contract

Why join our client

Looking for an opportunity to build your finance career while supporting a business through an exciting period of change? Our client is an ambitious organisation investing in new systems and stronger processes, creating a great opportunity for an E-Billing Assistant to make a real impact.

Based in Bristol, you'll join a collaborative finance team where your contribution is valued, your development is supported, and you'll receive ongoing training to help you grow your commercial and technical skills throughout this 12-month fixed-term contract.

How you'll make an impact

As the E-Billing Assistant, you'll help keep billing operations accurate, efficient and compliant by:

• Process credit notes and write-offs accurately and on time.
• Update billing rates and revalue work in progress (WIP).
• Raise and issue invoices in line with client requirements.
• Upload invoices through a range of e-billing portals.
• Maintain accurate billing records within the finance system.
• Support billing administration and resolve incoming requests.
• Help improve billing processes during a major systems implementation.
• Work closely with colleagues to deliver excellent financial administration.

Why you're a great fit

You'll enjoy working in a busy finance environment and take pride in producing accurate work, even when deadlines are tight.

Essential

• Experience working in a fast-paced office or finance administration role.
• Strong Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills.
• Confident communicator with a collaborative approach.
• Able to manage multiple priorities and solve problems independently.

Desirable

• Experience using finance or banking software.
• Knowledge of e-billing processes or invoice management.
• Understanding of SRA Accounts Rules.

What you'll get in return

As an E-Billing Assistant, you'll join a supportive team that invests in your development and encourages flexible ways of working.

You'll also benefit from:

• Salary of £29,500.
• Hybrid and flexible working.
• 25 days' annual leave, increasing with service.
• Annual salary review.
• Private medical insurance.
• Flexible benefits package.
• Ongoing technical and professional development.
• A collaborative culture where everyone's contribution is recognised.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

We welcome applications from all qualified candidates who believe they meet the role requirements. We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, and we’ll provide any reasonable adjustments you may need throughout the recruitment process.

Apply

If this advert sounds like you, please apply now or contact jackie@core3.co.uk or 0117 213 0300.

Visit www.core3.co.uk to view all our finance opportunities.

We are recruiting for an enthusiastic and details-oriented Junior Accounting Analyst (FTC) to join our Finance team in Bristol.

This role is a fixed term contract for 12 months.

In this role you will have the opportunity to add real value to the firm, by helping the Commercial Reporting teams monthly activities whilst a new ERP system is being implemented. You will play a key part in delivering accurate financial data to aid the firm’s profitability strategy and drive change.

You will work within the commercial reporting team to deliver and maintain current month end accounting and ad-hoc reporting. This is a hybrid working role with the opportunity for flexible working.

Your Role

As a Junior Accounting Analyst your remit includes:

• Helping to prepare month end reporting including management accounts.
• Month end journals – e.g. Prepayments and accruals.
• Support all financial audits.
• Reconciling accounts
• Assist with ad-hoc finance data requests and troubleshoot all accounting issues.
• Help to continuously improve finance processes to aid accurate, timely data being available.

Your Skills and Experience

• Someone keen to build a career in finance
• Have experience in an accounting or reporting role.
• Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills.
• Strong communication skills and enjoy working in a team.
• Strong excel skills

Your Team

Our Finance and Procurement team are key to strategic decision making, providing key management information, data and analysis to ensure our business runs smoothly and that we comply with all our statutory and regulatory obligations. To do this effectively, these teams take responsibility for billing, payments, credit control, purchasing, client accounting, commercial business partnering, reporting, sourcing, buying and more.

About TLT

Fast paced, fast growing and forward thinking, TLT is the law firm that helps clients stay one step ahead, and we do the same for our people.

With local, national and international reach, we have over 1,800 people in offices across the UK and a network of partner firms across Europe, India and the US. Over the last few years TLT’s successful growth, delivery of high-quality work and support for colleagues has been consistently recognised by The Times and at the Legal Business, The Lawyer and British Legal Awards.

Our ambition is to create opportunities for what comes next for our clients, recognised as their 1st tier adviser and being valued for our values. We do this in our unique way by creating social value and a dynamic environment where our people are curious, creative and ambitious for their success.

In our open and collaborative culture, we encourage everyone to be their whole self, to have a voice and to contribute to the success of TLT.

