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Reference: 0556We are hiring a Real Estate Finance specialist to join our national banking and finance teams. Click here to learn more and apply!The roleOur national Real Estate Finance practice is led by Laura Holdaway and is recognised for delivering sophisticated advice on complex REF matters. You will work closely with Laura and the wider REF team, as well as collaborating with colleagues across our national banking & finance and real estate practices.The role offers exposure to a broad mix of domestic and international REF transactions, acting for lenders and borrowers on some of the most high‑profile and technically challenging deals in the market. You will play a key role in leading transactions, advising clients strategically and contributing to the continued growth of the practice.This role can be based out of any of our offices, except for London. The personYou will ideally have 8+ years' PQE, with experience gained at a firm known for high‑quality banking & finance work and a strong focus on real estate finance. You will be technically excellent, commercially minded and ambitious to progress.You will bring strong communication and organisational skills, a collaborative approach and the ability to manage complex, multi‑disciplinary teams while delivering outstanding client service.This is an opportunity to join a highly ranked, supportive and ambitious team working at the cutting edge of REF.The activitiesYou will:Advise banks, alternative lenders, funds, fund managers and corporate and institutional clients on national and international financing transactionsRegularly work with LMA documentation, leading matters from both lender and borrower perspectivesSupport the national real estate team on funding aspects of property transactions, including structuring, deferred consideration and overageAdvise the corporate team on REF funding issues in M&A transactionsTake an active role in business development, building and maintaining direct client relationshipsParticipate in national and international networking and industry events, including through professional memberships such as UK:RE and CREFCOur client base includes leading clearing banks such as NatWest, HSBC, Coutts, Barclays and Investec, major debt funds, complex corporate clients and an expanding portfolio of international banks and funds operating out of London.We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.The benefitsAs you'd expect, we offer a competitive salary and a wide range of benefits. Click here to find out more about our core benefit offering.Pre employment screeningIf we offer you a role, we will conduct comprehensive pre-employment screening. This screening will include, but is not limited to, a basic DBS, verification of your right to work, a three year employment history and a self-declaration to assess your character and suitability for the role. Full details of our pre-screening employment process are available upon request.The firmMills & Reeve is centred on achieving more for clients, their businesses and the wider communities we serve. Our clients and their industries benefit from our knowledge and learning, and receive consistent experiences with no surprises. We tell them what they need to know when they need to know it. We build personal relationships, with advice individually tailored to individual need. And if clients need things we don't offer, we draw on our network to give recommendations. Our 1,450 plus people and over 850 lawyers share one vision – achieving more for clients.By joining Mills & Reeve, you'll have the chance to build your skills and experience within a firm that's not only ranked in the top 50 UK law firms, but also one that truly values their people. We're also ranked in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work list, and have been awarded Platinum Investors in People. Our mantra is “Achieve more. Together.”, which we feel embodies our purpose and is more than just a catchphrase!Our values are the principles that help us fulfil our purpose. Our people shaped them and live them every day.• We're ambitious - We aim high, we embrace new ideas and we're passionate about our work• We're open - We communicate openly and honestly to build trust, and we do what's right• We care - We're committed to each other, our clients, our communities and the planet• We collaborate - We're easy to work with, we offer help willingly and we get things done – togetherAnd finallyEveryone at Mills & Reeve brings a unique perspective and ideas to the team and we do everything we can to help each person to thrive. We're committed to providing an inclusive and supportive working environment, are happy to consider flexible working arrangements, and want to achieve the right balance for both our people and the firm. We encourage everyone to ask if they feel they need any workplace adjustments, and will do our best to support with these.To find out more about our diversity and inclusion work, visit our website.Vacancy Title:Principal Associate - Real Estate Finance Office:Birmingham, Cambridge, Leeds, Manchester, Norwich, Oxford Contract Type:Permanent Closing Date:28 August 2026

Your new companyHays are partnered exclusively with an established biotech business on the outskirts of Cambridge and looking to recruit a Finance Manager to a newly created role within the business. This company has developed their offering significantly in recent years and, as such, is looking to expand their finance team. \n Your new roleThis role will support the CFO in supporting the financial management of the business through the next stage in their growth and to scale their operations. Specifically, your responsibilities will be to: \n\n • Work closely with the CFO to execute the financial strategy of the business.\n, • Prepare and deliver management and statutory accounting information, working alongside external accountants\n, • Produce rolling forecasts for leadership\n, • Produce budgets for various divisions and projects\n, • Business partner with Project Management and R&D Team to ensure financial plans accurately reflect the budgets\n, • Work in tandem with the external Accounting team to ensure compliance with tax regulations, including timely reclaiming of R&D tax credits and fulfilment of VAT and PAYE / NI obligations.