Job Title: Business Operations Co-ordinator
Location: Dunton Essex - 4 days minimum mandatory onsite (maybe required onsite 5 days per week)
Rate: £23.77ph Umbrella Co Basis (Inside IR35) – increasing to £31.17ph Umbrella co basis after 13 weeks.
Employment Type: Contract (12 months)
Hours: Standard 37.5 Hours Per Week
Reference: F56548
Position Description:
Provide business operations, finance administration and departmental support to the Advanced Planning & Business team. The role supports the efficient delivery of business processes, budget administration, training coordination, reporting activities and continuous improvement initiatives. The successful candidate will work across a range of business activities, helping maintain departmental systems, processes and records while supporting project and operational requirements.
Skills Required:
- Support departmental budget administration and financial tracking activities.
- Assist with purchase orders, invoice processing, WBS administration and financial reporting.
- Coordinate training activities, records, bookings and learning compliance requirements.
- Maintain departmental SharePoint sites, trackers and business records.
- Support meeting coordination, action tracking and governance activities.
- Assist with reporting, presentations and management information.
- Support resource planning, project administration and business operations activities.
- Identify opportunities to improve processes and reduce administrative burden.
- Assist business operations to ensure continuity during absences and peak workload periods.
Skills Required:
- Strong organisational and administrative skills.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Strong Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams capability.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Proactive approach to problem solving.
- Comfortable working with financial and operational data.
- Ability to build effective working relationships across multiple stakeholders.
Skills Preferred:
- Budget tracking and financial administration.
- Purchase order and invoice management.
- SharePoint and reporting tools.
- Manufacturing, engineering or programme office environments.
- Project Management
- Finance system order approvals, funds movements
Education Required:
- Educated to A-Level standard or equivalent experience.
Education Preferred:
- Business, Finance, Accounting, Project Management or Engineering-related qualification. Working towards a professional business or finance qualification.
Additional Information:
This role provides flexible business support across a wide range of operational, financial and administrative activities.
The position offers exposure to manufacturing planning, business operations, programme delivery, finance administration and continuous improvement activities within a fast-paced engineering organisation.
Location Hybrid, up to 5 days in the office depending on collaboration requirements, min 4 days onsite per week
Travel: Yes, Europe, infrequent
Contract to end of 2027
** THIS POSITION IS CONFIRMED INSIDE IR35**