Our Benefits

We value our employees highly and we want you to feel valued. You’ll receive a competitive salary with an annual pay review. You will also have access to an extensive range of benefits via our flexible benefits scheme including 25 days holiday (which will increase to 30 days based upon length of service) and private medical insurance. 

At TLT we have a progressive fully flexible working approach. We empower our people to work in a place and at a time that meets their needs, those of their clients and of the wider team and firm. Part of this agile approach is a focus on hybrid working and supporting the work/life balance of our people. We’re happy to talk about how flexible working can work for you and this role. 

TLT is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment and encourages applications from all suitably qualified people, regardless of disability, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected by the laws in the locations in which we operate.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments, where necessary, to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, require any reasonable adjustments or an application to Access to work please contact the recruitment team on Recruitment.Operations@TLT.com

Senior Management Accountant

£60,000 to £70,000

London | Hybrid (3 days in the office)

We’re working with a PE backed, multi-entity retail business that’s growing rapidly and looking to appoint a commercially minded Senior Management Accountant to play a key role in building a finance function that’s fit for scale.

This is far more than a traditional management accounting position. You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders across the business, driving process improvements, strengthening financial controls and providing commercial insight to support decision making as the business continues to grow.

What you’ll be doing:

• Owning month end and management accounts across multiple entities.
• Leading budgeting, forecasting and complex variance analysis.
• Business partnering with operational and commercial stakeholders to challenge performance and support decision making.
• Taking ownership of P&Ls and providing meaningful commercial insight.
• Leading the year end audit process and improving audit readiness.
• Driving process improvements, automation and financial controls across the finance function.
• Helping build a finance function that’s scalable as the business continues its ambitious growth journey.

What we’re looking for:

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified.
• Strong management accounting experience within a multi entity or multi site environment.
• Experience business partnering with non finance stakeholders.
• Strong commercial analysis and P&L ownership.
• Hands on experience leading audits and improving financial controls.
• A proven track record of delivering process improvements and driving efficiencies.
• Comfortable working in a fast paced, PE backed or high growth environment.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys getting into the detail, influencing the wider business and helping shape a finance function during an exciting period of growth.

Finance Business Partner

Core3 is partnering with a growing organisation to recruit a Finance Business Partner, based in Bristol.

This is an excellent opportunity to join an expanding commercial finance team where you'll play a key role in helping the business improve profitability, support strategic decision-making, and influence commercial performance.

The role would particularly suit someone looking to make their first move from practice into industry, whilst also offering an excellent opportunity for commercially minded candidates already working within industry who are looking to broaden their business partnering experience.

Why join our client

As a Finance Business Partner, you'll become a trusted adviser to senior stakeholders, helping them understand financial performance, identify opportunities, and make informed commercial decisions.

You'll work alongside an experienced commercial finance team, giving you the opportunity to develop your commercial skillset while building relationships across the wider business.

How you'll make an impact

• Partner with senior stakeholders to improve financial and commercial performance across assigned business areas
• Build trusted relationships with leadership teams, becoming their key finance contact
• Analyse financial performance to identify opportunities to improve profitability and efficiency
• Support the development and delivery of commercial improvement initiatives
• Contribute to pricing decisions, commercial proposals, and profitability modelling
• Deliver meaningful financial analysis and commentary to support strategic decision-making
• Challenge stakeholders to deliver against budgets, forecasts, and performance targets
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning
• Help improve working capital and overall financial performance
• Contribute to finance transformation and continuous improvement initiatives
• Act as the link between finance and operational stakeholders across the business

Why you're a great fit

• ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified
• Strong technical accounting foundation with excellent analytical capability
• This role would particularly suit candidates making their first move from practice into industry, especially those trained within a larger accountancy practice looking to broaden their commercial experience
• Strong communication skills with the ability to build credibility and influence senior stakeholders

What you'll get in return

As a Finance Business Partner, you'll join a growing commercial finance team where you'll have genuine influence over business performance while developing your commercial finance career.

• Salary £60,000–£70,000
• Bonus
• Hybrid working, 2 days in the office and 3 days from home

We welcome applications from all candidates who feel they meet the requirements. We're committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, and will provide any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

If this sounds like you, please apply now or contact louis@core3.co.uk / 0117 213 0300.

Visit www.core3.co.uk to view all our finance opportunities.