\n, • Oversee the transactional finance function currently undertaken by the external accountants and troubleshoot any queries\n, • Assist in the compilation of ad hoc reports to be provided to investors\n, • Identify, develop and deliver continuous improvements to financial processes, improving the accuracy and efficiency of those processes.\n, • Support other business activities including banking & treasury, including optimising interest and cash management\n, • Support with outputs that are required for the Treasury Committee and Risk and Audit Committee.\n\n This is a full-time role, working 40 hours per week between Monday and Friday. This role will be classed as 'home-based' but travel to the office near Cambridge will be required where necessary.What you'll need to succeedYou will be: \n\n • Fully qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent) with post-qualification experience and technical knowledge.\n, • Excellent communicator and ability to develop good working relationships with internal & external stakeholders.\n, • Skilled and strong in using Excel spreadsheets, and ability to build and maintain models.\n, • Preference will be given to those with experience/exposure to working in a biotech with a hands-on self-starter approach\n, • Good IT knowledge, ideally with knowledge of Xero, SmartSheets and MS Excel.\n, • A working knowledge of AI tools would be advantageous.\n\n What you'll get in returnYou will receive a competitive base salary of c£60,000, hybrid working options, an enhanced pension scheme up to 8% matched contribution, salary sacrifice dental and private medical plans, and 25 days annual leave + bank holidays.What you need to do nowIf you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. \n Hays EA is a trading division of Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited and acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Reference: 0567We are hiring an experienced Banking & Finance Solicitor with a specialism in Asset Based Lending, to join our national team. Click the link to learn more and apply! The roleReady to take your banking career to the next level? Join our highly ranked Banking & Finance team within a leading national Corporate & Commercial practice to strengthen your core specialism within Asset Based Lending.You'll work on a diverse mix of domestic and international corporate debt finance deals, with a strong focus on asset-based lending. From complex structures to first-of-their-kind transactions, this role offers real variety and challenge.Collaborating with leading partners across Manchester, Norwich and beyond, you'll be part of a well-connected, national team known for innovation, technical excellence and market-leading work.This role can be based out of any of our offices, except for London and Oxford. The personYou'll be a commercially astute banking & finance solicitor (4+ PQE) with experience from a recognised high-quality practice, having gained exposure to asset-based lending.You will bring:Strong technical and drafting abilityConfident negotiation skillsExcellent organisation and attention to detailA proactive, self-starting mindsetThe ability to build lasting client relationshipsStrong interpersonal skills with experience leading or managing workstreamsThe activitiesAdvise banks, lenders, fund managers and corporates on finance and security mattersWork across asset-based lending, leveraged finance, corporate lending, with exposure to real estate finance and capital marketsSupport corporate transactions including M&A and funding structuresDraft and negotiate key finance documentationBuild and nurture strong client relationships and contribute to business developmentOur clients include major lenders such as HSBC, Barclays and Wells Fargo, alongside debt funds and institutional investors — giving you exposure to top-tier, high-value work.We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.The benefitsAs you'd expect, we offer a competitive salary and a wide range of benefits. Click here to find out more about our core benefit offering.Pre employment screeningIf we offer you a role, we will conduct comprehensive pre-employment screening. This screening will include, but is not limited to, a basic DBS, verification of your right to work, a three year employment history and a self-declaration to assess your character and suitability for the role. Full details of our pre-screening employment process are available upon request.The firmMills & Reeve is centred on achieving more for clients, their businesses and the wider communities we serve. Our clients and their industries benefit from our knowledge and learning, and receive consistent experiences with no surprises. We tell them what they need to know when they need to know it. We build personal relationships, with advice individually tailored to individual need. And if clients need things we don't offer, we draw on our network to give recommendations. Our 1,450 plus people and over 850 lawyers share one vision – achieving more for clients.By joining Mills & Reeve, you'll have the chance to build your skills and experience within a firm that's not only ranked in the top 50 UK law firms, but also one that truly values their people. We're also ranked in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work list, and have been awarded Platinum Investors in People. Our mantra is “Achieve more. Together.”, which we feel embodies our purpose and is more than just a catchphrase!Our values are the principles that help us fulfil our purpose. Our people shaped them and live them every day.• We're ambitious - We aim high, we embrace new ideas and we're passionate about our work• We're open - We communicate openly and honestly to build trust, and we do what's right• We care - We're committed to each other, our clients, our communities and the planet• We collaborate - We're easy to work with, we offer help willingly and we get things done – togetherAnd finallyEveryone at Mills & Reeve brings a unique perspective and ideas to the team and we do everything we can to help each person to thrive. We're committed to providing an inclusive and supportive working environment, are happy to consider flexible working arrangements, and want to achieve the right balance for both our people and the firm. We encourage everyone to ask if they feel they need any workplace adjustments, and will do our best to support with these.To find out more about our diversity and inclusion work, visit our website.Vacancy Title:Senior Associate - Asset Based Lending Office:Birmingham, Cambridge, Leeds, Manchester, Norwich Contract Type:Permanent Closing Date:18 September 2026

