From endless sheets of paper and calculations, now payroll is all digitised and cloud based. Working in recruitment for over 25 years, our MD Cathy Bates has seen the digitisation of payroll processes and what…
The first week of September is National Payroll Week. Payroll teams are usually very much behind the scenes, and don’t always get the recognition they deserve for making sure we get paid correctly every week…
Our Spotlight on a Bright Spark series gives an insight into how successful business-people from Stockport and South Manchester got to where they are today. Partner at Stockport accountancy practice Clarke Nicklin, Brian Bradley, shares…
No matter how many staff a company has, every business needs someone to pay the wages. Whether that’s done in-house, or outsourced to a specialist provider, getting staff paid correctly and on-time is fundamental for…
A strong Finance Manager is vital to a successful business, keeping costs in check to ensure the business stays growing and stays profitable, and to maintain cash flow. However, getting it wrong can have an…
Our Accounts & Finance Specialist Recruitment Consultant, Jacqui Francis-Lamont, shares her thoughts on the key to attracting top talent into accounts positions. I am working on a role at the moment where a client has…
When we think of a stereotypical accountant, we think of a dull number-cruncher, don’t we? But accountants can no longer afford to be boring. Communication and people skills are a crucial part of accounts roles…
It’s being dubbed the Fourth Industrial Revolution: the explosion of robots, machines, algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace is coming. There’s been a lot of recent speculation about how robotics and automation will…
2015 was fantastic year for skilled people looking for work and now that we’re a month into 2016, it looks to be a similar year ahead. Most employers were running their businesses with little space…
No two CVs are the same. No matter what decisions you make in your education and career, it’s no guarantee of what doors might open for you. In this new series of blogs, we interview…
The global accountancy firm Ernst & Young have announced that it will no longer screen out job applicants based on their degree classification and A level results. The reasoning? Internal studies of progression in the…
Compliance is one of the fastest growing roles in the Finance sector and involves ensuring the organisation works within the parameters of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Essential Personnel’s Finance Recruitment Consultant Pete Savage puts…
Since starting as an Accounting and Finance Recruitment Consultant, I have encountered some skills shortages for niche roles: A shortage of good quality IFA’s, Mortgage Advisors, Payroll, Purchase Ledger, Compliance candidates. Last recession meant not…
