Investigo

About the Company

We're a leading recruiter with a team of over 250 consultants working in London, Guildford, Milton Keynes, St Albans, Birmingham, New York, Philadelphia, and San Diego.

Our specialist teams hire outstanding people for permanent, temporary, and interim roles with some of the finest employers around, from up-and-coming SMEs to global blue chips.

Like the people we work with, we're growing all the time. We now cover over 20 recruitment specialisms and counting:

Corporate functions
Accountancy and finance | HR | Procurement and supply chain | Property and real estate | Tax and legal

Change and transformation
Business analysis | Agile delivery | Change management | Operational design and improvement | Programme delivery | PMO and portfolio

Financial services
Compliance | Financial crime | Risk

Strategy, consulting and private equity
Corporate strategy | Management consulting | Private equity

Technology
Architecture | Cloud and DevOps | Cyber and information security | Data and analytics | Infrastructure and networks | ERP, CRM and HR systems | Software and engineering

We understand that recruitment's all about people, whichever side of the interview table they're on. That's why everything we do is based on the relationships we form every day.

Our people's knowledge, passion, and expertise make us stand out from the crowd. Every one of them is committed to building long-lasting relationships with our clients and candidates. We believe in the long term - in connecting the right people with the right opportunities, time and again.

We're proud to be part of The IN Group - a collection of four specialist brands covering all your talent needs. With brilliant people doing brilliant work, we offer end-to-end solutions across recruitment, executive search, consultancy, advisory, and talent management.

Want to work with a recruiter who does things a little differently? Get in touch with us now.

Listed Jobs

Company Name

Investigo

Job Title

Finance Analyst

Job Description

Ideal For: Part-qualified/ACCA/CIMA finalists or newly qualified accountants

The Business
My client is a dynamic, fast-growing transportation business specialising in innovative logistics solutions and supply chain optimisation. With a focus on sustainability and cutting-edge technology, they empower businesses to streamline operations and reduce costs. Their team thrives on collaboration, creativity, and a commitment to excellence—and they are seeking a talented Finance Analyst to drive their financial strategy forward.

The Role
This role offers hands-on experience in financial analysis while supporting professional qualification progression. You will gain exposure to strategic decision-making in a fast-paced logistics environment, with mentorship from senior leaders.

Key Responsibilities:
Financial Reporting: Prepare monthly management accounts, balance sheet reconciliations, and statutory financial statements for review.
Tax Compliance: Assist with corporation tax returns and payroll-related statutory deductions, ensuring HMRC compliance.
Budget Development: Support senior team members in creating budget forecasts and cash flow projections using historical data analysis.
Process Improvement: Identify automation opportunities in accounts preparation and implement efficiency-driven solutions.
Cross-Department Collaboration: Partner with operations teams to analyse transportation-specific KPIs (e.g., fuel efficiency, route optimisation costs).
Ad Hoc Projects: Contribute to financial aspects of business initiatives, from sustainability programmes to technology implementations.

What Our Client Is Looking For
Part-qualified/ACCA/CIMA finalist or newly qualified (QBE candidates with relevant experience considered).
Advanced Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUPs) + familiarity with Power BI or SQL.
Strong grasp of double-entry bookkeeping and accrual accounting
Ability to interpret financial data for non-finance stakeholders
Experience with accounting software (SAP/Oracle preferred)

Why Join Our Client?
Qualification Support: Tailored study packages for ACCA/CIMA candidates with exam leave.
Career Pathway: Structured progression
Mentorship: Monthly sessions with CFO/Finance Director to accelerate professional development.
Tech Exposure: Work with AI-driven logistics analytics tools and IoT-enabled financial systems.

Northamptonshire, United Kingdom

On site

09-04-2025

Company Name

Investigo

Job Title

Information Technology Operations Manager

Job Description

IT Operations Manager
Permanent
Leeds/ Hybrid working

To lead the IT Operations team including IT Infrastructure Services and IT Network Services to deliver operationally effective Infrastructure and Network services to all regional operating companies, construction and sales sites. Operational service to be delivered against agreed SLA’s (Performance KPI’s and budget).

For IT Infrastructure Services accountable for delivering operational stable infrastructure services, developing a clear roadmap to meet the growing needs of the business and delivering against this plan to maintain infrastructure stability in line with agreed SLA’s.

For IT Network Services accountable for delivering world class IT Network Management services. Including day to day operational performance of network to agreed SLAs and KPIs and changes to the network that meet ongoing and growing business demands.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Design, develop and grow the new IT Operations operating model, recruiting, growing and developing the team (new and old team members).
Demonstrates strong stakeholder management skills with the IT leadership team
Develop the strategic roadmap for IT Operations, aligned to the overall IT Operations and Cyber strategy that gives clear direction to the team. Working with the senior IT team to develop this strategy.
Design and develop the new IT Operations team operating model which will provide excellent Infrastructure and Network services. Support direct reports in developing their operating models and recruitment and growth of their teams, including development of processes and procedures.
Develop improvement plans as part of the strategy, delegate responsibility and track delivery against this plan.
Infrastructure Services
Accountable for the effective operation of IT Infrastructure Services, including the Server Environment, Infrastructure and End User Experience. Ensuring that operational services are delivered to agreed SLA’s, where service does not meet these levels put in place remedial action to correct.
Ensure all systems have appropriate cyber security controls in place that restrict both internal and external threats.
Ensure all system logs are available for ingestion in to Security Operations Centre (SOC), when in place.
Work closely with third-party supplier to deliver the datacentre strategy and move service in to BAU. Ensure that appropriate monitoring is in place and that third-party activity is effectively and robustly managed/monitored.
Working with IT Service Delivery Manager, deliver effective future capacity planning to ensure that growth in IT usage is appropriately planned and budgeted.