Locations: London, Cambridge, Manchester Softwire is a leading UK technology and strategy consultancy. From enterprise to government, we help visionary organisations turn strategic ambitions into results at scale. Our practices cover AI transformation, data platforms, systems engineering, advanced CX and experience design. Trusted by well-known organisations across the public and private sector, Softwire has grown into a business that consistently delivers large, high-profile digital projects for the UK’s leading brands. Softwire was founded on one simple idea: if we can create the best possible culture and working environment then everything else will fall into place. And it seems to be working – we were recently voted number 1 company to work for in the UK in the Best Company awards, and we have a loyal and growing client base who trust us with their hardest problems and their mission critical projects. When you work with Softwire, you’re not only becoming part of a team with in-depth technical skills and delivery expertise – you’ll be working in a high-trust, high-energy environment full of smart, kind, fun people passionate about building something amazing. The Sector Director (BFSI) is the senior leader accountable for the overall performance, growth, and strategic direction of Softwire’s Banking, Financial Services & Insurance business unit. You will define strategy for the business unit and take full ownership of the P&L, taking accountability for the overall business unit revenue target (£15m in 2026 and looking to grow significantly in the future) and gross margin targets and for managing broader business unit budget and objectives. You will bring deep sector expertise, strong commercial acumen, and be well networked with and highly credible in front of our target audience of BFSI CIOs, CTOs, CDOs and COOs. You will use your experience and strategic insight to shape which subsectors, propositions, and client types Softwire pursues. You will develop and execute the strategy to take these to market and to differentiate us from our competitors in the minds of our target buyers. You are an experienced leader able to execute through others and build high performing teams of senior professionals. You are comfortable in sales, pre-sales and strategic account management processes, setting strategy and leading teams to deliver commercial outcomes. You will directly manage Sales Directors, Client Directors and Marketing Executives who are responsible for day-to-day demand generation, sector specific marketing, account development, and opportunity execution, and work closely with Delivery Directors, who lead the successful delivery and on-sell within major programmes. As Sector Director, you are accountable for building the right team to deliver the strategy and achieve the objectives, and for the performance of that team. • Full ownership of the P&L for BFSI, including: developing sector strategy and associated business unit budget and objectives, hitting the business unit revenue target, gross margin target, and delivering the strategic objectives., • Fully owning Business Unit performance against commercial objectives: forecasting, reporting, and taking action to ensure they are hit. Primary commercial objectives will include:, • proposition development, validation and scaling;, • new client acquisition;, • and expansion of existing accounts into new areas and services (i.e. beyond existing programmes and BAU on-sell)., • Defining which BFSI subsectors, client personas, and market opportunities Softwire should target, based commercial potential, route to market, our ability to differentiate, and alignment to Softwire’s commercial objectives., • Leading proposition definition in partnership with our core Practices (AI Transformation; Data Platforms and Strategy; CX and Growth Optimisation; and Future Systems Engineering) — ensuring offerings are commercially viable, deliverable, and compelling in the BFSI market., • Prioritising which market-relevant propositions Softwire should build and “own”, ensuring clear differentiation from competitors, strong alignment to client pain points, and building defendable moats around specific solutions., • Developing and delivering the BFSI go-to-market strategy, ensuring alignment across sales, marketing, propositions, and delivery., • Taking the propositions to market, including demand gen strategy, GTM execution, and continuously validating and evolving propositions based on market demand and changing technology or buyer needs., • Defining how Softwire should position itself within BFSI to become a partner of choice., • Taking overall accountability for brand perception and reach within our chosen BFSI sub-sectors and target accounts., • Identifying gaps in brand perception, collateral, and capability — and leading improvements., • Acting as a senior ambassador for Softwire, representing the BU through conferences, thought leadership, and client C-suite engagement., • Owning the revenue, new client acquisition, and margin targets for the sector as a whole and managing Sales Directors and Client Directors to hit their personal revenue and new client goals., • Ensuring the BU maintains a healthy pipeline and that sales effort is focused on the right sectors and propositions., • Overseeing major opportunities, shaping win themes, pricing/margin strategies, and deal governance., • Directly contributing to the most important sales processes in an Executive Sponsor role, to provide gravitas and win client trust., • Setting the strategy for Tier 1 accounts and ensuring Delivery Directors and Client Directors are aligned on growth goals, proposition opportunities, and retention., • Engaging with key clients at executive level to deepen relationships, unlock growth, and position Softwire as a long-term strategic partner., • Designing, building, leading, and motivating the cross-functional BFSI team, including Sales Directors, Client Directors, Marketing, and proposition SMEs., • Ensuring alignment, prioritisation, and focus — creating the conditions for the team to hit revenue, margin, and growth targets., • Reporting progress to the CCO/CEO and executive team, ensuring transparency and proactive risk management., • You have 10+ years operating at senior commercial or business leadership level within BFSI and technology, including experience supplier side with responsibility for sector strategy, commercial growth, and go to market execution., • You have a strong executive network in BFSI, and can open doors at C-suite level across your subsectors. Industry CIOs, CTOs, COOs and CDOs will regard you as an experienced and trusted adviser who can engage with them as a peer on understanding their business problems and as a leader in how we can use technology to solve them., • You can confidently shape business strategy, market selection, proposition development, and investment decisions., • You are collaborative and your default approach is to work with peers as a team, openly sharing information, resources, and comms. You are comfortable in a culture which values and rewards collective success over personal attribution and that takes a “One Team” approach to everything we do., • You are commercially sharp, with a demonstrable track record of growing a business line or BU, closing large (£1m+) complex deals, owning P&L of £10m+, and winning the trust of our target buyer personas., • You are a strategic thinker who is equally comfortable rolling up your sleeves and engaging in bids, proposition development, and client strategy reviews., • You have strong client facing skills. You are comfortable identifying win themes and creating compelling narratives that explain how we can help and why they should trust us. You have great negotiation skills and can persuade, influence, get the outcomes we need and develop deeper relationships at the same time., • You have experience building and scaling high performing cross-functional go-to-market teams: defining roles, setting the bar for performance, motivating people towards strategic goals, and building a culture and environment that enables people to deliver their best. You are a natural leader: people follow you because you set direction clearly, bring others with you, and create confidence., • You are energised by ambiguity, resilient under pressure, and proactive in identifying and fixing issues. You don’t need a perfect environment to thrive and where there are problems, you take a positive approach to making them better., • You are self-motivated and are comfortable independently defining and driving day-to-day activities towards Softwire’s objectives. You don’t need someone to spell it all out. Softwireoperatestransparent pay scales and a profit share schemebased on role and overall company performance. • Highly competitive base salary based on level of experience in a similar role., • You can expect to receive a lucrative profit share/bonus depending on your band and company performance., • Pension: Additional 5% of salary., • 25 days annual leave (with the option to buy and sell)., • Time off for company-wide morale events, time off for charitable activities., • Free annual eye test, income protection, cycle to work, electric vehicle lease schemes, and payroll charity donations. Flexibility We are a flexible employer who understand that being committed to a job is not the same sacrificing everything for it: holiday is holiday; if you need flexibility for life stuff that’s not a problem; and we don’t expect (or want) long hours – we believe in a good work/life balance. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Locations: London, Cambridge, Manchester Softwire is a leading UK technology and strategy consultancy. From enterprise to government, we help visionary organisations turn strategic ambitions into results at scale. Our practices cover AI transformation, data platforms, systems engineering, advanced CX and experience design. Trusted by well-known organisations across the public and private sector, Softwire has grown into a business that consistently delivers large, high-profile digital projects for the UK’s leading brands. Softwire was founded on one simple idea: if we can create the best possible culture and working environment then everything else will fall into place. And it seems to be working – we were recently voted number 1 company to work for in the UK in the Best Company awards, and we have a loyal and growing client base who trust us with their hardest problems and their mission critical projects. When you work with Softwire, you’re not only becoming part of a team with in-depth technical skills and delivery expertise – you’ll be working in a high-trust, high-energy environment full of smart, kind, fun people passionate about building something amazing. The Sector Director (BFSI) is the senior leader accountable for the overall performance, growth, and strategic direction of Softwire’s Banking, Financial Services & Insurance business unit. You will define strategy for the business unit and take full ownership of the P&L, taking accountability for the overall business unit revenue target (£15m in 2026 and looking to grow significantly in the future) and gross margin targets and for managing broader business unit budget and objectives. You will bring deep sector expertise, strong commercial acumen, and be well networked with and highly credible in front of our target audience of BFSI CIOs, CTOs, CDOs and COOs. You will use your experience and strategic insight to shape which subsectors, propositions, and client types Softwire pursues. You will develop and execute the strategy to take these to market and to differentiate us from our competitors in the minds of our target buyers. You are an experienced leader able to execute through others and build high performing teams of senior professionals. You are comfortable in sales, pre-sales and strategic account management processes, setting strategy and leading teams to deliver commercial outcomes. You will directly manage Sales Directors, Client Directors and Marketing Executives who are responsible for day-to-day demand generation, sector specific marketing, account development, and opportunity execution, and work closely with Delivery Directors, who lead the successful delivery and on-sell within major programmes. As Sector Director, you are accountable for building the right team to deliver the strategy and achieve the objectives, and for the performance of that team. • Full ownership of the P&L for BFSI, including: developing sector strategy and associated business unit budget and objectives, hitting the business unit revenue target, gross margin target, and delivering the strategic objectives., • Fully owning Business Unit performance