Network Services

Accountable for the development of the network technology strategy, gaining agreement to this. Design, plan and deliver against this plan.
Provide senior point of interface and accountability for all aspects of network service delivery and assurance.
Ensure the stable running of the network environment and it’s monitoring in collaboration with suppliers.
Ensure the network is cyber secure and tested on a regular basis. Ensure network meets all internal/external network security standards.
Overall accountability for lifecycle management of the network service from provisioning, upgrades to decommissioning.
Ensure a comprehensive understanding and documented library of the IT network, standards, procedures and policies are maintained.


QUALIFICATIONS

A Level IT, BTEC in Computing or equivalent.
MCP, MCSA, MCSE or equivalent.
CompTIA Network+, CCNA, CCNP or equivalent.
Technical qualifications: E.g. Appropriate Microsoft certifications across technical areas of role responsibility such as Server, Exchange, Azure etc.
ITIL - V3/V4 Foundation.

Leeds, United Kingdom

Hybrid

11-04-2025

Company Name

Investigo

Job Title

IT Platform Manager

Job Description

Senior IT Platform Manager
Permanent
Leeds/ Hybrid

The Senior IT Platform Manager will own and be responsible for establishing the initial parameters for orchestrating the platform team’s setup and overseeing the ongoing maintenance of the critical platforms in-scope.

Platform management will hold a pivotal feature, specifically those that rely upon ecosystems of interconnected services and products. This role will ensure that efficiencies are gained through centralising services, removing duplication and saving resources. Pivotal in ensuring platforms offer scalability through expansion and infrastructure without overhauls. Platforms should provide inter-operability, so platforms are compatible, well managed enabling fast development and iterations with reduced effort.

The role will support the organisation’s digital transformation by enhancing service quality, drive efficiency, improve reliability, minimize risk and optimise cost. Platforms are expected to scale operationally to business demands and remain agile enough to support new business objectives.


Operational
Create and execute platform infrastructure strategy to optimise management, agility, costs, performance and scale for digital transformation
Make certain that the platform allows the integration and interoperability of different technologies and permits the enterprise to scale correctly.
Conceiving, designing, and orchestrating a platform with infrastructure that is self-serve and provide “as a service” consumption models to provide a unified infrastructure across on-premises, cloud and edge locations.
Use infrastructure platforms to reduce technical (infrastructure) debt, simplify and automate IT infrastructure, whether it is in the cloud, on-premises or edge.
Determine Service Level Indictors (SLI) and Service Level Objectives (SLO) to generate the actions needed improve the service and processes. Start with latency, availability, throughput. (using tighter internal SLO's)
Adopt site reliability engineering practices focused on improving reliability, resilience and the customer experience of products and platforms
Embed into platform engineering the need to ensure resilience, sustainability, continuity, recovery and broader security needs to agreed standards and controls
Promote DevOps and agile ways of working ensuring they are established, and well understood, among the team and wider communities
Communicating how platform initiatives support larger IT goals incorporating business priorities whilst defining a clear set of steps to advance the people and organization’s platform maturity
Provide leadership to deliver exceptional training, competence, performance and engagement of the vendor team, ensuring clarity of the team’s capabilities in areas such as data analytics, collaboration, negotiation and influence.
Build strong ties with key stakeholders to ensure that other infrastructure colleagues, the application development community and internal/external partners within business units recognize and understand the value of the platform team
Promote an inclusive environment, which aligns with our commitment to celebrate and promote diversity.

Leeds, United Kingdom

Hybrid

11-04-2025

Company Name

Investigo

Job Title

Financial Analyst

Job Description

Financial Analyst
£65k - £75k plus bonus
London

Role Overview
This person will be partnering with the business to provide financial insights to enhance financial performance through analytical skills. The main duties will include the development and use of financial models to analyse Net Property Costs across each of the regions, ensuring accuracy of data and providing financial insights to enhance performance. Further duties include supporting the preparation of operational reports and presentations for senior management, participating in the group’s yearly budgeting and quarterly re-forecasting processes, and general ad hoc analysis and reporting.

Main Responsibilities:
• Maintain, update and develop high quality financial reports and business performance plans
• Develop and perform in-depth analysis of results and plans, with a focus on Net Property Costs
• Use analytical tools (e.g. Excel, Tableau, Anaplan) to understand trends in key performance indicators, and to generate insights on past, current and future performance
• Create a firm understanding of all systems which are used to manage and track the portfolio’s performance (Horizon, Tableau, Anaplan etc) and optimise them and their interaction
• Provide financial insights to enhance performance, by combining new and existing data/information and sharing them with relevant shareholders through dashboards, presentations and reports
• Responsibility for quarterly reporting, budgeting and reforecasting of Net Property Costs
• Responsibility for quality of data relating to Net Property Costs
• Work with various teamsin executing data and systems projects to support ongoing efficient and robust analysis
• Ad-Hoc reporting and analysis

London, United Kingdom

On site

14-04-2025