against commercial objectives: forecasting, reporting, and taking action to ensure they are hit. Primary commercial objectives will include:, • proposition development, validation and scaling;, • new client acquisition;, • and expansion of existing accounts into new areas and services (i.e. beyond existing programmes and BAU on-sell)., • Defining which BFSI subsectors, client personas, and market opportunities Softwire should target, based commercial potential, route to market, our ability to differentiate, and alignment to Softwire’s commercial objectives., • Leading proposition definition in partnership with our core Practices (AI Transformation; Data Platforms and Strategy; CX and Growth Optimisation; and Future Systems Engineering) — ensuring offerings are commercially viable, deliverable, and compelling in the BFSI market., • Prioritising which market-relevant propositions Softwire should build and “own”, ensuring clear differentiation from competitors, strong alignment to client pain points, and building defendable moats around specific solutions., • Developing and delivering the BFSI go-to-market strategy, ensuring alignment across sales, marketing, propositions, and delivery., • Taking the propositions to market, including demand gen strategy, GTM execution, and continuously validating and evolving propositions based on market demand and changing technology or buyer needs., • Defining how Softwire should position itself within BFSI to become a partner of choice., • Taking overall accountability for brand perception and reach within our chosen BFSI sub-sectors and target accounts., • Identifying gaps in brand perception, collateral, and capability — and leading improvements., • Acting as a senior ambassador for Softwire, representing the BU through conferences, thought leadership, and client C-suite engagement., • Owning the revenue, new client acquisition, and margin targets for the sector as a whole and managing Sales Directors and Client Directors to hit their personal revenue and new client goals., • Ensuring the BU maintains a healthy pipeline and that sales effort is focused on the right sectors and propositions., • Overseeing major opportunities, shaping win themes, pricing/margin strategies, and deal governance., • Directly contributing to the most important sales processes in an Executive Sponsor role, to provide gravitas and win client trust., • Setting the strategy for Tier 1 accounts and ensuring Delivery Directors and Client Directors are aligned on growth goals, proposition opportunities, and retention., • Engaging with key clients at executive level to deepen relationships, unlock growth, and position Softwire as a long-term strategic partner., • Designing, building, leading, and motivating the cross-functional BFSI team, including Sales Directors, Client Directors, Marketing, and proposition SMEs., • Ensuring alignment, prioritisation, and focus — creating the conditions for the team to hit revenue, margin, and growth targets., • Reporting progress to the CCO/CEO and executive team, ensuring transparency and proactive risk management., • You have 10+ years operating at senior commercial or business leadership level within BFSI and technology, including experience supplier side with responsibility for sector strategy, commercial growth, and go to market execution., • You have a strong executive network in BFSI, and can open doors at C-suite level across your subsectors. Industry CIOs, CTOs, COOs and CDOs will regard you as an experienced and trusted adviser who can engage with them as a peer on understanding their business problems and as a leader in how we can use technology to solve them., • You can confidently shape business strategy, market selection, proposition development, and investment decisions., • You are collaborative and your default approach is to work with peers as a team, openly sharing information, resources, and comms. You are comfortable in a culture which values and rewards collective success over personal attribution and that takes a “One Team” approach to everything we do., • You are commercially sharp, with a demonstrable track record of growing a business line or BU, closing large (£1m+) complex deals, owning P&L of £10m+, and winning the trust of our target buyer personas., • You are a strategic thinker who is equally comfortable rolling up your sleeves and engaging in bids, proposition development, and client strategy reviews., • You have strong client facing skills. You are comfortable identifying win themes and creating compelling narratives that explain how we can help and why they should trust us. You have great negotiation skills and can persuade, influence, get the outcomes we need and develop deeper relationships at the same time., • You have experience building and scaling high performing cross-functional go-to-market teams: defining roles, setting the bar for performance, motivating people towards strategic goals, and building a culture and environment that enables people to deliver their best. You are a natural leader: people follow you because you set direction clearly, bring others with you, and create confidence., • You are energised by ambiguity, resilient under pressure, and proactive in identifying and fixing issues. You don’t need a perfect environment to thrive and where there are problems, you take a positive approach to making them better., • You are self-motivated and are comfortable independently defining and driving day-to-day activities towards Softwire’s objectives. You don’t need someone to spell it all out. Softwireoperatestransparent pay scales and a profit share schemebased on role and overall company performance. • Highly competitive base salary based on level of experience in a similar role., • You can expect to receive a lucrative profit share/bonus depending on your band and company performance., • Pension: Additional 5% of salary., • 25 days annual leave (with the option to buy and sell)., • Time off for company-wide morale events, time off for charitable activities., • Free annual eye test, income protection, cycle to work, electric vehicle lease schemes, and payroll charity donations. Flexibility We are a flexible employer who understand that being committed to a job is not the same sacrificing everything for it: holiday is holiday; if you need flexibility for life stuff that’s not a problem; and we don’t expect (or want) long hours – we believe in a good work/life balance. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Locations: London, Cambridge, Manchester Softwire is a leading UK technology and strategy consultancy. From enterprise to government, we help visionary organisations turn strategic ambitions into results at scale. Our practices cover AI transformation, data platforms, systems engineering, advanced CX and experience design. Trusted by well-known organisations across the public and private sector, Softwire has grown into a business that consistently delivers large, high-profile digital projects for the UK’s leading brands. Softwire was founded on one simple idea: if we can create the best possible culture and working environment then everything else will fall into place. And it seems to be working – we were recently voted number 1 company to work for in the UK in the Best Company awards, and we have a loyal and growing client base who trust us with their hardest problems and their mission critical projects. When you work with Softwire, you’re not only becoming part of a team with in-depth technical skills and delivery expertise – you’ll be working in a high-trust, high-energy environment full of smart, kind, fun people passionate about building something amazing. The Sector Director (BFSI) is the senior leader accountable for the overall performance, growth, and strategic direction of Softwire’s Banking, Financial Services & Insurance business unit. You will define strategy for the business unit and take full ownership of the P&L, taking accountability for the overall business unit revenue target (£15m in 2026 and looking to grow significantly in the future) and gross margin targets and for managing broader business unit budget and objectives. You will bring deep sector expertise, strong commercial acumen, and be well networked with and highly credible in front of our target audience of BFSI CIOs, CTOs, CDOs and COOs. You will use your experience and strategic insight to shape which subsectors, propositions, and client types Softwire pursues. You will develop and execute the strategy to take these to market and to differentiate us from our competitors in the minds of our target buyers. You are an experienced leader able to execute through others and build high performing teams of senior professionals. You are comfortable in sales, pre-sales and strategic account management processes, setting strategy and leading teams to deliver commercial outcomes. You will directly manage Sales Directors, Client Directors and Marketing Executives who are responsible for day-to-day demand generation, sector specific marketing, account development, and opportunity execution, and work closely with Delivery Directors, who lead the successful delivery and on-sell within major programmes. As Sector Director, you are accountable for building the right team to deliver the strategy and achieve the objectives, and for the performance of that team. • Full ownership of the P&L for BFSI, including: developing sector strategy and associated business unit budget and objectives, hitting the business unit revenue target, gross margin target, and delivering the strategic objectives., • Fully owning Business Unit performance against commercial objectives: forecasting, reporting, and taking action to ensure they are hit. Primary commercial objectives will include:, • proposition development, validation and scaling;, • new client acquisition;, • and expansion of existing accounts into new areas and services (i.e. beyond existing programmes and BAU on-sell)., • Defining which BFSI subsectors, client personas, and market opportunities Softwire should target, based commercial potential, route to market, our ability to differentiate, and alignment to Softwire’s commercial objectives., • Leading proposition definition in partnership with our core Practices (AI Transformation; Data Platforms and Strategy; CX and Growth Optimisation; and Future Systems Engineering) — ensuring offerings are commercially viable, deliverable, and compelling in the BFSI market., • Prioritising which market-relevant propositions Softwire should build and “own”, ensuring clear differentiation from competitors, strong alignment to client pain points, and building defendable moats around specific solutions., • Developing and delivering the BFSI go-to-market strategy, ensuring alignment across sales, marketing, propositions, and delivery., • Taking the propositions to market, including demand gen strategy, GTM execution, and continuously validating and evolving propositions based on market demand and changing technology or buyer needs., • Defining how Softwire should position itself within BFSI to become a partner of choice., • Taking overall accountability for brand perception and reach within our chosen BFSI sub-sectors and target accounts., • Identifying gaps in brand perception, collateral, and capability — and leading improvements., • Acting as a senior ambassador for Softwire, representing the BU through conferences, thought leadership, and client C-suite engagement., • Owning the revenue, new client acquisition, and margin targets for the sector as a whole and managing Sales Directors and Client Directors to hit their personal revenue and new client goals., • Ensuring the BU maintains a healthy pipeline and that sales effort is focused on the right sectors and propositions., • Overseeing major opportunities, shaping win themes, pricing/margin strategies, and deal governance., • Directly contributing to the most important sales processes in an Executive Sponsor role, to provide gravitas and win client trust., • Setting the strategy for Tier 1 accounts and ensuring Delivery Directors and Client Directors are aligned on growth goals, proposition opportunities, and retention., • Engaging with key clients at executive level to deepen relationships, unlock growth, and position Softwire as a long-term strategic partner., • Designing, building, leading, and motivating the cross-functional BFSI team, including Sales Directors, Client Directors, Marketing, and proposition SMEs., • Ensuring alignment, prioritisation, and focus — creating the conditions for the team to hit revenue, margin, and growth targets., • Reporting progress to the CCO/CEO and executive team, ensuring transparency and proactive risk management., • You have 10+ years operating at senior commercial or business leadership level within BFSI and technology, including experience supplier side with responsibility for sector strategy, commercial growth, and go to market execution., • You have a strong executive network in BFSI, and can open doors at C-suite level across your subsectors. Industry CIOs, CTOs, COOs and CDOs will regard you as an experienced and trusted adviser who can engage with them as a peer on understanding their business problems and as a leader in how we can use technology to solve them., • You can confidently shape business strategy, market selection, proposition development, and investment decisions., • You are collaborative and your default approach is to work with peers as a team, openly sharing information, resources, and comms. You are comfortable in a culture which values and rewards collective success over personal attribution and that takes a “One Team” approach to everything we do., • You are commercially sharp, with a demonstrable track record of growing a business line or BU, closing large (£1m+) complex deals, owning P&L of £10m+, and winning the trust of our target buyer personas., • You are a strategic thinker who is equally comfortable rolling up your sleeves and engaging in bids, proposition development, and client strategy reviews., • You have strong client facing skills. You are comfortable identifying win themes and creating compelling narratives that explain how we can help and why they should trust us. You have great negotiation skills and can persuade, influence, get the outcomes we need and develop deeper relationships at the same time., • You have experience building and scaling high performing cross-functional go-to-market teams: defining roles, setting the bar for performance, motivating people towards strategic goals, and building a culture and environment that enables people to deliver their best. You are a natural leader: people follow you because you set direction clearly, bring others with you, and create confidence., • You are energised by ambiguity, resilient under pressure, and proactive in identifying and fixing issues. You don’t need a perfect environment to thrive and where there are problems, you take a positive approach to making them better., • You are self-motivated and are comfortable independently defining and driving day-to-day activities towards Softwire’s objectives. You don’t need someone to spell it all out. Softwireoperatestransparent pay scales and a profit share schemebased on role and overall company performance. • Highly competitive base salary based on level of experience in a similar role., • You can expect to receive a lucrative profit share/bonus depending on your band and company performance., • Pension: Additional 5% of salary., • 25 days annual leave (with the option to buy and sell)., • Time off for company-wide morale events, time off for charitable activities., • Free annual eye test, income protection, cycle to work, electric vehicle lease schemes, and payroll charity donations. Flexibility We are a flexible employer who understand that being committed to a job is not the same sacrificing everything for it: holiday is holiday; if you need flexibility for life stuff that’s not a problem; and we don’t expect (or want) long hours – we believe in a good work/life balance. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Locations: London, Cambridge, Manchester Softwire is a leading UK technology and strategy consultancy. From enterprise to government, we help visionary organisations turn strategic ambitions into results at scale. Our practices cover AI transformation, data platforms, systems engineering, advanced CX and experience design. Trusted by well-known organisations across the public and private sector, Softwire has grown into a business that consistently delivers large, high-profile digital projects for the UK’s leading brands. Softwire was founded on one simple idea: if we can create the best possible culture and working environment then everything else will fall into place. And it seems to be working – we were recently voted number 1 company to work for in the UK in the Best Company awards, and we have a loyal and growing client base who trust us with their hardest problems and their mission critical projects. When you work with Softwire, you’re not only becoming part of a team with in-depth technical skills and delivery expertise – you’ll be working in a high-trust, high-energy environment full of smart, kind, fun people passionate about building something amazing. The Sector Director (BFSI) is the senior leader accountable for the overall performance, growth, and strategic direction of Softwire’s Banking, Financial Services & Insurance business unit. You will define strategy for the business unit and take full ownership of the P&L, taking accountability for the overall business unit revenue target (£15m in 2026 and looking to grow significantly in the future) and gross margin targets and for managing broader business unit budget and objectives. You will bring deep sector expertise, strong commercial acumen, and be well networked with and highly credible in front of our target audience of BFSI CIOs, CTOs, CDOs and COOs. You will use your experience and strategic insight to shape which subsectors, propositions, and client types Softwire pursues. You will develop and execute the strategy to take these to market and to differentiate us from our competitors in the minds of our target buyers. You are an experienced leader able to execute through others and build high performing teams of senior professionals. You are comfortable in sales, pre-sales and strategic account management processes, setting strategy and leading teams to deliver commercial outcomes. You will directly manage Sales Directors, Client Directors and Marketing Executives who are responsible for day-to-day demand generation, sector specific marketing, account development, and opportunity execution, and work closely with Delivery Directors, who lead the successful delivery and on-sell within major programmes. As Sector Director, you are accountable for building the right team to deliver the strategy and achieve the objectives, and for the performance of that team. • Full ownership of the P&L for BFSI, including: developing sector strategy and associated business unit budget and objectives, hitting the business unit revenue target, gross margin target, and delivering the strategic objectives., • Fully owning Business Unit performance against commercial objectives: forecasting, reporting, and taking action to ensure they are hit. Primary commercial objectives will include:, • proposition development, validation and scaling;, • new client acquisition;, • and expansion of existing accounts into new areas and services (i.e. beyond existing programmes and BAU on-sell)., • Defining which BFSI subsectors, client personas, and market opportunities Softwire should target, based commercial potential, route to market, our ability to differentiate, and alignment to Softwire’s commercial objectives., • Leading proposition definition in partnership with our core Practices (AI Transformation; Data Platforms and Strategy; CX and Growth Optimisation; and Future Systems Engineering) — ensuring offerings are commercially viable, deliverable, and compelling in the BFSI market., • Prioritising which market-relevant propositions Softwire should build and “own”, ensuring clear differentiation from competitors, strong alignment to client pain points, and building defendable moats around specific solutions., • Developing and delivering the BFSI go-to-market strategy, ensuring alignment across sales, marketing, propositions, and delivery., • Taking the propositions to market, including demand gen strategy, GTM execution, and continuously validating and evolving propositions based on market demand and changing technology or buyer needs., • Defining how Softwire should position itself within BFSI to become a partner of choice., • Taking overall accountability for brand perception and reach within our chosen BFSI sub-sectors and target accounts., • Identifying gaps in brand perception, collateral, and capability — and leading improvements., • Acting as a senior ambassador for Softwire, representing the BU through conferences, thought leadership, and client C-suite engagement., • Owning the revenue, new client acquisition, and margin targets for the sector as a whole and managing Sales Directors and Client Directors to hit their personal revenue and new client goals., • Ensuring the BU maintains a healthy pipeline and that sales effort is focused on the right sectors and propositions., • Overseeing major opportunities, shaping win themes, pricing/margin strategies, and deal governance., • Directly contributing to the most important sales processes in an Executive Sponsor role, to provide gravitas and win client trust., • Setting the strategy for Tier 1 accounts and ensuring Delivery Directors and Client Directors are aligned on growth goals, proposition opportunities, and retention., • Engaging with key clients at executive level to deepen relationships, unlock growth, and position Softwire as a long-term strategic partner., • Designing, building, leading, and motivating the cross-functional BFSI team, including Sales Directors, Client Directors, Marketing, and proposition SMEs., • Ensuring alignment, prioritisation, and focus — creating the conditions for the team to hit revenue, margin, and growth targets., • Reporting progress to the CCO/CEO and executive team, ensuring transparency and proactive risk management., • You have 10+ years operating at senior commercial or business leadership level within BFSI and technology, including experience supplier side with responsibility for sector strategy, commercial growth, and go to market execution., • You have a strong executive network in BFSI, and can open doors at C-suite level across your subsectors. Industry CIOs, CTOs, COOs and CDOs will regard you as an experienced and trusted adviser who can engage with them as a peer on understanding their business problems and as a leader in how we can use technology to solve them., • You can confidently shape business strategy, market selection, proposition development, and investment decisions., • You are collaborative and your default approach is to work with peers as a team, openly sharing information, resources, and comms. You are comfortable in a culture which values and rewards collective success over personal attribution and that takes a “One Team” approach to everything we do., • You are commercially sharp, with a demonstrable track record of growing a business line or BU, closing large (£1m+) complex deals, owning P&L of £10m+, and winning the trust of our target buyer personas., • You are a strategic thinker who is equally comfortable rolling up your sleeves and engaging in bids, proposition development, and client strategy reviews., • You have strong client facing skills. You are comfortable identifying win themes and creating compelling narratives that explain how we can help and why they should trust us. You have great negotiation skills and can persuade, influence, get the outcomes we need and develop deeper relationships at the same time., • You have experience building and scaling high performing cross-functional go-to-market teams: defining roles, setting the bar for performance, motivating people towards strategic goals, and building a culture and environment that enables people to deliver their best. You are a natural leader: people follow you because you set direction clearly, bring others with you, and create confidence., • You are energised by ambiguity, resilient under pressure, and proactive in identifying and fixing issues. You don’t need a perfect environment to thrive and where there are problems, you take a positive approach to making them better., • You are self-motivated and are comfortable independently defining and driving day-to-day activities towards Softwire’s objectives. You don’t need someone to spell it all out. Softwireoperatestransparent pay scales and a profit share schemebased on role and overall company performance. • Highly competitive base salary based on level of experience in a similar role., • You can expect to receive a lucrative profit share/bonus depending on your band and company performance., • Pension: Additional 5% of salary., • 25 days annual leave (with the option to buy and sell)., • Time off for company-wide morale events, time off for charitable activities., • Free annual eye test, income protection, cycle to work, electric vehicle lease schemes, and payroll charity donations. Flexibility We are a flexible employer who understand that being committed to a job is not the same sacrificing everything for it: holiday is holiday; if you need flexibility for life stuff that’s not a problem; and we don’t expect (or want) long hours – we believe in a good work/life balance. #J-18808-Ljbffr

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